Arizona Destroys NCAA, U.S. Open Record in 800 Free Relay, Stanford Sets American Record With Third-Place Time; Auburn Owns 102-Point Lead Heading Into Final Day

By Jason Marsteller

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 16. ARIZONA's team of Nick Nelo (1:34.10), Jean Basson (1:33.72), Darian Townsend (1:32.54) and Adam Ritter (1:33.78) destroyed the NCAA and U.S. Open record of 6:16.25 previously set by Florida in 2005 with an astounding time of 6:14.14.

Meanwhile, Florida's team of Grant Johnson (1:34.20), Lucas Salatta (1:35.02), Shaune Fraser (1:34.19) and Roland Rudolf (1:34.41) placed second well behind in 6:17.82.

Notably, Stanford's foursome of Andy Grant (1:34.34), Danny Beal (1:34.80), Hongzhe Sun (1:35.35) and Shaun Phillips (1:33.43) pipped the American record of 6:18.00 previously set by Texas in 2001 with a third-place time of 6:17.92.

Auburn finished the day with a 102-point lead with 380 points, while Arizona sat second with 278 points. Stanford (261), Texas (225) and Florida (199) closed out the top three.

Click here to hear from Auburn head coach David Marsh following an impressive second day in which Tiger swimmers posted 100-percent lifetime bests in prelims.

Click here to hear from the Arizona foursome following the record.

Click here to hear from Arizona head coach Frank Busch after the record-setting performance.

NCAA Division I Champ. Meet 3/16/2007 – 21:30PM

NCAA Men's D1 Championships – 3/15/2007 to 3/17/2007

Event 14 Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay

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NCAA: N 6:16.25 2/16/2005 Florida, Florida

R LOCHTE, D TOWNSEND, B HARTLEY, A SIOUI

NCAA Meet: M 6:16.53 2005 Florida, Florida

American: A 6:18.00 3/23/2001 Texas, Texas

S GOLDBLATT, N DUSING, C KEMP, J RAUCH

US Open: O 6:16.25 2/16/2005 Florida, Florida

R LOCHTE, D TOWNSEND, B HARTLEY, A SIOUI

Pool: P 6:16.53 3/25/2005 Florida, Florida

Lochte, Townsend, Hartley, Sioui

School Seed Finals Points

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1 ARIZ 6:20.08 6:14.14N 40

1) Nilo, Nick SO 2) Basson, Jean FR r:0.30

3) Townsend, Darian JR r:0.31 4) Ritter, Adam SR r:0.39

21.90 45.92 (45.92)

1:10.03 (1:10.03) 1:34.10 (1:34.10)

1:56.11 (22.01) 2:19.84 (45.74)

2:43.58 (1:09.48) 3:07.82 (1:33.72)

3:28.72 (20.90) 3:52.07 (44.25)

4:16.06 (1:08.24) 4:40.36 (1:32.54)

5:01.51 (21.15) 5:25.48 (45.12)

5:49.86 (1:09.50) 6:14.14 (1:33.78)

2 FLA 6:22.31 6:17.82 34

1) Johnson, Grant JR 2) Salatta, Lucas SO r:0.21

3) Fraser, Shaune FR r:0.35 4) Rudolf, Roland FR r:0.48

22.25 46.07 (46.07)

1:10.29 (1:10.29) 1:34.20 (1:34.20)

1:55.62 (21.42) 2:19.81 (45.61)

2:44.35 (1:10.15) 3:09.22 (1:35.02)

3:30.71 (21.49) 3:54.53 (45.31)

4:18.83 (1:09.61) 4:43.41 (1:34.19)

5:05.04 (21.63) 5:28.98 (45.57)

5:53.60 (1:10.19) 6:17.82 (1:34.41)

3 STAN 6:21.47 6:17.92A 32

1) Grant, Andy SR 2) Beal, Danny JR r:0.23

3) Sun, Hongzhe SR r:0.18 4) Phillips, Shaun SR r:0.33

22.35 46.21 (46.21)

1:10.32 (1:10.32) 1:34.34 (1:34.34)

1:55.81 (21.47) 2:19.92 (45.58)

2:44.69 (1:10.35) 3:09.14 (1:34.80)

3:30.57 (21.43) 3:54.83 (45.69)

4:19.28 (1:10.14) 4:44.49 (1:35.35)

5:06.15 (21.66) 5:30.14 (45.65)

5:54.20 (1:09.71) 6:17.92 (1:33.43)

4 TEX 6:18.43 6:20.78 30

1) McGinnis, Matt JR 2) Klueh, Michael SO r:0.39

3) Walters, Dave FR r:0.20 4) Berens, Rick FR r:0.22

21.83 45.64 (45.64)

1:09.76 (1:09.76) 1:33.90 (1:33.90)

1:55.63 (21.73) 2:19.97 (46.07)

2:44.57 (1:10.67) 3:09.18 (1:35.28)

3:30.92 (21.74) 3:55.26 (46.08)

4:20.60 (1:11.42) 4:46.65 (1:37.47)

5:08.22 (21.57) 5:32.37 (45.72)

5:57.13 (1:10.48) 6:20.78 (1:34.13)

5 MICH 6:23.20 6:21.11 28

1) Savulich, Bobby SO 2) Patton, Matt SO r:0.29

3) Barba, Sal SO r:0.31 4) Vanderkaay, Alex JR r:0.45

21.94 45.62 (45.62)

1:10.20 (1:10.20) 1:35.20 (1:35.20)

1:57.15 (21.95) 2:21.50 (46.30)

2:46.22 (1:11.02) 3:10.99 (1:35.79)

3:32.83 (21.84) 3:57.01 (46.02)

4:21.61 (1:10.62) 4:45.93 (1:34.94)

5:08.07 (22.14) 5:32.14 (46.21)

5:56.82 (1:10.89) 6:21.11 (1:35.18)

6 AUB 6:24.55 6:24.80 26

1) Andkjaer, Jakob SO 2) Lundquist, Bryan SR r:0.46

3) McGill, Tyler FR r:0.21 4) Schneider, Joey SR r:0.29

22.28 47.19 (47.19)

1:10.98 (1:10.98) 1:35.08 (1:35.08)

1:56.39 (21.31) 2:20.43 (45.35)

2:45.67 (1:10.59) 3:10.90 (1:35.82)

3:33.92 (23.02) 3:58.78 (47.88)

4:23.38 (1:12.48) 4:47.96 (1:37.06)

5:10.21 (22.25) 5:34.46 (46.50)

5:59.58 (1:11.62) 6:24.80 (1:36.84)

7 CAL 6:23.51 6:25.48 24

1) Meichtry, Dominik JR 2) Vayo, Louis JR r:0.04

3) Adrian, Nathan FR r:0.40 4) Lysaught, Daniel SR r:0.31

22.41 46.31 (46.31)

1:10.63 (1:10.63) 1:35.56 (1:35.56)

1:57.86 (22.30) 2:22.61 (47.05)

2:47.24 (1:11.68) 3:12.10 (1:36.54)

3:33.68 (21.58) 3:57.80 (45.70)

4:23.19 (1:11.09) 4:49.58 (1:37.48)

5:11.96 (22.38) 5:36.36 (46.78)

6:01.13 (1:11.55) 6:25.48 (1:35.90)

8 MINN 6:24.63 6:26.41 22

1) Bernier, Evan SO 2) Schmidt, Tyler JR r:0.21

3) Cerensek, Igor SR r:0.23 4) Wood, Zach SR r:0.38

22.88 47.66 (47.66)

1:12.71 (1:12.71) 1:37.13 (1:37.13)

1:58.90 (21.77) 2:23.51 (46.38)

2:48.51 (1:11.38) 3:13.42 (1:36.29)

3:34.92 (21.50) 3:59.37 (45.95)

4:24.66 (1:11.24) 4:49.34 (1:35.92)

5:11.84 (22.50) 5:36.73 (47.39)

6:01.79 (1:12.45) 6:26.41 (1:37.07)

9 USC 6:29.28 6:26.96 18

1) Jensen, Larsen SR 2) Sussex, Sean SR r:0.31

3) Mangoni, Vanni SO r:0.28 4) Meszaros, Gergely SR r:0.41

22.50 46.85 (46.85)

1:11.68 (1:11.68) 1:35.82 (1:35.82)

1:57.83 (22.01) 2:22.52 (46.70)

2:47.70 (1:11.88) 3:12.25 (1:36.43)

3:34.35 (22.10) 3:58.93 (46.68)

4:24.15 (1:11.90) 4:49.21 (1:36.96)

5:11.69 (22.48) 5:36.58 (47.37)

6:01.58 (1:12.37) 6:26.96 (1:37.75)

10 TENN 6:29.50 6:27.83 14

1) Morrell, Nolan SO 2) Wolfe, Michael JR r:0.29

3) Boswell, Brad SR r:0.35 4) Dabney, Jimmy SO r:0.31

21.99 46.54 (46.54)

1:11.79 (1:11.79) 1:35.76 (1:35.76)

1:57.52 (21.76) 2:21.79 (46.03)

2:46.59 (1:10.83) 3:12.08 (1:36.32)

3:34.21 (22.13) 3:59.19 (47.11)

4:24.28 (1:12.20) 4:49.61 (1:37.53)

5:12.01 (22.40) 5:36.37 (46.76)

6:01.43 (1:11.82) 6:27.83 (1:38.22)

11 SCAR 6:30.38 6:28.65 12

1) Cormier, Kyle JR 2) White, Dan JR r:0.27

3) Lendjel, Dominique FR r:0.33 4) Mack, Colby SR r:0.31

22.36 46.37 (46.37)

1:11.32 (1:11.32)

1:58.03 ( ) 2:22.16 ( )

2:47.24 ( ) 3:12.59 ( )

3:34.21 (21.62) 3:58.81 (46.22)

4:24.60 (1:12.01) 4:51.39 (1:38.80)

5:13.36 (21.97) 5:38.06 (46.67)

6:03.42 (1:12.03) 6:28.65 (1:37.26)

12 GA 6:28.31 6:29.06 10

1) Stovall, Gil JR 2) Bibliowicz, Nathan JR r:0.34

3) Rouault, Sebastien JR r:0.42 4) Redmon, Joe SO r:0.41

22.36 46.89 (46.89)

1:11.94 (1:11.94) 1:36.78 (1:36.78)

1:58.88 (22.10) 2:23.54 (46.76)

2:48.68 (1:11.90) 3:13.67 (1:36.89)

3:35.97 (22.30) 4:00.55 (46.88)

4:25.86 (1:12.19) 4:51.02 (1:37.35)

5:12.85 (21.83) 5:37.17 (46.15)

6:02.74 (1:11.72) 6:29.06 (1:38.04)

13 OSU 6:29.48 6:29.45 8

1) Voelker, Matthew JR 2) Sigrist, Matthis SO r:0.45

3) Markovic, George FR r:0.55 4) Busch, Jake SO r:0.28

21.72 46.57 (46.57)

1:12.26 (1:12.26) 1:37.14 (1:37.14)

1:59.72 (22.58) 2:24.43 (47.29)

2:49.54 (1:12.40) 3:14.77 (1:37.63)

3:37.44 (22.67) 4:01.89 (47.12)

4:26.66 (1:11.89) 4:52.07 (1:37.30)

5:14.86 (22.79) 5:39.82 (47.75)

6:04.93 (1:12.86) 6:29.45 (1:37.38)

14 VA 6:27.08 6:30.06 6

1) Mellors, Pat JR 2) Hirniak, Stefan SR r:0.22

3) Millen, John SR r:0.26 4) Hutton, Richard SR r:0.28

22.47 46.97 (46.97)

1:12.27 (1:12.27) 1:38.23 (1:38.23)

1:59.93 (21.70) 2:25.04 (46.81)

2:50.11 (1:11.88) 3:14.69 (1:36.46)

3:37.07 (22.38) 4:01.75 (47.06)

4:26.58 (1:11.89) 4:51.72 (1:37.03)

5:13.60 (21.88) 5:38.33 (46.61)

6:04.17 (1:12.45) 6:30.06 (1:38.34)

15 FSU 6:29.10 6:30.40 4

1) Young, Kyle JR 2) Kennon, Alex SR r:0.37

3) Denton, ED JR r:0.28 4) Roof, Steve SR r:0.17

23.10 47.72 (47.72)

1:12.43 (1:12.43) 1:37.08 (1:37.08)

1:59.18 (22.10) 2:24.26 (47.18)

2:49.82 (1:12.74) 3:15.00 (1:37.92)

3:37.40 (22.40) 4:01.98 (46.98)

4:26.86 (1:11.86) 4:52.08 (1:37.08)

5:14.73 (22.65) 5:39.75 (47.67)

6:05.33 (1:13.25) 6:30.40 (1:38.32)

16 WISC 6:33.50 6:30.74 2

1) Molzahn, Tom SR 2) Rice, Scott SO r:0.28

3) Davies, Phil FR r:0.26 4) Desautels, Mike SO r:0.37

23.23 47.76 (47.76)

1:12.66 (1:12.66) 1:37.53 (1:37.53)

1:59.76 (22.23) 2:24.70 (47.17)

2:49.89 (1:12.36) 3:15.32 (1:37.79)

3:37.74 (22.42) 4:02.54 (47.22)

4:27.91 (1:12.59) 4:53.17 (1:37.85)

5:15.28 (22.11) 5:39.94 (46.77)

6:05.18 (1:12.01) 6:30.74 (1:37.57)

17 NW 6:26.17 6:33.18

1) Nilsson, Eric SO 2) Alexandrov, Mike SR r:0.24

3) Walls, Daniel JR r:0.28 4) Beckman, Adam SO r:0.35

22.48 47.10 (47.10)

1:11.78 (1:11.78) 1:36.66 (1:36.66)

1:58.80 (22.14) 2:24.34 (47.68)

2:50.08 (1:13.42) 3:15.86 (1:39.20)

3:37.97 (22.11) 4:02.64 (46.78)

4:28.27 (1:12.41) 4:53.59 (1:37.73)

5:16.30 (22.71) 5:41.21 (47.62)

6:06.93 (1:13.34) 6:33.18 (1:39.59)

18 UNC 6:30.18 6:34.61

1) Browning, Hank SO 2) Peterson, Charles FR r:0.31

3) James, Jeff FR r:0.31 4) Owen, Philip JR r:0.21

23.42 48.37 (48.37)

1:13.84 (1:13.84) 1:39.40 (1:39.40)

2:01.62 (22.22) 2:25.95 (46.55)

2:51.06 (1:11.66) 3:16.20 (1:36.80)

3:38.51 (22.31) 4:03.18 (46.98)

4:29.05 (1:12.85) 4:56.02 (1:39.82)

5:18.61 (22.59) 5:43.61 (47.59)

6:09.09 (1:13.07) 6:34.61 (1:38.59)

Men – Team Rankings – Through Event 14

1. Auburn 380 2. Arizona 278

3. Stanford 261 4. Texas 225

5. Florida 199 6. Northwestern 157

7. Michigan 141 8. California 125

9. Southern California 106 10. Tennessee 94

11. Ohio State 86 12. Minnesota 83

13. Alabama 56.5 14. Georgia 51

14. Indiana 51 16. Southern Methodist 50

17. Florida State 42 18. Virginia 39.5

19. Hawaii 37 20. Texas A&M 29

21. West Virginia 28 22. California Irvine 27

23. Miami 20 24. Brigham Young 19

25. Arizona State 18 26. Purdue 15

27. Louisiana State 12 27. South Carolina 12

27. Pittsburgh 12 30. Wisconsin 8

31. Yale 6.5 32. Harvard 6

33. Oakland 3.5 34. North Carolina 3

34. Louisville 3 36. Kentucky 1

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