NCAA Division I Men’s Championships: Cristian Quintero Moves to 9th All Time With 200 Free Win

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Southern California’s Cristian Quintero joined a long line of USC 200 free victors at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.

Quintero threw down a time of 1:32.03 to move to ninth overall in the all time rankings for the victory.

That’s the eighth time a Trojan has won the award, and first time in 14 years as Klete Keller previously won in 2001.

Other USC wins:

1965 Roy Saari, Southern California, 1:42.9
1966 Roy Saari, Southern California, 1:44.66
1971 James McConica, Southern California, 1:39.75
1973 James McConica, Southern California, 1:39.625
1977 Bruce Furniss, Southern California, 1:36.16
1978 Bruce Furniss, Southern California, 1:37.02
2001 Klete Keller, Southern California, 1:34.43

Michigan’s Anders Nielsen started to close on Quintero, but settled for second overall with a 1:32.73.

Texas’ Clay Youngquist picked up third-place honors with a time of 1:33.10 as the Longhorns continued to pile onto their top team tally.

Texas led California, 337-211, following the 200 free.

  1 Quintero, Crist  SR Southern Califor  1:32.70    1:32.03         20  
    r:+0.70  21.49        44.68 (23.19)
        1:08.34 (23.66)     1:32.03 (23.69)
  2 Nielsen, Anders  JR Michigan          1:32.80    1:32.73         17  
    r:+0.74  22.05        45.33 (23.28)
        1:08.68 (23.35)     1:32.73 (24.05)
  3 Youngquist, Cla  SR Texas             1:32.85    1:33.10         16  
    r:+0.73  21.73        45.20 (23.47)
        1:09.13 (23.93)     1:33.10 (23.97)
  4 Pieroni, Blake   FR Indiana           1:33.26    1:33.29         15  
    r:+0.69  21.51        45.13 (23.62)
        1:09.15 (24.02)     1:33.29 (24.14)
  5 Williams, Trent  JR California        1:33.01    1:33.43         14  
    r:+0.63  22.05        45.64 (23.59)
        1:09.66 (24.02)     1:33.43 (23.77)
  6 Kremer, Tom      JR Stanford          1:33.18    1:33.52         13  
    r:+0.51  21.88        45.55 (23.67)
        1:09.39 (23.84)     1:33.52 (24.13)
  7 Disalle, Michae  SR Ohio St           1:33.22    1:33.53         12  
    r:+0.68  21.34        45.01 (23.67)
        1:09.11 (24.10)     1:33.53 (24.42)
  8 Fleagle, Josh    JR Ohio St           1:33.09    1:33.72         11  
    r:+0.69  21.33        45.08 (23.75)
        1:09.40 (24.32)     1:33.72 (24.32)

  1. Texas                             337   2. California                        211
  3. Florida                           178   4. Michigan                          154
  5. Southern Cali                     131   6. Georgia                         121.5
  7. Alabama                           113   8. Auburn                             97
  9. Stanford                           91  10. NC State                         70.5
 11. Arizona                          68.5  12. Missouri                           67
 13. Ohio St                            56  14. Louisville                         48
 15. Indiana                            44  16. Tennessee                          43
 17. UNC                              38.5  18. Miami (Fl)                         29
 19. Purdue                             20  20. Georgia Tech                       14
 21. Univ of Utah                     12.5  22. Unlv (M)                           12
 23. Wisconsin                          10  24. Virginia Tech                       9
 25. Texas A&M                         4.5  26. Minnesota                           4
 27. Florida St                          2  27. Northwestern                        2
 27. South Carolina                      2

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