NCAA Division I Men’s Championships: Kevin Cordes 3rd Man to Complete Career 100 Breast Sweep

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Arizona’s Kevin Cordes turned in the second-best time ever in the 100-yard breast to become just the third swimmer to ever win the event four times at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.

Cordes, who owns the NCAA and American record with a scorching 50.04 from last year, posted a 50.25 this evening. That gives Cordes the top six times of all time in the event’s history.

Cordes’ wins:

2012 Kevin Cordes, Arizona 51.71
2013 Kevin Cordes, Arizona, 50.74
2014 Kevin Cordes, Arizona, 50.04
2015 Kevin Cordes, Arizona, 50.25

Cordes joines Texas’ Brendan Hansen and SMU’s Steve Lundquist as four-time NCAA 100-yard breaststroke winners.

Lundquist wins:

1980 Steve Lundquist, SMU, 53.59
1981 Steve Lundquist, SMU, 52.93
1982 Steve Lundquist, SMU, 53.09
1983 Steve Lundquist, SMU, 52.48

Hansen wins:

2001 Brendan Hansen, Texas, 52.35
2002 Brendan Hansen, Texas, 52.47
2003 Brendan Hansen, Texas, 51.96
2004 Brendan Hansen, Texas, 58.19 *SCM

In fact, Cordes is just the 14th man to complete a career sweep in NCAA history, and the first from Arizona:

Bill Smith, Ohio State (220 free 1943-47-48-49)
Yoshi Oyakawa, Ohio State (200 back 1952-53-54-55)
Mark Spitz, Indiana (100 fly 1969-70-71-72)
John Naber, Southern California (100 back 1974-75-76-77, 200 back 1974-75-76-77)
Steve Lundquist, SMU (100 breast 1980-81-82-83)
Pablo Morales, Stanford (100 fly 1984-85-86-87, 200 fly 1984-85-86-87)
David Wharton, Southern California (400 IM 1988-89-90-91)
Artur Wojdat, Iowa (500 free 1989-90-91-92)
Gustavo Borges, Michigan (100 free 1992-93-94-95)
Troy Dumais, Texas (three-meter diving 1999-2000-01-02)
Ian Crocker, Texas (100 butterfly 2001-02-03-04)
Brendan Hansen, Texas (100 and 200 breaststroke 2001-02-03-04).
Nick McCrory, Duke (Platform 2010-11-13-14)

Georgia’s Nic Fink placed second tonight in 51.08 to move to fourth all time behind California’s Chuck Katis, who took third all time with a preliminary 50.89. Katis settled for third tonight in 51.15.

  1 Cordes, Kevin    SR Arizona             50.93      50.25         20  
    r:+0.75  23.73        50.25 (26.52)
  2 Fink, Nicolas    SR Georgia             51.59      51.08         17  
    r:+0.70  23.80        51.08 (27.28)
  3 Katis, Chuck     SR California          50.89      51.15         16  
    r:+0.73  23.99        51.15 (27.16)
  4 Tierney, Sam     SR Missouri            51.54      51.54         15  
    r:+0.72  24.15        51.54 (27.39)
  5 Funk, Richard    SR Michigan            51.41      51.65         14  
    r:+0.66  24.46        51.65 (27.19)
  6 Schwingenschlog  SO WKU                 51.66      51.66         13  
    r:+0.66  24.13        51.66 (27.53)
  7 Ortiz, Bruno     SR Michigan            51.77      51.68         12  
    r:+0.69  24.46        51.68 (27.22)
  8 Dahlia, Thomas   SR Louisville          51.83      51.99         11  
    r:+0.68  24.47        51.99 (27.52)

  1. Texas                             341   2. California                        227
  3. Michigan                          180   4. Florida                           178
  5. Georgia                         138.5   6. Southern Cali                     133
  7. Alabama                           113   8. Auburn                            104
  9. Arizona                          91.5  10. Stanford                           91
 11. Missouri                           82  12. NC State                         70.5
 13. Louisville                         59  14. Ohio St                            56
 15. Tennessee                          49  16. Indiana                            44
 17. UNC                              38.5  18. Miami (Fl)                         29
 19. Purdue                             20  20. Georgia Tech                       14
 21. Wku                                13  22. Univ of Utah                     12.5
 23. Unlv (M)                           12  24. Florida St                         11
 25. Wisconsin                          10  26. Virginia Tech                       9
 27. Notre Dame                          5  28. Texas A&M                         4.5
 29. Minnesota                           4  30. Northwestern                        2
 30. South Carolina                      2  32. Virginia                            1

2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships, Live Results – Results

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