NCAA Division I Men’s Championships: Matias Koski Keeps Georgia Streak Alive With 1650 Free Victory

Matias Koski Men's NCAA Division I championships
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Georgia’s Matias Koski won the men’s 1650-yard freestyle with a superior final 500 yards at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.

Koski, who trailed Michigan freshman PJ Ransford by about half a pool with 500 yards to go, turned on the jets to win the event in 14:32.38.  That’s the fifth victory for Georgia in the event’s history.

Other Georgia wins:

2006 Sebastien Rouault, Georgia, 14:29.43
2008 Sebastien Rouault, Georgia, 14:26.86
2009 Troyden Prinsloo, Georgia, 14:30.91
2012 Martin Grodzki, Georgia, 14:24.08

With the Georgia women putting up the top team finish ever without winning an individual or relay last week with a second-place effort behind California, Georgia’s 20-year streak of winning a title in either the men’s or women’s event was in jeopardy after two days without a Georgia win.

Koski kept that streak in tact.

Ransford, meanwhile, went out with the 10th-fastest 1000-yard free of all time with an 8:46.40 before settling for second overall in 14:34.36.  That’s a 12-second drop for the rookie.

Ransford’s times broke 31-year-old and 32-year-old 17-18 U.S. National Age Group records of 8:48.57 and 14:38.22 set by Jeff Kostoff back in 1983 and 1984.

Northwestern’s Jordan Wilimovsky placed third overall with a 14:36.64, while Utah’s Bence Kiraly snared fourth with a 14:41.86 from the earlier heats.

  1 Koski, Matias    JR Georgia          14:38.72   14:32.38         20  
    r:+0.76  24.16        50.54 (26.38)
        1:16.89 (26.35)     1:43.42 (26.53)
        2:09.81 (26.39)     2:36.35 (26.54)
        3:02.89 (26.54)     3:29.68 (26.79)
        3:56.35 (26.67)     4:23.00 (26.65)
        4:49.74 (26.74)     5:16.49 (26.75)
        5:43.40 (26.91)     6:10.33 (26.93)
        6:36.78 (26.45)     7:03.30 (26.52)
        7:29.81 (26.51)     7:56.60 (26.79)
        8:23.47 (26.87)     8:50.16 (26.69)
        9:16.94 (26.78)     9:43.51 (26.57)
       10:10.22 (26.71)    10:36.66 (26.44)
       11:03.20 (26.54)    11:29.60 (26.40)
       11:55.91 (26.31)    12:22.31 (26.40)
       12:48.66 (26.35)    13:14.88 (26.22)
       13:41.17 (26.29)    14:07.50 (26.33)    14:32.38 (24.88)
  2 Ransford, PJ     FR Michigan         14:49.63   14:34.36         17  
    r:+0.77  25.50        51.57 (26.07)
        1:18.02 (26.45)     1:44.65 (26.63)
        2:11.49 (26.84)     2:38.41 (26.92)
        3:04.66 (26.25)     3:30.90 (26.24)
        3:57.06 (26.16)     4:23.11 (26.05)
        4:49.49 (26.38)     5:16.00 (26.51)
        5:42.13 (26.13)     6:08.36 (26.23)
        6:34.51 (26.15)     7:00.92 (26.41)
        7:27.24 (26.32)     7:53.68 (26.44)
        8:20.07 (26.39)     8:46.40 (26.33)
        9:12.67 (26.27)     9:39.13 (26.46)
       10:05.60 (26.47)    10:32.47 (26.87)
       10:59.38 (26.91)    11:26.19 (26.81)
       11:53.41 (27.22)    12:20.20 (26.79)
       12:47.07 (26.87)    13:14.05 (26.98)
       13:41.36 (27.31)    14:08.19 (26.83)    14:34.36 (26.17)
  3 Wilimovsky, Jor  JR Northwestern     14:33.50   14:36.64         16  
    r:+0.73  24.35        50.43 (26.08)
        1:16.62 (26.19)     1:42.95 (26.33)
        2:09.30 (26.35)     2:35.92 (26.62)
        3:02.57 (26.65)     3:29.30 (26.73)
        3:55.96 (26.66)     4:22.81 (26.85)
        4:49.56 (26.75)     5:16.49 (26.93)
        5:43.25 (26.76)     6:09.87 (26.62)
        6:36.38 (26.51)     7:02.94 (26.56)
        7:29.67 (26.73)     7:56.53 (26.86)
        8:23.29 (26.76)     8:50.10 (26.81)
        9:16.93 (26.83)     9:43.70 (26.77)
       10:09.90 (26.20)    10:36.39 (26.49)
       11:03.27 (26.88)    11:29.87 (26.60)
       11:56.32 (26.45)    12:22.96 (26.64)
       12:49.77 (26.81)    13:16.74 (26.97)
       13:43.82 (27.08)    14:10.82 (27.00)    14:36.64 (25.82)
  4 Kiraly, Bence    JR Univ of Utah     14:51.17   14:41.86         15  
    r:+0.89  24.07        50.19 (26.12)
        1:16.65 (26.46)     1:43.23 (26.58)
        2:09.97 (26.74)     2:36.89 (26.92)
        3:03.82 (26.93)     3:30.67 (26.85)
        3:57.71 (27.04)     4:24.74 (27.03)
        4:51.72 (26.98)     5:18.71 (26.99)
        5:45.85 (27.14)     6:12.96 (27.11)
        6:39.99 (27.03)     7:06.86 (26.87)
        7:33.88 (27.02)     8:00.70 (26.82)
        8:27.43 (26.73)     8:54.11 (26.68)
        9:20.71 (26.60)     9:47.50 (26.79)
       10:14.41 (26.91)    10:41.09 (26.68)
       11:07.93 (26.84)    11:34.76 (26.83)
       12:01.63 (26.87)    12:28.62 (26.99)
       12:55.65 (27.03)    13:22.79 (27.14)
       13:49.81 (27.02)    14:16.50 (26.69)    14:41.86 (25.36)
  5 Ipsen, Anton Oe  FR NC State         14:48.52   14:43.16         14  
    r:+0.74  24.93        51.89 (26.96)
        1:18.75 (26.86)     1:45.49 (26.74)
        2:12.22 (26.73)     2:39.04 (26.82)
        3:05.66 (26.62)     3:32.33 (26.67)
        3:59.00 (26.67)     4:25.75 (26.75)
        4:52.46 (26.71)     5:19.10 (26.64)
        5:45.74 (26.64)     6:12.54 (26.80)
        6:39.27 (26.73)     7:05.99 (26.72)
        7:32.66 (26.67)     7:59.12 (26.46)
        8:25.89 (26.77)     8:52.56 (26.67)
        9:19.08 (26.52)     9:45.82 (26.74)
       10:12.54 (26.72)    10:39.30 (26.76)
       11:06.06 (26.76)    11:33.01 (26.95)
       12:00.17 (27.16)    12:27.15 (26.98)
       12:54.37 (27.22)    13:21.38 (27.01)
       13:48.77 (27.39)    14:16.19 (27.42)    14:43.16 (26.97)
  6 Mahmoud, Akaram  FR South Carolina   14:51.27   14:46.50         13  
    r:+0.75  24.47        51.03 (26.56)
        1:17.83 (26.80)     1:44.67 (26.84)
        2:11.65 (26.98)     2:38.78 (27.13)
        3:05.81 (27.03)     3:32.74 (26.93)
        3:59.77 (27.03)     4:26.77 (27.00)
        4:53.69 (26.92)     5:20.71 (27.02)
        5:47.64 (26.93)     6:14.73 (27.09)
        6:41.57 (26.84)     7:08.48 (26.91)
        7:35.32 (26.84)     8:02.30 (26.98)
        8:29.37 (27.07)     8:56.16 (26.79)
        9:22.97 (26.81)     9:49.71 (26.74)
       10:16.50 (26.79)    10:43.37 (26.87)
       11:10.18 (26.81)    11:37.16 (26.98)
       12:04.00 (26.84)    12:31.07 (27.07)
       12:58.16 (27.09)    13:25.29 (27.13)
       13:52.44 (27.15)    14:19.78 (27.34)    14:46.50 (26.72)
  7 Bunch, Dylan     JR Denver           14:55.62   14:47.53         12  
    r:+0.85  24.91        51.25 (26.34)
        1:18.30 (27.05)     1:45.45 (27.15)
        2:12.44 (26.99)     2:39.49 (27.05)
        3:06.44 (26.95)     3:33.31 (26.87)
        4:00.34 (27.03)     4:27.40 (27.06)
        4:54.55 (27.15)     5:21.65 (27.10)
        5:48.60 (26.95)     6:15.63 (27.03)
        6:42.58 (26.95)     7:09.37 (26.79)
        7:36.19 (26.82)     8:03.13 (26.94)
        8:30.19 (27.06)     8:57.32 (27.13)
        9:24.44 (27.12)     9:51.35 (26.91)
       10:18.39 (27.04)    10:45.45 (27.06)
       11:12.69 (27.24)    11:40.08 (27.39)
       12:07.07 (26.99)    12:34.15 (27.08)
       13:01.44 (27.29)    13:28.46 (27.02)
       13:55.20 (26.74)    14:21.79 (26.59)    14:47.53 (25.74)
  8 Pinion, Evan     FR Tennessee        14:42.04   14:47.85         11  
    r:+0.72  24.87        51.44 (26.57)
        1:18.23 (26.79)     1:44.91 (26.68)
        2:11.74 (26.83)     2:38.45 (26.71)
        3:05.21 (26.76)     3:31.95 (26.74)
        3:59.07 (27.12)     4:25.94 (26.87)
        4:52.82 (26.88)     5:19.98 (27.16)
        5:46.83 (26.85)     6:13.83 (27.00)
        6:40.98 (27.15)     7:08.13 (27.15)
        7:35.20 (27.07)     8:02.50 (27.30)
        8:29.89 (27.39)     8:56.91 (27.02)
        9:24.25 (27.34)     9:51.36 (27.11)
       10:18.49 (27.13)    10:45.75 (27.26)
       11:12.65 (26.90)    11:39.64 (26.99)
       12:06.71 (27.07)    12:33.84 (27.13)
       13:00.92 (27.08)    13:27.82 (26.90)
       13:54.86 (27.04)    14:21.87 (27.01)    14:47.85 (25.98)
  1. Texas                             408   2. California                        275
  3. Michigan                          227   4. Florida                           211
  5. Southern Cali                     197   6. Georgia                         168.5
  7. Stanford                          156   8. Auburn                            131
  9. Alabama                           127  10. NC State                        118.5
 11. Indiana                           104  12. Tennessee                          92
 13. Arizona                          91.5  14. Missouri                           82
 15. Ohio St                            72  15. Louisville                         72
 17. UNC                              49.5  18. Miami (Fl)                         49
 19. South Carolina                     36  20. Wisconsin                          35
 21. Purdue                             29  22. Univ of Utah                     27.5
 23. Penn St                            20  24. Northwestern                       18
 25. Brigham Young                      15  26. Georgia Tech                       14
 27. Wku                                13  27. Virginia Tech                      13
 29. Denver                             12  29. Unlv (M)                           12
 31. Florida St                         11  32. Virginia                            8
 33. Notre Dame                          7  34. Penn                                6
 35. Texas A&M                         4.5  36. Minnesota                           4
 37. Southern Methodist University       2  37. Yale                                2

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

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