Men’s NCAA Div I. Championships, Finals: Arizona Goes One-Two in the 100 Butterfly

By Phillip Whitten

ATLANTA, Ga. March 24. YOU could feel it. The tide was turning in Arizona’s favor, but the Cats had to make a statement in the 100 fly.
They did.

Sixth qualifier Lyndon Ferns, swimming in lane seven, took the race out hard and turned first in 21.00, while Arizona’s Albert Subirats, the #1 qualifier, languished in fifth.

Not to worry. Ferns held his lead, while Subirats began passing the men ahead of him.

At the wall, it was one-two for Arizona, with Ferns the winner in 45.89, 13-hundredths ahead of his teammate.

After this event, Auburn held a 34-point lead. Could they hold it?

Event 9 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 44.72 2004 Ian Crocker, Texas
NCAA Meet: M 45.44 2002 Ian Crocker, Texas
American: A 44.72 2004 Ian Crocker, Texas
US Open: O 44.72 2004 Ian Crocker, Texas
GTAC Pool: P 46.11 3/24/2006 Albert Subirats, ARIZONA
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship ===

1 Ferns, Lyndon SR Arizona 46.49 45.89P 20
21.00 45.89 (24.89)
2 Subirats, Albert SO Arizona 46.11 46.02P 17
21.56 46.02 (24.46)
3 Masson, Sam JR Southern Cal. 46.78 46.09P 16
21.61 46.09 (24.48)
4 Tarwater, Davis SR Michigan 46.16 46.33 15
21.91 46.33 (24.42)
5 Bubolz, Kyle SO Northwestern 46.36 46.43 14
21.20 46.43 (25.23)
6 Cavic, Milorad SR Cal. Berkeley 46.27 46.56 13
21.11 46.56 (25.45)
7 Puninski, Alexei SO Auburn 46.38 46.60 12
21.70 46.60 (24.90)
8 Sullivan, Christophe SR Oakland 46.76 47.04 11
21.37 47.04 (25.67)

=== Consolation ===

9 Verhoef, Peter SR Georgia 47.07 47.07 9
21.86 47.07 (25.21)
10 Andkjaer, Jakob FR Auburn 47.20 47.11 7
21.55 47.11 (25.56)
11 Godec, Jernej SO Cal. Berkeley 47.29 47.14 5.5
21.44 47.14 (25.70)
11 Wildman-Tobriner, BE JR Stanford 47.26 47.14 5.5
21.74 47.14 (25.40)
13 Alesi, Octavio SO Tennessee 47.11 47.43 4
21.83 47.43 (25.60)
14 Cary, Patrick JR Cal. Santa Barb 47.27 47.50 3
22.10 47.50 (25.40)
15 Dunford, Jason FR Stanford 47.26 47.53 2
21.76 47.53 (25.77)
16 O'Neil, Patrick JR Cal. Berkeley 47.12 47.79 1
22.08 47.79 (25.71)

=== Preliminaries ===

17 Rohleder, Daniel SO Texas 47.39
18 Doyle, Joe JR Ohio State 47.51
19 Bartoch, Joe SR Nevada – L.V. 47.80
20 Osten, Neil SR Minnesota 47.81
21 Etherington, Christo FR Purdue 47.87
22 Targett, Matt SO Auburn 47.91
23 Donaldson, David JR Texas 47.93
24 Lundquist, Bryan JR Auburn 47.94
25 Scott, John JR Auburn 48.08
26 Clavier, Thomnas SR Indiana 48.12
27 Berve, Dan JR Minnesota 48.13
28 Roycik, Joel SR Florida State 48.17
29 Walkotten, Nick FR Indiana 48.24
30 Langenfeld, Andrew FR West Virginia 48.28
31 Redmon, Joe FR Georgia 48.30
32 Bodrogi, Viktor JR Southern Cal. 48.48
33 Newmann, Scott SR Texas A&M 48.59
34 Vrtovec, Luka FR Southern Method. 48.74
35 Marmolejo, Pablo SO West Virginia 48.85
36 Engle, Andrew JR Tennessee 48.87
37 Beard, Scott SO Virginia Polytec 49.01
38 Hagedorn, Chris SR West Virginia 49.33
— Tilly, Jonas JR Cal. Berkeley DFS
— Sacco, Thomas JR Texas DFS

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