NCAA Men’s Championships: Ilya Kharun Edges Dare Rose in Epic 200 Butterfly Finish

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NCAA Men’s Championships: Ilya Kharun Edges Dare Rose in Epic 200 Butterfly Finish

The 200 butterfly was expected to be a battle and it lived up to the hype.

In one of the few races not to be a record-breaker, it was perhaps the closest race outside the 50.

Arizona State freshman Ilya Kharun came away with the victory at 1:38.26 after a stunning surge in the final 15 yards to overtake Cal’s Dare Rose (1:38.61).

“I felt like I had to win it for my team – and I just love winning,” Kharun said. “There is definitely a lot of pressure, but you have to think of it as another meet and doing it for your team. We knew the points throughout the meet mattered. I had to go out and stay ahead of the boys. I knew I had a pretty good back-half, and that I could hold them off.”

Kharun was at 21.71 to lead after the first 50.

Rose took over the lead at 46.84 at the halfway point.

At the 150, Rose still was barely ahead of Kharun and kept the lead off the final turn, but in a late burst of speed, Kharun took the lead in the final 15 yards to earn the title in 1:38.26, just fourth tenths of a second ahead of Rose.

NC State’s Aiden Hayes finished third in 1:39.16, followed by Indiana’s Tomer Frankel (1:39.35), Cal’s Gabriel Jett (1:39.72), NC State’s Noah Bowers (1:39.94) and Michigan’s Gal Groumi (1:40.05).

Indiana’s Brendan Burns made it back to the A final in both of his events of the night, impressively finishing his career as an All-American in both the 200 backstroke and 200 fly in the same session.

He finished eighth in the 200 fly (1:41.73).

Event 19  Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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         NCAA: N 1:37.35  3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas
         Meet: M 1:37.35  3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas
     American: A 1:37.35  3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas
   U. S. Open: O 1:37.35  3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas
         Pool: P 1:37.35  3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
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                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Kharun, Ilya           FR ASU               1:39.89    1:38.26   20  
    r:+0.65  21.71        46.86 (25.15)
        1:12.61 (25.75)     1:38.26 (25.65)
  2 Rose, Dare             SR California        1:39.52    1:38.61   17  
    r:+0.62  21.83        46.84 (25.01)
        1:12.30 (25.46)     1:38.61 (26.31)
  3 Hayes, Aiden           JR NC State          1:40.05    1:39.16   16  
    r:+0.63  21.94        47.46 (25.52)
        1:12.99 (25.53)     1:39.16 (26.17)
  4 Frankel, Tomer         SR Indiana           1:40.38    1:39.35   15  
    r:+0.57  21.93        47.25 (25.32)
        1:13.03 (25.78)     1:39.35 (26.32)
  5 Jett, Gabriel          JR California        1:40.05    1:39.72   14  
    r:+0.64  22.40        47.78 (25.38)
        1:13.52 (25.74)     1:39.72 (26.20)
  6 Bowers, Noah           5Y NC State          1:40.14    1:39.94   13  
    r:+0.67  22.34        47.46 (25.12)
        1:13.61 (26.15)     1:39.94 (26.33)
  7 Cohen Groumi, Gal      JR Michigan          1:40.20    1:40.05   12  
    r:+0.56  22.17        47.69 (25.52)
        1:13.79 (26.10)     1:40.05 (26.26)
  8 Burns, Brendan         5Y Indiana           1:40.40    1:41.73   11  
    r:+0.68  22.57        48.26 (25.69)
        1:14.45 (26.19)     1:41.73 (27.28)
 
                        === Consolation Final ===                        
 
  9 Minakov, Andrei        JR Stanford          1:40.41    1:40.13    9  
    r:+0.65  21.87        46.81 (24.94)
        1:12.93 (26.12)     1:40.13 (27.20)
 10 Colson, Alex           5Y ASU               1:41.05    1:40.61    7  
    r:+0.63  22.02        47.78 (25.76)
        1:13.41 (25.63)     1:40.61 (27.20)
 11 Espernberger, Martin   SO Tennessee         1:40.83    1:40.64    6  
    r:+0.65  22.63        48.07 (25.44)
        1:14.11 (26.04)     1:40.64 (26.53)
 12 Kovac, Danny           5Y SMU               1:40.93    1:41.17    5  
    r:+0.61  22.87        48.99 (26.12)
        1:15.09 (26.10)     1:41.17 (26.08)
 13 Geer, Colin            FR Michigan          1:41.38    1:41.23    4  
    r:+0.63  22.56        48.15 (25.59)
        1:14.55 (26.40)     1:41.23 (26.68)
 14 Ray, Tyler             SO Michigan          1:40.44    1:41.47    3  
    r:+0.62  22.23        48.22 (25.99)
        1:14.57 (26.35)     1:41.47 (26.90)
 15 Magahey, Jake          SR Georgia           1:41.35    1:41.81    2  
    r:+0.70  22.46        47.97 (25.51)
        1:14.42 (26.45)     1:41.81 (27.39)
 16 Chmielewski, Krzyszto  FR USC               1:40.98    1:43.77    1  
    r:+0.60  22.64        48.78 (26.14)
        1:16.08 (27.30)     1:43.77 (27.69)
 
                 Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 19                  
 
  1. Arizona St                      483.5   2. California                      391.5
  3. Florida                           344   4. Indiana                           309
  5. NC State                          288   6. Tennessee                         185
  7. Texas                             175   8. Stanford                          153
  9. Virginia Tech                     146  10. Notre Dame                        110
 11. Georgia                           108  12. Auburn                             88
 13. Michigan                         87.5  14. Louisville                         80
 15. Ohio St                            79  16. Texas A&M                          77
 17. Virginia                         66.5  18. Smu                                59
 19. Alabama                            50  20. Minnesota                          40
 21. Florida St                         34  22. Southern California                25
 23. Miami (Fl)                         21  24. Arizona                            19
 24. Missouri                           19  26. Towson                             18
 27. Penn                               17  28. Wisconsin                          16
 29. Pittsburgh                         15  30. Lsu                                11
 30. Brown                              11  32. UNC                                 9
 33. Penn St                             8  34. Brigham Young                       7
 35. Utah                                6  36. Purdue                              5
 37. GW                                  3  38. Northwestern                        1

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