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Men’s 500 Freestyle
NCAA Record: 4:20.60 – Andrew Greenhalgh, Johns Hopkins (2015)
2016 Champion: 4:21.83 – Andrew Greenhalgh, Johns Hopkins
While Kenyon’s Arthur Conover led most of the race, it was not until the last 50 yards that he had a true advantage over challenger Andrew Greenhalgh of Johns Hopkins. Conover broke Greenhalgh’s NCAA record by finishing in 4:18.35; Greenhalgh finished in a lifetime best 4:19.66. Conover came home in a 50.48 to Greenhalgh’s 52.12 which is what made the difference; Greenhalgh actually had the lead by about two tenths at the 400 mark but could not hang on in the end.
Emory duo Thomas Gordon and Christian Baker placed third and fourth, respectively. This will hurt them in the overall team scores as Baker came in with the top seed in this event. Gordon’s third-place swim, however was definitely a breakthrough moment as he raced to a best 4:22.69. Baker finished in 4:24.04. Teammate Henry Copses also picked up an eighth-place finish with a 4:35.19.
NYU’s Ian Rainey took the consolation final in 4:26.60, followed by Kenyon’s Connor Rumpit in 4:27.86. Kenyon scored 53 in this event overall while Emory picked up 42.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Conover, Arthur SR Kenyon 4:25.34 4:18.35 20
24.17 50.07 (25.90)
1:16.07 (26.00) 1:42.31 (26.24)
2:08.69 (26.38) 2:35.01 (26.32)
3:01.49 (26.48) 3:27.87 (26.38)
3:53.60 (25.73) 4:18.35 (24.75)
2 Greenhalgh, Andrew SR Johns Hopkins 4:22.66 4:19.66 17
24.15 50.04 (25.89)
1:16.42 (26.38) 1:42.77 (26.35)
2:08.93 (26.16) 2:35.19 (26.26)
3:01.34 (26.15) 3:27.54 (26.20)
3:53.66 (26.12) 4:19.66 (26.00)
3 Gordon, Thomas SO Emory 4:27.44 4:22.69 16
24.19 50.34 (26.15)
1:16.98 (26.64) 1:43.54 (26.56)
2:10.35 (26.81) 2:36.91 (26.56)
3:03.52 (26.61) 3:30.27 (26.75)
3:57.18 (26.91) 4:22.69 (25.51)
4 Baker, Christian SR Emory 4:22.84 4:24.04 15
23.98 50.23 (26.25)
1:16.68 (26.45) 1:43.36 (26.68)
2:09.94 (26.58) 2:36.47 (26.53)
3:03.00 (26.53) 3:29.80 (26.80)
3:56.82 (27.02) 4:24.04 (27.22)
5 Williams, Robert SO Kenyon 4:28.58 4:28.73 14
24.50 51.16 (26.66)
1:18.24 (27.08) 1:45.68 (27.44)
2:13.33 (27.65) 2:40.88 (27.55)
3:08.62 (27.74) 3:36.15 (27.53)
4:03.08 (26.93) 4:28.73 (25.65)
6 Riek, Mitchell SO Carnegie Mellon 4:28.89 4:28.87 13
24.78 51.73 (26.95)
1:18.84 (27.11) 1:46.20 (27.36)
2:13.52 (27.32) 2:40.96 (27.44)
3:08.23 (27.27) 3:35.83 (27.60)
4:02.47 (26.64) 4:28.87 (26.40)
7 Perez, David JR Kenyon 4:28.67 4:30.41 12
24.99 52.13 (27.14)
1:19.53 (27.40) 1:47.28 (27.75)
2:15.25 (27.97) 2:42.17 (26.92)
3:09.18 (27.01) 3:36.44 (27.26)
4:03.67 (27.23) 4:30.41 (26.74)
8 Copses, Henry JR Emory 4:28.83 4:35.19 11
25.01 51.86 (26.85)
1:19.35 (27.49) 1:47.46 (28.11)
2:15.50 (28.04) 2:42.92 (27.42)
3:11.06 (28.14) 3:39.61 (28.55)
4:07.50 (27.89) 4:35.19 (27.69)
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