Caeleb Dressel‘s 50 free was insane and he also led Florida to a relay victory. Meanwhile, the Indiana Hoosiers won the 4×100 medley relay and have a slim lead over NC State in the meet.
Event recaps below:
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 7 1. Indiana 169 2. NC State 165 3. Texas 159 4. Florida 154 5. California 152.5 6. Stanford 116 7. Southern California 79 8. Michigan 70 9. Georgia 64 10. Louisville 62 11. Auburn 40.5 12. Alabama 38 13. Tennessee 35 14. Harvard 29 15. Arizona St 28 16. Florida St 24 17. South Carolina 20 18. Texas A&M 19 19. Arizona 18 19. Missouri 18 19. Purdue 18 22. Minnesota 16 23. Lsu 12 24. Notre Dame 10 25. Virginia Tech 9 26. Ohio St 6 26. Denver 6 28. Penn State 5 29. Duke 4 30. Virginia 2 30. Iowa 2
Tonight’s events include:
- 4×50 Free Relay
- 500 Free
- 200 IM
- 50 Free
- 4×100 Medley Relay
- 1-Meter Diving
Check below for event-by-event coverage.
4×50 Free Relay
Taking the B final in time of 1:16.31 was Indiana’s Ali Khalafalla (19.40), Blake Pieroni (18.88), Bruno Blaskovic (18.83) and Josh Romany (19.20).
The University of Florida Gators earned themselves a victory in the 4×50 free relay with an American record lead-off split from Caeleb Dressel (17.81). The rest of the squad, Jan Switkowski (18.52), Enzo Martinez (19.00) and Mark Szaranek (19.06) added up to a pool record of 1:14.39.
The NC State squad of Ryan Held (18.56), Justin Ress (18.31), Jacob Molacek (18.67) and Coleman Stewart (18.96) produced a 1:14.50 to break the old American record of 1:15.26. In third was California in a 1:14.56.
Event 2 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA: N 1:14.08 3/28/2009 Auburn
J Andkjaer, G Louw, K Norys, M Targett
American: A 1:15.26 3/24/2011 Stanford
A Coville, A Staab, J Allen, A Wayne
U. S. Open: O 1:14.08 3/28/2009 Auburn
J Andkjaer, G Louw, K Norys, M Targett
Championship: C 1:14.08 3/28/2009 Auburn
J Andkjaer, G Louw, K Norys, M Targett
Pool: P 1:14.71 3/15/2007 Auburn
C Cielo, M Targett, S Goodrich, B Lundquist
School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Florida 1:15.64 1:14.39P 594 40
1) Caeleb Dressel SR 2) r:0.26 Jan Switkowski SR
3) r:0.29 Enzo Martinez-Sarpe SR 4) r:0.29 Mark Szaranek SR
r:+0.63 8.54 17.81 (17.81)
26.53 (8.72) 36.33 (18.52)
45.24 (8.91) 55.33 (19.00)
1:04.26 (8.93) 1:14.39 (19.06)
2 NC State 1:15.43 1:14.50P 591 34
1) Ryan Held SR 2) r:0.08 Justin Ress JR
3) r:0.23 Jacob Molacek JR 4) r:0.25 Coleman Stewart SO
r:+0.61 8.96 18.56 (18.56)
27.06 (8.50) 36.87 (18.31)
45.67 (8.80) 55.54 (18.67)
1:04.47 (8.93) 1:14.50 (18.96)
3 California 1:15.36 1:14.56P 591 32
1) Justin Lynch SR 2) r:0.26 Pawel Sendyk SO
3) r:0.16 Ryan Hoffer FR 4) r:0.22 Michael Jensen SO
r:+0.62 9.36 19.05 (19.05)
27.78 (8.73) 37.61 (18.56)
46.26 (8.65) 55.97 (18.36)
1:04.76 (8.79) 1:14.56 (18.59)
4 Texas 1:15.87 1:15.27 579 30
1) Brett Ringgold SR 2) r:0.18 Tate Jackson JR
3) r:0.28 Joseph Schooling SR 4) r:0.13 John Shebat JR
r:+0.71 9.41 19.12 (19.12)
28.00 (8.88) 37.79 (18.67)
46.65 (8.86) 56.55 (18.76)
1:05.28 (8.73) 1:15.27 (18.72)
5 USC 1:16.05 1:15.72 570 28
1) Santo Condorelli SR 2) r:0.20 Dylan Carter SR
3) r:0.21 Ralf Tribuntsov SR 4) r:0.27 Kyle Grissom JR
r:+0.65 9.10 18.98 (18.98)
27.84 (8.86) 37.67 (18.69)
46.44 (8.77) 56.51 (18.84)
1:05.36 (8.85) 1:15.72 (19.21)
6 Stanford 1:16.44 1:16.23 561 26
1) Sam Perry SR 2) r:0.22 Andrew Liang SR
3) r:0.31 Alberto Mestre FR 4) r:0.27 Brad Zdroik FR
r:+0.60 9.21 19.26 (19.26)
28.12 (8.86) 38.18 (18.92)
47.25 (9.07) 57.20 (19.02)
1:06.18 (8.98) 1:16.23 (19.03)
7 Florida St 1:16.13 1:16.27 561 24
1) Will Pisani JR 2) r:0.08 Chad Mylin SR
3) r:0.18 Joseph Plechy SR 4) r:0.22 Kanoa Kaleoaloha JR
r:+0.65 9.26 19.36 (19.36)
28.21 (8.85) 38.33 (18.97)
47.27 (8.94) 57.44 (19.11)
1:06.19 (8.75) 1:16.27 (18.83)
8 Michigan 1:16.46 1:16.30 561 22
1) Paul Powers SR 2) r:0.16 Gus Borges FR
3) r:0.20 James Jones SO 4) r:0.31 James Peek SR
r:+0.62 9.22 19.24 (19.24)
27.95 (8.71) 37.99 (18.75)
47.14 (9.15) 57.29 (19.30)
1:06.20 (8.91) 1:16.30 (19.01)
500 Free
Texas junior Townley Haas swam a 4:08.60 to take the win in the A final, just under the pool record that second place-finisher, Felix Auböck (4:09.03), set this morning. NC State’s Anton Ipsen (4:09.13) took third, also under the old pool record.
Also in the A final was Stanford’s Grant Shoults (4:10.02), South Carolina’s Akram Mahmoud (4:12.14), Texas Longhorn Sam Pomajevich (4:12.83), Stanford’s Liam Egan (4:14.49) and Michigan’s Ricardo Vargas (4:17.23).
Event 3 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 4:08.42 3/23/2017 Clark Smith, Texas
American: A 4:07.25 11/30/2017Zane Grothe, Unattached
U. S. Open: O 4:07.25 11/30/2017Zane Grothe, Unattached
Championship: C 4:08.42 3/23/2017 Clark Smith, Texas
Pool: P 4:09.29 2/22/2018 Felix Auboeck, Michigan
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Townley Haas JR Texas 4:11.97 4:08.60P 185 20
r:+0.75 22.56 47.41 (24.85)
1:12.88 (25.47) 1:38.11 (25.23)
2:03.49 (25.38) 2:29.02 (25.53)
2:54.46 (25.44) 3:19.77 (25.31)
3:44.66 (24.89) 4:08.60 (23.94)
2 Felix Auboeck SO Michigan 4:10.83 4:09.03P 184 17
r:+0.80 23.24 48.32 (25.08)
1:13.54 (25.22) 1:38.89 (25.35)
2:04.32 (25.43) 2:29.60 (25.28)
2:54.95 (25.35) 3:20.23 (25.28)
3:44.90 (24.67) 4:09.03 (24.13)
3 Anton Ipsen SR NC State 4:11.02 4:09.13P 184 16
r:+0.70 23.33 48.37 (25.04)
1:13.66 (25.29) 1:39.05 (25.39)
2:04.44 (25.39) 2:29.67 (25.23)
2:55.17 (25.50) 3:20.41 (25.24)
3:45.29 (24.88) 4:09.13 (23.84)
4 Grant Shoults SO Stanford 4:12.12 4:10.02 182 15
r:+0.63 22.98 48.15 (25.17)
1:13.49 (25.34) 1:39.36 (25.87)
2:04.84 (25.48) 2:30.40 (25.56)
2:55.85 (25.45) 3:20.81 (24.96)
3:45.58 (24.77) 4:10.02 (24.44)
5 Akaram Mahmoud SR South Carolina 4:12.52 4:12.14 178 14
r:+0.70 22.92 48.29 (25.37)
1:13.88 (25.59) 1:39.37 (25.49)
2:04.93 (25.56) 2:30.41 (25.48)
2:55.99 (25.58) 3:21.48 (25.49)
3:47.07 (25.59) 4:12.14 (25.07)
6 Sam Pomajevich FR Texas 4:12.46 4:12.83 177 13
r:+0.70 22.75 47.71 (24.96)
1:13.37 (25.66) 1:39.26 (25.89)
2:05.38 (26.12) 2:31.19 (25.81)
2:56.96 (25.77) 3:22.91 (25.95)
3:48.49 (25.58) 4:12.83 (24.34)
7 Liam Egan SR Stanford 4:12.02 4:14.49 174 12
r:+0.73 23.51 48.60 (25.09)
1:14.03 (25.43) 1:39.50 (25.47)
2:05.28 (25.78) 2:30.90 (25.62)
2:56.62 (25.72) 3:22.68 (26.06)
3:49.08 (26.40) 4:14.49 (25.41)
8 Ricardo Vargas FR Michigan 4:12.87 4:17.23 168 11
r:+0.69 24.14 49.62 (25.48)
1:15.49 (25.87) 1:41.60 (26.11)
2:07.31 (25.71) 2:33.05 (25.74)
2:58.95 (25.90) 3:24.89 (25.94)
3:51.27 (26.38) 4:17.23 (25.96)
200 IM
Tonight’s A final featured not one, but two sub-1:40 swimmers with Florida’s Jan Switkowski (1:39.54) leading the way with NC State’s Andreas Vazaios (1:39.97) following behind in second. This puts Switkowski third on the all-time list with Vazaios now sitting behind the Gator in fourth all-time. Third was awarded to Florida’s Mark Szaranek in a time of 1:40.27.
Cal’s Matthew Josa posted a 1:41.66 in the B final to take the win for the Bears.
Event 4 Men 200 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 1:38.13 2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
American: A 1:38.13 2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: O 1:38.13 2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Championship: C 1:39.38 3/26/2015 David Nolan, Stanford-PC
Pool: P 1:40.40 3/22/2018 Andrew Seliskar, California-PC
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Jan Switkowski SR Florida 1:41.23 1:39.54P 197 20
r:+0.67 21.50 46.34 (24.84)
1:15.48 (29.14) 1:39.54 (24.06)
2 Andreas Vazaios JR NC State 1:40.93 1:39.97P 194 17
r:+0.69 22.10 46.44 (24.34)
1:15.44 (29.00) 1:39.97 (24.53)
3 Mark Szaranek SR Florida 1:41.62 1:40.27P 193 16
r:+0.68 21.85 46.54 (24.69)
1:15.71 (29.17) 1:40.27 (24.56)
4 Abrahm DeVine JR Stanford 1:40.78 1:40.35P 193 15
r:+0.67 21.84 46.32 (24.48)
1:15.76 (29.44) 1:40.35 (24.59)
5 Andrew Seliskar JR California 1:40.40 1:40.69 191 14
r:+0.66 21.79 46.92 (25.13)
1:15.87 (28.95) 1:40.69 (24.82)
6 Vini Lanza JR Indiana 1:42.05 1:40.82 190 13
r:+0.69 21.33 47.23 (25.90)
1:16.66 (29.43) 1:40.82 (24.16)
7 Gunnar Bentz SR Georgia 1:42.13 1:41.89 185 12
r:+0.72 22.25 48.18 (25.93)
1:17.63 (29.45) 1:41.89 (24.26)
8 Ian Finnerty JR Indiana 1:42.08 1:44.25 174 11
r:+0.66 22.52 49.40 (26.88)
1:18.36 (28.96) 1:44.25 (25.89)
50 Free
In tonight’s 50 free A final Florida Gator Caeleb Dressel threw down yet another American record with a 17.63 to win by nearly a second ahead of NC State’s Ryan Held. Minnesota’s Bowen Becker snuck into third with an 18.90.
Dressel’s margin of victory was wider than the any other individual event tonight, as he won by .99 of a second. This also solidifies Dressel as the only man to win the 50 free all four years at NCAA’s. It is also interesting to note that Dressel’s second 25 was faster than the rest of the field’s second 25 and only .05 slower than the second fastest first 25 in the field.
USC’s Santo Condorelli touched first in the B final with an 18.99.
Event 5 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 17.81 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
American: A 17.81 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
U. S. Open: O 17.81 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
Championship: C 17.81 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
Pool: P 17.81 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Caeleb Dressel SR Florida 18.11 17.63N 200 20
r:+0.63 8.48 17.63 (9.15)
2 Ryan Held SR NC State 18.69 18.64 192 17
r:+0.60 9.10 18.64 (9.54)
3 Bowen Becker JR Minnesota 18.88 18.90 186 16
r:+0.63 9.20 18.90 (9.70)
4 Pawel Sendyk SO California 18.95 18.94 185 15
r:+0.66 9.08 18.94 (9.86)
5 Ryan Hoffer FR California 19.04 18.97 184 13.5
r:+0.65 9.07 18.97 (9.90)
5 Zach Apple JR Auburn 18.97 18.97 184 13.5
r:+0.63 9.10 18.97 (9.87)
7 Robert Howard JR Alabama 19.00 19.09 181 12
r:+0.69 9.19 19.09 (9.90)
8 Blake Pieroni SR Indiana 18.93 19.17 179 11
r:+0.64 9.28 19.17 (9.89)
4×100 Medley Relay
The 4×100 medley relay A final featured Indiana’s squad of Gabriel Fantoni (45.59), Ian Finnerty (50.33), Vini Lanza (44.53) and Blake Pieroni (40.62) swam a time of 3:01.07 to break their own pool record from this morning while NC State’s team of Coleman Stewart (44.74), Jacob Molacek (52.32), Ryan Held (43.88) and Justin Ress (40.82) put together a 3:01.76 for second.
In third was USC quartet of Ralf Tribuntsov (45.01), Carsten Vissering (50.90), Dylan Carter (44.71) and Santo Condorelli (41.21).
The Texas Longhorns won the B final in a time of 3:03.56.
Event 7 Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 2:59.22 3/23/2017 Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, J Conger
American: A 3:01.51 3/24/2017 California
R Murphy, C Hoppe, M Josa, M Jensen
U. S. Open: O 2:59.22 3/23/2017 Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, J Conger
Championship: C 2:59.22 3/23/2017 Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, J Conger
Pool: P 3:01.30 2/22/2018 Indiana
G Fantoni, I Finnerty, V Lanza, B Pieroni
School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Indiana 3:01.87 3:01.07P 40
1) Gabriel Fantoni FR 2) r:0.13 Ian Finnerty JR
3) r:0.41 Vini Lanza JR 4) r:0.22 Blake Pieroni SR
r:+0.74 21.87 45.59 (45.59)
1:08.78 (23.19) 1:35.92 (50.33)
1:56.36 (20.44) 2:20.45 (44.53)
2:39.67 (19.22) 3:01.07 (40.62)
2 NC State 3:02.70 3:01.76 34
1) Coleman Stewart SO 2) r:0.28 Jacob Molacek JR
3) r:0.17 Ryan Held SR 4) r:0.11 Justin Ress JR
r:+0.65 21.38 44.74 (44.74)
1:08.78 (24.04) 1:37.06 (52.32)
1:56.76 (19.70) 2:20.94 (43.88)
2:40.05 (19.11) 3:01.76 (40.82)
3 USC 3:03.02 3:01.83 32
1) Ralf Tribuntsov SR 2) r:0.18 Carsten Vissering JR
3) r:0.23 Dylan Carter SR 4) r:0.31 Santo Condorelli SR
r:+0.66 21.61 45.01 (45.01)
1:08.43 (23.42) 1:35.91 (50.90)
1:55.84 (19.93) 2:20.62 (44.71)
2:39.57 (18.95) 3:01.83 (41.21)
4 California 3:02.77 3:02.83 30
1) Daniel Carr FR 2) r:0.16 Connor Hoppe SR
3) r:0.06 Matthew Josa SR 4) r:0.23 Ryan Hoffer FR
r:+0.62 21.86 45.50 (45.50)
1:09.01 (23.51) 1:36.37 (50.87)
1:56.86 (20.49) 2:21.37 (45.00)
2:40.66 (19.29) 3:02.83 (41.46)
5 Florida 3:04.05 3:03.16 28
1) Bayley Main JR 2) r:0.38 Caeleb Dressel SR
3) r:0.22 Jan Switkowski SR 4) r:0.18 Maxime Rooney SO
r:+0.65 22.34 46.41 (46.41)
1:09.76 (23.35) 1:37.03 (50.62)
1:57.34 (20.31) 2:21.14 (44.11)
2:40.87 (19.73) 3:03.16 (42.02)
6 Stanford 3:03.84 3:04.16 26
1) Ryan Dudzinski JR 2) r:0.15 Matt Anderson JR
3) r:0.27 Andrew Liang SR 4) r:0.30 Sam Perry SR
r:+0.65 21.99 45.55 (45.55)
1:09.67 (24.12) 1:37.64 (52.09)
1:58.28 (20.64) 2:22.53 (44.89)
2:41.86 (19.33) 3:04.16 (41.63)
7 Louisville 3:03.68 3:04.37 24
1) Nicolas Albiero FR 2) r:0.08 Carlos Claverie SR
3) r:0.09 Zach Harting JR 4) r:0.16 Andrej Barna SO
r:+0.65 22.08 45.43 (45.43)
1:09.19 (23.76) 1:36.94 (51.51)
1:57.84 (20.90) 2:22.15 (45.21)
2:41.80 (19.65) 3:04.37 (42.22)
8 Georgia 3:03.70 3:04.50 22
1) Javier Acevedo SO 2) r:0.15 James Guest JR
3) r:0.29 Camden Murphy FR 4) r:0.25 Gunnar Bentz SR
r:+0.68 22.04 44.90 (44.90)
1:08.82 (23.92) 1:36.77 (51.87)
1:57.95 (21.18) 2:21.95 (45.18)
2:42.45 (20.50) 3:04.50 (42.55)
1-Meter Diving
The men’s 1-meter diving event was won by Indiana senior Michael Hixon with a score of 464.40, just nine points shy of the NCAA record of 473.75, set by Stanford’s Kristian Ipsen in 2013.
Purdue’s Steele Johnson took second in a score of 443.85. In third was Florida’s James Connor (440.55).
Rounding out the A final with a score of 387.45 was Texas Longhorn Grayson Campbel.
Event 6 Men 1 mtr Diving
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Championship: C 473.75 3/28/2013 Kristian Ipsen, Stanford
Pool: P 493.60 2/22/2018 Michael Hixon, Indiana
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Michael Hixon SR Indiana 408.20 464.40 191 20
2 Steele Johnson JR Purdue 396.75 443.85 186 17
3 James Connor JR Indiana 397.30 440.55 185 16
4 Zhipeng Zeng JR Tennessee 387.70 437.70 185 15
5 Jordan Windle FR Texas 374.65 412.80 179 14
6 Sam Thornton JR Texas A&M 370.75 407.45 177 13
7 Juan Hernandez SO LSU 389.05 391.10 173 12
8 Grayson Campbel SO Texas 379.00 387.45 172 11