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Florida’s Caeleb Dressel dropped the fastest 50 free relay split in history during this morning’s preliminary session while Indiana’s Ian Finnerty is set up to earn an NCAA title for the Hoosiers in the 100 breast A final tonight.
A few surprises took place this morning as well, such as Auburn’s 400 IM top-seed Hugo Gonzalez, falling to 30th place while Florida’s Max Rooney fell from an A final scoring position to 21st, neither athlete will swim individually tonight.
For full results of this tonight’s finals, click here.
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 14 1. Indiana 325 2. Texas 306 3. California 291.5 4. NC State 252 5. Florida 246 6. Southern California 181 7. Stanford 165 8. Louisville 118.5 9. Michigan 101.5 10. Georgia 98 11. Tennessee 97 12. Alabama 61 13. Auburn 56.5 14. Arizona St 45 14. Texas A&M 45 16. Harvard 44 17. South Carolina 41.5 18. Arizona 38 18. Purdue 38 20. Minnesota 35 21. Lsu 27 22. Missouri 25 23. Florida St 24 24. Denver 18 25. Cornell 15 26. Notre Dame 14 26. Penn State 14 28. Ohio State 12 29. Virginia 10 29. Utah 10 31. Virginia Tech 9 32. Grand Canyon 7 33. UNC 6 34. Duke 4 34. Towson 4 36. West Virginia 2.5 37. Iowa 2 38. Southern Methodist University 1
Today’s events included:
- 400 IM
- 100 Fly
- 200 Free
- 100 Breast
- 100 Back
- 200 Medley Relay
- 3-Meter Diving
Check below for event-by-event coverage.
400 IM
Stanford’s Abrahm DeVine threw down a personal best by two and a half seconds on his way to winning the A final of the 400 IM in a time of 3:35.29, which broke the pool record and marks the third fastest time in history, bumping him up to the second fastest performer in history.
DeVine lead from after the butterfly leg and held that lead by throwing down a tremendous backstroke split of 54.11, followed by a top-notch breaststroke leg of 1:01.78 and a world-class freestyle spilt of 50.23.
In second was Arizona’s Nick Thorne with his 3:38.56 while Cal’s Andrew Seliskar faded to third in a time of 3:38.73.
Florida senior Mark Szaranek won the B final in a time of 3:37.64.
Event 8 Men 400 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 3:33.42 03/24/2017Chase Kalisz, Georgia
American: A 3:33.42 03/24/2017Chase Kalisz, Georgia
U. S. Open: O 3:33.42 03/24/2017Chase Kalisz, Georgia
Championship: C 3:33.42 03/24/2017Chase Kalisz, Georgia
Pool: P 3:37.84 03/23/2018Andrew Seliskar, California-PC
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Abrahm DeVine JR Stanford 3:39.29 3:35.29P 20
r:+0.70 23.03 49.27 (26.24)
1:16.64 (27.37) 1:43.38 (26.74)
2:14.17 (30.79) 2:45.16 (30.99)
3:10.46 (25.30) 3:35.29 (24.83)
2 Nick Thorne SR Arizona 3:39.39 3:38.56 17
r:+0.72 23.11 49.64 (26.53)
1:18.09 (28.45) 1:45.97 (27.88)
2:16.90 (30.93) 2:48.22 (31.32)
3:13.99 (25.77) 3:38.56 (24.57)
3 Andrew Seliskar JR California 3:37.84 3:38.73 16
r:+0.65 22.70 49.29 (26.59)
1:17.29 (28.00) 1:44.82 (27.53)
2:14.87 (30.05) 2:45.36 (30.49)
3:12.21 (26.85) 3:38.73 (26.52)
4 Brandonn Almeid FR South Carolina 3:39.52 3:39.38 15
r:+0.68 23.94 50.93 (26.99)
1:18.57 (27.64) 1:45.15 (26.58)
2:16.53 (31.38) 2:48.38 (31.85)
3:14.59 (26.21) 3:39.38 (24.79)
5 Jay Litherland SR Georgia 3:38.92 3:39.57 14
r:+0.75 23.40 50.13 (26.73)
1:17.79 (27.66) 1:45.83 (28.04)
2:17.17 (31.34) 2:49.68 (32.51)
3:15.13 (25.45) 3:39.57 (24.44)
6 Charlie Swanson SO Michigan 3:39.51 3:39.93 13
r:+0.77 23.77 50.80 (27.03)
1:19.63 (28.83) 1:47.93 (28.30)
2:17.59 (29.66) 2:48.36 (30.77)
3:14.94 (26.58) 3:39.93 (24.99)
7 Jonathan Robert SR Texas 3:38.64 3:40.30 12
r:+0.76 22.68 49.30 (26.62)
1:16.94 (27.64) 1:44.42 (27.48)
2:16.05 (31.63) 2:48.27 (32.22)
3:14.91 (26.64) 3:40.30 (25.39)
8 Gunnar Bentz SR Georgia 3:38.90 3:42.95 11
r:+0.74 23.39 50.59 (27.20)
1:19.46 (28.87) 1:47.71 (28.25)
2:18.80 (31.09) 2:50.30 (31.50)
3:16.85 (26.55) 3:42.95 (26.10)
100 Fly
The A final of tonight’s 100 fly featured the Caeleb Dressel/Joseph Schooling showdown where Dressel emerged victorious in a time of 42.80. This marks Dressel as the fastest all time in the event, continuing his record-breaking weekend.
Dressel continues to marvel with his unmatched speed and unparalleled underwater dolphin kick abilities. Dressel was out first at the 50 in a 19.99, with NC State’s Ryan Held trailing in 20.55. By the finish, Dressel had come back in a 22.81 to win it while Held (44.88) would fade to fifth.
Dressel’s fellow Gator teammate Jan Switkowski got by Schooling for second place in a time of 44.49 while Indiana’s Vini Lanza touched third in 44.50. Former NCAA champion from two years ago, Schooling, faded to fourth in a time of 44.68.
Rounding out the A final in a 45.11 was Cal’s Matthew Josa.
NC State’s Coleman Stewart touched first in the B final with his swift 44.84.
Event 9 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 43.58 03/24/2017Caeleb Dressel, Florida
American: A 43.58 03/24/2017Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: O 43.58 03/24/2017Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Championship: C 43.58 03/24/2017Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: P 44.37 03/23/2018Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Caeleb Dressel SR Florida 44.37 42.80N 200 20
r:+0.64 19.99 42.80 (22.81)
2 Jan Switkowski SR Florida 45.09 44.49 191 17
r:+0.66 20.85 44.49 (23.64)
3 Vini Lanza JR Indiana 44.66 44.50 191 16
r:+0.68 20.81 44.50 (23.69)
4 Joseph Schoolin SR Texas 44.97 44.68 189 15
r:+0.62 20.75 44.68 (23.93)
5 Ryan Held SR NC State 45.06 44.88 187 14
r:+0.62 20.55 44.88 (24.33)
6 Ryan Hoffer FR California 45.29 44.93 186 13
r:+0.68 21.05 44.93 (23.88)
7 Justin Lynch SR California 45.13 45.02 185 12
r:+0.62 20.97 45.02 (24.05)
8 Matthew Josa SR California 45.23 45.11 185 11
r:+0.65 20.81 45.11 (24.30)
200 Free
Tonight’s 200 free A final saw Texas junior Townley Haas reclaim his American record on his way to nabbing his third consecutive NCAA title in the event. Haas touched in 1:29.50, leading from the start with a quick first two 50’s of 20.64 and 22.48 to added up to a 43.12 for the first 100, which put Haas almost a full second ahead of the field at the halfway point.
Former American record holder, Indiana’s Blake Peroni, who swam a 1:30.23, charged to second while having a faster second 100 than Haas (Peroni was back in 46.20 while Haas was back in 46.38). In third was Auburn’s Zach Apple in a time of 1:31.18.
Rounding out the A heat was Cal freshman Bryce Medford who touched in 1:33.13.
Texas senior Jeff Newkirk earned some much needed points for the Longhorns by winning the B final in 1:33.15.
Event 10 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 1:29.63 03/21/2018Blake Pieroni, Indiana
American: A 1:29.63 03/21/2018Blake Pieroni, Indiana
U. S. Open: O 1:29.63 03/21/2018Blake Pieroni, Indiana
Championship: C 1:29.63 03/21/2018Blake Pieroni, Indiana
Pool: P 1:29.63 03/21/2018Blake Pieroni, Indiana
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Townley Haas JR Texas 1:31.78 1:29.50N 194 20
r:+0.72 20.64 43.12 (22.48)
1:06.18 (23.06) 1:29.50 (23.32)
2 Blake Pieroni SR Indiana 1:32.40 1:30.23 190 17
r:+0.65 21.05 44.03 (22.98)
1:06.93 (22.90) 1:30.23 (23.30)
3 Zach Apple JR Auburn 1:32.20 1:31.18 185 16
r:+0.66 21.22 44.11 (22.89)
1:07.31 (23.20) 1:31.18 (23.87)
4 Mohamed Samy SO Indiana 1:32.76 1:31.73 182 15
r:+0.76 21.73 45.00 (23.27)
1:08.37 (23.37) 1:31.73 (23.36)
5 Khader Baqlah SO Florida 1:32.53 1:31.98 181 14
r:+0.74 21.48 44.43 (22.95)
1:07.82 (23.39) 1:31.98 (24.16)
6 Dean Farris SO Harvard 1:32.41 1:32.12 180 13
r:+0.70 21.30 44.38 (23.08)
1:07.86 (23.48) 1:32.12 (24.26)
7 Dylan Carter SR USC 1:32.30 1:32.68 177 12
r:+0.62 21.14 44.29 (23.15)
1:08.07 (23.78) 1:32.68 (24.61)
8 Bryce Mefford FR California 1:32.84 1:33.13 175 11
r:+0.65 21.54 44.69 (23.15)
1:08.62 (23.93) 1:33.13 (24.51)
100 Breast
Indiana’s Ian Finnerty continued the barrier-breaking streak of this week’s championships by becoming the first man to dip under 50-seconds in the 100 breast in an insanely-quick time of 49.69, to win the A final.
Finnerty was out well ahead of the rest of the field at the halfway mark with a split of 23.26, which was nearly identical to the 23.27 he posted during the prelims of the 200 medley relay. Finnerty showed no signs of remorse as he charged home over the last 50 yards in 26.43, solidifying himself as the only man to come back in under 27-seconds.
In second was California’s Connor Hoppe in a 51.16 while USC’s Carsten Vissering touched third in 51.28.
Tennessee’s Peter Stevens swam a 52.11 to win the B final.
Event 11 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 50.03 02/17/2018Caeleb Dressel, Florida
American: A 50.03 02/17/2018Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: O 50.03 02/17/2018Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Championship: C 50.04 03/28/2014Kevin Cordes, Arizona
Pool: P 50.47 03/23/2018Ian Finnerty, Indiana-IN
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ian Finnerty JR Indiana 50.47 49.69N 200 20
r:+0.65 23.26 49.69 (26.43)
2 Connor Hoppe SR California 51.78 51.16 188 17
r:+0.70 23.79 51.16 (27.37)
3 Carsten Visseri JR USC 51.87 51.28 187 16
r:+0.70 24.00 51.28 (27.28)
4 Alex Evdokimov SR Cornell 51.88 51.32 186 15
r:+0.64 24.10 51.32 (27.22)
5 Levi Brock SR Indiana 52.24 51.38 186 14
r:+0.72 23.89 51.38 (27.49)
6 Conner McHugh SR Minnesota 52.05 51.48 185 13
r:+0.76 24.11 51.48 (27.37)
7 Evgenii Somov FR Louisville 52.28 52.07 180 12
r:+0.71 24.57 52.07 (27.50)
8 Mauro Castillo SR Texas A&M 52.14 52.11 180 11
r:+0.64 24.52 52.11 (27.59)
100 Back
The NCAA record was safe for the first time tonight, though for the first time in four years, someone not named Ryan Murphy won the 100 back at DI men’s NCAA’s.
With Cal’s backstroke legend gone, this year’s final was wide open and it was NC State’s Coleman Stewart who followed up his B final win in the 100 fly by nabbing his first NCAA title in the event with a time of 44.58, which marks the seventh fastest time in history.
Just .01 behind Stewart was Longhorn John Shebat who touched second in 44.59.
Claiming third in tonight’s A final was NC State’s Andreas Vazaios with his 44.81.
A freshman trio of Texas’ Austin Katz (44.99), USC’s Robert Glinta (45.10) and Louisville’s Nicolas Albiero (45.10) followed behind in fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.
Rounding out the A final was USC’s Ralf Tribuntsov in a 45.34.
UGA’s Javier Acevedo took the B final in a time of 45.20.
Event 12 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 43.49 03/25/2016Ryan Murphy, California-PC
American: A 43.49 03/25/2016Ryan Murphy, California-PC
U. S. Open: O 43.49 03/25/2016Ryan Murphy, California-PC
Championship: C 43.49 03/25/2016Ryan Murphy, California-PC
Pool: P 44.83 03/16/2007Albert Subirats, Arizona
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Coleman Stewart SO NC State 45.16 44.58P 190 20
r:+0.63 21.61 44.58 (22.97)
2 John Shebat JR Texas 45.00 44.59P 190 17
r:+0.68 21.38 44.59 (23.21)
3 Andreas Vazaios JR NC State 45.00 44.81P 188 16
r:+0.64 21.66 44.81 (23.15)
4 Austin Katz FR Texas 45.21 44.99 186 15
r:+0.67 21.89 44.99 (23.10)
5 Robert Glinta FR USC 44.99 45.10 185 14
r:+0.69 21.53 45.10 (23.57)
6 Nicolas Albiero FR Louisville 45.05 45.16 184 13
r:+0.62 21.99 45.16 (23.17)
7 Anton Loncar SR Denver 45.11 45.20 184 12
r:+0.76 22.17 45.20 (23.03)
8 Ralf Tribuntsov SR USC 45.03 45.34 183 11
r:+0.67 21.87 45.34 (23.47)
200 Medley Relay
Tonight’s 200 medley relay A final saw USC out-touch Pac-12 rival Cal-Berkely for the win with a pool record of 1:21.82, largely due to Carsten Vissering‘s 50 breast split of 22.58, which is among the fastest splits in history.
California’s squad was composed of all American swimmers, which made them eligible to break the American record, a feat they accomplished with Daniel Carr (20.85), Connor Hoppe (23.01), Justin Lynch (19.77) and Ryan Hoffer (18.25) producing a time of 1:21.88, under their old record they set in during this morning’s prelims of 1:21.88.
Third was awarded to Florida’s squad which featured another 17.37 freestyle split from Caeleb Dressel.
Winning the B final was Alabama’s relay who touched in a time of 1:23.71.
Notably, so far at these NCAA championships, there have been four relay events contested and four different universities have won each event.
Event 14 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 1:21.54 03/24/2017Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, B Ringgold
American: A 1:21.88 03/23/2018California, California-PC
D Carr, C Hoppe, J Lynch, R Hoffer
U. S. Open: O 1:21.54 03/24/2017Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, B Ringgold
Championship: C 1:21.54 03/24/2017Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, B Ringgold
Pool: P 1:21.82 03/23/2018Southern California, USC-CA
R Glinta, C Vissering, D Carter, S Condorelli
School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 USC 1:22.76 1:21.82P 600 40
1) Robert Glinta FR 2) r:0.05 Carsten Vissering JR
3) r:0.26 Dylan Carter SR 4) r:0.24 Santo Condorelli SR
r:+0.67 21.15 43.73 (22.58)
1:03.33 (19.60) 1:21.82 (18.49)
2 California 1:23.20 1:21.88A 600 34
1) Daniel Carr FR 2) r:0.24 Connor Hoppe SR
3) r:0.21 Justin Lynch SR 4) r:0.06 Ryan Hoffer FR
r:+0.62 20.85 43.86 (23.01)
1:03.63 (19.77) 1:21.88 (18.25)
3 Florida 1:23.24 1:22.33 594 32
1) Michael Taylor FR 2) r:0.25 Chandler Bray SO
3) r:0.22 Mark Szaranek SR 4) r:0.22 Caeleb Dressel SR
r:+0.61 21.03 44.86 (23.83)
1:04.96 (20.10) 1:22.33 (17.37)
4 Indiana 1:23.26 1:22.87 585 30
1) Gabriel Fantoni FR 2) r:0.26 Ian Finnerty JR
3) r:0.36 Vini Lanza JR 4) r:0.31 Bruno Blaskovic FR
r:+0.67 21.00 43.97 (22.97)
1:03.98 (20.01) 1:22.87 (18.89)
5 Texas 1:23.28 1:23.21 579 28
1) John Shebat JR 2) r:0.12 Joseph Schooling SR
3) r:0.16 Tate Jackson JR 4) r:0.14 Brett Ringgold SR
r:+0.69 20.98 44.67 (23.69)
1:04.78 (20.11) 1:23.21 (18.43)
6 Tennessee 1:23.64 1:23.74 570 26
1) Braga Verhage SO 2) r:0.18 Peter Stevens SR
3) r:0.26 Ryan Coetzee SR 4) r:0.11 Kyle Decoursey JR
r:+0.68 21.60 44.56 (22.96)
1:05.16 (20.60) 1:23.74 (18.58)
7 Louisville 1:23.79 1:23.84 570 24
1) Nicolas Albiero FR 2) r:0.06 Carlos Claverie SR
3) r:0.10 Zach Harting JR 4) r:0.09 Andrej Barna SO
r:+0.69 21.28 44.58 (23.30)
1:05.08 (20.50) 1:23.84 (18.76)
8 NC State 1:23.66 1:24.88 555 22
1) Andreas Vazaios JR 2) r:0.13 Daniel Graber JR
3) r:0.27 Jacob Molacek JR 4) r:0.29 Cobe Garcia JR
r:+0.63 21.10 45.06 (23.96)
1:05.75 (20.69) 1:24.88 (19.13)
3-Meter Diving
Steele Johnson pushed through his ankle injury, which kept him out of competition for a whole 12 weeks, by securing a win on the 3-meter board for Purdue with a score of 499.35.
Johnson, during the final moments, changed his dive list to increase his degree of difficulty, enabling him to earn enough points for the win ahead of Tennessee’s Colin Zeng who scored 495.15 for second. Taking third was last night’s 1-meter champion, Indiana’s Michael Hixon, who scored 481.15.
Rounding out the A final with 381.60 points was Indiana freshman Andrew Capobian.
Winning the B final was Penn State’s Hector Garcia with 406.85 points.
Event 13 Men 3 mtr Diving
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Championship: C 529.10 03/27/2015Samuel Dorman, Miami (FL)-FL
Pool: P 540.55 02/23/2018Steele Johnson, Purdue
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Steele Johnson JR Purdue 444.85 499.35 199 20
2 Colin Zeng JR Tennessee 460.70 495.15 198 17
3 Michael Hixon SR Indiana 454.85 481.90 195 16
4 Juan Hernandez SO LSU 428.20 468.80 192 15
5 Jordan Windle FR Texas 431.15 441.70 186 14
6 James Connor JR Indiana 419.15 433.25 184 13
7 Grayson Campbel SO Texas 438.45 416.90 180 12
8 Andrew Capobian FR Indiana 440.90 381.60 170
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Schooling shit the bed.
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