Indiana’s Finnerty Breaks American Record, Helps Hoosiers Maintain Lead after Night Three of NCAA’s

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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
=========================================================================
         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
=========================================================================
                            === 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
=========================================================================
         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
=========================================================================
                            === 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
=========================================================================
         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
=========================================================================
                            === 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
=========================================================================
         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
=========================================================================
                            === 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
=========================================================================
         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
=========================================================================
                            === 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
==================================================================================
         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
==================================================================================
                                === 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
=========================================================================
 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
=========================================================================
                            === 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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Darnell James

6 years ago

Schooling shit the bed.

Tom Sacco

6 years ago