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Florida’s Caeleb Dressel continued to improve this morning by throwing down the fastest 50 free relay split in history with a 17.30. This helped Florida’s 4×50 medley relay earn the third spot heading into tonight while USC will take ownership of lane four in tonight’s A final.
Other notable swims came from Auburn’s top seed Hugo Gonzalez who fell to 30th place while Indiana’s Ian Finnerty set himself up for a potential title in the 100 breast tonight.
For full results of this morning’s prelims, click here.
Today’s events include:
- 400 IM
- 100 Fly
- 200 Free
- 100 Breast
- 100 Back
- 200 Medley Relay
- 3-Meter Diving
Day Three Individual Ups & Downs
Cal – 6/4
Texas – 5/2
Indiana – 5/1
USC – 4/1
NC State – 3/2
Florida – 3/1
Louisville – 2/2
Georgia – 2/1
Michigan – 1/4
Stanford – 1/4
South Carolina – 1/2
Arizona – 1/1
Auburn – 1/0
Cornell – 1/0
Denver – 1/0
Harvard – 1/0
Minnesota – 1/0
Texas A&M – 1/0
Arizona State – 0/3
Virginia – 0/3
Tennessee – 0/3
Alabama – 0/1
Grand Canyon – 0/1
Missouri – 0/1
Ohio State – 0/1
Towson – 0/1
West Virginia – 0/1
Check below for event-by-event coverage.
400 IM
Cal’s Andrew Seliskar dipped under USC’s Ous Mellouli‘s pool record from 2005 in a time of 3:37.84 to easily put himself ahead of the rest of the field heading into tonight’s A final. Flanking Seliskar tonight will be Texas senior Jonathan Roberts (3:38.64) and Georgia senior Gunnar Bentz (3:38.90).
Rounding out the A final tonight will be South Carolina freshman Brandonn Almeida with his 3:39.52.
Leading the B final will be Stanford’s Curtis Ogren 3:39.76.
Notably, top-seed Auburn’s Hugo Gonzalez was nowhere to be found this morning as he swam a 3:46.19 for 30th place overall.
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 3:39.19 03/25/2005Ous Mellouli, Southern Cal
Name Year School Seed Prelims NISCA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Andrew Seliskar JR California 3:38.65 3:37.84P q
r:+0.67 23.07 49.85 (26.78)
1:18.21 (28.36) 1:45.95 (27.74)
2:15.84 (29.89) 2:45.79 (29.95)
3:12.10 (26.31) 3:37.84 (25.74)
2 Jonathan Robert SR Texas 3:43.72 3:38.64P q
r:+0.73 22.46 48.46 (26.00)
1:15.57 (27.11) 1:42.46 (26.89)
2:14.43 (31.97) 2:46.66 (32.23)
3:13.79 (27.13) 3:38.64 (24.85)
3 Gunnar Bentz SR Georgia 3:44.60 3:38.90P q
r:+0.76 23.35 49.96 (26.61)
1:18.54 (28.58) 1:45.92 (27.38)
2:17.19 (31.27) 2:48.05 (30.86)
3:14.34 (26.29) 3:38.90 (24.56)
4 Jay Litherland SR Georgia 3:39.96 3:38.92P q
r:+0.76 23.49 50.03 (26.54)
1:17.41 (27.38) 1:44.53 (27.12)
2:15.66 (31.13) 2:47.32 (31.66)
3:13.68 (26.36) 3:38.92 (25.24)
5 Abrahm DeVine JR Stanford 3:44.41 3:39.29 q
r:+0.68 22.97 49.28 (26.31)
1:17.46 (28.18) 1:45.25 (27.79)
2:16.38 (31.13) 2:48.45 (32.07)
3:15.05 (26.60) 3:39.29 (24.24)
6 Nick Thorne SR Arizona 3:41.47 3:39.39 q
r:+0.76 23.19 49.84 (26.65)
1:18.32 (28.48) 1:45.86 (27.54)
2:17.23 (31.37) 2:48.68 (31.45)
3:14.62 (25.94) 3:39.39 (24.77)
7 Charlie Swanson SO Michigan 3:39.16 3:39.51 q
r:+0.68 23.45 50.44 (26.99)
1:19.24 (28.80) 1:47.76 (28.52)
2:17.58 (29.82) 2:48.32 (30.74)
3:14.44 (26.12) 3:39.51 (25.07)
8 Brandonn Almeid FR South Carolina 3:39.09 3:39.52 q
r:+0.66 23.66 50.80 (27.14)
1:18.35 (27.55) 1:44.92 (26.57)
2:16.05 (31.13) 2:48.03 (31.98)
3:14.36 (26.33) 3:39.52 (25.16)
100 Fly
Florida senior Caeleb Dressel performed well as expected this morning by earning the lane four spot in a time of 44.37. Indiana’s Vini Lanza (44.66) and Texas Longhorn Joseph Schooling (44.97) followed behind in second and third, respectively, which will set us up for an interesting match-up tonight.
Rounding out the A final is Cal freshman Ryan Hoffer with his time of 45.29 from this morning.
Leading the B final tonight will be Arizona junior Chatham Dobbs with a time of 45.31.
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 44.57 03/16/2007Albert Subirats, Arizona
Name Year School Seed Prelims NISCA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Caeleb Dressel SR Florida 46.89 44.37P q192
r:+0.65 20.32 44.37 (24.05)
2 Vini Lanza JR Indiana 44.79 44.66 q189
r:+0.70 20.88 44.66 (23.78)
3 Joseph Schoolin SR Texas 44.78 44.97 q186
r:+0.64 20.82 44.97 (24.15)
4 Ryan Held SR NC State 44.96 45.06 q185
r:+0.64 20.56 45.06 (24.50)
5 Jan Switkowski SR Florida 45.26 45.09 q185
r:+0.67 21.00 45.09 (24.09)
6 Justin Lynch SR California 45.14 45.13 q184
r:+0.60 21.04 45.13 (24.09)
7 Matthew Josa SR California 45.27 45.23 q183
r:+0.64 20.84 45.23 (24.39)
8 Ryan Hoffer FR California 46.40 45.29 q183
r:+0.68 21.35 45.29 (23.94)
200 Free
500 free champion from last night, Townley Haas, swam a 1:31.78 to take the top spot heading into tonight’s A final ahead of Auburn’s Zach Apple (1:32.20) and USC’s Dylan Carter (1:32.30).
Taking eighth was Cal freshman Bryce Mefford in a time was 1:32.84.
The B final will be lead by Louisville’s Bryce Mefford who posted a 1:33.16.
Notably, Florida’s Maxime Rooney was seeded to score, but fell to 21st with a 1:34.39 from his seed time of 1:32.97.
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 Seed Prelims NISCA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Townley Haas JR Texas 1:32.40 1:31.78 q182
r:+0.74 21.34 44.36 (23.02)
1:08.06 (23.70) 1:31.78 (23.72)
2 Zach Apple JR Auburn 1:32.92 1:32.20 q180
r:+0.64 21.41 44.58 (23.17)
1:08.03 (23.45) 1:32.20 (24.17)
3 Dylan Carter SR USC 1:33.15 1:32.30 q179
r:+0.63 21.35 44.56 (23.21)
1:08.31 (23.75) 1:32.30 (23.99)
4 Blake Pieroni SR Indiana 1:31.14 1:32.40 q178
r:+0.66 21.09 44.26 (23.17)
1:07.97 (23.71) 1:32.40 (24.43)
5 Dean Farris SO Harvard 1:31.12 1:32.41 q178
r:+0.66 21.22 44.34 (23.12)
1:07.92 (23.58) 1:32.41 (24.49)
6 Khader Baqlah SO Florida 1:31.96 1:32.53 q178
r:+0.72 22.21 45.91 (23.70)
1:09.48 (23.57) 1:32.53 (23.05)
7 Mohamed Samy SO Indiana 1:32.56 1:32.76 q177
r:+0.77 21.62 44.84 (23.22)
1:08.50 (23.66) 1:32.76 (24.26)
8 Bryce Mefford FR California 1:34.57 1:32.84 q176
r:+0.69 21.83 45.43 (23.60)
1:08.97 (23.54) 1:32.84 (23.87)
100 Breast
Indiana’s Ian Finnerty swam well ahead of the rest of his heat by posting a time about a second and a half ahead of anyone else in a 50.47. This lowered his own pool record from earlier in the year. California’s Connor Hoppe (51.78) and USC’s Carsten Vissering (51.87) are currently sitting second and third, heading into tonight.
Continuing the trend of freshman squeaking into A finals, Louisville freshman Evengii Somov posted a 52.28 to get eighth this morning.
Tonight’s B final will be lead by Louisville senior Carlos Claverie who swam a 52.29.
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 50.72 02/23/2018Ian Finnerty, Indiana
Name Year School Seed Prelims NISCA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Ian Finnerty JR Indiana 50.72 50.47P q194
r:+0.64 23.61 50.47 (26.86)
2 Connor Hoppe SR California 51.91 51.78 q182
r:+0.70 24.30 51.78 (27.48)
3 Carsten Visseri JR USC 52.00 51.87 q182
r:+0.68 24.14 51.87 (27.73)
4 Alex Evdokimov SR Cornell 51.85 51.88 q182
r:+0.60 24.17 51.88 (27.71)
5 Conner McHugh SR Minnesota 51.68 52.05 q180
r:+0.81 24.40 52.05 (27.65)
6 Mauro Castillo SR Texas A&M 52.11 52.14 q179
r:+0.63 24.44 52.14 (27.70)
7 Levi Brock SR Indiana 51.45 52.24 q179
r:+0.73 24.26 52.24 (27.98)
8 Evgenii Somov FR Louisville 52.18 52.28 q178
r:+0.66 24.46 52.28 (27.82)
100 Back
USC freshman Robert Glinta posed the only sub-45 time in a 44.99 wile NC State’s Andreas Vazaios and Texas’ John Shebat tied for second just .01 behind in 45.00. Texas freshman Austin Katz will be rounding out the A final with his 45.21.
The B final will be lead by GCU’s Mark Nikolaev (45.30), who was seeded to be in the A final with his seed time of 44.71.
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 Seed Prelims NISCA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Robert Glinta FR USC 45.29 44.99 q186
r:+0.69 21.54 44.99 (23.45)
2 Andreas Vazaios JR NC State 45.63 45.00 q186
r:+0.60 21.84 45.00 (23.16)
2 John Shebat JR Texas 45.76 45.00 q186
r:+0.64 21.45 45.00 (23.55)
4 Ralf Tribuntsov SR USC 45.32 45.03 q186
r:+0.68 21.99 45.03 (23.04)
5 Nicolas Albiero FR Louisville 45.42 45.05 q185
r:+0.66 21.92 45.05 (23.13)
6 Anton Loncar SR Denver 45.92 45.11 q185
r:+0.73 22.03 45.11 (23.08)
7 Coleman Stewart SO NC State 44.54 45.16 q184
r:+0.68 21.89 45.16 (23.27)
8 Austin Katz FR Texas 45.34 45.21 q184
r:+0.65 21.74 45.21 (23.47)
200 Medley Relay
USC’s squad of Ralf Tribunstov (20.93), Carsten Vissering (23.38), Dylan Carter (19.97) and Santo Condorelli (18.48) all produced a time of 1:22.76 to take the top seed in the A final tonight. The second seed will be California who posted a 1:23.20 while Florida’s quartet, which featured an insane 17.30 freestyle split from Caeleb Dressel, put together a time of 1:23.24 to earn them third heading into tonight.
Rounding out the A final will be Louisville who swam a 1:23.79.
Notably, Arizona’s team, who had B final scoring potential, was disqualified.
The B final will be feature Stanford’s foursome in the middle lane with their time of 1:23.89.
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, J Conger
American: A 1:22.40 03/27/2015California
R Murphy, C Katis, J Lynch, T Messerschmidt
U. S. Open: O 1:21.54 03/24/2017Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, J Conger
Championship: C 1:21.54 03/24/2017Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, J Conger
Pool: P 1:23.12 03/25/2011California
G Barnea, D Dugonjic, G Moore, N Adrian
School Seed Prelims NISCA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 USC 1:24.43 1:22.76P q585
1) Ralf Tribuntsov SR 2) r:0.23 Carsten Vissering JR
3) r:0.31 Dylan Carter SR 4) r:0.14 Santo Condorelli SR
r:+0.65 20.93 44.31 (23.38)
1:04.28 (19.97) 1:22.76 (18.48)
2 California 1:23.14 1:23.20 q579
1) Daniel Carr FR 2) r:0.42 Connor Hoppe SR
3) r:0.33 Justin Lynch SR 4) r:0.37 Pawel Sendyk SO
r:+0.64 21.03 44.43 (23.40)
1:04.24 (19.81) 1:23.20 (18.96)
3 Florida 1:22.94 1:23.24 q579
1) Michael Taylor FR 2) r:0.19 Chandler Bray SO
3) r:0.20 Mark Szaranek SR 4) r:0.14 Caeleb Dressel SR
r:+0.63 21.63 45.49 (23.86)
1:05.94 (20.45) 1:23.24 (17.30)
4 Indiana 1:23.95 1:23.26 q579
1) Gabriel Fantoni FR 2) r:0.31 Ian Finnerty JR
3) r:0.34 Vini Lanza JR 4) r:0.29 Bruno Blaskovic FR
r:+0.68 21.40 44.67 (23.27)
1:04.43 (19.76) 1:23.26 (18.83)
5 Texas 1:24.28 1:23.28 q579
1) John Shebat JR 2) r:0.10 Joseph Schooling SR
3) r:0.24 Tate Jackson JR 4) r:0.18 Brett Ringgold SR
r:+0.65 21.07 44.65 (23.58)
1:04.70 (20.05) 1:23.28 (18.58)
6 Tennessee 1:23.02 1:23.64 q573
1) Braga Verhage SO 2) r:0.12 Peter Stevens SR
3) r:0.19 Ryan Coetzee SR 4) r:0.18 Kyle Decoursey JR
r:+0.64 21.89 44.65 (22.76)
1:05.09 (20.44) 1:23.64 (18.55)
7 NC State 1:23.53 1:23.66 q573
1) Andreas Vazaios JR 2) r:0.15 Daniel Graber JR
3) r:0.23 Coleman Stewart SO 4) r:0.22 Jacob Molacek JR
r:+0.63 20.79 44.54 (23.75)
1:04.94 (20.40) 1:23.66 (18.72)
8 Louisville 1:23.41 1:23.79 q570
1) Nicolas Albiero FR 2) r:0.10 Carlos Claverie SR
3) r:0.14 Zach Harting JR 4) r:0.06 Andrej Barna SO
r:+0.63 21.00 44.65 (23.65)
1:05.18 (20.53) 1:23.79 (18.61)
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