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During the Thursday morning prelims session at the men’s NCAA championships in Minneapolis, Florida’s Caeleb Dressel once again lowered his own American and NCAA records in the 50 free, while the California Golden Bears posted the strongest morning session of any team.
Read below for an event-by-event full recap of the session.
Ups and Downs:
Individual:
Cal – 3/5
NC State – 3/1
Florida – 3/0
Indiana – 3/0
Stanford – 3/0
Michigan – 2/4
Texas – 2/3
Auburn – 1/1
Georgia – 1/1
South Carolina – 1/1
Alabama – 1/0
Minnesota – 1/0
Harvard – 0/3
Louisville – 0/2
Arizona – 0/1
Notre Dame – 0/1
USC – 0/1
Relays:
Cal – 2/0
Florida – 2/0
NC State – 2/0
Stanford – 2/0
USC – 2/0
Indiana – 1/1
Louisville – 1/1
Texas – 1/1
Georgia – 1/0
Florida State – 1/0
Michigan – 1/0
Alabama – 0/2
Auburn – 0/2
Tennessee – 0/2
Arizona – 0/1
Arizona State – 0/1
Denver – 0/1
Harvard – 0/1
Iowa – 0/1
Texas A&M – 0/1
Virginia – 0/1
200 Free Relay Prelims
Tonight’s B final will be lead by Indiana with their mark of 1:16.55 they posted in the heats.
California-Berkley almost had a full squad of sub-19 second sprinters, which would have been an outstanding feat, though their team of Justin Lynch (19.07), Pawel Sendyk (18.74), Ryan Hoffer (18.82) and Michael Jensen (18.73) did earn the top spot leading into the A final with a 1:15.36.
Continuing to put NCAA and American records in jeopardy, NC State’s crew of Ryan Held (18.87), Justin Ress (18.52), Cobe Garcia (19.20) and Coleman Stewart (18.84) put together a time of 1:15.43 to earn the second spot tonight. In third leading into finals was Florida’s team which contained a 17.96 split from Caeleb Dressel.
Also in the A final tonight will be Texas (1:15.87), USC (1:16.05), FSU (1:16.13), Stanford (1:16.44) and Michigan (1:16.46).
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 Seed Prelims NISCA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 California 1:15.73 1:15.36 q576
1) Justin Lynch SR 2) r:0.41 Pawel Sendyk SO
3) r:0.21 Ryan Hoffer FR 4) r:0.34 Michael Jensen SO
r:+0.60 9.18 19.07 (19.07)
27.94 (8.87) 37.81 (18.74)
46.85 (9.04) 56.63 (18.82)
1:05.61 (8.98) 1:15.36 (18.73)
2 NC State 1:15.34 1:15.43 q576
1) Ryan Held SR 2) r:0.20 Justin Ress JR
3) r:0.25 Cobe Garcia JR 4) r:0.19 Coleman Stewart SO
r:+0.62 9.17 18.87 (18.87)
27.56 (8.69) 37.39 (18.52)
46.41 (9.02) 56.59 (19.20)
1:05.52 (8.93) 1:15.43 (18.84)
3 Florida 1:16.59 1:15.64 q573
1) Enzo Martinez-Scarpe SR 2) r:0.32 Caeleb Dressel SR
3) r:0.25 Jan Switkowski SR 4) r:0.16 Mark Szaranek SR
r:+0.68 9.52 19.62 (19.62)
28.07 (8.45) 37.58 (17.96)
46.69 (9.11) 56.70 (19.12)
1:05.49 (8.79) 1:15.64 (18.94)
4 Texas 1:16.13 1:15.87 q567
1) Tate Jackson JR 2) r:0.35 Brett Ringgold SR
3) r:0.35 John Shebat JR 4) r:0.29 Joseph Schooling SR
r:+0.70 9.45 19.27 (19.27)
28.52 (9.25) 38.23 (18.96)
47.21 (8.98) 57.18 (18.95)
1:05.99 (8.81) 1:15.87 (18.69)
5 USC 1:16.55 1:16.05 q564
1) Dylan Carter SR 2) r:0.37 Santo Condorelli SR
3) r:0.26 Ralf Tribuntsov SR 4) r:0.23 Kyle Grissom JR
r:+0.61 9.33 19.29 (19.29)
28.15 (8.86) 37.95 (18.66)
46.87 (8.92) 56.93 (18.98)
1:05.90 (8.97) 1:16.05 (19.12)
6 Florida St 1:16.30 1:16.13 q564
1) Will Pisani JR 2) r:0.09 Chad Mylin SR
3) r:0.16 Joseph Plechy SR 4) r:0.17 Kanoa Kaleoaloha JR
r:+0.64 9.30 19.26 (19.26)
28.06 (8.80) 37.98 (18.72)
47.00 (9.02) 57.10 (19.12)
1:05.90 (8.80) 1:16.13 (19.03)
7 Stanford 1:16.69 1:16.44 q558
1) Sam Perry SR 2) r:0.14 Andrew Liang SR
3) r:0.26 Alberto Mestre FR 4) r:0.33 Brad Zdroik FR
r:+0.59 9.22 19.27 (19.27)
28.21 (8.94) 38.33 (19.06)
47.44 (9.11) 57.46 (19.13)
1:06.45 (8.99) 1:16.44 (18.98)
8 Michigan 1:16.49 1:16.46 q558
1) Paul Powers SR 2) r:0.15 Gus Borges FR
3) r:0.25 James Jones SO 4) r:0.28 James Peek SR
r:+0.66 9.31 19.28 (19.28)
27.99 (8.71) 38.21 (18.93)
47.21 (9.00) 57.43 (19.22)
1:06.38 (8.95) 1:16.46 (19.03)
500 Free Prelims
Leading tonight’s incredibly fast B final will be Cal’s Sean Grieshop who posted a 4:12.94 this morning.
Taking the charge in tonight’s A final will be Michigan’s Felix Auböeck in a time of 4:10.83. NC State’s Anton Ipsen posted a 4:11.02 for second while Townley Haas swam a 4:11.97 to for third.
Stanford’s distance-duo of Liam Egan (4:12.02) and Grant Shoults (4:12.12) currently are sitting fourth and fifth, respectively while Texas freshman Sam Pomajevich pulled off a shocking 11-second drop from his entry time with a 4:12.46. Rounding out tonight’s A final will be South Carolina’s Akaram Mahoud (4:12.52) and Michigan’s Ricardo Vargas (4:12.87).
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 Seed Prelims NISCA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Felix Auboeck SO Michigan 4:09.29 4:10.83 q181
r:+0.82 23.25 48.51 (25.26)
1:13.74 (25.23) 1:39.04 (25.30)
2:04.36 (25.32) 2:29.81 (25.45)
2:55.11 (25.30) 3:20.60 (25.49)
3:46.27 (25.67) 4:10.83 (24.56)
2 Anton Ipsen SR NC State 4:11.21 4:11.02 q180
r:+0.69 23.13 48.44 (25.31)
1:13.83 (25.39) 1:39.16 (25.33)
2:04.68 (25.52) 2:29.99 (25.31)
2:55.44 (25.45) 3:20.81 (25.37)
3:46.30 (25.49) 4:11.02 (24.72)
3 Townley Haas JR Texas 4:14.43 4:11.97 q179
r:+0.78 22.76 47.66 (24.90)
1:12.97 (25.31) 1:38.49 (25.52)
2:04.26 (25.77) 2:29.99 (25.73)
2:55.79 (25.80) 3:21.74 (25.95)
3:47.12 (25.38) 4:11.97 (24.85)
4 Liam Egan SR Stanford 4:14.03 4:12.02 q178
r:+0.73 23.86 49.18 (25.32)
1:14.47 (25.29) 1:39.79 (25.32)
2:05.28 (25.49) 2:30.79 (25.51)
2:56.24 (25.45) 3:21.89 (25.65)
3:47.08 (25.19) 4:12.02 (24.94)
5 Grant Shoults SO Stanford 4:11.34 4:12.12 q178
r:+0.64 23.06 48.06 (25.00)
1:13.45 (25.39) 1:39.03 (25.58)
2:04.74 (25.71) 2:30.48 (25.74)
2:56.24 (25.76) 3:22.01 (25.77)
3:47.34 (25.33) 4:12.12 (24.78)
6 Sam Pomajevich FR Texas 4:23.48 4:12.46 q178
r:+0.69 22.74 47.86 (25.12)
1:13.62 (25.76) 1:39.57 (25.95)
2:05.52 (25.95) 2:31.15 (25.63)
2:56.84 (25.69) 3:22.55 (25.71)
3:47.98 (25.43) 4:12.46 (24.48)
7 Akaram Mahmoud SR South Carolina 4:11.47 4:12.52 q178
r:+0.71 23.06 48.51 (25.45)
1:14.12 (25.61) 1:39.76 (25.64)
2:05.32 (25.56) 2:30.72 (25.40)
2:56.20 (25.48) 3:21.93 (25.73)
3:47.70 (25.77) 4:12.52 (24.82)
8 Ricardo Vargas FR Michigan 4:11.11 4:12.87 q177
r:+0.68 23.68 49.11 (25.43)
1:14.63 (25.52) 1:40.46 (25.83)
2:06.03 (25.57) 2:31.51 (25.48)
2:56.76 (25.25) 3:22.16 (25.40)
3:47.77 (25.61) 4:12.87 (25.10)
200 IM Prelims
Texas senior Jonathan Roberts will lead tonight’s B final in a time of 1:42.23.
California’s IM stud Andrew Seliskar took ownership of lane four in tonight’s A final on his way to earning seventh on the all-time list and a pool record with his time of 1:40.40 while Stanford’s Abrahm Devine (1:40.78) and NC State’s Andreas Vazaios (1:40.93) will flank Seliskar tonight.
Florida’s Jan Switkowski (1:41.23) and Mark Szaranek (1:41.62) are sitting in fourth and fifth at the moment while Indiana has juniors Vini Lanza (1:42.05) and Ian Finnerty (1:42.08) sitting in sixth and seventh, respectively. Rounding out tonight’s A final will be Gunnar Bentz with his 1:42.13 from this morning.
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 1:41.57 3/24/2011 Austin Staab, Stanford
Name Year School Seed Prelims NISCA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Andrew Seliskar JR California 1:41.85 1:40.40P q192
r:+0.64 21.67 46.86 (25.19)
1:15.71 (28.85) 1:40.40 (24.69)
2 Abrahm DeVine JR Stanford 1:41.17 1:40.78P q190
r:+0.65 21.61 45.96 (24.35)
1:15.54 (29.58) 1:40.78 (25.24)
3 Andreas Vazaios JR NC State 1:42.43 1:40.93P q190
r:+0.69 22.06 46.16 (24.10)
1:15.78 (29.62) 1:40.93 (25.15)
4 Jan Switkowski SR Florida 1:41.83 1:41.23P q188
r:+0.67 21.71 46.74 (25.03)
1:16.30 (29.56) 1:41.23 (24.93)
5 Mark Szaranek SR Florida 1:41.00 1:41.62 q186
r:+0.67 21.95 47.18 (25.23)
1:16.68 (29.50) 1:41.62 (24.94)
6 Vini Lanza JR Indiana 1:41.34 1:42.05 q184
r:+0.69 22.04 48.45 (26.41)
1:17.95 (29.50) 1:42.05 (24.10)
7 Ian Finnerty JR Indiana 1:42.94 1:42.08 q184
r:+0.66 22.18 47.98 (25.80)
1:16.74 (28.76) 1:42.08 (25.34)
8 Gunnar Bentz SR Georgia 1:43.83 1:42.13 q184
r:+0.73 21.98 47.83 (25.85)
1:17.52 (29.69) 1:42.13 (24.61)
50 Free Prelims
Caeleb Dressel has done it again. He swam a time of 18.11 in prelims, nine hundredths under his previous American and NCAA records of 18.20.
Dressel qualified first by more than a half-second, with NC State’s Ryan Held taking second in 18.69. Third went to Minnesota’s Bowen Becker in 18.88. Three others broke 19 seconds: 200 free American record-setter Blake Pieroni (18.93), Cal’s Pwerl Sendyk (18.95) and Auburn’s Zach Apple (18.97).
Alabama’s Robert Howard (19.00) and Cal’s Ryan Hoffer (19.04) also made the final.
Notably, NC State relay hero Justin Ress was 10th in 19.09, just ahead of USC’s Santo Condorelli (19.10). Texas’ Joseph Schooling tied for 15th in 19.20.
Event 5 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 18.20 3/24/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
American: A 18.20 3/24/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
U. S. Open: O 18.20 3/24/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
Championship: C 18.20 3/24/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
Pool: P 18.66 3/24/2011 Nathan Adrian, California
Name Year School Seed Prelims NISCA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Caeleb Dressel SR Florida 18.66 18.11N q200
r:+0.63 8.74 18.11 (9.37)
2 Ryan Held SR NC State 18.75 18.69 q191
r:+0.61 9.05 18.69 (9.64)
3 Bowen Becker JR Minnesota 18.69 18.88 q186
r:+0.64 9.19 18.88 (9.69)
4 Blake Pieroni SR Indiana 19.60 18.93 q185
r:+0.62 9.09 18.93 (9.84)
5 Pawel Sendyk SO California 19.09 18.95 q185
r:+0.66 9.17 18.95 (9.78)
6 Zach Apple JR Auburn 18.91 18.97 q184
r:+0.63 9.19 18.97 (9.78)
7 Robert Howard JR Alabama 19.11 19.00 q183
r:+0.65 9.23 19.00 (9.77)
8 Ryan Hoffer FR California 19.13 19.04 q182
r:+0.64 9.11 19.04 (9.93)
400 Medley Relay Prelims
Indiana finished with the top seed in the medley relay to round out the morning session. The Hoosiers’ team of Gabriel Fantoni (45.48), Ian Finnerty (50.47), Vini Lanza (44.97) and Blake Pieroni (40.95) combined to swim a time of 3:01.87.
NC State’s Andreas Vazaios, Daniel Graber, Coleman Stewart and Jacob Molacek took second in 3:02.70, just ahead of the Cal team of Daniel Carr, Connor Hoppe, Zheng Quah and Justin Lynch (3:02.77).
USC took fourth in 3:03.02, ahead of Louisville (3:03.68), Georgia (3:03.70) and Stanford (3:03.84). Florida took eighth in 3:04.06, with Caeleb Dressel anchoring in 40.27.
In a big stunner, Texas finished ninth in 3:04.56. The team of John Shebat, Sam Stewart, Joseph Schooling and Brett Ringgold did not do enough to defend the title the Longhorns won each of the last three years.
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 Seed Prelims NISCA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Indiana 3:01.30 3:01.87 q
1) Gabriel Fantoni FR 2) r:0.21 Ian Finnerty JR
3) r:0.49 Vini Lanza JR 4) r:0.27 Blake Pieroni SR
r:+0.65 21.57 45.48 (45.48)
1:08.73 (23.25) 1:35.95 (50.47)
1:56.78 (20.83) 2:20.92 (44.97)
2:40.45 (19.53) 3:01.87 (40.95)
2 NC State 3:04.12 3:02.70 q
1) Andreas Vazaios JR 2) r:0.19 Daniel Graber JR
3) r:0.30 Coleman Stewart SO 4) r:0.03 Jacob Molacek JR
r:+0.64 22.06 45.00 (45.00)
1:09.04 (24.04) 1:37.08 (52.08)
1:57.41 (20.33) 2:21.46 (44.38)
2:41.03 (19.57) 3:02.70 (41.24)
3 California 3:03.91 3:02.77 q
1) Daniel Carr FR 2) r:0.28 Connor Hoppe SR
3) r:0.08 Zheng Quah SO 4) r:0.24 Justin Lynch SR
r:+0.62 21.92 45.43 (45.43)
1:08.73 (23.30) 1:35.88 (50.45)
1:56.84 (20.96) 2:20.94 (45.06)
2:40.72 (19.78) 3:02.77 (41.83)
4 USC 3:04.95 3:03.02 q
1) Robert Glinta FR 2) r:0.17 Carsten Vissering JR
3) r:0.41 Dylan Carter SR 4) r:0.27 Santo Condorelli SR
r:+0.68 21.49 45.00 (45.00)
1:08.44 (23.44) 1:36.16 (51.16)
1:56.32 (20.16) 2:21.18 (45.02)
2:40.98 (19.80) 3:03.02 (41.84)
5 Louisville 3:05.55 3:03.68 q
1) Nicolas Albiero FR 2) r:0.09 Carlos Claverie SR
3) r:0.12 Zach Harting JR 4) r:0.12 Andrej Barna SO
r:+0.66 21.96 45.38 (45.38)
1:09.07 (23.69) 1:36.81 (51.43)
1:57.45 (20.64) 2:21.66 (44.85)
2:41.45 (19.79) 3:03.68 (42.02)
6 Georgia 3:07.47 3:03.70 q
1) Javier Acevedo SO 2) r:0.30 James Guest JR
3) r:0.24 Camden Murphy FR 4) r:0.13 Gunnar Bentz SR
r:+0.61 21.81 44.74 (44.74)
1:08.37 (23.63) 1:36.51 (51.77)
1:57.21 (20.70) 2:21.72 (45.21)
2:41.86 (20.14) 3:03.70 (41.98)
7 Stanford 3:06.01 3:03.84 q
1) Ryan Dudzinski JR 2) r:0.24 Matt Anderson JR
3) r:0.28 Andrew Liang SR 4) r:0.32 Abrahm DeVine JR
r:+0.63 21.69 45.01 (45.01)
1:08.99 (23.98) 1:37.50 (52.49)
1:58.01 (20.51) 2:22.32 (44.82)
2:42.02 (19.70) 3:03.84 (41.52)
8 Florida 3:04.55 3:04.05 q
1) Michael Taylor FR 2) r:0.25 Marco Guarente SO
3) r:0.22 Jan Switkowski SR 4) r:0.38 Caeleb Dressel SR
r:+0.67 22.11 46.41 (46.41)
1:10.75 (24.34) 1:39.42 (53.01)
1:59.76 (20.34) 2:23.78 (44.36)
2:42.69 (18.91) 3:04.05 (40.27)
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