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During the Thursday morning prelims session at the men’s NCAA swimming championships in Austin, Texas, California showed off some impressive form in taking the top seed in the 200 free rleay as well as two of the three individual events contested (plus the second seed in the third event). Andrew Seliskar led the way for Cal, anchoring the 200 free relay and becoming the fourth-fastest performer in history in the 200 IM.
Full results
Cal qualified eight swimmers for individual finals tonight (four A-finalists and four B-finalists), well ahead of Texas with three individual A-finalists and two B-finalists. Check out the full ups and downs for individual events.
- Cal – 4 up, 4 down
- Texas – 3 up, 2 down
- Indiana – 3 up, 0 down
- NC State – 2 up, 2 down
- Harvard – 2 up, 0 down
- Florida – 1 up, 2 down
- Michigan – 1 up, 2 down
- Alabama – 1 up, 0 down
- Arizona – 1 up, 1 down
- Georgia – 1 up, 1 down
- Georgia Tech – 1 up, 0 down
- Minnesota – 1 up, 0 down
- South Carolina – 1 up, 0 down
- Stanford – 1 up, 0 down
- Texas A&M – 1 up, 1 down
- Denver – 0 up, 1 down
- Florida State – 0 up, 1 down
- Louisville – 0 up, 1 down
- Missouri – 0 up, 1 down
- Notre Dame – 0 up, 1 down
- Ohio State – 0 up, 1 down
- Penn – 0 up, 1 down
- Virginia – 0 up, 1 down
- Virginia Tech – 0 up, 1 down
Relay ups and downs can be found below.
- Cal – 2 up, 0 down
- Indiana – 2 up, 0 down
- NC State – 2 up, 0 down
- Texas – 2 up, 0 down
- Alabama – 1 up, 1 down
- Florida – 1 up, 1 down
- Louisville – 1 up, 1 down
- Missouri – 1 up, 1 down
- USC – 1 up, 1 down
- Florida State – 1 up, 0 down
- Harvard – 1 up, 0 down
- Ohio State – 1 up, 0 down
- Texas A&M – 0 up, 2 down
- Tennessee – 0 up, 2 down
- Arizona – 0 up, 2 down
- Georgia – 0 up, 1 down
- Minnesota – 0 up, 1 down
- Purdue – 0 up, 1 down
- Stanford – 0 up, 1 down
- Virginia – 0 up, 1 down
Read below for an event-by-event recap of the session, and race videos are available at the bottom of the article.
200 Free Relay
The California Golden Bears, the NCAA champions the last time the meet was held in Austin, began their title push in earnest as they claimed the top time in the 200 free relay. Pawel Sendyk (18.89), Ryan Hoffer (18.60), Michael Jensen (18.70) and Andrew Seliskar (18.53) swam for the Golden Bears.
NC State’s squad of Nyls Korstanje, Justin Ress, Jacob Molacek and Giovanni Izzo finished second in 1:15.03, with Ress pitching in an 18.36 split. The Texas team of Drew Kibler, Tate Jackson, Daniel Krueger and Jake Samman qualified third in 1:15.53.
Indiana, led off by Zach Apple in 18.94, finished fourth in 1:15.60, and Alabama took fifth in 1:15.64. Robert Howard led off the Crimson Tide relay in 18.99, and Zane Waddell anchored in 18.28. Florida State took sixth in 1:15.73 with Kanoa Kaleoaloha anchoring in 18.52.
Harvard, with Dean Farris splitting 18.42, qualified seventh, and Ohio State took eighth in 1:16.48.
Event 2 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA: N 1:14.08 28-Mar-09 Auburn
J Andkjaer, G Louw, K Norys, M Targett
Meet: M 1:14.08 28-Mar-09 Auburn
J Andkjaer, G Louw, K Norys, M Targett
American: A 1:14.50 22-Mar-18 NC State
U. S. Open: O 1:14.08 28-Mar-09 Auburn
J Andkjaer, G Louw, K Norys, M Targett
Pool: P 1:15.27 27-Mar-14 California
Messerschmidt, Murphy, Cox, Stubblefield
School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 California 1:15.86 1:14.72P
1) Sendyk, Pawel JR 2) r:0.12 Hoffer, Ryan SO
3) r:0.18 Jensen, Michael JR 4) r:0.11 Seliskar, Andrew SR
r:+0.67 9.07 18.89 (18.89)
27.62 (8.73) 37.49 (18.60)
46.28 (8.79) 56.19 (18.70)
1:04.82 (8.63) 1:14.72 (18.53)
2 NC State 1:16.00 1:15.03P
1) Korstanje, Nyls FR 2) r:0.13 Ress, Justin SR
3) r:0.26 Molacek, Jacob SR 4) r:0.27 Izzo, Giovanni SO
r:+0.62 9.32 19.27 (19.27)
27.76 (8.49) 37.63 (18.36)
46.33 (8.70) 56.27 (18.64)
1:05.02 (8.75) 1:15.03 (18.76)
3 Texas 1:16.02 1:15.53
1) Kibler, Drew FR 2) r:0.33 Jackson, Tate SR
3) r:0.42 Krueger, Daniel FR 4) r:0.19 Sannem, Jake SO
r:+0.59 9.22 19.14 (19.14)
27.92 (8.78) 37.81 (18.67)
46.87 (9.06) 56.83 (19.02)
1:05.62 (8.79) 1:15.53 (18.70)
4 Indiana 1:16.01 1:15.60
1) Apple, Zach SR 2) r:0.17 Blaskovic, Bruno SO
3) r:0.20 Samy, Mohamed JR 4) r:0.22 Hamblin, Brandon FR
r:+0.60 9.05 18.94 (18.94)
27.71 (8.77) 37.65 (18.71)
46.55 (8.90) 56.65 (19.00)
1:05.47 (8.82) 1:15.60 (18.95)
5 Alabama 1:15.43 1:15.64
1) Howard, Robert SR 2) r:0.24 Disette, Sam SO
3) r:0.23 Blake, Jack SO 4) r:0.08 Waddell, Zane JR
r:+0.64 9.25 18.99 (18.99)
28.00 (9.01) 38.06 (19.07)
47.07 (9.01) 57.36 (19.30)
1:05.91 (8.55) 1:15.64 (18.28)
6 Florida St 1:15.81 1:15.73
1) Pisani, Will SR 2) r:0.01 Ksiazek, Jakub FR
3) r:0.15 Muratovic, Emir SR 4) r:0.11 Kaleoaloha, Kanoa SR
r:+0.67 9.18 19.24 (19.24)
28.17 (8.93) 38.33 (19.09)
47.14 (8.81) 57.21 (18.88)
1:05.77 (8.56) 1:15.73 (18.52)
7 Harvard 1:17.29 1:16.43
1) Marcoux, Raphael JR 2) r:0.24 Farris, Dean JR
3) r:0.25 Gures, Umitcan FR 4) r:0.21 Goddard, Grant SR
r:+0.58 9.40 19.22 (19.22)
27.99 (8.77) 37.64 (18.42)
46.85 (9.21) 56.98 (19.34)
1:06.09 (9.11) 1:16.43 (19.45)
8 Ohio St 1:16.36 1:16.48
1) Loy, Andrew JR 2) r:0.16 Gaziev, Ruslan FR
3) r:0.28 Chavez, Mossimo SR 4) r:0.08 Sugar, Ben SO
r:+0.65 9.33 19.40 (19.40)
28.23 (8.83) 38.48 (19.08)
47.40 (8.92) 57.67 (19.19)
1:06.36 (8.69) 1:16.48 (18.81)
500 Free
Texas’ Townley Haas has won two NCAA titles in the 500 free in three years, and he will be the front-runner for a third this evening after he captured the top seed in the 500 free prelims. Haas swam head-to-head against Cal’s Sean Grieshop one lane over in the final heat, overtaking the Cal sophomore on the last 50. Grieshop ended up recording the second-fastest qualifying time with a 4:11.13.
The next three qualifiers all came out of the early heats. Arizona’s Brooks Fail qualified third in 4:11.51, followed by Georgia’s Walker Higgins (4:12.57) and Texas A&M’s Mark Theall (4:12.70). South Carolina’s Fynn Minuth (4:12.74), Michigan’s Ricardo Vargas Jacobo (4:13.15) and Harvard’s Brennan Novak (4:13.72) also got into the final.
It took a 4:14.47 to qualify for the consolation final, with Florida’s Khader Baqlah finishing 16th. Notably, Michigan’s Felix Aubock, last year’s runner-up and the top seed coming into the day, finished a shocking 35th in 4:18.40, nine seconds off his seed time.
Event 3 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 4:08.42 23-Mar-17 Clark Smith, Texas
Meet: M 4:08.42 23-Mar-17 Clark Smith, Texas
American: A 4:07.25 30-Nov-17 Zane Grothe
U. S. Open: O 4:07.25 30-Nov-17 Zane Grothe
Pool: P 4:08.82 03-Dec-15 Clark Smith, Texas
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Haas, Townley SR Texas 4:13.35 4:11.01
r:+0.75 22.90 47.88 (24.98)
1:13.12 (25.24) 1:38.50 (25.38)
2:04.09 (25.59) 2:29.90 (25.81)
2:55.54 (25.64) 3:21.03 (25.49)
3:46.36 (25.33) 4:11.01 (24.65)
2 Grieshop, Sean SO California 4:14.56 4:11.11
r:+0.66 23.17 48.35 (25.18)
1:13.62 (25.27) 1:39.00 (25.38)
2:04.33 (25.33) 2:30.02 (25.69)
2:55.41 (25.39) 3:20.98 (25.57)
3:46.32 (25.34) 4:11.11 (24.79)
3 Fail, Brooks SO Arizona 4:11.84 4:11.51
r:+0.71 23.49 48.91 (25.42)
1:14.51 (25.60) 1:40.16 (25.65)
2:06.00 (25.84) 2:31.52 (25.52)
2:56.90 (25.38) 3:22.01 (25.11)
3:46.45 (24.44) 4:11.51 (25.06)
4 Higgins, Walker JR Georgia 4:12.36 4:12.57
r:+0.69 22.76 47.22 (24.46)
1:12.22 (25.00) 1:37.85 (25.63)
2:04.03 (26.18) 2:29.94 (25.91)
2:55.72 (25.78) 3:21.65 (25.93)
3:47.27 (25.62) 4:12.57 (25.30)
5 Theall, Mark SO Texas A&M 4:16.79 4:12.70
r:+0.70 22.83 47.83 (25.00)
1:13.29 (25.46) 1:39.00 (25.71)
2:04.85 (25.85) 2:30.80 (25.95)
2:56.98 (26.18) 3:23.29 (26.31)
3:48.42 (25.13) 4:12.70 (24.28)
6 Minuth, Fynn SR South Carolina 4:11.98 4:12.74
r:+0.68 23.27 48.60 (25.33)
1:14.06 (25.46) 1:39.70 (25.64)
2:05.31 (25.61) 2:30.69 (25.38)
2:55.85 (25.16) 3:21.35 (25.50)
3:47.04 (25.69) 4:12.74 (25.70)
7 Vargas Jacobo, Ricard SO Michigan 4:11.45 4:13.15
r:+0.66 23.54 48.93 (25.39)
1:14.47 (25.54) 1:40.38 (25.91)
2:05.95 (25.57) 2:31.51 (25.56)
2:57.39 (25.88) 3:22.85 (25.46)
3:48.24 (25.39) 4:13.15 (24.91)
8 Novak, Brennan SR Harvard 4:13.44 4:13.72
r:+0.73 23.46 49.06 (25.60)
1:15.01 (25.95) 1:41.02 (26.01)
2:06.51 (25.49) 2:32.17 (25.66)
2:57.80 (25.63) 3:23.63 (25.83)
3:49.00 (25.37) 4:13.72 (24.72)
200 IM
Indiana’s Vini Lanza posted a quick time of 1:40.23 in heat six of the 200 IM prelims, with Texas’ John Shebat close behind in 1:40.83, but Cal’s Andrew Seliskar responded in the final heat. Seliskar dropped a time of 1:39.90 to qualify first for the final and become the fourth-fastest performer in history, behind only Caeleb Dressel, David Nolan and Jan Switkowski.
Seliskar, who has twice been an NCAA runner-up (in the 400 IM in 2017 and in the 200 breast in 2018), will go for his first individual NCAA title in the final.
Video of Seliskar’s swim:
Lanza qualified second, followed by NC State’s Andreas Vazaiois in 1:40.62 and then Shebat. Stanford’s Abrahm DeVine, last year’s NCAA champion in the 400 IM, took fifth in 1:41.44.
Also qualifying for the final were Georgia Tech’s Caio Pumputis (1:41.47), Indiana’s Ian Finnerty (1:41.80) and Florida’s Kieran Smith (1:42.26).
Event 4 Men 200 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 1:38.13 15-Feb-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Meet: M 1:39.38 26-Mar-15 David Nolan, Stanford
American: A 1:38.13 15-Feb-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: O 1:38.13 15-Feb-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: P 1:40.58 27-Mar-14 Marcin Cieslak
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Seliskar, Andrew SR California 1:40.53 1:39.90P
r:+0.61 21.87 46.70 (24.83)
1:15.22 (28.52) 1:39.90 (24.68)
2 Lanza, Vini SR Indiana 1:41.05 1:40.23P
r:+0.66 21.37 46.69 (25.32)
1:15.88 (29.19) 1:40.23 (24.35)
3 Vazaios, Andreas SR NC State 1:41.30 1:40.62
r:+0.69 22.31 46.74 (24.43)
1:15.88 (29.14) 1:40.62 (24.74)
4 Shebat, John SR Texas 1:42.43 1:40.83
r:+0.66 21.49 46.20 (24.71)
1:15.60 (29.40) 1:40.83 (25.23)
5 DeVine, Abrahm SR Stanford 1:42.71 1:41.44
r:+0.71 22.27 47.06 (24.79)
1:16.78 (29.72) 1:41.44 (24.66)
6 Pumputis, Caio SO Georgia Tech 1:41.28 1:41.47
r:+0.67 22.15 47.68 (25.53)
1:16.65 (28.97) 1:41.47 (24.82)
7 Finnerty, Ian SR Indiana 1:41.74 1:41.80
r:+0.66 22.29 48.46 (26.17)
1:16.94 (28.48) 1:41.80 (24.86)
8 Smith, Kieran FR Florida 1:42.94 1:42.26
r:+0.71 21.79 47.11 (25.32)
1:17.52 (30.41) 1:42.26 (24.74)
50 Free
The California Golden Bears continued their massive morning with a 1-2 finish in the 50 free. Sophomore Ryan Hoffer qualified first in 18.58, and junior Pawel Sendyk took second in 18.66. Both broke Fred Bousquet’s long-standing pool record of 18.75.
Video of Hoffer’s 18.58:
Alabama’s Robert Howard qualified third in 18.84, followed by Minnesota’s Bowe Becker in 18.88. Dean Farris, the Harvard junior who swam the fastest 200 free in history Wednesday evening, moved up from being seeded 35th to qualify fifth in 18.92.
Texas’ Tate Jackson and Indiana’s Zach Apple tied for sixth in 18.95, and NC State’s Justin Ress took eighth in 19.05.
Event 5 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 17.63 22-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Meet: M 17.63 22-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
American: A 17.63 22-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: O 17.63 22-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: P 18.75 05-Mar-09 Fred Bousquet
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Hoffer, Ryan SO California 19.12 18.58P
r:+0.64 8.81 18.58 (9.77)
2 Sendyk, Pawel JR California 18.83 18.66P
r:+0.67 8.98 18.66 (9.68)
3 Howard, Robert SR Alabama 18.74 18.84
r:+0.65 9.12 18.84 (9.72)
4 Becker, Bowe SR Minnesota 19.00 18.88
r:+0.65 9.14 18.88 (9.74)
5 Farris, Dean JR Harvard 19.43 18.92
r:+0.67 9.18 18.92 (9.74)
6 Apple, Zach SR Indiana 19.18 18.95
r:+0.59 9.07 18.95 (9.88)
6 Jackson, Tate SR Texas 18.79 18.95
r:+0.68 9.15 18.95 (9.80)
8 Ress, Justin SR NC State 19.14 19.05
r:+0.62 9.13 19.05 (9.92)
400 Medley Relay
The Indiana Hoosiers closed out the morning session with the top overall time in the 400 medley relay. The team of Gabriel Fantoni (45.13), Ian Finnerty (50.32), Vini Lanza (44.97) and Zach Apple (40.87) posted a time of 3:01.26, well ahead of Louisville’s second-seeded 3:03.01. Nicholas Albiero, Evgeni Somov, Zach Harting and Andrej Barna swam for the Cardinals.
The Texas team of Austin Katz, Charlie Scheinfeld, Drew Kibler and Jake Sannem qualified third in 3:03.80, just one hundredth ahead of fourth-place NC State (3:03.81). The Longhorns could bring in Ryan Harty, John Shebat and Tate Jackson for the final.
USC (3:04.16), Missouri (3:04.37), Cal (3:04.48) and Florida (3:04.78) also got into the final. Cal went with a team of Bryce Mefford, Carson Sand, Zheng Qhah and Michael Jensen, compared to their Pac-12 championships squad of Daniel Carr, Reece Whitley, Andrew Seliskar and Jensen, with Ryan Hoffer also available in reserve.
Event 7 Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 2:59.22 23-Mar-17 Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, J Conger
Meet: M 2:59.22 23-Mar-17 Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, J Conger
American: A 3:01.51 23-Mar-17 California
R Murphy, C Hoppe, M Josa, M Jensen
U. S. Open: O 2:59.22 23-Mar-17 Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, J Conger
Pool: P 3:02.66 27-Mar-14 California
Murphy, Katis, Tarczynski, Stubblefield
School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Indiana 3:01.63 3:01.26P
1) Fantoni, Gabriel SO 2) r:0.24 Finnerty, Ian SR
3) r:0.39 Lanza, Vini SR 4) r:0.27 Apple, Zach SR
r:+0.67 21.63 45.13 (45.13)
1:08.40 (23.27) 1:35.45 (50.32)
1:56.43 (20.98) 2:20.42 (44.97)
2:40.00 (19.58) 3:01.26 (40.84)
2 Louisville 3:03.75 3:03.01
1) Albiero, Nicolas SO 2) r:0.30 Somov, Evgenii SO
3) r:0.13 Harting, Zach SR 4) r:0.10 Barna, Andrej JR
r:+0.64 22.10 45.40 (45.40)
1:09.27 (23.87) 1:37.01 (51.61)
1:57.32 (20.31) 2:21.29 (44.28)
2:40.94 (19.65) 3:03.01 (41.72)
3 Texas 3:03.81 3:03.80
1) Katz, Austin SO 2) r:0.22 Scheinfeld, Charlie FR
3) r:0.25 Kibler, Drew FR 4) r:0.10 Sannem, Jake SO
r:+0.62 21.67 44.94 (44.94)
1:08.80 (23.86) 1:36.26 (51.32)
1:57.03 (20.77) 2:21.93 (45.67)
2:41.97 (20.04) 3:03.80 (41.87)
4 NC State 3:03.26 3:03.81
1) Stewart, Coleman JR 2) r:0.24 Graber, Daniel SR
3) r:0.38 Hensley, Noah SR 4) r:0.16 Molacek, Jacob SR
r:+0.68 21.27 44.32 (44.32)
1:08.53 (24.21) 1:36.69 (52.37)
1:57.43 (20.74) 2:22.18 (45.49)
2:41.91 (19.73) 3:03.81 (41.63)
5 Southern Cali 3:04.62 3:04.16
1) Mulcare, Patrick SR 2) r:0.30 Vissering, Carsten SR
3) r:0.04 Valente, Alex SR 4) r:0.38 Miljenic, Nikola SO
r:+0.67 21.99 46.01 (46.01)
1:09.12 (23.11) 1:36.40 (50.39)
1:56.95 (20.55) 2:21.74 (45.34)
2:41.60 (19.86) 3:04.16 (42.42)
6 Missouri 3:03.37 3:04.37
1) Hein, Daniel JR 2) r:0.37 Hicks, Caleb JR
3) r:0.30 Slaton, Micah JR 4) r:0.28 Schreuders, Mikel SR
r:+0.65 21.71 45.26 (45.26)
1:09.30 (24.04) 1:37.45 (52.19)
1:58.30 (20.85) 2:22.98 (45.53)
2:42.83 (19.85) 3:04.37 (41.39)
7 California 3:04.05 3:04.48
1) Mefford, Bryce SO 2) r:0.04 Sand, Carson SR
3) r:0.18 Quah, Zheng JR 4) r:0.27 Jensen, Michael JR
r:+0.70 21.66 45.38 (45.38)
1:09.26 (23.88) 1:37.33 (51.95)
1:58.02 (20.69) 2:22.83 (45.50)
2:42.29 (19.46) 3:04.48 (41.65)
8 Florida 3:04.97 3:04.78
1) Stokowski, Kacper FR 2) r:0.29 Guarente, Marco JR
3) r:0.24 Rooney, Maxime JR 4) r:0.34 Main, Bayley SR
r:+0.56 22.38 45.81 (45.81)
1:09.83 (24.02) 1:38.16 (52.35)
1:58.40 (20.24) 2:22.48 (44.32)
2:42.29 (19.81) 3:04.78 (42.30)
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The link for the Live Results is to the women’s championships!
It is the same url link as the women’s, so you just have to go to your history and clear your cache, then it should be corrected.
PLEASE correct the link so I can read the mens prelims and final results. It was easy to read last year without any clearing cache/ history.
Thank you very much.
Please clear the womens results and post the mens prelims and finals.
I was able to read this last year NCAAs without any problem or extra computer expertise.
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Alice, sorry to hear you’re having issues with the results. That link is actually the same one that was used for both NCAA meets in 2017 and for the women’s meet last year. As soon as I cleared my cache last night, I was good.
Hi David,
Please tell me how to “clear cache” exactly, sorry I am not computer savvy please be patient with me. Thank you, Alice
Alice, you have to go into your settings, into the area where you would clear your entire browsing data. I hope that helps. I actually had to get some help to do it.
OK thank you David for this tip.
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