2022 NCAA Men’s Championships: Florida on 200 Medley Relay NCAA Record ‘It is Everything to Us’ (VIDEO)

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Editorial content for the 2022 NCAA DI Men's Swimming & Diving Championships coverage is sponsored by Swiss Timing. See full event coverage.
Follow Swiss Timing on Instagram at @omega #OMEGAOfficialTimekeeper

The 2022 NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships begin from the McAuley Aquatic Center at Georgia Tech and couldn’t have started much faster in the 200 medley relay. Three backstrokers led off under the previous record and two teams eclipsed the NCAA record as the meet was off to a scorching start.

After watching two backstrokers destroy the 50 back mark set by Ryan Murphy, Florida got another split under Murphy’s mark, but kept on rolling to the NCAA record of 1:21.13, extra sweet for the quartet after finishing runner-up last year.

Adam Chaney led off with a 20.19 split, which was stunning and faster than the previous record, but was still only the the third fastest of the event.

“(Anthony Nesty) was talking to us before the racing and telling us how hard this sets the tone for the rest of the meet. He got us fired up and pretty prepared for the race,” Chaney said. “It is everything to us (to break the NCAA record). To see it up on the wall, I can’t even explain it. It makes me emotional just talking about it.”

Cheaney gave way to Dillon Hillis (23.20).

“It is a pretty magical moment for our team,” Hillis said. “We have been dreaming about it for a year. Last year, we got second and came back with this fire to make it happen this year. I will always remember this with these guys. To be able to hold that record with these guys, it is so powerful to see the hard work pay off.”

Eric Friese split a 19.36 in the butterfly and agreed with Hillis.

“This is something we have been thinking about all year, every week, every day,” Friese said. “It feels good to finally be able to show what we got. We knew we had it, we just had to show it in the pool, and it was time to show.”

Will Davis anchored the race in 18.38.

“Our team came here to win and winning the first relay set a strong tone for the rest of the meet. We were so close last year,” Davis said. “We had that relay in mind and to actually win with such a fast time – I didn’t even expect to go that fast. It was a magical moment to share with my relay. It means the world to me. I had a rough year and trials was a confidence booster. Adam taught me how to have fun with the sport again and it was a big game-changer.”

Texas finished second overall with Anthony Grimm (20.65), Caspar Corbeau (22.55), Alvin Jiang (20.08) and Cameron Auchinachie (18.08) finishing in 1:21.36, also below the previous record set in 2017 by Texas.

They both beat the 2017 Texas mark of 1:21.54 set by John Shebat, Will Licon, Joseph Schooling and Brett Ringgold.

Cal had another historical performance in the event.

In the third heat, Bjorn Seeliger started Cal with fastest 50 backstroke split in history, a 20.08. Meanwhile, NC State’s Kacper Stokowski went a 20.16, both passing Ryan Murphy’s mark that had stood for six years. It was a stunning start for both teams, but what was even more stunning was how they finished.

Cal and NC State tied in the third heat in 1:21.69. The performances tied both teams for third place overall and broke the pool record and school records for both teams.

Seeliger gave way to Liam Bell (22.71), Trenton Julian (20.12) and Daniel Carr (18.78).

Stokowski gave way to Rafak Kusto (23.33), Nyls Korstanje (19.55) and David Curtiss (18.76) and the Wolfpack finished in 1:21.69.

Alabama was fifth with Matthew Menke, Derek Maas, Tyler Sesvold and Jonathan Berneburg finished in 1:22.04.

Harvard’s Dean Farris led off the 200 medley relay with a 50 backstroke split of 20.36, the sixth-fastest 50 back in history at the time, before the later heats pushed his timed down the list a bit. It gave Harvard a big lead and from Lane 1, the Crimson won heat 2 in 1:22.42 and the Crimson finished ninth overall.

• Day 1 Results

• Five NCAA storylines to watch

• Live Results

Event 1  Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
==================================================================================
         NCAA: N 1:21.54  3/24/2017 Texas
                          J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, B Ringgold
         Meet: M 1:21.54  3/24/2017 Texas
                          J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, B Ringgold
     American: A 1:21.88  3/23/2018 California
                          D Carr, C Hoppe, J Lynch, R Hoffer
   U. S. Open: O 1:21.54  3/24/2017 Texas
                          J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, B Ringgold
         Pool: P 1:21.84  2/17/2022 Louisville
                          M Whyte, E Somov, D Lowe, A Elaraby
    School                                          Finals Points 
==================================================================================
  1 Florida                                        1:21.13N  40  
     1) Chaney, Adam SO               2) r:0.15 Hillis, Dillon SR     
     3) r:0.00 Friese, Eric JR        4) r:0.12 Davis, Will SR        
    r:+0.62  20.19        43.39 (23.20)
        1:02.75 (19.36)     1:21.13 (18.38)
  2 Texas                                          1:21.36N  34  
     1) Grimm, Anthony FR             2) r:0.21 Corbeau, Caspar JR    
     3) r:0.29 Jiang, Alvin 5Y        4) r:0.22 Auchinachie, Caeron 5Y
    r:+0.73  20.65        43.20 (22.55)
        1:03.28 (20.08)     1:21.36 (18.08)
  3 NCSU                                           1:21.69P  31  
     1) Stokowski, Kacper JR          2) r:0.05 Kusto, Rafal SR       
     3) r:0.14 Korstanje, Nyls JR     4) r:0.29 Curtiss, David FR     
    r:+0.53  20.16        43.38 (23.22)
        1:02.93 (19.55)     1:21.69 (18.76)
  3 California                                     1:21.69P  31  
     1) Seeliger, Bjorn SO            2) r:0.08 Bell, Liam JR         
     3) r:0.19 Julian, Trenton 5Y     4) r:0.24 Carr, Daniel 5Y       
    r:+0.69  20.08        42.79 (22.71)
        1:02.91 (20.12)     1:21.69 (18.78)
  5 Alabama                                        1:22.04   28  
     1) Menke, Matthew JR             2) r:0.06 Maas, Derek JR        
     3) r:0.08 Sesvold, Tyler 5Y      4) r:0.11 Berneburg, Jonathan SR
    r:+0.58  20.60        43.40 (22.80)
        1:03.32 (19.92)     1:22.04 (18.72)
  6 ASU                                            1:22.25   26  
     1) Dolan, Jack JR                2) r:0.16 Heaphy, John JR       
     3) r:0.22 Bybee, Cody SR         4) r:0.14 House, Grant SR       
    r:+0.69  20.64        43.95 (23.31)
        1:03.78 (19.83)     1:22.25 (18.47)
  7 Louisville                                     1:22.29   24  
     1) Albiero, Nicolas 5Y           2) r:0.19 Somov, Evgenii 5Y     
     3) r:0.20 Lowe, Dalton SO        4) r:0.01 Eastman, Michael SR   
    r:+0.59  20.59        43.74 (23.15)
        1:03.59 (19.85)     1:22.29 (18.70)
  8 Stanford                                       1:22.41   22  
     1) MacAlister, Leon JR           2) r:0.16 Polonsky, Ron FR      
     3) r:0.21 Minakov, Andrei SO     4) r:0.04 Affeld, Jonny SO      
    r:+0.61  20.93        44.03 (23.10)
        1:03.45 (19.42)     1:22.41 (18.96)
  9 Harvard                                        1:22.42   18  
     1) Farris, Dean SR               2) r:0.15 Simpson, Jared JR     
     3) r:0.04 Gures, Umitcan JR      4) r:0.15 Marcoux, Raphael SR   
    r:+0.66  20.36        43.74 (23.38)
        1:03.55 (19.81)     1:22.42 (18.87)
 10 VT                                             1:22.92   14  
     1) Tornqvist, Samuel 5Y          2) r:0.10 Coll Marti, Carles SO 
     3) r:0.23 Ivanov, Antani SR      4) r:0.18 Ramadan, Youssef SO   
    r:+0.57  21.28        44.26 (22.98)
        1:04.31 (20.05)     1:22.92 (18.61)
 11 Virginia                                       1:22.97   12  
     1) Brownstead, Matt SO           2) r:0.22 Nichols, Noah SO      
     3) r:0.14 King, Matt SO          4) r:0.25 Lamb, August JR       
    r:+0.67  20.93        44.16 (23.23)
        1:04.10 (19.94)     1:22.97 (18.87)
 12 Ohio St                                        1:22.98   10  
     1) Armstrong, Hunter JR          2) r:0.00 McDaniel, Hudson SR   
     3) r:0.23 Quach, Alex FR         4) r:0.34 Andreis, Sem SR       
    r:+0.74  21.19        44.26 (23.07)
        1:04.52 (20.26)     1:22.98 (18.46)
 13 Michigan                                       1:23.14    8  
     1) Aaronson, Nadav JR            2) r:0.18 Chan, Will SR         
     3) r:0.05 Cohen Groumi, Gal FR   4) r:0.19 Peel, Cameron JR      
    r:+0.65  21.45        44.45 (23.00)
        1:04.22 (19.77)     1:23.14 (18.92)
 14 Auburn                                         1:23.25    6  
     1) Stoffle, Nathaniel FR         2) r:0.19 Mikuta, Reid SO       
     3) r:0.12 Yish, Matthew SR       4) r:0.21 Tirheimer, Logan SO   
    r:+0.65  21.04        44.10 (23.06)
        1:04.22 (20.12)     1:23.25 (19.03)
 15 Indiana                                        1:23.31    4  
     1) Fantoni, Gabriel 5Y           2) r:0.21 Matheny, Josh FR      
     3) r:0.33 Frankel, Tomer SO      4) r:0.23 Blaskovic, Bruno 5Y   
    r:+0.70  20.82        44.73 (23.91)
        1:04.61 (19.88)     1:23.31 (18.70)
 16 Utah                                           1:23.62    2  
     1) Ungur, Andrei SR              2) r:0.15 Horner, Jaek JR       
     3) r:0.02 Deryk, Cooper SR       4) r:0.00 O'Haimhirgin, Finn JR 
    r:+0.60  21.02        44.48 (23.46)
        1:04.56 (20.08)     1:23.62 (19.06)
 17 Tennessee                                      1:23.68  
     1) Kammann, Bjoern FR            2) r:0.22 Houlie, Michael SR    
     3) r:0.24 Crooks, Jordan FR      4) r:0.09 Scanlon, Scott JR     
    r:+0.65  21.36        44.55 (23.19)
        1:04.70 (20.15)     1:23.68 (18.98)
 18 Notre Dame                                     1:23.76  
     1) Smesko, Kaden SO              2) r:0.09 Bottelberghe, Josh SR 
     3) r:0.13 Wilburn, Cason JR      4) r:0.07 Guiliano, Chris FR    
    r:+0.67  21.56        44.75 (23.19)
        1:05.14 (20.39)     1:23.76 (18.62)
 19 USC                                            1:23.77  
     1) Makrygiannis, Vaggelis FR     2) r:0.26 Pellini, Trent 5Y     
     3) r:0.21 Sancov, Alexei SR      4) r:0.37 Miljenic, Nikola 5Y   
    r:+0.57  21.71        44.40 (22.69)
        1:04.61 (20.21)     1:23.77 (19.16)
 20 FSU                                            1:23.84  
     1) Herbet, Mason SO              2) r:0.10 Bastian, Izaak SR     
     3) r:0.20 McCusker, Max SR       4) r:0.01 Varjasi, Peter JR     
    r:+0.67  20.88        44.66 (23.78)
        1:04.91 (20.25)     1:23.84 (18.93)
 21 Penn St                                        1:23.85  
     1) Byrne, Lachlan JR             2) r:0.15 Raisanen, Daniel JR   
     3) r:0.00 Baganha, Victor FR     4) r:0.05 Roberson, William 5Y  
    r:+0.56  21.68        45.14 (23.46)
        1:05.20 (20.06)     1:23.85 (18.65)
 22 Georgia                                        1:24.12  
     1) Dunham, Bradley JR            2) r:0.17 Wayner, Harrison SR   
     3) r:0.03 Ng, Wesley SO          4) r:0.14 Downing, Dillon JR    
    r:+0.64  21.94        45.58 (23.64)
        1:05.37 (19.79)     1:24.12 (18.75)
 23 Missouri                                       1:24.27  
     1) Dahlgren, Jack SR             2) r:0.15 Patton, Ben JR        
     3) r:0.09 Kovac, Danny SR        4) r:0.21 Hammer, Kevin JR      
    r:+0.70  21.15        44.88 (23.73)
        1:05.08 (20.20)     1:24.27 (19.19)
 23 Northwestern                                   1:24.27  
     1) Martos Bacarizo, Manuel SR    2) r:0.25 Houseman, Kevin JR    
     3) r:0.26 Burdisso, Federico JR  4) r:0.09 Zhang, Andrew SR      
    r:+0.58  21.74        44.81 (23.07)
        1:05.25 (20.44)     1:24.27 (19.02)
 25 TAMU                                           1:24.38  
     1) Gogulski, Ethan SR            2) r:0.13 Puente Bustamandres JR
     3) r:0.11 Brown, Jace JR         4) r:0.18 Bratanov, Koko SR     
    r:+0.70  21.55        45.17 (23.62)
        1:05.51 (20.34)     1:24.38 (18.87)
 26 GT                                             1:24.62  
     1) Saka, Berke FR                2) r:0.04 Pumputis, Caio 5Y     
     3) r:0.18 Ferraro, Christian 5Y  4) r:0.15 Daniel, Austin 5Y     
    r:+0.69  21.44        44.63 (23.19)
        1:04.93 (20.30)     1:24.62 (19.69)
 27 Purdue                                         1:24.65  
     1) Sherman, Nicholas SR          2) r:0.04 Samuels, Braden FR    
     3) r:0.07 Hrosik, Ryan SR        4) r:0.12 Acin, Nikola SR       
    r:+0.68  21.45        45.09 (23.64)
        1:05.74 (20.65)     1:24.65 (18.91)
 28 Arizona                                        1:24.95  
     1) Maric, Ogi SR                 2) r:0.03 Miller, Seth SO       
     3) r:0.10 Combs, Tai 5Y          4) r:0.27 Ercegovic, Marin 5Y   
    r:+0.63  21.28        45.30 (24.02)
        1:06.14 (20.84)     1:24.95 (18.81)
 
                      Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 1                       
 
  1. Florida                            40   2. Texas                              34
  3. NC State                           31   3. California                         31
  5. Alabama                            28   6. Arizona St                         26
  7. Louisville                         24   8. Stanford                           22
  9. Harvard                            18  10. Virginia Tech                      14
 11. Virginia                           12  12. Ohio St                            10
 13. Michigan                            8  14. Auburn                              6
 15. Indiana                             4  16. Utah                                2

Name*

Email*

Welcome to our community. We invite you to join our discussion. Our community guidelines are simple: be respectful and constructive, keep on topic, and support your fellow commenters. Commenting signifies that you agree to our Terms of Use