2022 NCAA Men’s Championships: Stanford’s Andrei Minakov Takes Top Seed in 100 Butterfly

Andrei Minakov - Photo Courtesy: FINA / Budapest 2019

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2022 NCAA Men’s Championships: Stanford’s Andrei Minakov Takes Top Seed in 100 Butterfly

The 2022 NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships continued on Day 3 from the McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech with the 100-yard butterfly prelims.

The NCAA and American record is 42.80 set by Florida’s Caeleb Dressel in 2018. One of Dressel’s records went down on Day 2 in the 200 IM, but this record does not look to be as in danger as the 200 IM. The top seed heading into the meet was Stanford sophomore Andrei Minakov (43.90).

Stanford’s Andrei Minakov built an early lead in the final heat, then turned on the jets and won the heat in 43.77, just under his seed time. He won his heat over NC State’s Nyls Konstantje (44.43).

Several of the late heats were closely contested, setting up a pretty intriguing NCAA final.

Georgia’s Luca Urlando won heat 4 with a 44.24, just ahead of Ohio State’s Alex Quach (44.93).

Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan won heat 5 with a 44.21 with a strong back half of the race, just ahead of Tomer Frankel of Indiana (44.38).

Who has something left in the tank? Who left it all in the prelims just to make the final? Tonight’s final will be especially intriguing to see if Minakov can continue his blistering pace, and to see if anyone else in the field can elevate to that level at the right time for a spectacular finish.

The NCAA Finalists

1. Andrei Minakov, Stanford, 43.77
2. Youssef Ramadan, Virginia Tech, 44.21
3. Luca Urlando, Georgia, 44.24
4. Tomer Frankel, Indiana, 44.38
5. Nyls Korstanje, NC State, 44.43
6. Nicolas Albiero, Louisville, 44.61
7. Umitcan Gures, Harvard, 44.63
8. Aiden Hayes, NC State, 44.78

 Event 9  Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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         NCAA: N 42.80  3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         Meet: M 42.80  3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
     American: A 42.80  3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
   U. S. Open: O 42.80  3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         Pool: P 44.01  3/24/2016 Joseph Schooling, Texas
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Minakov, Andrei        SO Stanford                       43.77P 
    r:+0.62  20.23        43.77 (23.54)
  2 Ramadan, Youssef       SO VT                             44.21  
    r:+0.58  20.55        44.21 (23.66)
  3 Urlando, Luca          SO Georgia                        44.24  
    r:+0.64  20.45        44.24 (23.79)
  4 Frankel, Tomer         SO Indiana                        44.38  
    r:+0.58  20.68        44.38 (23.70)
  5 Korstanje, Nyls        JR NCSU                           44.43  
    r:+0.61  20.38        44.43 (24.05)
  6 Albiero, Nicolas       5Y Louisville                     44.61  
    r:+0.62  20.97        44.61 (23.64)
  7 Gures, Umitcan         JR Harvard                        44.63  
    r:+0.60  21.07        44.63 (23.56)
  8 Hayes, Aiden           FR NCSU                           44.78  
    r:+0.60  20.78        44.78 (24.00)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  9 Burns, Brendan         JR Indiana                        44.81  
    r:+0.60  21.04        44.81 (23.77)
 10 Quach, Alex            FR Ohio St                        44.93  
    r:+0.59  21.11        44.93 (23.82)
 11 Cohen Groumi, Gal      FR Michigan                       44.96  
    r:+0.58  20.96        44.96 (24.00)
 12 Ivanov, Antani         SR VT                             44.98  
    r:+0.67  20.95        44.98 (24.03)
 13 Jiang, Alvin           5Y Texas                          45.00  
    r:+0.64  20.97        45.00 (24.03)
 14 Kovac, Danny           SR Missouri                       45.05  
    r:+0.59  21.08        45.05 (23.97)
 15 Van Zandt, Zac         SO Texas                          45.07  
    r:+0.61  20.95        45.07 (24.12)
 16 Rose, Dare             SO California                     45.16  
    r:+0.62  20.75        45.16 (24.41)

    Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 7                       
 
  1. Texas                             180   2. Florida                           159
  3. California                        158   4. NC State                          124
  5. Arizona St                        111   6. Georgia                           100
  7. Stanford                           94   8. Indiana                            78
  9. Virginia                         70.5  10. Virginia Tech                      69
 11. Ohio St                            56  12. Arizona                            48
 13. Louisville                         46  14. Alabama                            41
 14. Harvard                            41  16. Lsu                                36
 17. Michigan                           24  18. Texas A&M                          20
 19. Tennessee                        17.5  20. Purdue                             16
 21. Columbia                           15  22. UNC                                11
 23. Auburn                              8  24. Princeton                           5
 25. Minnesota                           4  25. Smu                                 4
 27. Utah                                2  28. Georgia Tech                        1

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