Abrahm DeVine on 400 IM Dominance With Ella Eastin (VIDEO INTERVIEW)

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Stanford senior Abrahm DeVine won his second straight 400 IM title on Friday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. DeVine swam a 3:36.41, which was slower than what he won with in 2018, but he was still satisfied with the win.

DeVine said it wasn’t the exclamation point he was looking for to close out his college career but said it was “a hard period.” DeVine also talked about his friendship with fellow Stanford IM’er Ella Eastin, who won four NCAA titles in the 400 IM over her career.

DeVine talked about how he and Eastin have dominated the 400 IM scene in NCAA swimming and how he was able to win it this year as a senior. Stanford has had a tough year this year with Grant Shoults and Jack LeVant having to pull out of the meet for injuries. Both Shoults and LeVant were selected for the World Championships team later this summer along with DeVine.

DeVine alluded to how hard it has been on the whole team with all of those injuries going on this season.

DeVine led a Pac-12 1-2-3 at the top with Cal’s Sean Grieshop (3:37.03) and Mike Thomas (3:37.52) sitting in second and third. Grieshop moved up to 11th all-time with his swim.

DeVine was one of four seniors in the field as the 2020 title looks wide open for next season. Virginia’s Brendan Casey (3:38.43) placed fourth.

Stanford now has seven NCAA titles in the 400 IM. DeVine joins the likes of Dick Roth (1967), Jeff Kostoff (1985, 87), Tom Wilkens (1997, 98) and himself (2018) as winners of the event for the Cardinal.

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