Auburn Lowers 200 Free Relay U.S. Open, NCAA Record; Cielo Sets U.S. Open, NCAA 50 Freestyle Record with 50 Free Leadoff of 18.69; Wildman-Tobriner Lowers Own American Record

By Jason Marsteller

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 15. FOLLOWING an NCAA and U.S. Open record leadoff split from Cesar Cielo of 18.69, which erased the previous standard of Auburn's Fred Bousquet set at the same pool two years ago, the Tiger foursome of Cielo, Matt Targett (18.71), Scott Goodrich (18.69) and Bryan Lundquist (18.62) destroyed its previous NCAA and U.S. Open standard with a blazing fast time of 1:14.71. The Tigers previously set the record at 1:15.56 in prelims.

Meanwhile, Stanford's quartet of Ben Wildman-Tobriner (18.87), Jason Dunford (18.97), Alex Coville (19.06) and Matt Crowe (19.07) took second in 1:15.97, while Arizona's team of Albert Subirats (19.11), Nick Nilo (19.00), Adam Ritter (19.09) and Darian Townsend (19.06) placed third in 1:16.26.

The leadoff time by Wildman-Tobriner of 18.87 lowered his American standard of 18.98 set during prelims, making him the only American under 19 twice after wiping out Tom Jager and Anthony Ervin's previous standard of 19.05 three separate times on the day.

The win was Auburn's sixth title in the event in the history of the program.

Click here to hear from Targett and Lundquist following the win.

NCAA Division I Champ. Meet 3/15/2007 – 19:05PM

NCAA Men's D1 Championships – 3/15/2007 to 3/17/2007

Event 1 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

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NCAA: N 1:15.56 3/15/2007 Auburn, Auburn-

C CIELO, M TARGETT, J ANDKJAER, S GOODRICH

American: A 1:16.49 3/28/2002 Stanford, Stanford

R BAL, P MARSHALL,, A SCHNELL, B O'BRYAN

US Open: O 1:15.78 3/24/2005 California, California

D DRAGANJA, M CAVIC, J TILLY, R GIMBUTIS

Pool: P 1:15.78 3/24/2005 California, California

Draganja, Cavic, Tilly, Gimbutis

School Prelims Finals Points

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=== A – Final ===

1 Auburn 1:15.56 1:14.71N 40

1) Cielo, Cesar SO 2) Targett, Matt JR r:0.12

3) Goodrich, Scott JR r:0.09 4) Lundquist, Bryan SR r:0.23

9.06 18.69 (18.69)

27.53 (8.84) 37.40 (18.71)

46.19 (8.79) 56.09 (18.69)

1:04.84 (8.75) 1:14.71 (18.62)

2 Stanford 1:16.57 1:15.97 34

1) Wildman-Tobriner, Ben SR 2) Dunford, Jason SO r:0.31

3) Coville, Alex FR r:0.32 4) Crowe, Matt SR r:0.19

9.22 18.87 (18.87)

27.77 (8.90) 37.84 (18.97)

46.89 (9.05) 56.90 (19.06)

1:05.95 (9.05) 1:15.97 (19.07)

3 Arizona 1:16.91 1:16.26 32

1) Subirats, Albert JR 2) Nilo, Nick SO r:0.20

3) Ritter, Adam SR r:0.28 4) Townsend, Darian JR r:0.09

9.27 19.11 (19.11)

28.17 (9.06) 38.11 (19.00)

47.22 (9.11) 57.20 (19.09)

1:06.09 (8.89) 1:16.26 (19.06)

4 Northwestern 1:16.98 1:16.65 30

1) Barbic, Bruno JR 2) Grevers, Matt SR r:0.18

3) Alexandrov, Mike SR r:0.22 4) Bubolz, Kyle JR r:0.17

9.68 19.83 (19.83)

28.47 (8.64) 38.43 (18.60)

47.60 (9.17) 57.85 (19.42)

1:06.63 (8.78) 1:16.65 (18.80)

5 Texas 1:16.94 1:17.45 28

1) Ohalloran, Tyler SR 2) Weber-Gale, Garrett SR r:0.20

3) Lowe, Matthew JR r:0.21 4) Harris, Jeremy JR r:0.16

9.58 19.74 (19.74)

28.53 (8.79) 38.39 (18.65)

47.58 (9.19) 57.81 (19.42)

1:07.13 (9.32) 1:17.45 (19.64)

6 California 1:17.21 1:17.68 26

1) Adrian, Nathan FR 2) Copeland, William JR r:0.23

3) Godec, Jernej JR r:0.13 4) Whittington, Joe JR r:0.32

9.57 19.59 (19.59)

28.86 (9.27) 39.17 (19.58)

47.95 (8.78) 58.02 (18.85)

1:07.37 (9.35) 1:17.68 (19.66)

7 West Virginia 1:18.18 1:18.78 24

1) Langenfeld, Andrew SO 2) Povazsai, Zoltan FR r:0.10

3) Tolic, Ivan FR r:0.21 4) Delic, Nick JR r:0.22

9.75 20.22 (20.22)

29.37 (9.15) 39.65 (19.43)

48.87 (9.22) 59.25 (19.60)

1:08.40 (9.15) 1:18.78 (19.53)

8 Florida 1:18.27 1:18.89 22

1) Penniman, Daniel JR 2) Hughes, Tim JR r:0.36

3) Smith, Jos SO r:0.32 4) Johnson, Grant JR r:0.46

9.68 19.94 (19.94)

29.55 (9.61) 39.70 (19.76)

48.95 (9.25) 59.14 (19.44)

1:08.73 (9.59) 1:18.89 (19.75)

=== B – Final ===

9 Georgia 1:19.04 1:18.73 18

1) Hollinger, Cameron SR 2) Cellini, Michael SR r:0.19

3) Bibliowicz, Nathan JR r:0.23 4) Smutz, Joe SR r:0.39

9.76 20.28 (20.28)

29.31 (9.03) 39.63 (19.35)

49.00 (9.37) 59.38 (19.75)

1:08.54 (9.16) 1:18.73 (19.35)

10 Minnesota 1:18.96 1:18.85 14

1) Volcansek, Ales SR 2) Cerensek, Igor SR r:0.21

3) Schmidt, Tyler JR r:0.23 4) Woodson, Michael JR r:0.07

9.83 20.09 (20.09)

29.29 (9.20) 39.42 (19.33)

48.63 (9.21) 59.08 (19.66)

1:08.29 (9.21) 1:18.85 (19.77)

11 Michigan 1:19.52 1:18.88 12

1) Savulich, Bobby SO 2) Brady, Chris FR r:0.16

3) Ryser, Evan SO r:0.29 4) Dauw, Curtis SO r:0.10

9.85 20.06 (20.06)

29.22 (9.16) 39.42 (19.36)

48.88 (9.46) 59.24 (19.82)

1:08.50 (9.26) 1:18.88 (19.64)

12 Ohio State 1:19.08 1:18.97 10

1) Doyle, Joseph SR 2) Voelker, Matthew JR r:0.26

3) Elber, Joel FR r:0.14 4) Lemyre, Robert SR r:0.22

9.36 19.38 (19.38)

28.57 (9.19) 38.79 (19.41)

48.23 (9.44) 58.87 (20.08)

1:08.42 (9.55) 1:18.97 (20.10)

13 Southern Cal 1:18.82 1:18.98 8

1) Sussex, Sean SR 2) Gosper, Richard JR r:0.11

3) Elser, Bryce JR r:0.26 4) Masson, Sam SR r:0.25

9.48 19.62 (19.62)

28.63 (9.01) 38.93 (19.31)

48.50 (9.57) 59.12 (20.19)

1:08.58 (9.46) 1:18.98 (19.86)

14 Wisconsin 1:18.77 1:19.10 6

1) Sorensen, Kyle SO 2) Desautels, Mike SO r:0.17

3) Davies, Phil FR r:0.18 4) Molzahn, Tom SR r:0.21

9.89 20.40 (20.40)

29.69 (9.29) 40.19 (19.79)

49.31 (9.12) 59.59 (19.40)

1:08.78 (9.19) 1:19.10 (19.51)

15 Tennessee 1:18.49 1:19.15 4

1) Alesi, Octavio JR 2) Morrell, Nolan SO r:0.20

3) Sudbury, Jeff SO r:0.14 4) Engle, Andrew SR r:0.38

9.69 19.77 (19.77)

29.08 (9.31) 39.33 (19.56)

48.58 (9.25) 59.18 (19.85)

1:08.78 (9.60) 1:19.15 (19.97)

16 Brigham Young 1:19.32 1:19.20 2

1) Patience, Chris SR 2) Azevedo, Jorge SR r:0.14

3) Price, Travis JR r:0.23 4) Allen, Brett SR r:0.22

9.87 20.63 (20.63)

29.79 (9.16) 40.28 (19.65)

49.60 (9.32) 1:00.05 (19.77)

1:09.12 (9.07) 1:19.20 (19.15)

=== Preliminaries ===

17 So. Methodist 1:19.62

1) Vrtovec, Luka SO 2) Milu, Shane JR

3) Hetland, Alex JR 4) Fadnes, Thomas FR

9.61 19.74 (19.74)

29.29 (9.55) 39.62 (19.88)

49.12 (9.50) 59.56 (19.94)

1:09.03 (9.47) 1:19.62 (20.06)

18 Penn State 1:20.55

1) Kaiserian, Dan SR 2) Swanepoel, Sean JR

3) Reydams, Vince SO 4) Biedermann, Sean JR

9.74 20.32 (20.32)

29.75 (9.43) 40.51 (20.19)

49.64 (9.13) 1:00.23 (19.72)

1:09.79 (9.56) 1:20.55 (20.32)

— Indiana DFS

1) Koehler, JK JR 2) Penoyar, Pat JR

3) Brunfeldt, Alex JR 4) Murry, Steven SO

— Florida State DFS

1) Kennon, Alex SR 2) Denton, ED JR

3) Jamerson, Billy JR 4) Young, Kyle JR

Men – Team Rankings – Through Event 1

1. Auburn 40 2. Stanford 34

3. Arizona 32 4. Northwestern 30

5. Texas 28 6. California 26

7. West Virginia 24 8. Florida 22

9. Georgia 18 10. Minnesota 14

11. Michigan 12 12. Ohio State 10

13. Southern California 8 14. Wisconsin 6

15. Tennessee 4 16. Brigham Young 2

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