The action and drama continued Friday morning at the 2017 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships as more records look to fall down at the finals session tonight. Chase Kalisz, Joseph Schooling, Townley Haas, Fabian Schwingenschlogl and Ryan Murphy will all look to defend their titles in their respective races tonight.
400 IM
Georgia senior Chase Kalisz lead the qualifiers Friday morning in his pet event, the 400 IM. Kalisz, the Olympic silver medalist will be the top seed headed into tonight with a relaxed 3:37.18. His teammate, Jay Litherland is the second seed at 3:38.39. It will be a tight race for second between Litherland, Florida’s Mark Szaranek and Georgia’s Gunnar Bentz who all swam 3:38s this morning.
Texas’ Jonathan Roberts (3:38.91), Virginia Tech’s Robert Own (3:38.97), Stanford’s Abrahm Devine (3:39.44) and California’s Andrew Seliskar (3:40.64) also qualified for the A-final.
Event 8 Men 400 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 3:34.50 3/28/2014 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
Championship: C 3:34.50 3/28/2014 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
American: A 3:34.50 3/28/2014 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
U. S. Open: O 3:34.50 3/28/2014 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
Pool: P 3:38.05 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Kalisz, Chase SR Georgia 3:36.21 3:37.18P
r:+0.71 23.51 50.23 (26.72)
1:18.53 (28.30) 1:45.81 (27.28)
2:15.34 (29.53) 2:45.34 (30.00)
3:11.80 (26.46) 3:37.18 (25.38)
2 Litherland, Jay JR Georgia 3:38.19 3:38.39
r:+0.68 23.63 50.36 (26.73)
1:17.65 (27.29) 1:44.42 (26.77)
2:15.42 (31.00) 2:47.00 (31.58)
3:13.53 (26.53) 3:38.39 (24.86)
3 Szaranek, Mark JR Florida 3:36.54 3:38.55
r:+0.63 23.33 50.76 (27.43)
1:18.72 (27.96) 1:46.14 (27.42)
2:16.13 (29.99) 2:46.36 (30.23)
3:12.68 (26.32) 3:38.55 (25.87)
4 Bentz, Gunnar JR Georgia 3:42.89 3:38.62
r:+0.72 23.61 50.79 (27.18)
1:19.37 (28.58) 1:47.25 (27.88)
2:18.23 (30.98) 2:48.85 (30.62)
3:14.13 (25.28) 3:38.62 (24.49)
5 Roberts, Jonathan JR Texas 3:40.26 3:38.91
r:+0.75 22.80 48.79 (25.99)
1:15.79 (27.00) 1:42.57 (26.78)
2:14.70 (32.13) 2:46.96 (32.26)
3:13.86 (26.90) 3:38.91 (25.05)
6 Owen, Robert SR VT 3:38.43 3:38.97
r:+0.72 23.23 50.01 (26.78)
1:17.79 (27.78) 1:44.61 (26.82)
2:15.47 (30.86) 2:47.08 (31.61)
3:13.59 (26.51) 3:38.97 (25.38)
7 DeVine, Abrahm SO Stanford 3:41.64 3:39.44
r:+0.66 23.37 50.31 (26.94)
1:18.80 (28.49) 1:46.66 (27.86)
2:17.48 (30.82) 2:48.92 (31.44)
3:14.94 (26.02) 3:39.44 (24.50)
8 Seliskar, Andrew SO California 3:39.53 3:40.64
r:+0.65 23.41 50.41 (27.00)
1:19.15 (28.74) 1:46.73 (27.58)
2:17.69 (30.96) 2:48.28 (30.59)
3:14.81 (26.53) 3:40.64 (25.83)
100 Fly
Texas senior Jack Conger leads the qualifiers in the 100 fly with a 44.44 to improve on his best time as the fifth fastest performer all-time. Conger leads Florida junior Caeleb Dressel (44.49) and Texas junior Joseph Schooling (44.97) as the only swimmers under 45 this morning. Conger has been second and third the last two years in the event and will look to unseat the two-time defending champion in the event in Schooling.
NC State’s Ryan Held (45.21), Cal’s Zheng Quah (45.27), Cal’s Matthew Josa (45.31), Missouri’s Andrew Sansoucie (45.45) and Indiana’s Vini Lanza (45.47) will also swim in the A-final tonight.
Event 9 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 44.01 3/25/2016 Joseph Schooling, Texas
Championship: C 44.01 3/25/2016 Joseph Schooling, Texas
American: A 43.84 12/16/2016Tom Shields, California
U. S. Open: O 43.84 12/16/2016Tom Shields, California
Pool: P 44.59 Tom Shields, California
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Conger, Jack SR Texas 44.56 44.44P
r:+0.66 20.75 44.44 (23.69)
2 Dressel, Caeleb JR Florida 44.21 44.49P
r:+0.62 20.71 44.49 (23.78)
3 Schooling, Joseph JR Texas 44.06 44.97
r:+0.59 20.58 44.97 (24.39)
4 Held, Ryan JR NC State 44.79 45.21
r:+0.64 20.74 45.21 (24.47)
5 Quah, Zheng FR California 46.77 45.27
r:+0.62 21.10 45.27 (24.17)
6 Josa, Matthew JR California 45.41 45.31
r:+0.65 21.07 45.31 (24.24)
7 Sansoucie, Andrew SR Missouri 44.86 45.45
r:+0.63 21.32 45.45 (24.13)
8 Lanza, Vini SO Indiana 45.07 45.47
r:+0.71 21.40 45.47 (24.07)
200 Free
Townley Haas of Texas backed up his 500 free last night, where he became the fifth fastest performer in history, with a solid 1:31.97 200 free this morning. Haas will be looking to repeat in the event after he broke the American Record last year. USC’s Dylan Carter is the second seed going into tonight with a 1:32.17 and Indiana’s Blake Pieroni is the third seed at 1:32.42.
NC State’s Soren Dahl (1:32.55), Arizona State’s Cameron Craig (1:32.84), Florida’s Maxime Rooney (1:32.88), Harvard’s Dean Farris (1:33.05) and Wisconsin’s Brett Pinfold (1:33.21) will also swim in the A-final that features three freshman.
Event 10 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas
Championship: C 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas
American: A 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas
U. S. Open: O 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas
Pool: P 1:31.51 Joao DeLucca, Louisville
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Haas, Townley SO Texas 1:32.17 1:31.97
r:+0.74 21.26 44.43 (23.17)
1:08.14 (23.71) 1:31.97 (23.83)
2 Carter, Dylan JR Southern Cali 1:31.98 1:32.17
r:+0.59 21.22 44.45 (23.23)
1:08.31 (23.86) 1:32.17 (23.86)
3 Pieroni, Blake JR Indiana 1:31.83 1:32.42
r:+0.67 21.56 45.05 (23.49)
1:08.92 (23.87) 1:32.42 (23.50)
4 Dahl, Soeren SR NC State 1:32.74 1:32.55
r:+0.74 21.76 45.49 (23.73)
1:09.03 (23.54) 1:32.55 (23.52)
5 Craig, Cameron FR ASU 1:31.71 1:32.84
r:+0.67 21.78 45.04 (23.26)
1:08.87 (23.83) 1:32.84 (23.97)
6 Rooney, Maxime FR Florida 1:32.18 1:32.88
r:+0.62 21.75 45.26 (23.51)
1:09.01 (23.75) 1:32.88 (23.87)
7 Farris, Dean FR Harvard 1:31.56 1:33.05
r:+0.71 21.47 44.94 (23.47)
1:08.59 (23.65) 1:33.05 (24.46)
8 Pinfold, Brett SR Wisconsin 1:33.85 1:33.21
r:+0.69 21.89 45.33 (23.44)
1:09.33 (24.00) 1:33.21 (23.88)
100 Breast
After splitting the only sub-50 point 100 breast last night in the 400 medley relay, Will Licon leads the qualifiers in the 100 breast with the only sub-51 swim. Licon leads the prelims at 50.87 ahead of Virginia Tech’s Brandon Fiala (51.30) and California’s Connor Hoppe (51.50). This is the first year Licon has swum the 100 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships, after swimming the 400 IM the last three years.
Auburn’s Michael Duderstadt (51.75), Missouri’s Fabian Schwingenschlogl (51.76), South Carolina’s Nils Wich-Glasen (51.86), Southern Cal’s Carsten Vissering (51.91) and Duke’s Peter Kropp (52.06) will also swim in the A-final. The championship final will feature five seniors.
Event 11 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 50.04 3/28/2014 Kevin Cordes, Arizona
Championship: C 50.04 3/28/2014 Kevin Cordes, Arizona
American: A 50.04 3/28/2014 Kevin Cordes, Arizona
U. S. Open: O 50.04 3/28/2014 Kevin Cordes, Arizona
Pool: P 50.74 Kevin Cordes, Arizona
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Licon, Will SR Texas 51.15 50.87
r:+0.70 24.02 50.87 (26.85)
2 Fiala, Brandon SR VT 51.50 51.30
r:+0.59 24.09 51.30 (27.21)
3 Hoppe, Connor JR California 52.29 51.50
r:+0.66 24.08 51.50 (27.42)
4 Duderstadt, Michael SR Auburn 51.50 51.75
r:+0.67 24.36 51.75 (27.39)
5 Schwingenschloegl, Fa SR Missouri 51.07 51.76
r:+0.65 24.18 51.76 (27.58)
6 Wich-Glasen, Nils JR South Carolina 51.58 51.86
r:+0.69 24.33 51.86 (27.53)
7 Vissering, Carsten SO Southern Cali 51.45 51.91
r:+0.68 24.34 51.91 (27.57)
8 Kropp, Peter SR Duke 51.46 52.06
r:+0.62 24.25 52.06 (27.81)
100 Back
California’s Ryan Murphy could be the second swimmer to ever win four NCAA titles in the 100 backstroke after John Naber of USC did it from 1974-1977. Murphy will enter the A-final as the third seed at 44.78 behind Alabama’s Connor Oslin (44.59) and Texas’ John Shebat (44.63). Oslin is now the fourth fastest performer all-time in the event, while Shebat moved to sixth.
Southern Cal’s Ralf Tribuntsov (45.00), Louisville’s Grigory Tarasevich (45.13), Alabama’s Luke Kaliszak (45.25) and NC State’s Andreas Vazaios (45.26) will swim in the A-final. There was a tie for eighth place with Georgia’s Taylor Dale and Penn State’s Shane Ryan tying for the last spot in the final at 45.27.
Event 12 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
Championship: C 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
American: A 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
U. S. Open: O 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
Pool: P 44.99 David Nolan, Stanford
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Oslin, Connor SR Alabama 44.73 44.59P
r:+0.58 21.36 44.59 (23.23)
2 Shebat, John SO Texas 45.72 44.63P
r:+0.58 21.52 44.63 (23.11)
3 Murphy, Ryan SR California 44.61 44.78P
r:+0.55 21.68 44.78 (23.10)
4 Tribuntsov, Ralf JR Southern Cali 45.57 45.00
r:+0.68 21.72 45.00 (23.28)
5 Tarasevich, Grigory SR Louisville 45.11 45.13
r:+0.56 22.05 45.13 (23.08)
6 Kaliszak, Luke JR Alabama 45.03 45.25
r:+0.51 21.52 45.25 (23.73)
7 Vazaios, Andreas JR NC State 45.32 45.26
r:+0.57 21.81 45.26 (23.45)
8 Dale, Taylor SR Georgia 45.48 45.27
r:+0.59 21.79 45.27 (23.48)
8 Ryan, Shane SR Penn St 44.65 45.27
r:+0.56 21.52 45.27 (23.75)
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200 Medley Relay
Every 200 medley relay team in the top eight swam a 1:23 this morning, as the race will be extremely tight tonight for the title. Texas swam a 1:23.17 to lead the teams into tonight with John Shebat (21.02), Will Licon (23.31), Joseph Schooling (20.03) and Brett Ringgold (18.81). Three of those swimmers swam on the 400 last night that swam the fastest time in history.
Texas leads a close heat with California (1:23.27) and Missouri (1:23.29) trailing right behind them. Florida (1:23.37), NC State (1:23.53), Louisville (1:23.87), Alabama (1:23.93) and Stanford (1:23.97) will swim in the A-final.
Of note, Florida junior Caeleb Dressel swam the fastest 50 free split in history with a 17.71 on the end of Florida’s relay. Cal’s Ryan Murphy (20.79), Missouri’s Fabian Schwingenschlogl (22.94), Louisville’s Josh Quallen (19.97) and Dressel had the fastest splits across the board on that relay.
Event 14 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 1:22.27 3/29/2013 Michigan
M Ortiz, B Ortiz, S Fletcher, Z Turk
Championship: C 1:22.27 3/29/2013 Michigan
M Ortiz, B Ortiz, S Fletcher, Z Turk
American: A 1:22.40 3/27/2015 California
R Murphy, C Katis, J Lynch, T Messerschmidt
U. S. Open: O 1:22.27 3/29/2013 Michigan
M Ortiz, B Ortiz, S Fletcher, Z Turk
Pool: P 1:22.17 Michigan
School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Texas 1:24.23 1:23.17
1) Shebat, John SO 2) r:0.36 Licon, Will SR
3) r:0.26 Schooling, Joseph JR 4) r:0.27 Ringgold, Brett JR
r:+0.60 10.56 21.02 (21.02)
31.43 (10.41) 44.33 (23.31)
53.22 (8.89) 1:04.36 (20.03)
1:13.29 (8.93) 1:23.17 (18.81)
2 California 1:22.31 1:23.27
1) Murphy, Ryan SR 2) r:0.20 Hoppe, Connor JR
3) r:0.08 Josa, Matthew JR 4) r:0.37 Sendyk, Pawel FR
r:+0.52 10.33 20.79 (20.79)
31.20 (10.41) 43.81 (23.02)
52.79 (8.98) 1:04.19 (20.38)
1:13.11 (8.92) 1:23.27 (19.08)
3 Missouri 1:24.11 1:23.29
1) Hein, Daniel FR 2) r:0.21 Schwingenschloebian SR
3) r:0.23 Sansoucie, Andrew SR 4) r:0.18 Chadwick, Michael SR
r:+0.54 10.72 21.50 (21.50)
31.54 (10.04) 44.40 (22.90)
53.38 (8.98) 1:04.70 (20.30)
1:13.40 (8.70) 1:23.29 (18.59)
4 Florida 1:23.44 1:23.37
1) Blyzinskyj, Jack SR 2) r:0.14 Bray, Chandler FR
3) r:0.21 Szaranek, Mark JR 4) r:0.17 Dressel, Caeleb JR
r:+0.58 10.58 21.29 (21.29)
32.02 (10.73) 45.23 (23.94)
54.44 (9.21) 1:05.66 (20.43)
1:14.06 (8.40) 1:23.37 (17.71)
5 NC State 1:23.16 1:23.53
1) Vazaios, Andreas JR 2) r:0.12 Hren, Derek SR
3) r:0.32 Ress, Justin SO 4) r:0.29 Held, Ryan JR
r:+0.53 10.38 21.02 (21.02)
31.83 (10.81) 44.74 (23.72)
53.85 (9.11) 1:05.27 (20.53)
1:13.84 (8.57) 1:23.53 (18.26)
6 Louisville 1:23.34 1:23.87
1) Tarasevich, Grigory SR 2) r:0.03 Claverie, Carlos JR
3) r:0.12 Quallen, Josh SR 4) r:0.20 Carroll, Trevor SR
r:+0.55 10.57 21.31 (21.31)
31.72 (10.41) 44.92 (23.61)
53.73 (8.81) 1:04.89 (19.97)
1:13.80 (8.91) 1:23.87 (18.98)
7 Alabama 1:23.52 1:23.93
1) Oslin, Connor SR 2) r:0.13 Romanov, Pavel SR
3) r:0.43 Bams, Laurent JR 4) r:0.43 Waddell, Zane FR
r:+0.58 10.24 20.83 (20.83)
31.44 (10.61) 44.23 (23.40)
53.60 (9.37) 1:05.15 (20.92)
1:14.05 (8.90) 1:23.93 (18.78)
8 Stanford 1:23.62 1:23.97
1) Dudzinski, Ryan SO 2) r:0.17 Anderson, Matt SO
3) r:0.20 Liang, Andrew JR 4) r:0.13 Perry, Sam JR
r:+0.55 10.57 21.35 (21.35)
31.61 (10.26) 44.90 (23.55)
53.86 (8.96) 1:04.99 (20.09)
1:13.94 (8.95) 1:23.97 (18.98)