Caeleb Dressel Swims Fastest 50 Split Ever; Ryan Murphy Looks For Four-peat

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.

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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)
 Swim-Off Required ----------------------------------------------

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)

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