Dean Farris Wins Second NCAA Title With 100 Free, Moves to Third All-Time

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Harvard junior Dean Farris continued his incredible meet at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas as he swam a 40.80 to win his second individual title of the weekend. Farris held off a hard charge from Minnesota senior Bowen Becker (40.83) who gave Farris everything he could handle the final 25.

Farris moved up to third all-time in the 100 free as Becker moved up to fourth.

Indiana senior Zach Apple (41.45) placed third for the Hoosiers as he was just off his best time of 41.36 from 2018.

The youngest in the final was freshman Daniel Krueger (41.56), who placed fourth for the Longhorns. Texas is 53 points out of first place as they are scratching for everything they can get to win a fifth straight team title in their home pool.

Cal picked up points from Ryan Hoffer (41.82) and Pawel Sendyk (42.06) in sixth and eighth.

Alabama’s Robert Howard (41.75) and NC State’s Justin Ress (42.00) also swam in the A-Final.

Harvard now has three NCAA titles in the 100 free as Farris joins the likes of Charles Hutter (1936) and Henry Dyer (1957) as winners of the event for the Crimson.

All-Time List:

Caeleb Dressel, Florida, 39.90 (2018)
Vladimir Morozov, USC, 40.76 (2013)
Dean Farris, Harvard, 40.80 (2019)
Bowen Becker, Minnesota, 40.83 (2019)
Cesar Cielo, Auburn, 40.92 (2008)
Michael Chadwick, Missouri, 40.95 (2017)
Ryan Held, NC State, 41.05 (2018)
Tate Jackson, Texas, 41.06 (2018)

 Event 17  Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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         NCAA: N 39.90  24-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         Meet: M 39.90  24-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
     American: A 39.90  24-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
   U. S. Open: O 39.90  24-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         Pool: P 41.00  30-Mar-19 Dean Farris, Harvard
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Farris, Dean           JR Harvard             41.00      40.80P  20  
    r:+0.69  19.42        40.80 (21.38)
  2 Becker, Bowe           SR Minnesota           41.44      40.83P  17  
    r:+0.63  19.48        40.83 (21.35)
  3 Apple, Zach            SR Indiana             41.59      41.45   16  
    r:+0.62  19.73        41.45 (21.72)
  4 Krueger, Daniel        FR Texas               41.49      41.56   15  
    r:+0.74  19.86        41.56 (21.70)
  5 Howard, Robert         SR Alabama             41.69      41.75   14  
    r:+0.70  20.21        41.75 (21.54)
  6 Hoffer, Ryan           SO California          41.76      41.82   13  
    r:+0.64  20.18        41.82 (21.64)
  7 Ress, Justin           SR NC State            41.74      42.00   12  
    r:+0.62  20.05        42.00 (21.95)
  8 Sendyk, Pawel          JR California          41.76      42.06   11  
    r:+0.66  19.85        42.06 (22.21)

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 17                  
 
  1. California                        457   2. Texas                             404
  3. Indiana                         322.5   4. NC State                          253
  5. Louisville                        168   6. Florida                           156
  7. Alabama                           124   8. Harvard                           118
  9. Missouri                           95  10. Virginia                           92
 11. Stanford                           90  12. Tennessee                          85
 13. Michigan                           82  14. Southern Cali                      81
 15. Arizona                            72  16. Texas A&M                          71
 17. Florida St                         69  18. Georgia                            64
 19. Minnesota                          62  20. Ohio St                            56
 21. Arizona St                       47.5  22. Purdue                             38
 23. University of Miami                30  24. Georgia Tech                       29
 25. Penn                               18  25. South Carolina                     18
 27. Duke                               17  27. Penn St                            17
 29. Grand Canyon                       16  30. Hawaii                             15
 31. Columbia University                14  32. Kentucky                           11
 33. Lsu                                 9  34. Wisconsin                           7
 34. Missouri St                         7  34. Notre Dame                          7
 34. Denver                              7  38. Auburn                              6
 38. Virginia Tech                       6  38. Princeton                           6
 41. Navy                                4  42. Towson                              2

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