Hear the Best Quotes from Friday Night’s Session of the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships

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Swimming World has pulled the best quotes from Friday night’s session of the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas.

The night included no American Records but did see some historic swims from Dean Farris, Vini Lanza and Coleman Stewart. Farris won Harvard’s first NCAA title since 1989 in the 100 back while Lanza became the first Indiana Hoosier to win the 100 fly NCAA title since Mark Spitz in 1972.

Hear the best quotes from Friday night’s finals at the 2019 NCAAs with soundbites from Lanza, Farris, Alabama’s Robert Howard, Cal’s Dave Durden, Daniel Carr and Stanford’s Abrahm DeVine.

Highlights:

400 IM

Stanford senior Abrahm DeVine successfully defended his 400 IM title he won in 2018 on Friday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. DeVine was in the lead early and used a strong breaststroke leg to propel him to the lead at the 300. He won in a 3:36.41.

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.

100 Fly

Indiana senior Vini Lanza, fresh off swimming the butterfly leg on Indiana’s 400 medley relay title, won the 100 fly on Friday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. Lanza swam a 44.37 to hold off a strong last turn from NC State junior Coleman Stewart. Lanza won Indiana’s first 100 fly NCAA title since Mark Spitz won four straight (1969-72).

The race played out between Lanza and Stewart at the finish for first and second but Michigan’s Miles Smachlo ran down everyone in the field to sneak in for third place from lane eight. Smachlo was a 23.78 on the final 50 and finished at 44.84.

200 Free

In one of the most highly anticipated races of the meet, Cal senior Andrew Seliskar rose to the occasion in the 200 free final on Friday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. Seliskar swam a 1:30.14 to take down Texas senior Townley Haas, who has won the last three years. Haas didn’t look like himself out in lane seven as he was not out fast enough and ended up fading to fourth at 1:31.80.

100 Breast

Indiana senior Ian Finnerty successfully defended the 100 breast on Friday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships with a 49.85. He was off his all-time record of 49.69 from last season but he won back-to-back titles with that swim, remaining the only man to break 50 seconds in the event and the first to do it twice.

Finnerty got some pressure from fellow senior Carsten Vissering of USC as he was a 50.30 for second place. Vissering was the early leader with a 23.29 the first 50 but Finnerty came home in a 26.44, the only man under 27 seconds the second 50 to win the event.

100 Back

Harvard junior Dean Farris blistered the 100 back final on Friday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships with a 43.66 to scare Ryan Murphy’s 43.49 NCAA and American Record from 2016.

Farris went out in a 20.85 and held on to win Harvard’s first NCAA title in 30 years. NC State’s Coleman Stewart (43.98) finished in second in the race as Farris and Stewart became the second and third swimmers to break 44 seconds in the event.

3m Diving

Indiana sophomore Andrew Capobianco won the 3m diving title on Friday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas as he won Indiana’s third NCAA title of the night. Capobianco followed Vini Lanza and Ian Finnerty as national champions for the Hoosiers as Capobianco scored 461.65 points to win the title over Miami senior Briadam Herrera (432.75).

200 Medley Relay

The Alabama Crimson Tide won the 200 medley relay on Friday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas with a 1:22.26. The team of Zane Waddell (20.41), Laurent Bams (23.24), Knox Auerbach (20.39) and Robert Howard (18.22) won the title for the Crimson Tide.

It came down to four teams on the final leg as the Cal Golden Bears snuck into second place at 1:22.43 thanks to an 18.17 anchor from Ryan Hoffer. Cal finished in second with Daniel Carr (20.92), Reece Whitley (23.68), Pawel Sendyk (19.66) and Hoffer (18.17) as the Golden Bears finished in second ahead of NC State (1:22.47) and Texas (1:22.58).

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