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California dominated the men’s 200-yard IM at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships with Josh Prenot leading the way by moving to seventh all time in the event’s history.
With the 12th-fastest time ever, Prenot moved up to seventh all time with a 1:41.07. He led a three-up, one-down performance by California as Ryan Murphy improved to ninth all time with a 1:41.15 for the second seed, while Andrew Seliskar snared the fourth seed in 1:41.65 to move up to 12th all time in the event.
Texas’ Will Licon, the third-ranked swimmer ever with a 1:40.09, cruised into third with a 1:41.36.
All Time Top 15 Performances:
1 1:39.38 David Nolan Stanford Iowa City 3/26/15
2 1:40.07 David Nolan Stanford Federal Way 3/5/15
3 1:40.08 Ryan Lochte Daytona Beach Atlanta11/29/07
4 1:40.09 Will Licon Texas Iowa City 3/26/15
5 1:40.49 Bradley Ally Florida TAMU 3/26/09
6 1:40.55 Ryan Lochte Florida Atlanta 3/23/06
7 1:40.58 Michael Phelps NBAC Annapolis 3/6/10
7 1:40.58 Marcin Ceislak Florida 3/27/14
9 1:40.68 Will Licon Texas Iowa City 3/26/15
10 1:40.89 Ryan Lochte Daytona Beach Atlanta 12/4/08
11 1:40.97 Ryan Lochte Daytona Beach 11/29/12
12 1:41.07p Josh Prenot California Atlanta 3/24/16
13 1:41.14 Kyle Whitaker Michigan 2/26/14
14 1:41.15 Marcin Cieslak Florida 3/27/14
14 1:41.15p Ryan Murphy California Atlanta 3/24/16
California is looking to claim its third NCAA title in the event as previous wins came by way of D. Graham Smith in 1979 (1:48.44) and Marcin Tarczynski in 2012 (1:41.97). Texas, has a pair of wins as well with Nate Dusing (2001) and Austin Surhoff (2010).
Georgia’s Gunnar Bentz (1:41.72), Virginia Tech’s Brandon Fiala (1:41.95), Florida’s Mark Szaranek (1:42.03) and Florida’s Jan Switkowski (1:42.15) will also compete in the championship heat.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Prenot, Josh SR California 1:43.13 1:41.07
r:+0.70 21.63 47.07 (25.44)
1:15.47 (28.40) 1:41.07 (25.60)
2 Murphy, Ryan JR California 1:43.72 1:41.15
r:+0.64 22.00 46.73 (24.73)
1:16.64 (29.91) 1:41.15 (24.51)
3 Licon, Will JR Texas 1:42.85 1:41.36
r:+0.71 22.09 47.65 (25.56)
1:16.63 (28.98) 1:41.36 (24.73)
4 Seliskar, Andrew FR California 1:43.26 1:41.65
r:+0.67 22.21 47.73 (25.52)
1:16.81 (29.08) 1:41.65 (24.84)
5 Bentz, Gunnar SO Georgia 1:43.17 1:41.72
r:+0.74 22.36 48.09 (25.73)
1:17.27 (29.18) 1:41.72 (24.45)
6 Fiala, Brandon JR VT 1:42.26 1:41.95
r:+0.71 21.73 47.66 (25.93)
1:16.96 (29.30) 1:41.95 (24.99)
7 Szaranek, Mark SO Florida 1:42.64 1:42.03
r:+0.68 22.22 47.26 (25.04)
1:16.87 (29.61) 1:42.03 (25.16)
8 Switkowski, Jan SO Florida 1:42.55 1:42.15
r:+0.69 21.98 46.93 (24.95)
1:17.05 (30.12) 1:42.15 (25.10)
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9 Bosch, Dylan SR Michigan 1:43.02 1:42.63
r:+0.68 21.99 47.49 (25.50)
1:17.07 (29.58) 1:42.63 (25.56)
9 Patching, Joe JR Auburn 1:42.21 1:42.63
r:+0.65 22.13 47.09 (24.96)
1:17.59 (30.50) 1:42.63 (25.04)
11 Dahl, Soeren JR NC State 1:42.50 1:42.90
r:+0.78 22.22 48.83 (26.61)
1:18.49 (29.66) 1:42.90 (24.41)
12 Taylor, Jake SR BYU 1:43.50 1:43.29
r:+0.67 22.58 47.42 (24.84)
1:18.77 (31.35) 1:43.29 (24.52)
13 Harty, Ryan FR Texas 1:43.26 1:43.33
r:+0.71 22.02 47.52 (25.50)
1:17.71 (30.19) 1:43.33 (25.62)
14 McCurdy, Christian SR NC State 1:45.07 1:43.43
r:+0.67 21.79 47.44 (25.65)
1:17.65 (30.21) 1:43.43 (25.78)
15 DeVine, Abrahm FR Stanford 1:43.51 1:43.63
r:+0.74 22.63 47.92 (25.29)
1:18.32 (30.40) 1:43.63 (25.31)
15 Pebley, Jacob SR California 1:45.31 1:43.63
r:+0.77 22.27 46.93 (24.66)
1:18.91 (31.98) 1:43.63 (24.72)
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17 White, Evan SO Michigan 1:43.11 1:43.94
r:+0.67 22.24 48.58 (26.34)
1:17.64 (29.06) 1:43.94 (26.30)
18 Tesone, Nolan SR Louisville 1:43.43 1:43.97
r:+0.66 22.73 48.55 (25.82)
1:17.81 (29.26) 1:43.97 (26.16)
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19 McHugh, Sam SO Tennessee 1:45.46 1:44.00
r:+0.67 22.91 49.64 (26.73)
1:19.10 (29.46) 1:44.00 (24.90)
20 Williamson, Max JR Stanford 1:43.91 1:44.05
r:+0.71 23.37 49.42 (26.05)
1:18.97 (29.55) 1:44.05 (25.08)
21 Pinfold, Brett JR Wisconsin 1:44.09 1:44.28
r:+0.73 22.70 48.43 (25.73)
1:19.29 (30.86) 1:44.28 (24.99)
22 Maly, Jakub JR Minnesota 1:44.53 1:44.53
r:+0.74 22.92 49.23 (26.31)
1:19.03 (29.80) 1:44.53 (25.50)
23 Szabo, Norbert FR VT 1:47.69 1:44.64
r:+0.66 21.69 48.18 (26.49)
1:19.15 (30.97) 1:44.64 (25.49)
24 Ress, Justin FR NC State 1:43.73 1:44.70
r:+0.65 22.82 48.48 (25.66)
1:19.98 (31.50) 1:44.70 (24.72)
25 Ogren, Curtis SO Stanford 1:43.74 1:44.77
r:+0.68 22.79 48.58 (25.79)
1:18.52 (29.94) 1:44.77 (26.25)
26 Mulcare, Pat FR USC 1:44.22 1:44.86
r:+0.64 22.77 48.31 (25.54)
1:19.41 (31.10) 1:44.86 (25.45)
27 Glass, Will JR Texas 1:45.41 1:44.89
r:+0.70 22.37 48.33 (25.96)
1:18.84 (30.51) 1:44.89 (26.05)
28 D'Alessandro, Teo SR Princeton 1:44.33 1:45.04
r:+0.68 22.76 49.05 (26.29)
1:19.28 (30.23) 1:45.04 (25.76)
29 Henry, Andrew SR Eastern Mich 1:45.69 1:45.15
r:+0.70 23.32 49.15 (25.83)
1:19.94 (30.79) 1:45.15 (25.21)
30 Martens, John SR Texas 1:46.15 1:45.38
r:+0.70 23.28 49.97 (26.69)
1:20.36 (30.39) 1:45.38 (25.02)
31 Lebed, Alex FR Florida 1:45.70 1:45.43
r:+0.65 23.40 50.11 (26.71)
1:20.29 (30.18) 1:45.43 (25.14)
32 Brumm, Pete SR Michigan 1:43.71 1:45.53
r:+0.65 22.48 48.03 (25.55)
1:19.89 (31.86) 1:45.53 (25.64)
33 Balogh, Brennan FR Florida 1:45.65 1:45.83
r:+0.61 23.65 48.70 (25.05)
1:20.83 (32.13) 1:45.83 (25.00)
34 Byrd, Austin SR Wisconsin 1:46.32 1:45.87
r:+0.72 22.44 48.55 (26.11)
1:20.05 (31.50) 1:45.87 (25.82)
35 Osvath, Artur FR Missouri St 1:46.63 1:45.95
r:+0.66 22.71 49.10 (26.39)
1:19.35 (30.25) 1:45.95 (26.60)
36 Andrew, Mark FR Penn 1:45.15 1:46.03
r:+0.73 22.96 50.29 (27.33)
1:20.36 (30.07) 1:46.03 (25.67)
37 Finnerty, Ian FR Indiana 1:43.82 1:46.04
r:+0.77 23.16 49.85 (26.69)
1:20.36 (30.51) 1:46.04 (25.68)
38 Thomas, Michael FR California 1:45.48 1:46.37
r:+0.74 22.70 48.82 (26.12)
1:20.26 (31.44) 1:46.37 (26.11)
39 Sanders, Tristan SO Michigan 1:46.30 1:46.55
r:+0.70 23.12 49.50 (26.38)
1:21.05 (31.55) 1:46.55 (25.50)
40 Umbach, Gray SR Stanford 1:43.41 1:46.78
r:+0.71 22.18 48.16 (25.98)
1:19.97 (31.81) 1:46.78 (26.81)
41 Thorne, Nick SO Arizona 1:44.60 1:46.91
r:+0.77 23.43 48.73 (25.30)
1:21.67 (32.94) 1:46.91 (25.24)
42 Castillo Luna, Mauro SO Tex AM 1:46.25 1:47.52
r:+0.64 22.53 50.16 (27.63)
1:20.55 (30.39) 1:47.52 (26.97)
43 Okubo, Corey SO Princeton 1:46.33 1:47.69
r:+0.58 23.14 49.53 (26.39)
1:21.58 (32.05) 1:47.69 (26.11)
44 Colley, Ben SR UNC 1:44.41 1:47.84
r:+0.75 23.09 49.57 (26.48)
1:21.48 (31.91) 1:47.84 (26.36)
45 Stewart, Sam FR Auburn 1:46.48 1:48.16
r:+0.68 23.21 49.83 (26.62)
1:21.53 (31.70) 1:48.16 (26.63)
46 Fong, Zachary FR Virginia 1:46.76 1:48.29
r:+0.69 22.63 49.93 (27.30)
1:21.88 (31.95) 1:48.29 (26.41)
47 Kimpel, Alexander SO GT 1:47.89 1:48.83
r:+0.79 23.00 50.48 (27.48)
1:21.43 (30.95) 1:48.83 (27.40)
48 Barnosky, Michael SR Air Force 1:46.54 1:49.09
r:+0.69 23.62 50.95 (27.33)
1:21.55 (30.60) 1:49.09 (27.54)
49 Bonetti, Brock SO Tex AM 1:46.42 1:50.42
r:+0.72 22.89 49.42 (26.53)
1:22.30 (32.88) 1:50.42 (28.12)
50 Stumph, Steven JR USC 1:45.66 1:52.04
r:+0.72 24.55 55.15 (30.60)
1:24.12 (28.97) 1:52.04 (27.92)
51 Kaeser, Yannick SR Virginia 1:48.16 1:55.85
r:+0.79 25.32 57.72 (32.40)
1:25.75 (28.03) 1:55.85 (30.10)
-- Stewart, Ty SR Georgia 1:43.57 DQ
Downward butterfly kick - breast
r:+0.66 22.47 48.35 (25.88)
1:18.48 (30.13) DQ (26.22)
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