Josh Prenot Leads Strong California Effort in 200 IM With 1:41.07

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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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