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Georgia’s Matias Koski moved to 14th all time in the men’s 200-yard free with the top seed at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Koski raced his way to a 1:32.21. That swim tied him with Brett Fraser of Florida for 14th all time ever in the 200 free. That’s not the fastest 200 free thus far this week as Texas’ Jack Conger (1:31.89) and NC State’s Simonas Bilis (1:32.02) smoked their 800 free relay leadoffs. Conger, however, did not compete in the individual event, while Bilis qualified fourth in 1:32.77.
Koski will be looking for Georgia’s first ever win in this event in NCAA history.
All Time 200 Free Top 15:
1 1:31.20 Simon Burnett Arizona Atlanta, Ga. 3/24/06
2 1:31.31 Ricky Berens Texas Austin, TX 3/7/13
3 1:31.51 Joao De Lucca, Louisville, 3/28/13
4 1:31.70 Shaune Fraser Florida TAMU 3/27/09
5 1:31.72r David Walters Texas TAMU 3/27/09
6 1:31.73r Conor Dwyer Florida Gainesville 2/16/11
7 1:31.89r Jack Conger Texas Atlanta 3/23/16
8 1:31.90 Yannick Agnel, NBAC 11/14/13
9 1:31.93 Darian Townsend, Unattached 12/5/13
10 1:32.02r Simonas Bilis NC State Atlanta 3/23/16
11 1:32.03 Cristian Quintero, USC, 3/27/15
12 1:32.08 Michael Phelps Club Wolverine Austin 3/3/05
13 1:32.14 Michael Wynalda, Michigan 2/26/14
14 1:32.21 Brett Fraser Florida Minneapolis 3/24/11
14 1:32.31 Matias Koski Georgia Atlanta 3/25/16
Texas’ Townley Haas, who destroyed the 500 free last night, qualified second in 1:32.45 and is looking to become the first swimmer since Florida’s Conor Dwyer in 2010 to win the 200 and 500 free.
Florida’s Mitch D’Arrigo (1:32.62), California’s Trent Williams (1:32.98), Florida’s Jan Switkowski (1:32.99), Indiana’s Blake Pieroni (1:33.08) and USC’s Reed Malone (1:33.18) will also swim in the A final.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Koski, Matias SR Georgia 1:33.07 1:32.21
r:+0.73 21.52 44.79 (23.27)
1:08.67 (23.88) 1:32.21 (23.54)
2 Haas, Townley FR Texas 1:33.19 1:32.45
r:+0.74
3 D'Arrigo, Mitch JR Florida 1:34.26 1:32.62
r:+0.63 21.90 45.20 (23.30)
1:08.73 (23.53) 1:32.62 (23.89)
4 Bilis, Simonas SR NC State 1:32.46 1:32.77
r:+0.67 21.26 45.25 (23.99)
1:08.74 (23.49) 1:32.77 (24.03)
5 Williams, Trent SR California 1:34.11 1:32.98
r:+0.65 21.66 44.80 (23.14)
1:08.42 (23.62) 1:32.98 (24.56)
6 Switkowski, Jan SO Florida 1:34.81 1:32.99
r:+0.68 21.88 45.31 (23.43)
1:08.91 (23.60) 1:32.99 (24.08)
7 Pieroni, Blake SO Indiana 1:32.33 1:33.08
r:+0.68 21.75 45.48 (23.73)
1:09.20 (23.72) 1:33.08 (23.88)
8 Malone, Reed JR USC 1:33.08 1:33.18
22.04 45.79 (23.75)
1:09.48 (23.69) 1:33.18 (23.70)
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9 Held, Ryan SO NC State 1:32.97 1:33.27
r:+0.65 22.09 46.07 (23.98)
1:09.71 (23.64) 1:33.27 (23.56)
10 Dahl, Soeren JR NC State 1:32.88 1:33.36
r:+0.77 22.06 45.87 (23.81)
1:09.55 (23.68) 1:33.36 (23.81)
11 Nielsen, Anders SR Michigan 1:32.36 1:33.64
r:+0.70 22.08 45.86 (23.78)
1:09.55 (23.69) 1:33.64 (24.09)
12 Werner, Pawel SR Florida 1:33.82 1:33.77
r:+0.69 22.20 46.11 (23.91)
1:09.86 (23.75) 1:33.77 (23.91)
13 Morris, Hugo SO Auburn 1:33.65 1:33.86
r:+0.66 22.02 45.63 (23.61)
1:09.69 (24.06) 1:33.86 (24.17)
14 Gutierrez, Long JR California 1:33.10 1:33.93
r:+0.68 22.23 46.21 (23.98)
1:10.26 (24.05) 1:33.93 (23.67)
15 Pinfold, Brett JR Wisconsin 1:34.67 1:34.22
r:+0.70 22.13 46.01 (23.88)
1:09.94 (23.93) 1:34.22 (24.28)
16 Clifton, Cannon JR Wisconsin 1:35.40 1:34.23
r:+0.70 22.10 46.03 (23.93)
1:09.89 (23.86) 1:34.23 (24.34)
16 Carroll, Trevor JR Louisville 1:33.52 1:34.23
r:+0.71 21.97 46.13 (24.16)
1:10.09 (23.96) 1:34.23 (24.14)
Swim-Off Required ----------------------------------------------
18 Tavcar, Anze JR Indiana 1:33.72 1:34.40
r:+0.76 22.35 46.71 (24.36)
1:10.56 (23.85) 1:34.40 (23.84)
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19 Mangan, Jack JR Michigan 1:34.21 1:34.41
r:+0.64 22.16 46.25 (24.09)
1:10.27 (24.02) 1:34.41 (24.14)
20 Apple, Zach FR Auburn 1:36.92 1:34.63
r:+0.71 22.05 45.94 (23.89)
1:10.12 (24.18) 1:34.63 (24.51)
21 Lindenbauer, Matthias JR Louisville 1:34.01 1:34.77
r:+0.66 22.22 46.03 (23.81)
1:10.21 (24.18) 1:34.77 (24.56)
22 Henry, Andrew SR Eastern Mich 1:34.20 1:34.87
r:+0.68 21.98 45.79 (23.81)
1:10.12 (24.33) 1:34.87 (24.75)
23 Main, Corey SR Florida 1:35.66 1:34.90
r:+0.63 22.45 46.78 (24.33)
1:10.82 (24.04) 1:34.90 (24.08)
24 Griffin, Carter JR Missouri 1:34.48 1:35.19
r:+0.70 22.31 45.92 (23.61)
1:10.29 (24.37) 1:35.19 (24.90)
25 Maudslien, Thane JR Arizona 1:35.44 1:35.21
r:+0.64 22.46 46.99 (24.53)
1:11.20 (24.21) 1:35.21 (24.01)
26 Coan, Kyle SO California 1:34.63 1:35.26
r:+0.66 21.65 45.48 (23.83)
1:09.80 (24.32) 1:35.26 (25.46)
27 Schreuders, Mikel FR Missouri 1:34.35 1:35.27
r:+0.74 22.42 46.24 (23.82)
1:10.32 (24.08) 1:35.27 (24.95)
28 Umbach, Gray SR Stanford 1:33.94 1:35.36
r:+0.71 22.08 45.72 (23.64)
1:10.01 (24.29) 1:35.36 (25.35)
28 Manganiello, Austin SR Florida 1:37.38 1:35.36
r:+0.63 21.84 45.55 (23.71)
1:10.07 (24.52) 1:35.36 (25.29)
30 Kiraly, Bence SR Utah 1:34.65 1:35.45
r:+0.74 22.56 46.57 (24.01)
1:10.99 (24.42) 1:35.45 (24.46)
31 Litherland, Kevin SO Georgia 1:35.95 1:35.51
r:+0.65 22.48 46.45 (23.97)
1:10.80 (24.35) 1:35.51 (24.71)
32 Powell, Garrett SR Georgia 1:36.61 1:35.65
r:+0.68 22.43 46.44 (24.01)
1:11.05 (24.61) 1:35.65 (24.60)
33 Samouilich, Yuri JR Hawaii 1:34.67 1:35.89
r:+0.76 21.90 46.22 (24.32)
1:10.94 (24.72) 1:35.89 (24.95)
34 Bureau, Lucas SR VT 1:34.46 1:36.01
r:+0.66 21.51 45.46 (23.95)
1:10.07 (24.61) 1:36.01 (25.94)
35 D'Alessandro, Teo SR Princeton 1:36.56 1:36.03
r:+0.69 22.53 46.74 (24.21)
1:11.27 (24.53) 1:36.03 (24.76)
36 Hutchins, Matthew JR Wisconsin 1:35.77 1:36.21
r:+0.73 22.40 46.49 (24.09)
1:11.01 (24.52) 1:36.21 (25.20)
37 Hillmer, Steffen JR Ohio St 1:34.70 1:36.60
r:+0.71 22.45 46.78 (24.33)
1:11.56 (24.78) 1:36.60 (25.04)
38 Burns, Janardana JR California 1:37.62 1:36.61
r:+0.74 22.82 47.14 (24.32)
1:11.84 (24.70) 1:36.61 (24.77)
39 Lawless, Ben SO Florida 1:37.79 1:36.71
r:+0.74 22.79 47.15 (24.36)
1:11.82 (24.67) 1:36.71 (24.89)
40 Schultz, Eric SR Penn 1:35.22 1:37.00
r:+0.68 21.67 46.01 (24.34)
1:11.32 (25.31) 1:37.00 (25.68)
41 Kao, Ryan SO California 1:36.25 1:37.08
r:+0.69 22.86 47.42 (24.56)
1:12.15 (24.73) 1:37.08 (24.93)
42 Duvall, Thomas SR Navy 1:35.20 1:37.26
r:+0.76 22.89 47.52 (24.63)
1:12.55 (25.03) 1:37.26 (24.71)
43 Seal, Brayden SO Ohio St 1:35.92 1:38.39
r:+0.76 22.87 47.69 (24.82)
1:12.95 (25.26) 1:38.39 (25.44)
44 Brumm, Pete SR Michigan 1:33.62 1:38.61
r:+0.66 22.64 46.62 (23.98)
1:12.74 (26.12) 1:38.61 (25.87)
45 Wieser, Chris SO Arizona 1:36.92 1:39.76
r:+0.54 22.91 47.75 (24.84)
1:13.55 (25.80) 1:39.76 (26.21)
-- Bunch, Dylan SR Denver 1:36.92 DFS
Declared false start
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