Men’s NCAA Div. I Championships: Michigan’s Davis Tarwater Repeats as 200 Fly Champ, Just Misses Stewart’s Record

By Phillip Whitten

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 25. MICHIGAN’S Davis Tarwater reprised his 2005 title in the 200 fly, holding off a determined challenge by Georgia’s Gil Stovall to win in 1:41.84, making him the third fastest performer all-time.

His time just missed breaking Mel Stewart’s NCAA mark of 1:41.78, dating from 1991.

Stovall touched in 1:42.10, making him the fourth fastest performer all-time.

Tarwater led the entire way, turning in 23.09, 48.57 (25.48), 1:14.70 (26.13) and 1:41.84 (27.14).

Auburn placed eighth, twelfth and fifteenth to add 18 points to its lead to 26 over Arizona, which did not have a 200 fly entry.

With the diving on tap, the Tigers were on the verge of clinching their fourth straight NCAA crown.

NCAA Division I Champ. Meet 3/25/2006 – 20:16PM
NCAA Men's D1 Championships – 3/23/2006 to 3/25/2006

Event 19 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 1:41.78 1991 Melvin Stewart, Tennessee
American: A 1:39.70 2006 Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine
US Open: O 1:39.70 2006 Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine
GTAC Pool: P 1:44.24 2/26/2005 Michael F Raab, Virginia
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship ===

1 Tarwater, Davis SR Michigan 1:43.04 1:41.84P
23.09 48.57 (25.48)
1:14.70 (26.13) 1:41.84 (27.14)
2 Stovall, Gil SO Georgia 1:43.38 1:42.10P
23.18 48.89 (25.71)
1:15.29 (26.40) 1:42.10 (26.81)
3 Bodrogi, Viktor JR Southern Cal. 1:44.04 1:43.10P
23.08 48.99 (25.91)
1:15.30 (26.31) 1:43.10 (27.80)
4 Calado, Gus JR Virginia Polytec 1:45.24 1:44.25
23.06 49.16 (26.10)
1:15.90 (26.74) 1:44.25 (28.35)
5 Cary, Patrick JR Cal. Santa Barb 1:44.28 1:44.41
23.26 49.41 (26.15)
1:16.54 (27.13) 1:44.41 (27.87)
6 Vanderkaay, Alex SO Michigan 1:45.20 1:44.68
23.33 49.96 (26.63)
1:17.09 (27.13) 1:44.68 (27.59)
7 Hasbani, Meir JR Princeton 1:45.37 1:45.74
23.80 50.59 (26.79)
1:17.76 (27.17) 1:45.74 (27.98)
8 Connell, Rory SO Auburn 1:45.44 1:47.58
23.32 50.35 (27.03)
1:18.12 (27.77) 1:47.58 (29.46)

=== Consolation ===

9 Walkotten, Nick FR Indiana 1:46.51 1:44.62
23.27 49.80 (26.53)
1:16.72 (26.92) 1:44.62 (27.90)
10 Stephens, Mark SR Stanford 1:45.58 1:45.42
23.70 50.75 (27.05)
1:17.73 (26.98) 1:45.42 (27.69)
11 Hirniak, Stefan JR Virginia 1:45.48 1:45.54
23.30 49.92 (26.62)
1:16.92 (27.00) 1:45.54 (28.62)
12 Johnson, Mark JR Auburn 1:45.67 1:45.91
23.41 50.09 (26.68)
1:17.40 (27.31) 1:45.91 (28.51)
13 Marmolejo, Pablo SO West Virginia 1:46.18 1:46.22
24.01 51.03 (27.02)
1:18.29 (27.26) 1:46.22 (27.93)
14 O'Neil, Patrick JR Cal. Berkeley 1:46.21 1:46.27
23.66 50.32 (26.66)
1:18.11 (27.79) 1:46.27 (28.16)
15 Scott, John JR Auburn 1:46.36 1:46.72
24.35 51.36 (27.01)
1:19.27 (27.91) 1:46.72 (27.45)
— Masson, Sam JR Southern Cal. 1:45.52 DQ
Head did not break the surface by 15 meters

=== Preliminaries ===

17 Wolfe, Michael SO Tennessee 1:46.96
18 Rohleder, Daniel SO Texas 1:47.23
19 Donaldson, David JR Texas 1:47.39
20 Oriwol, Tobias SR Stanford 1:47.54
21 Redmon, Joe FR Georgia 1:47.94
22 Fleming, Anthony FR Auburn 1:47.97
23 Gloeckner, Julius FR Louisiana State 1:48.19
24 Beal, Danny SO Stanford 1:50.22
— Langenfeld, Andrew FR West Virginia DFS

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