NCAA Division I Men’s Championships: California Safely Wins 200 Medley Relay

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California put together a safe men’s 200-yard medley relay to win the finale at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.

After clocking a sizzling American record of 1:22.40 this morning during prelims, and after witnessing plenty of disqualifications the past two days, California’s Ryan Murphy, Chuck Katis, Justin Lynch and Tyler Messerschmidt played it safe and still managed to win in 1:22.74.

That’s California’s fifth victory in the 200-yard medley relay all time. Other Cal wins:

2005 California (Milorad Cavic, Henrique Barbosa, Duje Draganja, Rolandas Gimbutis), 1:25.30
2010 California (Guy Barnea, Damir Dugonjic, Graeme Moore, Joshua Daniels), 1:23.08
2011 California (Guy Barnea, Damir Dugonjic, Graeme Moore, Nathan Adrian), 1:23.12
2014 California (Ryan Murphy, Chuck Katis, Tony Cox, Tyler Messerschmidt), 1:22.83

Alabama’s Connor Oslin, Anton McKee, Brett Walsh and Kristian Gkolomeev picked up second overall with a time of 1:23.35, while Texas’s Kip Darmody, John Murray, Joseph Schooling and Brett Ringgold snared third overall in 1:23.46.

Texas was the first team to crack 200 points as the Longhorns took a 203-159 lead over California after the event.

  1 California                    1:22.40    1:22.74         40  
     1) Murphy, Ryan SO               2) r:+0.33 Katis, Chuck SR      
     3) r:+0.44 Lynch, Justin FR      4) r:+0.30 Messerschmidt,yler JR
             10.23        20.64 (20.64)
          30.72 (10.08)       43.43 (22.79)
           52.95 (9.52)     1:04.06 (20.63)
         1:12.81 (8.75)     1:22.74 (18.68)
  2 Alabama                       1:23.96    1:23.35         34  
     1) Oslin, Connor SO              2) r:+0.20 McKee, Anton SO      
     3) r:+0.18 Walsh, Brett JR       4) r:+0.11 Gkolomeev, Kritian SO
             10.29        20.78 (20.78)
          31.21 (10.43)       44.64 (23.86)
           53.63 (8.99)     1:05.11 (20.47)
         1:13.74 (8.63)     1:23.35 (18.24)
  3 Texas                         1:24.00    1:23.46         32  
     1) Darmody, Kip SR               2) r:+0.25 Murray, John JR      
     3) r:+0.31 Schooling, Joseph FR  4) r:+0.51 Ringgold, Brett FR   
             10.75        21.29 (21.29)
          31.40 (10.11)       44.84 (23.55)
           53.95 (9.11)     1:04.75 (19.91)
         1:13.58 (8.83)     1:23.46 (18.71)
  4 Louisville                    1:24.01    1:23.90         30  
     1) Tarasevich, Grigory SO        2) r:+0.07 Dahlia, Thomas SR    
     3) r:+0.40 Quallen, Josh SO      4) r:+0.51 Carroll, Trevor SO   
             10.70        21.54 (21.54)
          31.69 (10.15)       44.92 (23.38)
           53.64 (8.72)     1:04.90 (19.98)
         1:13.70 (8.80)     1:23.90 (19.00)
  5 Auburn                        1:24.18    1:24.03         28  
     1) Darmody, Kyle SO              2) r:+0.19 Duderstadt, Mihael SO
     3) r:+0.42 Mendes, Arthur JR     4) r:+0.33 Molacek, Jacob FR    
             10.58        21.30 (21.30)
          31.64 (10.34)       44.71 (23.41)
           54.02 (9.31)     1:05.24 (20.53)
         1:14.06 (8.82)     1:24.03 (18.79)
  6 Southern Califor              1:23.90    1:24.08         26  
     1) Spinazzola, Luca SR           2) r:+0.29 Klarskov, Morten JR  
     3) r:+0.13 Carter, Dylan SO      4) r:+0.28 Condorelli, Santo SO 
             10.60        21.23 (21.23)
          32.13 (10.90)       45.23 (24.00)
           54.06 (8.83)     1:05.27 (20.04)
         1:14.19 (8.92)     1:24.08 (18.81)
  7 Florida                       1:24.14    1:24.16         24  
     1) Blyzinskyj, Jack SO           2) r:+0.22 Munch, Ricky SR      
     3) r:+0.37 Dressel, Caeleb FR    4) r:+0.33 Main, Corey JR       
             10.68        21.36 (21.36)
          31.86 (10.50)       44.96 (23.60)
           54.21 (9.25)     1:05.07 (20.11)
         1:14.25 (9.18)     1:24.16 (19.09)
  8 Tennessee                     1:24.33    1:24.26         22  
     1) Lehane, Sean JR               2) r:+0.23 Stevens, Peter FR    
     3) r:+0.39 Thulin, Jacob SR      4) r:+0.52 Tillman, Troy SR     
             10.72        21.43 (21.43)
          31.58 (10.15)       44.41 (22.98)
           53.88 (9.47)     1:05.29 (20.88)
         1:14.35 (9.06)     1:24.26 (18.97)

  1. Texas                             203   2. California                        159
  3. Florida                           132   4. Michigan                          123
  5. Alabama                           113   6. Southern Cali                     103
  7. Auburn                             95   8. Stanford                           75
  9. Georgia                          73.5  10. NC State                         63.5
 11. Missouri                           63  12. Arizona                          62.5
 13. Louisville                         39  14. Tennessee                          34
 15. Miami (Fl)                         29  15. Indiana                            29
 17. UNC                              24.5  18. Ohio St                            21
 19. Purdue                             20  20. Georgia Tech                       14
 21. Univ of Utah                     12.5  22. Unlv (M)                           12
 23. Wisconsin                          10  24. Texas A&M                         4.5
 25. Minnesota                           4  26. Virginia Tech                       2
 26. South Carolina                      2  26. Northwestern                        2
 29. Florida St                          1

2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships, Live Results – Results

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