NCAA Division I Men’s Championships: USC Trojans Defend 800 Free Relay Title

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Southern California defending its men’s 800-yard free relay title at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships with Reed Malone providing an amazing anchor leg.

The foursome of Cristian Quintero, Dylan Carter, Michael Domagala and Malone powered their way to a 6:11.64 for the win. That’s USC’s ninth win in the event’s history.

Previous USC wins:

1969 Southern California (George Watson, Mark Mader, Greg Charlton, Frank Heckl), 6:49.48
1970 Southern California (Mark Mader, James McConica, Greg Charlton, Frank Heckl), 6:51.77
1971 Southern California (James McConica, Kim Tutt, Thomas McBreen, Frank Heckl), 6:39.04
1972 Southern California (Edward McCleskey, Stephen Tyrrell, Thomas McBreen, James McConica), 6:38.635
1976 Southern California (John Naber, Richard Hannula, Scott Findorff, Bruce Furniss), 6:33.13
1977 Southern California (Steve Pickell, Mark Greenwood, Bruce Furniss, John Naber), 6:28.01
2002 Southern California (Jeff Lee, Rodrigo Castro, Tamas Kerekjarto, Klete Keller), 6:17.35
2014 Southern California (Cristian Quintero, Reed Malone, Dylan Carter, Dimitri Colupaev), 6:13.09

NC State’s Ryan Held, David Williams, Soeren Dahl and Simonas Bilis picked up second-place honors in 6:12.48, while Stanford’s Drew Cosgarea, Thomas Stephens, David Nolan and Tom Kremer claimed third in 6:14.83.

  1 Southern Califor              6:12.51    6:11.64         40  
     1) Quintero, Cristian SR         2) r:+0.09 Carter, Dylan SO     
     3) r:+0.16 Domagala, Michael SO  4) r:+0.25 Malone, Reed SO      
    r:+0.68  21.90        45.36 (45.36)
      1:09.29 (1:09.29)   1:32.89 (1:32.89)
        1:53.23 (20.34)     2:16.21 (43.32)
      2:40.58 (1:07.69)   3:05.67 (1:32.78)
        3:27.15 (21.48)     3:51.14 (45.47)
      4:15.12 (1:09.45)   4:40.05 (1:34.38)
        5:01.07 (21.02)     5:24.36 (44.31)
      5:47.79 (1:07.74)   6:11.64 (1:31.59)
  2 NC State                      6:13.14    6:12.48         34  
     1) Held, Ryan FR                 2) r:+0.13 Williams, David SR   
     3) r:+0.35 Dahl, Soeren SO       4) r:+0.36 Bilis, Simonas JR    
    r:+0.66  21.76        45.86 (45.86)
      1:10.03 (1:10.03)   1:33.62 (1:33.62)
        1:54.22 (20.60)     2:17.44 (43.82)
      2:41.69 (1:08.07)   3:06.13 (1:32.51)
        3:27.47 (21.34)     3:51.32 (45.19)
      4:15.07 (1:08.94)   4:39.48 (1:33.35)
        4:59.95 (20.47)     5:23.75 (44.27)
      5:47.72 (1:08.24)   6:12.48 (1:33.00)
  3 Stanford                      6:14.98    6:14.83         32  
     1) Cosgarea, Drew SR             2) r:+0.33 Stephens, Thomas SR  
     3) r:+0.18 Nolan, David SR       4) r:+0.24 Kremer, Tom JR       
    r:+0.71  22.07        45.85 (45.85)
      1:10.35 (1:10.35)   1:35.10 (1:35.10)
        1:56.69 (21.59)     2:20.69 (45.59)
      2:45.07 (1:09.97)   3:10.01 (1:34.91)
        3:30.95 (20.94)     3:54.54 (44.53)
      4:18.19 (1:08.18)   4:41.82 (1:31.81)
        5:02.79 (20.97)     5:26.55 (44.73)
      5:50.52 (1:08.70)   6:14.83 (1:33.01)
  4 Michigan                      6:12.20    6:16.05         30  
     1) Glanda, Justin SR             2) r:+0.36 Nielsen, Ander Lie JR
     3) r:+0.18 Mangan, Jack SO       4) r:+0.54 Bosch, Dylan JR      
    r:+0.72  22.16        45.95 (45.95)
      1:10.26 (1:10.26)   1:34.61 (1:34.61)
        1:55.68 (21.07)     2:18.89 (44.28)
      2:42.82 (1:08.21)   3:07.05 (1:32.44)
        3:28.22 (21.17)     3:51.86 (44.81)
      4:15.85 (1:08.80)   4:40.81 (1:33.76)
        5:02.69 (21.88)     5:26.28 (45.47)
      5:50.71 (1:09.90)   6:16.05 (1:35.24)
  5 Indiana                       6:16.82    6:17.09         28  
     1) Pieroni, Blake FR             2) r:+0.32 Schmuhl, Steve SR    
     3) r:+0.13 Miller, Jackson SO    4) r:+0.29 Tavcar, Anze SO      
    r:+0.71  21.76        45.66 (45.66)
      1:10.17 (1:10.17)   1:34.41 (1:34.41)
        1:55.66 (21.25)     2:19.25 (44.84)
      2:43.73 (1:09.32)   3:08.56 (1:34.15)
        3:30.02 (21.46)     3:53.61 (45.05)
      4:17.88 (1:09.32)   4:42.57 (1:34.01)
        5:03.76 (21.19)     5:27.65 (45.08)
      5:52.28 (1:09.71)   6:17.09 (1:34.52)
  6 California                    6:19.30    6:17.11         26  
     1) Williams, Trent JR            2) r:+0.27 Gutierrez, Long SO   
     3) r:+0.27 Pebley, Jacob JR      4) r:+0.24 Hamilton, Will SR    
    r:+0.71  21.63        45.18 (45.18)
      1:09.29 (1:09.29)   1:33.61 (1:33.61)
        1:54.92 (21.31)     2:18.74 (45.13)
      2:44.00 (1:10.39)   3:09.78 (1:36.17)
        3:31.68 (21.90)     3:55.54 (45.76)
      4:19.58 (1:09.80)   4:44.24 (1:34.46)
        5:05.76 (21.52)     5:29.44 (45.20)
      5:53.56 (1:09.32)   6:17.11 (1:32.87)
  7 Florida                       6:12.85    6:17.12         24  
     1) Werner, Pawel JR              2) r:+0.39 D'Arrigo, Mitch SO   
     3) r:+0.32 Main, Corey JR        4) r:+0.30 Wallace, Dan SR      
    r:+0.75  22.02        46.03 (46.03)
      1:10.21 (1:10.21)   1:34.89 (1:34.89)
        1:57.12 (22.23)     2:21.11 (46.22)
      2:45.63 (1:10.74)   3:10.77 (1:35.88)
        3:32.23 (21.46)     3:55.47 (44.70)
      4:19.36 (1:08.59)   4:44.38 (1:33.61)
        5:05.99 (21.61)     5:29.47 (45.09)
      5:53.11 (1:08.73)   6:17.12 (1:32.74)
  8 Texas                         6:15.98    6:18.03         22  
     1) Smith, Clark SO               2) r:+0.42 Lewis, Sam JR        
     3) r:+0.23 Youngquist, Clay SR   4) r:+0.31 Roberts, Jonathan FR 
    r:+0.71  21.92        45.95 (45.95)
      1:10.59 (1:10.59)   1:34.88 (1:34.88)
        1:56.63 (21.75)     2:20.38 (45.50)
      2:44.80 (1:09.92)   3:09.62 (1:34.74)
        3:30.97 (21.35)     3:54.63 (45.01)
      4:18.96 (1:09.34)   4:43.59 (1:33.97)
        5:04.99 (21.40)     5:29.04 (45.45)
      5:53.55 (1:09.96)   6:18.03 (1:34.44)

  1. Texas                             399   2. California                        275
  3. Michigan                          210   4. Florida                           205
  5. Southern Cali                     197   6. Stanford                          156
  7. Georgia                         148.5   8. Auburn                            131
  9. Alabama                           127  10. NC State                        104.5
 11. Indiana                           104  12. Arizona                          91.5
 13. Missouri                           82  14. Tennessee                          78
 15. Louisville                         72  15. Ohio St                            72
 17. UNC                              49.5  18. Miami (Fl)                         49
 19. Purdue                             29  20. Wisconsin                          28
 21. Penn St                            20  22. South Carolina                     19
 23. Brigham Young                      15  24. Georgia Tech                       14
 25. Virginia Tech                      13  25. Wku                                13
 27. Univ of Utah                     12.5  28. Unlv (M)                           12
 29. Florida St                         11  30. Virginia                            8
 31. Notre Dame                          7  32. Texas A&M                         4.5
 33. Minnesota                           4  34. Southern Methodist University       2
 34. Northwestern                        2

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

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