NCAA Men’s Championships: Luke Hobson Leads Way in 200 Free

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NCAA Men’s Championships: Luke Hobson Leads Way in 200 Free

Luke Hobson has shown himself to be in fine form this week at the 2023 NCAA Men’s Championships. The Texas sophomore proved it again Friday morning.

Hobson led the field in the 200 free with a time of 1:30.78, securing the top seed in the final. Second is Cal’s Gabriel Jett, with Julian Hill of Arizona State in third.

A swim-off was required to finish out the A final, with Rafael Miroslaw of Indiana and Patrick Sammon of Arizona State tied at 1:32.28 for eighth. Sammon dominated that swim-off later in the morning to give the Sun Devils a third swimmer in the A final. Grant House, last year’s NCAA runner-up and the top seed entering the meet, was third in 1:32.12. ASU has another B finalist in Andrew Gray in 13th.

The finals got a quick start in the third of five heats thanks to Brooks Curry, who finished fifth last year. In an outside lane, the LSU senior blitzed a 1:31.94 to get into finals in fourth. (He fared better than the swimmer who was a place ahead of him last year, NC State’s Luke Miller, who went from fourth to 17th this time around.)

Hill won the fourth heat in 1:31.74, a quarter second up on Texas’ Coby Carrozza, who is fifth in 1:32.06 overall. Hobson, the 500 free champ on Thursday, won the fifth heat, with Jett for company. House also advanced from that heat.

 Event 10  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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         NCAA: N 1:29.15  3/27/2019 Dean Farris, Harvard
         Meet: M 1:29.15  3/27/2019 Dean Farris, Harvard
     American: A 1:29.15  3/27/2019 Dean Farris, Harvard
   U. S. Open: O 1:29.15  3/27/2019 Dean Farris, Harvard
         Pool: P 1:29.50  3/22/2018 Townley Haas, Texas
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Hobson, Luke           SO Texas             1:31.89    1:30.78  
    r:+0.74  21.42        44.28 (22.86)
        1:07.52 (23.24)     1:30.78 (23.26)
  2 Jett, Gabriel          SO California        1:32.41    1:30.86  
    r:+0.66  21.27        43.95 (22.68)
        1:06.95 (23.00)     1:30.86 (23.91)
  3 Hill, Julian           SR ASU               1:32.26    1:31.74  
    r:+0.61  21.32        43.98 (22.66)
        1:07.54 (23.56)     1:31.74 (24.20)
  4 Curry, Brooks          SR LSU               1:33.15    1:31.94  
    r:+0.60  20.82        44.20 (23.38)
        1:08.10 (23.90)     1:31.94 (23.84)
  5 Dahlgren, Jack         5Y Missouri          1:31.17    1:32.06  
    r:+0.63  21.49        44.72 (23.23)
        1:08.06 (23.34)     1:32.06 (24.00)
  5 Carrozza, Coby         JR Texas             1:32.65    1:32.06  
    r:+0.70  21.29        44.33 (23.04)
        1:08.15 (23.82)     1:32.06 (23.91)
  7 House, Grant           5Y ASU               1:30.67    1:32.12  
    r:+0.69  21.20        44.33 (23.13)
        1:08.15 (23.82)     1:32.12 (23.97)
  8 Miroslaw, Rafael       SO Indiana           1:32.10    1:32.28  
    r:+0.64  21.04        44.03 (22.99)
        1:07.78 (23.75)     1:32.28 (24.50)
  8 Sammon, Patrick        SO ASU               1:31.82    1:32.28  
    r:+0.68  21.74        45.08 (23.34)
        1:08.73 (23.65)     1:32.28 (23.55)

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