NCAA Men’s Championships: Max McHugh Takes Top Seed, Aims for Three-peat in 100 Breaststroke

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NCAA Men’s Championships: Max McHugh Takes Top Seed, Aims for Three-peat in 100 Breaststroke

The NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships continued on Friday morning with the prelims of the 100 breaststroke.

Minnesota’s Max McHugh is aiming for a third consecutive title in the event, this time in his home pool as the meet is in Minneapolis.

He has the top seed heading into finals in an extremely close field.

In the first circle-seeded heat, Cal’s Liam Bell led at the turn and hung on in 50.76. Alabama senior Derek Maas was just behind in 51.05 from lane one.

In the second circle-seeded heat, McHugh led at the halfway point and clung to a narrow lead in the final turn. But it was a strong turn and he got to the wall first in 50.26 ahead of Indiana’s Van Mathias 50.57 and Cal’s Reece Whitley (51.00).

In the final heat, Caspar Corbeau led nearly start to finish to touch in 50.82.

McHugh, swimming in his home pool, took the top overall time in 50.26, followed by Mathias (50.57), Bell (50.76), Corbeau (50.82), Florida’s Dillon Hillis (50.88), Whitley (51.00), Maas (51.05) and Louisville senior Denis Petrashov (51.12).

Event 11  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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         NCAA: N 49.69  3/23/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
         Meet: M 49.69  3/23/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
     American: A 49.69  3/23/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
   U. S. Open: O 49.69  3/23/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
         Pool: P 49.69  3/24/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 McHugh, Max            5Y Minnesota           50.80      50.26  
    r:+0.67  23.35        50.26 (26.91)
  2 Mathias, Van           5Y Indiana             51.32      50.57  
    r:+0.67  23.45        50.57 (27.12)
  3 Bell, Liam             SR California          51.58      50.76  
    r:+0.61  23.64        50.76 (27.12)
  4 Corbeau, Caspar        SR Texas               51.30      50.82  
    r:+0.66  23.56        50.82 (27.26)
  5 Hillis, Dillon         5Y Florida             50.90      50.88  
    r:+0.65  23.77        50.88 (27.11)
  6 Whitley, Reece         5Y California          51.12      51.00  
    r:+0.71  23.73        51.00 (27.27)
  7 Maas, Derek            SR Alabama             51.74      51.05  
    r:+0.62  23.98        51.05 (27.07)
  8 Petrashov, Denis       SR Louisville          51.26      51.12  
    r:+0.69  24.01        51.12 (27.11)
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  9 Savickas, Aleksas      FR Florida             50.73      51.14  
    r:+0.67  23.85        51.14 (27.29)
  9 Polonsky, Ron          SO Stanford            51.77      51.14  
    r:+0.65  23.97        51.14 (27.17)
 11 Matheny, Josh          SO Indiana             51.50      51.17  
    r:+0.61  24.20        51.17 (26.97)
 12 Benzing, Brian         JR Towson              51.25      51.30  
    r:+0.63  23.61        51.30 (27.69)
 13 Van Der Laan, Cooper   SR Pittsburgh          51.26      51.32  
    r:+0.60  24.14        51.32 (27.18)
 14 Smith, Julian          SO Florida             51.52      51.34  
    r:+0.64  24.21        51.34 (27.13)
 15 Patton, Ben            SR Missouri            51.53      51.43  
    r:+0.62  23.81        51.43 (27.62)
 16 Mikuta, Reid           JR Auburn              51.14      51.66  
    r:+0.63  24.02        51.66 (27.64)
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 17 Nichols, Noah          JR Virginia            50.82      51.67  
    r:+0.71  24.29        51.67 (27.38)
 18 Coll Marti, Carles     JR VT                  51.50      51.71  
    r:+0.62  23.84        51.71 (27.87)
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