NCAA Men’s Championships: Youssef Ramadan Gets First Win For Virginia Tech: ‘Finally My Time’

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NCAA Men’s Championships: Youssef Ramadan Second Fastest Ever in 100 Butterfly: ‘Finally My Time’

The 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships continued on Friday with the finals of the 100 butterfly.

It was a battle of the young upstart, the veteran and the defending champion.

It was the veteran, Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan that became the second-fastest ever, winning the NCAA title in the 100 fly.

“After three years – finally,” Ramadan said. “Finally, this is my time. I have been saying my time would come for so long. To be the first one for VT means me so much. They had faith in my and I am super happy that I won for them. I am overwhelmed.”

The upstart, Florida freshman Josh Liendo led at the halfway point of the race but heading into the final turn, Ramadan had moved in front, making his move at the opportune time. He continued to build that lead and got to the wall in 43.15, the second-fastest performer in NCAA history after Caeleb Dressel.

Ramadan has been in the mix for an NCAA title for the past three years.

“I felt strong at the end and had faith,” he said. “They have so much faith in my so it would be a shame to come here and be scared and not fight. There were some points where I was scared. People were faster than me and had more experience than me. I had faith in myself and I knew I had my team with me and my home (in my heart). So I was on fire on the block.”

Ramadan won in 43.15 ahead of Liendo (43.40). Indiana’s Tomer Frankel was third in 44.04 ahead of defending champion Andrei Minakov (44.27) of Stanford.

Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks, the 50 free champion, was fifth in 44.29, followed by NC State’s Aiden Hayes (44.35), Nyls Korstanje (44.86) and Kacper Stokowski (48.27).

Event 9  Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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         NCAA: N 42.80  3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         Meet: M 42.80  3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
     American: A 42.80  3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
   U. S. Open: O 42.80  3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         Pool: P 42.80  3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Ramadan, Youssef       JR VT                  44.00      43.15   20  
    r:+0.57  20.21        43.15 (22.94)
  2 Liendo, Josh           FR Florida             43.80      43.40   17  
    r:+0.61  20.13        43.40 (23.27)
  3 Frankel, Tomer         JR Indiana             44.26      44.04   16  
    r:+0.59  20.42        44.04 (23.62)
  4 Minakov, Andrei        JR Stanford            44.17      44.27   15  
    r:+0.64  20.36        44.27 (23.91)
  5 Crooks, Jordan         SO Tennessee           44.52      44.29   14  
    r:+0.60  20.40        44.29 (23.89)
  6 Hayes, Aiden           SO NC State            44.40      44.35   13  
    r:+0.63  20.66        44.35 (23.69)
  7 Korstanje, Nyls        SR NC State            44.56      44.86   12  
    r:+0.62  20.41        44.86 (24.45)
  8 Stokowski, Kacper      SR NC State            44.65      48.27   11  
    r:+0.62  22.19        48.27 (26.08)
 
                        === Consolation Final ===                        
 
  9 Burns, Brendan         SR Indiana             44.79      44.60    9  
    r:+0.66  20.82        44.60 (23.78)
 10 Rose, Dare             JR California          44.86      44.75    7  
    r:+0.62  20.77        44.75 (23.98)
 11 Bustos, Arsenio        SO NC State            45.24      44.89    6  
    r:+0.65  21.03        44.89 (23.86)
 12 Cohen Groumi, Gal      SO Michigan            44.80      44.98    5  
    r:+0.61  20.88        44.98 (24.10)
 13 Baganha, Victor        SO Penn St             44.75      45.04    4  
    r:+0.59  20.80        45.04 (24.24)
 14 Secchi, Clement        5Y Missouri            44.96      45.24    3  
    r:+0.58  20.93        45.24 (24.31)
 15 Foote, Connor          FR TAMU                45.21      45.41    2  
    r:+0.54  21.05        45.41 (24.36)
 16 Sequeira, Aaron        SO Stanford            44.87      45.56    1  
    r:+0.61  21.13        45.56 (24.43)
 
                  Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 9                  
 
  1. California                        222   2. Texas                             204
  3. Arizona St                        198   4. NC State                        193.5
  5. Florida                           168   6. Indiana                           124
  7. Tennessee                         103   8. Stanford                           90
  9. Virginia Tech                      72  10. Auburn                             57
 11. Louisville                         55  12. Texas A&M                          53
 12. Virginia                           53  14. Georgia                            49
 15. Ohio St                          31.5  16. Alabama                            26
 17. Wisconsin                          23  18. Lsu                                22
 18. Notre Dame                         22  20. UNC                                18
 20. Michigan                           18  22. Southern California                14
 23. Missouri                           13  24. Arizona                            10
 25. Miami                               9  26. Princeton                           4
 26. Penn St                             4  28. Georgia Tech                        3
 29. Pittsburgh                          1

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