Cal senior Ryan Hoffer won his second event of the 2021 NCAAs in Greensboro with a 44.25 in the 100 butterfly, just 0.01 off his prelims time, as he held off Louisville senior Nick Albiero (44.32) in the final five yards.
Hoffer backs up his 50 freestyle win from last night as his time this morning put him fifth on the all-time list, while Albiero is now tied for sixth just behind Hoffer. Albiero should be a threat tomorrow in the 200 butterfly while Hoffer will tackle the 100 freestyle. This was almost the closest margin of victory as Rafal Szukala of Iowa won the 1994 title over Florida’s Stephen Clarke by 0.04.
Cal is just five points down to Texas at this point in the meet after Ryan Hoffer’s win.
“What I am doing right now is for the team. That ‘W’ brings us one step closer and that makes me even more happy,” Ryan Hoffer said after the race.
Georgia’s Camden Murphy placed third (44.42) and moved up to 11th on the all-time list as he looked to win the race on the final 25, kicking out the furthest on the final 25 but ending up third at the touch. He should also be a factor in the 200 butterfly.
Texas’ Alvin Jiang, who will join Albiero later tonight in the 100 back, was fourth at 44.50 ahead of Missouri’s Danny Kovac (44.66) and Virginia Tech’s Antani Ivanov (44.67).
Florida’s Eric Friese (44.79) and Georgia’s Luca Urlando (44.99) also swam in the very fast championship final.
California now has six NCAA titles in the 100 butterfly as Ryan Hoffer joins Par Arvidsson (1979, 1980), Duje Draganja (2005) and Tom Shields (2010, 2012, 2013) as winners of the event for the Golden Bears.
All-Time Rankings:
- 42.80, Caeleb Dressel, Florida, 2018
- 43.75, Joseph Schooling, Texas, 2017
- 43.84, Tom Shields, California, 2016
- 44.18, Austin Staab, Stanford, 2009
- 44.24, Ryan Hoffer, California, 2021
- 44.32, Nick Albiero, Louisville, 2021
- 44.32, Marius Kusch, Queens, 2019
- 44.32, Youssef Ramadan, Virginia Tech, 2021
- 44.35, Jack Conger, Texas, 2017
- 44.37, Vini Lanza, Indiana, 2019
- 44.42, Camden Murphy, Georgia, 2021
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 44.24 3/26/2021 Ryan Hoffer, California
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Hoffer, Ryan SR California 44.24 44.25 20
r:+0.65 20.52 44.25 (23.73)
2 Albiero, Nicolas SR Louisville 44.82 44.32 17
r:+0.61 20.78 44.32 (23.54)
3 Murphy, Camden SR Georgia 44.69 44.42 16
r:+0.61 20.75 44.42 (23.67)
4 Jiang, Alvin SR Texas 44.85 44.50 15
r:+0.66 20.95 44.50 (23.55)
5 Kovac, Danny JR Missouri 45.00 44.66 14
r:+0.63 20.62 44.66 (24.04)
6 Ivanov, Antani JR VT 44.54 44.67 13
r:+0.63 20.83 44.67 (23.84)
7 Friese, Eric SO Florida 44.98 44.79 12
r:+0.66 20.63 44.79 (24.16)
8 Urlando, Luca FR Georgia 45.10 44.99 11
r:+0.70 20.99 44.99 (24.00)
=== Consolation Final ===
9 Frankel, Tomer FR Indiana 45.20 45.23 9
r:+0.61 21.40 45.23 (23.83)
10 Pomajevich, Sam SR Texas 45.41 45.26 7
r:+0.62 21.12 45.26 (24.14)
11 Ferraro, Christian SR GT 45.56 45.34 6
r:+0.63 21.10 45.34 (24.24)
12 Hu, Ethan FR Stanford 45.58 45.46 5
r:+0.66 21.58 45.46 (23.88)
13 Burns, Brendan SO Indiana 45.39 45.53 4
r:+0.66 21.33 45.53 (24.20)
14 Miljenic, Nikola SR USC 45.64 45.63 3
r:+0.62 21.29 45.63 (24.34)
15 Wright, River SO Michigan 45.64 45.88 2
r:+0.65 21.33 45.88 (24.55)
16 Mota, Kayky SR Tennessee 45.50 45.92 1
r:+0.66 21.00 45.92 (24.92)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 9 1. Texas 280 2. California 275 3. Florida 193 4. Georgia 157 5. Indiana 97 6. Texas A&M 88 7. NC State 87 8. Louisville 81 9. Michigan 66 9. Arizona 66 11. Virginia 63 12. Missouri 56 13. Virginia Tech 52 14. Stanford 51 15. Alabama 38 16. Ohio St 28 16. Purdue 28 18. Lsu 23 19. Georgia Tech 20 20. University of Miami 19 21. Florida St 18.5 22. Notre Dame 15 23. Penn St 13 24. Pittsburgh 12 25. Kentucky 9 26. Wisconsin 8 27. Tennessee 7 28. UNC 4 29. Southern California 3 30. Utah 2.5
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