Ryan Murphy Blazes To 6th-Best 200 Back All Time in Prelims

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California’s Ryan Murphy was back at it again after clearing the 100-yard back NCAA, American record last night.  This morning, during the men’s 200-yard back at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships, Murphy put up another sizzling time.

Murphy topped prelims with a 1:37.80.  That’s the sixth-fastest effort all time.

All Time 200 Back Top 10:

1 1:36.77 Ryan Murphy California Iowa City 3/28/15
2 1:36.81 Ryan Lochte Daytona Beach Atlanta11/29/07
3 1:37.35 Ryan Murphy California Austin 3/29/14
4 1:37.58 Tyler Clary Michigan TAMU 3/28/09
5 1:37.68 Ryan Lochte Florida Atlanta 3/23/06
6 1:37.80p Ryan Murphy California Atlanta 3/26/16
7 1:37.87 Arkady Vyatchanin NYAC 12/5/13
8 1:38.15 Ryan Murphy Bolles 11/29/12
9 1:38.17p Tyler Clary Michigan TAMU 3/28/09
10 1:38.21 Eugene Godsoe, Stanford 12/13/12

Murphy, the two-time defending champion, is looking to join a rare group of 3-time winners, and keep the career sweep chance intact to join John Naber and Yoshi Oyakawa as only the third swimmer to claim the 200 back NCAA Title their entire career.

3+ 200 Back Winners:

4 – John Naber, Southern California
4 – Yoshi Oyakawa, Ohio State
3 – Rick Carey, Texas
3 – Charlie Hickcox, Indiana
3 – Sean Murphy, Stanford
3 – Cory Chitwood, Arizona

Murphy will have to seriously falter tonight to not win the title.  California’s Jacob Pebley (1:39.14), Texas’ Ryan Harty (1:39.17), Tennessee’s Sean Lehane (1:39.24), NC State’s Hennessey Stuart (1:39.38), BYU’s Jake Taylor (1:39.42), USC’s Pat Mulcare (1:39.68) and Alabama’s Connor Oslin (1:39.92) also made the championship heat, and will likely be battling for second.

                    === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Murphy, Ryan           JR California        1:38.35    1:37.80  
    r:+0.60  23.09        48.42 (25.33)
        1:13.39 (24.97)     1:37.80 (24.41)
  2 Pebley, Jacob          SR California        1:38.86    1:39.14  
    r:+0.63  23.29        48.13 (24.84)
        1:14.16 (26.03)     1:39.14 (24.98)
  3 Harty, Ryan            FR Texas             1:40.39    1:39.17  
    r:+0.57  23.30        48.62 (25.32)
        1:13.91 (25.29)     1:39.17 (25.26)
  4 Lehane, Sean           SR Tennessee         1:40.30    1:39.24  
    r:+0.58  23.49        48.80 (25.31)
        1:13.76 (24.96)     1:39.24 (25.48)
  5 Stuart, Hennessey      SO NC State          1:39.58    1:39.38  
    r:+0.57  23.01        48.07 (25.06)
        1:13.82 (25.75)     1:39.38 (25.56)
  6 Taylor, Jake           SR BYU               1:40.60    1:39.42  
    r:+0.55  23.62        48.91 (25.29)
        1:14.20 (25.29)     1:39.42 (25.22)
  7 Mulcare, Pat           FR USC               1:39.64    1:39.68  
    r:+0.66  23.74        48.58 (24.84)
        1:13.85 (25.27)     1:39.68 (25.83)
  8 Oslin, Connor          JR Alabama           1:40.42    1:39.92  
    r:+0.60  24.12        49.16 (25.04)
        1:14.38 (25.22)     1:39.92 (25.54)
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  9 Tarasevich, Grigory    JR Louisville        1:39.28    1:39.96  
    r:+0.58  23.68        49.15 (25.47)
        1:14.55 (25.40)     1:39.96 (25.41)
 10 Reid, Christopher      SO Alabama           1:40.95    1:40.11  
    r:+0.75  23.76        49.22 (25.46)
        1:14.69 (25.47)     1:40.11 (25.42)
 11 Shebat, John           FR Texas             1:42.05    1:40.30  
    r:+0.93  23.29        48.55 (25.26)
        1:14.34 (25.79)     1:40.30 (25.96)
 12 Dezwirek, Jeremie      SR California        1:41.21    1:40.54  
    r:+0.95  23.09        48.28 (25.19)
        1:14.18 (25.90)     1:40.54 (26.36)
 13 Owen, Robert           JR VT                1:41.28    1:40.60  
    r:+0.73  23.35        48.23 (24.88)
        1:14.19 (25.96)     1:40.60 (26.41)
 14 Griffin, Carter        JR Missouri          1:41.11    1:40.67  
    r:+0.59  23.70        48.66 (24.96)
        1:14.40 (25.74)     1:40.67 (26.27)
 15 Litherland, Jay        SO Georgia           1:43.36    1:40.70  
    r:+0.95  24.13        49.51 (25.38)
        1:14.92 (25.41)     1:40.70 (25.78)
 16 Main, Corey            SR Florida           1:41.92    1:40.74  
    r:+0.55  24.12        49.96 (25.84)
        1:15.39 (25.43)     1:40.74 (25.35)
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 17 Maudslien, Thane       JR Arizona           1:41.13    1:40.75  
    r:+0.60  23.90        49.53 (25.63)
        1:15.13 (25.60)     1:40.75 (25.62)
 18 Patching, Joe          JR Auburn            1:40.14    1:40.79  
    r:+0.72  23.42        48.91 (25.49)
        1:14.98 (26.07)     1:40.79 (25.81)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
 19 Loncar, Anton          SO Denver            1:40.95    1:41.02  
    r:+0.61  23.76        49.18 (25.42)
        1:14.96 (25.78)     1:41.02 (26.06)
 20 Roberts, Jonathan      SO Texas             1:42.14    1:41.27  
    r:+0.78  23.25        48.69 (25.44)
        1:14.74 (26.05)     1:41.27 (26.53)
 21 Sanders, Tristan       SO Michigan          1:41.81    1:41.33  
    r:+0.69  23.72        49.46 (25.74)
        1:15.14 (25.68)     1:41.33 (26.19)
 22 Byrd, Austin           SR Wisconsin         1:41.69    1:41.40  
    r:+0.60  23.54        49.34 (25.80)
        1:15.53 (26.19)     1:41.40 (25.87)
 23 Greene, Aaron          JR Louisville        1:40.94    1:41.48  
    r:+0.59  23.51        48.94 (25.43)
        1:14.83 (25.89)     1:41.48 (26.65)
 24 Whitaker, Aaron        SO Michigan          1:42.35    1:41.50  
    r:+0.59  23.63        49.05 (25.42)
        1:15.75 (26.70)     1:41.50 (25.75)
 25 Tesone, Nolan          SR Louisville        1:41.66    1:41.55  
    r:+0.60  24.06        49.07 (25.01)
        1:14.95 (25.88)     1:41.55 (26.60)
 26 Conaton, Patrick       SO Stanford          1:40.85    1:41.80  
    r:+0.66  23.74        49.36 (25.62)
        1:15.61 (26.25)     1:41.80 (26.19)
 27 Glover, Bob            JR Indiana           1:41.42    1:41.83  
    r:+0.57  23.71        49.51 (25.80)
        1:15.68 (26.17)     1:41.83 (26.15)
 28 Perry, Barkley         JR Arizona St        1:41.84    1:42.00  
    r:+0.78  23.79        49.44 (25.65)
        1:15.42 (25.98)     1:42.00 (26.58)
 29 Ress, Justin           FR NC State          1:40.57    1:42.01  
    r:+0.74  23.96        49.27 (25.31)
        1:15.28 (26.01)     1:42.01 (26.73)
 30 Arata, Ryan            SR Stanford          1:41.66    1:42.08  
    r:+0.60  23.45        49.01 (25.56)
        1:15.18 (26.17)     1:42.08 (26.90)
 31 Balogh, Brennan        FR Florida           1:43.07    1:42.19  
    r:+0.53  24.30        50.10 (25.80)
        1:15.84 (25.74)     1:42.19 (26.35)
 32 Knox, Jonathan         SO USC               1:41.92    1:42.59  
    r:+0.63  23.63        49.42 (25.79)
        1:15.43 (26.01)     1:42.59 (27.16)
 33 Powell, Garrett        SR Georgia           1:42.55    1:42.87  
    r:+0.62  24.30        49.76 (25.46)
        1:16.02 (26.26)     1:42.87 (26.85)
 34 Blyzinskyj, Jack       JR Florida           1:41.96    1:43.00  
    r:+0.61  24.09        50.11 (26.02)
        1:16.91 (26.80)     1:43.00 (26.09)
 35 Green, Connor          SO California        1:43.29    1:43.04  
    r:+0.56  24.12        49.67 (25.55)
        1:16.17 (26.50)     1:43.04 (26.87)
 36 Dudzinski, Kyle        SR Michigan          1:43.86    1:43.33  
    r:+0.69  24.21        50.09 (25.88)
        1:16.45 (26.36)     1:43.33 (26.88)
 37 Graesser, Nic          SR UNC               1:40.83    1:43.41  
    r:+0.78  23.79        49.80 (26.01)
        1:16.64 (26.84)     1:43.41 (26.77)
 38 Mangan, Jack           JR Michigan          1:44.58    1:43.52  
    r:+0.77  23.80        49.55 (25.75)
        1:16.16 (26.61)     1:43.52 (27.36)
 39 Williamson, Max        JR Stanford          1:45.09    1:43.93  
    r:+0.75  24.55        50.25 (25.70)
        1:16.73 (26.48)     1:43.93 (27.20)
 40 Lebed, Alex            FR Florida           1:45.86    1:45.16  
    r:+0.68  25.40        51.94 (26.54)
        1:18.43 (26.49)     1:45.16 (26.73)
 41 Bonetti, Brock         SO Tex AM            1:42.75    1:45.54  
    r:+0.70  23.54        49.28 (25.74)
        1:17.15 (27.87)     1:45.54 (28.39)
 42 Stewart, Sam           FR Auburn            1:46.10    1:47.64  
    r:+0.60  25.13        51.67 (26.54)
        1:19.65 (27.98)     1:47.64 (27.99)
 -- Rysemus, Logan         JR LSU               1:45.19        DFS  
      Declared false start
 -- Dale, Taylor           JR Georgia           1:41.38        DFS  
      Declared false start
 -- Pinfold, Brett         JR Wisconsin         1:42.38        DFS  
      Declared false start
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Tim Welting
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