Ryan Murphy Unloads 8th-Fastest 100 Back Ever in Prelims

Jun 21, 2015; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Ryan Murphy (USA) won the Men's 200M Backstroke Final in a time of 1:57.06 during the Championship Finals of day four at the George F. Haines International Swim Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Stanton-USA TODAY Sports
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California’s Ryan Murphy, a day after obliterating the NCAA and American record in the 100-yard back as a leadoff, posted the eighth-best 100 back to lead qualifying at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.

Murphy has become the most consistent 100-yard backstroker of all time as he now owns five of the top 10 times ever, including two just this week with a 44.60 this morning.

All Time Top 10 100 Back:

1 43.51r Ryan Murphy California Atlanta 3/24/16
2 44.07 Nick Thoman SwimMAC 12/5/13
3 44.17r Ryan Murphy, California 3/26/15
4 44.21 Ryan Murphy, California 3/27/15
5 44.49 Matt Grevers Tucson Ford 12/5/13
6 44.55 Matt Grevers Tucson Ford 11/29/12
7 44.56 Nick Thoman SwimMAC 12/5/13
8 44.60p Ryan Murphy California Atlanta 3/25/16
8 44.60r Ryan Lochte Florida Atlanta 3/23/06
10 44.63 Ryan Murphy California 3/27/14

Murphy, the two-time defending champion in the event, will be looking to join a handful of other swimmers to have ever won the event three times.  Additionally, he can keep a career sweep possibility intact, something only John Naber did from 1974-77.

3+ 100 Back Winners:

4 – John Naber, Southern California
3 – Clay Britt, Texas
3 – Peter Marshall, Stanford
3 – Yoshi Oyakawa, Ohio State
3 – Jeff Rouse, Stanford

The rest of the field will have to drop some serious time to challenge Murphy this evening.  Alabama’s Connor Oslin (45.16), Louisville’s Grigory Tarasevich (45.26), BYU’s Jake Taylor (45.47), USC’s Ralf Tribuntsov (45.62), California’s Jacob Pebley (45.68), NC State’s Hennessey Stuart (45.75) and Ohio State’s Matt McHugh (45.77) closed out the rest of the top eight spots.

                    === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Murphy, Ryan           JR California          44.75      44.60  
    r:+0.57  21.50        44.60 (23.10)
  2 Oslin, Connor          JR Alabama             45.25      45.16  
    r:+0.61  21.65        45.16 (23.51)
  3 Tarasevich, Grigory    JR Louisville          45.28      45.26  
    r:+0.59  22.02        45.26 (23.24)
  4 Taylor, Jake           SR BYU                 45.74      45.47  
    r:+0.63  21.99        45.47 (23.48)
  5 Tribuntsov, Ralf       SO USC                 45.30      45.62  
    r:+0.70  22.26        45.62 (23.36)
  6 Pebley, Jacob          SR California          45.93      45.68  
    r:+0.67  22.14        45.68 (23.54)
  7 Stuart, Hennessey      SO NC State            45.92      45.75  
    r:+0.51  22.03        45.75 (23.72)
  8 McHugh, Matt           JR Ohio St             45.07      45.77  
    r:+0.68  22.15        45.77 (23.62)
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  9 Shebat, John           FR Texas               45.88      45.87  
    r:+0.59  22.48        45.87 (23.39)
 10 Lehane, Sean           SR Tennessee           46.51      45.88  
    r:+0.58  22.13        45.88 (23.75)
 11 Rysemus, Logan         JR LSU                 45.96      45.91  
    r:+0.63  22.50        45.91 (23.41)
 12 Blyzinskyj, Jack       JR Florida             45.41      45.96  
    r:+0.58  22.06        45.96 (23.90)
 13 Dale, Taylor           JR Georgia             45.42      46.02  
    r:+0.60  22.34        46.02 (23.68)
 14 Dobbs, Chatham         FR Arizona             45.58      46.05  
    r:+0.73  21.87        46.05 (24.18)
 15 Schiellerup, Andreas   JR NC State            45.87      46.09  
    r:+0.59  22.06        46.09 (24.03)
 16 Kaliszak, Lucas        SO Alabama             45.42      46.10  
    r:+0.58  22.29        46.10 (23.81)
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 17 Marsh, Andrew          SR WVU                 45.41      46.15  
    r:+0.65  22.07        46.15 (24.08)
 18 Bohus, Richard         JR Arizona St          46.49      46.18  
    r:+0.56  22.46        46.18 (23.72)
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 19 Loncar, Anton          SO Denver              46.33      46.20  
    r:+0.84  22.65        46.20 (23.55)
 20 Graesser, Nic          SR UNC                 45.85      46.24  
    r:+0.68  22.33        46.24 (23.91)
 21 Reid, Christopher      SO Alabama             46.02      46.41  
    r:+0.94  22.42        46.41 (23.99)
 22 Dezwirek, Jeremie      SR California          47.47      46.54  
    r:+0.62  22.14        46.54 (24.40)
 23 Hu-Van Wright, En-wei  JR Princeton           46.13      46.65  
    r:+0.75  22.59        46.65 (24.06)
 24 Byrd, Austin           SR Wisconsin           47.00      46.69  
    r:+0.66  22.49        46.69 (24.20)
 25 Dudzinski, Ryan        FR Stanford            45.94      46.74  
    r:+0.63  22.59        46.74 (24.15)
 26 Sikatzki, Philipp      JR Cleveland St        46.41      46.78  
    r:+0.56  22.47        46.78 (24.31)
 27 Dudzinski, Kyle        SR Michigan            46.37      47.02  
    r:+0.58  22.49        47.02 (24.53)
 28 Sanders, Tristan       SO Michigan            47.23      47.14  
    r:+0.63  22.98        47.14 (24.16)
 29 Arata, Ryan            SR Stanford            46.38      47.19  
    r:+0.65  22.34        47.19 (24.85)
 30 Knox, Jonathan         SO USC                 47.09      47.22  
    r:+0.68  22.30        47.22 (24.92)
 31 Robrock, Kyle          JR Denver              46.84      47.29  
    r:+0.59  22.25        47.29 (25.04)
 32 Bonetti, Brock         SO Tex AM              46.43      47.32  
    r:+0.61  22.62        47.32 (24.70)
 33 Greene, Aaron          JR Louisville          47.31      47.43  
    r:+0.94  22.86        47.43 (24.57)
 34 Lewis, Sam             SR UNC                 46.59      47.44  
    r:+0.73  22.57        47.44 (24.87)
 35 Perry, Barkley         JR Arizona St          47.84      47.58  
    r:+0.77  23.11        47.58 (24.47)
 36 Thomas, Michael        FR California          47.22      47.59  
    r:+0.58  22.95        47.59 (24.64)
 37 Sorenson, Payton       SO BYU                 47.95      48.05  
    r:+0.68  23.32        48.05 (24.73)
 -- Griffin, Carter        JR Missouri            47.02        DFS  
      Declared false start
 -- Whitaker, Aaron        SO Michigan            45.97        DFS  
      Declared false start
 -- Darmody, Kyle          JR Auburn              46.09        DFS  
      Declared false start
 -- Valente, Alex          FR USC                 47.96        DFS  
      Declared false start
 -- Conger, Jack           JR Texas               46.71        DFS  
      Declared false start
 -- Glover, Bob            JR Indiana             46.04        DFS  
      Declared false start
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