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NC State’s Simonas Bilis moved up to 12th all time in the men’s 100-yard freestyle during prelims at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Bilis put up a time of 41.59 to lead prelims. He’s looking to become the first individual champion for NC State since Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones won the 50 free in 2006.
Bilis will have his hands full in finals as Florida’s Caeleb Dressel cruised to the second seed in 41.73. Dressel set the American record in the 100 free just last month with a 41.07.
All Time Top 15 100 Free:
1 40.76 Vlad Morozov USC 3/18/13
2 40.92 Cesar Cielo Auburn Federal Way, Wash. 3/29/08
3 41.07 Caeleb Dressel, Florida, Columbia, 2/20/16
4 41.08 Nathan Adrian California TAMU 3/28/09
5 41.23 Ryan Hoffer, Scottsdale, 12/12/15
6 41.35 Matt Grevers Tucson Ford Columbus 12/2/10
7 41.46r Marcelo Chierighini Auburn 2/18/14
8 41.49 Jimmy Feigen Texas TAMU 3/28/09
8 41.49 Duje Draganja California Minneapolis. 3/26/05
10 41.55 Matt Targett Auburn Auburn, Ala. 2/21/09
11 41.56 Kristian Gkolomeev, Alabama, 3/28/15
12 41.59p Simonas Bilis NC State 3/26/16
13 41.62 Anthony Ervin California Athens, Ga. 3/30/02
14 41.68 Ian Crocker Longhorn Austin, Texas 2/24/07
15 41.69 Ryan Held, Louisville 2/27/16
Three other swimmers cleared 42 seconds as Alabama’s Kristian Gkolomeev (41.76), NC State’s Ryan Held (41.78) and Missouri’s Michael Chadwick (41.94) qualified third through fifth.
Texas’ John Murray (42.32), Georgia’s Michael Trice (42.35) and Texas’ Brett Ringgold (42.36) also made their way into the championship heat.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Bilis, Simonas SR NC State 41.76 41.59P
r:+0.69 19.79 41.59 (21.80)
2 Dressel, Caeleb SO Florida 41.07 41.73P
r:+0.66 20.07 41.73 (21.66)
3 Gkolomeev, Kristian JR Alabama 42.67 41.76
r:+0.71 19.88 41.76 (21.88)
4 Held, Ryan SO NC State 41.69 41.78
r:+0.67 19.93 41.78 (21.85)
5 Chadwick, Michael JR Missouri 41.89 41.94
r:+0.67 20.09 41.94 (21.85)
6 Murray, John SR Texas 42.42 42.32
r:+0.63 20.19 42.32 (22.13)
7 Trice, Michael SR Georgia 43.01 42.35
r:+0.69 20.19 42.35 (22.16)
8 Ringgold, Brett SO Texas 42.04 42.36
r:+0.72 20.13 42.36 (22.23)
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9 Perry, Sam SO Stanford 42.72 42.37
r:+0.57 20.00 42.37 (22.37)
10 Bams, Laurent SO Alabama 42.71 42.39
r:+0.68 20.41 42.39 (21.98)
11 Tribuntsov, Ralf SO USC 42.81 42.51
r:+0.71 20.30 42.51 (22.21)
12 Koski, Matias SR Georgia 42.74 42.56
r:+0.69 20.40 42.56 (22.16)
13 Pieroni, Blake SO Indiana 42.27 42.58
r:+0.66 20.21 42.58 (22.37)
14 Nielsen, Anders SR Michigan 43.12 42.64
r:+0.69 20.43 42.64 (22.21)
15 Ellis, Matt SR Texas 42.82 42.67
r:+0.69 20.48 42.67 (22.19)
15 Tavcar, Anze JR Indiana 42.58 42.67
r:+0.72 20.53 42.67 (22.14)
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17 Lynch, Justin SO California 42.71 42.78
r:+0.66 20.71 42.78 (22.07)
18 Clifton, Cannon JR Wisconsin 42.67 42.84
r:+0.69 20.39 42.84 (22.45)
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19 Powers, Paul SO Michigan 42.73 42.91
r:+0.64 20.46 42.91 (22.45)
20 Holoda, Peter SO Auburn 42.23 42.96
r:+0.68 20.41 42.96 (22.55)
21 Khalafalla, Ali SO Indiana 42.73 43.03
r:+0.65 20.53 43.03 (22.50)
22 Schultz, Eric SR Penn 42.83 43.05
r:+0.66 20.18 43.05 (22.87)
23 Bohus, Richard JR Arizona St 43.09 43.18
r:+0.69
24 Darmody, Kyle JR Auburn 43.05 43.21
r:+0.68 20.59 43.21 (22.62)
25 Sikatzki, Philipp JR Cleveland St 43.22 43.24
r:+0.71 20.82 43.24 (22.42)
26 Bonk, Joe JR NC State 42.53 43.27
r:+0.70 20.64 43.27 (22.63)
27 Hammoud, Youssef SR GT 42.92 43.30
r:+0.70 20.65 43.30 (22.65)
28 Linge, Alex SR LSU 43.16 43.31
r:+0.70 20.74 43.31 (22.57)
29 Jackson, Tate FR Texas 42.91 43.33
r:+0.77 20.44 43.33 (22.89)
30 Richmond, Renny JR Arizona 42.78 43.34
r:+0.64 20.82 43.34 (22.52)
31 Bureau, Lucas SR VT 43.67 43.47
r:+0.67 20.84 43.47 (22.63)
32 D'Alessandro, Teo SR Princeton 44.26 43.48
r:+0.65 20.83 43.48 (22.65)
33 Virva, Dillon SR UNLV 43.54 43.50
r:+0.66
33 Werner, Pawel SR Florida 44.01 43.50
r:+0.68 20.85 43.50 (22.65)
35 Apple, Zach FR Auburn 43.47 43.54
r:+0.67 20.79 43.54 (22.75)
36 Lile, Nathan SR Gardner-Webb 43.05 43.55
r:+0.67 20.59 43.55 (22.96)
37 Sorenson, Payton SO BYU 42.86 43.57
r:+0.72 20.40 43.57 (23.17)
38 Plaschka, Justin SO Notre Dame 43.05 43.58
r:+0.61 20.44 43.58 (23.14)
39 Marsh, Andrew SR WVU 42.77 43.64
r:+0.66 20.85 43.64 (22.79)
40 Becker, Bowen FR Minnesota 43.43 43.66
r:+0.67 21.05 43.66 (22.61)
41 Samouilich, Yuri JR Hawaii 43.35 43.83
r:+0.75 21.19 43.83 (22.64)
42 Robrock, Kyle JR Denver 43.35 43.86
r:+0.71 20.84 43.86 (23.02)
43 Henry, Andrew SR Eastern Mich 43.34 43.89
r:+0.64 20.93 43.89 (22.96)
44 Malone, Reed JR USC 43.25 43.94
r:+0.68 20.97 43.94 (22.97)
45 Coan, Kyle SO California 43.42 44.21
r:+0.62 20.89 44.21 (23.32)
46 Peek, James JR Duke 43.53 44.22
r:+0.73 21.01 44.22 (23.21)
47 Duvall, Thomas SR Navy 44.13 44.69
r:+0.74 21.29 44.69 (23.40)
-- Walsh, Brett SR Alabama 43.90 DFS
Declared false start
-- Williams, Trent SR California 43.97 DFS
Declared false start
-- Andrew, Mark FR Penn 43.71 DFS
Declared false start
-- Schreuders, Mikel FR Missouri 43.80 DFS
Declared false start
-- Dahl, Soeren JR NC State 42.85 DFS
Declared false start
-- Duskinas, Tadas JR Arizona St 43.33 DFS
Declared false start
-- Decoursey, Kyle FR Tennessee 43.26 DFS
Declared false start
-- Coutinho, Pedro SR Louisville 44.10 DFS
Declared false start
-- Lindenbauer, Matthias JR Louisville 43.51 DFS
Declared false start
-- Schiellerup, Andreas JR NC State 43.22 DFS
Declared false start
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