Simonas Bilis Vaults to 12th All Time in 100 Free in Prelims

2016.03.24 NCAA Mens Swimming Championships_Simonas Bilis NC State 50 Free

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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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