Townley Haas Wins 500 Free on Night Two of 2018 Men’s DI NCAA’s

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Texas junior Townley Haas swam a 4:08.60 to take the win in the A final, just under the pool record that second place-finisher, Felix Auböeck (4:09.03), set this morning. NC State’s Anton Ipsen (4:09.13) took third, also under the old pool record.

Also in the A final was Stanford’s Grant Shoults (4:10.02), South Carolina’s Akaram Mahmoud (4:12.14), Texas Longhorn Sam Pomajevich (4:12.83), Stanford’s Liam Egan (4:14.49) and Michigan’s Ricardo Vargas (4:17.23).

Event 3  Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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         NCAA: N 4:08.42  3/23/2017 Clark Smith, Texas
     American: A 4:07.25  11/30/2017Zane Grothe, Unattached
   U. S. Open: O 4:07.25  11/30/2017Zane Grothe, Unattached
 Championship: C 4:08.42  3/23/2017 Clark Smith, Texas
         Pool: P 4:09.29  2/22/2018 Felix Auboeck, Michigan
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals NISCA Points
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                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Townley Haas     JR Texas             4:11.97    4:08.60P  185   20  
    r:+0.75  22.56        47.41 (24.85)
        1:12.88 (25.47)     1:38.11 (25.23)
        2:03.49 (25.38)     2:29.02 (25.53)
        2:54.46 (25.44)     3:19.77 (25.31)
        3:44.66 (24.89)     4:08.60 (23.94)
  2 Felix Auboeck    SO Michigan          4:10.83    4:09.03P  184   17  
    r:+0.80  23.24        48.32 (25.08)
        1:13.54 (25.22)     1:38.89 (25.35)
        2:04.32 (25.43)     2:29.60 (25.28)
        2:54.95 (25.35)     3:20.23 (25.28)
        3:44.90 (24.67)     4:09.03 (24.13)
  3 Anton Ipsen      SR NC State          4:11.02    4:09.13P  184   16  
    r:+0.70  23.33        48.37 (25.04)
        1:13.66 (25.29)     1:39.05 (25.39)
        2:04.44 (25.39)     2:29.67 (25.23)
        2:55.17 (25.50)     3:20.41 (25.24)
        3:45.29 (24.88)     4:09.13 (23.84)
  4 Grant Shoults    SO Stanford          4:12.12    4:10.02   182   15  
    r:+0.63  22.98        48.15 (25.17)
        1:13.49 (25.34)     1:39.36 (25.87)
        2:04.84 (25.48)     2:30.40 (25.56)
        2:55.85 (25.45)     3:20.81 (24.96)
        3:45.58 (24.77)     4:10.02 (24.44)
  5 Akaram Mahmoud   SR South Carolina    4:12.52    4:12.14   178   14  
    r:+0.70  22.92        48.29 (25.37)
        1:13.88 (25.59)     1:39.37 (25.49)
        2:04.93 (25.56)     2:30.41 (25.48)
        2:55.99 (25.58)     3:21.48 (25.49)
        3:47.07 (25.59)     4:12.14 (25.07)
  6 Sam Pomajevich   FR Texas             4:12.46    4:12.83   177   13  
    r:+0.70  22.75        47.71 (24.96)
        1:13.37 (25.66)     1:39.26 (25.89)
        2:05.38 (26.12)     2:31.19 (25.81)
        2:56.96 (25.77)     3:22.91 (25.95)
        3:48.49 (25.58)     4:12.83 (24.34)
  7 Liam Egan        SR Stanford          4:12.02    4:14.49   174   12  
    r:+0.73  23.51        48.60 (25.09)
        1:14.03 (25.43)     1:39.50 (25.47)
        2:05.28 (25.78)     2:30.90 (25.62)
        2:56.62 (25.72)     3:22.68 (26.06)
        3:49.08 (26.40)     4:14.49 (25.41)
  8 Ricardo Vargas   FR Michigan          4:12.87    4:17.23   168   11  
    r:+0.69  24.14        49.62 (25.48)
        1:15.49 (25.87)     1:41.60 (26.11)
        2:07.31 (25.71)     2:33.05 (25.74)
        2:58.95 (25.90)     3:24.89 (25.94)
        3:51.27 (26.38)     4:17.23 (25.96)

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