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Texas’ Will Licon uncorked the fourth-fastest time in the men’s 200-yard breast at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Licon turned in a top time of 1:49.43, bettering the 1:49.48 he used to win the NCAA title last year. Licon now owns three of the top 10 times ever.
All Time Top 10 200 Breast:
1 1:48.66 Kevin Cordes Arizona 3/29/14
2 1:48.68 Kevin Cordes Arizona 3/28/13
3 1:49.38 Kevin Cordes Arizona 12/5/13
4 1:49.43p Will Licon Texas Atlanta 3/26/16
5 1:49.48 Will Licon Texas 3/28/15
6 1:49.53 Kevin Cordes Arizona 3/28/15
7 1:49.54 Will Licon Texas 3/28/15
8 1:49.74 Cody Miller Badger 12/19/15
9 1:49.79 Kevin Cordes Arizona 3/28/13
10 1:50.02 Kevin Cordes Arizona 3/28/15
Licon, the defending champion, is looking to join the long list of swimmers who have won a pair of 200 breast NCAA titles.
Multiple 200 Breast Winners:
4 – Brendan Hansen, Texas
3 – Mike Barrowman, Michigan
3 – Brian Job, Stanford
3 – John Moffet, Stanford
3 – D. Graham Smith, California
2 – Ron Clark, Michigan
2 – Kurt Grote, Stanford
2 – John Hencken, Stanford
2 – Steve Lundquist, SMU
2 – David Wilkie, Miami (Fla.)
2 – Vlad Polyakov, Alabama
2 – Kevin Cordes, Arizona
Texas currently has seven wins this week in Atlanta. Licon is the squad’s best bet to move to eight total as Texas looks to chase down its own NCAA title for most event wins in a meet.
California’s Josh Prenot moved up to eighth all time in the event’s history with a second-seeded time of 1:51.45.
Alabama’s Anton McKee (1:52.53), Virginia Tech’s Brandon Fiala (1:52.82), Missouri’s Fabian Schwingenschlogl (1:53.31), Virginia’s Yannick Kaeser (1:53.96), Louisville’s Carlos Claverie (1:54.04) and Indiana’s Tanner Kurz (1:54.29) qualified third through eighth.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Licon, Will JR Texas 1:50.47 1:49.43P
r:+0.71 25.09 52.84 (27.75)
1:20.92 (28.08) 1:49.43 (28.51)
2 Prenot, Josh SR California 1:51.75 1:51.45P
r:+0.69 25.34 53.21 (27.87)
1:21.83 (28.62) 1:51.45 (29.62)
3 McKee, Anton JR Alabama 1:53.00 1:52.53
r:+0.69 25.45 54.19 (28.74)
1:23.07 (28.88) 1:52.53 (29.46)
4 Fiala, Brandon JR VT 1:52.87 1:52.82
r:+0.66 25.11 53.62 (28.51)
1:22.70 (29.08) 1:52.82 (30.12)
5 Schwingenschlogl, Fab JR Missouri 1:53.64 1:53.31
r:+0.68 25.29 54.01 (28.72)
1:23.42 (29.41) 1:53.31 (29.89)
6 Kaeser, Yannick SR Virginia 1:53.41 1:53.96
r:+0.78 25.70 54.69 (28.99)
1:24.05 (29.36) 1:53.96 (29.91)
7 Claverie, Carlos SO Louisville 1:53.58 1:54.04
r:+0.71 25.94 55.12 (29.18)
1:25.08 (29.96) 1:54.04 (28.96)
8 Kurz, Tanner SR Indiana 1:54.19 1:54.29
r:+0.75 25.42 54.00 (28.58)
1:23.48 (29.48) 1:54.29 (30.81)
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9 Taylor, Cody SO Indiana 1:52.70 1:54.39
r:+0.71 26.11 55.02 (28.91)
1:24.14 (29.12) 1:54.39 (30.25)
10 Stumph, Steven JR USC 1:53.61 1:54.62
r:+0.71 26.04 54.55 (28.51)
1:24.09 (29.54) 1:54.62 (30.53)
11 Vissering, Carsten FR USC 1:54.09 1:54.73
r:+0.70 26.32 55.58 (29.26)
1:25.27 (29.69) 1:54.73 (29.46)
12 Castillo Luna, Mauro SO Tex AM 1:54.64 1:55.11
r:+0.66 25.98 55.37 (29.39)
1:25.02 (29.65) 1:55.11 (30.09)
13 Evdokimov, Alex SO Cornell 1:53.56 1:55.17
r:+0.65 26.27 55.76 (29.49)
1:25.29 (29.53) 1:55.17 (29.88)
14 Hoppe, Connor SO California 1:55.23 1:55.35
r:+0.67 25.97 55.57 (29.60)
1:26.08 (30.51) 1:55.35 (29.27)
15 Trussov, Roman SR Iowa 1:56.18 1:55.36
r:+0.66 25.44 54.48 (29.04)
1:24.20 (29.72) 1:55.36 (31.16)
16 Macdonald, DJ SR Ohio St 1:54.75 1:55.58
r:+0.72 26.21 56.21 (30.00)
1:25.87 (29.66) 1:55.58 (29.71)
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17 Osvath, Artur FR Missouri St 1:55.04 1:55.59
r:+0.65 26.19 55.40 (29.21)
1:25.16 (29.76) 1:55.59 (30.43)
18 Coombs, Jason JR FSU 1:54.96 1:55.63
r:+0.66 25.51 54.67 (29.16)
1:24.66 (29.99) 1:55.63 (30.97)
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19 Browne, Ethan FR Tennessee 1:54.08 1:55.74
r:+0.65 26.53 55.60 (29.07)
1:25.59 (29.99) 1:55.74 (30.15)
20 McNamara, Shane SO Harvard 1:55.39 1:55.98
r:+0.71 26.28 55.71 (29.43)
1:25.41 (29.70) 1:55.98 (30.57)
21 Romanov, Pasha JR Alabama 1:57.21 1:56.08
r:+0.67 25.65 55.32 (29.67)
1:25.71 (30.39) 1:56.08 (30.37)
22 Cobleigh, Hunter JR California 1:55.34 1:56.15
r:+0.63 26.33 55.62 (29.29)
1:26.30 (30.68) 1:56.15 (29.85)
23 Guest, James FR Georgia 1:54.64 1:56.26
r:+0.65 26.03 55.65 (29.62)
1:25.84 (30.19) 1:56.26 (30.42)
24 Kimpel, Alexander SO GT 1:54.91 1:56.37
r:+0.69 26.23 55.59 (29.36)
1:25.85 (30.26) 1:56.37 (30.52)
25 Lorenz, Christian SO Arizona St 1:54.10 1:56.42
r:+0.82 26.05 55.67 (29.62)
1:25.99 (30.32) 1:56.42 (30.43)
26 McHugh, Conner SO Minnesota 1:54.08 1:56.51
r:+0.73 26.12 55.56 (29.44)
1:25.63 (30.07) 1:56.51 (30.88)
27 Maly, Jakub JR Minnesota 1:55.91 1:56.58
r:+0.73 26.10 55.55 (29.45)
1:25.76 (30.21) 1:56.58 (30.82)
28 Groters, Jordy SO Missouri 1:56.84 1:56.60
r:+0.65 26.22 56.05 (29.83)
1:26.27 (30.22) 1:56.60 (30.33)
29 Greenhalgh, George SR Kentucky 1:55.98 1:56.67
r:+0.67 26.06 55.40 (29.34)
1:25.80 (30.40) 1:56.67 (30.87)
30 Crosby, Gage JR Arizona 1:55.31 1:56.73
r:+0.73 26.09 55.48 (29.39)
1:25.80 (30.32) 1:56.73 (30.93)
31 Nowicki, Devon FR Oakland 1:55.66 1:57.53
r:+0.65 26.22 56.05 (29.83)
1:26.47 (30.42) 1:57.53 (31.06)
32 Sand, Carson FR California 1:54.92 1:57.89
r:+0.69 26.18 56.19 (30.01)
1:26.80 (30.61) 1:57.89 (31.09)
33 Duderstadt, Michael JR Auburn 1:53.50 1:58.00
r:+0.67 26.37 54.89 (28.52)
1:26.17 (31.28) 1:58.00 (31.83)
34 Anderson, Matt FR Stanford 1:54.77 1:58.19
r:+0.70 26.19 56.32 (30.13)
1:26.91 (30.59) 1:58.19 (31.28)
35 Barnosky, Michael SR Air Force 1:56.30 1:58.31
r:+0.71 25.70 55.54 (29.84)
1:26.20 (30.66) 1:58.31 (32.11)
36 Ogren, Curtis SO Stanford 1:57.07 1:58.57
r:+0.72 26.15 56.15 (30.00)
1:27.28 (31.13) 1:58.57 (31.29)
37 Hren, Derek JR NC State 1:57.56 1:58.90
r:+0.68 26.63 56.54 (29.91)
1:27.54 (31.00) 1:58.90 (31.36)
38 Bish, Blair FR Arizona 1:56.23 1:58.95
r:+0.72 25.75 56.05 (30.30)
1:27.79 (31.74) 1:58.95 (31.16)
39 Mapel, Eddie JR Missouri 1:55.86 1:59.03
r:+0.83 26.27 56.07 (29.80)
1:26.89 (30.82) 1:59.03 (32.14)
40 Finnerty, Ian FR Indiana 1:54.43 1:59.06
r:+0.76 26.12 55.95 (29.83)
1:26.88 (30.93) 1:59.06 (32.18)
41 Cono, Benjamin SO Loyola (MD) 1:55.70 1:59.68
r:+0.73 26.10 55.84 (29.74)
1:27.35 (31.51) 1:59.68 (32.33)
-- Wich-Glasen, Nils SO SCAR 1:53.94 DQ
r:+0.70 25.45 54.65 (29.20)
1:24.08 (29.43) DQ (29.83)
-- Kropp, Peter JR Duke 1:57.75 DQ
r:+0.67 25.80 54.92 (29.12)
1:24.95 (30.03) DQ (31.40)
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