{"id":128664,"date":"2015-03-26T13:30:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T20:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=128664"},"modified":"2016-02-05T11:00:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T18:00:17","slug":"ncaa-division-i-mens-championships-california-florida-with-strong-mornings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-i-mens-championships-california-florida-with-strong-mornings\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Division I Men’s Championships: Texas, California, Florida With Strong Mornings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships kicks off today with at least five teams in the hunt<\/a> for the team title. Swimming World<\/em> will be on top of all the news coming out of Iowa City. \u00a0Hit refresh for the latest coverage.<\/p>\n

Following Diving,\u00a0California and Florida had the strongest mornings. Texas kept itself on pace to win Eddie Reese’s 11th career coaching title<\/a> with seven A finals and two B finals. California and Florida, meanwhile, each claimed five A finals and three B finals.<\/p>\n

Georgia also has seven final swims with two A finals and five B finals.<\/p>\n

Michigan and NC State each claimed six point-scoring swims with Michigan qualifying six A finalists, and NC State gaining three A finals and three B finals. Southern California also has six spots tonight with three A finals and three B finals.<\/p>\n

Total A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Men’s 200 free relay<\/strong><\/p>\n

The top seed in the men’s 200-yard free relay, N.C. State, which came into the meet with a top time of 1:15.62, originally picked up a relay exchange violation disqualification in what was\u00a0the biggest stunner of the morning.<\/p>\n

N.C. State had\u00a0started to make it a bit of a habit with some huge relay disqualifications. \u00a0In 2013, N.C. State lost its 800-yard free relay at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships after a swimmer jumped into the water to congratulate anchor David Williams for a win against Virginia.<\/p>\n

Then, at the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships, N.C. State drew a preliminary disqualification in this same event, the 200-yard free relay, for an early takeoff as well.<\/p>\n

However, the NCAA rules committee later decided to overturn the disqualification that had already undergone review with Simonas Bilis, Ryan Held, Andreas Schiellerup and David Williams regaining their 1:15.79 for the top spot. \u00a0That bumped Stanford out of the top eight and Indiana out of the top 16.<\/p>\n

NC State head coach Braden Holloway explains the relay disqualification appeal process<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Southern California’s Santo Condorelli, Dylan Carter, Ralf Tribuntsov and Cristian Quintero put up the second-fastest\u00a0time of the morning with a 1:15.85.<\/p>\n

Texas’ Matt Ellis, John Murray, Jack Conger and Kip Darmody also cleared 1:16 with a third-seeded 1:15.91.<\/p>\n

Auburn’s Jacob Molacek, Arthur Mendes, Michael Duderstadt and Kyle Darmody clocked a fourth-seeded 1:16.35.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Florida’s Caeleb Dressel downed the 17-18 U.S. National Age Group record in the 50-yard free as Florida’s leadoff. \u00a0Read more about the record here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

  1 NC State                      1:15.62    1:15.79 q      \r\n     1) Bilis, Simonas JR             2) r:-0.03 Held, Ryan FR        \r\n     3) r:+0.27 Schiellerup, Areas SO 4) r:+0.12 Williams, David SR   \r\n     r:+0.74  9.22        19.38 (19.38)\r\n           27.95 (8.57)       37.98 (18.60)\r\n           47.00 (9.02)       57.25 (19.27)\r\n         1:05.83 (8.58)     1:15.79 (18.54)\r\n  2 Southern Califor              1:16.88    1:15.85 q      \r\n     1) Condorelli, Santo SO          2) r:+0.12 Carter, Dylan SO     \r\n     3) r:+0.27 Tribuntsov, Ralf FR   4) r:+0.17 Quintero, Cristian SR\r\n     r:+0.62  9.17        19.27 (19.27)\r\n           28.04 (8.77)       38.09 (18.82)\r\n           46.97 (8.88)       57.03 (18.94)\r\n         1:05.87 (8.84)     1:15.85 (18.82)\r\n  3 Texas                         1:16.72    1:15.91 q      \r\n     1) Ellis, Matt JR                2) r:+0.31 Murray, John JR      \r\n     3) r:+0.33 Conger, Jack SO       4) r:+0.31 Darmody, Kip SR      \r\n     r:+0.70  9.63        19.53 (19.53)\r\n           28.23 (8.70)       38.17 (18.64)\r\n           46.84 (8.67)       56.69 (18.52)\r\n         1:05.85 (9.16)     1:15.91 (19.22)\r\n  4 Auburn                        1:16.17    1:16.35 q      \r\n     1) Molacek, Jacob FR             2) r:+0.19 Mendes, Arthur JR    \r\n     3) r:+0.21 Duderstadt, Mihael SO 4) r:+0.26 Darmody, Kyle SO     \r\n     r:+0.67  9.44        19.52 (19.52)\r\n           28.32 (8.80)       38.42 (18.90)\r\n           47.18 (8.76)       57.34 (18.92)\r\n         1:06.33 (8.99)     1:16.35 (19.01)\r\n  5 Michigan                      1:16.80    1:16.52 q      \r\n     1) Powers, Paul FR               2) r:+0.22 Tafuto, Vincent SO   \r\n     3) r:+0.01 Glanda, Justin SR     4) r:+0.30 Ortiz, Bruno SR      \r\n     r:+0.62  9.21        19.23 (19.23)\r\n           28.19 (8.96)       38.48 (19.25)\r\n           47.53 (9.05)       57.79 (19.31)\r\n         1:06.58 (8.79)     1:16.52 (18.73)\r\n  5 Alabama                       1:16.13    1:16.52 q      \r\n     1) Gkolomeev, Kristian SO        2) r:+0.23 Gray, Alex SO        \r\n     3) r:+0.25 Kaliszak, Luke FR     4) r:+0.29 Walsh, Brett JR      \r\n     r:+0.69  9.13        18.80 (18.80)\r\n           27.97 (9.17)       38.19 (19.39)\r\n           47.22 (9.03)       57.27 (19.08)\r\n         1:06.23 (8.96)     1:16.52 (19.25)\r\n  7 California                    1:16.57    1:16.57 q      \r\n     1) Messerschmidt, Tyler JR       2) r:+0.25 Gimondi, Fabio SR    \r\n     3) r:+0.23 Lynch, Justin FR      4) r:+0.16 Stubblefield, Seth SR\r\n     r:+0.72  9.28        19.19 (19.19)\r\n           28.46 (9.27)       38.54 (19.35)\r\n           47.72 (9.18)       57.85 (19.31)\r\n         1:06.65 (8.80)     1:16.57 (18.72)\r\n  8 Missouri                      1:17.64    1:16.90 q      \r\n     1) Margritier, Matt JR           2) r:+0.04 Chadwick, Michael SO \r\n     3) r:+0.14 Aragona, Christian SO 4) r:+0.10 Tierney, Sam SR      \r\n     r:+0.63  9.36        19.73 (19.73)\r\n           28.53 (8.80)       38.48 (18.75)\r\n           47.43 (8.95)       57.82 (19.34)\r\n         1:06.72 (8.90)     1:16.90 (19.08)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Men’s 500 free<\/strong><\/p>\n
Texas had a huge 500-yard free effort this morning, claiming three A final spots in the finals tonight.<\/p>\n
Clark Smith, out under American record pace at the 200 with a 1:37.56, took the top seed in 4:11.17. \u00a0Teammate Sam Lewis snared the second seed with a 4:12.44, while Jonathan Roberts claimed the sixth seed with a 4:13.10.<\/p>\n
For a team with as deep of a history as the Longhorns have, it surprisingly has never won the 500-yard free at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.<\/p>\n
Florida’s Dan Wallace qualified third overall with a 4:12.52, while teammate Mitch D’Arrigo took fourth with a 4:12.72. \u00a0Defending champion Cristian Quintero of Southern California qualified seventh overall in 4:13.24.<\/p>\n
  1 Smith, Clark     SO Texas             4:13.32    4:11.17 q      \r\n    r:+0.70  22.32        47.09 (24.77)\r\n        1:12.10 (25.01)     1:37.56 (25.46)\r\n        2:03.22 (25.66)     2:29.12 (25.90)\r\n        2:54.95 (25.83)     3:20.73 (25.78)\r\n        3:46.74 (26.01)     4:11.17 (24.43)\r\n  2 Lewis, Sam       JR Texas             4:17.01    4:12.44 q      \r\n    r:+0.71  23.15        47.89 (24.74)\r\n        1:12.86 (24.97)     1:38.16 (25.30)\r\n        2:03.90 (25.74)     2:29.40 (25.50)\r\n        2:54.97 (25.57)     3:20.87 (25.90)\r\n        3:46.96 (26.09)     4:12.44 (25.48)\r\n  3 Wallace, Dan     SR Florida           4:13.61    4:12.52 q      \r\n    r:+0.71  23.32        48.49 (25.17)\r\n        1:14.06 (25.57)     1:39.97 (25.91)\r\n        2:05.65 (25.68)     2:31.17 (25.52)\r\n        2:56.54 (25.37)     3:22.15 (25.61)\r\n        3:47.74 (25.59)     4:12.52 (24.78)\r\n  4 D'Arrigo, Mitch  SO Florida           4:10.77    4:12.72 q      \r\n    r:+0.71  23.62        49.19 (25.57)\r\n        1:14.94 (25.75)     1:40.67 (25.73)\r\n        2:06.32 (25.65)     2:31.78 (25.46)\r\n        2:57.50 (25.72)     3:22.79 (25.29)\r\n        3:47.85 (25.06)     4:12.72 (24.87)\r\n  5 Malone, Reed     SO Southern Califor  4:11.30    4:13.07 q      \r\n    r:+0.76  22.72        47.88 (25.16)\r\n        1:13.39 (25.51)     1:39.31 (25.92)\r\n        2:05.30 (25.99)     2:30.75 (25.45)\r\n        2:56.59 (25.84)     3:22.43 (25.84)\r\n        3:48.11 (25.68)     4:13.07 (24.96)\r\n  6 Roberts, Jonath  FR Texas             4:15.40    4:13.10 q      \r\n    r:+0.78  23.40        48.59 (25.19)\r\n        1:13.79 (25.20)     1:39.62 (25.83)\r\n        2:05.36 (25.74)     2:31.24 (25.88)\r\n        2:57.09 (25.85)     3:22.97 (25.88)\r\n        3:48.82 (25.85)     4:13.10 (24.28)\r\n  7 Quintero, Crist  SR Southern Califor  4:11.25    4:13.24 q      \r\n    r:+0.70  22.71        47.57 (24.86)\r\n        1:12.90 (25.33)     1:38.65 (25.75)\r\n        2:04.32 (25.67)     2:30.23 (25.91)\r\n        2:55.89 (25.66)     3:21.72 (25.83)\r\n        3:47.74 (26.02)     4:13.24 (25.50)\r\n  8 Nielsen, Anders  JR Michigan          4:14.06    4:13.65 q      \r\n    r:+0.74  23.16        48.42 (25.26)\r\n        1:14.02 (25.60)     1:40.02 (26.00)\r\n        2:06.08 (26.06)     2:32.11 (26.03)\r\n        2:58.04 (25.93)     3:23.90 (25.86)\r\n        3:49.35 (25.45)     4:13.65 (24.30)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Men’s 200 IM<\/strong><\/p>\n
Texas’ Will Licon cut nearly a second off his personal best with a blistering time of 1:40.68 to lead the way in the 200 IM.<\/p>\n
Licon’s time jumped him from 10th in the all time rankings to sixth as he became just the sixth swimmer to ever clear 1:41. Licon was out under American-record pace at the 150 with a 1:15.71, but couldn’t keep up the pace to challenge David Nolan’s American record of 1:40.07 from earlier this month at the Pacific 12 Championships<\/a>.<\/p>\n
All Time 200 IM<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Nolan, the American record holder and 2013 champion in this event, qualified second in 1:41.37, with California’s Ryan Murphy posting a third-seeded time of 1:41.76 to move to 13th all time in the event’s history.<\/p>\n
  1 Licon, Will      SO Texas             1:41.67    1:40.68 q      \r\n    r:+0.74  22.05        47.56 (25.51)\r\n        1:15.71 (28.15)     1:40.68 (24.97)\r\n  2 Nolan, David     SR Stanford          1:40.07    1:41.37 q      \r\n    r:+0.75  21.90        47.67 (25.77)\r\n        1:16.64 (28.97)     1:41.37 (24.73)\r\n  3 Murphy, Ryan     SO California        1:42.94    1:41.76 q      \r\n    r:+0.65  22.12        46.98 (24.86)\r\n        1:17.25 (30.27)     1:41.76 (24.51)\r\n  4 Solaeche-Gomez,  SR Florida           1:43.15    1:42.05 q      \r\n    r:+0.66  22.23        47.56 (25.33)\r\n        1:16.94 (29.38)     1:42.05 (25.11)\r\n  5 Prenot, Josh     JR California        1:41.79    1:42.28 q      \r\n    r:+0.72  22.29        48.22 (25.93)\r\n        1:17.35 (29.13)     1:42.28 (24.93)\r\n  6 Bosch, Dylan     JR Michigan          1:41.93    1:42.29 q      \r\n    r:+0.72  21.75        47.47 (25.72)\r\n        1:17.06 (29.59)     1:42.29 (25.23)\r\n  7 Kremer, Tom      JR Stanford          1:43.63    1:42.40 q      \r\n    r:+0.73  22.37        47.45 (25.08)\r\n        1:17.64 (30.19)     1:42.40 (24.76)\r\n  8 Bentz, Gunnar    FR Georgia           1:43.48    1:42.44 q      \r\n    r:+0.74  22.29        48.25 (25.96)\r\n        1:17.97 (29.72)     1:42.44 (24.47)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Men’s 50 free<\/strong><\/p>\n
Florida’s Caeleb Dressel tied his 17-18 U.S. National Age Group record from Florida’s leadoff on the 200-yard free relay with a sterling 18.86. \u00a0He is looking to become the first Gator to win the 50-yard free in NCAA history.<\/p>\n
Dressel’s 18.86 moved him into a tie with Brad deBorde for 13th all time in the event’s history.<\/p>\n
Defending NCAA champions Kristian Gkolomeev (Alabama) and Brad Tandy (Arizona), who tied last year with matching 18.95s, qualified second (18.92) and seventh (19.17) during prelims.<\/p>\n
California’s Tyler Messerschmidt snared the third seed in 19.07.<\/p>\n
  1 Caeleb Dressel   FR Florida             18.89      18.86 q      \r\n     r:+0.66  9.00         18.86 (9.86)\r\n  2 *Kristian Gkolo  SO Alabama             18.64      18.92 q      \r\n     r:+0.72  9.10         18.92 (9.82)\r\n  3 Tyler Messersch  JR California          19.46      19.07 q      \r\n     r:+0.71  9.21         19.07 (9.86)\r\n  4 *Simonas Bilis   JR NC State            18.98      19.09 q      \r\n     r:+0.74  9.22         19.09 (9.87)\r\n  4 *Bruno Ortiz     SR Michigan            19.48      19.09 q      \r\n     r:+0.64  9.14         19.09 (9.95)\r\n  6 Andrew Kosic     SR Georgia Tech        19.23      19.10 q      \r\n     r:+0.68  9.31         19.10 (9.79)\r\n  7 *Brad Tandy      SR Arizona             18.95      19.17 q      \r\n     r:+0.68  9.11        19.17 (10.06)\r\n  8 Paul Powers      FR Michigan            19.21      19.28 q      \r\n     r:+0.67  9.24        19.28 (10.04)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Men’s 400 medley relay<\/strong><\/p>\n
California led the way in prelims as Jacob Pebley, Chuck Katis, Justin Lynch and Seth Stubblefield turned in a top seed of 3:04.69. \u00a0California is the defending NCAA champion having won with a 3:02.66 a year ago.<\/p>\n
Michigan’s Aaron Whitaker, Richard Funk, Dylan Bosch and Bruno Ortiz qualified second this morning in 3:05.15 with Texas’ Kip Darmody, Austin Temple, Tripp Cooper and Jack Conger clocked a third-ranked 3:05.53.<\/p>\n
Notably, Kevin Cordes uncorked a 50.41 breaststroke split for Arizona’s 12th-seeded 3:07.25.<\/p>\n
  1 California                    3:05.38    3:04.69 q      \r\n     1) Jacob Pebley JR               2) r:+0.27 Chuck Katis SR       \r\n     3) r:+0.18 Justin Lynch FR       4) r:+0.19 Seth Stubblefield SR \r\n             22.81        46.41 (46.41)\r\n        1:09.66 (23.25)     1:36.96 (50.55)\r\n        1:58.03 (21.07)     2:22.71 (45.75)\r\n        2:42.44 (19.73)     3:04.69 (41.98)\r\n  2 Michigan                      3:04.92    3:05.15 q      \r\n     1) Aaron Whitaker FR             2) r:+0.34 *Richard Funk SR     \r\n     3) r:+0.29 *Dylan Bosch JR       4) r:+0.25 *Bruno Ortiz SR      \r\n             22.50        46.91 (46.91)\r\n        1:10.80 (23.89)     1:37.92 (51.01)\r\n        1:58.95 (21.03)     2:23.27 (45.35)\r\n        2:43.38 (20.11)     3:05.15 (41.88)\r\n  3 Texas                         3:05.80    3:05.53 q      \r\n     1) Kip Darmody SR                2) r:+0.40 Austin Temple FR     \r\n     3) r:+0.15 Tripp Cooper SR       4) r:+0.31 Jack Conger SO       \r\n             22.63        46.28 (46.28)\r\n        1:10.78 (24.50)     1:38.66 (52.38)\r\n        1:58.96 (20.30)     2:23.70 (45.04)\r\n        2:43.57 (19.87)     3:05.53 (41.83)\r\n  4 Florida                       3:05.09    3:05.58 q      \r\n     1) Jack Blyzinskyj SO            2) r:+0.12 Matt Elliott SR      \r\n     3) r:+0.19 *Christian-Pauomer SR 4) r:+0.45 Caeleb Dressel FR    \r\n             21.90        45.61 (45.61)\r\n        1:09.81 (24.20)     1:38.12 (52.51)\r\n        1:59.21 (21.09)     2:23.83 (45.71)\r\n        2:43.30 (19.47)     3:05.58 (41.75)\r\n  5 Alabama                       3:04.22    3:05.65 q      \r\n     1) Connor Oslin SO               2) r:+0.20 *Anton McKee SO      \r\n     3) r:+0.15 *Brett Walsh JR       4) r:+0.23 *Kristian Gkolmeev SO\r\n             22.02        45.23 (45.23)\r\n        1:09.55 (24.32)     1:37.62 (52.39)\r\n        1:58.83 (21.21)     2:24.23 (46.61)\r\n        2:43.76 (19.53)     3:05.65 (41.42)\r\n  6 Auburn                        3:06.01    3:05.67 q      \r\n     1) *Joe Patching SO              2) r:+0.19 Michael Duderstadt SO\r\n     3) r:+0.29 *Hugo Morris FR       4) r:+0.38 Kyle Darmody SO      \r\n             22.41        46.31 (46.31)\r\n        1:10.24 (23.93)     1:37.73 (51.42)\r\n        1:58.67 (20.94)     2:23.81 (46.08)\r\n        2:43.65 (19.84)     3:05.67 (41.86)\r\n  7 Georgia                       3:06.26    3:06.07 q      \r\n     1) Taylor Dale SO                2) r:+0.21 Nicolas Fink SR      \r\n     3) r:+0.30 Pace Clark SO         4) r:+0.18 Michael Trice JR     \r\n             22.47        46.37 (46.37)\r\n        1:10.26 (23.89)     1:37.94 (51.57)\r\n        1:59.23 (21.29)     2:23.93 (45.99)\r\n        2:43.69 (19.76)     3:06.07 (42.14)\r\n  8 NC State                      3:06.59    3:06.41 q      \r\n     1) *Andreas Schiellerup SO       2) r:+0.27 Derek Hren SO        \r\n     3) r:+0.16 *Soeren Dahl SO       4) r:+0.34 *Simonas Bilis JR    \r\n             22.49        46.67 (46.67)\r\n        1:10.91 (24.24)     1:39.44 (52.77)\r\n        2:00.33 (20.89)     2:25.07 (45.63)\r\n        2:44.51 (19.44)     3:06.41 (41.34)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Men’s one-meter diving<\/strong><\/p>\n
Stanford’s Kristian Ipsen, the 2013 victor in the one-meter diving competition, will look to reclaim his national title after scoring 421.85 points this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Indiana’s James Connor qualified second tonight with 403.95 points, while Purdue’s Steele Johnson and Indiana’s Michael Hixon tied for third with 400.00 days.<\/p>\n
Hixon is the defending national champion who transfer from Texas to Indiana in the offseason<\/a>.<\/p>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Total A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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SCHEDULED EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n