{"id":192047,"date":"2016-03-24T08:09:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T15:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=192047"},"modified":"2016-03-24T08:09:25","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T15:09:25","slug":"defending-champion-clark-smith-misses-500-free-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/defending-champion-clark-smith-misses-500-free-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Defending Champion Clark Smith Misses 500 Free Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a preliminary stunner, defending champion <strong>Clark Smith<\/strong> of Texas went out a bit too fast and could not hang on as he took 21st in the men&#8217;s 500-yard free at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men&#8217;s Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-i-mens-championships-clark-smith-moves-to-6th-all-time-in-500-free\/\" target=\"_blank\">who clinched the NCAA title last year with a 4:09.72<\/a>, added more than seven seconds to his time from last year with a 4:17.17 to miss finals completely. \u00a0It will be up to <strong>Townley Haas<\/strong> to defend the title for Texas as the super freshman qualified third in 4:12.68. Haas is on fire so far this meet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/townley-haas-sizzles-with-130-52-split-in-800-free-relay\/\" target=\"_blank\">posting the fastest 200-yard free split of all time last night with a 1:30.52<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Florida&#8217;s <strong>Mitch D&#8217;Arrigo<\/strong> topped qualifying with a time of 4:11.48. \u00a0D&#8217;Arrigo, who is the 14th-fastest swimmer ever in the event, is looking to become just the third Gator ever to win the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous Florida Winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1986 Matt Cetlinski, Florida, 4:15.19<br \/>\n2010 Conor Dwyer, Florida, 4:13.64<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina&#8217;s <strong>Akaram Mahmoud<\/strong>, meanwhile, could make history as the Gamecocks&#8217; first NCAA champion after qualifying second in 4:12.59.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan&#8217;s <strong>Andres Nielsen<\/strong> (4:12.77), Stanford&#8217;s <strong>Liam Egan<\/strong> (4:13.52), Southern California&#8217;s <strong>Reed Malone<\/strong> (4:13.59), Wisconsin&#8217;s <strong>Matthew Hutchins<\/strong> (4:13.74) and NC State&#8217;s <strong>Anton Ipsen<\/strong> (4:13.97) also made the top eight.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 D'Arrigo, Mitch        JR Florida           4:13.92    4:11.48  \r\n    r:+0.69  23.41        48.85 (25.44)\r\n        1:14.63 (25.78)     1:40.46 (25.83)\r\n        2:06.21 (25.75)     2:31.92 (25.71)\r\n        2:57.53 (25.61)     3:22.86 (25.33)\r\n        3:47.19 (24.33)     4:11.48 (24.29)\r\n  2 Mahmoud, Akaram        SO S Carolina        4:12.78    4:12.59  \r\n    r:+0.72  23.17        48.40 (25.23)\r\n        1:14.00 (25.60)     1:39.53 (25.53)\r\n        2:04.98 (25.45)     2:30.57 (25.59)\r\n        2:56.35 (25.78)     3:22.06 (25.71)\r\n        3:47.56 (25.50)     4:12.59 (25.03)\r\n  3 Haas, Townley          FR Texas             4:12.63    4:12.68  \r\n    r:+0.72  22.54        47.59 (25.05)\r\n        1:12.92 (25.33)     1:38.39 (25.47)\r\n        2:04.01 (25.62)     2:30.16 (26.15)\r\n        2:56.08 (25.92)     3:21.81 (25.73)\r\n        3:47.39 (25.58)     4:12.68 (25.29)\r\n  4 Nielsen, Anders        SR Michigan          4:12.83    4:12.77  \r\n    r:+0.71  23.39        48.81 (25.42)\r\n        1:14.53 (25.72)     1:40.46 (25.93)\r\n        2:06.14 (25.68)     2:31.96 (25.82)\r\n        2:57.70 (25.74)     3:23.30 (25.60)\r\n        3:48.98 (25.68)     4:12.77 (23.79)\r\n  5 Egan, Liam             SO Stanford          4:13.67    4:13.52  \r\n    r:+0.72  23.69        49.18 (25.49)\r\n        1:14.73 (25.55)     1:40.30 (25.57)\r\n        2:05.92 (25.62)     2:31.53 (25.61)\r\n        2:57.20 (25.67)     3:22.93 (25.73)\r\n        3:48.29 (25.36)     4:13.52 (25.23)\r\n  6 Malone, Reed           JR USC               4:11.80    4:13.59  \r\n    r:+0.72  23.19        48.55 (25.36)\r\n        1:14.50 (25.95)     1:40.53 (26.03)\r\n        2:06.53 (26.00)     2:31.85 (25.32)\r\n        2:57.45 (25.60)     3:23.28 (25.83)\r\n        3:48.71 (25.43)     4:13.59 (24.88)\r\n  7 Hutchins, Matthew      JR Wisconsin         4:14.36    4:13.74  \r\n    r:+0.75  23.25        48.52 (25.27)\r\n        1:14.00 (25.48)     1:39.79 (25.79)\r\n        2:05.46 (25.67)     2:31.33 (25.87)\r\n        2:57.11 (25.78)     3:22.83 (25.72)\r\n        3:48.59 (25.76)     4:13.74 (25.15)\r\n  8 Ipsen, Anton Oerskov   SO NC State          4:14.53    4:13.97  \r\n    r:+0.77  23.63        49.03 (25.40)\r\n        1:14.67 (25.64)     1:40.43 (25.76)\r\n        2:06.14 (25.71)     2:31.98 (25.84)\r\n        2:57.82 (25.84)     3:23.53 (25.71)\r\n        3:49.09 (25.56)     4:13.97 (24.88)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Werner, Pawel          SR Florida           4:13.31    4:14.18  \r\n    r:+0.72  23.38        48.82 (25.44)\r\n        1:14.71 (25.89)     1:40.72 (26.01)\r\n        2:06.59 (25.87)     2:32.44 (25.85)\r\n        2:57.96 (25.52)     3:23.62 (25.66)\r\n        3:49.06 (25.44)     4:14.18 (25.12)\r\n 10 Litherland, Kevin      SO Georgia           4:15.10    4:14.64  \r\n    r:+0.68  23.52        49.02 (25.50)\r\n        1:14.89 (25.87)     1:41.00 (26.11)\r\n        2:07.15 (26.15)     2:32.98 (25.83)\r\n        2:58.54 (25.56)     3:24.01 (25.47)\r\n        3:49.55 (25.54)     4:14.64 (25.09)\r\n 11 Ransford, PJ           SO Michigan          4:15.54    4:15.54  \r\n    r:+0.74  24.18        49.73 (25.55)\r\n        1:15.51 (25.78)     1:41.45 (25.94)\r\n        2:06.67 (25.22)     2:32.09 (25.42)\r\n        2:57.72 (25.63)     3:23.70 (25.98)\r\n        3:49.75 (26.05)     4:15.54 (25.79)\r\n 12 Kiraly, Bence          SR Utah              4:15.75    4:15.77  \r\n    r:+0.73  23.64        48.93 (25.29)\r\n        1:14.58 (25.65)     1:40.31 (25.73)\r\n        2:06.19 (25.88)     2:31.97 (25.78)\r\n        2:58.05 (26.08)     3:24.11 (26.06)\r\n        3:50.17 (26.06)     4:15.77 (25.60)\r\n 13 Wieser, Chris          SO Arizona           4:16.09    4:16.20  \r\n    r:+0.63  23.71        49.18 (25.47)\r\n        1:15.00 (25.82)     1:40.52 (25.52)\r\n        2:06.30 (25.78)     2:32.20 (25.90)\r\n        2:58.27 (26.07)     3:24.38 (26.11)\r\n        3:50.52 (26.14)     4:16.20 (25.68)\r\n 14 Swanson, Chris         SR Penn              4:16.13    4:16.29  \r\n    r:+0.70  24.09        50.01 (25.92)\r\n        1:15.87 (25.86)     1:41.41 (25.54)\r\n        2:07.46 (26.05)     2:33.54 (26.08)\r\n        2:59.64 (26.10)     3:25.62 (25.98)\r\n        3:51.24 (25.62)     4:16.29 (25.05)\r\n 15 Peribonio, Tom         SO S Carolina        4:16.88    4:16.43  \r\n    r:+0.64  23.60        49.29 (25.69)\r\n        1:15.27 (25.98)     1:41.64 (26.37)\r\n        2:07.83 (26.19)     2:33.72 (25.89)\r\n        2:59.62 (25.90)     3:25.63 (26.01)\r\n        3:51.49 (25.86)     4:16.43 (24.94)\r\n 16 Linker, Adam           JR NC State          4:18.20    4:16.79  \r\n    r:+0.72  24.05        49.76 (25.71)\r\n        1:15.85 (26.09)     1:41.89 (26.04)\r\n        2:08.10 (26.21)     2:34.26 (26.16)\r\n        3:00.39 (26.13)     3:26.41 (26.02)\r\n        3:51.93 (25.52)     4:16.79 (24.86)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n 17 Williams, Trent        SR California        4:20.85    4:16.87  \r\n    r:+0.66  23.50        48.98 (25.48)\r\n        1:14.44 (25.46)     1:40.23 (25.79)\r\n        2:06.16 (25.93)     2:32.24 (26.08)\r\n        2:58.59 (26.35)     3:25.25 (26.66)\r\n        3:51.39 (26.14)     4:16.87 (25.48)\r\n 18 Litherland, Jay        SO Georgia           4:20.76    4:16.93  \r\n    r:+0.82  24.03        50.17 (26.14)\r\n        1:16.57 (26.40)     1:43.07 (26.50)\r\n        2:09.62 (26.55)     2:35.56 (25.94)\r\n        3:01.62 (26.06)     3:27.77 (26.15)\r\n        3:52.88 (25.11)     4:16.93 (24.05)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n 19 Lawless, Ben           SO Florida           4:21.09    4:17.00  \r\n    r:+0.74  23.81        49.68 (25.87)\r\n        1:15.59 (25.91)     1:41.66 (26.07)\r\n        2:07.96 (26.30)     2:34.00 (26.04)\r\n        3:00.02 (26.02)     3:25.96 (25.94)\r\n        3:51.67 (25.71)     4:17.00 (25.33)\r\n 20 Roberts, Jonathan      SO Texas             4:18.53    4:17.10  \r\n    r:+0.70  23.07        48.28 (25.21)\r\n        1:13.76 (25.48)     1:39.66 (25.90)\r\n        2:05.86 (26.20)     2:32.11 (26.25)\r\n        2:58.42 (26.31)     3:24.92 (26.50)\r\n        3:51.69 (26.77)     4:17.10 (25.41)\r\n 21 Smith, Clark           JR Texas             4:08.82    4:17.17  \r\n    r:+0.69  22.95        47.79 (24.84)\r\n        1:12.92 (25.13)     1:38.39 (25.47)\r\n        2:04.13 (25.74)     2:30.44 (26.31)\r\n        2:57.68 (27.24)     3:24.70 (27.02)\r\n        3:51.40 (26.70)     4:17.17 (25.77)\r\n 22 Manganiello, Austin    SR Florida           4:19.10    4:18.16  \r\n    r:+0.65  23.18        49.18 (26.00)\r\n        1:15.46 (26.28)     1:42.03 (26.57)\r\n        2:08.29 (26.26)     2:34.40 (26.11)\r\n        3:00.41 (26.01)     3:26.56 (26.15)\r\n        3:52.60 (26.04)     4:18.16 (25.56)\r\n 23 Powell, Garrett        SR Georgia           4:17.36    4:18.22  \r\n    r:+0.66  23.35        48.42 (25.07)\r\n        1:13.83 (25.41)     1:39.55 (25.72)\r\n        2:05.27 (25.72)     2:31.36 (26.09)\r\n        2:57.75 (26.39)     3:24.46 (26.71)\r\n        3:51.47 (27.01)     4:18.22 (26.75)\r\n 24 Thomson, Danny         SR Stanford          4:14.61    4:18.35  \r\n    r:+0.73  23.38        48.68 (25.30)\r\n        1:14.37 (25.69)     1:40.20 (25.83)\r\n        2:06.43 (26.23)     2:32.78 (26.35)\r\n        2:59.32 (26.54)     3:25.82 (26.50)\r\n        3:52.55 (26.73)     4:18.35 (25.80)\r\n 25 Koski, Matias          SR Georgia           4:15.74    4:18.63  \r\n    r:+0.72  23.50        49.10 (25.60)\r\n        1:15.11 (26.01)     1:41.36 (26.25)\r\n        2:07.22 (25.86)     2:33.15 (25.93)\r\n        2:59.01 (25.86)     3:25.56 (26.55)\r\n        3:52.31 (26.75)     4:18.63 (26.32)\r\n 26 McKee, Anton           JR Alabama           4:17.46    4:18.93  \r\n    r:+0.70  23.80        49.36 (25.56)\r\n        1:15.28 (25.92)     1:40.97 (25.69)\r\n        2:06.82 (25.85)     2:32.98 (26.16)\r\n        2:59.06 (26.08)     3:25.37 (26.31)\r\n        3:52.13 (26.76)     4:18.93 (26.80)\r\n 27 Campbell, Henry        SO UNC               4:17.72    4:19.03  \r\n    r:+0.75  23.71        49.28 (25.57)\r\n        1:15.10 (25.82)     1:41.02 (25.92)\r\n        2:07.22 (26.20)     2:33.74 (26.52)\r\n        3:00.34 (26.60)     3:26.96 (26.62)\r\n        3:53.28 (26.32)     4:19.03 (25.75)\r\n 28 Hogan, Brian           SR Yale              4:19.94    4:19.07  \r\n    r:+0.70  23.71        49.45 (25.74)\r\n        1:15.73 (26.28)     1:41.94 (26.21)\r\n        2:08.47 (26.53)     2:35.04 (26.57)\r\n        3:01.49 (26.45)     3:27.85 (26.36)\r\n        3:54.10 (26.25)     4:19.07 (24.97)\r\n 29 Tolosa, Juan           SR Arizona St        4:20.18    4:19.55  \r\n    r:+0.76  24.14        49.99 (25.85)\r\n        1:16.19 (26.20)     1:42.42 (26.23)\r\n        2:08.80 (26.38)     2:34.84 (26.04)\r\n        3:00.99 (26.15)     3:27.23 (26.24)\r\n        3:53.68 (26.45)     4:19.55 (25.87)\r\n 30 Lewis, Sam             SR Texas             4:22.15    4:19.78  \r\n    r:+0.65  23.48        48.63 (25.15)\r\n        1:14.00 (25.37)     1:40.21 (26.21)\r\n        2:06.68 (26.47)     2:33.12 (26.44)\r\n        2:59.67 (26.55)     3:26.59 (26.92)\r\n        3:53.68 (27.09)     4:19.78 (26.10)\r\n 31 Harting, Zach          FR Louisville        4:19.75    4:19.85  \r\n    r:+0.68  23.50        49.45 (25.95)\r\n        1:15.91 (26.46)     1:42.40 (26.49)\r\n        2:08.76 (26.36)     2:35.51 (26.75)\r\n        3:01.89 (26.38)     3:28.30 (26.41)\r\n        3:54.43 (26.13)     4:19.85 (25.42)\r\n 32 Burns, Janardana       JR California        4:16.47    4:20.02  \r\n    r:+0.77  23.40        48.76 (25.36)\r\n        1:14.36 (25.60)     1:40.37 (26.01)\r\n        2:06.44 (26.07)     2:32.84 (26.40)\r\n        2:59.46 (26.62)     3:26.13 (26.67)\r\n        3:53.28 (27.15)     4:20.02 (26.74)\r\n 33 Higgins, Kyle          JR Kentucky          4:20.36    4:20.45  \r\n    r:+0.67  23.65        49.83 (26.18)\r\n        1:16.18 (26.35)     1:42.77 (26.59)\r\n        2:09.58 (26.81)     2:35.61 (26.03)\r\n        3:01.98 (26.37)     3:28.59 (26.61)\r\n        3:54.83 (26.24)     4:20.45 (25.62)\r\n 34 Kao, Ryan              SO California        4:16.86    4:20.63  \r\n    r:+0.68  23.74        49.40 (25.66)\r\n        1:15.38 (25.98)     1:41.65 (26.27)\r\n        2:07.96 (26.31)     2:34.41 (26.45)\r\n        3:00.98 (26.57)     3:27.64 (26.66)\r\n        3:54.57 (26.93)     4:20.63 (26.06)\r\n 35 Perry, Barkley         JR Arizona St        4:20.67    4:20.79  \r\n    r:+0.65  23.98        49.85 (25.87)\r\n        1:15.84 (25.99)     1:42.25 (26.41)\r\n        2:09.05 (26.80)     2:36.00 (26.95)\r\n        3:02.19 (26.19)     3:28.12 (25.93)\r\n        3:54.33 (26.21)     4:20.79 (26.46)\r\n 36 Frayler, Arthur        SR Florida           4:18.55    4:21.56  \r\n    r:+0.73  23.92        49.76 (25.84)\r\n        1:15.99 (26.23)     1:42.43 (26.44)\r\n        2:08.91 (26.48)     2:35.11 (26.20)\r\n        3:01.43 (26.32)     3:28.06 (26.63)\r\n        3:54.79 (26.73)     4:21.56 (26.77)\r\n 37 Irwin, Max             JR Indiana           4:17.19    4:21.81  \r\n    r:+0.74  23.85        50.23 (26.38)\r\n        1:16.56 (26.33)     1:42.97 (26.41)\r\n        2:09.25 (26.28)     2:35.73 (26.48)\r\n        3:01.99 (26.26)     3:28.65 (26.66)\r\n        3:55.73 (27.08)     4:21.81 (26.08)\r\n 38 Bekemeyer, Cody        FR S Carolina        4:19.95    4:21.99  \r\n    r:+0.66  24.15        50.04 (25.89)\r\n        1:16.34 (26.30)     1:43.00 (26.66)\r\n        2:09.75 (26.75)     2:36.18 (26.43)\r\n        3:02.90 (26.72)     3:29.40 (26.50)\r\n        3:55.84 (26.44)     4:21.99 (26.15)\r\n 38 Litherland, Mick       SO Georgia           4:22.40    4:21.99  \r\n    r:+0.76  24.39        50.89 (26.50)\r\n        1:17.61 (26.72)     1:44.33 (26.72)\r\n        2:11.33 (27.00)     2:37.79 (26.46)\r\n        3:04.46 (26.67)     3:30.98 (26.52)\r\n        3:57.05 (26.07)     4:21.99 (24.94)\r\n 40 Fowler, Ty             JR Arizona           4:19.62    4:22.13  \r\n    r:+0.73  24.43        50.28 (25.85)\r\n        1:16.38 (26.10)     1:42.85 (26.47)\r\n        2:09.66 (26.81)     2:36.36 (26.70)\r\n        3:03.06 (26.70)     3:29.68 (26.62)\r\n        3:56.40 (26.72)     4:22.13 (25.73)\r\n 41 Hyogo, Kei             SO Yale              4:17.66    4:22.25  \r\n    r:+0.70  24.10        49.91 (25.81)\r\n        1:16.23 (26.32)     1:42.64 (26.41)\r\n        2:09.22 (26.58)     2:35.98 (26.76)\r\n        3:03.02 (27.04)     3:30.15 (27.13)\r\n        3:56.99 (26.84)     4:22.25 (25.26)\r\n 42 Bunch, Dylan           SR Denver            4:18.06    4:22.50  \r\n    r:+0.78  23.83      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