﻿{"id":247733,"date":"2017-03-22T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=247733"},"modified":"2017-03-22T19:58:30","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T02:58:30","slug":"three-freshmen-that-could-rock-the-200-free-at-mens-ncaas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/three-freshmen-that-could-rock-the-200-free-at-mens-ncaas\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Freshmen That Could Rock the 200 Free at Men&#8217;s NCAA&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Written by Benny Liang, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One year ago at Georgia Tech\u2019s McAuley Aquatic Center, Texas freshman <strong>Townley Haas<\/strong> broke out into the NCAA Division I scene, winning the 500 free in a time of 4:09.00. He surprised all of us by knocking off several returning All-Americans, including defending champion <strong>Clark Smith<\/strong>. Little did we know that this was just a sign of greater things to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The next evening Haas tore apart the 200 free A-final, not only winning by over a second, but also breaking <strong>Simon Burnett\u2019s<\/strong> legendary record of 1:31.20 in the process. It\u2019s rare to see a freshman on the podium, even more so to be on top of it. This year brings three newcomers who will challenge returning veterans for top placings in the 200 freestyle.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maxime Rooney (Florida)<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_152726\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152726\" data-attachment-id=\"152726\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/maxime-rooney-2015-fina-world-juniors-1-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/maxime-rooney-2015-fina-world-juniors-1-21.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Singapore Swimming Federation&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"maxime-rooney-2015-fina-world-juniors-1 (2)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;maxime-rooney-2015-fina-world-juniors-1 (2)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Singapore Swimming Federation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/maxime-rooney-2015-fina-world-juniors-1-21-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/maxime-rooney-2015-fina-world-juniors-1-21-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-152726\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/maxime-rooney-2015-fina-world-juniors-1-21-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"maxime-rooney-2015-fina-world-juniors-1 (2)\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-152726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Singapore Swimming Federation<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The youngest of the three, Rooney is a member of the US National Team and the Junior World Record-Holder in the 200 free. He is also the 17-18 NAG Record-Holder in the 200 free which he set at 1:32.18. This time, from the SEC Championships, puts Rooney as the sixth fastest seed going into the meet. Coming into college Rooney\u2019s best time in the 200 free was a 1:34.57, so his improvement curve suggests that he isn\u2019t slowing down anytime soon. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the University of Florida, Rooney has the opportunity to train with some of the best freestyle talent in the country. Rooney joins Fastest-Freestyler-Ever <strong>Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> and returning 200 free All-Americans<strong> Jan Switkowski<\/strong> and <strong>Mitch D\u2019Arrigo<\/strong> to form a solid freestyle group. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cameron Craig (ASU)<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_245619\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-245619\" data-attachment-id=\"245619\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/off-deck-march-10-2017-cameron-craig-recaps-breakout-pac-12s\/cameron-craig-200-free-pac-12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cameron-craig-200-free-pac-12-e1489118027440.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cameron-craig-200-free-pac-12\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;cameron-craig-200-free-pac-12&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Chuckarelei\/Pac-12&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cameron-craig-200-free-pac-12-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cameron-craig-200-free-pac-12-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-245619\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cameron-craig-200-free-pac-12-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"cameron-craig-200-free-pac-12\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-245619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Chuckarelei\/Pac-12<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cameron Craig has flourished under the tutelage of <strong>Bob Bowman<\/strong> at Arizona State. Bowman, the head coach for the Team USA men at the 2016 Rio Olympics, is well known as the long-time coach of North Baltimore&#8217;s <strong>Michael Phelps<\/strong>. Since Phelps\u2019s retirement, Bowman has taken the Sun Devils to new heights. This year ASU finished fourth at the Men&#8217;s PAC-12 Championships, something they haven\u2019t done in almost a decade, and only the fourth time to do so in the last 20 years. Since 1961, there have only been five years where ASU placed higher than fourth. While Bowman\u2019s influence clearly has had an effect on the team, it is ultimately the swimmers that get the job done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the USA Swimming database, Craig\u2019s best times from high school were 44.08 in the 100 free and 1:38.40 in the 200 free. Since then he has improved a jaw-dropping two seconds in the 100 and almost seven in the 200. His times of 41.95 and 1:31.71 are ranked sixth and second, respectively, in the country this year. These times are from the PAC-12 Championships, where Craig faced off against the likes of veterans <strong>Santo Condorelli<\/strong>, <strong>Dylan Carter<\/strong>, and <strong>Long Gutierrez<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dean Farris (Harvard)<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_191120\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191120\" data-attachment-id=\"191120\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/margaret-aroesty-completes-breaststroke-sweep-during-day-4-finals-of-2016-ncsa-juniors\/dean-farris-at-2016-ncsa-juniors\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dean-farris-at-2016-ncsa-juniors.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T5i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1458281436&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;300&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dean-farris-at-2016-ncsa-juniors\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2\/24\/2017&lt;br \/&gt;\ndean-farris-at-2016-ncsa-juniors&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Taylor Brien&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dean-farris-at-2016-ncsa-juniors-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dean-farris-at-2016-ncsa-juniors-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-191120\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dean-farris-at-2016-ncsa-juniors-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"dean-farris-at-2016-ncsa-juniors\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-191120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Taylor Brien<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the sole representative of the Ivy League in the 200 freestyle, all eyes will be on Farris during friday\u2019s preliminaries. Farris will be in the hot-seat from the start; his time of 1:31.56 is the fastest time in the country this year. For reference to last years championships,<strong> Matias Koski<\/strong> of Georgia swam a time of 1:31.54, where he finished second. Harvard hasn&#8217;t\u00a0won an event at the NCAA Championships since <strong>David Berkoff<\/strong> in 1987, but Farris might have something to say about that. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Farris shook up the scene at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships this year. He won all three of his individual events, setting meet records in the 100 back and 200 free, and missed the meet record in the 100 free by a tenth. His 100 free time of 42.06 puts him at eighth in the country this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last year, only two swimmers cracked 1:32 in the 200 freestyle final. This year there are already four swimmers under the barrier, with two more whose best times are sub 1:32 (<strong>Jack Conger<\/strong> and <strong>Townley Haas<\/strong>). Regardless of how the results turn out, you can be sure that the 200 free will be one of the most heated races of the night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Division I Men\u2019s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships kick off Wednesday, March 22nd at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Benny Liang, Swimming World College Intern One year ago at Georgia Tech\u2019s McAuley Aquatic Center, Texas freshman Townley Haas broke out into the NCAA Division I scene, winning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4287,"featured_media":244992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,17],"tags":[60257,49412,10818,32394,48811,25617,27596,36898,25631,32647],"class_list":["post-247733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","category-commentary","tag-2017-ncaa-division-i-mens-championships","tag-benny-liang","tag-bob-bowman","tag-cameron-craig","tag-dean-farris","tag-dylan-carter","tag-jack-conger","tag-maxime-rooney","tag-santo-condorelli","tag-townley-haas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Three Freshmen That Could Rock the 200 Free at Men&#039;s NCAA&#039;s - Swimming World<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One year ago at Georgia Tech\u2019s McAuley Aquatic Center, Texas freshman Townley Haas broke out into the NCAA Division I scene, winning the 500 free in a time of 4:09.00. 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