{"id":248736,"date":"2017-03-25T06:39:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T13:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=248736"},"modified":"2017-03-25T09:02:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T16:02:40","slug":"2017-ncaa-d1-mens-swim-dive-championships-texas-en-route-to-championship-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-ncaa-d1-mens-swim-dive-championships-texas-en-route-to-championship-title\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 NCAA D1 Men&#8217;s Swim &#038; Dive Championships: Texas En Route to Championship Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three veterans of the NCAA scene will be looking to defend their national titles as the final night of competition approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ryan Murphy\u00a0<\/strong>(200 back), Florida&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> (100 free), and Texas&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Will Licon<\/strong> (200 breast) all return as the defending national champions in their respective races and for Murphy and Licon it will be their final individual races as Division I athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Texas continues on their path toward a third-straight, and 13th overall, national championship title as they lead the team scores by over 100 points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Events<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>200 Back<\/li>\n<li>100 Free<\/li>\n<li>200 Breast<\/li>\n<li>200 Fly<\/li>\n<li>400 Free Relay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>200 Back<\/h3>\n<p>American Record: 1:35.73 &#8211; Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016)<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Open Record:\u00a01:35.73 &#8211; Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016)<\/p>\n<p>NCAA Record:\u00a01:35.73 &#8211; Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016)<\/p>\n<p>Meet Record:\u00a01:35.73 &#8211; Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016)<\/p>\n<p>The three-time defending champion, Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ryan Murphy<\/strong>, prepared for his second four-peat by grabbing the top seed in the 200 back. Murphy stopped the clock at a 1:38.22 to set a new pool record on his way to the top seed.<\/p>\n<p>USC&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Patrick Mulcare\u00a0<\/strong>posted a close 1:38.56 to pick up the second place seed, while Texas&#8217;\u00a0<strong>John Shebat\u00a0<\/strong>qualified third with a 1:38.67. Shebat&#8217;s time takes down Texas alum and former-World Record holder\u00a0<strong>Aaron\u00a0Persil&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>school record of 1:39.16.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grigory Tarasevich\u00a0<\/strong>of Louisville picked up the fourth place seed with a 1:38.74, followed by Texas&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Jonathan Roberts<\/strong> and his time of 1:39.05.<\/p>\n<p>Denver&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Anton Loncar<\/strong> (1:39.29), Missouri&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Carter Griffin<\/strong> (1:39.46), and Alabama&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Connor Oslin\u00a0<\/strong>(1:39.83) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n<pre>  1 Murphy, Ryan           SR California        1:38.07    1:38.22P \r\n    r:+0.56  23.23        48.56 (25.33)\r\n        1:13.77 (25.21)     1:38.22 (24.45)\r\n  2 Mulcare, Patrick       SO Southern Cali     1:39.37    1:38.56  \r\n    r:+0.67  23.60        48.87 (25.27)\r\n        1:13.48 (24.61)     1:38.56 (25.08)\r\n  3 Shebat, John           SO Texas             1:39.74    1:38.67  \r\n    r:+0.63  22.75        47.81 (25.06)\r\n        1:13.32 (25.51)     1:38.67 (25.35)\r\n  4 Tarasevich, Grigory    SR Louisville        1:39.05    1:38.74  \r\n    r:+0.55  23.62        48.60 (24.98)\r\n        1:13.58 (24.98)     1:38.74 (25.16)\r\n  5 Roberts, Jonathan      JR Texas             1:39.87    1:39.05  \r\n    r:+0.70  23.18        48.15 (24.97)\r\n        1:13.64 (25.49)     1:39.05 (25.41)\r\n  6 Loncar, Anton          JR Denver            1:40.33    1:39.29  \r\n    r:+0.62  23.44        48.34 (24.90)\r\n        1:13.72 (25.38)     1:39.29 (25.57)\r\n  7 Griffin, Carter        SR Missouri          1:40.51    1:39.46  \r\n    r:+0.57  23.68        48.86 (25.18)\r\n        1:14.07 (25.21)     1:39.46 (25.39)\r\n  8 Oslin, Connor          SR Alabama           1:40.35    1:39.83  \r\n    r:+0.57  23.49        48.98 (25.49)\r\n        1:14.62 (25.64)     1:39.83 (25.21)<\/pre>\n<h3>100 Free<\/h3>\n<p>American Record: 40.46 &#8211; Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2016)<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Open Record:\u00a040.46 &#8211; Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2016)<\/p>\n<p>NCAA Record:\u00a040.46 &#8211; Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2016)<\/p>\n<p>Meet Record:\u00a040.46 &#8211; Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2016)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> of Florida set himself up to properly defend his title in the 100 free by flirting with the 41-second mark. The junior, who shocked the collegiate swimming world with a new American record in the 100 fly yesterday, posted a 41.00 to snag the top time.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow 2016 Olympian and junior at NC State,\u00a0<strong>Ryan Held<\/strong>, turned in the second fastest time of the morning at a 41.34.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Michael Chadwick<\/strong> will round out the top three qualifiers with a 41.58, followed by USC&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Dylan Carter<\/strong> and his 41.73.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam Perry\u00a0<\/strong>of Stanford picked up a close fifth place seed with a 41.77, just ahead of Indiana&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Blake Pieroni&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>41.89.<\/p>\n<p>USC&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Santo Condorelli<\/strong> and Texas&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Brett Ringgold<\/strong> were seventh and eighth with times of 41.92 and 41.96 respectively.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Dressel, Caeleb        JR Florida             41.24      41.00  \r\n    r:+0.60  19.90        41.00 (21.10)\r\n  2 Held, Ryan             JR NC State            41.61      41.34  \r\n    r:+0.65  19.61        41.34 (21.73)\r\n  3 Chadwick, Michael      SR Missouri            41.80      41.58  \r\n    r:+0.65  19.84        41.58 (21.74)\r\n  4 Carter, Dylan          JR Southern Cali       42.14      41.73  \r\n    r:+0.58  20.03        41.73 (21.70)\r\n  5 Perry, Sam             JR Stanford            42.24      41.77  \r\n    r:+0.60  19.68        41.77 (22.09)\r\n  6 Pieroni, Blake         JR Indiana             41.44      41.89  \r\n    r:+0.63  19.76        41.89 (22.13)\r\n  7 Condorelli, Santo      JR Southern Cali       42.78      41.92  \r\n    r:+0.63  19.66        41.92 (22.26)\r\n  8 Ringgold, Brett        JR Texas               42.39      41.96  \r\n    r:+0.68  19.93        41.96 (22.03)<\/pre>\n<h3>200 Breast<\/h3>\n<p>American Record: 1:48.12 &#8211; Will Licon, Texas (2016)<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Open Record:\u00a01:48.12 &#8211; Will Licon, Texas (2016)<\/p>\n<p>NCAA Record:\u00a01:48.12 &#8211; Will Licon, Texas (2016)<\/p>\n<p>Meet Record:\u00a01:48.12 &#8211; Will Licon, Texas (2016)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will Licon<\/strong> of Texas blasted past the competition in prelims of the 200 breast, qualifying more than two seconds ahead of the field with a 1:49.80. Licon will look to defend his title and add a third individual gold to his name for the 2017 championships.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Anton McKee\u00a0<\/strong>posted a 1:51.99 to claim the second place seed, followed closely by Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Mauro Castillo Luna<\/strong> and his time of 1:52.01.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brandon Fiala<\/strong> of Virginia Tech touched fourth in prelims with a 1:52.52, while Purdue&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Marat Amaltdinov<\/strong> qualified fifth with a 1:52.79.<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Nils Wich-Glasen<\/strong> (1:53.04), Louisville&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Carlos Claverie<\/strong> (1:53.45), and Notre Dame&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Trent Jackson<\/strong> (1:53.58) completed the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Licon, Will            SR Texas             1:49.89    1:49.80  \r\n    r:+0.74  25.35        53.17 (27.82)\r\n        1:21.47 (28.30)     1:49.80 (28.33)\r\n  2 McKee, Anton           SR Alabama           1:52.22    1:51.99  \r\n    r:+0.64  25.14        53.42 (28.28)\r\n        1:22.49 (29.07)     1:51.99 (29.50)\r\n  3 Castillo Luna, Mauro   JR TAMU              1:53.84    1:52.01  \r\n    r:+0.61  25.32        53.77 (28.45)\r\n        1:22.34 (28.57)     1:52.01 (29.67)\r\n  4 Fiala, Brandon         SR VT                1:52.39    1:52.52  \r\n    r:+0.64  24.97        53.31 (28.34)\r\n        1:22.55 (29.24)     1:52.52 (29.97)\r\n  5 Amaltdinov, Marat      JR Purdue            1:52.89    1:52.79  \r\n    r:+0.79  25.68        54.34 (28.66)\r\n        1:23.27 (28.93)     1:52.79 (29.52)\r\n  6 Wich-Glasen, Nils      JR South Carolina    1:52.41    1:53.04  \r\n    r:+0.68  25.44        53.98 (28.54)\r\n        1:23.13 (29.15)     1:53.04 (29.91)\r\n  7 Claverie, Carlos       JR Louisville        1:53.19    1:53.45  \r\n    r:+0.71  25.93        55.46 (29.53)\r\n        1:24.19 (28.73)     1:53.45 (29.26)\r\n  8 Jackson, Trent         SR Notre Dame        1:53.52    1:53.58  \r\n    r:+0.71  25.77        54.14 (28.37)\r\n        1:23.69 (29.55)     1:53.58 (29.89)<\/pre>\n<h3>200 Fly<\/h3>\n<p>American Record: 1:38.06 &#8211; Jack Conger, Texas (2016)<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Open Record: 1:37.97 &#8211; Joseph Schooling, Texas (2016)<\/p>\n<p>NCAA Record:\u00a01:37.97 &#8211; Joseph Schooling, Texas (2016)<\/p>\n<p>Meet Record:\u00a01:37.97 &#8211; Joseph Schooling, Texas (2016)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack Conger\u00a0<\/strong>of Texas secured the top seed in the prelims of the 200 fly, stopping the clock at a 1:39.88. The senior holds the American record at a 1:38.06 from last year&#8217;s NCAA Championships, but will look to secure his first title in the event after teammate and defending champion,\u00a0<strong>Joseph Schooling<\/strong>, failed to make finals.<\/p>\n<p>Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Quah Zheng\u00a0<\/strong>posted a second place qualifying time of 1:40.44, followed closely by the Georgia duo of\u00a0<strong>Gunnar Bentz<\/strong> (1:40.61) and\u00a0<strong>Chase Kalisz<\/strong> (1:40.62).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrea Vazaios<\/strong> of NC State grabbed the fifth place seed with a 1:40.77, while Georgia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Pace Clark<\/strong> added to the Bulldog&#8217;s presence with a 1:40.98 for sixth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrew Seliskar<\/strong> of Cal and\u00a0<strong>Justin Wright\u00a0<\/strong>of Arizona turned in times of 1:41.16 and 1:41.38 for the seventh and eighth place seeds respectively.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                     === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Conger, Jack           SR Texas             1:39.17    1:39.88  \r\n    r:+0.68  22.05        47.37 (25.32)\r\n        1:13.16 (25.79)     1:39.88 (26.72)\r\n  2 Quah, Zheng            FR California        1:40.36    1:40.44  \r\n    r:+0.63  22.70        48.40 (25.70)\r\n        1:14.55 (26.15)     1:40.44 (25.89)\r\n  3 Bentz, Gunnar          JR Georgia           1:43.06    1:40.61  \r\n    r:+0.71  22.73        48.30 (25.57)\r\n        1:14.57 (26.27)     1:40.61 (26.04)\r\n  4 Kalisz, Chase          SR Georgia           1:40.38    1:40.62  \r\n    r:+0.71  22.83        48.29 (25.46)\r\n        1:14.13 (25.84)     1:40.62 (26.49)\r\n  5 Vazaios, Andreas       JR NC State          1:41.42    1:40.77  \r\n    r:+0.71  23.10        48.59 (25.49)\r\n        1:14.46 (25.87)     1:40.77 (26.31)\r\n  6 Clark, Pace            SR Georgia           1:40.87    1:40.98  \r\n    r:+0.60  22.58        48.38 (25.80)\r\n        1:14.41 (26.03)     1:40.98 (26.57)\r\n  7 Seliskar, Andrew       SO California        1:40.74    1:41.16  \r\n    r:+0.62  22.54        48.28 (25.74)\r\n        1:14.07 (25.79)     1:41.16 (27.09)\r\n  8 Wright, Justin         JR Arizona           1:41.88    1:41.38  \r\n    r:+0.60  23.45        49.34 (25.89)\r\n        1:15.36 (26.02)     1:41.38 (26.02)<\/pre>\n<h3>400 Free Relay<\/h3>\n<p>American Record: 2:47.02 &#8211; Texas (2009)<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Open Record: 2:46.03 &#8211; Auburn (2009)<\/p>\n<p>NCAA Record: 2:46.03 &#8211; Auburn (2009)<\/p>\n<p>Meet Record: 2:46.56 &#8211; Auburn (2007)<\/p>\n<p>A trio of teams swam beneath the existing pool record of 2:48.33 on their way to qualifying for the final race of the 2017 Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Texas&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Townley Haas<\/strong> was able to hold off a charging\u00a0<strong>Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> to secure the top seed for Texas in the 400 free relay. Haas (anchor, 41.41) combined with teammates\u00a0<strong>Jeremy Nichols<\/strong> (43.31),\u00a0<strong>Brett Ringgold<\/strong> (41.27) and\u00a0<strong>Tate Jackson<\/strong> (41.79) to post the top qualifying time and a new pool record at a 2:47.78.<\/p>\n<p>Dressel (40.67) anchored the Florida Gators to a second place qualifying time of 2:47.90. Teammates\u00a0<strong>Maxime Rooney<\/strong> (42.72),\u00a0<strong>Jan Switkowski<\/strong> (42.18), and\u00a0<strong>Mark Szaranek<\/strong> (42.33) combined to finish with a 2:47.90.<\/p>\n<p>USC&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Santo Condorelli\u00a0<\/strong>(42.22(,\u00a0<strong>Ralf Tribuntsov<\/strong> (41.71),\u00a0<strong>Dylan Carter\u00a0<\/strong>(41.51), and\u00a0<strong>Reed Malone<\/strong> (42.73) picked up the third place seed with a 2:48.17.<\/p>\n<p>Stanford qualified fourth with a 2:49.26, while NC State was fifth with a 2:49.34.<\/p>\n<p>Cal (2:49.58), Indiana (2:49.62), and ASU (2:49.64) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                       === Preliminaries ===                        <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Texas                               2:48.66    2:47.78P \r\n     1) Nichols, Jeremy SO            2) r:0.05 Ringgold, Brett JR    \r\n     3) r:0.26 Jackson, Tate SO       4) r:0.16 Haas, Townley SO      \r\n    r:+0.71  20.84        43.31 (43.31)\r\n        1:02.53 (19.22)     1:24.58 (41.27)\r\n        1:44.29 (19.71)     2:06.37 (41.79)\r\n        2:25.97 (19.60)     2:47.78 (41.41)\r\n  2 Florida                             2:47.09    2:47.90P \r\n     1) Rooney, Maxime FR             2) r:0.32 Switkowski, Jan JR    \r\n     3) r:0.37 Szaranek, Mark JR      4) r:0.39 Dressel, Caeleb JR    \r\n    r:+0.65  20.51        42.72 (42.72)\r\n        1:03.10 (20.38)     1:24.90 (42.18)\r\n        1:45.07 (20.17)     2:07.23 (42.33)\r\n        2:26.50 (19.27)     2:47.90 (40.67)\r\n  3 Southern Cali                       2:50.37    2:48.17P \r\n     1) Condorelli, Santo JR          2) r:0.23 Tribuntsov, Ralf JR   \r\n     3) r:0.33 Carter, Dylan JR       4) r:0.19 Malone, Reed SR       \r\n    r:+0.64  19.93        42.22 (42.22)\r\n        1:01.98 (19.76)     1:23.93 (41.71)\r\n        1:43.54 (19.61)     2:05.44 (41.51)\r\n        2:25.61 (20.17)     2:48.17 (42.73)\r\n  4 Stanford                            2:52.52    2:49.26  \r\n     1) Perry, Sam JR                 2) r:0.28 Liang, Andrew JR      \r\n     3) r:0.26 DeVine, Abrahm SO      4) r:0.09 Kremer, Tom SR        \r\n    r:+0.62  19.75        41.71 (41.71)\r\n        1:01.84 (20.13)     1:24.63 (42.92)\r\n        1:45.07 (20.44)     2:07.37 (42.74)\r\n        2:27.45 (20.08)     2:49.26 (41.89)\r\n  5 NC State                            2:48.14    2:49.34  \r\n     1) Ress, Justin SO               2) r:0.25 Held, Ryan JR         \r\n     3) r:0.41 Schiellerup, Anreas SR 4) r:0.28 Dahl, Soeren SR       \r\n    r:+0.65  20.56        42.86 (42.86)\r\n        1:02.15 (19.29)     1:23.87 (41.01)\r\n        1:44.35 (20.48)     2:07.28 (43.41)\r\n        2:27.01 (19.73)     2:49.34 (42.06)\r\n  6 California                          2:49.84    2:49.58  \r\n     1) Lynch, Justin JR              2) r:0.08 Murphy, Ryan SR       \r\n     3) r:0.33 Jensen, Michael FR     4) r:0.18 Gutierrez, Long SR    \r\n    r:+0.62  20.58        43.08 (43.08)\r\n        1:02.69 (19.61)     1:24.48 (41.40)\r\n        1:44.62 (20.14)     2:06.91 (42.43)\r\n        2:26.97 (20.06)     2:49.58 (42.67)\r\n  7 Indiana                             2:48.29    2:49.62  \r\n     1) Pieroni, Blake JR             2) r:0.29 Khalafalla, Ali JR    \r\n     3) r:0.26 Lorentz, Sam SR        4) r:0.29 Samy, Mohamed SO      \r\n    r:+0.63  20.24        42.30 (42.30)\r\n        1:02.16 (19.86)     1:24.31 (42.01)\r\n        1:44.37 (20.06)     2:07.00 (42.69)\r\n        2:27.23 (20.23)     2:49.62 (42.62)\r\n  8 ASU                                 2:48.95    2:49.64  \r\n     1) Craig, Cameron FR             2) r:0.30 Porter, Andrew JR     \r\n     3) r:0.40 Duskinas, Tadas SR     4) r:0.24 Bohus, Richard SR     \r\n    r:+0.63  20.33        42.45 (42.45)\r\n        1:02.45 (20.00)     1:25.49 (43.04)\r\n        1:45.50 (20.01)     2:07.64 (42.15)\r\n        2:27.40 (19.76)     2:49.64 (42.00)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three veterans of the NCAA scene will be looking to defend their national titles as the final night of competition approaches. 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