{"id":26859,"date":"2011-03-25T19:41:54","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T00:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2011\/03\/ncaa-division-i-mens-championships-georgias-bill-cregar-nabs-400-im-crown\/"},"modified":"2015-08-19T11:15:33","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T18:15:33","slug":"ncaa-division-i-mens-championships-georgias-bill-cregar-nabs-400-im-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-i-mens-championships-georgias-bill-cregar-nabs-400-im-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Division I Men&#8217;s Championships: Georgia&#8217;s Bill Cregar Nabs 400 IM Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Visit Swimming World&#39;s <a href=http:\/\/tv.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/events\/2011-ncaa-division-i-mens-championships target=_blank>Event Landing Page<\/a> for complete coverage of the meet.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 25. IN a close battle with a surging Kyle Whitaker of Michigan, Georgia&#39;s Bill Cregar snatched the 400-yard IM title away from Michigan for the first time in five years.  <\/p>\n<p>Cregar clocked a time of 3:40.97 to move to 15th in the all time performers list, becoming the first Bulldog to win the event since Robert Margalis claimed the title with a 3:39.92 back in 2003. <\/p>\n<p>Whitaker, meanwhile, finished second with a 3:41.69 to miss his bid for a fifth consecutive victory by Michigan in the event.  Previously, Alex Vanderkaay (2007, 08) and Tyler Clary (2009, 10) had kept the title in Ann Arbor the last four years.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina&#39;s Tyler Harris (3:42.49), Arizona&#39;s Austen Thompson (3:43.59), Californai&#39;s Martin Liivamagi (3:44.46), Florida&#39;s Mike Joyce (3:45.03), Texas&#39; Bryan Collins (3:45.11) and North Carolina&#39;s Tom Luchsinger (3:47.04) also scored championship final points.<\/p>\n<p>Florida&#39;s Conor Dwyer won the B final heat with a 3:42.49, while Texas&#39; Austin Surhoff finished 10th overall in 3:44.35. Stanford&#39;s Matt Thompson (3:44.82), California&#39;s Ben Hinshaw (3:45.76), Florida&#39;s Connor Signorin (3:45.82), Virginia&#39;s Matt Houser (3:45.89), Ohio State&#39;s Justin Farra (3:46.97) and Georgia&#39;s Peter Benner (3:50.12) completed the scoring in the consolation heat. <\/p>\n<p>California maintained its one-point lead over Texas, 193-192, in the team title race. 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