{"id":301599,"date":"2018-03-21T16:19:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T23:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=301599"},"modified":"2018-03-21T16:55:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T23:55:44","slug":"blake-pieroni-becomes-first-man-under-130-in-200-free-leads-off-relay-in-129-62-townley-haas-also-under-old-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/blake-pieroni-becomes-first-man-under-130-in-200-free-leads-off-relay-in-129-62-townley-haas-also-under-old-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Pieroni Becomes First Man Under 1:30 in 200 Free, Leads Off Relay in 1:29.63; Townley Haas Also Under Old Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leading off Indiana&#8217;s 4&#215;200 free relay in the first event of the men&#8217;s NCAA championships, Indiana&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Blake Pieroni\u00a0<\/strong>became the first man to break 1:30 in the men&#8217;s 200-yard free. Pieroni came in at 1:29.63, annihilating the previous mark of 1:30.46 set by\u00a0Texas&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Townley Haas\u00a0<\/strong>two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Haas led off for Texas and swam two lanes over from Pieroni, and Haas finished under his old record as well, coming in at 1:30.41.<\/p>\n<p>NC State ended up edging Texas for the win in the relay, 6:05.31 to 6:06.01, both under the previous American record. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/justin-ress-anchors-nc-state-to-4x200-relay-victory-to-open-ncaas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A full recap of that event can be found here.<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2018-mens-ncaa-championships-day-one\/ncaa-college\/2018\/March\/21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>(FULL RESULTS)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 1  Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 6:06.53  3\/22\/2017 NC State\r\n                          R Held, A Vazaros, J Ress, S Dahl\r\n     American: A 6:08.61  3\/22\/2017 Texas\r\n                          J Conger, J Newkirk, C Smith, T Haas\r\n   U. 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