{"id":302368,"date":"2018-03-24T15:24:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T22:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=302368"},"modified":"2018-03-24T20:23:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T03:23:27","slug":"nc-state-takes-coveted-4x100-free-relay-title-texas-wins-14th-ncaa-team-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nc-state-takes-coveted-4x100-free-relay-title-texas-wins-14th-ncaa-team-title\/","title":{"rendered":"NC State Takes Coveted 4×100 Free Relay Title, Texas Wins 14th NCAA Team Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

The race for the team title was tighter than expected and set us up for some intense match-ups throughout the final session of the 2018 Division I men’s NCAA championships.<\/p>\n

Leading into tonight, the Indiana Hoosiers were in front with 325 points with the Texas Longhorns (306) and the California Bears (291.5) following behind.<\/p>\n

Beyond team rankings, several NCAA and American records were snapped tonight as Florida’s Caeleb Dressel<\/strong>\u00a0became the first man to dip under 40-seconds in tonight’s 100 free by swimming a 39.90.<\/p>\n

After Indiana’s Ian Finnerty<\/strong> set a new American record last night in the 100 breast, he followed that up with a win in the 200 distance, holding off a strong last 50 from Cal’s Andrew Seliskar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Texas senior Joseph Schooling<\/strong> failed to advance to the finals this morning when he swam a 1:43.34 for 26th. The Schooling-free final will brewed a battle between NC State’s Andreas Vazaios<\/strong> and Florida’s Jan Switkowski<\/strong>, where Vazaios came out on top with the victory, while the Gator senior touched second.<\/p>\n

The NC State men broke their own NCAA and American records in the 4×100 free relay to wrap up this year’s NCAA championships.<\/p>\n

For full results from this tonight’s finals, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tonight’s event included:<\/p>\n