{"id":302658,"date":"2018-03-26T11:52:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T18:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=302658"},"modified":"2018-03-26T11:52:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T18:52:23","slug":"the-week-that-was-dressel-stuns-while-texas-battles-to-fourth-straight-ncaa-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-dressel-stuns-while-texas-battles-to-fourth-straight-ncaa-title\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Dressel Stuns While Texas Wins Fourth Straight NCAA Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In another incredibly busy week for short course swimming as the University of Texas pulled off another team title at the Men\u2019s NCAA Swimming &amp; Diving Championships while records fell at the meet left and right. Take a look below to catch up on the biggest swims from that meet and from the week in The Week That Was!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Week That Was -- March 26, 2018\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6y0ICexWfiI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #5 &#8211; Katerine Savard Pulls Out of Commonwealth Games<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_193743\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-canada-finals-5apr2016-photo-scott-grant-21\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193743\" data-attachment-id=\"193743\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-dressel-stuns-while-texas-battles-to-fourth-straight-ncaa-title\/swimming-canada-finals-5apr2016-photo-scott-grant-21\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Katerine-Savard-5apr2016-f-SG-63697.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1496\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Scott Grant\\\/Swimming Canada&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Swimming Canada-finals-5apr2016. Photo Scott Grant&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1459835384&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Scott Grant&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;300&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Swimming Canada-finals-5apr2016. Photo Scott Grant&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Katerine Savard-5apr2016-f-SG-63697\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Swimming Canada-finals-5apr2016. Photo Scott Grant Swimming Canada&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Katerine Savard &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Scott Grant\/Swimming Canada&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Katerine-Savard-5apr2016-f-SG-63697-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Katerine-Savard-5apr2016-f-SG-63697-1024x598.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-193743\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Katerine-Savard-5apr2016-f-SG-63697-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Swimming Canada-finals-5apr2016. Photo Scott Grant\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-193743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Scott Grant\/Swimming Canada<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olympic medalist <\/span><b>Katerine Savard <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadas-katerine-savard-pulls-out-of-commonwealth-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced this week she is withdrawing from the Commonwealth Games<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> next month due to health reasons. Savard is a two-time Olympian who is the reigning gold medalist from the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she set a Games Record (57.40) and also earned a bronze medal as part of Canada\u2019s 4&#215;100 medley relay. Most recently, Savard won a bronze medal as part of Canada\u2019s 4&#215;200 freestyle relay. The 24-year-old has qualified for every senior national team in Canada since 2010 and plans to compete at the Canadian Swimming Championships in Montreal from April 5-8. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #4 &#8211;<\/b> <b>Whitney Hite Out At Wisconsin After Seven Years<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_240192\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/whitney-hite-wisconsin-training\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-240192\" data-attachment-id=\"240192\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-dressel-stuns-while-texas-battles-to-fourth-straight-ncaa-title\/whitney-hite-wisconsin-training\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/whitney-hite-wisconsin-training.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1200\" 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=\"whitney-hite-wisconsin-training\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7\/2\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\nwhitney-hite-wisconsin-training&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: David Stluka, Wisconsin Athletic Communications&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/whitney-hite-wisconsin-training-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/whitney-hite-wisconsin-training-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-240192\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/whitney-hite-wisconsin-training-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"whitney-hite-wisconsin-training\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-240192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: David Stluka, Wisconsin Athletic Communications<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The University of Wisconsin confirmed that swimming head coach <\/span><b>Whitney Hite <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wisconsin-coach-whitney-hite-will-not-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be leaving the program after seven years<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Hite had a contract that was supposed to run through the 2020 season that was renewed just last year. Hite joined the Badgers in 2011, replacing <\/span><b>Eric Hanson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who then went to coach at the University of Arizona. Coaching both the men and women, Hite\u2019s men\u2019s team scored zero points at this year\u2019s NCAA Championships in Minneapolis. The women finished 17th and was highlighted by All-American <\/span><b>Beata Nelson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but Olympian <\/span><b>Cierra Runge\u00a0<\/b>left the program. She decided to transfer to Arizona State.<\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #3 &#8211; Regan Smith Sets NAG Records While ICSA Results Reversed<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_274618\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/regan-smith-28\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274618\" data-attachment-id=\"274618\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-dressel-stuns-while-texas-battles-to-fourth-straight-ncaa-title\/regan-smith-28\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/regan-smith-jr-worlds-2017-4608.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;E-M1MarkII&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;regan-smith-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1503659158&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;300&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;regan-smith-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"regan-smith-jr-worlds-2017 4608\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3\/22\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\n1\/12\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\n9\/29\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nregan-smith- 2017, FINA Jr. World Swimming Championships, Smith Regan&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/regan-smith-jr-worlds-2017-4608-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/regan-smith-jr-worlds-2017-4608-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-274618\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/regan-smith-jr-worlds-2017-4608-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"regan-smith-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-274618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week was also a big week for age group swimming across the United States, with 16-year-old <\/span><b>Regan Smith <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">smashing through two National Age Group records at the Akron Sectionals in the 200 back, 100 back and 100 fly. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/regan-smith-moves-to-no-4-all-time-in-200-back-at-akron-sectionals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smith swam a time of 1:48.30 in the 200 back, moving to fourth all-time in the event.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/regan-smith-breaks-nag-record-in-100-back\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She broke her own record in the 100 back twice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, recording a 51.28 in prelims before going on to post a 50.84 in finals to take the 15-16 NAG record even lower. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/regan-smith-lowers-100-fly-15-16-nag-record-at-akron-sectionals\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smith also set a new NAG record in the 100 fly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, clipping <\/span><b>Beata Nelson\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2014 record with a 51.63 to set a new 15-16 record. Meanwhile, records were dropping at the ICSA Junior Nationals in Lynchburg, Virginia before <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/legitimacy-of-times-at-isca-juniors-in-question\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">timing discrepancies called into question the legitimacy of the results<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. After confirming an issue with the Daktronics timing system setup, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/two-nag-records-taken-back-after-daktronics-timing-mishap\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">two of the five NAG records from the first four sessions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the meet were taken back, including <\/span><b>Michael Andrew\u2019s <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nag-meet-records-tumble-at-isca-jr-national-cup\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">50.79 in the 100 breast<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (adjusted to a 51.18, still a best time) and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michael-andrew-mason-manta-rays-set-nag-records-in-lynchburg\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mason Manta Rays 15-18 Boys 4&#215;50 medley relay<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can catch up on all the fast swimming across the U.S. from this week\u2019s sectionals and juniors <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/category\/usa\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><\/b><b>The Week That Was #2 &#8211; Emory Women, Denison Men Take Home Division III Titles<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_302446\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/crile-hart-200-back-ncaa-record-highlights-last-night-of-division-iii-as-emory-denison-celebrate-team-titles\/olympus-digital-camera-23\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-302446\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-302446\" data-attachment-id=\"302446\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/crile-hart-200-back-ncaa-record-highlights-last-night-of-division-iii-as-emory-denison-celebrate-team-titles\/olympus-digital-camera-23\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/denison-team-title.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;E-M1MarkII&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1521926306&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"denison-team-title\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3\/24\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\ndenison-big-red-team-title&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Linda Striggo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/denison-team-title-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/denison-team-title-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-302446\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/denison-team-title-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"denison-big-red-team-title\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-302446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Linda Striggo<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swimming at the famed IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/crile-hart-200-back-ncaa-record-highlights-last-night-of-division-iii-as-emory-denison-celebrate-team-titles\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Emory women and Denison men captured the 2018 Division III Swimming and Diving Championship titles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That marks the ninth straight team title for the Emory Eagles and the second title in three years for Denison. Kenyon freshman <\/span><b>Crile Hart <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Emory senior <\/span><b>Oliver Smith <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were named the CSCAA Swimmers of the Meet after a record-breaking week for both of them. Hart was a three-time champion and set new NCAA records in the 200 IM (1:58.29) and 200 back (1:55.67) while also winning the 100 back (53.61). Smith broke <\/span><b>Zack Turk\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">long-standing records in the 50 free (19.37) and 100 free (42.98) during the meet, becoming the first Division III swimmer under 43 seconds in the flat start 100. Notably, Denison\u2019s <\/span><b>KT Kustritz <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kt-kustritz-breaks-one-minute-in-100-breast-on-third-night-of-division-three-ncaa\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">broke the NCAA record in the 100 breast (59.77)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, becoming the first Division III swimmer to break 1:00 in the event and also took down the meet record in the 200 breast (2:12.27). The Emory women also broke the NCAA record in the 4&#215;50 medley relay (1:40.12), the 4&#215;100 free relay (3:18.46), the 4&#215;200 free relay (7:13.51). You can see full recaps of all the session from Division III NCAA\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2018-ncaa-division-iii-championships\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #1 &#8211; Texas Wins Fourteenth NCAA Title, Dressel Shatters Barriers<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_302475\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/texas-celebration-4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-302475\" data-attachment-id=\"302475\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-dressel-stuns-while-texas-battles-to-fourth-straight-ncaa-title\/texas-celebration-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/texas-celebration-2018-mncaa-4723.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;texas-celebration-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1521929253&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;texas-celebration-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"texas-celebration-2018-mncaa 4723\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3\/26\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\ntexas-celebration- 2018, Celebration, Men&#8217;s NCAA Swimming Championships, Swim Teams&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/texas-celebration-2018-mncaa-4723-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/texas-celebration-2018-mncaa-4723-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-302475\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/texas-celebration-2018-mncaa-4723-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"texas-celebration-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-302475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s men\u2019s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships was one for the record books, with an insane amount of NCAA and American records falling in the midst of a tight team battle that saw <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/texas-wins-4th-straight-14th-overall-ncaa-team-title\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texas win their fourth straight team title and fourteenth overall<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Florida senior and CSCAA Swimmer of the Meet <\/span><b>Caeleb Dressel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was a standout from the meet, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/floridas-caeleb-dressel-blasts-a-17-63-in-50-free\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">becoming the first man under 18 seconds in the 50<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (17.63), <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dressel-drops-42-80-100-fly-breaks-another-american-record-race-video\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">under 43 seconds in the 100 fly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (42.80), and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/floridas-caeleb-dressel-becomes-first-man-under-40-in-100-fre\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">under 40.0 in the 100 free<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (39.90). Also smashing through barriers was Texan <\/span><b>Townley Haas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/townley-haas-reclaims-200-free-american-record-wins-for-third-straight-year\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reclaimed his American and NCAA record in the 200 free<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1:29.50) after Indiana\u2019s <\/span><b>Blake Pieroni <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/shortest-night-longest-relay-history-for-nc-state-indiana-pieroni-ncaa-championships\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">became the first man under 1:30 leading off the 4&#215;200 free relay<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to open the meet. Indiana teammate <\/span><b>Ian Finnerty <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also had a huge meet, <\/span><a href=\"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\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">becoming the first person under 50.0 in the 100 breast<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (49.69). NC State also smashed the NCAA records in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/justin-ress-anchors-nc-state-to-4x200-relay-victory-to-open-ncaas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4&#215;200 free (6:05.31)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nc-state-wins-4x100-free-relay-sets-american-and-ncaa-records-again\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4&#215;100 free relays<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2:44.31) in a meet that was a tight battle down to the end. You can see race video, interviews, and full recaps of every session by clicking <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2018-ncaa-division-i-mens-swimming-and-diving-championships\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In another incredibly busy week for short course swimming as the University of Texas pulled off another team title at the Men\u2019s NCAA Swimming &amp; Diving Championships while records 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