{"id":361325,"date":"2019-03-29T16:29:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T23:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=361325"},"modified":"2020-02-18T20:51:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T03:51:19","slug":"vini-lanza-wins-indianas-first-100-fly-ncaa-title-since-mark-spitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/vini-lanza-wins-indianas-first-100-fly-ncaa-title-since-mark-spitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Vini Lanza Wins Indiana’s First 100 Fly NCAA Title Since Mark Spitz (Vintage Photo)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana senior\u00a0Vini Lanza<\/strong>, fresh off swimming the butterfly leg on Indiana’s 400 medley relay title, won the 100 fly on Friday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. Lanza swam a 44.37 to hold off a strong last turn from NC State junior\u00a0Coleman Stewart<\/strong>. Lanza won Indiana’s first 100 fly NCAA title since\u00a0Mark Spitz\u00a0<\/strong>won four straight (1969-72).<\/p>\n

The race played out between Lanza and Stewart at the finish for first and second but Michigan’s\u00a0Miles Smachlo\u00a0<\/strong>ran down everyone in the field to sneak in for third place from lane eight. Smachlo was a 23.78 on the final 50 and finished at 44.84.<\/p>\n

Florida’s\u00a0Maxime Rooney\u00a0<\/strong>placed fourth for the Gators at 44.99.<\/p>\n

Lanza moved up to sixth all-time with his swim while Stewart moved up to seventh.<\/p>\n

Georgia’s\u00a0Camden Murphy\u00a0<\/strong>(45.03), Cal’s\u00a0Zheng Quah\u00a0<\/strong>(45.06), Cal’s\u00a0Ryan Hoffer\u00a0<\/strong>(45.14) and Arizona’s\u00a0Chatham Dobbs\u00a0<\/strong>(45.39) also swam in the A-Final.<\/p>\n

Indiana now has seven NCAA titles in the 100 fly, but their first in almost 50 years. Lanza joins\u00a0Mike Troy\u00a0<\/strong>(1960),\u00a0Fred Schmidt\u00a0<\/strong>(1965) and Spitz (1969-72) as winners of the event for the Hoosiers.<\/p>\n

All-Time List:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Caeleb Dressel<\/strong>, Florida, 42.80 (2018)<\/li>\n
  2. Joseph Schooling<\/strong>, Texas, 43.75 (2017)<\/li>\n
  3. Tom Shields<\/strong>, Cal, 43.84 (2016)<\/li>\n
  4. Austin Staab<\/strong>, Stanford, 44.18 (2009)<\/li>\n
  5. Jack Conger<\/strong>, Texas, 44.35 (2017)<\/li>\n
  6. Vini Lanza<\/strong>, Indiana, 44.37 (2019)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Coleman Stewart<\/strong>, NC State, 44.46 (2019)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Jan Switkwoski<\/strong>, Florida, 44.49 (2018)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n