{"id":361326,"date":"2019-03-29T16:43:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T23:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=361326"},"modified":"2020-02-07T12:32:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T19:32:23","slug":"andrew-seliskar-wins-star-studded-200-free-ncaa-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/andrew-seliskar-wins-star-studded-200-free-ncaa-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Seliskar Wins Star-Studded 200 Free NCAA Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

In one of the most highly anticipated races of the meet, Cal senior\u00a0Andrew Seliskar\u00a0<\/strong>rose to the occasion in the 200 free final on Friday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. Seliskar swam a 1:30.14 to take down Texas senior\u00a0Townley Haas<\/strong>, who has won the last three years. Haas didn’t look like himself out in lane seven as he was not out fast enough and ended up fading to fourth at 1:31.80.<\/p>\n

After one of the fastest 800 free relays ever on Wednesday night, many people expected a 1:28 to win the star studded final. But much like the women’s 200 free final last week, it was the race that won the day over the time. Indiana’s\u00a0Zach Apple\u00a0<\/strong>(1:31.55) finished in the runner-up spot for the highest individual finish in his career.<\/p>\n

Freshman\u00a0Drew Kibler\u00a0<\/strong>continued the lane eight third place streak as he snuck in there for a 1:31.76 ahead of senior teammate Haas.<\/p>\n

Texas was able to get back into the meet a little bit after not having any scorers in the first two events. Texas had three in the A-Final with Kibler, Haas and\u00a0Jeff Newkirk\u00a0<\/strong>(1:32.46).<\/p>\n

Ohio State’s\u00a0Paul DeLakis\u00a0<\/strong>(1:32.01), Louisville’s\u00a0Zach Harting\u00a0<\/strong>(1:32.24) and Missouri’s\u00a0Mikel Schreuders\u00a0<\/strong>(1:32.75) also swam in the A-Final.<\/p>\n

Cal now has five NCAA titles in the 200 free. Seliskar joins the likes of\u00a0Pelle Holmertz\u00a0<\/strong>(1982) and Matt Biondi\u00a0<\/strong>(1985-87) as winners of the event for the Golden Bears.<\/p>\n

 Event 10  Men 200 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:29.15  27-Mar-19 Dean Farris, Harvard\r\n         Meet: M 1:29.15  27-Mar-19 Dean Farris, Harvard\r\n     American: A 1:29.15  27-Mar-19 Dean Farris, Harvard\r\n   U. S. Open: O 1:29.15  27-Mar-19 Dean Farris, Harvard\r\n         Pool: P 1:29.15  27-Mar-19 Dean Farris, Harvard\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n                       === Championship Final ===                        <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Seliskar, Andrew       SR California        1:31.64    1:30.14   20  \r\n    r:+0.60  20.81        43.61 (22.80)\r\n        1:06.46 (22.85)     1:30.14 (23.68)\r\n  2 Apple, Zach            SR Indiana           1:32.17    1:31.55   17  \r\n    r:+0.63  20.76        43.42 (22.66)\r\n        1:06.84 (23.42)     1:31.55 (24.71)\r\n  3 Kibler, Drew           FR Texas             1:32.42    1:31.76   16  \r\n    r:+0.62  21.02        44.26 (23.24)\r\n        1:08.09 (23.83)     1:31.76 (23.67)\r\n  4 Haas, Townley          SR Texas             1:32.35    1:31.80   15  \r\n    r:+0.72  20.90        43.69 (22.79)\r\n        1:07.42 (23.73)     1:31.80 (24.38)\r\n  5 DeLakis, Paul          SO Ohio St           1:32.32    1:32.01   14  \r\n    r:+0.70  21.56        44.64 (23.08)\r\n        1:08.21 (23.57)     1:32.01 (23.80)\r\n  6 Harting, Zach          SR Louisville        1:32.41    1:32.24   13  \r\n    r:+0.62  21.79        45.39 (23.60)\r\n        1:08.68 (23.29)     1:32.24 (23.56)\r\n  7 Newkirk, Jeff          SR Texas             1:32.19    1:32.46   12  \r\n    r:+0.67  21.51        44.59 (23.08)\r\n        1:08.21 (23.62)     1:32.46 (24.25)\r\n  8 Schreuders, Mikel      SR Missouri          1:32.15    1:32.75   11  \r\n    r:+0.69  21.40        44.54 (23.14)\r\n        1:08.30 (23.76)     1:32.75 (24.45)<\/pre>\n
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 10                  \r\n \r\n  1. California                        311   2. Texas                             236\r\n  3. Indiana                         198.5   4. NC State                          160\r\n  5. Florida                           113   6. Louisville                         96\r\n  7. Missouri                           71   8. Harvard                            70\r\n  8. Arizona                            70  10. Virginia                           63\r\n 11. Michigan                           62  12. Alabama                            60\r\n 13. Ohio St                            56  14. Texas A&M                          55\r\n 15. Stanford                           47  16. Florida St                         42\r\n 17. Georgia                            35  18. Southern Cali                      32\r\n 19. Tennessee                          30  20. Minnesota                          29\r\n 21. Arizona St                       24.5  22. Penn                               18\r\n 23. Purdue                             17  23. Penn St                            17\r\n 23. Duke                               17  26. Georgia Tech                       15\r\n 27. University of Miami                13  27. South Carolina                     13\r\n 29. Lsu                                 9  30. Princeton                           6\r\n 30. Auburn                              6  30. Virginia Tech                       6\r\n 33. Kentucky                            5  34. Navy                                4\r\n 35. Notre Dame                          3  36. Towson                              2\r\n 37. Denver                              1<\/pre>\n