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GCU only received full Division I status in 2017-18 and made their debut at last year&#8217;s NCAA championships. The next day, Nikolaev and GCU head coach\u00a0<strong>Steve Schaffer\u00a0<\/strong>explained the meaning of that standout performance.<\/p>\n<p>Nikolaev described his emotions at qualifying for the final and then finishing third and what it has been like to swim at the NCAA meet the past two years. Schaffer explained how this result can push the program forward and also why he and his staff employed a top-down building approach to make a quick impact on the NCAA level.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steve Schaffer and Mark Nikolaev recap Grand Canyon University&#039;s first All America swimmer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IB27qZbKVuI?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<p><strong>Full recap of 100 back final:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Harvard junior\u00a0<strong>Dean Farris\u00a0<\/strong>blistered the 100 back final on Friday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men\u2019s Swimming and Diving Championships with a 43.66 to scare\u00a0<strong>Ryan Murphy\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>43.49 NCAA and American Record from 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Farris went out in a 20.85 and held on to win Harvard\u2019s first NCAA title in 30 years. NC State\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Coleman Stewart\u00a0<\/strong>(43.98) finished in second in the race as Farris and Stewart became the second and third swimmers to break 44 seconds in the event.<\/p>\n<p>Farris is the first Harvard man to win an individual NCAA title in swimming and diving since\u00a0<strong>David Berkoff\u00a0<\/strong>won the 100 back in 1989.<\/p>\n<p>Grand Canyon\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Mark Nikolaev\u00a0<\/strong>(44.33) had the highest finish for a Grand Canyon swimmers with his swim tonight. Nikolaev moved to fifth all-time.<\/p>\n<p>Texas\u2019\u00a0<strong>John Shebat\u00a0<\/strong>(44.71), who was second the last two years, placed fourth for the Longhorns. 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