{"id":361657,"date":"2019-03-30T17:16:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T00:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=361657"},"modified":"2020-02-16T11:15:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T18:15:13","slug":"andreas-vazaios-wins-back-to-back-200-fly-ncaa-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/andreas-vazaios-wins-back-to-back-200-fly-ncaa-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Andreas Vazaios Wins Back-to-Back 200 Fly NCAA Titles, Cal Clinches Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

NC State senior\u00a0Andreas Vazaios\u00a0<\/strong>won the 200 fly final on Saturday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships for the second straight year. After moving to third all-time last year, Vazaios swam 0.03 faster in 2019 with a 1:38.57. Vazaios has the quickest second 100 as he used a huge 25.11 on his third 50 to solidify his lead going into the final 50. Vazaios finished ahead of 100 champion\u00a0Vini Lanza\u00a0<\/strong>(1:39.63) of Indiana and early leader\u00a0Zheng Quah\u00a0<\/strong>(1:39.68) of Cal.<\/p>\n

Vazaios improved on his best time as he remains third all-time with his swim tonight. NC State has yet to win an NCAA title this week in Austin and Vazaios ended that drought with his gold in the 200 fly.<\/p>\n

Zheng and Lanza are in the top eight all-time list but did not improve on their best times.<\/p>\n

Louisville’s\u00a0Nick Albiero\u00a0<\/strong>(1:40.08), who has had a quietly successful meet in Austin, placed fourth for the Cardinals for his highest NCAA finish ever. He is now 13th all-time in the 200 fly.<\/p>\n

Virginia’s\u00a0Zach Fong\u00a0<\/strong>(1:40.28), Cal’s\u00a0Trenton Julian\u00a0<\/strong>(1:40.94), Towson’s\u00a0Jack Saunderson\u00a0<\/strong>(1:41.06) and Georgia’s\u00a0Camden Murphy\u00a0<\/strong>(1:41.97) also swam in the A-Final.<\/p>\n

Cal has officially clinched the 2019 NCAA title, their first title since winning in Austin in 2014.<\/p>\n

NC State now has four NCAA titles in the 200 fly. Vazaios joins the likes of\u00a0Richard Fadgen\u00a0<\/strong>(1956), Steve Gregg\u00a0<\/strong>(1976) and himself (2018) as winners of the event for the Wolfpack.<\/p>\n

All-Time List:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Jack Conger<\/strong>, Texas, 1:37.35 (2017)<\/li>\n
  2. Joseph Schooling<\/strong>, Texas, 1:37.97 (2016)<\/li>\n
  3. Andreas Vazaios<\/strong>, NC State, 1:38.57 (2019)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Zheng Quah<\/strong>, Cal, 1:38.83 (2017)<\/li>\n
  5. Vini Lanza<\/strong>, Indiana, 1:39.28 (2019)<\/li>\n
  6. Dylan Bosch<\/strong>, Michigan, 1:39.33 (2014)<\/li>\n
  7. Jan Switkowski<\/strong>, Florida, 1:39.55 (2018)<\/li>\n
  8. Michael Phelps<\/strong>, NBAC, 1:39.65 (2010)<\/li>\n
  9. Tom Shields<\/strong>, Cal, 1:39.65 (2013)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n