{"id":466722,"date":"2021-03-25T18:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T01:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=466722"},"modified":"2021-03-25T19:28:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T02:28:43","slug":"texas-longhorns-take-round-three-in-relay-battle-with-cal-to-win-400-medley-relay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/texas-longhorns-take-round-three-in-relay-battle-with-cal-to-win-400-medley-relay\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Longhorns Take Round Three in Relay Battle With Cal to Win 400 Medley Relay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Longhorns finished Thursday night of the 2021 NCAA Division I Men&#8217;s Swimming &amp; Diving Championships with a flourish as the team of\u00a0<strong>Chris Staka\u00a0<\/strong>(45.02),\u00a0<strong>Caspar Corbeau\u00a0<\/strong>(50.36),\u00a0<strong>Alvin Jiang\u00a0<\/strong>(44.05) and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/daniel-krueger-grateful-to-be-at-an-ncaa-meet-again-prepared-for-team-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Krueger<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(40.80) won with a 3:00.23 over California (3:00.73) in a dog fight from the start.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Bears finished in second in a tremendous fight with the team of\u00a0<strong>Destin Lasco\u00a0<\/strong>(45.28),\u00a0<strong>Reece Whitley\u00a0<\/strong>(50.58),\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-hoffer-cal-bears-set-for-awaited-showdown-with-texas-at-ncaa-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Hoffer<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(43.80) and\u00a0<strong>Bjorn Seeliger\u00a0<\/strong>(41.07) as they hold the lead through seven events by 27 points<\/p>\n<p>The Louisville Cardinals nearly stole the relay win from the penultimate heat but ended up fourth at 3:01.52, just getting out-touched by Florida (3:01.51). The Gators picked up 32 big points in their pursuit for a top three finish with the team of\u00a0<strong>Adam Chaney\u00a0<\/strong>(45.36),\u00a0<strong>Dillon Hillis<\/strong> (50.27),\u00a0<strong>Eric Friese\u00a0<\/strong>(44.66) and\u00a0<strong>Kieran Smith\u00a0<\/strong>(41.22) as they are well in front of Georgia for third place.<\/p>\n<p>Louisville&#8217;s team of\u00a0<strong>Mitchell Whyte <\/strong>(45.03),\u00a0<strong>Evgenii Somov\u00a0<\/strong>(50.68),\u00a0<strong>Nick Albiero\u00a0<\/strong>(44.09) and\u00a0<strong>Haridi Sameh\u00a0<\/strong>(41.72) picked up 30 big points for the team as Louisville now sits eighth in the standings and has a big day on Friday to move up with potential stroke winners Somov and Albiero in contention in their events tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Although none of the guys swam the fastest split of all-time, the fastest splits from Florida&#8217;s Hillis (50.27), Cal&#8217;s Hoffer (43.80) and Texas&#8217; Krueger were among the fastest in history of\u00a0<strong>Kevin Cordes\u00a0<\/strong>(49.56),\u00a0<strong>Joseph Schooling\u00a0<\/strong>(43.34) and <strong>Caeleb Dressel\u00a0<\/strong>(40.15).<\/p>\n<p>Indiana (3:02.38), Michigan (3:04.00), Missouri (3:04.34) and NC State (3:04.47) also placed in the top eight.<\/p>\n<p>The quickest splits outside the top four came from Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/shaine-casas-poised-to-step-into-spotlight-at-ncaa-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shaine Casas<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(44.47), Indiana&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Zane Backes\u00a0<\/strong>(50.68), Virginia Tech&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Antani Ivanov\u00a0<\/strong>(44.20) and Alabama&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Matt King\u00a0<\/strong>(41.48).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HzmRs-qFy1M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Texas has now won 15 NCAA titles in the 400 medley relay, the most of any school.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1980 (Clay Britt, Scott Spann, William Paulus, Kris Kirchner), 3:14.59<\/li>\n<li>1981 (Clay Britt, Scott Spann, William Paulus, Kris Kirchner), 3:12.93<\/li>\n<li>1982 (Clay Britt, Nick Nevid, William Paulus, Eric Finical), 3:14.24<\/li>\n<li>1984 (Rick Carey, Stuart Smith, Chris Rives, John Smith), 3:13.35<\/li>\n<li>1988 (Andy Gill, Kirk Stackle, Keith Anderson, Chris Jacobs), 3:13.97<\/li>\n<li>1989 (Andy Gill, Hans Dersch, Keith Anderson, Doug Gjertsen), 3:11.60<\/li>\n<li>1990 (Jeff Thibault, Kirk Stackle, Shaun Jordan, Doug Gjertsen), 3:09.70<\/li>\n<li>2000 (Tom Hannan, Russell Chozick, Nate Dusing, Bryan Jones), 3:31.23 * (SCM)<\/li>\n<li>2001 (Nate Dusing, Brendan Hansen, Tom Hannan, Ian Crocker), 3:05.37<\/li>\n<li>2003 (Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Chris Kemp), 3:04.47<\/li>\n<li>2004 (Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Garrett Weber-Gale), 3:25.38 * (SCM)<\/li>\n<li>2015 (Kip Darmody, Will Licon, Joseph Schooling, Jack Conger), 3:01.23<\/li>\n<li>2016 (John Shebat, Will Licon, Joseph Schooling, Jack Conger), 3:00.68<\/li>\n<li>2017 (John Shebat, Will Licon, Joseph Schooling, Jack Conger), 2:59.22<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre><b> Event 7  Men 400 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 2:59.22  3\/23\/2017 Texas\r\n                          J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, J Conger\r\n         Meet: M 2:59.22  3\/23\/2017 Texas\r\n                          J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, J Conger\r\n     American: A 3:01.51  3\/23\/2017 California\r\n                          R Murphy, C Hoppe, M Josa, M Jensen\r\n   U. S. Open: O 2:59.22  3\/23\/2017 Texas\r\n                          J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, J Conger\r\n         Pool: P 3:02.80  2\/28\/2020 Louisville\r\n                          M Whyte, E Somov, N Albiero, A Barna\r\n    School                                 Seed     Finals Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Texas                               3:02.11    3:00.23P  40  \r\n     1) Staka, Chris SR               2) r:0.10 Corbeau, Caspar SO    \r\n     3) r:0.27 Jiang, Alvin SR        4) r:0.24 Krueger, Daniel JR    \r\n    r:+0.71  21.51        45.02 (45.02)\r\n        1:08.05 (23.03)     1:35.38 (50.36)\r\n        1:55.62 (20.24)     2:19.43 (44.05)\r\n        2:38.54 (19.11)     3:00.23 (40.80)\r\n  2 California                          3:02.60    3:00.73P  34  \r\n     1) Lasco, Destin FR              2) r:0.39 Whitley, Reece JR     \r\n     3) r:0.24 Hoffer, Ryan SR        4) r:0.23 Seeliger, Bjorn FR    \r\n    r:+0.66  22.35        45.28 (45.28)\r\n        1:09.00 (23.72)     1:35.86 (50.58)\r\n        1:55.95 (20.09)     2:19.66 (43.80)\r\n        2:38.99 (19.33)     3:00.73 (41.07)\r\n  3 Florida                             3:02.66    3:01.51P  32  \r\n     1) Chaney, Adam FR               2) r:0.36 Hillis, Dillon JR     \r\n     3) r:0.42 Friese, Eric SO        4) r:0.35 Smith, Kieran JR      \r\n    r:+0.81  21.67        45.36 (45.36)\r\n        1:08.71 (23.35)     1:35.63 (50.27)\r\n        1:55.99 (20.36)     2:20.29 (44.66)\r\n        2:39.95 (19.66)     3:01.51 (41.22)\r\n  4 Louisville                          3:02.86    3:01.52P  30  \r\n     1) Whyte, Mitchell JR            2) r:0.02 Somov, Evgenii SR     \r\n     3) r:0.17 Albiero, Nicolas SR    4) r:0.19 Sameh, Haridi SO      \r\n    r:+0.82  21.63        45.03 (45.03)\r\n        1:08.13 (23.10)     1:35.71 (50.68)\r\n        1:55.86 (20.15)     2:19.80 (44.09)\r\n        2:39.23 (19.43)     3:01.52 (41.72)\r\n  5 Indiana                             3:02.57    3:02.38P  28  \r\n     1) Burns, Brendan SO             2) r:0.23 Backes, Zane JR       \r\n     3) r:0.11 Frankel, Tomer FR      4) r:0.18 Franzman, Jack JR     \r\n    r:+0.73  21.48        44.84 (44.84)\r\n        1:08.12 (23.28)     1:35.52 (50.68)\r\n        1:56.02 (20.50)     2:20.14 (44.62)\r\n        2:39.99 (19.85)     3:02.38 (42.24)\r\n  6 Michigan                            3:03.16    3:04.00   26  \r\n     1) Davis, Wyatt FR               2) r:0.15 Chan, Will JR         \r\n     3) r:0.16 Wright, River SO       4) r:0.02 Borges, Gus SR        \r\n    r:+0.58  22.27        46.18 (46.18)\r\n        1:09.44 (23.26)     1:37.13 (50.95)\r\n        1:57.79 (20.66)     2:22.34 (45.21)\r\n        2:41.74 (19.40)     3:04.00 (41.66)\r\n  7 Missouri                            3:04.59    3:04.34   24  \r\n     1) Dahlgren, Jack JR             2) r:0.29 Patton, Ben SO        \r\n     3) r:0.35 Kovac, Danny JR        4) r:0.21 Leach, Kyle JR        \r\n    r:+0.65  22.20        46.02 (46.02)\r\n        1:09.80 (23.78)     1:37.31 (51.29)\r\n        1:57.89 (20.58)     2:21.87 (44.56)\r\n        2:41.90 (20.03)     3:04.34 (42.47)\r\n  8 NC State                            3:05.80    3:04.47   22  \r\n     1) Stokowski, Kacper SO          2) r:0.20 Kusto, Rafal JR       \r\n     3) r:0.04 Henderson, Noah SO     4) r:0.10 Tapp, Hunter SO       \r\n    r:+0.60  21.82        45.14 (45.14)\r\n        1:09.08 (23.94)     1:37.28 (52.14)\r\n        1:57.96 (20.68)     2:22.90 (45.62)\r\n        2:42.78 (19.88)     3:04.47 (41.57)\r\n  9 Virginia                            3:06.88    3:04.52   18  \r\n     1) Cole, Will FR                 2) r:0.33 Nichols, Noah FR      \r\n     3) r:0.00 Edwards, Max SO        4) r:0.17 Brownstead, Matt FR   \r\n    r:+0.56  22.15        46.37 (46.37)\r\n        1:10.00 (23.63)     1:37.63 (51.26)\r\n        1:58.06 (20.43)     2:22.78 (45.15)\r\n        2:42.58 (19.80)     3:04.52 (41.74)\r\n 10 Georgia                             3:04.40    3:04.60   14  \r\n     1) Urlando, Luca FR              2) r:0.20 Dalmolin, Jack SR     \r\n     3) r:0.31 Murphy, Camden SR      4) r:-0.01 Acevedo, Javi SR     \r\n    r:+0.72  21.68        44.99 (44.99)\r\n        1:09.28 (24.29)     1:37.67 (52.68)\r\n        1:58.05 (20.38)     2:22.27 (44.60)\r\n        2:42.78 (20.51)     3:04.60 (42.33)\r\n 11 Florida St                          3:06.39    3:04.83   12  \r\n     1) Herbet, Mason FR              2) r:0.20 Bastian, Izaak JR     \r\n     3) r:0.21 McCusker, Max JR       4) r:0.17 Varjasi, Peter SO     \r\n    r:+0.65  21.94        46.22 (46.22)\r\n        1:10.01 (23.79)     1:37.53 (51.31)\r\n        1:58.21 (20.68)     2:22.80 (45.27)\r\n        2:42.72 (19.92)     3:04.83 (42.03)\r\n 12 Arizona                             3:05.35    3:04.96   10  \r\n     1) Maric, Ogi SO                 2) r:0.07 Iida, Sam SR          \r\n     3) r:0.17 Reid, Noah SR          4) r:0.26 Ercegovic, Marin JR   \r\n    r:+0.53  22.24        46.14 (46.14)\r\n        1:10.07 (23.93)     1:37.88 (51.74)\r\n        1:58.80 (20.92)     2:23.11 (45.23)\r\n        2:42.82 (19.71)     3:04.96 (41.85)\r\n 13 TAMU                                3:04.39    3:05.15    8  \r\n     1) Casas, Shaine JR              2) r:0.35 Puente Bustamandres SO\r\n     3) r:0.08 Brown, Jace SO         4) r:0.11 Bratanov, Koko JR     \r\n    r:+0.64  21.60        44.47 (44.47)\r\n        1:08.82 (24.35)     1:37.29 (52.82)\r\n        1:58.25 (20.96)     2:23.14 (45.85)\r\n        2:42.96 (19.82)     3:05.15 (42.01)\r\n 14 Alabama                             3:04.72    3:05.23    6  \r\n     1) Menke, Matthew SO             2) r:0.21 Maas, Derek SO        \r\n     3) r:0.22 Stogner, Colton JR     4) r:0.22 King, Matt FR         \r\n    r:+0.88  22.03        45.81 (45.81)\r\n        1:10.11 (24.30)     1:38.06 (52.25)\r\n        1:59.05 (20.99)     2:23.75 (45.69)\r\n        2:43.38 (19.63)     3:05.23 (41.48)\r\n 15 VT                                  3:05.53    3:05.28    4  \r\n     1) Webb, Forest SO               2) r:0.33 Pouch, AJ SO          \r\n     3) r:0.14 Ivanov, Antani JR      4) r:0.32 Manoff, Blake JR      \r\n    r:+0.65  22.39        46.55 (46.55)\r\n        1:11.28 (24.73)     1:39.21 (52.66)\r\n        1:59.31 (20.10)     2:23.41 (44.20)\r\n        2:42.96 (19.55)     3:05.28 (41.87)\r\n 16 Stanford                            3:06.14    3:05.35    2  \r\n     1) Blinkman, Shane SO            2) r:0.23 Roy, Daniel JR        \r\n     3) r:0.29 Hu, Ethan FR           4) r:0.19 Maurer, Luke FR       \r\n    r:+0.61  22.26        46.33 (46.33)\r\n        1:10.71 (24.38)     1:38.28 (51.95)\r\n        1:59.28 (21.00)     2:23.14 (44.86)\r\n        2:43.13 (19.99)     3:05.35 (42.21)\r\n 17 GT                                  3:04.37    3:05.59  \r\n     1) Barone, Kyle JR               2) r:0.19 Pumputis, Caio SR     \r\n     3) r:0.14 Ferraro, Christian SR  4) r:0.01 Unlu, Baturalp FR     \r\n    r:+0.73  21.69        46.04 (46.04)\r\n        1:10.09 (24.05)     1:38.16 (52.12)\r\n        1:58.77 (20.61)     2:23.39 (45.23)\r\n        2:43.38 (19.99)     3:05.59 (42.20)\r\n 18 Wisconsin                           3:06.39    3:05.92  \r\n     1) Jekel, Wes SO                 2) r:0.29 Benson, Andrew FR     \r\n     3) r:0.24 Gessner, Erik JR       4) r:0.22 Newmark, Jake FR      \r\n    r:+0.76  22.05        45.99 (45.99)\r\n        1:09.76 (23.77)     1:37.56 (51.57)\r\n        1:58.19 (20.63)     2:23.35 (45.79)\r\n        2:43.08 (19.73)     3:05.92 (42.57)\r\n 19 UNC                                 3:07.26    3:06.87  \r\n     1) Burhans, Tucker JR            2) r:0.29 Abaliksta, Valdas SR  \r\n     3) r:0.11 Poelke, Boyd FR        4) r:0.30 Messenger, Jack SR    \r\n    r:+0.64  22.34        46.50 (46.50)\r\n        1:10.44 (23.94)     1:37.77 (51.27)\r\n        1:59.11 (21.34)     2:23.50 (45.73)\r\n        2:43.99 (20.49)     3:06.87 (43.37)\r\n 20 Purdue                              3:05.92    3:07.34  \r\n     1) Juengel, Michael SO           2) r:0.06 Pellini, Trent SR     \r\n     3) r:0.31 Sherman, Nick JR       4) r:0.27 Acin, Nikola JR       \r\n    r:+0.96  22.77        47.39 (47.39)\r\n        1:10.74 (23.35)     1:38.65 (51.26)\r\n        2:00.14 (21.49)     2:25.49 (46.84)\r\n        2:45.12 (19.63)     3:07.34 (41.85)\r\n 21 Utah                                3:07.65    3:07.58  \r\n     1) Ungur, Andrei JR              2) r:0.27 Britton, Andrew JR    \r\n     3) r:0.26 Deryk, Cooper JR       4) r:0.08 O'Haimhirgin, Finn SO \r\n    r:+0.70  22.42        46.55 (46.55)\r\n        1:10.34 (23.79)     1:39.04 (52.49)\r\n        1:59.53 (20.49)     2:24.33 (45.29)\r\n        2:44.74 (20.41)     3:07.58 (43.25)\r\n 22 Tennessee                           3:06.50    3:07.74  \r\n     1) Chambers, Micah FR            2) r:0.36 Houlie, Michael JR    \r\n     3) r:0.10 Mota, Kayky SR         4) r:0.34 Scanlon, Scott SO     \r\n    r:+0.86  23.09        48.21 (48.21)\r\n        1:11.55 (23.34)     1:39.35 (51.14)\r\n        1:59.91 (20.56)     2:24.37 (45.02)\r\n        2:44.50 (20.13)     3:07.74 (43.37)\r\n -- Ohio St                             3:03.17         DQ  \r\n      Early take-off swimmer #4\r\n     1) Armstrong, Hunter SO          2) r:0.11 McDaniel, Hudson JR   \r\n     3) r:0.29 Andreis, Sem JR        4) r:-0.04 Delakis, Paul SR     \r\n    r:+0.70  21.39        45.67 (45.67)\r\n        1:08.98 (23.31)     1:36.67 (51.00)\r\n        1:57.40 (20.73)     2:22.14 (45.47)\r\n        2:41.91 (19.77)          DQ (41.86)<\/pre>\n<pre>Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 7                       \r\n \r\n  1. California                        230 \r\n  2. Texas                             203\r\n  3. Florida                           161  \r\n  4. Georgia                           116\r\n  5. Texas A&amp;M                          88 \r\n  6. NC State                           87\r\n  7. Indiana                            84 \r\n  8. Louisville                         64\r\n  9. Michigan                           63 \r\n 10. Virginia                           56\r\n 11. Arizona                            51 \r\n 12. Stanford                           42\r\n 12. Missouri                           42 \r\n 14. Virginia Tech                      39\r\n 15. Alabama                            38 \r\n 16. Ohio St                            28\r\n 16. Purdue                             28 \r\n 18. Lsu                                23\r\n 19. University of Miami                19 \r\n 20. Florida St                         18.5\r\n 21. Georgia Tech                       14 \r\n 22. 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