{"id":467132,"date":"2021-03-26T15:35:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T22:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=467132"},"modified":"2021-03-26T20:47:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T03:47:13","slug":"ryan-hoffer-holds-off-albiero-to-win-second-title-of-meet-in-100-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-hoffer-holds-off-albiero-to-win-second-title-of-meet-in-100-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Hoffer Holds Off Albiero to Win Second Title of Meet in 100 Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cal senior\u00a0Ryan Hoffer\u00a0<\/strong>won his second event of the 2021 NCAAs in Greensboro with a 44.25 in the 100 butterfly, just 0.01 off his prelims time, as he held off Louisville senior\u00a0Nick Albiero\u00a0<\/strong>(44.32) in the final five yards.<\/p>\n

Hoffer backs up his 50 freestyle win from last night<\/a> as his time this morning put him fifth on the all-time list, while Albiero is now tied for sixth just behind Hoffer. Albiero should be a threat tomorrow in the 200 butterfly while Hoffer will tackle the 100 freestyle. This was almost the closest margin of victory as\u00a0Rafal Szukala\u00a0<\/strong>of Iowa won the 1994 title over Florida’s\u00a0Stephen Clarke\u00a0<\/strong>by 0.04.<\/p>\n

Cal is just five points down to Texas at this point in the meet after Ryan Hoffer’s win.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I am doing right now is for the team. That \u2018W\u2019 brings us one step closer and that makes me even more happy,\u201d Ryan Hoffer said after the race.<\/p>\n

Georgia’s\u00a0Camden Murphy\u00a0<\/strong>placed third (44.42) and moved up to 11th on the all-time list as he looked to win the race on the final 25, kicking out the furthest on the final 25 but ending up third at the touch. He should also be a factor in the 200 butterfly.<\/p>\n

Texas’\u00a0Alvin Jiang<\/strong>, who will join Albiero later tonight in the 100 back, was fourth at 44.50 ahead of Missouri’s\u00a0Danny Kovac\u00a0<\/strong>(44.66) and Virginia Tech’s\u00a0Antani Ivanov\u00a0<\/strong>(44.67).<\/p>\n

Florida’s\u00a0Eric Friese\u00a0<\/strong>(44.79) and Georgia’s\u00a0Luca Urlando\u00a0<\/strong>(44.99) also swam in the very fast championship final.<\/p>\n

California now has six NCAA titles in the 100 butterfly as\u00a0 Ryan Hoffer joins Par Arvidsson\u00a0<\/strong>(1979, 1980),\u00a0Duje Draganja\u00a0<\/strong>(2005) and\u00a0Tom Shields\u00a0<\/strong>(2010, 2012, 2013) as winners of the event for the Golden Bears.<\/p>\n

All-Time Rankings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. 42.80,\u00a0Caeleb Dressel<\/strong>, Florida, 2018<\/li>\n
  2. 43.75,\u00a0Joseph Schooling<\/strong>, Texas, 2017<\/li>\n
  3. 43.84,\u00a0Tom Shields<\/strong>, California, 2016<\/li>\n
  4. 44.18,\u00a0Austin Staab<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>Stanford, 2009<\/li>\n
  5. 44.24,\u00a0Ryan Hoffer<\/strong>, California, 2021<\/li>\n
  6. 44.32,\u00a0Nick Albiero<\/strong>, Louisville, 2021<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  7. 44.32,\u00a0Marius Kusch<\/strong>, Queens, 2019<\/li>\n
  8. 44.32,\u00a0Youssef Ramadan<\/strong>, Virginia Tech, 2021<\/li>\n
  9. 44.35,\u00a0Jack Conger<\/strong>, Texas, 2017<\/li>\n
  10. 44.37,\u00a0Vini Lanza<\/strong>, Indiana, 2019<\/li>\n
  11. 44.42,\u00a0Camden Murphy<\/strong>, Georgia, 2021<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n