{"id":467466,"date":"2021-03-27T15:56:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T22:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=467466"},"modified":"2021-03-28T07:37:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T14:37:09","slug":"ryan-hoffer-uses-stellar-underwaters-to-go-perfect-3-for-3-in-individual-events-with-100-free-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-hoffer-uses-stellar-underwaters-to-go-perfect-3-for-3-in-individual-events-with-100-free-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Hoffer Uses Stellar Underwaters to Go Perfect 3-For-3 in Individual Events With 100 Free Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan Hoffer Uses Stellar Underwaters to Go Perfect 3-For-3 in Individual Events With 100 Free Victory<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cal senior\u00a0Ryan Hoffer\u00a0<\/strong>dominated the 100 freestyle final in Greensboro to win his third individual NCAA title of the weekend with a 40.89, moving himself up to fourth all-time in the event, improving on his 40.90 best time from this morning. Hoffer adds to his wins this weekend in the 50 free and 100 butterfly as his win helped Cal stay in the team race, sitting behind Texas by 27 points with four events to go.<\/p>\n

Hoffer had a lot of hype surrounding him out of high school as he was a 41.23 as a junior in 2015, capturing the attention of a lot of swimming fans when he had stellar underwaters at age 17. He lived up to the hype, capturing his third individual title of the weekend over Texas’\u00a0Daniel Krueger\u00a0<\/strong>(41.59), who had the fastest time in the nation all year, and\u00a0Drew Kibler\u00a0<\/strong>(41.59), who made the final in both the 200 and 500 freestyle.<\/p>\n

Cal’s\u00a0Bjorn Seeliger<\/strong> finished in fourth for the Bears at 41.74 as the 400 free relay will certainly get interesting between Texas and Cal at the end of the night.<\/p>\n

Alabama’s\u00a0Matt King\u00a0<\/strong>(41.76) placed fifth ahead of Florida’s Kieran Smith <\/strong>(41.89), LSU’s\u00a0Brooks Curry\u00a0<\/strong>(41.99) and Purdue’s Nikola Acin <\/strong>(42.15).<\/p>\n

Both Seeliger and King are freshmen which should make things interesting for the next three years in this event.<\/p>\n

California now has 13 NCAA titles in the 100 freestyle as Hoffer joins the likes of\u00a0Matt Biondi<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(1985-1987),\u00a0Bart Kizierowski\u00a0<\/strong>(1999),\u00a0Anthony Ervin\u00a0<\/strong>(2000-2002),\u00a0Duje Draganja\u00a0<\/strong>(2003, 2005), and\u00a0Nathan Adrian\u00a0<\/strong>(2009-2011) as winners of the event for the Golden Bears.<\/p>\n

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

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  1. 39.90,\u00a0Caeleb Dressel<\/strong>, Florida, 2018<\/li>\n
  2. 40.76,\u00a0Vladimir Morozov<\/strong>, USC, 2013<\/li>\n
  3. 40.80,\u00a0Dean Farris<\/strong>, Harvard, 2019<\/li>\n
  4. 40.83,\u00a0Bowen Becker<\/strong>, Minnesota, 2019<\/li>\n
  5. 40.89,\u00a0Ryan Hoffer<\/strong>, California, 2021<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  6. 40.92,\u00a0Cesar Cielo<\/strong>, Auburn, 2008<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n