{"id":526126,"date":"2023-03-25T09:11:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T16:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=526126"},"modified":"2023-03-25T09:11:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T16:11:15","slug":"ncaa-mens-championships-cal-makes-move-with-jett-rose-top-seeds-in-200-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-mens-championships-cal-makes-move-with-jett-rose-top-seeds-in-200-butterfly\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Men’s Championships: Cal Makes Move With Jett, Rose Top Seeds in 200 Butterfly"},"content":{"rendered":"

NCAA Men’s Championships: Cal Makes Move With Jett, Rose Top Seeds in 200 Butterfly<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The final prelims session of the 2023 NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships concluded with the 200 butterfly.<\/p>\n

Indiana’s Brendan Burns<\/strong>, who won the 100 backstroke on Friday night, is the defending NCAA champion in the 200 fly.<\/p>\n

Burns was in the second of the circle-seeded heats. He used a strong last wall to win the heat just ahead of NC State’s Aiden Hayes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the final heat, Cal’s Gabriel Jett <\/strong>scorched a 1:39.71 and teammate Dare Rose<\/strong> was just behind at 1:40.00, taking the top two seeds for the final in what could be a pivotal event for the Golden Bears in the team race.<\/p>\n

Cal is in a three-way battle with Texas and Arizona State for the overall team title. Each team has their own strength and tried to make a move on the final morning. This was part of Cal’s push.<\/p>\n

Jett took the top seed in 1:39.71, followed by Rose (1:40.00).<\/p>\n

Arizona State senior Alexander Colson<\/strong> was third in 1:40.43, followed by Burns (1:40.51) and Hayes (1:40.56).<\/p>\n

NC State’s Noah Bowers<\/strong> took the sixth spot in 1:40.82, followed by Indiana junior Tomer Frankel<\/strong> (1:40.94) and Michigan’s Gal Groumi<\/strong> (1:41.39).<\/p>\n