By Phillip Whitten<\/p>\n
EAST MEADOW, New York, March 25. AUBURN was dominating the meet and the Tigers had qualified first in the 400 meter medley relay, but the Smart Money was on the #4 qualifier Texas.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a reason why it\u2019s called the \u201cSmart Money.\u201d<\/p>\n
Texas simply shattered the world record with a time of 3:25.38. The previous record was 3:28.12 set by Australia in 2002.<\/p>\n
The splits for the Texas team:
\nBackstroke Aaron Peirsol 51.28
\nBreaststroke Brendan Hansen 57.82
\nButterfly Ian Crocker 48.62
\nFreestyle Garrett Weber-Gale 47.97<\/p>\n
In fact, the first three<\/i> teams broke the former world record. Auburn was second in 3:27.19 and Stanford followed in 3:27.74.<\/p>\n
Stanford\u2019s Peter Marshall gave the Cardinal the lead, leading off in 50.79 seconds for the 100m backstroke. The time was an NCAA and US Open record.<\/p>\n
Hansen had the fastest breaststroke split \u2013 57.82 — but Auburn\u2019s Mark Gangloff was only 3-hundredths slower. Two other swimmers split 58s and seven others swam 59s.<\/p>\n
Ian Crocker\u2019s 48.62 \u2013 easily the fastest fly split in history — takes him to an entirely new level. \u201cHe might even have been faster had he held back a bit in the first 50,\u201d said his coach Eddie Reese, who noted that Crocker split 21.9 for the first two laps. Stanford\u2019s Matt McDonald was second fastest, but his 50.62 was two full seconds behind Crocker.<\/p>\n
Texas freshman Garrett Weber-Gale completed the record swim with a fine 47.66-second anchor leg. Auburn\u2019s George Bovell was fastest at 46.58, followed by Carlos Jayme of Florida, who went 46.99. Cal\u2019s Duje Draganja (47.85) and Stanford\u2019s Andrew Schnell (47.97) also swam under 48 seconds. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was good to have a little rookie on the relay team,\u201d said Peirsol of Weber-Gale. The three of us are used to it. It was good to see Garret get excited. And, of course, it didn\u2019t hurt when Crocker swam out of his head.\u201d<\/p>\n
FINALS RESULTS
\nEVENT: 6 MEN's 400 Meter Medley Relay <\/p>\n
NCAA Record: 3:31.23 Texas 2000
\nWorld Record: 3:28.12 AUSTRALIA 2002
\nAmerican Record: 3:29.00 USA 2002
\nUS Open Record: 3:31.23 Texas 2000
\nQUALIFYING FOR "A" Cut: 3:12.36
\nQUALIFYING FOR Meet Qualifying: 3:12.77<\/p>\n
RESULTS of FINALS <\/p>\n
RANK TEAM PRELIM TIME<\/p>\n
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL <\/p>\n
1) TEXAS 3:31.95 3:25.38**
\n 1) PEIRSOL, AARON SO :51.28 3) CROCKER, IAN SR :48.62
\n 2) HANSEN, BRENDAN SR :57.82 4) WEBER-GALE, GARRETT FR :47.66
\n ** NCAA Record: World Record: American Record: US Open Record:
\n 2) AUBURN 3:31.58 3:27.19
\n 1) HUNT, BRYCE SR :51.67 3) BOUSQUET, FRED JR :51.09
\n 2) GANGLOFF, MARK SR :57.85 4) BOVELL, GEORGE SO :46.58<\/p>\n
3) STANFORD 3:30.95 3:27.74
\n 1) MARSHALL, PETER SR :50.79++ 3) McDONALD, MATT JR :50.62
\n 2) MARSHALL, GARY JR :58.36 4) SCHNELL, ANDREW SR :47.97
\n ** NCAA Record: US Open Record: <\/p>\n
4) CAL. BERKELEY 3:31.92 3:30.82
\n 1) LIM, ALEX SR :51.81 3) CAVIC, MILORAD SO :52.25
\n 2) ROWE, CALEB JR :58.91 4) DUJE, DRAGANJA JR :47.85<\/p>\n
5) FLORIDA 3:33.68 3:31.53
\n 1) KELLAM, CHRIS SR :53.15 3) MANGABEIRA, GABRIEL JR :51.68
\n 2) MRAZEK, BILL FR :59.71 4) JAYME, CARLOS SR :46.99<\/p>\n
6) NORTHWESTERN 3:34.20 3:32.00
\n 1) GREVERS, MATT FR :52.05 3) HAMMING, MARK SR :52.76
\n 2) ALEXANDROV, MIKE FR :59.02 4) SWANSON, TONY SR :48.17<\/p>\n
7) ARIZONA 3:32.78 3:34.13
\n 1) BURNETT, SIMON SO :52.81 3) VELOZ, JUAN SR :53.06
\n 2) OWEN, GREG SR 1:00.02 4) LaFLEUR, ERIC SR :48.24<\/p>\n
8) MICHIGAN 3:33.64 3:34.61
\n 1) DeJONG, CHRIS SO :53.19 3) TARWATER, DAVIS SO :52.18
\n 2) VANDERKAAY,CHRISTIA JR 1:00.63 4) KETCHUM, DAN SR :48.61<\/p>\n
CONSOLATION FINAL <\/p>\n
9) VIRGINIA 3:35.04 3:34.61
\n 1) WAGNER, LUKE SR :53.95 3) RAAB, MICHAEL JR :52.33
\n 2) ROGULJ, VANJA FR :59.76 4) KERPELMAN, ADAM SR :48.57<\/p>\n
10) TEXAS A&M 3:35.71 3:35.75
\n 1) ROSE, MATT SR :53.69 3) NEWMANN, SCOTT SO :52.92
\n 2) ALFREDO, JACOBO JR 1:00.08 4) ANDREW, SULLIVANT SO :49.06<\/p>\n
11) TENNESSEE 3:35.50 3:36.14
\n 1) FULTON, JOSH JR :54.54 3) GRAVES, JAMIE SR :52.99
\n 2) BREE, ANDREW SR :59.79 4) GUSTAFSON, TYLER SO :48.82<\/p>\n
12) INDIANA 3:36.54 3:36.19
\n 1) LEACH, MATT SR :54.99 3) HALASZ, MURPH JR :53.10
\n 2) SWANDER, KEVIN SO :59.68 4) RUSSELL, COLIN FR :48.42<\/p>\n
13) LOUISIANA STATE 3:35.34 3:36.46
\n 1) MARTINEC, EVAN SR :52.87 3) LOWE, NEIL SR :54.01
\n 2) CLAUSEN, CHRISTIAN JR 1:00.20 4) STANCZYK, CHRIS SR :49.38<\/p>\n
14) WASHINGTON 3:37.75 3:36.81
\n 1) ROSE, DEREK SR :54.17 3) ADRIAN, JUSTIN SR :52.36
\n 2) DAVIS, PHIL SR :59.12 4) EKHOFF, LUKE SR :51.16<\/p>\n
15) GEORGIA 3:38.44 3:36.87
\n 1) OSBORN, PETER JR :55.04 3) VERHOEF, PETER SO :52.91
\n 2) SALYARDS, KYLE SR :59.78 4) LABAN, JOSH JR :49.14<\/p>\n
16) HAWAII 3:37.39 3:36.93
\n 1) THEW, PETER SO :54.41 3) PALMA, NIMROD JR :53.27
\n 2) BLOCH, CHEYNE SR 1:00.30 4) BOEHM, KURT SR :48.95<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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