By Phillip Whitten<\/p>\n
200 meter breaststroke<\/b>
\nEAST MEADOW, New York, March 27. YESTERDAY Brendan Hansen became only the second man to win the 100 breaststroke all four years of his college career. Tonight he was shooting to become the first to do the same in the 200 breast. <\/p>\n
Only two men before him had won the 100 and 200 distances of the same stroke for four consecutive years: John Naber in the backstroke and Pablo Morales in the fly. As he stood on the starting block, the burden of history lay heavy on Hansen\u2019s broad shoulders.
\nCould he do it?<\/p>\n
Not to worry.<\/p>\n
All of the stress disappeared with the sound of the starter\u2019s horn. Then it was smooth stroking for 200 meters. Hansen took the lead at the first turn and at the 50 he had forged a lead of 45-hundredths over Wyoming\u2019s Scott Usher. <\/p>\n
The Texas senior kept forging ahead, recording the fastest split for each 50 meters. He was 28.22 at the 50, 59.49 at the 100, 1:31.76 at the 150 and 2:04.73 at the finish. <\/p>\n
It was a new NCAA record, breaking Ed Moses\u2019 2:06.40 from 2000. The time made Hansen the second-fastest performer in history behind Moses. It also assured him a place among college swimming\u2019s greatest stars, as he became only the third man to achieve a quadruple-double.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was really fired up after Ian\u2019s swim,\u201d Hansen said, \u201cbut I was trying to stay calm.
\n I focused on getting out fast so I could have some open water to do a really fast time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI could hear the crowd yelling each time my head popped up,\u201d he said, \u201cand that really spurred me on..<\/p>\n
Asked about the quadruple-double, he said: \u201cIt hasn\u2019t hit me yet. I think, though, that someday, when I look back, it\u2019ll really blow my mind.<\/p>\n
Wyoming\u2019s Usher was second in 2:07.66, pulling away from Stanford\u2019s Gary Marshall (2:07.98) in the final 50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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