2017 NCAA DI Men's Swimming & Diving Championships

NCAA Day Three Finals: Texas Shreds 200 Medley Relay Record Book In 1:21.54

NCAA Day Three Finals: Texas Shreds 200 Medley Relay Record Book In 1:21.54

Live updates from day three finals at the 2017 NCAA DI Men's Swimming & Diving Championships, featuring the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 200 medley relay, Joseph Schooling, Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Townley Haa

Mar 25, 2017 by Maclin Simpson
Men's NCAA Champs: 200 Medley Relay

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What a night of racing in Indianapolis. The finals session on Friday at the 2017 NCAA DI Men's Swimming and Diving Championships did not disappoint. We saw three new NCAA records with Chase Kalisz in the 400 IM, Caeleb Dressel in the 100 butterfly, and Texas in the 200 medley relay. At the end of the day, Texas still sits atop the leaderboard with 391.5 points. Cal is in second with 253 points, trailed by Florida in third with 224.5 points. NC State is in fourth with 196 points, and Indiana is in fifth with 189.5 points.

Stay tuned Saturday for more action from the IUPUI Natatorium, featuring the 1650 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, and 400 freestyle relay.

400 IM

NCAA Record: 3:34.50 (Chase Kalisz - Georgia, 2014) 3:33.42 (Chase Kalisz, 2017)
Meet Record: 3:34.50 (Chase Kalisz - Georgia, 2014) 3:33.42 (Chase Kalisz, 2017)
American Record: 3:34.50 (Chase Kalisz - Georgia, 2014) 3:33.42 (Chase Kalisz, 2017)
U.S. Open Record: 3:34.50 (Chase Kalisz - Georgia, 2014) 3:33.42 (Chase Kalisz, 2017)

Chase Kalisz just obliterated the 400 IM in a monster time of 3:33.42 -- destroying his own NCAA, meet, American, and U.S. Open record of 3:34.50 from 2014. It was evident Kalisz was going to pop something special when he was out first at the 200 mark (1:43.68) as he is typically a much stronger back-half swimmer. The Georgia senior did not stop there, though. He unloaded on the breaststroke leg, splitting a 58.61 to blow his already significant lead wide open. Touching second in a great swim out of lane eight was Andrew Seliskar of California in 3:36.18 and dueling him five lanes over in lane three was last night's 200 IM co-champion Mark Szaranek of Florida in 3:36.31.

1.) Chase Kalisz (Georgia): 3:33.42 (NCAA, Meet, American, & US Open Record)
2.) Andrew Seliskar (California): 3:36.18
3.) Mark Szaranek (Florida): 3:36.31
4.) Gunnar Bentz (Georgia): 3:36.60
5.) Abrahm Devine (Stanford): 3:37.73
6.) Jonathan Roberts (Texas): 3:38.18
7.) Jay Litherland (Georgia): 3:38.66

8.) Robert Owen (Virginia Tech): 3:41.21


100 BUTTERFLY

NCAA Record: 44.01 (Joseph Schooling - Texas, 2016) 43.58 (Caeleb Dressel - Florida, 2017)
Meet Record: 44.01 (Joseph Schooling - Texas, 2016) 43.58 (Caeleb Dressel - Florida, 2017)
American Record: 43.84 (Tom Shields, 2016) 43.58 (Caeleb Dressel - Florida, 2017)
U.S. Open Record: 43.84 (Tom Shields, 2016) 43.58 (Caeleb Dressel - Florida, 2017)

CAELEB DRESSEL?! What in the world did we just witness? Dressel just unloaded the fastest 100 yard butterfly in history with a 43.58. Joseph Schooling touched first at the 50 in 20.39, but Dressel destroyed the final 50 yards in 22.88 to overtake Schooling who split 23.36 coming home. Schooling posted the second-fastest time in history with a 43.75, and Jack Conger took third with a 44.35.

1.) Caeleb Dressel (Florida): 43.58 (NCAA, Meet, American, & US Open Record)
2.) Joseph Schooling (Texas): 43.75
3.) Jack Conger (Texas): 44.35
4.) Ryan Held (NC State): 44.92
5.) Zheng Quah (California): 45.06
6.) Vini Lanza (Indiana): 45.52
7.) Andrew Sansoucie (Mizzou): 45.76
**Matthew Josa (California): disqualified**

200 FREESTYLE

NCAA Record: 1:30.46 (Townley Haas - Texas, 2016)
Meet Record: 1:30.46 (Townley Haas - Texas, 2016)
American Record: 1:30.46 (Townley Haas - Texas, 2016)
U.S. Open Record: 1:30.46 (Townley Haas - Texas, 2016)

What a race! As expected, Townley Haas, Dylan Carter, and Blake Pieroni separated themselves from the field early on. Carter of Southern Cal looked great through the 75, crushing Haas off the walls and underwater. But Townley out-swam him on the surface. Flipping first at the 100 in 43.74, Haas was able to hold off Carter and a hard-charging Pieroni to take the win in 1:30.65 -- just two-tenths of a second off of his all-time record of 1:30.46 from 2016. Carter and Pieroni ended up tying for second in 1:31.16, and Dean Farris of Harvard touched for fourth in 1:32.25.

1.) Townley Haas (Texas): 1:30.65
2.) Dylan Carter (Southern Cal): 1:31.16
2.) Blake Pieroni (Indiana): 1:31.16
4.) Dean Farris (Harvard): 1:32.35
5.) Cameron Craig (Arizona State): 1:32.46
6.) Maxime Rooney (Florida): 1:32.79
7.) Soeren Dahl (NC State): 1:32.98
8.) Brett Pinfold (Wisconsin): 1:33.57

100 BREASTSTROKE

NCAA Record: 50.04 (Kevin Cordes - Arizona, 2014)
Meet Record: 50.04 (Kevin Cordes - Arizona, 2014)
American Record: 50.04 (Kevin Cordes - Arizona, 2014)
U.S. Open Record: 50.04 (Kevin Cordes - Arizona, 2014)

WILL LICON! The Texas senior just unloaded over the final 25 yards to take the win with a 50.68 -- becoming the second-fastest performer in history behind Kevin Cordes. The defending champion, Fabian Schwingenschloegl of Mizzou, was out at the 50 like a bat out of hell in 23.46 -- under Cordes' record pace -- and still held the lead at the 75, but Licon blazed home over the final 25 yards to get his hand on the wall first. Schwingenschloegl touched second in 50.77, and Carsten Vissering of Southern Cal picked up the bronze in 51.40.

1.) Will Licon (Texas): 50.68
2.) Fabian Schwingenschloegl (Mizzou): 50.77
3.) Carsten Vissering (Southern Cal): 51.40
4.) Connor Hoppe (California): 51.41
5.) Michael Duderstadt (Auburn): 51.55
6.) Brandon Fiala (Virginia Tech): 51.66
7.) Peter Kropp (Duke): 51.90
8.) Nils Wich-Glasen (South Carolina): 51.92

100 BACKSTROKE

NCAA Record: 43.49 (Ryan Murphy - California, 2016)
Meet Record: 43.49 (Ryan Murphy - California, 2016)
American Record: 43.49 (Ryan Murphy - California, 2016)
U.S. Open Record: 43.49 (Ryan Murphy - California, 2016)

This was probably a closer race than Ryan Murphy wanted. The Olympic gold medalist, world record-holder, and fastest 100 backstroker in history (yards and meters) flipped first at the 50 in 21.07, just barely ahead of John Shebat, Connor Oslin, and Luke Kaliszak, but was able to pick up his tempo and turn it on over the final 25 yards to take the win in 43.99. This was Shebat's fourth 100 backstroke of the meet, and he continually gets faster. The Longhorns sophomore touched for second in 44.35, a fantastic swim. Of note, Shebat broke one of Texas' oldest school records on the books Friday -- Neil Walker's 44.92 in the 100 back from 1997. This guy is certainly going to have something special in the 200 on Saturday and a force to be reckoned with in the years to come. Alabama teammates Connor Oslin and Luke Kaliszak touched third and fourth in 44.56 and 44.91, respectively.

The question is: what can these guys do in the 200 medley relay coming up? With all of the teams bunched up, these backstrokers will need to pop something special to get their team out to the lead.

1.) Ryan Murphy (California): 43.99
2.) John Shebat (Texas): 44.35
3.) Connor Oslin (Alabama): 44.56
4.) Luke Kaliszak (Alabama): 44.91
5.) Ralf Tribuntsov (Southern Cal): 45.13
6.) Shane Ryan (Penn State): 45.17
7.) Grigory Tarasevich (Louisville): 45.22

8.) Andreas Vazaios (NC State): 45.49

200 MEDLEY RELAY

NCAA Record: 1:22.27 (Michigan, 2013) 1:21.54 (Texas, 2017)
Meet Record: 1:22.27 (Michigan, 2013) 1:21.54 (Texas, 2017)
American Record: 1:22.40 (California, 2015)
U.S. Open Record: 1:22.27 (Michigan, 2013) 1:21.54 (Texas, 2017)

WHAT JUST HAPPENED? The defending NCAA champions -- Alabama -- got off to a massive start out of lane one with Connor Oslin in 20.39 by out-splitting Ryan Murphy of Cal (20.47) to take the lead. At the 100 mark, it was a three team race between California (43.63), Alabama (43.69), and Texas (43.75). Enter Joseph Schooling. He unloaded a 19.45 butterfly split for the Longhorns to give them the lead, but Bama's Luke Kaliszak had a great split as well (19.94) to keep the Crimson Tide in contention going into the anchor leg. Cal was still in the picture, too, with Justin Lynch's 20.04 fly leg. Texas had a slight lead as Brett Ringgold (18.34) dove into the water, but Alabama's Zane Waddell fought hard to split an 18.26. In the end, it was Texas taking the win in a new NCAA, Meet, and U.S. Open record time of 1:21.54 -- destroying the old record. Also going under the old record was Alabama in second with a time of 1:21.89. California faded to third and finished with a time of 1:22.28.

1.) Texas: 1:21.54 (NCAA, Meet, & U.S. Open Record)
2.) Alabama: 1:21.89
3.) California: 1:22.28
4.) Missouri: 1:22.48
5.) Florida: 1:23.08
6.) NC State: 1:23.18
7.) Stanford: 1:23.74
8.) Louisville: 1:24.06

TEAM SCORES


1.) Texas - 391.5
2.) California - 253
3.) Florida - 224.5
4.) NC State - 196
5.) Indiana - 189.5
6.) Stanford - 160
7.) Southern Cal - 142.5
8.) Georgia - 141
9.) Missouri - 135.5

10.) Louisville - 102.5