Men's NCAA Champs: 200 Freestyle Relay
Mar 23, 2017
200 FREESTYLE RELAY
NCAA Record: 1:14.08 (Auburn, 2009)Meet Record: 1:14.08 (Auburn, 2009)
American Record: 1:15.26 (Stanford, 2011)
US Open Record: 1:14.08 (Auburn, 2009)
JOSEPH SCHOOLING! The Texas junior just catapulted out of nowhere on the anchor leg for the Longhorns, splitting an 18.34 en route to a winning time of 1:14.59. Texas was great across the board with Brett Ringgold (18.96), Jack Conger (18.37), Tate Jackson (18.92), and Schooling (18.34). Florida looked like they were going to take this one through the first three legs of Caeleb Dressel (18.23), Jan Switkowski (18.75), and Enzo Martinez Scarpe (18.72). However, their anchor Jack Blyzinskyj (19.18) was unable to hold off the hard charging Schooling. California snuck in for third with a 1:15.29 thanks to four solid 18-second splits across the board and NC State took fourth in 1:15.82 thanks to a strong lead-off from Ryan Held in 18.63. It looked like the Wolfpack had a shot at the title, but their anchor Scott Johnson had a 0.61 reaction time en route to a 19.57 split.
1.) Texas: 1:14.59
2.) Florida: 1:14.88
3.) California: 1:15.29
4.) NC State: 1:15.82
5.) Alabama: 1:16.52
6.) Auburn: 1:16.62
7.) Indiana: 1:16.78
7.) Missouri: 1:16.78
