200 Butterfly
Cal's Tom Shields knows how to leave his mark on an event. Using his best weapon of underwater dolphins, Shields went out after the race and never look back. Shields set a new NCAA record and tied Michael Phelps for the American record with a (1:39.65). With a crowd that was already prepared for record setting swims, Shields got them on their feet from the beginning. Out in 22.27, Shields closed the deal with a 25.86 coming home. Marcin Cieslak of Florida was second with (1:40.62) and Dylan Bosch of Michigan (1:41.37) was third.
200 Breaststroke
Arizona is the most dominant force in breaststroke right now. Sweeping both the 100 and 200 in record times. Kevin Cordes is swimming absolutely out of his mind. He reset his American and US Open record from this morning with a 1.48.68. Not only did he dip under that 1.50 mark, he smashed it.
This officially will mark a new era in yards for mens breastroke. It’s equal to the 19 second barrier in the 50. There is not enough that can be said about the performance that has not been tweeted, written, or already said to everyone around. he splitting was great 24.61, 27.58 (52.19), 28.59, 27.90. What’s scarry is that he can probably improve on his 3rd 50 and still go faster.
The rest of the field:
Carl Mickelson, another Wildcat, was never too far off from Cordes for about 160 yards. His turns were quick and his second 100 was very good (57).
California managed to get 2 swimmers in the final and score some much needed points from Trevor Hoyt (3rd) and Joshua Prenot (5th). Cody Miller of Indiana continued his impressive performance by touching the wall 4th (1.53.29).
The lone gator in this final was Matt Elliot in 1.53.79. Right behind him was the only Wolverine in this event, Richard Funk (1.54.15). Dartmouth swimmer Nejc Zupan rounded out the heat with a final time of 1.54.40.
100 Freestyle
VLAD! That's what you heard all over the deck this week. That's also
what you heard being yelled over the PA system as the crowd was going
nuts during what turned out to be a new NCAA record swim (40.76). Vlad
Morozov was out like a bullet train, splitting 19.14 at the 50. Proving
once again that he is the fastest man in the pool this weekend. Vlad
seemed to never let off the gas and showed great strength and power in
and out of every turn. All eyes will be on Morozov during the 400FR
Relay to see what he can split to end this meet.
200 Backstroke
What a race!
David Nolan of Stanford did his best to capture another title but fell just half a second short to Wisconsin’s Andrew Teduits. This was the first title since 1959 for the Badgers. Andrew went out fast, very very fast, 47.60 fast. This gave him almost a second lead among his competitors, a lead that never let up. While his lead was shortened by Nolan, there simply were not enough yards for him to make up.
The field fought vigorously to move up, notably Jacob Hansen of Eastern Michigan (1.39.87) which was a significant improvement from his morning swim of 1.41.44. In fact, 6 out of the 8 finalists all improved from their morning swims.
1650 Freestyle
Connor Jaeger and the rest of his Michigan distance crew all but wrapped
up the meet for Michigan in the 1650. Jaeger 1st (14:27.18), Sean Ryan
4th (14:46.29), Ryan Feeley 6th (14:49.05), and Andres Nielsen 9th
(14:51.40) combined for 57 points. Jaeger and Michael McBroom of Texas,
finishing 2nd (14:32.75), paced each other out in front of the field
for over half the race, until Jaeger started making a strong move to
start chipping away on each 50. Jaeger was on record pace and just
barely fell off. You can bet with Jaeger having one more year, that the
record of 14:24.08 will be on his list to take down before he finishes
out his career. All heats of the mile showed great action and racing
from start to finish. As always the 1650 is the one race where the fans
really get their money's worth and that still held true this year.
