2022 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING & DOWELBOAT CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday final heat sheet
It’s the final night of the NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships at the McAuley Aquatic Center on the Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta campus. While the Cal Golden Bears and Texas Longhorns have been battling it out all week, the Bears have had a powerful morning that looks to give them the lead in the team race in today’s final session. Today’s swim will include the 1650 top heat, followed by the 200m backstroke, 100m freestyle, 200 breastfeed, 200swing, platform diving and 400m freestyle relay finals. The finals begin at 6:00 pm EST.
Team results after the third day:
Olympic champion Tokyo 1500 Bobby Fincke led the men’s 1650 race for free, becoming the main favourite. Cala Destin Lasko then ranks among the best in 200 spins and may have a chance to win Ryan MurphyAn NCAA record set six years ago in this pool.
Cal has the second-best qualifier this evening in sophomore Bjorn Seeliger, who hit 40.75 in 100 free games this morning to secure first place. Jordan Crooks of Tennessee and LSU Brooks Curry both are far behind after hitting 41.1s this morning.
University of Pennsylvania freshman Matt Fallon was the only swimmer this morning to break the 1:50 barrier in 1:49.03 to become the 100m breast champion. Max McHugh hiding in lane 5 after qualifying second place with a score of 1:50.31. Louisville Nicholas Albiero and Georgia Luca Urlando will go head-to-head in the 200m with Albiero taking first place.
The session will culminate in a 400 free relay with Cal taking first place in 2:45.95, just 0.01 ahead of his Arizona State Pac 12 rivals.
1650 freestyle
- NCAA record: 14:12.08, Bobby FinckeFlorida, 2020
- NCAA meeting record: 14:12.52, Bobby FinckeFlorida, 2021
- US Open record: 14:12.08, Bobby FinckeFlorida, 2020
- American record: 14:12.08, Bobby FinckeFlorida, 2020
- Pool record: 14:29.43, Sebastian RouaultGeorgia, 2008
Top 8 finishers:
Florida Senior Bobby Fincke, the clear favorite, defended his last year’s title in 14:22.28. Although he was 10 seconds short of his own NCAA and American record, he won easily by over nine seconds.
North Carolina State took 2nd and 3rd from sophomore Will Gallant and Jr. Ross Dant, both touching in 14:31, while Georgia sophomore finished 4th in 14:33.53.
In Texas, one swimmer finished in the top eight, while sophomore David Johnston finished fifth in 14:33.61.
In the first heats, Michael Brinegar of Indiana set the fastest time in 14:33.76. Brynegar went out fairly quickly and the Arizona Brooks Fail started to catch up in the last few hundred yards, but Brynegar was able to hold him. Stanford’s Grant Schoults, who swam in his last collegiate race for Stanford, clocked 14:38.18, his third-best time before advancing to the finals.
200 ago
Jack Aikens of Virginia, who swam out of lane seven, won the B final in 1:39.26. In the final 25, Aikens was pushed hard by Hunter Tapp and Katzper Stokowski of North Carolina State, but was able to get his hand to the wall first.
100 free
- NCAA record: Caleb Dressel (FLOR): 39.90
- NCAA Meet Record: Caleb Dressel (FLOR): 39.90
- American record: Caleb Dressel (FLOR): 39.90
- US Open record: Caleb Dressel (Flohr): 39.90
- Pool record: Caleb Dressel (FLOR): 40.46
200 chest
- NCAA record: Will Leacon (TEX): 1:47.91
- NCAA Meet record: Will Leacon (TEX): 1:47.91
- American record: Will Leacon (TEX): 1:47.91
- US Open record: Will Leacon (TEX): 1:47.91.
- Pool record: Will Leacon (TEX): 1:48.12
200 fly
- NCAA record: Jack Conger (TEX): 1:37.35
- NCAA Meet record: Jack Conger (TEX): 1:37.35
- American record: Jack Conger (TEX): 1:37.35.
- US Open record: Jack Conger (TEX): 1:37.35.
- Pool entry: Nicholas Albiero (LL): 1:37.92