Men's NCAA Champs: 200 Medley Relay
Mar 25, 2017
200 MEDLEY RELAY
NCAA Record:Meet Record:
American Record: 1:22.40 (California, 2015)
US Open Record:
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. Schooling 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 US 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, & US 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
