Swimming and Diving DIVISION I MEN’S
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Swimming and Diving DIVISION I MEN’S Highlights California cruises to fi rst title in 31 years; Team clinches title by winning 400-yard freestyle relay: The California men’s swimming team, powered by titles by senior Nathan Adrian and a victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay during the fi nal day of the meet, earned its third national championship by winning the 2011 NCAA Men’s Swim- ming and Diving Championships March 24-26 at Minnesota. The Golden Bears, led by fourth-year coach David Durden, won their fi rst NCAA team title in men’s swimming since capturing back-to-back titles under Nort Thornton in 1979-80. In a dramatic conclusion to its national title run, Cal’s 400 free relay team of senior Graeme Moore, senior Josh Daniels, sophomore Tom Shields and Adrian won the meet’s fi nal event with a time of 2:47.39 to give the Bears a 493 to 470½ point victory over Texas in the team standings. Stanford placed third in the meet with 403 points. Texas won two events, but couldn’t fully overcome a 63½ -point defi cit at the start of the fi nal day to win the team title. Earlier on the fi nal day, Adrian won his second title of the NCAA meet by capturing the 100-yard freestyle for the third straight year, recording a time of 41.10. He is the third Cal athlete to win the national title in the 100 free three years in a row, joining Olympic gold medalists Matt Biondi (1985-87) and Anthony Ervin (2000-02). “This is such an awesome experience,” said Durden of his team’s national title. “I came to Cal four years ago and to be able to work with this group of seniors... it is just won- derful to be able to fi nish this way with them. I couldn’t be more thrilled.” Duke’s Nick McCrory scored 548.90 points to win his second straight platform diving title, denying Purdue’s David Boudia’s bid to become the fi rst male to sweep all three diving events. Boudia had previously won the 3-meter diving event with a score of 472.30 and 1-meter event with a score of 461.00. Texas sophomore Michael McBroom won the 1,650-yard freestyle in 14:32.86 to start the fi nal night. Texas took the lead by a half-point after Eric Friedland won the 200-yard breaststroke in 1:52.43. One year after fi nishing fi rst, but getting disqualifi ed for an illegal one-handed touch on the fi rst turn, Georgia’s Mark Dylla won the 200-yard butterfl y in 1:40.60. Arizona junior Cory Chitwood won the 200-yard backstroke in 1:38.34. Along with Adrian’s victory in the 100 free and the 400 free relay win, California had several other swims that led to the national title the last day. Senior Martti Aljand was the national runner-up in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:52.88, and Shields was third in the 200-yard butterfl y with a mark of 1:41.20. Other point scorers for California on the meet’s fi nal day were Moore’s seventh-place fi nish in the 100 free (42.39). In the 200 breast, Damir Dugonjic placed eighth (1:56.94) and sophomore Trevor Hoyt was ninth with a time of 1:54.21. In the 200 fl y, junior Robbie Sullivan earned 11 points with an eighth-place fi nish (1:45.84). Dugonjic became a three-time champion in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 50.94 seconds on the second day of the meet. Shields won the 100-yard backstroke in 45.02, while the 200-yard medley relay team of seniors Guy Barnea, Dugonjic, Moore and Adrian won the national crown with a time of 1:23.12, securing the NCAA title in that event for the second straight year. Stanford’s Austin Staab won the 100-yard butterfl y in 44.69 seconds, holding off Shields, the defending champion, for the third title of his career. Georgia senior Bill Cregar won the 400-yard individual medley in 3:40.97 and Florida’s Brett Fraser took the 200-yard freestyle in 1:32.21. Cregar came on strong in the race’s fi nal 100 yards to pull away from Michigan’s Kyle Whitaker. Florida’s Conor Dwyer, Sebastien Rousseau, Jeff rey Raymond and Fraser won the 800-yard freestyle relay with a time of 6:14.88. On opening day, Adrian won the 50-yard freestyle with a new American record of 18.66, breaking his own record of 18.71. He also teamed with Barnea, Dugonjic and Shields to outswim runner-up Texas in the 400-yard medley relay (3:06.10) and win the national title in that event for the second year in a row. Stanford’s Staab, Alex Coville, Jakob Allen and Aaron Wayne opened the championships by setting an American record in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:15.26, breaking its own record of 1:15.84, set earlier in the day during the prelims. Staab also added a title in the 200-yard medley with a time of 1:41.57 and Virginia’s Matt McLean took home the 500-yard freestyle title with a time of 4:10.15. 2011 TEAM STANDINGS 16. Purdue ......................................................................88 West Virginia .............................................................7 1. California ...............................................................493 17. Louisville ..................................................................73 32. SMU ..............................................................................6 2. Texas ........................................................................470½ 18. Indiana .....................................................................61 33. BYU ...............................................................................5 3. Stanford .................................................................403 19. UNLV ..........................................................................56 Wyoming ....................................................................5 4. Arizona ...................................................................302 20. Duke ..........................................................................50 35. Iowa ..............................................................................4 5. Florida .....................................................................291 21. Arizona St. ...............................................................48 36. South Carolina .........................................................2 6. Auburn ...................................................................269½ 22. Missouri ...................................................................44 37. Columbia ....................................................................1 7. Southern California ...........................................206 23. Florida St..................................................................32 8. Virginia ...................................................................200 24. Wisconsin ................................................................21 9. Michigan................................................................181 25. Clemson ...................................................................16½ 10. Georgia...................................................................125½ 26. LSU .............................................................................14 11. Ohio St. ...................................................................115 Penn St. ....................................................................14 12. Tennessee .............................................................106½ 28. Virginia Tech ...........................................................11 13. Texas A&M ..............................................................99½ 29. Alabama ..................................................................10 14. North Carolina ......................................................97 30. Northwestern ...........................................................7 15. Minnesota ...............................................................91 2 DIVISION MEN'S I SWIMMING AND DIVING—INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 2011 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 100-yard breaststroke: Final—1. Damir Dugonjic, Three-meter diving: Final—1. David Boudia, Purdue, California, 50.94; 2. Nolan Koon, California, 51.63; 3. Carlos 472.30; 2. Grant Nel, Texas A&M, 471.35; 3. Constantin 50-yard freestyle: Final—1. Nathan Adrian, California, Almeida, Louisville, 52.02; 4. Martti Aljand, California, 52.24; Blaha, Arizona St., 450.40; 4. Nick McCrory, Duke, 431.00; 5. 18.66; 2. Adam Brown, Auburn, 18.72; 3. Jimmy Feigen, 5. (tie) Scott Spann, Texas, and Curtis Lovelace, Stanford, Drew Livingston, Texas, 417.05; 6. Harrison Jones, Southern Texas, 18.97; 4. Adam Small, Arizona, 19.03; 5. Alex Coville, 52.97; 7. Kevin Munsch, Arizona, 53.07; 8. Ivan Gutesa, California, 397.45; 7. Landon Marzullo, Florida St., 378.85; Stanford, 19.25; 6. Vlad Morozov, Southern California, 19.38; Minnesota, 53.40. Consolation—9. Eric Friedland, Texas, 8. David Bonuchi, Missouri, 374.15. Consolation—9. David 7. Karl Krug, Auburn, 19.50; 8. Graeme Moore, California, 52.81; 10. Bradley Craig, Tennessee, 52.88; 11. John Criste, Piercy, Indiana, 381.20; 10. Daniel Mazzaferro, Auburn, 19.54. Consolation—9. Michael Richards, Minnesota, Stanford, 53.11; 12. Kameron Chastain, Louisville, 53.15; 13. 380.75; 11. JP Perez, Purdue, 373.50; 12. Riley McCormick, 19.39; 10. Drew Modrov, Auburn, 19.41; 11. Kohlton Norys, Elliott Keefer, Ohio St., 53.22; 14. Nicholas Ferrif, California, Arizona St., 367.25; 13. Andrew Brown, Minnesota, 364.80; Auburn, 19.46; 12. Josh Daniels, California, 19.58; 13. Marcelo 53.47; 15. Adam Klein, Auburn, 53.82; 16. Kelley Wyman, 14. Adam Booher, Alabama, 359.95; 15. Dante Jones, Chierighini, Auburn, 19.65; 14. (tie) Chris Manning, Auburn, Arizona, 53.86. Missouri, 342.80; 16. Will Chandler, Texas, 319.30. and Eric Bruck,