DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK 2018 Championship 2 History 9 Championships Records 12 Individual Champions 14 Team Finishes 30 All-Time Team Results 34 2018 CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS The Texas takeover withstands another round of the NCAA Men’s DI Championships at Minnesota’s University Aquatic Center. This time, for the fourth consecutive year, and 14th overall program national title. The Longhorns posted a score of 449 points to outlast California (437.5), Indiana (422), NC State (385), and Florida (347). Eddie Reese, Texas head coach, holds the crown for winningest coach in swimming and diving history. The 2018 title win capped off his 40th year coaching. He has won four-straight titles twice during his continued tenure. Day one of the championships began with the 800 Free Relay. NC State came out on top of the podium completing the race in 6:05.31. The cohort of Andreas Vazaios, Ryan Held, Jacob Molacek and Justin Ress. The Pack was trailed by Indiana and Texas. During the relay, Indiana’s Blake Pieroni posted a record in the 200 Free at 1:29.63. Into the second day, Florida made their second mark on the score board in the 200 Free Relay. Caeleb Dressel, Jam Switkowski, Enzo Martinez-Sarpe and Mark Szaranek swam the race in 1:14.39 earning the Gators 40 points. This was Dressel’s start to a historic performance in this year’s tournament. Dressel, Florida senior, swam a 17.63 in the 50 free is an American, NCAA, US Open, UF and pool record and he is the first human to have ever broke 18 seconds in the event – he did so, twice. In one-meter diving interstate competition was hot between Indiana and Purdue. Michael Hixon of Indiana edged Boilermaker and fellow Olympian, Steele Johnson, 464.40 to 443.85. Indiana’s James Connor rounded out the top three at 440.55. Stanford earned the 400 IM title by way of Abrahm Devine, in a 3:35.29 time, to start the third day of competition. Dressel, the Southeastern Conference Male Athlete of the Year, earned another gold in the 100 Fly swimming a 42.80. In the 200 Free, Townley Haas just edged the record set two days prior, with a 1:29.50 finish. Purdue’s Johnson won the three-meter dive with a 499.35 collection of points, setting a pool record. The decorated athlete now is a five-time NCAA champion. USC swam a 1:21.82 in the 200 Medley with Robert Glinta, Carsten Vissering, Dylan Carter and Santo Condorelli. The win is the Trojans first NCAA title in the race. Going into the final day of competition, Indiana led garnering 325 points through 14 events. The Hoosiers were followed by Texas (306), California (291.5), NC State (252), and Florida (246). Anton Ipsen, NC State senior, claimed victory in the 1650 Free with a 14:24.34 time. Ipsen’s win broke ACC and school records. Michigan’s Felix Auboeck and California’s Nick Norman finished closely behind at 14:29.42 and 14:30.82, respectively. Texas’ Austin Katz swam a 1:37.53 200 Back, as a freshman he earned the Longhorns first NCAA title in the event since 2004 and first freshman to win a backstroke event since 2003. Dressel touched the wall in 39.90 in the 100 Free to become the first human to break 40 seconds in the event. The Florida native now boasts three national titles in the 100 Free and passed Ryan Lochte for the most National Championships all-time on the men’s side. In the 200 Breaststroke, Ian Finnerty, Indiana Junior, finished first with a time of 1:50.17 ahead of California’s Andrew Seliskar (1:50.24) and Florida’s Szaranek (1:51.71). Through 18 events, Texas managed to reach the top spot in points with a 24.5 margin-lead on California. Indiana had dropped back to third place. In event 19, 200 Fly, Vazaios clocked in at 1:38.60 to earn NC State another NCAA title. California reached past Texas to sit in the top spot after finishing three swimmers in the top-8. Texas dropped back to second with a slim 9.5-point deficit. Two events remained. Tennessee earned their first ever platform championship with Colin Zheng’s 466.35 performance. The event became a two-man competition with freshman Texas star Jordan Windle during the final two rounds, Zheng hit his remaining dives to claim his second platform title. He had won in 2016 at Ohio State as a freshman. Texas sat on the number one slot, once again, after Windle’s second-place finish in the platform dive. California was forced to second. In the final event of the 2018 championships, 400 Free, NC State ended the championships same as they started. The team of Held, Ress, Molacek and Coleman Stewart earned gold with a 2:44.31 time and broke the NCAA, American, U.S. Open, and pool record. Following the last event, Texas solidified their fate as 2018 Champions. The Longhorns will have the chance to go for five-straight in front of the home crowd at the 2019 NCAA Championships. The event is set for March 27-30 in Austin, Texas at the University of Texas. 2018 TEAM STANDINGS 21. Florida St. 42 22. Denver 31 23. Cornell 29 1. Texas 449 LSU 29 2. California 437½ Missouri 29 3. Indiana 422 Notre Dame 29 4. NC State 385 27. Miami (FL) 27 5. Florida 347 28. Ohio St. 25 6. Southern California 253 29. Virginia 19 7. Stanford 205 30. Penn St. 14 8. Michigan 168½ 31. Towson 11 9. Louisville 155 32. Utah 10 10. Georgia 129 33. Duke 9 11. Tennessee 123 Virginia Tech 9 12. Auburn 98½ 35. Grand Canyon 7 13. Alabama 95 36. Hawaii 6 14. Texas A&M 75 North Carolina 6 15. Minnesota 67 38. West Virginia 2½ 16. Arizona 64 39. Iowa 2 17. South Carolina 60 40. SMU 1 18. Harvard 58 Wyoming 1 19. Purdue 54 20. Arizona St. 45 2018 Championship 2 2018 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Consolation Name School Time 50-Yard Freestyle 9. Jeff Newkirk Texas 1:33.15 10. Mikel Screuders Missouri 1:33.16 Final 11. Paul Delakis Ohio St. 1:33.17 Name School Time 12. Sam Pomajevich Texas 1:33.21 13. Cameron Craig Arizona St. 1:33.48 1. Caeleb Dressel Florida 17.63 14. Grant House Arizona St. 1:33.61 2. Ryan Held NC State 18.64 15. Zach Harting Louisville 1:34.00 3. Bowen Becker Minnesota 18.90 16. Felix Auboeck Michigan 1:34.98 4. Pawel Sendyk California 18.94 5. Zach Apple Auburn 18.97 500-Yard Freestyle Ryan Hoffer California 18.97 7. Robert Howard Alabama 19.09 Final 8. Blake Pieroni Indiana 19.17 Name School Time Consolation 1. Townley Haas Texas 4:08.60 Name School Time 2. Feliz Auboeck Michigan 4:09.03 3. Anton Ipsen NC State 4:09.13 9. Santo Condorelli Southern California 18.99 4. Grant Shoults Stanford 4:10.02 10. Justin Ress NC State 19.06 5. Akaram Mahmoud South Carolina 4:12.14 11. Brett Ringgold Texas 19.12 6. Sam Pomajevich Texas 4:12.83 12. Dean Farris Harvard 19.28 7. Liam Egan Stanford 4:14.49 13. Joseph Schooling Texas 19.29 8. Ricardo Vargas Jacobo Michigan 4:17.23 14. Justin Lynch California 19.35 15. Paul Powers Michigan 19.39 Consolation 16. Andrej Barna Louisville 19.50 Name School Time 100-Yard Freestyle 9. Marcelo Acosta Louisville 4:11.61 10. Zach Yeadon Notre Dame 4:13.95 Final 11. Fynn Minuth South Carolina 4:14.05 Name School Time 12. PJ Ransford Michigan 4:14.35 13. Sean Grieshop California 4:15.73 1. Caeleb Dressel Florida 39.90 14. Breannan Novak Harvard 4:15.81 2. Ryan Held NC State 41.08 15. Walker Higgins Georgia 4:16.33 3. Justin Ress NC State 41.49 16. Logan Houck Harvard 4:17.66 4. Blake Pieroni Indiana 41.51 5. Jacob Molacek NC State 41.55 1,650-Yard Freestyle 6. Townley Haas Texas 41.67 7. Tate Jackson Texas 41.81 Final 8. Santo Condorelli Southern California 42.34 Name School Time Consolation 1. Anton Ipsen NC State 14:24.43 Name School Time 2. Felix Auboeck Michigan 14:29.42 3. Nick Norman California 14:30.82 9. Zach Apple Auburn 41.36 4. Zach Yeadon Notre Dame 14:35.98 10. Robert Howard Alabama 41.81 5. Marcelo Acosta Louisville 14:38.22 11. Dylan Carter Southern California 41.93 6. PJ Ransford Michigan 14:38.23 12. Brett Ringgold Texas 42.03 7. Ricardo Vargas Jacobo Michigan 14:40.27 13. Peter Holoda Auburn 42.09 8. True Sweetser Stanford 14:40.48 14. Bowen Becker Minnesota 42.13 9. Akaram Mahmoud South Carolina 14:41.58 15. Khader Baqlah Florida 42.17 10. Ben Lawless Florida 14:42.88 16. Bruno Blaskovic Indiana 42.43 11. Sean Grieshop California 14:42.97 200-Yard Freestyle 12. Blake Manganiello Florida 14:44.72 13. Jacob Wielinski Missouri 14:44.75 Final 14. Grant Shoults Stanford 14:45.22 15. Logan Houck Harvard 14:45.10 Name School Time 16. Liam Egan Stanford 14:46.59 1. Townley Haas Texas 1:29.50 17. Brooks Fail Arizona 14:46.77 2. Blake Pieroni Indiana 1:30.23 18.