California win the NCAA Division I Men’s swimming and Diving Championships – Recap
After a long wait of 31 years, California has finally won the title of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Swimming and Diving Championships at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Centre in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The day began with the finals of the Men’s 200-yard backstroke, 1650-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard breast-stroke, 200-yard butterfly and 400-yard freestyle relay.
In the Men’s 1650-yard freestyle, Michael McBroom of Texas won the title in a wonderful time of 14:32.86 minutes. His timing placed him comfortably ahead of the Georgia’s Martin Grodzki and Chad La Tourette, who ended in a draw for the second place clocking
a time of 14:34.80 minutes.
Next were the 200-yard backstroke finals, where Arizona’s junior Cory Chitwood met the expectations of the crowd by registering a wonderful swim of 1:38.84 minutes, while Indiana’s Eric Ress finished second in a very close time of 1:38.96 minutes. The third
position was occupied by Florida’s Marco Loughran, who touched the wall in a time of 1:40.95 minutes.
Next was the 100-yard freestyle, where California’s pupil, Nathan Adrian, improved the pool record of Cesar Cielo in 2007, in a time of 41.17 seconds. Adrian submitted a time of 41.10 seconds ahead of Texas’s Jimmy Feigen and Auburn University’s Adam Brown,
who won the silver and bronze medal in an improved time of 41.66 and 41.84 seconds, respectively.
In the 200-yard breast-stroke finals, Eric Friedland conquered the gold medal in a pool record time of 1:52.43 minutes, as the previous pool record was held by Alabama’s Vladislav Polyakov in 1:52.71 minutes. California’s Martti Aljand and Texas’s Nick D’
Innocenzo followed Friedland for the second and third spot in a time of 1:52.88 minutes and 1:53.13 minutes, respectively.
In the Men’s 200-yard butterfly event, Georgia’s Mark Dylla won the gold medal in the Championship record time of 1:40.60 minutes against the record of 1:40.75 minutes by Florida’s Shaune Fraser. Stanford’s Bobby Bollier and California’s Tom Shields reached
the podium for the second and third position in a time of 1:40.76 and 1:41.20 minutes, respectively.
The last event of the day was the most crucial one, as the overall standings of the teams depended on this event. California won the title in scintillating fashion in a time of 2:47.39 minutes. Auburn University and Southern California followed the winners
for the second and third spot on the podium in a time of 2:49.47 and 2:50.32 minutes, respectively.
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