2024 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 27-30, 2024
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100 YARD BREASTSTROKE — FINAL
NCAA Record: 49.69 — Ian Finnerty, Indiana (2018)Meet Record: 49.69 — Ian Finnerty, Indiana (2018)American Record: 49.69 — Ian Finnerty, Indiana (2018)U.S. Open Record: 49.69 — Ian Finnerty, Indiana (2018)Pool Record: 50.52 — Liam Bell, California (2024)- 2023 Champion: 50.00 – Max McHugh, Minnesota
Top 8:
- Liam Bell (CAL) – 49.53 *NCAA, Meet, American, U.S. Open, & Pool Record*
- Brian Benzing (TOWS) – 50.59
- Denis Petrashov (LOU) – 50.91
- Noah Nichols (UVA) – 50.93
- Carles Coll Marti (VT) – 51.06
- Josh Matheny (IU) – 51.07
- Julian Smith (FLOR) – 51.18
- Ron Polonsky (STAN) – 51.25
Towson’s Brian Benzing finished 2nd in the men’s 100 breaststroke at the 2024 NCAA Championships as he swam a 50.59 in the A final.
Benzing now is the highest men’s mid-major finisher at NCAAs since Harvard’s Dean Farris won the 100 free and 100 back at 2019 NCAAs. Matt Fallon of Penn finished 3rd in the 200 breast at 2022 NCAAs.
Benzing improves upon his own fastest mid-major in the event ever as he previously held the fastest time with a 51.25 that he swam at the 2023 CAA Championships. This morning, Benzing improved upon his leading mid-major time swimming a 50.92 and was even faster tonight. He also is the only mid-major swimmer to ever swim under the 51-second mark.
All-Time Mid-Major Men’s 100 Breaststroke
| RANK | SWIMMER | SCHOOL | TIME | SEASON |
| 1 | Brian Benzing | Towson | 50.59 | 2023-24 |
| 2 | Ilya Evdokimov | Cornell | 51.32 | 2017-18 |
| 3 | Matt Fallon | Penn | 51.45 | 2021-22 |
| 4 | Jack Kelly | Brown | 51.58 | 2023-24 |
| 5 | Kohen Rankin | Army | 51.62 | 2023-24 |
Benzing only finished behind Cal’s Liam Bell tonight as Bell swam a 49.53 setting new NCAA and American records in the process. Benzing has already announced that he will use his COVID-19 5th year of eligibility as he will transfer to Indiana. He will be able to train alongside Josh Matheny who finished 6th in the event tonight.
Tonight was the first time Benzing made an NCAA ‘A’ final as he made the B final the last two years in the 100 breast.
Everyone’s a race analyst/official all of the sudden when Benz shows everyone what’s up 🤣🤣🦍
Anyone else remember the goat Jack Saunderson from Towson in the A final 200 fly 2019? Towson always getting the small schools on the podium, guys like this are always easy to root for!
That’s all great, but what about the mid major swimmers who get overlooked and don’t get invited to swim at NCAA’s. A perfect example is Dylan Felt from Davidson College. He had faster seed times than qu8te a few who were invited in the 500 free and 1650. Why wasn’t he invited ???????
Would need to know which specific swimmers you are referencing to be sure, but I would imagine here’s what happened:
Swimmers need to be roughly in the top 30 of one event in order to get an invite, but once they have that invite, then can swim another two events in which they were not under the invite time (i.e., not in the 30), as long as they have a NCAA ‘B’ cut.
So, Felt’s freestyle times of 1:33.8/4:16.58/14:55.89 are great for a mid-major swimmer, but short of what it took to get an invite in any of those events (1:32.92/4:14.90/14:54.92).
But if a swimmer who qualified with a 4:14.50 500 free time also had a 1:34.5 200 free time,… Read more »
What conference is Davidson in?
old brian benzing had some turns D-Q-D-Q-Now
With a fly kick here
With a fly kick there
Here a fly kick
There a fly kick
Everywhere a fly kick
Old brian benzing had some turns D-Q-D-Q-Now
Least obvious noah nichols fan
This comment doesn’t deserve downvotes. Objectively He should been been DQd on all 4 walls. Downvote if you didn’t watch the race.
Maybe but every single person they’ve shown underwater pullout footage of also should be dq’d then. this meet the swimmers don’t seem to be hiding it, they’re all doing two pretty pronounced kicks.
Most breaststrokers today have a slight downward movement with their feet when they do their pull down while they’re adjusting their body position, are they all “kicks”? I don’t know. Benzing’s last night were pretty blatant, though. You could see full body undulation not just a little twitch of his legs.
You can’t get too mad at him, if he never gets called there’s technically nothing wrong with it. It’s frustrating though that the officiating at this level is so inconsistent where if you have this at US Nats or Olympics they review every race underwater and will call them out every time but at NCAAs you can see quite a few men and women get away with extra… Read more »
I saw others that should have been DQd. But what does that have to do with him?
He clearly cleaned it up for two breast this morning, so that’s good.
Also took the most dolphin kicks since Reece Whitley
It’s not just the extra kick on his pullouts, he’s got some movement on his feet after each BR stroke ala Lilly King. Wish they would initiate DQs underwater here like they do at USAS national level meets.
It was placed in the rules prior to this season for this year, but the NCAA chose not to actually go through with it….
Benzing pulling a Cody Miller
Isn’t he going to Indiana to train with Cody Miller?
I love stories like this. This is what college swimming is about right here. Great job Brian.
Well-deserved Brian & Coach Bruno!!!
Ties the school record for highest NCAA finish with Meredith Budner Plack who was 2nd in 2022 in both the 500 and 1650, lost to Allison Schmitt in both.
you got your year wrong Meredith did that in 2011
you’re right, typo, hate those