Brooks Curry on 100 Free NCAA Title: “I’ve been dreaming about this race”

2022 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Reported by Michael Hamann.

100 free

  • NCAA Record: Caeleb Dressel (FLOR): 39.90
  • NCAA Meet Record: Caeleb Dressel (FLOR): 39.90
  • American Record: Caeleb Dressel (FLOR): 39.90
  • US Open Record: Caeleb Dressel (FLOR): 39.90
  • Pool Record: Caeleb Dressel (FLOR): 40.46

Top 8 finishers:

  1. Brooks Curry (LSU- Junior): 40.84
  2. Bjoern Seeliger (CAL- Sophomore): 41.00
  3. Andrei Minakov (STAN- Sophomore): 41.09
  4. Matt Brownstead (UVA- Sophomore): 41.22
  5. Jordan Crooks (TENN- Freshman): 41.24
  6. Drew Kibler (TEX- Senior): 41.33
  7. Matt King (UVA- Sophomore): 41.34
  8. Danny Krueger (TEX0 Senior): 41.62

LSU junior Brooks Curry completed the sprint sweep on the weekend, winning the 100 free in 40.84. Curry used a masterful last 25 to overtake the field and win at the touch. Cal’s Bjoern Seeliger, who qualified first out of the prelims, finished 2nd in 41.00. Seeliger and Crooks turned nearly even in the lead at the halfway point, both out in 19.2, but Crooks faded on the final 25 to finish 5th in 41.24.

Roudning out the top three finishers was Stanford’s Andrei Minakov, who finished in 41.09.

Harvard’s Dean Farris, who won this in 2019, won the B final in 41.42. He touched just ahead of Ohio State’s Ruslan Gaziev, who finished in 41.56.

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PFA
2 years ago

Just realized because of Andrei‘s 41.09, he’s now the fastest freshman in history

Fluidg
2 years ago

His last stroke into the final turn was astonishingly massive. You could sense his sheer will and determination to overcome that deficit. Congrats on another great swim in a maximum pressure moment.

We did not Cali UT
2 years ago

Here is the kid who desperately wanted to go to Auburn, but … He is not looking back!

Guy
Reply to  We did not Cali UT
2 years ago

They only offered him a walk on spot too

PFA
Reply to  Guy
2 years ago

Big middle finger to them

bronsky
Reply to  PFA
2 years ago

..and Brooks individual points = 52 > entire Auburn team = 22

ooo
2 years ago

OT. Is it normal to have a different list of news when accessing SwimSwam form a computer (Firefox) or from a smartphone (firefox also) , The computer screen does not display “Bobby Finke That was one of the sloppiest miles I’ve ever done” “Cal Men Reclaim NCAA …” “2022 M. NCAA Day four Finals Live Recap” ?

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