2022 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 23-26, 2022
- McAuley Aquatic Center, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (Eastern Daylight Time)
- Prelims 10AM /Finals 6PM
- Short Course Yards (25 yards)
- Live Results
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- Qualified relay teams
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Reported by Michael Hamann.
400 medley relay
- NCAA Record: 2:59.22 (TEX- 2017)
- NCAA Meet Record: 2:59.22 (TEX- 2017)
- American Record: 3:01.51 (CAL- 2017)
- US Open Record: 2:59.22 (TEX- 2017)
- Pool Record: 3:00.68 (TEX- 2016)
Top 8 finishers:
- Cal: 3:00.36
- Indiana: 3:00.76
- Florida: 3:01.00
- Texas: 3:01.22
- NC State: 3:01.53
- Stanford: 3:01.70
- Louisville: 3:02.03
- Arizona State: 3:02.81
While top-seeded Indiana won the final heat, it wasn’t fast enough to overcome Cal’s 3:00.36 from heat three, making the Bears the NCAA champion in the event. This is the second time that Cal has won an NCAA relay after not racing in the final heat, after doing the same at last year’s meet in the 400 free relay.
Indiana was led by Brendan Burns‘ 44.45 leadoff and was followed by Josh Mathey (50.93), Tomer Frankel (44.19) and Rafael Miroslaw (41.19).
Texas, who notably scratched Alvin Jiang from the B final of the 100 back to seemingly save him for this relay, ended up leaving Jiang off the relay all together. The Longhorns instead opted to use Zachary Van Zandt on the fly leg, who split 44.79. While Van Zandt’s split probably justifies using him on the relay, it also means that Texas threw away guaranteed points in the 100 back.
Did Cal set or break the pool record?
I rewatched the race. I’m so wildly impressed with how Trenton Julian nailed every wall except the finish.
damn these cali boys are cool