2018 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 21 – Saturday, March 24
- Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center – Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Defending champion: Texas (3x) (results)
- Psych Sheet
- Live results
- Championship Central
- Live stream: Wednesday/Thursday Finals, All Prelims on BTN2GO; Friday/Saturday Finals on WatchESPN
Indiana’s Ian Finnerty made history on Friday night at the 2018 Men’s NCAA Championships. Finnerty smashed his lifetime best to win the 100 breast, clocking in at 49.69. That makes Finnerty the fastest man ever and the first man to break 50 seconds. Before tonight, Florida’s Caeleb Dressel had come the closest to breaking that barrier with his 50.03 from SECs.
Splits:
- 1st 50 Split- 23.26
- 2nd 50 Split- 26.43
- Final Time- 49.69
Finnerty’s American Record and NCAA Record tonight took about 4 tenths off the previous record. He was over a second faster than anyone else in the field tonight, as Cal’s Connor Hoppe finished 2nd in 51.16. Finnerty will now get ready to help Indiana compete for a sweep of the medley relays in tonight’s 200 medley relay finals.
ALL-TIME TOP 10 PERFORMERS: MEN’S 100 BREAST
| Place | Swimmer | Time |
| 1 | Ian Finnerty | 49.69 |
| 2 | Caeleb Dressel | 50.03 |
| 3 | Kevin Cordes | 50.04 |
| 4 | Will Licon | 50.68 |
| 5 | Fabian Schwingenschloegl | 50.77 |
| 6 | Nic Fink | 50.80 |
| 7 | Cody Miller | 50.82 |
| 8 | Damir Dugonjic | 50.86 |
| 9 | Chuck Katis | 50.89 |
| 10 | Andrew Wilson | 50.94 |
| * | Michael Andrew | 50.79 |
*Due to issues with the timing system at the ISCA meet, which caused swimmers’ times to appear 4 tenths faster than they actually were, we don’t know for sure where Michael Andrew‘s swim falls on this list yet.
ALL-TIME TOP 10 PERFORMANCES: MEN’S 100 BREAST
| 1 | Ian Finnerty | 49.69 |
| 2 | Caeleb Dressel | 50.03 |
| 3 | Kevin Cordes | 50.04 |
| 4 | Kevin Cordes | 50.25 |
| 5 | Ian Finnerty | 50.47 |
| 6 | Kevin Cordes | 50.55 |
| 7 | Will Licon | 50.68 |
| 8 | Kevin Cordes | 50.70 |
| 9 | Ian Finnerty | 50.72 |
| 10 | Kevin Cordes | 50.74 |
As much as i enjoy the NCAA . yards are meaningless , LCM are all the standard chamionship distances, thats why Peaty is so far ahead, swimming 5 strokes per length wil not compete at the world level…
Note that he tucked his ears in for this swim. Made all the difference.
I’m not necessarily an IU fan but pretty cool things going on. HIm and lilly king a both juniors, both from Indiana originally, were both very goood in high school but I do not think many people would have predicted ncaa records and now both are ncaa champions and the fastest hundred yard breaststrokers ever.
Crazy that he stuck the 50 and the 100 wall and STILL went 49.6
Ray Looze has some powerful breaststroke potion going on with Miller, King, Finnerty, Brock….
And Brock was a true Looze development, coming in as a walk-on making his first NCAA championship as a senior and MAKING THE A FINAL
…and taking his 4.0 gpa to Vet School next year at Purdue
Yet Ray dosent train him.
Ray definitely trains them both
Last night videos of these races were posted immediately please someone post a video of the 200 free and this race and the hundred fly
Here’s the 100 fly: https://swimswam.com/watch-dressel-shatter-100-fly-record-with-42-8/
Dressel-esk, Phelpsian
Fantastic swim, and extra special after everybody predicted Dressel could’ve turnt up, cruised a 50.0 and taken the title!
Can anyone please explain to me why Florida Gators have no breaststrokeers? Their medley relay would have been unbelievably fast!
At least now we know that breaking Dressel’s records is possible for humans.
welll…the softest of his records in the offest of events
And he wasn’t even fully tapered.