Nicolas Albiero on How to Prep for the Last 50 of a 200 Fly on Day 4 of NCAAs

2021 NCAA MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• When: Wednesday, March 24 – Saturday, March 27, 2021
• Where: Greensboro Aquatic Center / Greensboro, NC (Eastern Time Zone)
• Prelims 10 AM/ Finals 6 PM (Local Time)
• Short course yards (SCY) format
• Defending champion: Cal (1x) – 2019 results
• Streaming:
• Championship Central
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results

Reported by Nick Pecoraro.

200 FLY – FINALS

• NCAA Record: Jack Conger (Texas), 2017 – 1:37.37
• American Record: Jack Conger (Texas), 2017 – 1:37.37
• U.S. Open Record: Jack Conger (Texas), 2017 – 1:37.37
• Meet Record: Jack Conger (Texas), 2017 – 1:37.37
• Pool Record: Nicolas Albiero (Louisville), 2021 – 1:38.65
• 2019 Champion: Andreas Vazaios (NC State), 1:38.57
• 2020 Top Performer: Nicolas Albiero (Louisville), 1:38.65

Top 3:

1. Nicolas Albiero (Louisville)- 1:38.64 *Pool Record
2. Trenton Julian (Cal)- 1:38.85
3. Antani Ivanov (Virginia Tech)- 1:39.26

Cal’s Trenton Julian was first at the halfway mark at 46.64 while Louisville’s Nicolas Albiero was 5th at 47.40. Yet Albiero’s strong underwaters allowed him to catch Julian on the last 25, sealing his first individual NCAA title at 1:38.64. That time knocked 0.01s off his own 2020 Greensboro pool record from the 2020 ACC Championships. He remains the 5th-fastest swimmer all-time and 3rd-fastest American ever. Julian settled for second place at 1:38.85, dropping eight-tenths from this morning.