Anyone who visited the McAuley Aquatic Center this past weekend hoping to watch some fast swimming got exactly what they were looking for. A U.S. Open record – the fastest time ever – was recorded in eight of the 13 individual events contested at the men’s NCAA championships, twice in the 100 back.
With five different athletes accounting for those records, picking the swimmer of the meet was such an arduous task for the coaches Saturday night that for the first time ever, there was a three-way tie in the voting for the award between former Bolles teammates Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Murphy and Joseph Schooling.
On the outside looking in were a pair of Texas Longhorns. Will Licon broke Kevin Cordes’ American record on his way to victory in the 200 breast and recorded the second-fastest time ever in winning the 200 IM. He also finished second in the 400 IM to boot. Then there’s Townley Haas, the freshman out of Richmond, Va., who went from depth contributor to headliner in the span of just over 90 seconds.
Haas opened the meet as the second-leg swimmer on Texas’ 800 free relay on Wednesday night and split a 1:30.52, the fastest ever – more than 2.5 seconds faster than what had been his lifetime best flat start – helping to lead the Longhorns to the win in U.S. Open record-time. He then picked up his first NCAA title in his first individual NCAA race with a 4:09.00 triumph in the 500 free.
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