2019 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 27 – Saturday, March 30
- Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, Austin, Texas
- Prelims 10 AM / Finals 6 PM (Central Time)
- Defending champion: Texas (4x) (2018 results)
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This morning in prelims at the 2019 Men’s NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas, Cal senior Andrew Seliskar became the 5th man ever to break 1:40 in the 200 IM. He blew that away tonight, becoming the 2nd man to break 1:39 as he won his first individual NCAA title in 1:38.14. That broke his own Pool Record of 1:39.90 from prelims and the Championship Record of 1:39.38 done by David Nolan back in 2014.
Seliskar’s splits (finals/prelims):
- Fly- 21.58/21.87
- Back- 24.46/24.83
- Breast- 28.05/28.52
- Free- 24.05/24.68
- Final Time- 1:38.14/1:39.90
Seliskar’s time was just a hundredth shy of the American Record, which stands at a 1:38.13 done by Florida’s Caeleb Dressel at the 2018 SEC Championships. Throughout today, he’s now dropped almost 2.5 seconds in his 200 IM. The back half was where Seliskar really took control. Through the backstroke leg, NC State’s Andreas Vazaios was the leader, but Seliskar took over on the breaststroke leg with a 28.05. He moved nearly a second ahead of Vazaios on the closing freestyle split alone.
Split Comparison: Seliskar vs. Dressel
| Fly | Back | Breast | Free | Final | |
| Seliskar 2019 | 21.58 | 24.46 | 28.05 | 24.05 | 1:38.14 |
| Dressel 2018 | 21.03 | 25.01 | 28.37 | 23.72 | 1:38.13 |
Vazaios wound up 2nd in a lifetime best 1:39.35 to become the 3rd fastest performer ever. Texas’ John Shebat became the 6th man ever to break 1:40 as he took 3rd in 1:39.63. That makes Shebat #6 all-time.
ALL TIME TOP 10 PERFORMERS – MEN’S 200 IM
| Place | Swimmer | Time |
| 1 | Caeleb Dressel | 1:38.13 |
| 2 | Andrew Seliskar | 1:38.14 |
| 3 | Andreas Vazaios | 1:39.35 |
| 4 | David Nolan | 1:39.38 |
| 5 | Jan Switkowski | 1:39.54 |
| 6 | John Shebat | 1:39.63 |
| 7 | Will Licon | 1:40.04 |
| 8 | Ryan Lochte | 1:40.08 |
| 9 | Josh Prenot | 1:40.14 |
| 10 | Vini Lanza | 1:40.23 |
ALL TIME TOP 10 PERFORMANCES – MEN’S 200 IM
| Place | Swimmer | Time |
| 1 | Caeleb Dressel | 1:38.13 |
| 2 | Andrew Seliskar | 1:38.14 |
| 3 | Andreas Vazaios | 1:39.35 |
| 4 | David Nolan | 1:39.38 |
| 5 | Jan Switkowski | 1:39.54 |
| 6 | John Shebat | 1:39.63 |
| 7 | Andrew Seliskar | 1:39.90 |
| 8 | Andreas Vazaios | 1:39.97 |
| 9 | Will Licon | 1:40.04 |
| 10 | David Nolan | 1:40.07 |
| 10 | Ryan Lochte | 1:40.08 |
What’s crazy is that Dressel could of probably gone faster, had he swam it at NCAAs… Fully tapered. Just makes you think, what would the record books look like If Dressel had had the chance to swim all the different races tapered.
You could say that about a whole host of past swimmers for whom the NCAA championship schedule was ordered prohibitively.
200 free: 1:28
200 fly: 1:36
100 back: 44.4
38 100 free, someday
I’ve loved watching this man swim since he was on NCAP in high school. he’s my hero.
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Could we get a Dressel – Seliskar split comparison?
21.03
25.01 (46.04)
28.37 (1:14.41)
23.72 (1:38.13)
This pic lol
I changed it lol
What was the old one??