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)
- Psych Sheet
- Live Stream
- Live results
Reported by Jared Anderson.
200 BACKSTROKE
- NCAA Record: Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016) – 1:35.73
- American Record: Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016) – 1:35.73
- U.S. Open Record: Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016) – 1:35.73
- Meet Record: Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016) – 1:35.73
- 2018 Champion: Austin Katz, Texas – 1:37.53
Top 8 Finishers:
- John Shebat, Texas – 1:36.42
- Austin Katz, Texas – 1:36.45
- Bryce Mefford, Cal – 1:38.65
- Coleman Stewart, NC State – 1:38.81
- Daniel Carr, Cal – 1:39.33
- Clark Beach, Florida – 1:39.68
- Kane Follows, Hawaii – 1:40.14
- Zachary Poti, Arizona State – 1:40.38
Texas’s John Shebat blasted a huge front half to lead the 200 back field, hurting near the end but hanging on and holding off teammate and defending champ Austin Katz by a hair at the wall. Shebat was 1:36.42 and Katz 1:36.45 – they move to #2 and #3 all-time in the event, passing up Ryan Lochte. Only Lochte, Ryan Murphy and the Longhorn duo have been sub-1:37.
John Shebat performed amazingly well at this meet and capped his collegiate career with 2 NCAA titles. That 200 back was thrilling to watch! Katz and Shebat, 2 very talented men and class acts! Congratulations to both!
what a bromance 😍😍
Nice interview
Really cool to see Shebat break through to get an individual title in his last event. It wouldn’t diminish one bit what a great college swimmer & fantastic relay guy he’s been for Texas if he hadn’t, but this was nice to see happen.
Conger did the same thing
Two class acts who love their team and sport.
I want to hear about these long course time trials