The next in a line of reports that have been very frequent during this conference championship season, Texas freshman Joseph Schooling split 19.66 in the 50 fly.
That ties him for the fastest-ever butterfly split on a 200 medley relay, and the fastest-ever in textile. In 2009, Michigan’s Chris Brady and Auburn’s Matt Targett also both split 19.66’s on their respective medley relays.
The previous fastest 50 fly relay split in textile was, ironically, not a 50 fly at all. In 2013, at the NCAA Championships, in finals of the 400 medley relay, Cal’s Tom Shields split 19.68 on the first-half of his 100 fly relay split. That’s faster than the 19.71 that he swam his 50 fly in during the 200 medley relay.
The Texas men won that relay in 1:24.64. They had already been 1:23.88 earlier this season, which leads the country, and Schooling, like most of Texas’ top swimmers, is unshaven for this meet.
The all-time fastest 200 yard medley relay, based on fastest-known pertinent splits, now reads:
- Backstroke: Junya Koga (Japan) – 20.35
- Breaststroke: Peter John Stevens (Slovenia) – 22.72
- Butterfly: Brady (USA)/Targett (Australia)/Schooling (Singapore) – 19.66
- Freestyle: Morozov (Russia) – 17.86
Those times aggregate to 1:20.54. Comparatively, the fastest time in history (U.S. Open Record) for a real relay is 1:22.27, done by the University of Michigan in 2013.
Is there video of this race out there?
Thank you SwimSwam, some awesome men’s and women’s college swimming in the last week and the best is yet to come. The young stars are out and the story lines and rivalries right now are the finest in the history of the sport. These are going to be the greatest men’s and women’s NCAA meets ever.
Joel Lin – we were actually talking about that. All of these best evers and records are getting destroyed – and when we really step back and reflect, it’s not as surprising as it should be.
It’s going to be an awesome next few years.
That’s fast but there is know way this professional should be competing in the NCAAs. It’s illegal now it was illegal in high school!
Congrats Jojo!!!
Fun fact about that Michigan 200 MR in 2013: the freestyler, Zach Turk, was a D-III record-holder at Kenyon. He had another year of eligibility when he enrolled in grad school in Ann Arbor. He’s the only swimmer in that I know of who has NCAA records and team championships in two divisions.
1 TEX 6:20.98 6:15.98A
1) Jonathan Roberts FR 2) Jack Conger SO
3) Clay Youngquist SR 4) Joseph Schooling FR
21.39 45.07 (45.07)
1:09.61 (1:09.61) 1:34.54 (1:34.54)
1:55.62 (21.08) 2:19.79 (45.25)
2:44.36 (1:09.82) 3:08.13 (1:33.59)
3:29.48 (21.35) 3:53.28 (45.15)
4:17.38 (1:09.25) 4:41.78 (1:33.65)
5:03.31 (21.53) 5:27.11 (45.33)
5:51.46 (1:09.68) 6:15.98 (1:34.20)
All four guys were 21-something, 45-something, and 1:09-something at the 50/100/150 marks.
After the 800 free relay tonight, Texas has four guys whose times are right on the edge of last year’s NCAA invited times: Ringgold in the 100 free, Glass and Cooper in the 100 fly, and Roberts in the 200 free. It’ll be interesting to see if those four in particular can improve those times this week to put themselves in better shape for an invite.
Looking forward to a great Schooling-Conger 100 fly battle!