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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Originally reported by James Sutherland
Dean Farris smashed the NCAA, American, and U.S. Open Records in the 200 free on the lead-off leg of Harvard’s 800 free relay at the Men’s NCAA Championships, clocking 1:29.15 to erase Townley Haas‘ mark of 1:29.50 set last year.
Swimming in the second of three heats, the junior went out in a hellacious pace over the first 150, splitting 20.56, 22.33 (42.89), and 22.54 (1:05.43). His only 50 over 23 was the final one, closing in 23.72.
Compared to Haas, he was slightly faster on the front half, significantly faster on the third 50, and a bit slower coming home. Check out the splits:
| HAAS, 2018 NCAAS | FARRIS, 2019 NCAAS |
| 20.64 | 20.56 |
| 22.48 (43.12) | 22.33 (42.89) |
| 23.06 (1:06.18) | 22.54 (1:05.43) |
| 23.32 (1:29.50) | 23.72 (1:29.15) |
Haas had set the record in the individual event of the 2018 Championships after Blake Pieroni became the first man ever sub-1:30 on the lead-off of the relay in 1:29.63.
Incredibly, Farris isn’t even contesting the 200 free individually, instead opting to swim the 100 back on day three. Prior to this swim his best time was 1:30.83 from the Ivy League Championships at the beginning of March.
The record-setting lead-off helped Harvard to place second in heat two (of three), ultimately finishing seventh overall in 6:11.73. Andrew Seliskar (1:30.14) and Zach Apple (1:30.34) were the next two fastest on their team’s opening legs, while Haas anchored Texas in 1:29.66 for the fastest split of all-time (overtaking Farris’ 1:30.22). The Longhorns won in a new American and NCAA Record of 6:05.03.
After tonight, the all-time fastest performers are:
- Dean Farris, 1:29.15
- Townley Haas, 1:29.50
- Blake Pieroni, 1:29.63
- Andrew Seliskar, 1:30.14
- Zach Apple, 1:30.34
Does @FarrisDean or @HarvardSwim read swimtheory.com? If so, he knows that athletes have a 58% chance of swimming the 200 Free faster as a lead-off leg than as an individual event. Good choice, Dean!
http://www.swimtheory.com/home/001-lifecycle/001-006b-some-athletes-swim-faster-in-relays
I heard The Academy rescinded Green Book’s best picture and gave it to this video instead
I counted 35 strokes the first 100. Incredible DPS. Never seen anything like that.
I think if you look under “easy speed” in the dictionary, you get a link to that first 100. Beautiful swimming.
Deans also like 6’8” so a little bigger than most swimmers
Gotta suck for the guy who dives in and doesnt see if he broke the record or not until after his portion of the race!
Non-believers, convert, become a Deanodite!
DEAN 2020 individual 200 freestyle and 4x100m relay
If Dean falls in the forest, does he make a sound?
Cool to think that with Pieroni, Haas, Farris, and Seliskar we could have a sub-6 relay.
And those same 4 could conceivably be a sub-7 meters relay for Tokyo 2020!
he means sub 7min 800 lcm relay for the brainlets
indeed !!!