2022 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 23-26, 2022
- McAuley Aquatic Center, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (Eastern Daylight Time)
- Prelims 10AM /Finals 6PM
- Short Course Yards (25 yards)
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Reported by Michael Hamann.
1650 Freestyle
- NCAA Record: 14:12.08, Bobby Finke, Florida, 2020
- NCAA Meet Record: 14:12.52, Bobby Finke, Florida, 2021
- U.S. Open Record: 14:12.08, Bobby Finke, Florida, 2020
- American Record: 14:12.08, Bobby Finke, Florida, 2020
- Pool Record: 14:29.43, Sebastien Rouault, Georgia, 2008
Top 8 finishers:
- Bobby Finke (FLOR- Senior): 14:22.28
- Will Gallant (NCST- Sophomore): 14:31.34
- Ross Dant (NCST- Junior): 14:31.72
- Jake Magahey (UGA- Sophomore): 14:33.53
- David Johnston (TEX- Sophomore): 14:33.61
- Michael Brinegar (IU- Junior): 14:33.76
- Brooks Fail (ZONA- 5Y): 14:35.33
- Charlie Clark (OSU- Sophomore): 14:35.38
Florida senior Bobby Finke, the heavy favorite coming in, defended his title from last year with a 14:22.28. While he was 10 seconds off his own NCAA and American record, he easily won by over nine seconds.
NC State earned a 2nd and 3rd place finish from sophomore Will Gallant and junior Ross Dant with both of them touching in 14:31, while Georgia sophomore finished 4th in 14:33.53.
Texas earned one swimmer in the top 8, with sophomore David Johnston finishing fifth in 14:33.61.
In the early heats, it was Indiana’s Michael Brinegar who put up the top time with a 14:33.76. Brinegar was out pretty quick and Arizona’s Brooks Fail began to make up ground over the last few hundred yards but Brinegar was able to hold him off. Stanford’s Grant Shoults, swimming in his final collegiate race for Stanford, posted a 14:38.18 for the third fastest time heading into the finals.
I always thought when I swam in college you gotta really swim a couple throughout the season to get used to the pain and time and strategy. I bet if he did the race at secs and was sloppy he would have swam a lot better at ncaas.
My coach and I were planning on having milers swim at a rando spring invite prior to conference champs to practice in spring semester
Makes sense for him to go pro. He’s the face of US distance swimming right now.
and yet he still won, and with the 5th fastest time in history
Dude had a dream year in 2021. He’s entitled to be a little off form In his final collegiate season. Congratulations to Bobby for all his success!
Sounds exactly like how Dressel talks after a race
They’re training together for the 4 x 200, confirmed.
Bobby going 1:42 splitting 26 26 25.5 24.5
Time for him to get paid. Definitely deserves it after Tokyo.