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Andrei Minakov Breaks Pac-12 Meet Record in 100 Fly; Fastest Freshman Ever

2022 MEN’S PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS

During Friday’s prelims session of the Men’s Pac-12 Championships, Stanford redshirt freshman Andrei Minakov broke the Pac-12 championship record in the 100 butterfly. He posted a 44.21 (20.47/23.74) en-route to claiming the middle lane tonight.

The previous record was 44.66 seconds, set in 2009 by Stanford swimmer Austin Staab, who still owns the overall Pac-12 record (44.18).

Minakov’s time also establishes him as the fastest freshman in NCAA history. The previous top-freshman time was 44.32 by Youssef Ramadan of Virginia Tech at the 2021 ACC Championships. 

His time from prelims also sits 2nd in the NCAA this season. In 1st is Ramadan with his 44.08 from the 2022 ACC Championships. He was previously ranked 3rd in the NCAA this year with his converted short course meter’s time from the Short Course World Championships in December 2021 (44.58). His 44.21 passes Luca Urlando’s 44.41 from the 2022 SEC Championships, who’s now ranked 3rd. 

Minakov also etches his name into the top performers rankings. His prelims swim establishes him as the 6th fastest performer in history.

Updated Top Performers Rankings:

  1. 42.80, Caeleb Dressel, Florida, 2018
  2. 43.75, Joseph Schooling, Texas, 2017
  3. 43.84, Tom Shields, 2016
  4. 44.08, Youssef Ramadan, Virginia Tech, 2022
  5. 44.18, Austin Staab, Stanford, 2009
  6. 44.21, Andrei Minakov, Stanford, 2022
  7. 44.24, Ryan Hoffer, Cal, 2021
  8. 44.32 Marius Kusch, Queens, 2019/Nicolas Albiero, Louisville, 2021
  9. 44.32, Jack Conger, Texas, 2017
  10. 44.37, Vini Lanza, Indiana, 2019

Minakov also adds his name to the list of the top-10 performances in history. He now ties the 9th fastest performance in history, which is Caeleb Dressel’s time from the 2017 SEC Championships.

Updated Top Performances Rankings:

  1. 42.80, Caeleb Dressel, Florida, 2018
  2. 43.58, Caeleb Dressel, Florida, 2017
  3. 43.75, Joseph Schooling, Texas, 2017
  4. 43.84, Tom Shields, 2016
  5. 44.01, Joseph Schooling, Texas, 2016
  6. 44.06, Joseph Schooling, Texas, 2017
  7. 44.08, Youssef Ramadan, Virginia Tech, 2022
  8. 44.18, Austin Staab, Stanford, 2009
  9. 44.21, Andrei Minakov, Stanford/Caeleb Dressel, Florida, 2017
  10. 44.24, Ryan Hoffer, Cal, 2021

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pSL1988
2 years ago

Why they allowed russian’s to swim in this meet

We did not Cali UT
2 years ago

Insane, simply insane – good on him.

Nick
2 years ago

None of it matters anymore
Summer McIntosh just went 4:29.1

Noah
2 years ago

Minakov / Ramadan is gonna be such a good race at NCAAs

Texmex
Reply to  Noah
2 years ago

The 100 fly is going to be insane this year

Swimfan
2 years ago

Congrats !!

#FastestFreshman #Minakov
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Last edited 2 years ago by Swimfan
lol
2 years ago

god 42.8 is so godly

daeleb cressel
Reply to  lol
2 years ago

Facts

Pvdh
Reply to  lol
2 years ago

Maybe have to wait for Heilman for that to go down

Swimmerfromjapananduk
Reply to  Pvdh
2 years ago

Bet he’ll get washed

Pvdh
Reply to  Swimmerfromjapananduk
2 years ago

only wash is gonna be the one you feel swimming next to him

Swimfan
Reply to  lol
2 years ago

More impressive is that he had a very long turn going into the first wall.

And Troy said on Hawke’s podcast last November, that Dressel pulled his groin swimming breastroke the day before that swim and he was in serious pain.

#Legend #Remel
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Last edited 2 years ago by Swimfan
There's no doubt that he's tightening up
Reply to  Swimfan
2 years ago

Too looong on that turn that was a terrible turn, and he’ll tell you after the race that was not the type of turn he needed.

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