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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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.
If he feels this good swimming on his stomach, I imagine the 44.6 is in the rearview mirror on his back…I’m guessing he’ll be right on the 44.00 bubble, give or take 0.2 seconds. (my bet is under…this guy is a serious stud…I thought dressel wouldn’t be matched for years, but this guy could very well be close.
I hope with all that excitement and the way he took that race out he did a good warm down. What am I saying? There’s no universe where Dean is capable of not warming down properly nor one where he needs warm down.
Anybody have a video of the interviews they did after on ESPN3? I didn’t stay on for that part and now it won’t show up as a replay on the app.
Nevermind
In all seriousness though, imagine being suuuuuper smart (like a Harvard student), being pretty tall and muscular, AND being an outstanding athlete. Dean actually is what everyone aspires to be.
Nathan Adrian?
Matt Grevers ?
Michael Kleuh? mans gonna be a doctor
Dean’s got the genes!
Dean Farris has never sneezed.
And now we all say “Dean bless you” to anyone who sneezes.
So Simon Burnett swam 1:31.2 in 2006, a record that stood for 10 years until Haas destroyed it in 2016. 4 years later that time might not even get top 5 at NCAAs…
In 4 years one of college swimmings most stubborn records has been broken by over 2 seconds, and has been surpassed by a multitude of swimmers. It’s amazing to an event transition so quickly, and hopefully we’ll see this short course renaissance of the 200 free carry over into long course.
Took even longer to budge from Biondi in 86′ that was a shattering swim.
I agree! Crazy how pre-Haas a 1:31 was almost a guaranteed win at the NCAAs, for years.
Crazy to also look at Seliskar’s 1:30.14 lead-off. This was an absolute monster swim and a few years back would have blown everyone’s mind. But nobody even seems to be talking about that.
Did he really just say that he went a 44.6 when he was sick, this man is actually a god
This a godly flex by Sir Dean Farris. Well done, mate