Men's NCAA Champs: 200 Freestyle

200 FREESTYLE

NCAA Record: 1:30.46 (Townley Haas - Texas, 2016)
Meet Record: 1:30.46 (Townley Haas - Texas, 2016)
American Record: 1:30.46 (Townley Haas - Texas, 2016)
US Open Record: 1:30.46 (Townley Haas - Texas, 2016)

​What a race! As expected, ​Townley Haas, ​​Dylan Carter, ​and ​Blake Pieroni​ separated themselves from the field early on. Carter of Southern Cal looked great through the 75, crushing Haas off the walls and underwater. But Townley out-swam him on the surface. Flipping first at the 100 in 43.74, Haas was able to hold off Carter and a hard-charging Pieroni to take the win in 1:30.65 -- just two tenths of a second off of his all-time record of 1:30.46 from 2016. Carter and Pieroni ended up tying for second in 1:31.16 and ​Dean Farris ​of Harvard touched for fourth in 1:32.25.​
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1.) Townley Haas (Texas): 1:30.65
2.) Dylan Carter (Southern Cal): 1:31.16
2.) Blake Pieroni (Indiana): 1:31.16
4.) Dean Farris (Harvard): 1:32.35
5.) Cameron Craig (Arizona State): 1:32.46
6.) Maxime Rooney (Florida): 1:32.79
7.) Soeren Dahl (NC State): 1:32.98
8.) Brett Pinfold (Wisconsin): 1:33.57