2011 NCAAs

The one event you would think this would happen in is the 50 Free because that event seems to have the closest races from 1st to 8th. With that said, in 1978 this happened in the 50 Free. In those days you had to place top 6 to qualify to make the finals. Places 7th through 12th would be the consolation finals. Scott Findorff from USC qualified 7th in 1978 in the 50 Free and in the final was the only swimmer to go under 20 seconds and won the event at 19.94 for a pool record at Long Beach and Andy Coan of Tennesse won the event in the final at :20.29. The only other swimmer I can think of that also accomplished this at the NCAA Div 1 meet was Chris Kemp, a JR from Texas, in 2002 in the 200 Free. He qualified 9th and in the final swam a 1:34.41 to the winning time of 1:34.67 by Stephen Sioui, a FR from Florida and his time was also a pool record at Georgia. I am sure there are others out there but it does not happen ofter especially with the 8 person field as opposed to the 6 person field. Frank, I don't have access to the ncaa archives, but I believe that the 1966 ncaa's at Air Force was the first time they had consol finals. I also remember that the winner of consols in the 50 free had the fastest time. Someone I had never heard of before. Interestingly, a high shool friend from Florida and I were tied for the number one seed going into the meet. He sprained his ankle messing around in his fraternity house a week before the meet and was on crutches. I had just gotten out of the infirmary after a 2 week bout with pneumonia. If memory serves, I lost in a swim off for consols and he didn't make it that far. Maybe my masters "career" could be catagorized as unfinished business. Rich

The one event you would think this would happen in is the 50 Free because that event seems to have the closest races from 1st to 8th. With that said, in 1978 this happened in the 50 Free. In those days you had to place top 6 to qualify to make the finals. Places 7th through 12th would be the consolation finals. Scott Findorff from USC qualified 7th in 1978 in the 50 Free and in the final was the only swimmer to go under 20 seconds and won the event at 19.94 for a pool record at Long Beach and Andy Coan of Tennesse won the event in the final at :20.29. The only other swimmer I can think of that also accomplished this at the NCAA Div 1 meet was Chris Kemp, a JR from Texas, in 2002 in the 200 Free. He qualified 9th and in the final swam a 1:34.41 to the winning time of 1:34.67 by Stephen Sioui, a FR from Florida and his time was also a pool record at Georgia. I am sure there are others out there but it does not happen ofter especially with the 8 person field as opposed to the 6 person field. Frank, I don't have access to the ncaa archives, but I believe that the 1966 ncaa's at Air Force was the first time they had consol finals. I also remember that the winner of consols in the 50 free had the fastest time. Someone I had never heard of before. Interestingly, a high shool friend from Florida and I were tied for the number one seed going into the meet. He sprained his ankle messing around in his fraternity house a week before the meet and was on crutches. I had just gotten out of the infirmary after a 2 week bout with pneumonia. If memory serves, I lost in a swim off for consols and he didn't make it that far. Maybe my masters "career" could be catagorized as unfinished business. Rich