Not quite. Phelps never swam at NCAA's due his being professional since the age of 15 but, still a hell of an accomplishment. The third Caribbean NCAA champion after Trinis Mark Andrews and George Bovell. Shaun Fraser of the Cayman Islands was 5th in the same race. Last week, a couple of Bahamian girls made finals in the women's meet. Sadly, this year we have no Trinis at this meet.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 26. IT is not every day that you can say you are better than Michael Phelps in an IM, but Florida's Bradley Ally can do just that after winning the 200-yard IM at NCAAs.
Ally blasted to an NCAA record time of 1:40.49, which is the second-fastest of all time. The mark beat the 1:40.55 set by Ryan Lochte back in 2006 for Florida, but also made the 1:40 club just two men. Phelps, who focuses on meters usually, is the third-fastest in the event with a 1:41.30.
The win is Florida's sixth in the event, putting them in a three-way tie with Auburn and Indiana. USC and Stanford are on top with eight each. Previous Florida 200 IM titlists were Martin Zubero (1991), Greg Burgess (1993, 1994) and Lochte (2005, 2006).
Michigan's Tyler Clary clocked a swift 1:41.67 for second that moved him ahead of Adam Ritter (1:41.72) for fourth fastest of all time. Texas' Ricky Berens completed the top three with a 1:41.92 to clip his previous best from prelims of a 1:41.98.
