2008 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships

2008 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships
Host city	Federal Way, Washington
Date	March 2008
Venue	Weyerhaeuser Aquatic Center
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The 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 2008 at the Weyerhaeuser Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington at the 85th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.

Arizona topped the team standings, finishing 94 points ahead of Texas. It was the Wildcats' first team national title.

Team standings

• Note: Top 10 only
• (H) = Hosts
• ^(DC) = Defending champions
• Full results ^[1]

Rank	Team	Points
	Arizona	5001⁄2
	Texas	406
	Stanford	344
4	California	3321⁄2
5	Auburn (DC)	316
6	Michigan	2711⁄2
7	Georgia	229
8	Florida	210
9	Tennessee	172
10	Indiana	166

Swimming results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 freestyle	César Cielo Auburn	18.52	Alex Righi Yale	19.08	Albert Subirats Arizona	19.26
100 freestyle	César Cielo Auburn	40.92 US	Alex Righi Yale	42.13	Nicolas Oliveira Arizona	42.42
200 freestyle	David Walters Texas	1:32.56	Darian Townsend Arizona	1:32.85	Matt McGinnis Texas	1:32.93
500 freestyle	Sebastien Rouault Georgia	4:09.48	Michael Klueh Texas	4:10.00	Jean Basson Arizona	4:12.75
1650 freestyle	Sebastien Rouault Georgia	14:26.86	Troy Prinsloo Georgia	14:28.06	Michael Klueh Texas	14:36.07
100 backstroke	Ben Hesen Indiana	44.72	Albert Subirats Arizona	45.40	David Russell California	45.42
200 backstroke	Pat Schirk Pennsylvania State	1:40.22	Cory Chitwood Arizona	1:41.20	Roland Rudolf Florida	1:41.49
100 breaststroke	Paul Kornfeld Stanford	52.03	Damir Dugonjič California Marcus Titus Arizona	52.61	Not awarded
200 breaststroke	Paul Kornfeld Stanford	1:53.11	Scott Span Michigan	1:54.16	Sean Mahoney California	1:54.65
100 butterfly	Albert Subirats Arizona	45.07	Alexei Puninski Auburn	45.51	Austin Staab Stanford	45.61
200 butterfly	Gil Stovall Georgia	1:41.33	Mark Dylla Georgia	1:42.08	Danny Beal Stanfor	1:42.79
200 IM	Darian Townsend Arizona	1:42.72	Ricky Berens Texas	1:43.25	Todd Patrick Indiana	1:44.55
400 IM	Alex Vanderkaay Michigan	3:41.58	Sebastien Rouault Georgia	3:42.25	Bradley Ally Florida	3:43.59
200 freestyle relay	Auburn César Cielo (18.47) US Alexei Puninski (18.95) Luke Weniger (19.31) Scott Goodrich (18.93)	1:15.66	Arizona Albert Subirats (19.18) Jordan Smith (19.04) Nicolas Oliveira (19.01) Ryan Richardson (19.32)	1:16.55	California William Copeland (19.42) Jernej Godec (19.08) Joe Whittington (18.96) Graeme Moore (19.48)	1:16.94
400 freestyle relay	Arizona Albert Subirats (42.52) Darian Townsend (41.78) Nicolas Oliveira (42.46) Joel Greenshields (42.25)	2:49.01	Auburn César Cielo (41.12) Alexei Puninski (41.96) Kohlton Norys (42.69) Stephen Scheren (43.71)	2:49.48	California William Copeland (42.66) Jernej Godec (42.76) Joe Whittington (42.73) Dominik Meichtry (42.72)	2:50.87
800 freestyle relay	Arizona Jean Basson (1:34.09) Darian Townsend (1:31.79) Joel Greenshields (1:33.75) Nicolas Oliveira (1:33.22)	6:12.85	Texas David Walters (1:34.04) Matt McGinnis (1:33.35) Michael Klueh (1:33.61) Ricky Berens (1:35.54)	6:16.64	Tennessee Jonas Persson (1:33.46) Nolan Morrell (1:35.51) Andrew Thirlwell (1:36.09) Michael Wolfe (1:35.55)	6:20.61
200 medley relay	Auburn Scott Goodrich (21.69) David Maras (23.55) Alexei Puninski (19.81) César Cielo (18.19)	1:23.24 US	Arizona Albert Subirats (20.73) Marcus Titus (23.63) Darian Townsend (20.65) Jordan Smith (19.07)	1:24.08	Stanford Eugene Godsoe (21.03) John Criste (23.75) Jason Dunford (19.81) Alex Coville (18.55)	1:23.14
400 medley relay	Arizona Albert Subirats (44.96) Ivan Barnes (52.56) Darian Townsend (44.96) Joel Greenshields (41.95)	3:04.43	California David Russell (45.93) Damir Dugonjić (51.25) Jernej Godec (46.55) William Copeland (41.65)	3:05.38	Stanford Eugene Godsoe (46.75) Paul Kornfield (51.42) Austin Staab (44.86) Jason Dunford (42.40)	3:01.91

Legend: US – U.S. Open record;

Diving results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 m diving	Chris Colwill Georgia	407.25	Magnus Frick Hawaii	399.70	Terry Horner Florida State	396.15
3 m diving	Reuben Ross Miami	466.80	Chris Colwill Georgia	460.55	Aaron Fleshner Alabama	414.80
Platform diving	Sean Moore Ohio State	478.20	Chris Colwill Georgia	460.60	David Colutri Purdue	453.65

See also

• List of college swimming and diving teams

References

1. "NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 16. Retrieved January 22, 2017.