Schrik used a straight forward strategy to ensure his historic victory, "The strategy was that I just needed to go out fast and put myself in the opportunity to swim well and make things happen. I was not trying to think about what the rest of my field was doing. If I start doing that I psyche myself out. I try to just keep my own race plan going on. Today I was just trying to put it out on the line and hold on."
Arizona freshman Cory Chitwood finished second in a time of 1:41.20, followed by Roland Rudolf of Florida who finished in a time of 1:41.49.
After winning the 100 yard breaststroke on Friday night Stanford's Paul Kornfeld had hoped that his win would motivate his team, "Hopefully this is a big morale booster for our team and we can springboard and keep building off it."
His day 2 victory seemed to do just that, the Stanford men had a tremendous final day, with six top eight finishes enabling them to secure the third spot in the team standings.
Stanford's highlight of the evening was Kornfeld's 200 yard breaststroke where he picked up his second victory of the meet. In the first 100 Kornfeld and Cal sophomore Sean Mahoney touched the wall with only one-one hundredth separating them. That is when the junior from Stanford took control of the race.
"I wanted to come out strong and be in the lead at the 100 [yard mark] and turn it on with about 60 [yards] to go building into that last 50. I think that's what I did and it turned out well."
Kornfeld finished first in a time of 1:53.11, Michigan sophomore Scott Spann who also had a tremendous second 100 to finished second in a time of 1:54.16, followed by Mahoney who finished in a time of 1:54.65.
On the first night of competition Auburn junior Cesar Cielo broke the NCAA record in the 50 freestyle in an amazing 18.47. On the final night of competition he once again had a chance to make history, setting his sites on becoming the first man to break the 41 second barrier.
In his morning swim Cielo broke the NCAA record in a time of 41.12, but he certainly not satisfied.
"In the morning I broke my best time of 41.17 with a 41.12 and I got really confident. I felt like I could break 40, but you never know what's going to happen. In these events it's really hard to predict so I just came out tonight and I tried to do my best."
His best was good enough to become the first men to ever go under 41 seconds for the 100 yard freestyle finishing in a time of 40.92.
"I was relieved actually. Everyone has been talking about it all season. It's just hard when everyone's expecting you to do something that you don't know if you're going to achieve or not. I felt the pressure it was really strong and I handled it pretty well, so I'm pretty happy with myself."
Alex Righi of Yale finished second in a time 42.13, followed by Nicholas Nilo of Arizona who finished a time of 42.42.