NCAA SWIMMING : Record Pace Continues for Burgess

Olympic silver medalist Greg Burgess of Florida set American and NCAA records for the second time in as many nights Friday as he won the 400-yard individual medley at the 70th NCAA swimming and diving championships.

Burgess, who lowered the American and NCAA record in the 200 medley race Thursday, won the longer medley event in 3 minutes 41.54 seconds to lower the mark of 3:42.23 set by David Wharton of USC.

“My goals coming into the meet were to break both American records,” the 20-year-old sophomore said.

Burgess, who won the silver medal at Barcelona in the 200-meter medley, led from start to finish and was on a record pace all the way.

Meanwhile, top-ranked Stanford appears well on its way to a second consecutive team title. The Cardinal heads into today’s seven final events with 385 points. Michigan is second at 254, Texas third at 246 and Arizona fourth at 180.

Other individual champions Friday were Arizona’s Seth Pepper in the 100 butterfly (46.51); Josh Davis of Texas in the 200 freestyle (1:34.25); Tyler Mayfield of Stanford in the 100 breaststroke (53.07); Derek Weatherford of Stanford in the 100 backstroke (47.10), and Dean Panaro of Stanford in the three-meter board.