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INDIANAPOLIS — Florida won the first event of the NCAA men's swimming and diving championships, and the Gators are tied with California for the first-day lead in the team standings. The Gators opened the meet by capturing the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:20.15 — to set a program and NCAA record. The Golden Bears finished fourth with a program-record time of 1:21.08, topping the mark set with the same lineup at last year's championships. Cal won the only other final of the day, the 800-yard freestyle relay with a time of 6:02.26 to set the NCAA and US Open records. It was the first time since 1986 that Cal won the event at the national championship.
