ATLANTA, Ga. - Ryan Murphy blew away yet another American record with a victory in the 200-yard backstroke that helped him earn co-National Swimmer of the Year honors and one final day of strong swims all around helped the Cal men's swimming team wrap up its seventh-straight team finish of second place or better as the Bears closed out the 2016 NCAA Championships at Georgia Tech.

Cal placed second in the team competition with a total of 351 points and trailed only Texas, which finished with 541.5. With their impressive showing at McAuley Aquatic Center, the Bears continued their historic run of success under head coach David Durden, who in nine seasons as Cal's head coach has never seen his squad finish lower than fourth

Having thrilled the crowd with a record-setting performance in the 100 backstroke one night earlier, Murphy jumped in the pool early in Saturday's night session looking to repeat the feat in the 200. He made it clear that right away that a record performance was again in the cards, covering the first 50 yards in 22.20 seconds to take the lead.

By the 100-yard mark, Murphy had pulled clear, touching in 46.36 to stay under record pace. He closed strong yet again, finishing in 1:35.73 to break the American, NCAA and U.S. Open record of 1:36.77 that he set at the 2015 NCAA Championships. And, at the end of the night, he shared CSCAA Swimmer of the Year honors with former Bolles School teammates Joseph Schooling of Texas and Caeleb Dressel of Florida.

"My goal for the race was just to kind of take it out and see what I could do," Murphy said. "I was pretty pumped after yesterday and my 100 back, so I thought I'd have some easy speed. I took it out fast, paid for it a little bit at the end but I'm happy with the result."

With the win, the Ponte Vedra, Fla. native completed the 100/200 double in the backstroke for the third consecutive season. His dominance in the event also extended to the 400 medley relay, as he broke the American, NCAA and U.S. Open record in the event earlier in the week before breaking it again the next night.

Murphy wasn't the only swimmer wearing a gold cap to finish the 200 back in style. Right beside him, senior Jacob Pebley closed a memorable Cal career of his own with a strong time of 1:38.50 that gave the Corvallis, Ore. native a second place finish and a spot on the podium right next to his teammate.

"I've lived with the guy for four years straight now," said fellow senior Josh Prenot. "We push each other, we're trying to find ways to make each other better and seeing him have success like that and seeing the team go 1-2 was awesome. I'm sure there's video of our section after that race and we were hyped."

Prenot earned a spot in the 200 breaststroke final and wrapped up his Cal career with yet another impressive swim, posting a school-record time of 1:49.38 that placed him second behind only Texas' Will Licon. Prenot adds that result to his title in the 400 IM and second in the 200 IM to finish strong in his final collegiate meet.

Freshman Andrew Seliskar completed his first NCAA Championships by making his third A final of the week and taking advantage with an impressive third-place finish in the 200 butterfly. His time of 1:39.95 was only three-tenths of a second off Tom Shields' school record in the event and capped a standout first season in Berkeley.

"I thought our guys did a nice job through the course of three and a half days," Durden said. "We kind of made chicken salad out of some particular relays, which is really good for us, and our big studs swam like studs. Murph, Prenot, Pebley in that 200 back tonight, Seli in the 200 fly was really good. We saw a guy like Connor Hoppe get better as this meet went along, which was really good. We just need guys to continue to get better from this year to next. It was a really good step for our program. We had 17 athletes here and it was good to see our seniors finish off the way that they did.”