Pac-12 Males’s Championships, Day 3 Finals: Hubert Kos Shines, Arizona State Swims Second-Quickest 400 Medley Relay Ever
The Arizona State Solar Devils proceed to exert their will on the Pac-12 Championships. The Solar Devils’ undefeated streak got here to an finish Friday evening within the 100 breaststroke, however ASU nonetheless had 5 wins, with Leon Marchand cruising within the 400 IM earlier than freshman Ilya Kharun gained the 100 butterfly and junior Patrick Sammon rocked the 200 freestyle. Within the session’s last particular person occasion, Hubert Kos scorched a sub-44 100 backstroke earlier than the staff of Kos, Marchand, Kharun and Jonny Kulow swam the second-fastest time ever within the 400 medley relay, practically knocking off the surprising NCAA document of two:58.32 set by Florida final season.
Positive, defending nationwide champion Cal is lacking most of its high swimmers this week in Federal Method, Wash., however that on no account detracts from what has been an emphatic efficiency from ASU, with head coach Bob Bowman’s group holding a 219.5-point edge over Stanford heading into the ultimate day of competitors.
Males – Crew Rankings – By means of Occasion 15
1. Arizona State College 725 2. Stanford College 505.5
3. College of California-Berk 406 4. College of Arizona 372
5. College of Southern Calif 288.5 6. College of Utah 167
400 IM
Contemporary off swimming the quickest time in historical past within the 500 freestyle Thursday night, Leon Marchand may have taken a shot at his 400 IM document Friday, with the mark of three:28.82 standing because the NCAA and U.S. Open document from Marchand’s gorgeous efficiency finally yr’s NCAA Championships. Nevertheless, Marchand didn’t have his finest swim within the tank this time round. Arizona State teammate David Schlicht truly out-split Marchand on the breaststroke leg, which is normally the place the Frenchman is most dominant, and a whopping six swimmers posted faster freestyle occasions.
But it surely didn’t matter in any respect as Marchand cruised to the win in 3:34.66, which put him greater than three seconds away from the sector and as soon as once more on high of the nationwide rankings. Marchand’s time is a couple of second forward of the earlier high time within the nation, the three:35.82 posted by the Solar Devils’ Hubert Kos in November. Now, Arizona State occupies the top-three spots within the last nationwide rankings previous to the NCAA Championships as Schlicht got here in at 3:37.97 for third.
Closing in a scorching 49.90 break up to take third was Stanford freshman Rex Maurer, whose time of three:38.10 ranks No. 5 nationally behind the three Solar Devils and Texas A&M’s Baylor Nelson. In the meantime, Arizona State wracked up a whopping 79 factors in simply the A-final as Zalan Sarkany, Cale Martter and Daniel Matheson completed fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.
Occasion 10 Males 400 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 3:28.82 3/24/2022 Leon Marchand, Arizona State
PAC-12: M 3:28.82 2023 Leon Marchand, ASU
PAC-12 Champ: P 3:31.57 3/3/2023 Leon Marchand, ASU
3:38.90 A Normal
3:50.68 B Normal
Title 12 months Faculty Prelims Finals Factors
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=== A – Last ===
1 Marchand, Leon JR ASU 3:39.20 3:34.66 A 20
22.12 47.40 (25.28)
1:14.52 (27.12) 1:41.21 (26.69)
2:11.47 (30.26) 2:42.32 (30.85)
3:08.82 (26.50) 3:34.66 (25.84)
2 Schlicht, David SR ASU 3:38.29 3:37.97 A 17
22.89 49.23 (26.34)
1:18.06 (28.83) 1:46.05 (27.99)
2:16.14 (30.09) 2:46.82 (30.68)
3:12.87 (26.05) 3:37.97 (25.10)
3 Maurer, Rex FR STAN 3:40.99 3:38.10 A 16
23.56 50.47 (26.91)
1:17.97 (27.50) 1:44.70 (26.73)
2:16.34 (31.64) 2:48.20 (31.86)
3:13.99 (25.79) 3:38.10 (24.11)
4 Sarkany, Zalan SO ASU 3:40.79 3:40.50 B 15
23.41 50.37 (26.96)
1:19.13 (28.76) 1:46.96 (27.83)
2:18.51 (31.55) 2:50.04 (31.53)
3:15.84 (25.80) 3:40.50 (24.66)
5 Martter, Cale SO ASU 3:40.94 3:40.53 B 14
23.31 50.35 (27.04)
1:19.94 (29.59) 1:48.55 (28.61)
2:18.86 (30.31) 2:49.13 (30.27)
3:15.12 (25.99) 3:40.53 (25.41)
6 Matheson, Danie JR ASU 3:43.31 3:42.07 B 13
23.90 50.75 (26.85)
1:19.83 (29.08) 1:48.48 (28.65)
2:20.22 (31.74) 2:51.75 (31.53)
3:17.25 (25.50) 3:42.07 (24.82)
7 Kopp, Tyler SR CAL 3:42.13 3:42.16 B 12
24.25 51.09 (26.84)
1:19.14 (28.05) 1:47.21 (28.07)
2:18.87 (31.66) 2:50.67 (31.80)
3:17.04 (26.37) 3:42.16 (25.12)
8 Mihm, Rick SR STAN 3:41.92 3:44.05 B 11
23.70 50.46 (26.76)
1:19.36 (28.90) 1:47.59 (28.23)
2:19.24 (31.65) 2:50.90 (31.66)
3:17.83 (26.93) 3:44.05 (26.22)
100 Butterfly
Few males within the nation can cease star Arizona State freshman Ilya Kharun in a butterfly race, and there’s actually nobody within the Pac-12 able to such a efficiency. Within the 100 fly last, Kharun truly acquired a problem from Stanford’s Rafael Gu, who was one hundredth forward of Kharun on the midway level, however Kharun opened up a two-tenths lead on the third 25 earlier than closing in 11.82 to seal the deal.
Kharun touched in 44.32, a season-best mark by one hundredth and ok to maneuver him right into a tie for fifth within the nation with Indiana’s Tomer Frankel, with solely Florida’s Josh Liendo, Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan and Stanford’s Andrei Minakov forward.
The Cardinal positioned 2-3 right here with Gu touching second in 45.00 and teammate Aaron Sequeira third in 45.09, simply forward of Filip Senc-Samardzi c (45.18). Notably, Minakov clocked 45.31 in prelims for the fourth-best qualifying time, however he scratched the ultimate.
Occasion 11 Males 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
PAC-12: M 43.71 2022 Andrei Minakov, STAN
PAC-12 Champ: P 43.90 2022 Andrei Minakov, STAN
44.64 A Normal
47.08 B Normal
Title 12 months Faculty Prelims Finals Factors
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=== A – Last ===
1 Kharun, Ilya FR ASU 44.42 44.32 A 20
9.41 20.77 (11.36)
32.50 (11.73) 44.32 (11.82)
2 Gu, Rafael SO STAN 44.99 45.00 B 17
9.45 20.76 (11.31)
32.71 (11.95) 45.00 (12.29)
3 Sequeira, Aaron JR STAN 45.20 45.09 B 16
9.75 21.04 (11.29)
32.66 (11.62) 45.09 (12.43)
4 Senc-Samardzic, FR ASU 45.49 45.18 B 15
9.59 21.14 (11.55)
32.87 (11.73) 45.18 (12.31)
5 Kulow, Jonny SO ASU 45.51 45.80 B 14
9.56 21.30 (11.74)
33.43 (12.13) 45.80 (12.37)
6 Colson, Alexand SR ASU 45.91 45.90 B 13
9.71 21.17 (11.46)
33.20 (12.03) 45.90 (12.70)
7 Naughton, Haako SO ARIZ 46.01 46.08 B 11.5
10.06 21.70 (11.64)
33.82 (12.12) 46.08 (12.26)
7 Nabor, Jadan SR ARIZ 45.90 46.08 B 11.5
9.73 21.40 (11.67)
33.54 (12.14) 46.08 (12.54)
200 Freestyle
The Solar Devils boast one of many high 200 freestyle contingents within the nation, with the 800 free relay squad rating first after a win two nights earlier in Federal Method, and all of the members of that staff minus Leon Marchand, who clocked 1:30.43 on the leadoff leg, have been on this last. One member of that group, Patrick Sammon preserved Arizona State’s undefeated streak as for the meet. Sammon took over the lead from teammate Julian Hill on the third 50 and didn’t look again.
Nevertheless, Henry McFadden put a final-length scare into ASU as he completed in 23.39. Beforehand, McFadden clocked 1:30.87 anchoring Stanford’s 800 free relay to second place, and he was a relay swimmer for the USA finally yr’s World Championships. However Sammon held on to take the win in 1:31.87, the time transferring him into the nationwide top-eight, whereas McFadden was 16-hundredths again in 1:32.03. ASU additionally claimed third and fourth-place factors through Owen McDonald (1:32.21) and Hill (1:32.31).
Occasion 12 Males 200 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 1:29.15 3/27/2019 Dean Farris, Harvard
PAC-12: M 1:30.14 2019 Andrew Seliskar, CAL
PAC-12 Champ: P 1:30.23 2022 Grant Home, ASU
1:31.74 A Normal
1:35.79 B Normal
Title 12 months Faculty Prelims Finals Factors
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=== A – Last ===
1 Sammon, Patrick JR ASU 1:32.56 1:31.87 B 20
21.22 44.52 (23.30)
1:08.28 (23.76) 1:31.87 (23.59)
2 McFadden, Henry FR STAN 1:32.42 1:32.03 B 17
21.52 44.86 (23.34)
1:08.64 (23.78) 1:32.03 (23.39)
3 McDonald, Owen SO ASU 1:32.06 1:32.21 B 16
21.27 44.76 (23.49)
1:08.65 (23.89) 1:32.21 (23.56)
4 Hill, Julian SR ASU 1:32.32 1:32.31 B 15
21.27 44.46 (23.19)
1:08.31 (23.85) 1:32.31 (24.00)
5 Daleiden Ciufer SO ARIZ 1:32.95 1:32.78 B 14
21.38 44.82 (23.44)
1:08.64 (23.82) 1:32.78 (24.14)
6 Maurer, Luke SR STAN 1:33.01 1:32.90 B 13
21.80 45.22 (23.42)
1:09.07 (23.85) 1:32.90 (23.83)
7 Behar, Tiago JR ASU 1:33.18 1:33.43 B 12
21.13 44.71 (23.58)
1:09.12 (24.41) 1:33.43 (24.31)
8 Jones, Keaton FR CAL 1:33.67 1:35.29 B 11
21.95 45.68 (23.73)
1:10.44 (24.76) 1:35.29 (24.85)
100 Breaststroke
For the primary time all meet, Arizona State didn’t occupy the winner’s podium. As an alternative, it was Cal fifth-year swimmer Liam Bell who went out quick and didn’t let the sector catch up as he claimed a convention title within the 100 breaststroke. Bell is certainly one of few high Cal swimmers who didn’t skip the convention meet in favor of racing lengthy course on the TYR Professional Swim Sequence in Westmont, In poor health., and he put up a time of fifty.89, which tied Virginia’s Noah Nichols for the nation’s finest time heading into the NCAA Championships.
Stanford would occupy the following two spots behind Bell as Ron Polonsky positioned second in 51.17, transferring to seventh in an especially tight nationwide rankings, whereas teammate Zhier Fan was third in 51.29. The highest Arizona State swimmer, Andy Dobrzanski, took fourth in 51.80.
Occasion 13 Males 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 49.69 3/23/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
PAC-12: M 50.04 2014 Kevin Cordes, ARIZ
PAC-12 Champ: P 50.78 2019 Carsten Vissering, USC
51.10 A Normal
53.63 B Normal
Title 12 months Faculty Prelims Finals Factors
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=== A – Last ===
1 Bell, Liam GS CAL 51.46 50.89 A 20
10.68 23.65 (12.97)
37.08 (13.43) 50.89 (13.81)
2 Polonsky, Ron JR STAN 51.55 51.17 B 17
10.80 23.97 (13.17)
37.41 (13.44) 51.17 (13.76)
3 Fan, Zhier SO STAN 51.93 51.29 B 16
10.88 24.14 (13.26)
37.39 (13.25) 51.29 (13.90)
4 Dobrzanski, And SO ASU 51.52 51.80 B 15
11.25 24.49 (13.24)
37.95 (13.46) 51.80 (13.85)
5 Horner, Jaek GS UTAH 52.25 51.85 B 14
10.89 24.16 (13.27)
37.74 (13.58) 51.85 (14.11)
6 Jensen, Matthew SR CAL 52.05 51.89 B 13
10.91 24.16 (13.25)
37.81 (13.65) 51.89 (14.08)
7 Rivers, Hank SO CAL 51.97 52.12 B 12
11.14 24.27 (13.13)
37.77 (13.50) 52.12 (14.35)
8 Purdy, Ryan SR ARIZ 52.41 52.56 B 11
11.25 24.64 (13.39)
38.46 (13.82) 52.56 (14.10)
100 Backstroke
Arizona State was again on high within the 100 again as Hubert Kos pulled away from fifth-year teammate Jack Dolan, the 50 free winner Thursday evening, to change into the primary swimmer within the nation to interrupt the 44-barrier this season. Kos, the world champion within the 200-meter again final yr, swam a time of 43.75 to make himself the sixth-fastest performer in historical past within the occasion. Solely Luca Urlando, Ryan Murphy, Brendan Burns, Coleman Stewart and Dean Farris have ever been faster. Kos additionally broke the Pac-12 championship document of 44.14 established by ASU’s Zachary Poti in 2020.
Kos additionally crushed the 44.12 from Florida’s Jonny Marshall for the nation’s high time thus far this season. Kos may decide to not swim the 100 again on the NCAA Championships later this month, contemplating he additionally owns the nation’s second-best time within the 400 IM, but when he swims this race, he’ll face off with three different swimmers who’ve clocked sub-44s of their profession: 2023 winner Burns (Indiana), 2022 winner Kacper Stokowski (NC State) and Destin Lasco (Cal).
Dolan was second in 45.15 whereas Aaron Sequeira claimed third place in 45.23 for his second top-three end of the night after his earlier 100 fly success.
Occasion 14 Males 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 43.35 3/25/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia
PAC-12: M 43.49 2016 Ryan Murphy, CAL
PAC-12 Champ: P 44.14 2020 Zachary Poti, ASU
44.71 A Normal
47.47 B Normal
Title 12 months Faculty Prelims Finals Factors
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=== A – Last ===
1 Kos, Hubert SO ASU 44.03 43.75PA 20
10.38 21.06 (10.68)
32.41 (11.35) 43.75 (11.34)
2 Dolan, Jack SR ASU 45.07 45.15 B 17
10.50 21.38 (10.88)
33.23 (11.85) 45.15 (11.92)
3 Sequeira, Aaron JR STAN 46.01 45.23 B 16
10.63 21.65 (11.02)
33.26 (11.61) 45.23 (11.97)
4 Wadsworth, Jack JR ASU 46.55 45.93 B 15
10.69 22.22 (11.53)
34.13 (11.91) 45.93 (11.80)
5 Crews, Kai JR CAL 46.30 46.01 B 14
10.95 22.39 (11.44)
34.00 (11.61) 46.01 (12.01)
6 Hardy, Ryan SO ARIZ 46.17 46.28 B 13
10.84 22.39 (11.55)
34.45 (12.06) 46.28 (11.83)
7 Makrygiannis, V JR USC 46.67 46.42 B 12
10.80 22.39 (11.59)
34.56 (12.17) 46.42 (11.86)
8 Somerset, Sebas GS CAL 46.65 46.89 B 11
10.94 22.61 (11.67)
34.81 (12.20) 46.89 (12.08)
400 Medley Relay
Arizona State has been merely dynamite in relays thus far on the Pac-12 meet, swimming the quickest 200 medley relay time in historical past earlier than posting the nation’s quickest 800 free relay and the third-quickest 200 free relay. Now, the Solar Devils have set the nationwide tempo within the 400 medley whereas coming inside 17-hundredths of the quickest relay ever.
Hubert Kos led off in 44.04, simply off his 43.75 time from earlier within the night, whereas Leon Marchand clocked 49.87 on breaststroke. On butterfly, freshman Ilya Kharun unleashed a 43.84 break up earlier than Jonny Kulow clocked in 40.74. The ultimate time was 2:58.49, breaking the Pac-12 document established by Jack Dolan, Marchand, Max McCusker and Kulow final season. This ASU group additionally clobbered the meet document of three:00.36 set by the Cal staff of Destin Lasco, Reece Whitley, Ryan Hoffer and Bjorn Seeliger in 2022.
The Solar Devils will head to the NCAA Championships sitting two seconds away from the next-best staff within the nationwide rankings, with Florida sitting at 3:00.49. The Gators, who swam the quickest time ever at 2:58.32 final yr, have an electrical lineup with freshman Jonny Marshall becoming a member of Aleksas Savickas, Josh Liendo and Macguire McDuff two weeks in the past on the SEC Championships, a race that noticed Liendo go 42.77 on butterfly.
However no different contender can match Marchand’s breaststroke break up; finally yr’s NCAAs, Marchand was a full second faster than every other swimmer as he went 49.23, the quickest break up in historical past, and he’ll possible once more be in that place on the nationwide stage this yr. Nevertheless, ASU is extra prone to dangle on for a nationwide crown with Kos making huge enhancements on backstroke and Kharun offering an inflow of velocity on the butterfly leg.
Within the race behind ASU, Stanford’s staff of Rex Maurer, Ron Polonsky, Rafael Gu and Luke Maurer got here in at 3:03.55 for second place whereas Cal’s Kai Crews, Liam Bell, Samuel Quarles and Trent Frandson positioned third in 3:04.02.
Occasion 15 Males 400 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 2:58.32 3/24/2023 Florida
A. Chaney, D. Hillis, J. Liendo, M. McDuff
PAC-12: M 2:59.18 2023 Arizona State, ASU
Dolan, Marchand, McCusker, Kulow
PAC-12 Champ: P 3:00.36 2022 Univ of California, Berkeley
Lasco, Whitley, Hoffer, Seeliger
3:04.96 A Normal
3:06.84 B Normal
Faculty Seed Finals Factors
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1 ASU ‘A’ 3:01.60 2:58.49MA 40
1) Kos, Hubert SO 2) Marchand, Leon JR
3) Kharun, Ilya FR 4) Kulow, Jonny SO
21.19 44.04 (44.04)
1:07.13 (23.09) 1:33.91 (49.87)
1:53.91 (20.00) 2:17.75 (43.84)
2:36.78 (19.03) 2:58.49 (40.74)
2 STAN ‘A’ 3:06.13 3:03.55 A 34
1) Maurer, Rex FR 2) Polonsky, Ron JR
3) Gu, Rafael SO 4) Maurer, Luke SR
21.70 45.40 (45.40)
1:09.22 (23.82) 1:36.46 (51.06)
1:57.22 (20.76) 2:21.37 (44.91)
2:41.34 (19.97) 3:03.55 (42.18)
3 CAL ‘A’ 3:02.82 3:04.02 A 32
1) Crews, Kai JR 2) Bell, Liam GS
3) Quarles, Samuel FR 4) Frandson, Trent JR
22.36 45.60 (45.60)
1:08.88 (23.28) 1:36.07 (50.47)
1:56.87 (20.80) 2:21.64 (45.57)
2:41.98 (20.34) 3:04.02 (42.38)
4 ARIZ ‘A’ 3:06.25 3:05.60 B 30
1) Hardy, Ryan SO 2) Purdy, Ryan SR
3) Nabor, Jadan SR 4) Daleiden Ciuferri, Ralph SO
22.40 46.40 (46.40)
1:10.56 (24.16) 1:38.76 (52.36)
1:59.71 (20.95) 2:24.48 (45.72)
2:43.81 (19.33) 3:05.60 (41.12)
5 USC ‘A’ 3:06.61 3:08.59 28
1) Makrygiannis, Vaggelis JR 2) Dillard, Ben SR
3) Chmielewski, Michal FR 4) Selin, Artem JR
22.46 46.33 (46.33)
1:11.07 (24.74) 1:39.64 (53.31)
2:01.02 (21.38) 2:26.27 (46.63)
2:45.91 (19.64) 3:08.59 (42.32)
6 UTAH ‘A’ 3:11.03 3:11.31 26
1) McOmber, Parker SR 2) Horner, Jaek GS
3) VanBrocklin, Evan SO 4) Woodall, Will FR
23.38 48.75 (48.75)
1:12.88 (24.13) 1:41.27 (52.52)
2:02.73 (21.46) 2:27.77 (46.50)
2:48.02 (20.25) 3:11.31 (43.54)
