2024 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
The primary preliminary session of the 2024 Males’s NCAA Championships has now wrapped up, and the boys’s 500 free heats produced some fascinating swims.
The five hundred free is the most effective indicator for previewing the upcoming 1650 free, which is able to happen on Saturday. Of the highest eight entrants within the mile, solely two posted a greatest time within the prelims of the five hundred free. Three swimmers recorded season greatest efforts, however solely two whole swimmers superior for a second swim.
The primary finals qualifier was ASU’s Zalan Sarkany, who checked-in at 4:11.38 to qualify tenth for the B-final. Sarkany was the 2nd seed coming into the meet, however added 2.19 seconds from his greatest time. Whereas that will increase some considerations about him difficult his greatest time within the 1650 (14:23.01) from the Pac-12 Championships, his consistency within the longer distances ought to present a confidence enhance.
Sarkany posted a time of 4:15.02 within the 500 free on the ASU vs. Grand Canyon twin meet on January sixth, the identical day as he swam 14:28.09 within the 1650. On January nineteenth and twentieth, at further twin meets, he checked-in with a pair of 8:37 swims within the 1000 over these two days (which is pretty appropriate to a sub-14:30 1650 swim), whereas including swims within the 4:12-4:13 vary for the five hundred at those self same meets. Whereas Sarkany’s 4:11.38 is off the tempo from Pac-12s, his 14:28.09 would nonetheless lead the remainder of the sphere by almost 7 seconds. Sarkany is seeded first by 11.99 seconds primarily based on his entry time.
Florida freshman Andrew Taylor and his sophomore teammate, Gio Linscheer, had been the one two athletes ranked within the prime eight of the 1650 to clock private bests this morning. Taylor hit the wall in 4:13.10 to undercut his 4:13.48 from SECs, whereas Linscheer punched a time of 4:11.97 to interrupt 4:12 for the primary time. The pair are seeded 4th and fifth for the 1650, respectively, and this can be a constructive signal as we transfer in the direction of that occasion on Saturday.
The third and last swimmer to notch a season greatest was Wolfpack fifth yr Ross Dant, who touched in 4:13.94. He dipped beneath his earlier marker of 4:15.05 from final month’s ACC Championships, however was a bit off his private report of 4:10.35 from 2022. He put up a time of 14:39.34 at this yr’s ACCs within the 1650, and owns a greatest time of 14:30.32 in that distance, so someplace in-between these two occasions appears probably for Saturday’s timed last. third by means of sixth within the 1650 entry checklist is just separated by 1.6 seconds, so there seems to be to be a path for him to problem for the highest three.
How The Prime 8 Entrants In The 1650 Freestyle Carried out In The five hundred This Morning:
Prime Seed: Zalan Sarkany (ASU) — 14:23.01
This morning within the 500: 4:11.38, tenth (+2.19 from season greatest, +2.19 from lifetime greatest)
2nd Seed: Charlie Clark (OSU) — 14:35.00
Didn’t swim the five hundred, as his solely entry is that this 1650.
third Seed: Krzysztof Chmielewski (USC) — 14:37.74
This morning within the 500: 4:16.06, twenty ninth (+2.22 from season greatest, + 2.22 from lifetime greatest)
4th Seed: Andrew Taylor (FLOR) — 14:38.41
This morning within the 500: 4:13.10, seventeenth (-0.38 from season greatest, -0.38 from lifetime greatest)
fifth Seed: Gio Linscheer (FLOR) — 14:38.78
This morning within the 500: 4:11.97, thirteenth (-1.13 from season greatest, -0.72 from lifetime greatest)
sixth Seed: Ross Dant (NCST) — 14:39.34
This morning within the 500: 4:13.94, nineteenth (-1.11 from season greatest, +3.59 from lifetime greatest)
seventh Seed: Owen Lloyd (NCST) — 14:41.32
This morning within the 500: 4:19.15, forty third (+4.28 from season greatest, +4.28 from lifetime greatest)
eighth Seed: Sam Campbell (OSU) — 14:42.63
This morning within the 500: 4:19.67, forty fourth (+4.18 from season greatest, +4.18 from lifetime greatest)
