Leon Marchand (pictured) had the fastest breaststroke split in the field by exactly a second, and he also became the fastest relay 100 breaststroker ever. Archive photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography
On Friday night, the Florida quartet of Adam Chaney, Dillon Hillis, Josh Liendo, and Macguire McDuff took down the NCAA and US Open record in the 400 medley relay in a time of 2:58.32. In this article, we take a look at some of the splits recorded in this race.
Newly-crowned NCAA champ Brendan Burns gave Indiana the lead after the backstroke, as he clocked a 43.82 that was just 0.21 seconds off his PB of 43.61 that won the individual race. Then, ASU’s Leon Marchand dropped a 49.23 breast split, which was the fastest in the field by over a second and also the fastest in history. On fly, it was Josh Liendo wh0 broke records as he clocked the first-ever sub-43 100 fly split at 42.91. Finally, McDuff anchored in 40.90 to give the Gators the win, while Cal’s Bjorn Seeliger had the fastest split in the field at 40.45. The other two 40-point splits in the field were done by freshmen Jonny Kulow and Gui Caribe, who went 40.77 and 40.78 respectively.
Comparisons with the fastest splits of all time should be added here
Thomas Selig
1 year ago
So, what’s the fastest 100 free relay split of all time? I know Dressel has a 39.9 flat start, but did he ever go sub-40 on relays? Could Marchand complete the full-house of NCAA records in all 3 of his individuals AND fastest ever relay splits in all 4 of his relays?
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Comparisons with the fastest splits of all time should be added here
So, what’s the fastest 100 free relay split of all time? I know Dressel has a 39.9 flat start, but did he ever go sub-40 on relays? Could Marchand complete the full-house of NCAA records in all 3 of his individuals AND fastest ever relay splits in all 4 of his relays?
I see 40.15 in 2018 and yes
Gui!
Bjorn looking good, wtf to OSU?