Watch: Marchand’s 3:31 NCAA Record, House’s 1:30.6 200 Free (Pac-12 Day 3 Race Videos)

2023 MEN’S PAC-12 SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Wednesday, March 1- Saturday, March 5, 2023
• Weyerhauser King County Aquatic Center – Federal Way, WA
• SCY (25 Yards)
• Defending Champions: Cal (5x)
• Championship Central
• Event Schedule
• Diving Results
• Live Stream
• Live Results
• Fan Guide
• Psych Sheets
• Day 1 Finals Recap
• Day 2 Prelims Recap| Day 2 Finals Recap
• Day 3 Prelims Recap| Day 3 Finals Recap

This post contains race videos from day 3 of the 2023 Men’s Pac-12 Swimming and Diving Championships. The third day of the meet featured the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, and 400 medley relay. All videos in this post come from the Pac-12 Network YouTube Channel.

400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 3:31.84, Leon Marchand (Arizona State) — 2023 ASU vs. Cal
• PAC-12 Record: 3:31.84, Leon Marchand (Arizona State) — 2023 ASU vs. Cal
• PAC-12 Championship Record: 3:34.45, Leon Marchand (Arizona State) — 2022 PAC-12 Championships
• 2022 Champion: Leon Marchand (ASU) – 3:34.45
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 3:39.16

Top 8:

1. Leon Marchand (ASU) – 3:31.57 (NCAA and US Open Records)
2. Hugo Gonzalez (CAL) – 3:37.65
3. Hubert Kos (ASU) – 3:37.68
4. Jason Louser (CAL) – 3:39.27
5. David Schlicht (ASU) – 3:40.71
6. Ron Polonsky (STAN) – 3:40.97
7. Daniel Matheson (ASU) – 3:41.60
8. Lucas Henveaux (CAL) – 3:42.67

Leon Marchand broke the NCAA and US Open records in the 400 IM for the second time in 2023 tonight, speeding to a new personal best of 3:31.57. He was truly dominant in the race tonight, winning by six seconds. Defending NCAA champion Hugo Gonzalez took second in 3:37.65.

100 BUTTERFLY – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 42.80, Caeleb Dressel (Florida) — 2018 NCAA Championships
• PAC-12 Record: 43.71, Andrei Minakov (Stanford) — 2022 NCAA Championships
• PAC-12 Championship Record: 43.90, Andrei Minakov (Stanford) — 2022 PAC-12 Championships
• 2022 Champion: Andrei Minakov (Stanford) – 43.90
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 44.82

Top 8:

1. Andrei Minakov (STAN) – 44.51
2. Aaron Sequeira (STAN) – 45.09
3. Rafael Gu (STAN)/Max McCusker (ASU) – 45.13
4. (tie)
5. Alex Colson (ASU) – 45.38
6. Dare Rose (CAL) – 45.51
7. Cody Bybee (ASU) – 45.59
8. Jonny Affeld (STAN) – 46.01

Stanford sophomore Andrei Minakov successfully defended his title in the 100 fly tonight, swimming a 44.51. Though the time was well off his winning mark of 43.90 from last year, Minakov still won the race convincingly tonight, finishing as the only swimmer in the field under 45 seconds.

200 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 1:29.15, Dean Farris (Harvard) — 2019 NCAA Championships
• PAC-12 Record: 1:30.14, Andrew Seliskar (Cal) — 2019 NCAA Championships
• PAC-12 Championship Record: 1:30.23, Grant House (Arizona State) — 2022 PAC-12 Championships
• 2022 Champion: Grant House (Arizona State) – 1:30.23
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:31.98

Top 8:

1. Grant House (ASU) – 1:30.67
2. Patrick Sammon (ASU) – 1:31.82
3. Julian Hill (ASU) – 1:32.37
4. Robin Hanson (CAL) – 1:33.21
5. Ralph Daleiden (ARIZ) – 1:33.24
6. Andrew Gray (ASU) – 1:33.34
7. Andres Dupont (STAN) – 1:33.36
8. Gabriel Jett (CAL) – 1:35.51

Arizona State’s Grant House successfully defended his title in the 200 free tonight, swimming a 1:30.67 to win the race by a huge margin. House was just off his 1:30.23 winning time from last year, but the performance tonight still marked a season best for him.

100 BREASTSTROKE – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 49.69, Ian Finnerty (Indiana) — 2018 NCAA Championships
• PAC-12 Record: 50.04, Kevin Cordes (Arizona) — 2014 NCAA Championships
• PAC-12 Championship Record: 50.78, Carsten Vissering (USC) — 2019 PAC-12 Championships
• 2022 Champion: Reece Whitley (California) – 51.30
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 51.40

Top 8:

1. Reece Whitley (CAL) – 51.12
2. Matthew Jensen (CAL) – 51.42
3. Liam Bell (CAL) – 51.58
4. Jaek Horner (UTAH) – 51.78
5. Zhier Fan (STAN) – 51.97
6. Luke Rodarte (CAL) – 52.15
7. Jacob Soderlund (CAL) – 52.24
8. Chris O’Grady (USC) – 52.27

Reece Whitley won his fourth-straight Pac-12 title in the 100 breast tonight, swimming a 51.12. He led a 1-2-3 finish by the Golden Bears, with Matthew Jensen taking second in 51.42 and Liam Bell finishing third in 51.58.

100 BACKSTROKE – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 43.35, Luca Urlando (Georgia) — 2022 NCAA Championships
• PAC-12 Record: 43.39, Ryan Murphy (California) — 2016 NCAA Championships
• PAC-12 Championship Record: 44.14, Zachary Poti (Arizona State) — 2020 PAC-12 Championships
• 2022 Champion: Bjorn Seeliger (California) – 44.72
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 44.79

Top 8:

1. Destin Lasco (CAL) – 44.57
2. Owen McDonald (ASU)/Andrei Ungur (UTAH) – 45.00
3. (tie)
4. Jack Dolan (ASU) – 45.06
5. Bjorn Seeliger (CAL) – 45.33
6. Aaron Sequeira (STAN) – 45.45
7. Leon MacAlister (STAN) – 45.85
8. Jack Alexy (CAL) – 46.14

Destin Lasco won his second Pac-12 100 back title in three years, pulling away from the field with a 44.57. Utah’s Andrei Ungur and Arizona State’s Owen McDonald both had huge swims, tying for second at 45.00.

MEN’S 400 MEDLEY RELAY — TIMED FINAL

• NCAA Record: 2:59.22, Texas – 2017 NCAA Championships
• PAC-12 Record: 3:00.36, California — 2022 NCAA Championships
• PAC-12 Championship Record: 3:01.45, Stanford — 2022 PAC-12 Championships
• 2022 Champion: Stanford — 3:01.45
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 3:04.96

Top 6:

1. ASU (Dolan, Marchand, McCusker, House) – 3:01.39 (Meet Record)
2. Cal (Lasco, Whitley, Rose, Seeliger) – 3:02.46
3. Stanford (MacAlister, Polonsky, Minakov, Maurer) – 3:02.71
4. Utah – 3:06.51

DQ: Arizona, USC

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