2024 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 27-30, 2024
- IUPUI Natatorium, Indianapolis, Indiana
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200 MEDLEY RELAY — TIMED FINAL
NCAA Record: 1:20.55 — Arizona State (J. Dolan, L. Marchand, I. Kharun, J. Kulow), 2024Meet Record: 1:20.67 — NC State (K. Stokowski, M. Hunter, N. Korstanje, D. Curtiss), 2023American Record: 1:21.66 — Florida (A. Chaney, J. Smith, S. Buff, M. McDuff), 2024U.S. Open Record: 1:20.55 — Arizona State (J. Dolan, L. Marchand, I. Kharun, J. Kulow), 2024- 2023 Champion: 1:20.67 — NC State (K. Stokowski, M. Hunter, N. Korstanje, D. Curtiss), 2023
Top 8:
- Florida (A. Chaney, J. Smith, J. Liendo, M. McDuff) — 1:20.15 *NCAA, Meet, U.S. Open Record*
- Arizona State (J. Dolan, L. Marchand, I. Kharun, J. Kulow) — 1:20.55
- NC State (A. Hayes, S. Hoover, L. Miller, Q. McCarty) — 1:20.98
- Cal — 1:21.01
- Tennessee — 1:21.91
- Indiana — 1:22.10
- Stanford — 1:22.43
- Auburn — 1:22.57
Well, the 2024 Men’s NCAA Championships started off with a bang. Arizona State seemingly had all the energy coming into the meet, but that didn’t stop the Florida Gators from swooping in, winning the 200 medley relay, and shattering the weeks-old NCAA Record ASU set at Pac-12s.
The Gators got out to a fantastic start, seeing Adam Chaney put up a 20.29 on the backstroke leg. That was the 2nd-fastest back split in the event tonight. Julian Smith then clocked a phenomenal 22.55 on breast, which was the 2nd-fastest breast leg tonight. At that point it was Josh Liendo‘s turn, and he did some damage. Liendo threw down an 18.97 fly split for Florida, which was the fastest fly split in the field tonight by a wide margin, and the 2nd-fastest fly split in history. It was then up to Macguire McDuff to bring the Gators home, and he did his job marvelously, anchoring in 18.34.
Florida hit the wall in 1:20.15, taking 0.40 seconds off the NCAA Record Arizona State set at the beginning of the month at the Pac-12 Championships. Coincidentally, ASU tied their previous record time of 1:20.55 tonight. Given that, here is a split comparison between Florida tonight, as well as ASU’s relay from Pac-12s and their relay tonight:
| Split | Florida – 2024 NCAA Championships (NCAA Record) | ASU – 2024 Pac-12 Championships (Previous NCAA Record) | ASU – 2024 NCAA Championships |
| Backstroke | Adam Chaney (20.29) | Jack Dolan (20.30) | Jack Dolan (20.55) |
| Breaststroke | Julian Smith (22.55) | Leon Marchand (22.71) | Leon Marchand (22.59) |
| Butterfly | Josh Liendo (18.97) | Ilya Kharun (19.30) | Ilya Kharun (19.47) |
| Freestyle | Macguire McDuff (18.34) | Jonny Kulow (18.24) | Jonny Kulow (17.94) |
| FINAL TIME | 1:20.15 | 1:20.55 | 1:20.55 |
As the table above shows, Florida was faster than ASU’s record-setting relay from Pac-12s on every leg except for freestyle. Liendo’s fly leg was the biggest difference, which doesn’t come as a huge shock, since it’s not every day you see someone splitting 18 on a 50 fly. Speaking of splits you don’t see every day, ASU’s Jonny Kulow blasted a 17.94 on their anchor tonight, which we believe is the 3rd-fastest 50 free relay split of all-time, but we’re still working on confirming that.
Moving ahead to the bigger picture, this is exactly the start Florida dreamed of in their preparation for this meet. They have a terrific sprint free group as well, so if this relay was an indication of things to come, Florida relays may reign supreme this week in Indy.
If Dolan and Kharun repeat their splits from the Pac-12 meet, ASU wins the race tonight by .02 seconds.
True. But also, if Dolan, Kharun, Marchand, and Kulow all repeat their splits from the Pac-12 meet, they go exactly the same time as they went last night.
Liendo will annihilate Dressel 100 free and fly records . 42.6 fly 39.8 free
Marchand 500 4:03.84
Hobson 500 4:04.7
Yes, annihilate is the perfect word when you predict a record getting broken by one tenth of a second.
When the article mentions that Liendo had the second fastest fly split of all-time tonight I am assuming that Dressel still owns the fastest. The irony there being that Liendo doesn’t even have the fastest fly split in Florida Gators history.
Congratulations to Jonny Kulow for his 17.97 split!
Kharun’s extra half-stroke almost caused a false start.
Or VT -0.01. It looks like they only DQed relays with 0.03 or more early.
It depends on the setpoint of the equipment. As far as I know, some pads have a 0.00 set point, some have -0.03, some have -0.04.
The NCAA rulebook says the standard is 0.00, and that -0.01 is a violation.
0.03 to -0.03 is official discretion. Under -0.03 is auto dq
What is the story in the -0.02 exchange for ASU?
Inside the setpoint of the equipment. Not all set points are 0.00. They should be, but they aren’t.
In the last 3 years this record has been broken four times by three different schools. Before that it sat with Texas since 2017
Florida is pretty good at winning relays! Nesty to TEXAS????
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