2024 MEN’S PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Dates: Wednesday, March 6 – Saturday, March 9
- Location: Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, WA
- Defending champions: Arizona State (1x)
- Live Results
- Live Video (Pac-12 Network)
- Championship Central
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- Day 1 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Recap| Day 2 Finals Recap
- Day 3 Prelims Recap | Day 3 Finals Recap
- Day 4 Prelims Recap
- Day 4 Finals Recap
MEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE – FINALS
NCAA Record: 1:35.73 – Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016)Pac-12 Record: 1:35.73 – Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016)Pac-12 Championship Record: 1:36.94 – Destin Lasco, Cal (2023)- NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:39.13
Top 8:
- Hubert Kos (Arizona State) – 1:35.69 (NCAA RECORD)
- Owen McDonald (Arizona State) – 1:37.70
- Rex Maurer (Stanford) – 1:39.83
- Sebastian Somerset (California) – 1:39.84
- Aaron Sequeira (Stanford) – 1:40.55
- Ziyad Saleem (California) – 1:40.64
- Josh Zuchowski (Stanford) – 1:40.71
- Kai Crews (California) – 1:41.33
Another record has gone down on the final night of the Pac-12 Championships as Hubert Kos of Arizona State set a new NCAA record in the 200 backstroke touching in a 1:35.69.
Kos broke Ryan Murphy‘s record that was set back at 2016 NCAAs as Murphy won in a 1:35.73, winning by over two and a half seconds.
Split Comparison:
| Kos | Murphy | |
| 50 | 22.2 | 22.2 |
| 100 | 24.46 | 24.16 |
| 150 | 24.46 | 24.5 |
| 200 | 24.57 | 24.87 |
| 1:35.69 | 1:35.73 |
Kos was incredibly consistent tonight as his 2nd and 3rd 50s were the exact same with a 24.46. Notably, Kos and Murphy were out in the exact same split of a 22.20 on the first 50. The biggest difference was the final 50 as Kos was 0.30 seconds faster than Murphy.
Kos notably swam to a Pac-12 record in the 100 back last night. He now holds the top time in the NCAA in the 200 back by 0.99 seconds. Kos had the top time in the NCAA coming into tonight ahead of Florida’s Jonny Marshall who swam a 1:36.68 at SECs two weeks ago.
Kos is the 4th NCAA swimmer under the 1:36 mark. Only Murphy, Shaine Casas (1:35.75) and Destin Lasco (1:35.87) have also been under 1:36. Lasco notably swam his best time to win the NCAA title a year ago and will look to challenge Kos in a few weeks after electing to swim at Pro Swim-Westmont this week instead of Pac-12s.
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Hubert Kos 200 back gold in Paris 🔒
That wouldn’t be an upset. He won Worlds last summer in 2back!
Broke a record thought to be nearly unbreakable… while untapered. Is it too soon to give him the gold already?
Unbreakable huh?
7 swimmers Kos included have been within a second of it since it was set including Shaine Casas being only .02 off of it in 2021.
Lasco won NCAAs only .14 off of it last year?
Ryan Lochte swam 1:36.81 in 2007. The records only come down by not much more than a second since. Compare that to the time drops in every other 200 from where the record was then… it seems like this event is due a big breakthrough, Kos will probably deliver at NCAAs
Swim swam loves the word notably.
Right up there with penultimate. 😂
or ‘stopped the clock’
“olbliterated”
Kos backstroke times look very similar to Ryan Murphy in 2016 which bodes very well for the Olympics. We already know he’s prob winning the 200 this summer but could he possibly even pull the double off
And ASU pros swam great at Westmont..Bravo to Regan, Simone, and Chase!
And smoliga.
You think she swam great?!?
Her 50 free was fast. 24.6 or so.
I’d say going a best time in 50 free is swimming great!
Game, set, match. Devils, Sun