Arizona State vs. NC State
- October 20, 2023
- Mona Plummer Aquatic Center
- Tempe, Arizona
- SCY (25 yards)
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- Team results
- No. 1 ASU men 186.5, No. 4 NC State 113.5
- No. 4 NC State women 169.5, No. 21 ASU 130.5
Arizona State fifth-year Jack Dolan continued his freestyle dominance on Friday with NCAA-leading times in the 50 free (19.02) and 100 free (41.86) to help the top-ranked Sun Devils cruise past No. 4 NC State, 186.5-113.5.
Dolan began the afternoon with a 21.05 backstroke leadoff on Arizona State’s winning 200 medley relay (1:22.67) featuring junior Leon Marchand (23.29 breaststroke split), freshman Ilya Kharun (19.55 butterfly split), and Michigan transfer Cam Peel (18.78 freestyle split). At the 2023 NCAA Championships, NC State beat ASU by four-tenths of a second en route to a new NCAA record of 1:20.67, but the Wolfpack quartet of junior Aiden Hayes (21.11 back), junior Sam Hoover (23.37 breast), fifth-year Kacper Stokowski (19.82 fly split), and freshman Quintin McCarty (18.97 free) earned the runner-up finish on Friday with a time of 1:23.27.
Dolan then triumphed in the 50 free with a 19.02, lowering his nation-leading time of 19.04 from earlier this month. Then he took the 100 free as well with a NCAA-leading 42.20 before lowering that mark again at the end of the session with a 41.86 leadoff for Sun Devils’ victorious 400 free relay (2:47.53).
Leon Marchand swam off-events against NC State, but he still managed to tally a pair of wins and a nation-leading time. He touched first in the 100 breast (52.14) with second-fastest time in the NCAA so far this season (behind Louisville’s Denis Petrashov) before clocking a nation-leading 4:14.34 in the 500 free. Marchand added a 41.48 anchor on ASU’s 400 free relay.
Defending LCM 200 back world champion Hubert Kos edged NC State freshman JT Ewing (1:40.21) by just a tenth of a second in the 200 back (1:40.11), as the duo recorded the No. 2 and No. 3 times this season behind Marchand. Ewing posted a new lifetime best in the process, lowering his previous-best 1:41.85 from last March. Kos also took the 200 IM title in 1:42.97, No. 2 in the NCAA behind Marchand.
Kharun didn’t notch any season-best times, but he outdueled NCAA champion Aiden Hayes in both the 100 fly (45.26) and 200 fly (1:40.76). Hayes won the NCAA title in 200 fly (1:38.79) as a sophomore, but he placed 4th in 200 fly (1:44.60) on Friday behind Noah Bowers (1:44.01), Alexander Colson (1:43.93) and Kharun (1:40.76).
NC State’s Ross Dant also clocked a nation-leading time with an 8:51.33 in the 1000 free, more than four seconds faster than SMU’s Jack Hoagland went last weekend.
On the women’s side, Katharine Berkoff (50.83 100 back, 22.34 50 free, 48.24 100 free) and Abby Arens (59.26 100 breast, 2:08.94 200 breast, 51.91 100 fly) both tallied triples to lead NC State past ASU, 169.5-130.5.
Wolfpack junior Grace Sheble posted the second-fastest time in the NCAA this season in the 200 IM (1:57.33) en route to her victory.
NC State sophomore Meghan Donald threw down a personal-best 1:56.18 to sneak past ASU’s Charli Brown (1:56.28) in the 200 back.
Lindsay Looney impressed for ASU with the second-fastest 200 fly time this season (1:55.27) while Latvian sophomore Ieva Maluka won the 200 free with a personal-best 1:45.31 and also placed 2nd in the 200 IM (1:57.48) behind Sheble. Deniz Ertan was within a second of her lifetime best in the 1000 free with her 1st-place finish in 9:36.66, No. 2 in NCAA this season.
In pro action, Regan Smith demolished the U.S. Open and American records in the 200-yard fly by more than a second.
It will be very interesting to watch the rematch between ASU, NC State, and Georgia at the NC State invitational next month!
Ponsler’s 4:17 in the 500 cannot be overlooked. That’s a solid time for October!
After looking at the times I would say that if a swimmer wants to learn how to be a top IM swimmer, one should go train under Bob Bowman at ASU. What else can one conclude when the 4 top undergrad IM times all train with Bob Bowman, The World Record holders past and present all do. As Michael Phelps said at the world championships: “He (Coach Bowman) knows a thing or two about IM”!
You could conclude that the season has just started and top times now mean very little 🤔
This guy has been lighting it up. Excited to watch him this year and see if he has some big drops long course as well
What happed to all those 18’s NC State went in practice? Maybe it’s time for them to shut down the hot tub time machine, as it doesn’t seem to aid their performance when there’s a real clock timing them.
It’s to get people talking, which is obviously working. This is one meet, at the beginning of a long season. The clock at NCAA’s will give us the answer. So let’s put away the pitchforks for now, but certainly give flowers to ASU setting the tone.
Is this the dramatic shift in college braden?
Both teams swam very well but extra credit must go to the WolfPack as it was their first meet of the year, wheras ASU has swum fast against both Georgia and UNLV.
Aiden Hayes leadoff the NCState 200 Medley relay in :21.11, behind only Dolan(:21.05 today, :20.95 previously) in the 50 back rankings.(the :23.37 you list for Aiden was the NCState breaststroker’s split).
Kos also won the 200 IM in 1:42.97, winning the event after Marchand was taken out of the event to go on the 4×100 Free relay(where he anchored in :41.48). After the 200 IM the current top 4 in the national rankings are all ASU; Marchand (1:42.35), Kos (1:42.97), Schlicht, (1:43.68) and #4, Owen McDonald at 1:44.31.… Read more »
ASU is obviously very good but it certainly helps that they suit up when most teams don’t.
Some do. Some don’t. I’m not sure it is still a “most” issue. At least now suiting and/or resting isn’t done in ambush fashion as once was the case. Pretty sure disclosure is the pattern of the day. Then you make your own choices.
Dragnet note. Just the facts, ma’am. So far, 22 commenters downvote simple information noting fast swimming. Amazing. Thought that was what drew people to the site.
House is credited as ASU’s first huge recruit, and while that’s technically true, Dolan was and continues to be a game changer with their program. I sometimes feel like he doesn’t get enough credit for his talent and relevancy over the past 7-8 years. Ever since his first big final at 2016 Nationals he’s been consistently fast (14 years old-22 now). He’s been 49.7-50.8 for six years now. With his small improvements in yards I hope he could find a big drop and make the team this summer. May be a long shot with the depth and with four to five other guys in his training group also trying for a spot it could motivate him to reach the ultimate… Read more »
Actually Cameron Craig was 1st big name recruit.
Forgot about him too, yes he was big time
Of the Bowman era. Among earlier recruits were Olympic Gold winners (i.e. Atilla Czene)