Courtesy: Pac-12
MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Leon Marchand, Jr., ARIZONA STATE (Toulouse, France)
- Marchand went undefeated in his individual events on the weekend against a pair of top-10 opponents in No. 9 Stanford and No. 3 California.
- Against the No. 9 Cardinal, the junior picked up four individual wins, including a 200 IM win that tops NCAA Division I times (1:38.78) and a 200 Breast that ranks 6th amongst DI times (1:51.71).
- Additional wins in the 100 Breast (51.46) and 200 Medley Relay (1:22.24) helped the No. 1 Sun Devils to a 156.5-115.5 win against the Cardinal.
- Against the No. 3 Golden Bears, Marchand pulled out three more individual wins with a 100 Breast time (51.37) that puts him second amongst NCAA competitors.
- First-place finishes in the 200 Breast (1:51.80) and 200 IM (1:38.93) and a second-place 200 Medley Relay finish (1:21.77) helped the Devil’s to their second-highest point total against the Golden Bears (150).
- The junior has yet to lose an event in the month of January.
- Fourth career Pac-12 Men’s Swimmer of the Month/Week award and first this season (November 2022; Jan. 24, 2023; Feb. 7, 2023).
ALSO NOMINATED: Jack Alexy, CAL; Brandon Miller, UTAH; Andrei Minakov, STAN.
MEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK: Joshua Thai, So., CALIFORNIA (Alhambra, Calif.)
- Thai finished top-three in all four weekend events including three winning scores and a third-place finish.
- Against the No. 1 Sun Devils, the senior earned a first-place finishes in the 1-Meter (337.65) and 3 Meter (365.40), accomplishing season bests and improving his Zone E marks.
- In the Bears’ win over Arizona, Thai picked up a 1 Meter win (325.64) and a 3 Meter third-place finish (317.33).
- Second career Pac-12 Men’s Diver of the Month/Week award and first of the season (December 2022).
ALSO NOMINATED: Hunter Hollenbeck, STAN.
2024 Pac-12 Swimming & Diving Championships
- The 2024 Pac-12 Women’s Swimming and Men’s/Women’s Diving Championships will be held Feb. 28-March 2 in Federal Way, Washington at the Weyerhaeuser King’s County Aquatic Center. The 2024 Pac-12 Men’s Swimming Championships will take place the following week from March 6-9 at the same venue.
2023-24 PAC-12 Men’s Swimmer and Diver of the Month/Week
| Month/Week | Men’s Swimmer | Men’s Diver |
|---|---|---|
| October | Rex Maurer, Stanford | Elias Petersen, Utah |
| November | Krzysztof Chmielewski, USC | Elias Petersen, Utah |
| December | Destin Lasco, California | — |
| Jan. 9 | Zalan Sarkany, Arizona State | Elias Petersen, Utah |
| Jan. 16 | Michal Chmielewski, USC | Laurent Gosselin-Paradis, USC |
| Jan. 24 | Leon Marchand, Arizona State | Joshua Thai, California |