2022 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 23-26, 2022
- McAuley Aquatic Center, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (Eastern Daylight Time)
- Prelims 10AM /Finals 6PM
- Short Course Yards (25 yards)
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Reported by Michael Hamann.
400 IM
- NCAA Record: Chase Kalisz (UGA): 3:33.42
- NCAA Meet Record: Chase Kalisz (UGA): 3:33.42
- American Record: Chase Kalisz (UGA): 3:33.42
- US Open Record: Chase Kalisz (UGA): 3:33.42
Pool Record: Josh Prenot (CAL): 3:35.82
Top 8 finishers:
- Carson Foster (TEX- Sophomore): 3:33.79
- Hugo Gonzalez (CAL- Senior): 3:34.88
- Jake Foster (TEX- Junior): 3:37.33
- Bobby Finke (FLOR- Senior): 3:37.84
- Leon Marchand (ASU- Freshman): 3:37.97
- David Johnston (TEX- Sophomore): 3:38.90
- Brooks Fail (ZONA- 5Y): 3:39.10
- Sean Grieshop (CAL- 5Y): 3:39.62
Top seed Leon Marchand of Arizona State took care of business in the final heat, cruising to the win in 3:37.97 to have him seeded fifth heading into this evening. He was the lone A final qualifier from his heat.
In the team title race, Texas gets a huge boost with 3 A finalists, while Cal will also have three swims tonight with 2 A’s and a B.
In the second to last heat, Texas’ Carson Foster fired back at Hugo’s massive swim, posting a 3:33.79 to take the top spot with one heat to go. That swim is now the second fastest of all time behind Chase Kalisz‘ American record. We are now all but guaranteed to see a sub-3:40 swim miss the A final.
Cal’s Hugo Gonzalez left no doubt in the first circle seeded heat, putting together a masterful performance to take over the top spot with a 3:34.88. Gonzalez seems to have gotten the proverbial monkey off of his back from last year’s meet, where he posted the top time of the meet in the B final after missing the A final. Texas junior Jake Foster was runner-up behind Gonzalez in 3:37.33 to sit second with two heats remaining.
After Léon Marchand vs Destin Lasco in the 200 IM, it’s time for another showdown vs Carson Foster. 😎
Léon clearly saved his energy in prelims. Like MP, he does just the necessary to qualify and then boom in final. He has quickly learned.
I don’t know why Carson went so fast. It seems not very smart. We’ll see.
Hopefully we have a great fight between both guys.
Léon went out very fast in his 200 IM while Destin who is a back-half swimmer finished like a bullet.
Carson is very strong in the first part of the 400 IM. His freestyle is very good too. But he knows that he will struggle on breaststroke… Read more »
3:31.97
I never thought Léon would drop 2 seconds off his 200 IM PB made at conference championships.
I never thought he would be so strong in yards.
I never thought a few months ago that such a skinny young man who made an olympic final would become a swimming superstar.
He could win the 200 IM, the 400 IM, the 200 breast, the 200 free and the 200 fly this week. Replace 200 breast with 200 back and you have a MP-like swimming schedule. That’s crazy.
And now let’s be honest. He’s on track to win at least both IM events in Paris in 2024 at home. That’s amazing. And I think we can expect a… Read more »
Bobo that is a bit too much hopium
I found Leon’s hype man for Paris
He is going sub 3:25
3:19
He is going to drop something super dirty tonight. Chase seems like a nice guy, but his record is getting re written.