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The BEST Race at the 2023 Men’s NCAA Championships

2023 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

The last race of the 2023 Men’s NCAA Championships ended up being the best of them all. With team standings on the line, Florida and Cal both went under the old NCAA record, with the Gators nabbing the win by the slightest of margins – 0.01 seconds.

Split Comparison

NC STATE, 2018 FLORIDA, 2023 CAL, 2023
Ryan Held – 41.05 Josh Liendo – 40.66 Bjorn Seeliger – 41.50
Justin Ress – 40.62 Adam Chaney – 41.10 Jack Alexy – 40.51
Jacob Molacek – 41.02 Julian Smith – 41.26 Matthew Jensen – 41.12
Coleman Stewart – 41.62 Macguire McDuff – 41.05 Destin Lasco – 40.95
2:44.31 2:44.07 2:44.08

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DATA
1 year ago

ASU splits: Kulow (41.89) Marchand (40.55) House (41.13) Dolan (41.55)

ALEXANDER POP-OFF
1 year ago

CAL should have won this. Seeliger had a bit of an off meet. But I don’t mean to take anything away from Florida, who were outstanding.

Last edited 1 year ago by ALEXANDER POP-OFF
PFA
1 year ago

This felt almost reminiscent of the 400 medley relay from SC worlds a few months back in the sense that both teams almost tied and the record fell in that sense and 2 titan teams were vying for the overall record but regardless still an amazing race no less.

theloniuspunk
Reply to  PFA
1 year ago

How-a do-a you-a forget-a Italy?!

PFA
Reply to  theloniuspunk
1 year ago

ASU is Italy in this sense although not under the record, still there

SwimmerTX
1 year ago

Lasco with the hardest post-relay celebration, as usual.

Andrew
Reply to  SwimmerTX
1 year ago

Someone didn’t watch the 100 back

Andrew
1 year ago

Why is Lasco the picture when they lost the race lol

1650 Onetrick
Reply to  Andrew
1 year ago

They won the meet

swim
1 year ago

Throwing off the cap was not necessary.

Horninco
Reply to  swim
1 year ago

It’s not like he spit in the lane next to him *cough* Gabe Jett *cough*

Swim Alchemist
Reply to  Horninco
1 year ago

When was this?

CraigH
Reply to  Horninco
1 year ago

As if we needed another reason to dislike Amy Van Dyken.

SwimFan
1 year ago

Great video. The discussion on Leon’s 40.5 split had me thinking of this: what are the top 4×100 free relay splits of all time?

Bub
Reply to  SwimFan
1 year ago

For scy the fastest is 40.15 by Dressel and Justin Ress 40.25 is the fastest non-dressel split

W_P_1
Reply to  SwimFan
1 year ago

Super suited Adrian had a 40.23 in the 2009 400 Medley

Former Cal Student
Reply to  SwimFan
1 year ago

Even a recent (last 7ish years) Cal 4free relay with Hoffer instead of Jensen would actually be disgusting. Hoffer lead off in 40.89, Lasco in 40.95, Alexy in 40.51, and Seeliger in 40.61 (I think that’s his relay best). That’s sub 2:43. Then, you can put a B relay with Seliskar somewhere in 41.1. Probably throw on the Matt Jensen split of 41.12. Don’t really know the exact list of top Cal 1free relay splits, but you’d have a lot of options from Michael Jensen, Pawel Sendyk, Ryan Murphy, Hugo Gonzalez, etc. I think you can probably construct a line-up where they’re just at or just under 2:45.

I’d actually be curious where that stacks up against the 4 best… Read more »

Just The Facts
1 year ago

Only after the officials messed up the 50 free. Swimming needs to get to a place where we heckle officials for doing dumb things. Throwing stuff in the water. If you want a sport where fans are nice to officials… go officiate golf

Justin Pollard
Reply to  Just The Facts
1 year ago

I’m assuming the judges/officials are volunteers, or paid very little compared to the time they spend. They shouldn’t face too much criticism unless the error is egregious. The 50 free start, while sub optimal, was within the guidelines for starts (SwimSwam did an article on this), so it’s tough to find something to criticize other than the rules themselves.

SKOOOOOO
Reply to  Justin Pollard
1 year ago

Also, the poor start seemed to affect all competitors equally. Wasn’t perfect but as you said within the rules

Andy Hardt
Reply to  Justin Pollard
1 year ago

Plus, it’s pretty clear that after the 50 free, the officials adjusted their starting strategy to avoid the same thing happening again. Which is exactly what any “heckling” of them would be designed to communicate anyway.

SHRKB8
Reply to  Just The Facts
1 year ago

It’s NEVER ok to heckle an official. Paid or not paid, they don’t deserve YOUR frustrations and inability to cope with things out of your control. Get some therapy if you have these problems, there is people that can help you.

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