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Watch: Marchand’s 1:36 200 IM, Florida and Cal Both Go Under 1:14 (Day 2 Race Video)

2023 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

It was an absolutely bonkers finals session tonight in Minneapolis as we saw some mind-boggling swimming, including the fastest swims of all-time in the 200 IM and the 200 free relay.

500 YARD FREESTYLE — FINALS

  • NCAA Record: 4:06.32 — Kieran Smith, Florida (2020)
  • Meet Record: 4:06.61 — Matthew Sates, Georgia (2022)
  • American Record: 4:06.32 — Kieran Smith, Florida (2020)
  • U.S. Open Record: 4:06.32 — Kieran Smith, Florida (2020)
  • Pool Record: 4:08.60 — Townley Haas, Texas (2018)
  • 2022 Champion: Matthew Sates, Georgia — 4:06.61

Texas sophomore Luke Hobson led from start to finish, setting a pool record and moving up to #5 all-time in the event, with a time of 4:07.37.

Top 8:

  1. Luke Hobson, Texas — 4:07.37 (Pool Record)
  2. David Johnston, Texas — 4:08.79
  3. Jake Magahey, Georgia — 4:09.24
  4. Jake Newmark, Wisconsin — 4:10.12
  5. Jake Mitchell, Florida — 4:10.54
  6. Gabriel Jett, Cal – 4:12.52
  7. Ross Dant, NC State — 4:12.59
  8. Alfonso Mestre, Florida — 4:12.62

200 YARD IM — FINALS

 

Leon Marchand looked like he using a cheat code while swimming against some of the fastest men ever in this event. The ASU sophomore went out in a mind-boggling 44.0, and never relented, destroying his own all-time record by well over a second. No one else has been under 1:38 in the event, and Marchand is now knocking on the door of a 1:35.

Top 8:

  1. Leon Marchand, ASU – 1:36.34 (NCAA Record)
  2. Destin Lasco, Cal – 1:38.10 (American Record)
  3. Hugo Gonzalez, Cal – 1:39.00
  4. Carson Foster, Texas – 1:39.93
  5. Ron Polonsky, Stanford – 1:40.62
  6. Arsenio Bustos, NC State – 1:40.63
  7. Baylor Nelson, Texas A&M – 1:40.88
  8. Jake Foster, Texas – 1:41.03

50 YARD FREESTYLE — FINALS

  • NCAA Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
  • Meet Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
  • American Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
  • U.S. Open Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
  • Pool Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
  • 2022 Champion: Brooks Curry, LSU — 18.56

Despite a rough start, Tennessee sophomore Jordan Crooks won a close race against Florida freshman Josh Liendo in one of the fastest races ever.

Top 8:

  1. Jordan Crooks, Tennessee — 18.32
  2. Josh Liendo, Florida — 18.40
  3. Bjorn Seeliger, Cal — 18.67
  4. Brooks Curry, LSU — 18.76
  5. Youssef Ramadan, Virginia Tech — 18.82
  6. Jack Alexy, Cal — 18.87
  7. Jack Dolan, ASU — 19.15
  8. Gui Caribe, Tennessee — 19.16

200 YARD FREESTYLE RELAY — TIMED FINALS

  • NCAA Record: 1:14.08 — Auburn (J. Andkjaer, G. Louw, K. Norys, M. Targett), 2009
  • Meet Record: 1:14.08 — Auburn (J. Andkjaer, G. Louw, K. Norys, M. Targett), 2009
  • American Record: 1:14.47 — Virginia (M. Brownstead, M. King, C. Boyle, A. Lamb), 2022
  • U.S. Open Record: 1:14.08 — Auburn (J. Andkjaer, G. Louw, K. Norys, M. Targett), 2009
  • Pool Record: 1:14.39 — Florida (C. Dressel, J. Switowski, E. Martinez-Scarpe, M. Szaranek), 2018
  • 2022 Champion: Florida (A. Chaney, E. Friese, W. Davis, K. Smith) — 1:14.11

The last NCAA record from the supersuit era melted away like the Wicked Witch of the West, as both Florida and Cal went under 1:14. NC State also set a school record en route to taking third.

Top 8:

  1. Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M. McDuff) — 1:13.35 (NCAA Record)
  2. Cal (B. Seeliger, J. Alexy, L. Bell, D. Lasco) — 1:13.82
  3. NC State (N. Henderson, N. Korstanje, L. Miller, D. Curtiss) — 1:14.44
  4. Tennessee — 1:14.68
  5. ASU — 1:15.06
  6. Virginia — 1:15.26
  7. Texas — 1:15.58
  8. Virginia Tech — 1:15.67

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Marmot
1 year ago

By the letter of the law, Florida is very lucky their third swimmer didn’t get DQ’ed for kicking past the buoy and scrapibg through that.

Nance
1 year ago

What glimmers of deja vu might Bob Bowman be experiencing now?

Last edited 1 year ago by Nance
chickenlamp
1 year ago

That’s a cool pic of Bjorn

Andrew
1 year ago

babe wake up seeliger added and choked another final away

Monkeyseemonkeydoodoo
Reply to  Andrew
1 year ago

yea you right big dawg, he really should have tried his best, I’m really not sure why he didn’t /s

1650 Onetrick
Reply to  Andrew
1 year ago

I mean this time it wasn’t really his fault

miself
1 year ago

Jake Mitchel in the 500 had a faster reaction time than anyone in the 50

miself
Reply to  miself
1 year ago

probably because the wait was 2 seconds shorter

miself
1 year ago

3.5 second wait on the 50 free

miself
1 year ago

kind of sad crooks didn’t go 17.6

ArtVanDeLegh10
Reply to  miself
1 year ago

Why would you think he’d do that? He’s been slower in all of his swims so far compared to SECs.

miself
Reply to  ArtVanDeLegh10
1 year ago

I didn’t think he would, but it still would have been cool

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