2022 NCAA Men’s Championships: Cal’s Destin Lasco Blisters Breaststroke Leg To 200 IM Top Seed

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The 2022 NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championship continued with the prelims of the 200-yard individual medley from McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta.

Arizona State freshman Leon Marchand has continued his superb first season for the Sun Devils. He came in with the top seed in 1:39.65, the only man in the field under 1:40 so far this season. Arizona State teammate Grant House has been close, as has Texas sophomore Carson Foster, Stanford freshman Ron Polonsky and Virginia Tech’s Carles Coll Marti.

But it was Cal’s Destin Lasco that would take the top seed and break the pool record in the 200 IM.

Texas’ Braden Vines took the top swim in heat 5, using a strong breaststroke leg to touch in 1:42.35.

In the sixth heat, Carles Coll Marti took the top spot with a 1:40.45, ahead of Cal’s Hugo Gonzalez (1:40.47).

In the seventh heat, Carson Foster went 1:40.07 from the middle of the pool, while Cal’s Trenton Julian was just behind at 1:40.35 from lane 1.

In the eighth heat, 27.99 from Destin Lasco in the breaststroke kept him right on Leon Marchand and eventually he passed him in the final yards to touch in 1:38.71. Marchand was next in 1:38.83.

House went a 1:41.85 and took the 12th seed.

The NCAA Finalists

1. Destin Lasco, Cal, 1:38.71
2. Leon Marchand, Arizona State, 1:38.83
3. Carson Foster, Texas, 1:40.07
4. Trenton Julian, Cal, 1:40.35
5. Carles Coll Marti, Virginia Tech, 1:40.45
6. Hugo Gonzalez, Cal, 1:40.47
7. Luca Urlando, Georgia, 1:40.65
8. Jake Foster, Texas, 1:40.91

NCAA DIVISION I TOP SEEDS COMING INTO THE MEET

500 Freestyle: Matthew Sates, Georgia, 4:09.06
200 IM: Leon Marchand, Arizona State, 1:39.65
50 Freestyle: Jordan Crooks, Tennessee, 18.53
400 IM: Leon Marchand, Arizona State, 3:34.45
100 Butterfly: Andrei Minakov, Stanford, 43.90
200 Freestyle: Grant House, Arizona State, 1;30.23
NCAA 100 Breaststroke: Max McHugh, Minnesota, 50.58
100 Backstroke: Brendan Burns, Indiana, 44.31
1650 Freestyle: Bobby Finke, Florida, 14:27.70
200 Backstroke: Destin Lasco, Cal, 1:38.81
100 Freestyle: Brooks Curry, LSU, 40.99
200 Breaststroke: Max McHugh, Minnesota, 1:49.45
200 Butterfly: Nick Albiero, Louisville, 1:37.92

Event 4  Men 200 Yard IM
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         NCAA: N 1:38.13  2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         Meet: M 1:38.14  3/28/2019 Andrew Seliskar, California
     American: A 1:38.13  2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
   U. S. Open: O 1:38.13  2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         Pool: P 1:40.04  3/24/2016 Will Licon, Texas
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Lasco, Destin          SO California                   1:38.71P 
    r:+0.66  22.22        47.39 (25.17)
        1:15.38 (27.99)     1:38.71 (23.33)
  2 Marchand, Leon         FR ASU                          1:38.83P 
    r:+0.65  21.43        45.74 (24.31)
        1:14.20 (28.46)     1:38.83 (24.63)
  3 Foster, Carson         SO Texas                        1:40.07  
    r:+0.63  21.74        46.16 (24.42)
        1:15.49 (29.33)     1:40.07 (24.58)
  4 Julian, Trenton        5Y California                   1:40.35  
    r:+0.61  21.59        47.10 (25.51)
        1:15.95 (28.85)     1:40.35 (24.40)
  5 Coll Marti, Carles     SO VT                           1:40.45  
    r:+0.61  22.14        47.66 (25.52)
        1:15.82 (28.16)     1:40.45 (24.63)
  6 Gonzalez, Hugo         SR California                   1:40.47  
    r:+0.64  21.86        46.99 (25.13)
        1:16.13 (29.14)     1:40.47 (24.34)
  7 Urlando, Luca          SO Georgia                      1:40.65  
    r:+0.64  21.47        46.64 (25.17)
        1:15.78 (29.14)     1:40.65 (24.87)
  8 Foster, Jake           JR Texas                        1:40.91  
    r:+0.61  21.74        47.37 (25.63)
        1:15.70 (28.33)     1:40.91 (25.21)
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  9 Corbeau, Caspar        JR Texas                        1:40.98  
    r:+0.67  22.04        47.95 (25.91)
        1:16.15 (28.20)     1:40.98 (24.83)
 10 Polonsky, Ron          FR Stanford                     1:41.22  
    r:+0.60  22.08        47.11 (25.03)
        1:16.04 (28.93)     1:41.22 (25.18)
 11 Cohen Groumi, Gal      FR Michigan                     1:41.38  
    r:+0.60  21.76        47.03 (25.27)
        1:16.90 (29.87)     1:41.38 (24.48)
 12 House, Grant           SR ASU                          1:41.85  
    r:+0.64  21.42        47.30 (25.88)
        1:16.91 (29.61)     1:41.85 (24.94)
 13 Khosla, Raunak         JR Princeton                    1:42.13  
    r:+0.61  21.88        47.93 (26.05)
        1:16.70 (28.77)     1:42.13 (25.43)
 13 Pumputis, Caio         5Y GT                           1:42.13  
    r:+0.65  21.91        47.35 (25.44)
        1:16.59 (29.24)     1:42.13 (25.54)
 15 Louser, Jason          JR California                   1:42.19  
    r:+0.70  22.29        47.89 (25.60)
        1:16.76 (28.87)     1:42.19 (25.43)
 16 Vines, Braden          SR Texas                        1:42.35  
    r:+0.55  22.21        47.48 (25.27)
        1:16.43 (28.95)     1:42.35 (25.92)

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