Big 12 Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Albane Cachot Leads ASU Top-4 in 200 Free
The Arizona State men’s swim team has assembled some impressive prelims already this week at the Big 12 Championships, even if Utah played spoiler to those plans Wednesday night.
Thursday was the women’s turn, specifically in the 200 freestyle.
Albane Cachot led the way with a time of 1:45.05, the Sun Devils taking the top four times and five of the top seven as they look to consolidate their lead at the Greensboro Aquatic Center this week.
Big 12 Championships Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 13 1. Arizona State University 521.5 2. University of Arizona 423 3. University of Houston 302.5 4. University of Utah 288 5. Texas Christian University 283 6. University of Cincinnati 274 7. University of Kansas 243 8. Brigham Young University 198 9. Iowa State University 191 10. West Virginia University 154
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 22 1. Arizona State University 618 2. University of Utah 473 3. University of Arizona 472 4. Texas Christian University 283 5. Brigham Young University 263 6. University of Cincinnati 228 7. West Virginia University 218
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Thursday’s night session kicks off with the men’s 1-meter diving finals. It will conclude with the women’s 3-meter diving finals and the 400 medley relays.
All the action from the second morning session:
Women’s 100 butterfly
ASU started with a 1-2 in the 100 fly. Miriam Sheehan led the way in 52.38, .03 up on the top seed entering the meet, teammate Julia Ullman.
Arizona has the third choice in Miriam Sheikhalizadehkhangh. Cincy has two in the A final, led by Joleigh Crye in fourth.
Event 15 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA D1: ! 46.97 3/21/2025 Gretchen Walsh
American: $ 46.97 2/21/2025 Gretchen Walsh
US Open: & 46.97 3/21/2025 Gretchen Walsh
Big 12: * 49.70 3/22/2024 Emma Sticklen, Texas
Meet: # 50.07 2/24/2023 Olivia Bray, Texas
NCAA Qualify: A 52.52
NCCA Invit25: 51.87
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Sheehan, Miriam JR ASU 52.42 52.38A
r:+0.67 11.22 24.58 (13.36)
38.16 (13.58) 52.38 (14.22)
2 Ullmann, Julia SO ASU 51.25 52.41A
r:+0.68 11.29 24.81 (13.52)
38.59 (13.78) 52.41 (13.82)
3 *Sheikhalizadehkhangh JR ARIZ 53.03 52.67
r:+0.75 11.41 24.50 (13.09)
38.79 (14.29) 52.67 (13.88)
4 Crye, Joleigh SR CINC 53.66 53.22
r:+0.74 11.08 24.48 (13.40)
38.67 (14.19) 53.22 (14.55)
5 Lafferty, Lydia SR KANS 52.96 53.24
r:+0.70 11.36 24.34 (12.98)
38.26 (13.92) 53.24 (14.98)
6 El Gendy, Noor SR UH 53.32 53.38
r:+0.70 11.62 25.09 (13.47)
39.23 (14.14) 53.38 (14.15)
7 Mardis, Kate SO CINC 53.39 53.60
r:+0.67 11.53 25.00 (13.47)
39.28 (14.28) 53.60 (14.32)
8 Kinsey, Emma JR ARIZ 53.92 53.63
r:+0.69 11.57 25.07 (13.50)
39.32 (14.25) 53.63 (14.31)
Men’s 100 butterfly
Off his meet record in the 50 free, Ilya Kharun is the clear favorite in the 100 fly. The top seed by more than a second entering the meet, he’s the top seed in finals after going 44.25 in prelims. Second was Arizona State teammate Filip Senc-Samardzic, with mates Tolu Young, Jordan Tiffany and Tommy Palmer in spots five through seven.
Haakon Naughton of Arizona was third, but the Wildcats missed out on a bigger score with swimmers ninth and 10th. Evan VanBrocklin, the 200 IM champ, went 46.12 for fourth, .04 up on Young.
Event 16 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA D1: ! 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel
American: $ 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel
US Open: & 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel
Big 12: * 43.43 3/28/2025 Ilya Kharun, Arizona State
Meet: # 44.06 2/24/2017 Joseph Schooling, Texas
NCAA Qualify: A 46.11
NCCA Invit25: 45.12
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Kharun, Ilya JR ASU 43.38 44.25A
r:+0.69 9.60 21.15 (11.55)
32.63 (11.48) 44.25 (11.62)
2 Senc-Samardzic, Filip JR ASU 45.13 45.52A
r:+0.67 9.67 21.01 (11.34)
33.26 (12.25) 45.52 (12.26)
3 Naughton, Haakon SR ARIZ 44.80 45.80A
r:+0.65 9.75 21.35 (11.60)
33.41 (12.06) 45.80 (12.39)
4 VanBrocklin, Evan SR UTAH 46.60 46.12
r:+0.62 9.72 21.33 (11.61)
33.46 (12.13) 46.12 (12.66)
5 Young, Tolu SO ASU 46.01 46.16
r:+0.65 9.36 20.83 (11.47)
33.21 (12.38) 46.16 (12.95)
6 Tiffany, Jordan GS ASU 45.24 46.19
r:+0.67 10.08 21.42 (11.34)
33.67 (12.25) 46.19 (12.52)
7 Palmer, Tommy SR ASU 45.38 46.33
r:+0.69 9.73 21.40 (11.67)
33.81 (12.41) 46.33 (12.52)
8 Mizrahi, Lior JR TCU 47.01 46.45
r:+0.64 9.77 21.36 (11.59)
33.66 (12.30) 46.45 (12.79)
Women’s 400 individual medley
Arizona State’s Sonia Vaishnani is chasing the IM double and is in strong position. She went 4:13.01 in prelims, nearly three seconds up on second seed Libby Michel of Cincinnati. Vaishnani’s seed time of 4:10.29 was the fastest in the field by more than four seconds.
ASU has three A finalists, including 500 free champ Alexa Reyna in fifth in 4:19.20 after entering without a seed. Houston’s Sydney Nethercutt was third in 4:16.05. Lucy Warnick of BYU was fourth. Utah’s Ella Derby, the second seed entering the meet, was sixth in 4:19.42, exactly seven seconds off her seed time.
Event 17 Women 400 Yard IM
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NCAA D1: ! 3:54.60 3/16/2018 Ella Eastin
American: $ 3:54.60 3/16/2018 Ella Eastin
US Open: & 3:54.60 3/16/2018 Ella Eastin
Big 12: * 4:00.97 3/17/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas
Meet: # 4:01.15 2/24/2017 Mdison Cox, Texas
NCAA Qualify: A 4:13.20
NCCA Invit25: 4:09.26
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Vaishnani, Sonia JR ASU 4:10.29 4:13.01A
r:+0.72 26.33 56.51 (30.18)
1:28.86 (32.35) 2:00.97 (32.11)
2:36.55 (35.58) 3:13.05 (36.50)
3:43.29 (30.24) 4:13.01 (29.72)
2 Michel, Libby JR CINC 4:16.81 4:15.78
r:+0.71 27.08 58.13 (31.05)
1:31.91 (33.78) 2:04.80 (32.89)
2:40.95 (36.15) 3:17.16 (36.21)
3:47.07 (29.91) 4:15.78 (28.71)
3 Nethercutt, Sydney JR UH 4:17.78 4:16.05
r:+0.79 27.07 57.56 (30.49)
1:30.55 (32.99) 2:02.32 (31.77)
2:39.22 (36.90) 3:16.52 (37.30)
3:46.82 (30.30) 4:16.05 (29.23)
4 Warnick, Lucy SO BYU 4:14.35 4:17.06
r:+0.61 27.37 58.26 (30.89)
1:31.98 (33.72) 2:05.25 (33.27)
2:40.82 (35.57) 3:17.09 (36.27)
3:47.68 (30.59) 4:17.06 (29.38)
5 Reyna, Alexa JR ASU NT 4:19.20
r:+0.71 26.45 57.59 (31.14)
1:30.27 (32.68) 2:02.84 (32.57)
2:41.21 (38.37) 3:20.06 (38.85)
3:50.17 (30.11) 4:19.20 (29.03)
6 Derby, Ella JR UTAH 4:14.42 4:19.42
r:+0.71 27.30 58.53 (31.23)
1:32.16 (33.63) 2:04.91 (32.75)
2:41.24 (36.33) 3:18.02 (36.78)
3:49.29 (31.27) 4:19.42 (30.13)
7 Ortiz, Alondra SR UH 4:22.15 4:19.83
r:+0.67 26.83 57.59 (30.76)
1:30.31 (32.72) 2:03.65 (33.34)
2:40.67 (37.02) 3:18.84 (38.17)
3:49.94 (31.10) 4:19.83 (29.89)
8 Csulak, Lia JR ASU 4:21.12 4:20.04
r:+0.76 27.81 58.90 (31.09)
1:32.97 (34.07) 2:06.30 (33.33)
2:43.58 (37.28) 3:20.75 (37.17)
3:50.93 (30.18) 4:20.04 (29.11)
Men’s 400 individual medley
BYU’s Tanner Nelson is in charge of the longer IM with a time of 3:46.29. He went a second quicker than Utah’s Strahinja Maslo, the top seed entering the meet. His time in prelims was 3:47.48.
Beck Parham of Arizona was third, followed by Brandon Miller of Utah and Filip Suchanski of TCU. Reece Grady is the lone Arizona State swimmer in the A final in sixth, 3.5 seconds back of Nelson.
Event 18 Men 400 Yard IM
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NCAA D1: ! 3:28.82 3/24/2023 Leon Marchand
American: $ 3:33.42 3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz
US Open: & 3:28.82 3/24/2023 Leon Marchand
Big 12: * 3:33.79 3/25/2022 Carson Foster, Texas
Meet: # 3:35.49 2/24/2023 Carson Foster, Texas
NCAA Qualify: A 3:46.19
NCCA Invit25: 3:41.61
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Nelson, Tanner JR BYU 3:44.51 3:46.29
r:+0.75 23.81 50.82 (27.01)
1:19.88 (29.06) 1:48.21 (28.33)
2:19.80 (31.59) 2:52.15 (32.35)
3:19.82 (27.67) 3:46.29 (26.47)
2 Maslo, Strahinja SO UTAH 3:43.91 3:47.48
r:+0.64 23.76 51.29 (27.53)
1:20.21 (28.92) 1:48.86 (28.65)
2:20.65 (31.79) 2:53.15 (32.50)
3:20.55 (27.40) 3:47.48 (26.93)
3 Parnham, Beck 5Y ARIZ 3:48.07 3:47.66
r:+0.61 23.91 51.45 (27.54)
1:21.42 (29.97) 1:50.25 (28.83)
2:22.04 (31.79) 2:54.58 (32.54)
3:21.93 (27.35) 3:47.66 (25.73)
4 Miller, Brandon SR UTAH 3:47.18 3:48.68
r:+0.67 24.53 52.71 (28.18)
1:21.03 (28.32) 1:48.65 (27.62)
2:21.72 (33.07) 2:54.76 (33.04)
3:22.33 (27.57) 3:48.68 (26.35)
5 Suchanski, Filip SO TCU 3:44.44 3:49.37
r:+0.71 23.06 49.95 (26.89)
1:19.36 (29.41) 1:47.29 (27.93)
2:22.34 (35.05) 2:56.01 (33.67)
3:23.45 (27.44) 3:49.37 (25.92)
6 Grady, Reece JR ASU 3:49.27 3:49.74
r:+0.78 24.60 52.79 (28.19)
1:22.06 (29.27) 1:50.62 (28.56)
2:23.65 (33.03) 2:56.85 (33.20)
3:23.86 (27.01) 3:49.74 (25.88)
7 Sexton, Matthew SO UTAH 3:49.23 3:49.99
r:+0.70 23.94 50.87 (26.93)
1:20.29 (29.42) 1:48.42 (28.13)
2:20.93 (32.51) 2:54.24 (33.31)
3:22.29 (28.05) 3:49.99 (27.70)
8 Bumgardner, Kyle JR CINC 3:48.27 3:50.04
r:+0.74 24.49 52.63 (28.14)
1:22.94 (30.31) 1:52.12 (29.18)
2:23.88 (31.76) 2:56.10 (32.22)
3:24.18 (28.08) 3:50.04 (25.86)
Women’s 200 freestyle
Albane Cachot, the fabulous French freshman, went 1:45.05 to take the top seed in the finals. She entered with the field’s best seed time at 1:44.34.
Teammate Grace Lindberg was well back in second at 1:46.67. Jordan Greber followed in 1:47.12, then another two tenths back to Ella Guilfoil. Greber, Lindberg and Cachot helped ASU win the 800 free relay; the fourth leg on that squad, Gerda Szilagyi, was seventh in prelims at 1:47.61.
Avery Dillon led the non-ASU contingent, the TCU freshman fifth in 1:47.35, .06 up on Kayman Neal of Arizona.
Event 19 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA D1: ! 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin
American: $ 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin
US Open: & 1:39.10 3/21/2015 Missy Franklin
Big 12: * 1:42.38 3/18/2022 Kelly Pash, Texas
Meet: # 1:42.70 2/24/2021 Kelly Pash, Texas
NCAA Qualify: A 1:45.53
NCCA Invit25: 1:44.74
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 *Cachot, Albane FR ASU 1:44.34 1:45.05A
r:+0.68 23.87 50.21 (26.34)
1:17.56 (27.35) 1:45.05 (27.49)
2 Lindberg, Grace JR ASU 1:45.43 1:46.67
r:+0.68 25.01 51.81 (26.80)
1:19.11 (27.30) 1:46.67 (27.56)
3 Greber, Jordan SO ASU 1:45.14 1:47.12
r:+0.72 24.68 51.31 (26.63)
1:18.72 (27.41) 1:47.12 (28.40)
4 Guilfoil, Ella SR ASU 1:47.92 1:47.33
r:+0.59 25.28 51.97 (26.69)
1:19.55 (27.58) 1:47.33 (27.78)
5 Dillon, Avery FR TCU 1:47.24 1:47.35
r:+0.76 25.62 52.78 (27.16)
1:20.22 (27.44) 1:47.35 (27.13)
6 Neal, Kayman SO ARIZ 1:45.84 1:47.41
r:+0.70 25.68 52.95 (27.27)
1:20.53 (27.58) 1:47.41 (26.88)
7 Szilagyi, Gerda SR ASU 1:47.33 1:47.61
r:+0.70 25.35 52.48 (27.13)
1:19.89 (27.41) 1:47.61 (27.72)
8 Vroom, Taira FR CINC 1:47.22 1:47.85
r:+0.71 25.31 52.51 (27.20)
1:20.24 (27.73) 1:47.85 (27.61)
Men’s 200 freestyle
It’s a mostly Arizona show in the A final. Remi Fabiani of ASU led the way in 1:32.68, the Sun Devils taking four of the top five spots. Jonny Kulow was second in 1:33.11, with Quin Seider fourth and Mattia Mauri fifth.
The blockade was broken by Arizona’s Ralph Daleiden Ciuferri, who went 1:33.25 for third. Daleiden Ciuferri set the meet record last year. Arizona has the seventh seed in Ben Butler and eighth in Tomas Lukminas.
The only non-Arizonan in the final was Nick Chirafisi of Utah. The 500 free winner was sixth in 1:34.10.
Event 20 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA D1: ! 1:28.33 3/28/2025 Luke Hobson
American: $ 1:28.33 3/28/2025 Luke Hobson
US Open: & 1:28.33 3/28/2025 Luke Hobson
Big 12: * 1:28.81 3/29/2024 Luke Hobson, Texas
Meet: # 1:31.48 2/25/2025 Ralph Daleiden Ciuferr, Arizona
NCAA Qualify: A 1:33.93
NCCA Invit25: 1:32.37
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Fabiani, Remi GS ASU 1:31.23 1:32.68A
r:+0.65 43.93 ( )
1:07.98 (24.05) 1:32.68 (24.70)
2 Kulow, Jonny SR ASU 1:34.12 1:33.11A
r:+0.64 21.13 44.43 (23.30)
1:08.40 (23.97) 1:33.11 (24.71)
3 *Daleiden Ciuferri, R SR ARIZ 1:33.22 1:33.25A
r:+0.65 21.58 44.86 (23.28)
1:08.50 (23.64) 1:33.25 (24.75)
4 Seider, Quin SO ASU 1:32.33 1:33.71A
r:+0.65 21.82 45.96 (24.14)
1:09.79 (23.83) 1:33.71 (23.92)
5 Mauri, Mattia FR ASU 1:34.32 1:34.02
r:+0.71 21.96 46.13 (24.17)
1:10.22 (24.09) 1:34.02 (23.80)
6 Chirafisi, Nick JR UTAH 1:33.75 1:34.10
r:+0.67 21.61 45.27 (23.66)
1:09.76 (24.49) 1:34.10 (24.34)
7 Butler, Ben FR ARIZ 1:34.46 1:34.39
r:+0.65 22.20 46.14 (23.94)
1:10.24 (24.10) 1:34.39 (24.15)
8 *Lukminas, Tomas SO ARIZ 1:31.88 1:34.51
r:+0.69 21.74 45.89 (24.15)
1:10.44 (24.55) 1:34.51 (24.07)
