NCAA Men’s Championships: Texas Swims to NCAA Record in 800 Free Relay Behind Luke Hobson’s 1:29

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The final event of the first night of the 2023 NCAA Men’s Championships is  800 free relay.

The NCAA record coming into the meet was 6:03.89 set by Texas last year. The record didn’t last.

This year’s Longhorns saw to that.

Texas won the 800 free relay in 6:03.42, holding off a late charge by Leon Marchand and Arizona State (6:05.08). The performance broke the NCAA, American, U.S. Open, meet and pool records.

Texas won the event for the 17th time overall and fourth time in a row, this one coming on the 35th anniversary of the program’s first 800 free win.

“We thrive off training and racing with each other,” Carson Foster said.

The Longhorns had a big lead for most of the race before Marchand dove in as the ASU anchor. He made up ground with every turn, but was about one length short on his chance of passing the Longhorns.

 

Texas sophomore Luke Hobson split a 1:29.63 to open the final heat, giving the Longhorns the lead. They would need every inch of it.

“It was great to get under 1:30 for the first time,” Hobson said. “I am really happy for that, getting the ball rolling for the meet. I just wanted to give these boys the best lead possible. It is a good confidence boost.”

Coby Carrozza dove in second for the Longhorns and split a 1:30.50, adding to the Texas lead.

“I had the best split of my life. Luke gave me some clean water,” Carrozza said. “That was nice, and I just got to enjoy the race and have fun.”

Peter Larson was third for Texas and split a 1:33.14, followed by Carson Foster, who anchored with a 1:30.15.

“I dove in and I slipped or something. I didn’t really think about it, it was just about finishing it,” he said. “That is my third fastest and I am good with that.”

The Longhorns needed every bit of the lead as Marchand anchored in 1:28.42 to close the gap.

“I couldn’t have been set up any better than I was,” Foster said. “At NCAAs, you always expect to have a neck-and-neck race, but these guys gave me such a big lead. I didn’t have to do anything superhuman. My job was to swim a smart race and get to the wall first.”

Arizona State was second with Grant House (1:31.92), Patrick Sammon (1:32.78), Julian Hill (1:31.96) and Marchand.

Cal was third in 6:06.41, followed by Indiana (6:07.97), Florida (6:08.79), NC State (6:09.38), Stanford (6:11.49) and Auburn (6:11.64).

Cal was third with Gabriel Jett (1:31.35), Lucas Heneveaux (1:31.90), Patrick Callan (1:33.63) and Destin Lasco (1:29.53).

In the second heat, Auburn used a late anchor charge to get to the wall first, in 6:11.64, ahead of Alabama (6:12.66), Georgia (6:12.69) and Virginia Tech (6:14.96).

Notre Dame won the first heat in 6:14.39, ahead of Virginia (6:16.91).

 Event 2  Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
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         NCAA: N 6:03.89  3/23/2022 Texas
                          D Kibler, C Carrozza, L Hobson, C Foster
         Meet: M 6:03.89  3/23/2022 Texas
                          D Kibler, C Carrozza, L Hobson, C Foster
     American: A 6:03.89  3/23/2022 Texas
                          D Kibler, C Carrozza, L Hobson, C Foster
   U. S. Open: O 6:03.89  3/23/2022 Texas
                          D Kibler, C Carrozza, L Hobson, C Foster
         Pool: P 6:05.31  3/21/2018 North Carolina State
                          Vasaios, Held, Molacek, Ress
    School                                 Seed     Finals Points 
==================================================================================
  1 Texas                               6:08.79    6:03.42N  40  
     1) Hobson, Luke SO               2) r:0.17 Carrozza, Coby JR     
     3) r:0.20 Larson, Peter SR       4) r:0.31 Foster, Carson JR     
    r:+0.73  20.99        43.32 (43.32)
      1:06.06 (1:06.06)   1:29.63 (1:29.63)
        1:49.83 (20.20)     2:12.71 (43.08)
      2:36.19 (1:06.56)   3:00.13 (1:30.50)
        3:21.23 (21.10)     3:44.35 (44.22)
      4:08.27 (1:08.14)   4:33.27 (1:33.14)
        4:53.69 (20.42)     5:16.36 (43.09)
      5:39.72 (1:06.45)   6:03.42 (1:30.15)
  2 ASU                                 6:06.30    6:05.08P  34  
     1) House, Grant 5Y               2) r:0.25 Sammon, Patrick SO    
     3) r:0.27 Hill, Julian SR        4) r:0.16 Marchand, Leon SO     
    r:+0.65  21.16        44.20 (44.20)
      1:07.77 (1:07.77)   1:31.92 (1:31.92)
        1:52.56 (20.64)     2:15.78 (43.86)
      2:39.85 (1:07.93)   3:04.70 (1:32.78)
        3:25.59 (20.89)     3:48.77 (44.07)
      4:12.63 (1:07.93)   4:36.66 (1:31.96)
        4:56.80 (20.14)     5:18.94 (42.28)
      5:41.57 (1:04.91)   6:05.08 (1:28.42)
  3 California                          6:09.65    6:06.41   32  
     1) Jett, Gabriel SO              2) r:0.15 Henveaux, Lucas 5Y    
     3) r:0.44 Callan, Patrick 5Y     4) r:0.13 Lasco, Destin JR      
    r:+0.65  21.00        43.96 (43.96)
      1:07.53 (1:07.53)   1:31.35 (1:31.35)
        1:52.31 (20.96)     2:15.60 (44.25)
      2:39.25 (1:07.90)   3:03.25 (1:31.90)
        3:24.69 (21.44)     3:48.34 (45.09)
      4:12.54 (1:09.29)   4:36.88 (1:33.63)
        4:57.68 (20.80)     5:20.92 (44.04)
      5:43.76 (1:06.88)   6:06.41 (1:29.53)
  4 Indiana                             6:10.80    6:07.97   30  
     1) Miroslaw, Rafael SO           2) r:0.14 Frankel, Tomer JR     
     3) r:0.26 Burns, Brendan SR      4) r:0.00 Mathias, Van 5Y       
    r:+0.63  21.45        44.87 (44.87)
      1:08.70 (1:08.70)   1:32.51 (1:32.51)
        1:52.91 (20.40)     2:16.44 (43.93)
      2:40.34 (1:07.83)   3:04.57 (1:32.06)
        3:25.68 (21.11)     3:48.64 (44.07)
      4:12.36 (1:07.79)   4:36.35 (1:31.78)
        4:56.84 (20.49)     5:20.34 (43.99)
      5:44.68 (1:08.33)   6:07.97 (1:31.62)
  5 Florida                             6:08.64    6:08.79   28  
     1) McDuff, Macguire SO           2) r:0.26 Mitchell, Jake JR     
     3) r:0.27 Mestre, Alfonso SR     4) r:0.39 Smith, Julian SO      
    r:+0.64  20.91        43.94 (43.94)
      1:07.58 (1:07.58)   1:31.56 (1:31.56)
        1:52.70 (21.14)     2:16.26 (44.70)
      2:39.93 (1:08.37)   3:03.64 (1:32.08)
        3:25.00 (21.36)     3:48.57 (44.93)
      4:12.65 (1:09.01)   4:36.87 (1:33.23)
        4:57.60 (20.73)     5:20.99 (44.12)
      5:44.86 (1:07.99)   6:08.79 (1:31.92)
  6 NC State                            6:10.65    6:09.38   26  
     1) Miller, Luke JR               2) r:0.17 Piszczorowicz, tosz SR
     3) r:0.25 Bowers, Noah SR        4) r:0.29 Tapp, Hunter SR       
    r:+0.61  21.28        44.37 (44.37)
      1:07.43 (1:07.43)   1:31.55 (1:31.55)
        1:51.98 (20.43)     2:15.35 (43.80)
      2:39.51 (1:07.96)   3:03.32 (1:31.77)
        3:24.50 (21.18)     3:48.01 (44.69)
      4:12.05 (1:08.73)   4:36.44 (1:33.12)
        4:57.13 (20.69)     5:20.70 (44.26)
      5:44.78 (1:08.34)   6:09.38 (1:32.94)
  7 Stanford                            6:11.08    6:11.49   24  
     1) Minakov, Andrei JR            2) r:0.32 Polonsky, Ron SO      
     3) r:0.06 Maurer, Luke JR        4) r:0.14 Forst, Preston JR     
    r:+0.65  20.96        43.92 (43.92)
      1:07.74 (1:07.74)   1:32.54 (1:32.54)
        1:53.14 (20.60)     2:16.38 (43.84)
      2:40.16 (1:07.62)   3:04.69 (1:32.15)
        3:25.50 (20.81)     3:49.29 (44.60)
      4:13.66 (1:08.97)   4:37.42 (1:32.73)
        4:58.81 (21.39)     5:22.62 (45.20)
      5:47.04 (1:09.62)   6:11.49 (1:34.07)
  8 Auburn                              6:12.39    6:11.64   22  
     1) Bonson, Michael JR            2) r:0.41 Husband, Ryan JR      
     3) r:0.25 Mathias, Mason SO      4) r:0.29 Schmidt, Danny FR     
    r:+0.69  21.98        45.35 (45.35)
      1:08.98 (1:08.98)   1:32.77 (1:32.77)
        1:54.53 (21.76)     2:18.19 (45.42)
      2:41.97 (1:09.20)   3:05.97 (1:33.20)
        3:26.95 (20.98)     3:50.18 (44.21)
      4:14.07 (1:08.10)   4:38.04 (1:32.07)
        4:59.95 (21.91)     5:23.67 (45.63)
      5:47.60 (1:09.56)   6:11.64 (1:33.60)
  9 Louisville                          6:11.26    6:12.25   18  
     1) Sartori, Murilo SO            2) r:0.21 Loktev, Denis SO      
     3) r:0.42 Brooks, Guy FR         4) r:0.08 Eastman, Michael 5Y   
    r:+0.69  21.75        45.16 (45.16)
      1:08.92 (1:08.92)   1:32.50 (1:32.50)
        1:53.53 (21.03)     2:17.08 (44.58)
      2:41.17 (1:08.67)   3:05.57 (1:33.07)
        3:26.50 (20.93)     3:50.27 (44.70)
      4:14.47 (1:08.90)   4:38.91 (1:33.34)
        4:59.79 (20.88)     5:23.39 (44.48)
      5:47.44 (1:08.53)   6:12.25 (1:33.34)
 10 Alabama                             6:12.46    6:12.66   14  
     1) Hawke, Charlie SO             2) r:0.24 Alves, Kaique SO      
     3) r:0.13 Auerbach, Cam SR       4) r:0.15 Piotrowski, Kacper JR 
    r:+0.72  21.55        44.52 (44.52)
      1:08.05 (1:08.05)   1:31.87 (1:31.87)
        1:52.95 (21.08)     2:16.16 (44.29)
      2:39.83 (1:07.96)   3:03.89 (1:32.02)
        3:24.82 (20.93)     3:48.34 (44.45)
      4:12.88 (1:08.99)   4:38.17 (1:34.28)
        4:59.18 (21.01)     5:22.90 (44.73)
      5:47.41 (1:09.24)   6:12.66 (1:34.49)
 11 Georgia                             6:14.05    6:12.69   12  
     1) Dunham, Bradley SR            2) r:0.20 Magahey, Jake JR      
     3) r:0.29 Hils, Zach SR          4) r:0.12 Norton, Mitchell SO   
    r:+0.67  21.80        45.19 (45.19)
      1:09.43 (1:09.43)   1:33.67 (1:33.67)
        1:54.94 (21.27)     2:18.51 (44.84)
      2:42.29 (1:08.62)   3:05.94 (1:32.27)
        3:27.04 (21.10)     3:50.65 (44.71)
      4:14.58 (1:08.64)   4:38.82 (1:32.88)
        4:59.75 (20.93)     5:23.42 (44.60)
      5:47.63 (1:08.81)   6:12.69 (1:33.87)
 12 Notre Dame                          6:16.29    6:14.39   10  
     1) Guiliano, Chris SO            2) r:0.17 Hoagland, Jack SR     
     3) r:0.33 Wilburn, Cason SR      4) r:0.22 DeLong, Alec SR       
    r:+0.64  20.98        44.29 (44.29)
      1:08.06 (1:08.06)   1:32.08 (1:32.08)
        1:53.21 (21.13)     2:16.75 (44.67)
      2:40.77 (1:08.69)   3:05.25 (1:33.17)
        3:26.32 (21.07)     3:50.57 (45.32)
      4:15.42 (1:10.17)   4:40.23 (1:34.98)
        5:01.18 (20.95)     5:25.05 (44.82)
      5:49.61 (1:09.38)   6:14.39 (1:34.16)
 13 VT                                  6:14.86    6:14.96    8  
     1) Dominguez Calonge, Luis SO    2) r:0.31 Ramadan, Youssef JR   
     3) r:0.15 Coll Marti, Carles JR  4) r:0.05 Garcia, Nicolas SO    
    r:+0.68  21.36        44.78 (44.78)
      1:08.93 (1:08.93)   1:33.43 (1:33.43)
        1:54.69 (21.26)     2:18.12 (44.69)
      2:42.04 (1:08.61)   3:06.64 (1:33.21)
        3:28.05 (21.41)     3:51.76 (45.12)
      4:15.60 (1:08.96)   4:39.68 (1:33.04)
        5:01.43 (21.75)     5:25.94 (46.26)
      5:50.57 (1:10.89)   6:14.96 (1:35.28)
 14 Missouri                            6:15.71    6:15.01    6  
     1) Bochenski, Grant SO           2) r:0.15 Dahlgren, Jack 5Y     
     3) r:0.12 Windle, Calvin SO      4) r:0.11 Secchi, Clement 5Y    
    r:+0.62  21.42        45.05 (45.05)
      1:10.00 (1:10.00)   1:35.00 (1:35.00)
        1:55.43 (20.43)     2:18.14 (43.14)
      2:41.45 (1:06.45)   3:05.45 (1:30.45)
        3:27.05 (21.60)     3:51.07 (45.62)
      4:15.86 (1:10.41)   4:40.58 (1:35.13)
        5:01.69 (21.11)     5:25.77 (45.19)
      5:50.92 (1:10.34)   6:15.01 (1:34.43)
 15 Michigan                            6:13.51    6:15.05    4  
     1) Cohen Groumi, Gal SO          2) r:0.23 Ben-Shitrit, Eitan FR 
     3) r:0.13 Davis, Wyatt JR        4) r:0.24 Moraes, Eduardo JR    
    r:+0.63  21.54        45.26 (45.26)
      1:09.05 (1:09.05)   1:32.55 (1:32.55)
        1:53.80 (21.25)     2:16.95 (44.40)
      2:40.79 (1:08.24)   3:05.31 (1:32.76)
        3:26.54 (21.23)     3:50.55 (45.24)
      4:15.00 (1:09.69)   4:40.26 (1:34.95)
        5:01.84 (21.58)     5:25.51 (45.25)
      5:49.96 (1:09.70)   6:15.05 (1:34.79)
 16 TAMU                                6:15.38    6:16.32    2  
     1) Bratanov, Koko SR             2) r:0.20 Nelson, Baylor FR     
     3) r:0.18 Fuchs, Collin JR       4) r:0.11 Foote, Connor FR      
    r:+0.64  21.93        45.65 (45.65)
      1:09.16 (1:09.16)   1:33.60 (1:33.60)
        1:54.91 (21.31)     2:18.70 (45.10)
      2:42.39 (1:08.79)   3:06.11 (1:32.51)
        3:27.81 (21.70)     3:51.85 (45.74)
      4:16.17 (1:10.06)   4:40.87 (1:34.76)
        5:02.57 (21.70)     5:26.60 (45.73)
      5:51.36 (1:10.49)   6:16.32 (1:35.45)
 17 UNC                                 6:15.97    6:16.56  
     1) Hussey, Patrick JR            2) r:0.33 Dramm, Louis FR       
     3) r:0.34 Sungaila, Tomas 5Y     4) r:0.28 Rutberg, Noah JR      
    r:+0.68  21.89        45.60 (45.60)
      1:09.39 (1:09.39)   1:33.11 (1:33.11)
        1:54.69 (21.58)     2:18.55 (45.44)
      2:42.85 (1:09.74)   3:07.39 (1:34.28)
        3:28.86 (21.47)     3:52.64 (45.25)
      4:17.09 (1:09.70)   4:41.78 (1:34.39)
        5:03.06 (21.28)     5:26.73 (44.95)
      5:51.26 (1:09.48)   6:16.56 (1:34.78)
 18 Virginia                            6:16.62    6:16.91  
     1) Connery, Tim SO               2) r:0.10 Aikins, Jack SO       
     3) r:0.30 Wright, Jack SR        4) r:0.38 Sergile, Sebastien FR 
    r:+0.64  21.59        45.30 (45.30)
      1:09.72 (1:09.72)   1:34.01 (1:34.01)
        1:54.85 (20.84)     2:18.39 (44.38)
      2:43.13 (1:09.12)   3:08.01 (1:34.00)
        3:28.91 (20.90)     3:52.78 (44.77)
      4:17.13 (1:09.12)   4:41.47 (1:33.46)
        5:03.19 (21.72)     5:27.43 (45.96)
      5:52.03 (1:10.56)   6:16.91 (1:35.44)
 19 Kentucky                            6:16.26    6:17.44  
     1) Berg, Max JR                  2) r:0.27 Wilby, Mason 5Y       
     3) r:0.37 Martin Roig, Victor SO 4) r:0.26 Rosely, Zane JR       
    r:+0.59  21.24        44.66 (44.66)
      1:08.41 (1:08.41)   1:33.00 (1:33.00)
        1:54.63 (21.63)     2:18.76 (45.76)
      2:43.40 (1:10.40)   3:09.13 (1:36.13)
        3:30.48 (21.35)     3:53.93 (44.80)
      4:17.97 (1:08.84)   4:42.10 (1:32.97)
        5:04.18 (22.08)     5:27.88 (45.78)
      5:52.29 (1:10.19)   6:17.44 (1:35.34)
 20 Minnesota                           6:16.25    6:18.81  
     1) Soloveychik, Bar SO           2) r:0.35 Morris, Christopher SO
     3) r:0.22 Neverman, Kaiser JR    4) r:0.36 Hernandez Garcierto FR
    r:+0.70  21.91        45.51 (45.51)
      1:09.47 (1:09.47)   1:33.56 (1:33.56)
        1:54.82 (21.26)     2:18.48 (44.92)
      2:42.99 (1:09.43)   3:07.81 (1:34.25)
        3:28.83 (21.02)     3:52.58 (44.77)
      4:17.37 (1:09.56)   4:42.36 (1:34.55)
        5:04.13 (21.77)     5:28.42 (46.06)
      5:53.29 (1:10.93)   6:18.81 (1:36.45)
 21 Pittsburgh                          6:19.45    6:20.90  
     1) Goraj, Marcin JR              2) r:-0.02 Toledo Sanchezinic SR
     3) r:0.14 Frimis, Guy SO         4) r:0.35 Dutkowiak, Wojciech SR
    r:+0.63  21.82        45.26 (45.26)
      1:09.41 (1:09.41)   1:33.91 (1:33.91)
        1:55.29 (21.38)     2:19.15 (45.24)
      2:44.39 (1:10.48)   3:10.02 (1:36.11)
        3:31.84 (21.82)     3:56.29 (46.27)
      4:21.13 (1:11.11)   4:46.06 (1:36.04)
        5:07.26 (21.20)     5:31.10 (45.04)
      5:55.61 (1:09.55)   6:20.90 (1:34.84)
 
                      Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 2                       
 
  1. Arizona St                         68   2. NC State                           66
  3. California                         62   4. Florida                            60
  5. Indiana                            58   6. Texas                              50
  7. Louisville                         42   8. Auburn                             40
  9. Stanford                           38  10. Alabama                            26
 10. Tennessee                          26  12. Virginia                           22
 13. Georgia                            20  14. Notre Dame                         10
 15. Virginia Tech                       8  15. Texas A&M                           8
 17. Missouri                            6  18. Wisconsin                           4
 18. Michigan                            4  20. Ohio St                             2
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