Pac-12 Men’s Championships: Arizona State Sets NCAA Record in 200 Medley Relay; Leon Marchand Leads 800 Free Relay With 1:30 (Video)

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Pac-12 Men’s Championships: Arizona State Sets NCAA Record in 200 Medley Relay (Video)

The final Pac-12 Championships are here, as the men will take the conference’s bows at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center starting Wednesday. It may well be a championship swansong, in the final conference championships before the league’s remnants are sent to the four corners of the college sports world next season, a second battle this season between potential NCAA championship contenders in Cal and Arizona State.

And boy did it start with a bang.

Arizona State set an NCAA record in the 200 medley relay right out of the gates, the foursome of Jack Dolan, Leon Marchand, Ilya Kharun and Jonny Kulow going 1:20.55 to take down the record set by NC State at NCAAs last year.

It’s quite the start for a four-day meet, which runs through Saturday.

Pac-12 Men’s Championships Team Scores

Through Event 5                      
  1. University of Southern Calif      183   2. University of California-Berk     175
  3. University of Arizona             154   4. Arizona State University          150
  5. Stanford University               106   6. University of Utah                 75

200 Medley Relay

It’s an NCAA record right out of the gate. The splits in 2023:

  • Kacper Stokowski 20.36 – Mason Hunter 22.95 – Nyls Korstanje 19.15 – David Curtiss 18.21

The splits Wednesday:

  • Jack Dolan 20.30 – Leon Marchand 22.71 – Ilya Kharun 19.30 – Jonny Kulow 18.24

The scary part is that Marchand was faster last year, at 22.27 at NCAAs, as the Sun Devils went 1:21.07. So there’s more meat left on the bone maybe? That previous time had been the Pac-12 record, and the Sun Devils were more than one second faster than their meet record from last year.

Three teams are headed to NCAAs. Arizona booked an A cut of 1:22.90, Tommy Palmer splitting 18.33 off the end. Stanford was third in 1:23.14, Rafael Gu’s 19.97 on fly a big one. Cal was fourth, though they fielded a largely B squad with an A cut already in hand.

Event 4  Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
==================================================================================
         NCAA: N 1:20.67  3/22/2023 NC State
                          K. Stokowski, M. Hunter, N. Korstanje, D. Curtiss
       PAC-12: M 1:21.07  2023      Aizona State Univrsiy, ASU
                          Dolam, Marchand,McCusker, Kulow
 PAC-12 Champ: P 1:21.69  3/1/2023  Arizona State University, ASU
                          J Dolan, L Marchand, M McCusker, J Kulow
    School                                 Seed     Finals Points 
==================================================================================
  1 ASU  'A'                            1:21.77    1:20.55N  40  
     1) Dolan, Jack SR                2) Marchand, Leon JR            
     3) Kharun, Ilya FR               4) Kulow, Jonny SO              
                 20.30        43.01 (22.71)
        1:02.31 (19.30)     1:20.55 (18.24)
  2 ARIZ  'A'                           1:24.03    1:22.90   34  
     1) Purdy, Ryan SR                2) Foote, Ryan SR               
     3) Miller, Seth SR               4) Palmer, Tommy SO             
                 21.26        44.63 (23.37)
        1:04.57 (19.94)     1:22.90 (18.33)
  3 STAN  'A'                           1:23.35    1:23.14   32  
     1) Maurer, Rex FR                2) Polonsky, Ron JR             
     3) Gu, Rafael SO                 4) Tan, Jonathan FR             
                 20.94        44.11 (23.17)
        1:04.08 (19.97)     1:23.14 (19.06)
  4 CAL  'A'                            1:21.67    1:24.63   30  
     1) Crews, Kai JR                 2) Frazier, Forrest SR          
     3) Jones, Roman FR               4) Bell, Liam GS                
                 21.27        45.05 (23.78)
        1:05.30 (20.25)     1:24.63 (19.33)
  5 USC  'A'                            1:25.46    1:25.84   28  
     1) Makrygiannis, Vaggelis JR     2) O'Grady, Chris JR            
     3) Chmielewski, Michal FR        4) Selin, Artem JR              
                 21.51        45.84 (24.33)
        1:06.64 (20.80)     1:25.84 (19.20)
  6 UTAH  'A'                           1:26.78    1:27.03   26  
     1) McOmber, Parker SR            2) Horner, Jaek GS              
     3) Kehler, Jackson SO            4) Stachelek, Davis SO          
                 22.50        46.12 (23.62)
        1:07.26 (21.14)     1:27.03 (19.77)

800 free relay

Make it three straight years with Arizona State on top in the 800 free relay. The foursome of Leon Marchand, Patrick Sammon, Owen McDonald and Julian Hill went 6:06.14. That slices .16 seconds off the meet and conference record the Sun Devils set last year. Marchand led off in 1:30.43, which is within three tenths of Andrew Seliskar’s conference record from 2019 (1:30.14).

Four teams secured NCAA A cuts. Stanford finished second in 6:10.08, led by Henry McFadden’s 1:30.87 anchor leg. Cal was third in 6:10.53. Arizona added a A cut in 6:15.72.

 Event 5  Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
==================================================================================
         NCAA: N 6:03.42  3/22/2023 Texas
                          L. Hobson, C. Carrozza, P. Larson, C. Foster
       PAC-12: M 6:06.30  2023      Arizona State University, ASU
                          Minakov, Maurer, Polonsky, Forst
 PAC-12 Champ: P 6:06.30  3/1/2023  Arizona State University, ASU
                          L Marchand, G House, P Sammon, J Hill
    School                                 Seed     Finals Points 
==================================================================================
  1 ASU  'A'                            6:13.66    6:06.14M  40  
     1) Marchand, Leon JR             2) Sammon, Patrick JR           
     3) McDonald, Owen SO             4) Hill, Julian SR              
                 20.79        43.58 (43.58)
      1:06.70 (1:06.70)   1:30.43 (1:30.43)
        1:51.06 (20.63)     2:14.40 (43.97)
      2:38.32 (1:07.89)   3:02.40 (1:31.97)
        3:22.80 (20.40)     3:45.88 (43.48)
      4:10.12 (1:07.72)   4:34.40 (1:32.00)
        4:55.03 (20.63)     5:18.15 (43.75)
      5:42.03 (1:07.63)   6:06.14 (1:31.74)
  2 STAN  'A'                           6:12.28    6:10.08   34  
     1) Dupont Cabrera, Andres SO     2) Minakov, Andrei JR           
     3) Maurer, Luke SR               4) McFadden, Henry FR           
                 21.29        44.71 (44.71)
      1:08.43 (1:08.43)   1:32.42 (1:32.42)
        1:52.97 (20.55)     2:16.53 (44.11)
      2:40.73 (1:08.31)   3:06.30 (1:33.88)
        3:27.41 (21.11)     3:50.82 (44.52)
      4:14.89 (1:08.59)   4:39.21 (1:32.91)
        5:00.42 (21.21)     5:23.81 (44.60)
      5:47.10 (1:07.89)   6:10.08 (1:30.87)
  3 CAL  'A'                            6:10.38    6:10.53   32  
     1) Hanson, Robin JR              2) Jones, Keaton FR             
     3) Hawk, Dylan SR                4) Frandson, Trent JR           
                 21.35        44.29 (44.29)
      1:08.04 (1:08.04)   1:31.95 (1:31.95)
        1:52.94 (20.99)     2:16.33 (44.38)
      2:40.25 (1:08.30)   3:04.44 (1:32.49)
        3:25.41 (20.97)     3:48.53 (44.09)
      4:12.92 (1:08.48)   4:38.54 (1:34.10)
        4:59.33 (20.79)     5:22.62 (44.08)
      5:46.36 (1:07.82)   6:10.53 (1:31.99)
  4 ARIZ  'A'                           6:16.52    6:15.72   30  
     1) Daleiden Ciuferri, Ralph SO   2) Henderson, Orion SO          
     3) Naughton, Haakon SO           4) Nabor, Jadan SR              
                 21.13        44.49 (44.49)
      1:08.17 (1:08.17)   1:32.19 (1:32.19)
        1:53.34 (21.15)     2:16.99 (44.80)
      2:41.32 (1:09.13)   3:06.26 (1:34.07)
        3:27.93 (21.67)     3:52.02 (45.76)
      4:16.70 (1:10.44)   4:41.69 (1:35.43)
        5:02.73 (21.04)     5:26.34 (44.65)
      5:50.61 (1:08.92)   6:15.72 (1:34.03)
  5 USC  'A'                            6:22.47    6:20.70   28  
     1) Chmielewski, Krzysztof FR     2) Makrygiannis, Vaggelis JR    
     3) Oktar, Sanberk Yigit FR       4) Pickles, Ian FR              
                 21.72        45.41 (45.41)
      1:10.17 (1:10.17)   1:35.03 (1:35.03)
        1:56.65 (21.62)     2:21.00 (45.97)
      2:45.21 (1:10.18)   3:09.44 (1:34.41)
        3:31.12 (21.68)     3:55.21 (45.77)
      4:20.11 (1:10.67)   4:44.61 (1:35.17)
        5:06.16 (21.55)     5:30.38 (45.77)
      5:55.41 (1:10.80)   6:20.70 (1:36.09)
  6 UTAH  'A'                           6:31.16    6:27.28   26  
     1) Kovacic, Marko SR             2) Chirafisi, Nick FR           
     3) Walter, Jakub FR              4) Stachelek, Davis SO          
                 22.13        46.48 (46.48)
      1:12.01 (1:12.01)   1:37.79 (1:37.79)
        2:00.12 (22.33)     2:24.57 (46.78)
      2:49.28 (1:11.49)   3:13.86 (1:36.07)
        3:35.56 (21.70)     4:00.37 (46.51)
      4:25.36 (1:11.50)   4:49.88 (1:36.02)
        5:11.81 (21.93)     5:36.13 (46.25)
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