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Marchand, sixth in the 400-meter IM in Tokyo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/leon-marchand-moves-to-fourth-all-time-in-400-im-at-nc-state-invite-several-other-nation-leading-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">became the fourth-fastest performer ever in the 400 IM at midseason<\/a>, and he cut more than a second off that time at the conference meet.<\/p>\n<p>Marchand swam a time of 3:34.45, just one second off\u00a0<strong>Chase Kalisz&#8217;s<\/strong> NCAA and U.S. Open records of 3:33.42 set at the 2017 NCAA Championships. Marchand jumped Texas sophomore\u00a0<strong>Carson Foster<\/strong> (3:35.27) to become the second-fastest performer in history, and Marchand also surpassed the second-best effort of Kalisz&#8217;s career. His time was also almost 2.5 seconds faster than the 3:36.90 that <strong>Bobby Finke<\/strong> swam on his way to an NCAA title in the event in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Finishing second in the race was Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Hugo Gonzalez<\/strong>, who swam a 3:36.54, also ahead of the winning time from last year (a meet where Gonzalez finished ninth in a time quicker than the winning time in the A-final). Gonzalez remained the fifth-fastest performer in history with his swim. Third place went to another Cal swimmer, junior\u00a0<strong>Jason Louser<\/strong>, in 3:38.77.<\/p>\n<p>Marchand will head to the NCAA Championships later this month in Atlanta as the favorite in the 400 IM, but the race shapes up as one of the meet&#8217;s most anticipated as he will have to contend with Foster, Finke and Gonzalez. 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