{"id":500893,"date":"2022-03-24T08:06:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T15:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=500893"},"modified":"2022-03-24T09:29:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T16:29:59","slug":"2022-ncaa-mens-championships-cals-destin-lasco-blisters-breaststroke-leg-to-200-im-top-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2022-ncaa-mens-championships-cals-destin-lasco-blisters-breaststroke-leg-to-200-im-top-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 NCAA Men’s Championships: Cal’s Destin Lasco Blisters Breaststroke Leg To 200 IM Top Seed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2022 NCAA Men\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Arizona State freshman Leon Marchand<\/strong> 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<\/strong> has been close, as has Texas sophomore Carson Foster<\/strong>, Stanford freshman Ron Polonsky<\/strong> and Virginia Tech\u2019s Carles Coll<\/strong> Marti<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But it was Cal’s Destin Lasco<\/strong> that would take the top seed and break the pool record in the 200 IM.<\/p>\n

Texas\u2019 Braden Vines<\/strong> took the top swim in heat 5, using a strong breaststroke leg to touch in 1:42.35.<\/p>\n

In the sixth heat, Carles Coll Marti t<\/strong>ook the top spot with a 1:40.45, ahead of Cal\u2019s Hugo Gonzalez<\/strong> (1:40.47).<\/p>\n

In the seventh heat, Carson Foster<\/strong> went 1:40.07 from the middle of the pool, while Cal\u2019s Trenton Julian<\/strong> was just behind at 1:40.35 from lane 1.<\/p>\n

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

House went a 1:41.85 and took the 12th seed.<\/p>\n

The NCAA Finalists<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Destin Lasco, Cal, 1:38.71
\n2. Leon Marchand, Arizona State, 1:38.83
\n3. Carson Foster, Texas, 1:40.07
\n4. Trenton Julian, Cal, 1:40.35
\n5. Carles Coll Marti, Virginia Tech, 1:40.45
\n6. Hugo Gonzalez, Cal, 1:40.47
\n7. Luca Urlando, Georgia, 1:40.65
\n8. Jake Foster, Texas, 1:40.91<\/p>\n