{"id":523370,"date":"2023-03-02T12:59:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T19:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=523370"},"modified":"2023-03-02T13:10:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T20:10:49","slug":"2023-pac-12-mens-championships-day-2-leon-marchand-opts-for-200-im-goes-140-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2023-pac-12-mens-championships-day-2-leon-marchand-opts-for-200-im-goes-140-32\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Pac-12 Men\u2019s Championships, Day 2: Leon Marchand Opts for 200 IM, Goes 1:40.32"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 Pac-12 Men\u2019s Championships, Day 2: Leon Marchand Opts for 200 IM, Goes 1:40.32<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two relays wins on the opening day of the 2023 Pac-12 Men&#8217;s Championships Wednesday night put Arizona State in a strong position. But it\u2019ll take depth if the top-ranked Sun Devils hope to hold off No. 2 Cal in Federal Way, Washington, this week.<\/p>\n<p>The teams are battling it out in the first prelims session of the week, with Cal\u2019s depth and Arizona\u2019s top-line talent dueling.<\/p>\n<p>The morning prelims results:<\/p>\n<h4>2023 Pac-12 Men\u2019s Championships<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/results.teamunify.com\/pnws2\/meets\/PAC12M-2023\/?_ga=2.69444121.862508267.1650989788-1178540350.1635270747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pac-12.com\/2023-pac-12-mens-swimming-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/pac-12-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pac-12 Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2023-pac-12-mens-championship-night-1-day-1\/ncaa-college\/2023\/March\/1?rtn=%2Fresults%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night 1 Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2023-pac-12-mens-championships-meet-record-two-dqs-give-arizona-state-early-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Pac-12 Men\u2019s Championships: Arizona State Off To Quick Start; Leon Marchand Powers Two Relays<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2023 Pac-12 Men\u2019s Championships Team Scores<\/h4>\n<pre>Combined Team Scores - Through Event 5                      \r\n \r\n  1. Southern California, Universit    198   2. Utah, University of               146\r\n  3. University of Arizona             131   4. Arizona State University          127\r\n  5. Stanford University               117   6. California, University of, Ber     72<\/pre>\n<h4>500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Cal is all over the top of the A final, but Arizona State managed to hold serve pretty well.<\/p>\n<p>The top three seeds all go to Golden Bears, led by <strong>Lucas Henveaux<\/strong> going 4:11.06. <strong>Patrick Callan<\/strong> and <strong>Gabriel Jett<\/strong> followed him for Cal.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona State put four swimmers in the A final. That does not include <strong>Leon Marchand,<\/strong> who has the fastest swim in the conference this season but unsurprisingly opted for his bread-and-butter 200 IM. <strong>Julian Hill<\/strong> went 4:14.68 for the fourth seed. <strong>Daniel Matheson<\/strong> is also in the A final, as is newcomer <strong>Zalan Sarkany<\/strong> in eighth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 6  Men 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 4:06.32  2\/19\/2020 Kieran Smith, Florida\r\n       PAC-12: M 4:08.92  2009      Jean Basson, ARIZ\r\n PAC-12 Champ: P 4:09.49  2021      Trenton Julian, CAL\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Henveaux, Lucas        GS California        4:17.01    4:11.06  \r\n                 23.01        47.97 (24.96)\r\n        1:13.03 (25.06)     1:38.57 (25.54)\r\n        2:03.83 (25.26)     2:29.23 (25.40)\r\n        2:54.88 (25.65)     3:20.46 (25.58)\r\n        3:45.89 (25.43)     4:11.06 (25.17)\r\n  2 Callan, Patrick        GS California        4:17.92    4:13.21  \r\n                 23.12        48.64 (25.52)\r\n        1:14.00 (25.36)     1:39.70 (25.70)\r\n        2:05.44 (25.74)     2:31.05 (25.61)\r\n        2:56.77 (25.72)     3:22.50 (25.73)\r\n        3:47.84 (25.34)     4:13.21 (25.37)\r\n  3 Jett, Gabriel          SO California        4:17.82    4:13.43  \r\n                 23.24        48.11 (24.87)\r\n        1:13.33 (25.22)     1:39.10 (25.77)\r\n        2:05.17 (26.07)     2:30.95 (25.78)\r\n        2:56.95 (26.00)     3:23.13 (26.18)\r\n        3:48.73 (25.60)     4:13.43 (24.70)\r\n  4 Hill, Julian           SR ASU               4:13.69    4:14.38  \r\n                 23.14        48.19 (25.05)\r\n        1:13.34 (25.15)     1:39.13 (25.79)\r\n        2:04.78 (25.65)     2:30.56 (25.78)\r\n        2:56.48 (25.92)     3:22.19 (25.71)\r\n        3:48.34 (26.15)     4:14.38 (26.04)\r\n  5 Matheson, Daniel       SO ASU               4:17.99    4:15.47  \r\n                 23.42        48.88 (25.46)\r\n        1:14.75 (25.87)     1:40.81 (26.06)\r\n        2:06.74 (25.93)     2:32.56 (25.82)\r\n        2:58.38 (25.82)     3:24.43 (26.05)\r\n        3:50.29 (25.86)     4:15.47 (25.18)\r\n  6 Forst, Preston         JR Stanford          4:16.79    4:15.66  \r\n                 23.75        49.16 (25.41)\r\n        1:14.79 (25.63)     1:40.39 (25.60)\r\n        2:06.16 (25.77)     2:31.89 (25.73)\r\n        2:57.70 (25.81)     3:23.67 (25.97)\r\n        3:49.83 (26.16)     4:15.66 (25.83)\r\n  7 Gray, Andrew           SR ASU               4:15.15    4:16.18  \r\n                 23.18        48.89 (25.71)\r\n        1:14.71 (25.82)     1:40.65 (25.94)\r\n        2:06.41 (25.76)     2:32.16 (25.75)\r\n        2:58.31 (26.15)     3:24.39 (26.08)\r\n        3:50.63 (26.24)     4:16.18 (25.55)\r\n  8 Sarkany, Zalan         FR ASU               4:17.81    4:17.90  \r\n                 22.95        48.41 (25.46)\r\n        1:14.58 (26.17)     1:40.72 (26.14)\r\n        2:06.78 (26.06)     2:32.88 (26.10)\r\n        2:59.20 (26.32)     3:25.71 (26.51)\r\n        3:52.11 (26.40)     4:17.90 (25.79)<\/pre>\n<h4>200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Leon Marchand<\/strong> is a second clear of the field in the 200 IM, a big margin by anyone\u2019s standards save his. He went 1:40.32 to grab the top seed in prelims, about a half-second shy of his meet record from last year.<\/p>\n<p>A pair of Cal swimmers are on his tail, with reigning NCAA 400 IM champ <strong>Hugo Gonzalez<\/strong> second in 1:41.53 and <strong>Destin Lasco<\/strong> three tenths back in third. Arizona State pushed four total swimmers into the A final, <strong>Grant House<\/strong> leading the rest in fourth. Not among them, though, is <strong>Hubert Kos,<\/strong> the Hungarian Olympian landing 11th in prelims and missing the A final by .2.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 7  Men 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:38.13  2\/15\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n       PAC-12: M 1:37.69  2022      Leon Marchand, ASU\r\n PAC-12 Champ: P 1:39.65  2022      Leon Marchand, ASU\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Marchand, Leon         SO ASU               1:38.89    1:40.32  \r\n                 21.38        45.57 (24.19)\r\n        1:14.33 (28.76)     1:40.32 (25.99)\r\n  2 Gonzalez de Oliveira,  GS California        1:42.79    1:41.53  \r\n                 22.71        48.16 (25.45)\r\n        1:17.21 (29.05)     1:41.53 (24.32)\r\n  3 Lasco, Destin          JR California        1:41.28    1:41.83  \r\n                 22.37        47.86 (25.49)\r\n        1:17.90 (30.04)     1:41.83 (23.93)\r\n  4 House, Grant           SR ASU               1:42.27    1:42.32  \r\n                 21.80        47.74 (25.94)\r\n        1:17.59 (29.85)     1:42.32 (24.73)\r\n  5 McDonald, Owen         FR ASU               1:45.43    1:42.94  \r\n                 21.82        46.87 (25.05)\r\n        1:18.10 (31.23)     1:42.94 (24.84)\r\n  6 Schlicht, David        SR ASU               1:43.48    1:42.97  \r\n                 22.35        48.56 (26.21)\r\n        1:18.05 (29.49)     1:42.97 (24.92)\r\n  7 Polonsky, Ron          SO Stanford          1:42.08    1:43.16  \r\n                 22.19        47.48 (25.29)\r\n        1:17.54 (30.06)     1:43.16 (25.62)\r\n  7 Affeld, Jonny          JR Stanford          1:44.67    1:43.16  \r\n                 22.38        48.01 (25.63)\r\n        1:17.59 (29.58)     1:43.16 (25.57)<\/pre>\n<p>50 freestyle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bjorn Seeliger<\/strong> matched his season-best time of 18.87 to take the top seed in the 50 free. He\u2019s the only swimmer sub-18. The meet record, set in 2014 by <strong>Brad Tandy<\/strong> at 18.80, is surely in his sights this evening, as is the conference record set in 2021 by Cal\u2019s <strong>Ryan Hoffer<\/strong> at 18.33.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack Dolan<\/strong> and <strong>Jonny Kulow<\/strong> parlayed stellar swims Wednesday night into the second and third seed, respectively. Dolan led in 19.13, with Kulow .02 back. Teammates <strong>Max McCusker<\/strong> and <strong>Patrick Sammon<\/strong> made if four Sun Devils in the A final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrei Minakov<\/strong> of Stanford is the fourth seed in 19.16, with Cal\u2019s <strong>Jack Alexy<\/strong> fifth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 8  Men 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 17.63  3\/22\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n       PAC-12: M 18.33  2021      Ryan Hoffer, CAL\r\n PAC-12 Champ: P 18.80  2014      Brad Tandy, ARIZ\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Seeliger, Bjorn        JR California          18.87      18.87  \r\n                  8.96         18.87 (9.91)\r\n  2 Dolan, Jack            SR ASU                 18.92      19.13  \r\n                  9.21         19.13 (9.92)\r\n  3 Kulow, Jonny           FR ASU                 19.46      19.15  \r\n                  9.16         19.15 (9.99)\r\n  4 Minakov, Andrei        JR Stanford            19.55      19.16  \r\n                  9.22         19.16 (9.94)\r\n  5 Alexy, Jack            SO California          19.14      19.22  \r\n                  9.29         19.22 (9.93)\r\n  6 McCusker, Max          SR ASU                 19.31      19.32  \r\n                  9.24        19.32 (10.08)\r\n  7 Perham, Ryan           SR Arizona             19.39      19.33  \r\n                  9.29        19.33 (10.04)\r\n  7 Sammon, Patrick        SO ASU                 19.98      19.33  \r\n                  9.29        19.33 (10.04)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 Pac-12 Men\u2019s Championships, Day 2: Leon Marchand Opts for 200 IM, Goes 1:40.32 Two relays wins on the opening day of the 2023 Pac-12 Men&#8217;s Championships Wednesday night put<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":501259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[132196,51189,5007,176,118841,63042,77336,132136,132195,56805,49564],"class_list":["post-523370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-college","tag-2023-pac-12-mens-championships","tag-arizona-state","tag-cal","tag-california","tag-gabriel-jett","tag-julian-hill","tag-leon-marchand","tag-lucas-henveaux","tag-pac-12-mens-championships","tag-pac-12-swimming","tag-patrick-callan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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