{"id":526001,"date":"2023-03-25T05:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=526001"},"modified":"2023-03-24T19:07:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T02:07:51","slug":"ncaa-mens-championships-leon-marchand-chases-third-crown-in-200-breast-heat-sheets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-mens-championships-leon-marchand-chases-third-crown-in-200-breast-heat-sheets\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Men’s Championships: Leon Marchand Chases Third Crown Amid Team Race Intrigue (Heat Sheets)"},"content":{"rendered":"

NCAA Men’s Championships: Leon Marchand Chases Third Crown Amid Team Race Intrigue (Heat Sheets)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leon Marchand<\/strong> has become appointment viewing in an NCAA pool. Set your watches for Saturday\u2019s 200 breaststroke at the 2023 NCAA Championships.<\/p>\n

Marchand will chase his third title of the weekend in the 200 breaststroke against hometown favorite Max McHugh<\/strong> of Minnesota. Marchand has set NCAA records in winning the 400 IM<\/a> and 200 IM this week.<\/p>\n

McHugh won the event last year. He wrapped up a 3-peat of 100 breast title Friday night in 50.00 seconds. They are seeds one and three, with Florida freshman Aleksas Savickas<\/strong> in the middle.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s one of five individual events, including the mile, leading up to the concluding 400 free relay. Platform diving will also be contested.<\/p>\n

Saturday Morning Heat Sheets<\/a><\/p>\n

The 200 backstroke will have plenty of firepower. Destin Lasco<\/strong> is the top seed, and IMers Hugo Gonzalez<\/strong> and Carson Foster<\/strong> will be in the penultimate heat with Baylor Nelson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eight heats of the 100 free could set up a rematch of Josh Liendo, Jordan Crooks<\/strong> and Youssef Ramadan.<\/strong> The Tennessee sophomore Crooks took the 50 free. Ramadan won the 100 butterfly Friday night<\/a> and is the top seed entering the 100 free.<\/p>\n