{"id":526127,"date":"2023-03-25T08:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T15:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=526127"},"modified":"2023-03-25T08:34:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T15:34:39","slug":"ncaa-mens-championships-destin-lasco-leads-200-back-as-cal-poised-for-big-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-mens-championships-destin-lasco-leads-200-back-as-cal-poised-for-big-score\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Men’s Championships: Destin Lasco Leads 200 Back as Cal Poised for Big Score"},"content":{"rendered":"

NCAA Men’s Championships: Destin Lasco Leads 200 Back as Cal Poised for Big Score<\/strong><\/p>\n

The convergence point, for a series of excellent IMers, on their third event this year seems to be the 200 backstroke. Excepting Leon Marchand,<\/strong> who is contesting the 200 breast, most of the top IMers were present and accounted for Saturday morning in prelims at the University of Minnesota.<\/p>\n

It sets up a fascinating and fast final with important implications for the team race.<\/p>\n

Cal stamped its dominance on the event with Destin Lasco<\/strong> leading the field in 1:36.68, a Jean K. Freeman Aquatics Center record. The Golden Bears have two A finalists, with Hugo Gonzalez<\/strong> second in 1:37.74. But Arizona State worked to counter that, with a pumped up Hubert Kos<\/strong> third and fellow freshman Owen McDonald<\/strong> nudging into the A final by .06 in eighth.<\/p>\n