{"id":526280,"date":"2023-03-26T04:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=526280"},"modified":"2023-03-25T21:02:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T04:02:36","slug":"amazing-arizona-state-relishing-growth-to-runner-up-ncaas-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/amazing-arizona-state-relishing-growth-to-runner-up-ncaas-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Amazing&#8217; Arizona State Relishing Growth to Runner-Up NCAAs Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8216;Amazing&#8217; Arizona State Relishing Growth to Runner-Up NCAAs Finish<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Texas, California. California, Texas. Since 2010, only one team \u2013 Michigan, with its 2013 title \u2013 had broken that superpower blockade on the top two spots at the NCAA Men\u2019s Swimming and Diving Championships.<\/p>\n<p>So for all the myriad accomplishments of <strong>Leon Marchand<\/strong> and company, what Arizona State collectively accomplished is not to be overstated. It\u2019s also not to be reduced to just the Frenchman and his backup singers.<\/p>\n<p>The Sun Devils finished the 2023 NCAA Men\u2019s Championships with 430 points. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cal-swimming-celebrates-repeat-ncaa-championship-third-title-in-four-meets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">That trailed California\u2019s 482<\/a>, but it bested the 384 of Texas and the 379 of Indiana.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2023-ncaa-division-i-mens-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2023-ncaa-division-i-mens-psych-sheet\/ncaa-college\/2023\/March\/8?rtn=%2Fresults%2Fall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psych Sheets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/swimmeetresults.tech\/NCAA-Division-I-Men-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Impressive as that sounds, it is worth underscoring: Texas and California had finished either first or second at all but one of the last 12 NCAA Championships. Put another way: Since 2010, there have been 26 top-two trophies handed out at NCAAs. Texas and Cal own 24 of them.<\/p>\n<p>Now Arizona State has one. A school that finished 24th in that 2010 meet, itself progress from 31st the season before. A team that in 2016 tied for 44th place with two points scored at NCAAs, alongside Cornell, Harvard and Penn State. (In case you\u2019re wondering, Penn, Yale and Princeton outscored them, so Arizona State was bottom half of the Ancient Eight.)<\/p>\n<p>And now they\u2019re one spot below Cal on the national stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s crazy,\u201d Marchand said. \u201cLast year we were sixth, and we knew that we could do better the next year. And then we did. Obviously we wanted to win, like everyone. But when you see that you\u2019re kind of close to Cal that won several times the NCAAs, it\u2019s just amazing to do that with ASU. I\u2019m just excited for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is crazy, and it\u2019s just the start. Arizona State is more than Marchand, much as his NCAA records in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 breaststroke are the clear standout individual performances of the meet. The Sun Devils finished second in both relays on opening night to go with three bronze medals and a fifth.<\/p>\n<p>It speaks to a culture that is elevating everyone, not just one superstar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what\u2019s crazy about ASU is that we\u2019re building everything,\u201d Marchand said. \u201cThere\u2019s no tradition, there\u2019s no culture in that past. So those guys like <strong>Cody Bybee<\/strong> and <strong>Grant House,<\/strong> they came in like five years ago and have been building it, and we continue to improve it every year. The team spirit is great now, and I think it\u2019s going to be better every year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just means that our plan has been good,\u201d coach Bob Bowman said. \u201cWe\u2019re still working towards it. We haven\u2019t gotten certainly where we want to go. But it\u2019s really a testament to these guys and how hard they worked and their ability to build a culture that would allow us to compete at this level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most telling is when it comes to youth: Cal didn\u2019t have a freshman score in the meet, their lone rookie points coming in diving. All told, there were 13 A final swims by freshman at the meet. Five of those came from Sun Devils \u2013 two from Hungarian Olympian <strong>Hubert Kos,<\/strong> two from <strong>Owen McDonald<\/strong> and one from <strong>Zalan Sarkany.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Swimmers like House and Bybee, among others, have set the template, and the talent has helped that reach new heights. The young swimmers will have to take a larger role in setting the direction of the program next year. But the future is bright.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m super pleased with those freshmen guys,\u201d Bowman said. \u201cThey all have a lot of ability, and they\u2019re just figuring out how to do this. So I\u2019m very excited about what we\u2019re going to do this summer and next year and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Amazing&#8217; Arizona State Relishing Growth to Runner-Up NCAAs Finish Texas, California. California, Texas. 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