{"id":580685,"date":"2024-03-09T20:47:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T03:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=580685"},"modified":"2024-03-10T08:28:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T15:28:34","slug":"pac-12-mens-championships-day-4-finals-hubert-kos-knocks-off-ryan-murphys-ncaa-record-in-200-backstroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pac-12-mens-championships-day-4-finals-hubert-kos-knocks-off-ryan-murphys-ncaa-record-in-200-backstroke\/","title":{"rendered":"Pac-12 Men’s Champs, Day 4 Finals: Hubert Kos Downs Ryan Murphy’s NCAA Record in 200 Backstroke; ASU Rolls to Team Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pac-12 Men’s Championships, Day 4 Finals: Hubert Kos Knocks Off Ryan Murphy’s NCAA Record in 200 Backstroke<\/strong><\/p>\n

Already an Olympic finalist when he made the move across the world to Tempe, Ariz., to join head coach\u00a0Bob Bowman<\/strong> and his squad at Arizona State University,\u00a0Leon Marchand<\/strong> has thrived in the three years since. He has captured five NCAA titles and posted the fastest times ever in four different short course yards races while winning five world titles in long course, including a world record. Meanwhile,\u00a0Hubert Kos<\/strong> has followed a similar pattern, beginning his career at Arizona State one year later but similarly blossoming into a star.<\/p>\n

Already a European champion in the 200 IM when he joined the Sun Devils, Kos won his first world title less than a year after making the move, coming from behind to upset American\u00a0Ryan Murphy<\/strong> in the 200-meter backstroke at the World Championships. Now, Kos has knocked off Murphy again, dethroning the star American from the top of the record books in the yards version of the event.<\/p>\n

In the final Saturday evening at the Pac-12 Men’s Championships in Federal Way, Wash., Kos clocked 1:35.69 in the event, four hundredths quicker than Murphy’s time in winning his third of four consecutive NCAA titles in 2016. Kos was out slower than Murphy over the first 100 yards by three tenths, but he closed in 24.57 to slip under the eight-year-old standard. He also lowered the Pac-12 meet record of\u00a01:38.64 set by Cal’s\u00a0Destin Lasco<\/strong>, the two-time defending NCAA champion in the 200 back, last season.<\/p>\n

The title was the third individual win for Kos this week, and he was joined as a top finisher by Arizona State teammate\u00a0Owen McDonald<\/strong>, whose time of 1:37.70 ranks behind only Kos and Florida freshman\u00a0Jonny Marshall<\/strong> in the national rankings. Stanford’s\u00a0Rex Maurer<\/strong> was third in 1:39.83, with the freshman closing strong to touch out Cal fifth-year swimmer\u00a0Sebastian Somerset<\/strong> by a single hundredth.<\/p>\n

Event 17  Men 200 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:35.73  3\/26\/2016 Ryan Murphy, California\r\n       PAC-12: M 1:35.73  2016      Ryan Murphy, CAL\r\n PAC-12 Champ: P 1:36.94  3\/4\/2023  Destin Lasco, CA\r\n                 1:39.13  A Standard\r\n                 1:44.60  B Standard\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Kos, Hubert      SO ASU               1:39.05    1:35.69NA       20  \r\n                 22.20        46.66 (24.46)\r\n        1:11.12 (24.46)     1:35.69 (24.57)\r\n  2 McDonald, Owen   SO ASU               1:38.49    1:37.70 A       17  \r\n                 23.18        47.95 (24.77)\r\n        1:12.91 (24.96)     1:37.70 (24.79)\r\n  3 Maurer, Rex      FR STAN              1:40.68    1:39.83 B       16  \r\n                 23.40        48.98 (25.58)\r\n        1:14.64 (25.66)     1:39.83 (25.19)\r\n  4 Somerset, Sebas  GS CAL               1:40.32    1:39.84 B       15  \r\n                 23.52        48.94 (25.42)\r\n        1:14.26 (25.32)     1:39.84 (25.58)\r\n  5 Sequeira, Aaron  JR STAN              1:39.62    1:40.55 B       14  \r\n                 23.30        48.79 (25.49)\r\n        1:14.21 (25.42)     1:40.55 (26.34)\r\n  6 Saleem, Ziyad    JR CAL               1:40.73    1:40.64 B       13  \r\n                 23.91        49.72 (25.81)\r\n        1:15.75 (26.03)     1:40.64 (24.89)\r\n  7 Zuchowski, Josh  SO STAN              1:40.62    1:40.71 B       12  \r\n                 23.84        49.83 (25.99)\r\n        1:15.68 (25.85)     1:40.71 (25.03)\r\n  8 Crews, Kai       JR CAL               1:41.09    1:41.33 B       11  \r\n                 23.64        49.42 (25.78)\r\n        1:15.27 (25.85)     1:41.33 (26.06)<\/pre>\n
Arizona State’s 1-2 finish in the 200 back was part of another huge night for the Sun Devils, who finished the meet having lost only two races out of the 21 held over four days. The team won a second consecutive Pac-12 title with 1036 points, setting itself up for a run at the national championship in two-and-a-half weeks. Stanford placed second here with 733.5 while two-time defending national champion Cal placed third with 595.<\/p>\n
It’s worth noting that Cal was missing plenty of stars at the conference meet. Expect an exciting showdown between these two high-powered West Coast rivals later this month in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 21                      \r\n \r\n  1. Arizona State University         1036   2. Stanford University             733.5\r\n  3. University of California-Berk     595   4. University of Arizona             433\r\n  5. University of Southern Calif    394.5   6. University of Utah                211<\/pre>\n