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Even After Massive Changes, Arizona State Men Still Have Talented Core For Title Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two days after Arizona State University won its first-ever national title in men\u2019s swimming<\/a>, the head coach who guided a nine-year renaissance departed for the same position with the University of Texas men\u2019s team. The majority of the program\u2019s biggest stars followed Bob Bowman<\/strong> out of Tempe, including two swimmers with college eligibility remaining who went on to win Olympic gold medals in Paris, Leon Marchand<\/strong> and Hubert Kos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But the possibility of the Sun Devils fading back into swimming obscurity was lessened when the program promoted associate head coach Herbie Behm<\/strong> to the top job<\/a> within minutes of Bowman\u2019s departure. Behm, an Arizona State alum, had played a central role in elevating the program to national-title contention. Star-power matters in college swimming, but a team cannot win without sprint depth, and Behm had been the architect of a deep group that finished top-three in each relay at the 2024 NCAA Championships.<\/p>\n

Expect more of the same in March 2025, when the Sun Devils head to Federal Way, Wash., as defending national champions. A repeat title performance? That\u2019s a long shot given the departures; in addition to Bowman, Marchand and Kos heading to Texas, Owen McDonald<\/strong> and Zalan Sarkany<\/strong> have moved on to Indiana. Jack Dolan <\/strong>and Alex Colson<\/strong> both completed their fifth years of eligibility while David Schlicht<\/strong> did not return for his COVID-19 waiver year.<\/p>\n

Still, ASU is undefeated thus far in the fall dual meet slate, which has included beating national power NC State in Raleigh and taking care of business at home this weekend when Cal and Stanford visited. Particularly impressive was the win over Cal, a team with 14 consecutive top-two finishes at the national level and the slight title favorite entering this year\u2019s college season. Sure, Cal was missing Destin Lasco<\/strong>, and the teams have a different approach to dual meets, but Arizona State won 210-143 against Dave Durden\u2019s<\/strong> group.<\/p>\n

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Ilya Kharun — Photo Courtesy: Michael P. Hall\/Swimming Canada<\/p><\/div>\n

At the center of Arizona State\u2019s start has been the best swimmer returning last year, butterflyer Ilya Kharun<\/strong>. As a freshman, Kharun won a national title in the 200 fly and finished fourth in the 100 fly while playing a big relay role, but after winning bronze medals in both long course butterfly events while representing Canada at the Paris Olympics<\/a>, he is a swimmer-of-the-year contender as a sophomore.<\/p>\n

Against NC State, he clocked times of 43.95<\/a> and 1:38.74<\/a> in the butterfly events, the latter coming within a half-second of his NCAA-title-winning time from the previous season. He was just off those times while racing Cal and Stanford<\/a>. His third event on the college level is the 50 free, and after swimming in the B-final at last year\u2019s national meet, he has clocked times of 18.6 or better on three different occasions.<\/p>\n

The Sun Devil freestyle contingent is again strong this season, with Jonny Kulow<\/strong> the team\u2019s leading sprinter after finishing seventh in the 50 free and 13th in the 100 free at last year\u2019s NCAA. Over the summer, Kulow narrowly missed qualifying for the final of the 50-meter free at the U.S. Olympic Trials, tying for eighth in the semifinals with Adam Chaney<\/strong> and then tying with Chaney again in a swim-off before the Florida swimmer got the upper hand a second tiebreaking swim.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Patrick Sammon<\/strong> is back to provide some punch in the 100 and 200 free, and currently, Kharun, Sammon and Kulow hold the top-three spots in the national rankings in the 100 free. Three-event national scorer Daniel Matheson<\/strong> (500 and 1650 free and 400 IM) returns as well whiles Andy Dobrzanski<\/strong> (breaststroke), Filip Senc-Samardzic<\/strong> (sprint freestyle) and Tiago Behar <\/strong>(mid-distance) are all playing bigger roles than in the past. Sprinter Tommy Palmer<\/strong> has come over from in-state rival Arizona.<\/p>\n

And one freshman from France could provide a big boost, although we should not expect the impact that Marchand had when he arrived three years ago as already an Olympic finalist. Lucien Vergnes<\/strong> was the European junior champion in the 200 breaststroke in 2022, and he won the European U-23 title one year later. Vergnes is listed on the ASU roster<\/a> as a breaststroker \u2014 but he has already settled in as the backstroker<\/em> on the Sun Devils\u2019 medley relays.<\/p>\n

Against Cal and Stanford<\/a>, Vergnes led off ASU\u2019s 200 medley relay in 20.88, well ahead of Cal veteran Bjorn Seeliger<\/strong> and only three tenths behind what Dolan split at last season\u2019s NCAAs. Vergnes also won the 100 back in 45.32 and finished just behind Dobrzanski in the 100 breast (52.29). He raced the 200 back and finished just behind Cal\u2019s Keaton Jones<\/strong>, who placed second at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the meters version of the event before qualifying for the Olympic final. Vergnes actually led Jones for the entire race until the more natural backstroker took over in the final lap. Vergnes also took third in the 200 IM (1:45.36), behind a pair of veterans in Stanford\u2019s Ron Polonsky<\/strong> and Cal\u2019s Gabriel Jett<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s too soon to measure exactly how much impact Vergnes can have individually this college season, but producing these results when he has only been swimming in the short course yards format for a few months, particularly in backstroke, is highly encouraging for the Sun Devils and their hopes of another impressive national finish.<\/p>\n

Even with the coach who revitalized the program gone and the stars that propelled Arizona State\u2019s title run accompanying him, Behm has the program in capable hands and showing no signs of relinquishing its new place among the college swimming elites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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