{"id":605431,"date":"2025-02-26T20:03:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T03:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=605431"},"modified":"2025-02-27T20:26:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T03:26:33","slug":"big-12-championships-night-2-arizona-state-in-position-for-early-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-championships-night-2-arizona-state-in-position-for-early-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Big 12 Championships, Night 2: Arizona State Makes Statement with 50 Free Top 5 Sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Big 12 Championships, Night 2: Arizona State Makes Statement with 50 Free Top 5 Sweep<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to win a conference meet on Night 2, but Arizona State put itself in a strong position for that Wednesday at the Big 12 Championships.<\/p>\n<p>The Sun Devils positioned themselves with no fewer than two of the top three seeds in five of the six events being contested Wednesday night. In the other, ASU merely has the top seed. The capstone is seven \u2013 SEVEN?!?!? \u2013 A finalists in the men\u2019s 50 freestyle after a ridiculous prelims. It led to them taking the top five spots at night and opening up a lead of more than 200 points on second-place Utah in the team standings.<\/p>\n<p>At a slight deficit after the team diving event Tuesday night, Arizona State could surge to the lead in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s events Wednesday at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington.<\/p>\n<p>All the finals action:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/big-12-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big 12 Swimming Coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sidearmstats.com\/big12\/swim\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big 12 Championships Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/big12sports.com\/tournaments\/?id=1022&amp;path=swim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big 12 Championships Meet Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-championships-night-1-arizona-state-opens-with-pool-sweep-men-set-record-in-200-medley-relay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night 1 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Team Scores<\/h4>\n<pre>Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 11                 \r\n  1. Arizona State                     529   2. University of Arizona           350.5\r\n  3. University of Houston             284   4. Texas Christian University        249\r\n  5. Brigham Young University          234   6. University of Cincinnati          233\r\n  7. University of Utah              206.5   8. West Virginia University          168\r\n  9. Iowa State University             146  10. University of Kansas              142<\/pre>\n<pre>Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 22                  \r\n  1. Arizona State                   663.5   2. University of Utah                426\r\n  3. University of Arizona             317   4. Texas Christian University      316.5\r\n  5. Brigham Young University          314   6. University of Cincinnati          250\r\n  7. West Virginia University          205<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 1-meter diving<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Shiyun Lai<\/strong> is one of only three athletes back to defend their conference titles from last year, though that\u2019s not until the 3-meter. Her performance in the 1-meter lays down a marker for that.<\/p>\n<p>Lai scored 325.10 to win the even, just four points better than <strong>Anna Kwong<\/strong> of TCU. Lai was tops in prelims as well. She finished second in this event last year and 14th at NCAAs. Kwong was the bronze medalist last year, the senior going on to finish 20th at NCAAs. Kwon had been just sixth in prelims.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona\u2019s <strong>Brooke Earley<\/strong> was third in 313.05. Earley dove at NCAAs last year and finished fourth at Pac-12s. Teammate <strong>Zara Ayazi<\/strong> followed her with a score of 297.40, followed by a trio from Utah, led by freshman <strong>Callie Eagleston<\/strong> in fifth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 13  Women 1 mtr Diving<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n       Big 12: * 369.40  3\/3\/2021  Paola Pineda, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 369.40  3\/3\/2021  Paola Pineda, Texas\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Lai, Shiyun            SO Kansas             323.15     325.10   32  \r\n  2 Kwong, Anna            SR Texas Christian    289.50     320.95   28  \r\n  3 Earley, Brooke         JR Arizona            304.35     313.05   27  \r\n  4 Ayazi, Zara            JR Arizona            299.80     297.40   26  \r\n  5 Eagleston, Callie      FR Utah               280.10     293.65   25  \r\n  6 Grant, Kathryn         JR Utah               300.50     293.20   24  \r\n  7 Waxman, Holly          SR Utah               301.85     287.35   23  \r\n  8 Grelz, Hedda           SR Houston            288.75     280.00   22<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Step 1 in ASU\u2019s domination is the 500, with <strong>Alexa Reyna<\/strong> getting the better of mate <strong>Deniz Ertan.<\/strong> Reyna went 4:39.24, exactly a half-second up on Ertan, who had been the top seed out of prelims. Reyna was 1.4 seconds up at the 400-yard mark, allowing Ertan to take seven tenths out of her in the final 50alone. <strong>Grace Lindberg<\/strong> made it three Sun Devils in the top four, and <strong>Elli Straume<\/strong> and <strong>Katherine Randall<\/strong> rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona&#8217;s <strong>Malia Rausch<\/strong> broke through the ASU blockade with a time of 4:44.48 for third.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 7  Women 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 4:24.06  3\/16\/2017 Katie Ledecky\r\n     American: $ 4:24.06  3\/16\/2017 Katie Ledecky\r\n      US Open: &amp; 4:24.06  3\/16\/2017 Katie Ledecky\r\n       Big 12: * 4:35.02  3\/18\/2021 Evie Pfeifer, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 4:36.35  2\/25\/2021 Evie Pfeifer, Texas\r\n     NCAA \"A\": A 4:36.89\r\n     NCAA \"B\": B 4:47.20\r\n NCCA Invit24:   4:41.19\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Reyna, Alexa           SO ASU               4:42.26    4:39.24B  32  \r\n                 25.58        53.18 (27.60)\r\n        1:21.10 (27.92)     1:49.24 (28.14)\r\n        2:17.30 (28.06)     2:45.55 (28.25)\r\n        3:13.92 (28.37)     3:42.35 (28.43)\r\n        4:11.07 (28.72)     4:39.24 (28.17)\r\n  2 Ertan, Deniz           JR ASU               4:41.58    4:39.74B  28  \r\n                 25.51        53.18 (27.67)\r\n        1:21.21 (28.03)     1:49.43 (28.22)\r\n        2:17.59 (28.16)     2:46.09 (28.50)\r\n        3:14.86 (28.77)     3:43.72 (28.86)\r\n        4:12.25 (28.53)     4:39.74 (27.49)\r\n  3 Rausch, Malia          JR Arizona           4:45.74    4:44.48B  27  \r\n                 25.70        53.35 (27.65)\r\n        1:21.28 (27.93)     1:49.66 (28.38)\r\n        2:18.45 (28.79)     2:47.46 (29.01)\r\n        3:16.66 (29.20)     3:46.42 (29.76)\r\n        4:15.86 (29.44)     4:44.48 (28.62)\r\n  4 Lindberg, Grace        SO ASU               4:50.74    4:46.22B  26  \r\n                 26.35        54.76 (28.41)\r\n        1:23.51 (28.75)     1:52.45 (28.94)\r\n        2:21.41 (28.96)     2:50.16 (28.75)\r\n        3:19.05 (28.89)     3:48.16 (29.11)\r\n        4:17.33 (29.17)     4:46.22 (28.89)\r\n  5 Edwards, Jordan        SR Texas Christian   4:50.03    4:48.71   25  \r\n                 26.62        55.17 (28.55)\r\n        1:24.20 (29.03)     1:53.31 (29.11)\r\n        2:22.38 (29.07)     2:51.57 (29.19)\r\n        3:20.82 (29.25)     3:50.23 (29.41)\r\n        4:19.77 (29.54)     4:48.71 (28.94)\r\n  6 Schreiber, Victoria    JR Brigham Young     4:49.89    4:50.52   24  \r\n                 26.28        54.75 (28.47)\r\n        1:23.72 (28.97)     1:53.11 (29.39)\r\n        2:22.68 (29.57)     2:52.35 (29.67)\r\n        3:22.04 (29.69)     3:52.08 (30.04)\r\n        4:22.01 (29.93)     4:50.52 (28.51)\r\n  7 Straume, Elli          SR ASU               4:51.19    4:50.62   23  \r\n                 25.99        54.41 (28.42)\r\n        1:23.41 (29.00)     1:52.48 (29.07)\r\n        2:22.27 (29.79)     2:51.92 (29.65)\r\n        3:21.66 (29.74)     3:51.37 (29.71)\r\n        4:21.37 (30.00)     4:50.62 (29.25)\r\n  8 Randall, Katherine     JR ASU               4:51.13    4:51.87   22  \r\n                 26.34        55.04 (28.70)\r\n        1:24.12 (29.08)     1:53.69 (29.57)\r\n        2:23.49 (29.80)     2:53.36 (29.87)\r\n        3:23.08 (29.72)     3:52.88 (29.80)\r\n        4:22.70 (29.82)     4:51.87 (29.17)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Daniel Matheson<\/strong> led four ASU A finalists and five in the top nine, getting to the wall first in 4:14.37 to pick up maximum points for the Sun Devils. Utah\u2019s <strong>Jones Lambert<\/strong> was second in 4:15.47, followed by ASU\u2019s <strong>Jacob Pins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Sun Devils also got <strong>Jack Wadsworth<\/strong> in sixth, <strong>Jake Mason<\/strong> in eighth and <strong>Reece Grady<\/strong> in ninth, the latter jumping two spots at night.<\/p>\n<p>Utah\u2019s <strong>Nick Chirafisi<\/strong> was fourth, a second up on <strong>Tanner Nelson<\/strong> of BYU.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 8  Men 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 4:02.31  3\/28\/2024 Leon Marchand\r\n     American: $ 4:04.45  11\/20\/2024Rex Maurer\r\n      US Open: &amp; 4:02.31  3\/28\/2024 Leon Marchand\r\n       Big 12: * 4:06.93  3\/28\/2024 Luke Hobson, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 4:11.11  2\/23\/2017 Clark Smith, Texas\r\n     NCAA \"A\": A 4:10.64\r\n     NCAA \"B\": B 4:21.28\r\n NCCA Invit24:   4:14.90\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Matheson, Daniel       SR ASU               4:18.02    4:14.37B  32  \r\n                 23.39        48.73 (25.34)\r\n        1:14.51 (25.78)     1:40.22 (25.71)\r\n        2:05.87 (25.65)     2:31.54 (25.67)\r\n        2:57.51 (25.97)     3:23.44 (25.93)\r\n        3:49.34 (25.90)     4:14.37 (25.03)\r\n  2 Lambert, Jones         FR Utah              4:18.68    4:15.47B  28  \r\n                 23.62        49.06 (25.44)\r\n        1:15.06 (26.00)     1:41.23 (26.17)\r\n        2:07.38 (26.15)     2:33.40 (26.02)\r\n        2:59.31 (25.91)     3:25.18 (25.87)\r\n        3:50.47 (25.29)     4:15.47 (25.00)\r\n  3 Pins, Jacob            FR ASU               4:19.30    4:17.22B  27  \r\n                 23.05        48.14 (25.09)\r\n        1:13.99 (25.85)     1:40.50 (26.51)\r\n        2:07.25 (26.75)     2:34.04 (26.79)\r\n        3:00.47 (26.43)     3:27.17 (26.70)\r\n        3:52.42 (25.25)     4:17.22 (24.80)\r\n  4 Chirafisi, Nick        SO Utah              4:18.30    4:17.64B  26  \r\n                 23.03        48.50 (25.47)\r\n        1:14.52 (26.02)     1:40.71 (26.19)\r\n        2:07.10 (26.39)     2:33.43 (26.33)\r\n        2:59.86 (26.43)     3:26.35 (26.49)\r\n        3:53.03 (26.68)     4:17.64 (24.61)\r\n  5 Nelson, Tanner         SO Brigham Young     4:19.46    4:18.66B  25  \r\n                 23.57        49.47 (25.90)\r\n        1:15.35 (25.88)     1:41.57 (26.22)\r\n        2:07.82 (26.25)     2:34.41 (26.59)\r\n        3:00.85 (26.44)     3:27.20 (26.35)\r\n        3:53.91 (26.71)     4:18.66 (24.75)\r\n  6 Wadsworth, Jack        SR ASU               4:17.58    4:18.77B  24  \r\n                 23.36        48.74 (25.38)\r\n        1:14.72 (25.98)     1:40.51 (25.79)\r\n        2:06.48 (25.97)     2:32.49 (26.01)\r\n        2:58.60 (26.11)     3:25.18 (26.58)\r\n        3:52.72 (27.54)     4:18.77 (26.05)\r\n  7 Nace, Joel             FR Arizona           4:20.42    4:20.23B  23  \r\n                 22.98        48.70 (25.72)\r\n        1:15.20 (26.50)     1:42.12 (26.92)\r\n        2:09.07 (26.95)     2:36.30 (27.23)\r\n        3:03.80 (27.50)     3:29.33 (25.53)\r\n        3:55.20 (25.87)     4:20.23 (25.03)\r\n  8 Mason, Jake            JR ASU               4:21.19    4:23.64   22  \r\n                 23.18        48.63 (25.45)\r\n        1:14.58 (25.95)     1:40.98 (26.40)\r\n        2:07.69 (26.71)     2:34.63 (26.94)\r\n        3:01.75 (27.12)     3:29.85 (28.10)\r\n        3:57.08 (27.23)     4:23.64 (26.56)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s an ASU 1-2-3, but the order was in doubt to the very last stroke.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charli Brown<\/strong> surged in the final 50, hitting the 150-yard wall in fourth place but uncorking a 27.97 coming home to earn the win in 1:57.84. The edged out teammate <strong>Zoe Summar<\/strong> by .04 seconds, with <strong>Sonia Vaishnani<\/strong> third in 1:58.15. That trio all got past BYU\u2019s <strong>Mackenzie Miller,<\/strong> who went 1:58.27. The junior\u2019s consolation, though, is that that is a new B cut after she entered the meet with a 2:03.00 seed time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Libby Michel<\/strong> finished fifth for Cincinnati. ASU got a fourth A final scorer via <strong>Ella Guilfoil,<\/strong> with the Sun Devils also taking 10th and 11th.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 9  Women 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 1:48.37  3\/16\/2023 Kate Douglass\r\n     American: $ 1:50.08  3\/17\/2022 Alex Walsh\r\n\r\n      US Open: &amp; 1:48.37  3\/16\/2023 Kate Douglass\r\n       Big 12: * 1:52.58  3\/16\/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 1:52.82  2\/23\/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas\r\n     NCAA \"A\": A 1:53.66\r\n     NCAA \"B\": B 1:59.35\r\n NCCA Invit24:   1:57.05\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Brown, Charli          SR ASU               1:59.12    1:57.84B  32  \r\n                 25.83        55.15 (29.32)\r\n        1:29.87 (34.72)     1:57.84 (27.97)\r\n  2 Summar, Zoe            JR ASU               1:59.28    1:57.88B  28  \r\n                 25.79        56.17 (30.38)\r\n        1:29.15 (32.98)     1:57.88 (28.73)\r\n  3 Vaishnani, Sonia       SO ASU               1:59.43    1:58.15B  27  \r\n                 25.66        56.03 (30.37)\r\n        1:29.98 (33.95)     1:58.15 (28.17)\r\n  4 Miller, Mackenzie      JR Brigham Young     2:00.17    1:58.27B  26  \r\n                 25.36        55.35 (29.99)\r\n        1:29.06 (33.71)     1:58.27 (29.21)\r\n  5 Michel, Libby          SO Cincinnati        2:00.49    1:59.65   25  \r\n                 26.06        56.29 (30.23)\r\n        1:31.00 (34.71)     1:59.65 (28.65)\r\n  6 Armstrong, Paige       JR Arizona           1:59.11    2:00.06   24  \r\n                 25.96        55.47 (29.51)\r\n        1:31.60 (36.13)     2:00.06 (28.46)\r\n  7 Guilfoil, Ella         SO ASU               2:00.28    2:00.54   23  \r\n                 25.85        55.70 (29.85)\r\n        1:31.80 (36.10)     2:00.54 (28.74)\r\n  8 Entrekin, Evelyn       SO Houston           2:00.42    2:01.90   22  \r\n                 26.17        58.36 (32.19)\r\n        1:33.20 (34.84)     2:01.90 (28.70)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Cale Martter<\/strong> survived a surge by teammate <strong>Michael Hochwalt<\/strong> on the final 50 to get the win, though Arizona State won again with four of the top five.<\/p>\n<p>Martter won in 1:42.93. He held on by .36 seconds over Hochwalt, who finished in 25.02 to Martter\u2019s 25.54. <strong>Oscar Bilbao<\/strong> was fourth in 1:43.37, with <strong>Lucien Vergnes<\/strong> fifth in 1:44.38. <strong>Andy Dobrzanski<\/strong> won the B final in 1:44.42.<\/p>\n<p>In non ASU news, <strong>Durgan McKean<\/strong> of Utah finished third in 1:43.33. Cincinnati\u2019s <strong>Hunter Gubeno,<\/strong> who swam this event at NCAAs last year, was sixth.<\/p>\n<p>TCU\u2019s <strong>Geremia Freri<\/strong> delivered an angry C final swim to go 1:44.80. That was the 10th-fastest of the session.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 10  Men 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 1:36.34  3\/23\/2023 Leon Marchand\r\n     American: $ 1:37.91  3\/28\/2024 Destin Lasco\r\n      US Open: &amp; 1:36.34  3\/23\/2023 Leon Marchand\r\n       Big 12: * 1:39.63  3\/25\/2019 John Shebat, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 1:40.42  2\/23\/2023 Carson Foster, Texas\r\n     NCAA \"A\": A 1:40.75\r\n     NCAA \"B\": B 1:45.68\r\n NCCA Invit24:   1:43.05\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Martter, Cale          JR ASU               1:43.89    1:42.93B  32  \r\n                 22.04        47.79 (25.75)\r\n        1:17.39 (29.60)     1:42.93 (25.54)\r\n  2 Hochwalt, Michael      FR ASU               1:45.39    1:43.29B  28  \r\n                 22.48        48.45 (25.97)\r\n        1:18.27 (29.82)     1:43.29 (25.02)\r\n  3 McKean, Durgan         SO Utah              1:45.07    1:43.33B  27  \r\n                 22.50        48.34 (25.84)\r\n        1:17.78 (29.44)     1:43.33 (25.55)\r\n  4 Bilbao, Oscar          FR ASU               1:45.32    1:43.47B  26  \r\n                 22.60        49.64 (27.04)\r\n        1:18.43 (28.79)     1:43.47 (25.04)\r\n  5 Vergnes, Lucien        FR ASU               1:45.51    1:44.38B  25  \r\n                 22.24        48.85 (26.61)\r\n        1:18.34 (29.49)     1:44.38 (26.04)\r\n  6 Gubeno, Hunter         GS Cincinnati        1:44.33    1:44.66B  24  \r\n                 22.53        48.39 (25.86)\r\n        1:19.50 (31.11)     1:44.66 (25.16)\r\n  7 VanBrocklin, Evan      JR Utah              1:45.29    1:44.70B  23  \r\n                 22.45        48.84 (26.39)\r\n        1:19.82 (30.98)     1:44.70 (24.88)\r\n  8 Chiles, Owen           FR Cincinnati        1:45.57    1:46.10   22  \r\n                 23.08        49.50 (26.42)\r\n        1:20.38 (30.88)     1:46.10 (25.72)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Caroline Bentz<\/strong> blasted the field to win the 50 free in 21.77. That\u2019s just .01 off Grace Cooper\u2019s meet record from last year. The Arizona schools swept the top four and had six of the top eight.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona\u2019s <strong>Lexi Duchsherer<\/strong> was second in 22.01. ASU\u2019s <strong>Julia Ullmann<\/strong> go the better of the battle of Arizona Julias, her 22.19 besting <strong>Julia Wozniak\u2019s<\/strong> 22.25, which tied <strong>Erin Palmer<\/strong> of Utah for fifth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 11  Women 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 20.37  3\/21\/2024 Gretchen Walsh\r\n     American: $ 20.37  3\/21\/2024 Gretchen Walsh\r\n      US Open: &amp; 20.37  3\/21\/2024 Gretchen Walsh\r\n       Big 12: * 21.66  11\/17\/2023Grace Cooper, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 21.76  3\/1\/2024  Grace Cooper, Texas\r\n     NCAA \"A\": A 21.58\r\n     NCAA \"B\": B 22.58\r\n NCCA Invit24:   22.11\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Bentz, Caroline        SR ASU                 22.01      21.77B  32  \r\n                 10.54        21.77 (11.23)\r\n  2 Duchsherer, Lexi       SR Arizona             22.19      22.01B  28  \r\n                 10.81        22.01 (11.20)\r\n  3 Ullmann, Julia         FR ASU                 22.13      22.19B  27  \r\n                 10.79        22.19 (11.40)\r\n  4 Wozniak, Julia         SO Arizona             22.18      22.25B  25.5\r\n                 10.70        22.25 (11.55)\r\n  4 Palmer, Erin           JR Utah                22.31      22.25B  25.5\r\n                 10.64        22.25 (11.61)\r\n  6 Botton, Riley          JR Arizona             22.46      22.28B  24  \r\n                 10.76        22.28 (11.52)\r\n  7 Davis, Jessica         GS Cincinnati          22.42      22.32B  23  \r\n                 10.76        22.32 (11.56)\r\n  8 Milligan, Erin         SR ASU                 22.57      22.58B  22  \r\n                 11.06        22.58 (11.52)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jonny Kulow<\/strong> won the Arizona State sprint festival with his time of 18.64 seconds.\u00a0It takes down the meet record set in 2017 by Joseph Schooling at 18.76 and is the only A cut of the night in any event.<\/p>\n<p>Second was <strong>Ilya Kharun<\/strong> in 18.82. Tommy Palmer grabbed third in 18.96, followed by <strong>Patrick Sammon<\/strong> and <strong>Tolu Young.<\/strong> Young was second at the 25-yard wall in 9.12, trailing only Kulow\u2019s 8.99.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomas Lukminas<\/strong> of Arizona spoiled the Sun Devils\u2019 bonanza hopes by going 19.36 for sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Worth special mention is <strong>Danny Berlitz,<\/strong> the West Virginia senior who the 400 IM and was fifth in the 200 IM at last years meet. Berlitz is limited by a leg injury from swimming the IM, so he\u2019s switching to sprint free. He lowered his school record in the 200 free to 1:34.93 Tuesday off the front of the 800 free relay, then lowered his best 50 from 21.16 to 19.83 in prelims and 19.84 in finals at night for 18th place. 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