{"id":637611,"date":"2026-02-26T11:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=637611"},"modified":"2026-02-26T11:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:17:10","slug":"big-12-championships-day-3-prelims-albane-cachot-leads-asu-top-4-in-200-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-championships-day-3-prelims-albane-cachot-leads-asu-top-4-in-200-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Big 12 Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Albane Cachot Leads ASU Top-4 in 200 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Big 12 Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Albane Cachot Leads ASU Top-4 in 200 Free\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Arizona State men\u2019s swim team has assembled some impressive prelims already this week at the Big 12 Championships, even if Utah played spoiler to those plans Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday was the women\u2019s turn, specifically in the 200 freestyle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Albane Cachot<\/strong> led the way with a time of 1:45.05, the Sun Devils taking the top four times and five of the top seven as they look to consolidate their lead at the Greensboro Aquatic Center this week.<\/p>\n<h4>Big 12 Championships Team Scores<\/h4>\n<pre>Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 13                 \r\n  1. Arizona State University        521.5   2. University of Arizona             423\r\n  3. University of Houston           302.5   4. University of Utah                288\r\n  5. Texas Christian University        283   6. University of Cincinnati          274\r\n  7. University of Kansas              243   8. Brigham Young University          198\r\n  9. Iowa State University             191  10. West Virginia University          154<\/pre>\n<pre>Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 22                  \r\n  1. Arizona State University          618   2. University of Utah                473\r\n  3. University of Arizona             472   4. Texas Christian University        283\r\n  5. Brigham Young University          263   6. University of Cincinnati          228\r\n  7. West Virginia University          218<\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/big-12-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big 12 Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/big12sports.com\/feature\/2026-swimming-diving-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big 12 Championships Meet Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-championships-night-1-arizona-state-seeks-repeat-sweep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/catalog\/4f080ef0-4cf0-4e0f-9c60-b43a982d5cc8\/big-12-conference#bucketId=29784&amp;sourceCollection=Browse_By_Top_Conferences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Stream (ESPN+)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-championships-night-1-arizona-state-seeks-repeat-sweep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-championships-day-2-prelims-ilya-kharuns-18-47-leads-arizona-states-50-free-domination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Prelims Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-championships-day-2-finals-ilya-kharun-leads-five-sun-devils-under-19-in-50-freestyle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Finals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s night session kicks off with the men\u2019s 1-meter diving finals. It will conclude with the women\u2019s 3-meter diving finals and the 400 medley relays.<\/p>\n<p>All the action from the second morning session:<\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 100 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p>ASU started with a 1-2 in the 100 fly. <strong>Miriam Sheehan<\/strong> led the way in 52.38, .03 up on the top seed entering the meet, teammate <strong>Julia Ullman.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arizona has the third choice in <strong>Miriam Sheikhalizadehkhangh.<\/strong> Cincy has two in the A final, led by <strong>Joleigh Crye<\/strong> in fourth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 15  Women 100 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 46.97  3\/21\/2025 Gretchen Walsh\r\n     American: $ 46.97  2\/21\/2025 Gretchen Walsh\r\n      US Open: &amp; 46.97  3\/21\/2025 Gretchen Walsh\r\n       Big 12: * 49.70  3\/22\/2024 Emma Sticklen, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 50.07  2\/24\/2023 Olivia Bray, Texas\r\n NCAA Qualify: A 52.52\r\n NCCA Invit25:   51.87\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Sheehan, Miriam        JR ASU                 52.42      52.38A \r\n    r:+0.67  11.22        24.58 (13.36)\r\n          38.16 (13.58)       52.38 (14.22)\r\n  2 Ullmann, Julia         SO ASU                 51.25      52.41A \r\n    r:+0.68  11.29        24.81 (13.52)\r\n          38.59 (13.78)       52.41 (13.82)\r\n  3 *Sheikhalizadehkhangh  JR ARIZ                53.03      52.67  \r\n    r:+0.75  11.41        24.50 (13.09)\r\n          38.79 (14.29)       52.67 (13.88)\r\n  4 Crye, Joleigh          SR CINC                53.66      53.22  \r\n    r:+0.74  11.08        24.48 (13.40)\r\n          38.67 (14.19)       53.22 (14.55)\r\n  5 Lafferty, Lydia        SR KANS                52.96      53.24  \r\n    r:+0.70  11.36        24.34 (12.98)\r\n          38.26 (13.92)       53.24 (14.98)\r\n  6 El Gendy, Noor         SR UH                  53.32      53.38  \r\n    r:+0.70  11.62        25.09 (13.47)\r\n          39.23 (14.14)       53.38 (14.15)\r\n  7 Mardis, Kate           SO CINC                53.39      53.60  \r\n    r:+0.67  11.53        25.00 (13.47)\r\n          39.28 (14.28)       53.60 (14.32)\r\n  8 Kinsey, Emma           JR ARIZ                53.92      53.63  \r\n    r:+0.69  11.57        25.07 (13.50)\r\n          39.32 (14.25)       53.63 (14.31)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 100 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p>Off his meet record in the 50 free, <strong>Ilya Kharun<\/strong> is the clear favorite in the 100 fly. The top seed by more than a second entering the meet, he\u2019s the top seed in finals after going 44.25 in prelims. Second was Arizona State teammate <strong>Filip Senc-Samardzic,<\/strong> with mates <strong>Tolu Young, Jordan Tiffany<\/strong> and <strong>Tommy Palmer<\/strong> in spots five through seven.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haakon Naughton<\/strong> of Arizona was third, but the Wildcats missed out on a bigger score with swimmers ninth and 10th. <strong>Evan VanBrocklin,<\/strong> the 200 IM champ, went 46.12 for fourth, .04 up on Young.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 16  Men 100 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 42.80  3\/23\/2018 Caeleb Dressel\r\n     American: $ 42.80  3\/23\/2018 Caeleb Dressel\r\n      US Open: &amp; 42.80  3\/23\/2018 Caeleb Dressel\r\n       Big 12: * 43.43  3\/28\/2025 Ilya Kharun, Arizona State\r\n         Meet: # 44.06  2\/24\/2017 Joseph Schooling, Texas\r\n NCAA Qualify: A 46.11\r\n NCCA Invit25:   45.12\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Kharun, Ilya           JR ASU                 43.38      44.25A \r\n     r:+0.69  9.60        21.15 (11.55)\r\n          32.63 (11.48)       44.25 (11.62)\r\n  2 Senc-Samardzic, Filip  JR ASU                 45.13      45.52A \r\n     r:+0.67  9.67        21.01 (11.34)\r\n          33.26 (12.25)       45.52 (12.26)\r\n  3 Naughton, Haakon       SR ARIZ                44.80      45.80A \r\n     r:+0.65  9.75        21.35 (11.60)\r\n          33.41 (12.06)       45.80 (12.39)\r\n  4 VanBrocklin, Evan      SR UTAH                46.60      46.12  \r\n     r:+0.62  9.72        21.33 (11.61)\r\n          33.46 (12.13)       46.12 (12.66)\r\n  5 Young, Tolu            SO ASU                 46.01      46.16  \r\n     r:+0.65  9.36        20.83 (11.47)\r\n          33.21 (12.38)       46.16 (12.95)\r\n  6 Tiffany, Jordan        GS ASU                 45.24      46.19  \r\n    r:+0.67  10.08        21.42 (11.34)\r\n          33.67 (12.25)       46.19 (12.52)\r\n  7 Palmer, Tommy          SR ASU                 45.38      46.33  \r\n     r:+0.69  9.73        21.40 (11.67)\r\n          33.81 (12.41)       46.33 (12.52)\r\n  8 Mizrahi, Lior          JR TCU                 47.01      46.45  \r\n     r:+0.64  9.77        21.36 (11.59)\r\n          33.66 (12.30)       46.45 (12.79)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 400 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p>Arizona State\u2019s <strong>Sonia Vaishnani<\/strong> is chasing the IM double and is in strong position. She went 4:13.01 in prelims, nearly three seconds up on second seed <strong>Libby Michel<\/strong> of Cincinnati. Vaishnani\u2019s seed time of 4:10.29 was the fastest in the field by more than four seconds.<\/p>\n<p>ASU has three A finalists, including 500 free champ <strong>Alexa Reyna<\/strong> in fifth in 4:19.20 after entering without a seed. Houston\u2019s <strong>Sydney Nethercutt<\/strong> was third in 4:16.05. <strong>Lucy Warnick<\/strong> of BYU was fourth. Utah\u2019s <strong>Ella Derby,<\/strong> the second seed entering the meet, was sixth in 4:19.42, exactly seven seconds off her seed time.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 17  Women 400 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 3:54.60  3\/16\/2018 Ella Eastin\r\n     American: $ 3:54.60  3\/16\/2018 Ella Eastin\r\n      US Open: &amp; 3:54.60  3\/16\/2018 Ella Eastin\r\n       Big 12: * 4:00.97  3\/17\/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 4:01.15  2\/24\/2017 Mdison Cox, Texas\r\n NCAA Qualify: A 4:13.20\r\n NCCA Invit25:   4:09.26\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Vaishnani, Sonia       JR ASU               4:10.29    4:13.01A \r\n    r:+0.72  26.33        56.51 (30.18)\r\n        1:28.86 (32.35)     2:00.97 (32.11)\r\n        2:36.55 (35.58)     3:13.05 (36.50)\r\n        3:43.29 (30.24)     4:13.01 (29.72)\r\n  2 Michel, Libby          JR CINC              4:16.81    4:15.78  \r\n    r:+0.71  27.08        58.13 (31.05)\r\n        1:31.91 (33.78)     2:04.80 (32.89)\r\n        2:40.95 (36.15)     3:17.16 (36.21)\r\n        3:47.07 (29.91)     4:15.78 (28.71)\r\n  3 Nethercutt, Sydney     JR UH                4:17.78    4:16.05  \r\n    r:+0.79  27.07        57.56 (30.49)\r\n        1:30.55 (32.99)     2:02.32 (31.77)\r\n        2:39.22 (36.90)     3:16.52 (37.30)\r\n        3:46.82 (30.30)     4:16.05 (29.23)\r\n  4 Warnick, Lucy          SO BYU               4:14.35    4:17.06  \r\n    r:+0.61  27.37        58.26 (30.89)\r\n        1:31.98 (33.72)     2:05.25 (33.27)\r\n        2:40.82 (35.57)     3:17.09 (36.27)\r\n        3:47.68 (30.59)     4:17.06 (29.38)\r\n  5 Reyna, Alexa           JR ASU                    NT    4:19.20  \r\n    r:+0.71  26.45        57.59 (31.14)\r\n        1:30.27 (32.68)     2:02.84 (32.57)\r\n        2:41.21 (38.37)     3:20.06 (38.85)\r\n        3:50.17 (30.11)     4:19.20 (29.03)\r\n  6 Derby, Ella            JR UTAH              4:14.42    4:19.42  \r\n    r:+0.71  27.30        58.53 (31.23)\r\n        1:32.16 (33.63)     2:04.91 (32.75)\r\n        2:41.24 (36.33)     3:18.02 (36.78)\r\n        3:49.29 (31.27)     4:19.42 (30.13)\r\n  7 Ortiz, Alondra         SR UH                4:22.15    4:19.83  \r\n    r:+0.67  26.83        57.59 (30.76)\r\n        1:30.31 (32.72)     2:03.65 (33.34)\r\n        2:40.67 (37.02)     3:18.84 (38.17)\r\n        3:49.94 (31.10)     4:19.83 (29.89)\r\n  8 Csulak, Lia            JR ASU               4:21.12    4:20.04  \r\n    r:+0.76  27.81        58.90 (31.09)\r\n        1:32.97 (34.07)     2:06.30 (33.33)\r\n        2:43.58 (37.28)     3:20.75 (37.17)\r\n        3:50.93 (30.18)     4:20.04 (29.11)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 400 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p>BYU\u2019s <strong>Tanner Nelson<\/strong> is in charge of the longer IM with a time of 3:46.29. He went a second quicker than Utah\u2019s <strong>Strahinja Maslo,<\/strong> the top seed entering the meet. His time in prelims was 3:47.48.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beck Parham<\/strong> of Arizona was third, followed by <strong>Brandon Miller<\/strong> of Utah and <strong>Filip Suchanski<\/strong> of TCU. Reece Grady is the lone Arizona State swimmer in the A final in sixth, 3.5 seconds back of Nelson.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 18  Men 400 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 3:28.82  3\/24\/2023 Leon Marchand\r\n     American: $ 3:33.42  3\/24\/2017 Chase Kalisz\r\n      US Open: &amp; 3:28.82  3\/24\/2023 Leon Marchand\r\n       Big 12: * 3:33.79  3\/25\/2022 Carson Foster, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 3:35.49  2\/24\/2023 Carson Foster, Texas\r\n NCAA Qualify: A 3:46.19\r\n NCCA Invit25:   3:41.61\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Nelson, Tanner         JR BYU               3:44.51    3:46.29  \r\n    r:+0.75  23.81        50.82 (27.01)\r\n        1:19.88 (29.06)     1:48.21 (28.33)\r\n        2:19.80 (31.59)     2:52.15 (32.35)\r\n        3:19.82 (27.67)     3:46.29 (26.47)\r\n  2 Maslo, Strahinja       SO UTAH              3:43.91    3:47.48  \r\n    r:+0.64  23.76        51.29 (27.53)\r\n        1:20.21 (28.92)     1:48.86 (28.65)\r\n        2:20.65 (31.79)     2:53.15 (32.50)\r\n        3:20.55 (27.40)     3:47.48 (26.93)\r\n  3 Parnham, Beck          5Y ARIZ              3:48.07    3:47.66  \r\n    r:+0.61  23.91        51.45 (27.54)\r\n        1:21.42 (29.97)     1:50.25 (28.83)\r\n        2:22.04 (31.79)     2:54.58 (32.54)\r\n        3:21.93 (27.35)     3:47.66 (25.73)\r\n  4 Miller, Brandon        SR UTAH              3:47.18    3:48.68  \r\n    r:+0.67  24.53        52.71 (28.18)\r\n        1:21.03 (28.32)     1:48.65 (27.62)\r\n        2:21.72 (33.07)     2:54.76 (33.04)\r\n        3:22.33 (27.57)     3:48.68 (26.35)\r\n  5 Suchanski, Filip       SO TCU               3:44.44    3:49.37  \r\n    r:+0.71  23.06        49.95 (26.89)\r\n        1:19.36 (29.41)     1:47.29 (27.93)\r\n        2:22.34 (35.05)     2:56.01 (33.67)\r\n        3:23.45 (27.44)     3:49.37 (25.92)\r\n  6 Grady, Reece           JR ASU               3:49.27    3:49.74  \r\n    r:+0.78  24.60        52.79 (28.19)\r\n        1:22.06 (29.27)     1:50.62 (28.56)\r\n        2:23.65 (33.03)     2:56.85 (33.20)\r\n        3:23.86 (27.01)     3:49.74 (25.88)\r\n  7 Sexton, Matthew        SO UTAH              3:49.23    3:49.99  \r\n    r:+0.70  23.94        50.87 (26.93)\r\n        1:20.29 (29.42)     1:48.42 (28.13)\r\n        2:20.93 (32.51)     2:54.24 (33.31)\r\n        3:22.29 (28.05)     3:49.99 (27.70)\r\n  8 Bumgardner, Kyle       JR CINC              3:48.27    3:50.04  \r\n    r:+0.74  24.49        52.63 (28.14)\r\n        1:22.94 (30.31)     1:52.12 (29.18)\r\n        2:23.88 (31.76)     2:56.10 (32.22)\r\n        3:24.18 (28.08)     3:50.04 (25.86)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Albane Cachot,<\/strong> the fabulous French freshman, went 1:45.05 to take the top seed in the finals. She entered with the field\u2019s best seed time at 1:44.34.<\/p>\n<p>Teammate <strong>Grace Lindberg<\/strong> was well back in second at 1:46.67. <strong>Jordan Greber<\/strong> followed in 1:47.12, then another two tenths back to <strong>Ella Guilfoil.<\/strong> Greber, Lindberg and Cachot helped ASU win the 800 free relay; the fourth leg on that squad, <strong>Gerda Szilagyi,<\/strong> was seventh in prelims at 1:47.61.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avery Dillon<\/strong> led the non-ASU contingent, the TCU freshman fifth in 1:47.35, .06 up on <strong>Kayman Neal<\/strong> of Arizona.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 19  Women 200 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 1:39.10  3\/20\/2015 Missy Franklin\r\n     American: $ 1:39.10  3\/20\/2015 Missy Franklin\r\n      US Open: &amp; 1:39.10  3\/21\/2015 Missy Franklin\r\n       Big 12: * 1:42.38  3\/18\/2022 Kelly Pash, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 1:42.70  2\/24\/2021 Kelly Pash, Texas\r\n NCAA Qualify: A 1:45.53\r\n NCCA Invit25:   1:44.74\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 *Cachot, Albane        FR ASU               1:44.34    1:45.05A \r\n    r:+0.68  23.87        50.21 (26.34)\r\n        1:17.56 (27.35)     1:45.05 (27.49)\r\n  2 Lindberg, Grace        JR ASU               1:45.43    1:46.67  \r\n    r:+0.68  25.01        51.81 (26.80)\r\n        1:19.11 (27.30)     1:46.67 (27.56)\r\n  3 Greber, Jordan         SO ASU               1:45.14    1:47.12  \r\n    r:+0.72  24.68        51.31 (26.63)\r\n        1:18.72 (27.41)     1:47.12 (28.40)\r\n  4 Guilfoil, Ella         SR ASU               1:47.92    1:47.33  \r\n    r:+0.59  25.28        51.97 (26.69)\r\n        1:19.55 (27.58)     1:47.33 (27.78)\r\n  5 Dillon, Avery          FR TCU               1:47.24    1:47.35  \r\n    r:+0.76  25.62        52.78 (27.16)\r\n        1:20.22 (27.44)     1:47.35 (27.13)\r\n  6 Neal, Kayman           SO ARIZ              1:45.84    1:47.41  \r\n    r:+0.70  25.68        52.95 (27.27)\r\n        1:20.53 (27.58)     1:47.41 (26.88)\r\n  7 Szilagyi, Gerda        SR ASU               1:47.33    1:47.61  \r\n    r:+0.70  25.35        52.48 (27.13)\r\n        1:19.89 (27.41)     1:47.61 (27.72)\r\n  8 Vroom, Taira           FR CINC              1:47.22    1:47.85  \r\n    r:+0.71  25.31        52.51 (27.20)\r\n        1:20.24 (27.73)     1:47.85 (27.61)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s a mostly Arizona show in the A final. <strong>Remi Fabiani<\/strong> of ASU led the way in 1:32.68, the Sun Devils taking four of the top five spots. <strong>Jonny Kulow<\/strong> was second in 1:33.11, with <strong>Quin Seider<\/strong> fourth and <strong>Mattia Mauri<\/strong> fifth.<\/p>\n<p>The blockade was broken by Arizona\u2019s <strong>Ralph Daleiden Ciuferri,<\/strong> who went 1:33.25 for third. Daleiden Ciuferri set the meet record last year. Arizona has the seventh seed in <strong>Ben Butler<\/strong> and eighth in <strong>Tomas Lukminas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The only non-Arizonan in the final was <strong>Nick Chirafisi<\/strong> of Utah. The 500 free winner was sixth in 1:34.10.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 20  Men 200 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 1:28.33  3\/28\/2025 Luke Hobson\r\n     American: $ 1:28.33  3\/28\/2025 Luke Hobson\r\n      US Open: &amp; 1:28.33  3\/28\/2025 Luke Hobson\r\n       Big 12: * 1:28.81  3\/29\/2024 Luke Hobson, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 1:31.48  2\/25\/2025 Ralph Daleiden Ciuferr, Arizona\r\n NCAA Qualify: A 1:33.93\r\n NCCA Invit25:   1:32.37\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Fabiani, Remi          GS ASU               1:31.23    1:32.68A \r\n         r:+0.65              43.93 ( )\r\n        1:07.98 (24.05)     1:32.68 (24.70)\r\n  2 Kulow, Jonny           SR ASU               1:34.12    1:33.11A \r\n    r:+0.64  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