2023 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 22-25, 2023
- Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center | Minneapolis, MN
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The opening night of the 2023 Men’s NCAA Championships was simply sensational.
Not only did we see new NCAA and U.S. Open Records fall in both relays (plus an American Record in the 800 free relay), but we also had some of the fastest splits of in history.
In the 200 medley relay, Leon Marchand dropped the fastest 50 breaststroke split ever in 22.27, a swim that surpassed the 22.39 mark established by Minnesota’s Max McHugh two heats earlier.
Alabama’s Derek Maas also went 22.39, giving tonight’s race the three fastest breast splits in history.
We also saw Nyls Korstanje deliver the second-fastest fly split ever in 19.15 for record-setting NC State, followed by Jordan Crooks‘ 19.27 for Tennessee, which ranks third behind the 18.94 he produced at SECs.
On freestyle, Florida’s Josh Liendo followed up his SEC 200 free relay split of 18.02 with a blistering 18.03, while an incredible 10 teams had a split that was 18.50 or faster.
200 MEDLEY RELAY – FULL SPLITS
Top 8:
- NC State — 1:20.67
- Arizona State — 1:21.07
- Florida — 1:21.14
- Cal — 1:21.24
- Indiana — 1:21.52
- Tennessee — 1:21.59
- Louisville — 1:22.43
- Virginia — 1:22.51
Backstroke Lead-offs
| Swimmer | School | Time |
| Bjorn Seeliger | Cal | 20.29 |
| Kacper Stokowski | NC State | 20.36 |
| Adam Chaney | Florida | 20.38 |
| Dalton Lowe | Louisville | 20.56 |
| Brendan Burns | Indiana | 20.60 |
| Jack Dolan | Arizona State | 20.61 |
| Matt Brownstead | Virginia | 20.76 |
| Matt Menke | Alabama | 20.88 |
| Kryzsztof Radziszewski | Pitt | 20.89 |
| Bradley Dunham | Georgia | 20.93 |
| Eric Storms | Missouri | 20.93 |
| Leon MacAlister | Stanford | 20.95 |
| Bjoern Kammann | Tennessee | 20.97 |
| Carson Foster | Texas | 21.01 |
| Aidan Stoffle | Auburn | 21.04 |
| Ethan Gogulski | Texas A&M | 21.04 |
| Tommy Janton | Notre Dame | 21.04 |
| Forest Webb | Virginia Tech | 21.04 |
| Wes Jekel | Wisconsin | 21.11 |
| Alex Quach | Ohio State | 21.29 |
| Will Grant | Harvard | 21.38 |
| Casey Stowe | Minnesota | 21.53 |
| Wyatt Davis | Michigan | 21.72 |
Breaststroke Splits
| Swimmer | School | Split |
| Leon Marchand | Arizona State | 22.27 |
| Derek Maas | Alabama | 22.39 |
| Max McHugh | Minnesota | 22.39 |
| Van Mathias | Indiana | 22.53 |
| Denis Petrashov | Louisville | 22.79 |
| Reid Mikuta | Auburn | 22.84 |
| Michael Houlie | Tennessee | 22.91 |
| Mason Hunter | NC State | 22.95 |
| Aleksas Savickas | Florida | 22.98 |
| Will Myhre | Wisconsin | 22.98 |
| Liam Bell | Cal | 22.99 |
| Will Chan | Texas | 22.99 |
| Noah Nichols | Virginia | 23.00 |
| Ron Polonsky | Stanford | 23.05 |
| Brendan Fitzpatrick | Michigan | 23.22 |
| Andres Puente Bustamante | Texas A&M | 23.24 |
| Cooper Van Der Laan | Pitt | 23.25 |
| Kris Pitshugin | Georgia | 23.29 |
| Karl Helmuth | Ohio State | 23.43 |
| Jared Simpson | Harvard | 23.55 |
| Sean Faikish | Notre Dame | 23.92 |
Butterfly Splits
| Swimmer | School | Time |
| Nyls Korstanje | NC State | 19.15 |
| Jordan Crooks | Tennessee | 19.27 |
| Tomer Frankel | Indiana | 19.56 |
| Andrei Minakov | Stanford | 19.67 |
| Max McCusker | Arizona State | 19.74 |
| Eric Friese | Florida | 19.75 |
| Dare Rose | Cal | 19.85 |
| Connor Foote | Texas A&M | 19.92 |
| Gal Cohen Groumi | Michigan | 19.93 |
| Caspar Corbeau | Texas | 19.94 |
| Umitcan Gures | Harvard | 20.01 |
| James Ward | Ohio State | 20.09 |
| Cason Wilburn | Notre Dame | 20.11 |
| Constantin Bensch | Wisconsin | 20.16 |
| Max Edwards | Virginia | 20.25 |
| Abdelrahman Elaraby | Louisville | 20.28 |
| Wesley Ng | Georgia | 20.32 |
| Nate Stoffle | Auburn | 20.42 |
| Kaiser Neverman | Minnesota | 20.57 |
| Mateo Miceli | Alabama | 20.64 |
| Marcin Goraj | Pitt | 20.68 |
Freestyle Splits
| Swimmer | School | Time |
| Josh Liendo | Florida | 18.03 |
| Jack Alexy | Cal | 18.11 |
| David Curtiss | NC State | 18.21 |
| Chris Guiliano | Notre Dame | 18.28 |
| Kalle Makinen | Auburn | 18.37 |
| Gui Caribe | Tennessee | 18.44 |
| Dillon Downing | Georgia | 18.44 |
| Jonny Kulow | Arizona State | 18.45 |
| Bence Szabados | Michigan | 18.48 |
| August Lamb | Virginia | 18.50 |
| Ruslan Gaziev | Ohio State | 18.53 |
| Tim Korstanje | Alabama | 18.79 |
| Michael Eastman | Louisville | 18.80 |
| Gavin Wight | Indiana | 18.83 |
| Koko Bratanov | Texas A&M | 18.83 |
| Ben Wiegand | Wisconsin | 18.84 |
| Lucas Farrar | Minnesota | 18.94 |
| Danny Krueger | Texas | 19.00 |
| Rafael Gu | Stanford | 19.02 |
| Ryan Linnihan | Harvard | 19.03 |
| Flynn Crisci | Pitt | 19.07 |
In the 800 free relay, Texas’ record-setting swim was led by sophomore Luke Hobson, whose 1:29.63 lead-off leg ties him for fourth all-time in the individual 200 free.
Luke Hobson becomes the fifth swimmer to break 1:30 in the 200 free with his 1:29.63 relay lead-off
1.Dean Farris, 1:29.15
2.Kieran Smith, 1:29.48
3.Townley Hass, 1:29.50
T-4.Blake Pieroni, 1:29.63
T-4.Luke Hobson, 1:29.63#NCAASwimDive— SwimSwam Live (@SwimSwamLive) March 23, 2023
Behind Hobson, five more swimmers were in the 1:31s leading off, though surprisingly, ASU’s Grant House, the top seed in the 200 free with his 1:30.67 from Pac-12s, only ranked sixth in 1:31.92.
Cal’s Gabriel Jett was second in a best time of 1:31.35, his first time going sub-1:32.
On the flying splits, Marchand made history once again by recording the fastest leg ever in 1:28.42, dipping under the previous fastest time of 1:29.15, set by Dean Farris in 2019 (though it was a lead-off, no one had ever been quicker than Farris with a relay takeover).
Destin Lasco was also sub-1:30 for Cal, while three more swimmers were in the 1:30s.
800 FREESTYLE RELAY – FULL SPLITS
Top 8:
- Texas — 6:03.42
- ASU — 6:05.08
- Cal — 6:06.41
- Indiana — 6:07.97
- Florida — 6:08.79
- NC State — 6:09.38
- Stanford — 6:11.49
- Auburn — 6:11.64
Lead-off Splits
| Swimmer | School | Time |
| Luke Hobson | Texas | 1:29.63 |
| Gabriel Jett | Cal | 1:31.35 |
| Luke Miller | NC State | 1:31.55 |
| Macguire McDuff | Florida | 1:31.56 |
| Charlie Hawke | Alabama | 1:31.87 |
| Grant House | Arizona State | 1:31.92 |
| Chris Guiliano | Notre Dame | 1:32.08 |
| Murilo Sartori | Louisville | 1:32.50 |
| Rafael Miroslaw | Indiana | 1:32.51 |
| Andrei Minakov | Stanford | 1:32.54 |
| Gal Cohen Groumi | Michigan | 1:32.55 |
| Michael Bonson | Auburn | 1:32.77 |
| Max Berg | Kentucky | 1:33.00 |
| Patrick Hussey | UNC | 1:33.11 |
| Luis Domingez Calonge | Virginia Tech | 1:33.43 |
| Bar Soloveychik | Minnesota | 1:33.56 |
| Koko Bratanov | Texas A&M | 1:33.60 |
| Bradley Dunham | Georgia | 1:33.67 |
| Marcin Goraj | Pitt | 1:33.91 |
| Tim Connery | Virginia | 1:34.01 |
| Grant Bochenski | Missouri | 1:35.00 |
Flying Splits
| Swimmer | School | Time |
| Leon Marchand | Arizona State | 1:28.42 |
| Destin Lasco | Cal | 1:29.53 |
| Carson Foster | Texas | 1:30.15 |
| Jack Dahlgren | Missouri | 1:30.45 |
| Coby Carrozza | Texas | 1:30.50 |
| Van Mathias | Indiana | 1:31.62 |
| Bartosz Piszczorowicz | NC State | 1:31.77 |
| Lucas Henveaux | Cal | 1:31.90 |
| Julian Smith | Florida | 1:31.92 |
| Julian Hill | Arizona State | 1:31.96 |
| Kaique Alves | Alabama | 1:32.02 |
| Tomer Frankel | Indiana | 1:32.06 |
| Brendan Burns | Indiana | 1:32.06 |
| Mason Mathias | Auburn | 1:32.07 |
| Jake Mitchell | Florida | 1:32.08 |
| Ron Polonsky | Stanford | 1:32.15 |
| Jake Magahey | Georgia | 1:32.27 |
| Baylor Nelson | Texas A&M | 1:32.51 |
| Luke Maurer | Stanford | 1:32.73 |
| Eitan Ben-Shitrit | Michigan | 1:32.76 |
| Ryan Husband | Auburn | 1:32.77 |
| Patrick Sammon | Arizona State | 1:32.78 |
| Zach Hils | Georgia | 1:32.88 |
| Hunter Tapp | NC State | 1:32.94 |
| Victor Martin Roig | Kentucky | 1:32.97 |
| Carles Coll Marti | Virginia Tech | 1:33.04 |
| Denis Loktev | Louisville | 1:33.07 |
| Noah Bowers | NC State | 1:33.12 |
| Peter Larson | Texas | 1:33.14 |
| Jack Hoagland | Notre Dame | 1:33.17 |
| Youssef Ramadan | Virginia Tech | 1:33.21 |
| Alfonso Mestre | Florida | 1:33.23 |
| Guy Brooks | Louisville | 1:33.34 |
| Michael Eastman | Louisville | 1:33.34 |
| Jack Wright | Virginia | 1:33.46 |
| Danny Schmidt | Auburn | 1:33.60 |
| Patrick Callan | Cal | 1:33.63 |
| Mitchell Norton | Georgia | 1:33.87 |
| Jack Aikins | Virginia | 1:34.00 |
| Preston Forst | Stanford | 1:34.07 |
| Alec DeLong | Notre Dame | 1:34.16 |
| Christopher Morris | Minnesota | 1:34.25 |
| Louis Dramm | UNC | 1:34.28 |
| Cam Auerbach | Alabama | 1:34.28 |
| Tomas Sungaila | UNC | 1:34.39 |
| Clement Secchi | Missouri | 1:34.43 |
| Kacper Piotrowski | Alabama | 1:34.49 |
| Kaiser Neverman | Minnesota | 1:34.55 |
| Collin Fuchs | Texas A&M | 1:34.76 |
| Noah Rutberg | UNC | 1:34.78 |
| Eduardo Moraes | Michigan | 1:34.79 |
| Wojciech Dutkowiak | Pitt | 1:34.84 |
| Wyatt Davis | Michigan | 1:34.95 |
| Cason Wilburn | Notre Dame | 1:34.98 |
| Calvin Windle | Missouri | 1:35.13 |
| Nicolas Garcia | Virginia Tech | 1:35.28 |
| Zane Rosely | Kentucky | 1:35.34 |
| Sebastien Sergile | Virginia | 1:35.44 |
| Connor Foote | Texas A&M | 1:35.45 |
| Guy Frimis | Pitt | 1:36.04 |
| Dominc Toledo | Pitt | 1:36.11 |
| Mason Wilby | Kentucky | 1:36.13 |
| Alberto Hernandez | Minnesota | 1:36.45 |
IU’s 50 free leg is named Gavin Wight. No R
Van Mathias is a relay beast. Hope he can reproduce that fire in his individual races.
Wyatt Davis clearly slipped on his start on the 200 medley relay.
Kreuger off. Near bottom. Ugh
Krueger – 19.00, flop
Apropos of nothing, but interesting that there’s no overlap between the freestyle (18.03-19.07) and butterfly (19.15-20.68) splits, and no overlap between the backstroke (20.29-21.72) and breaststroke (22.27-23.92) splits. There’s some overlap between fly and back, but not a whole lot. Even as blazingly fast as the top splits are, even the very worst splits at the entire meet are not really that far behind.
Well, breaststroke is quite expected to be slowest by a margin- if you’ve got breaststrokers going faster than your 50 back you probably don’t belong at NCAAs and definitely not on a 4×50 relay.
Fly and free would be more reasonable for an overlap but still a strecth
Burns was 1:31.7
Patrick Callan’s split is incorrect
Thanks, updated