2024 M. NCAAs: Watch Destin Lasco Rewrite the Record Books In The 200 BK (Day 4 Race Videos)

2024 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• March 27-30, 2024
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The 2024 Men’s Division I NCAA Championships ended much like they started–with a bang. If for some reasons you had other plans tonight and missed the livestream or are just trying to stave off post-meet depression, we’ve got you covered. Here are all the championship finals from Day 4.

1650 Yard Freestyle — Timed Final (condensed version)

Courtesy: PAC-12 Network

• NCAA Record: 14:12.08 — Bobby Finke, Florida (2020)
• Meet Record: 14:12.52 — Bobby Finke, Florida (2021)
• American Record: 14:12.08 — Bobby Finke, Florida (2020)
• U.S. Open Record: 14:12.08 — Bobby Finke, Florida (2020)
• Pool Record: 14:22.41 — Clark Smith, Texas (2017)
• 2023 Champion: 14:28.94 — Will Gallant, NC State

Top 8: 

1. Zalan Sarkany (Arizona State) — 14:30.57
2. Gio Linscheer (Florida) — 14:36.01
3. Andrew Taylor (Florida) — 14:37.80
4. Krzysztof Chmielewski (USC) — 14:39.10
5. Owen Lloyd (NC State) — 14:39.18
6. Jack Hoagland (SMU) — 14:39.19
7. Bar Soloveychik (Minnesota) — 14:41.40
8. Ilia Sibirtsev (Louisville) — 14:41.87

This race was all Zalan Sarkany’s. He hasn’t had the best meet this week, but saved something special for tonight, taking the win in the 1650 freestyle. Sarkany swam away at the beginning of the race.He continued to build his lead  and turned at the 1000 split about seven seconds ahead of Krzysztof Chmielewski.

After the 1000 yard mark, Gio Linscheer began to reel Chmiekiewski in and passed him. Across the pool, his Gator teammate Andrew Taylor began to do the same, getting ahead of the Trojan with about 100 yards to go. 

Sarkany was off his best from earlier this season but still claimed his first NCAA title with a 14:30.57. The Gators, both of whom swam personal best times, went 2-3 picking up big points for Florida.

200 Yard Backstroke — Final

Courtesy: PAC-12 Network

• NCAA Record: 1:35.69 – Hubert Kos, Arizona State (2024)
• Meet Record: 1:35.73 – Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016)
• American Record: 1:35.73 – Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:35.69 – Hubert Kos, Arizona State (2024)
• Pool Record: 1:36.05 – Destin Lasco, Cal (2024)
• 2023 Champion: Destin Lasco (Cal) – 1:35.87

Top 8:

1. Destin Lasco (Cal) — 1:35.37 *NCAA, Meet, American, U.S. Open, Pool Record*
2. Hubert Kos (Arizona State) — 1:35.90
3. Owen McDonald (Arizona State) — 1:36.63
4. Jonny Marshall (Florida) — 1:37.04
5. Kacper Stokowski (NC State) — 1:38.15
6. Bradley Dunham (Georgia) — 1:38.43
7. Brendan Burns (Indiana) — 1:38.62
8. Tommy Janton (Notre Dame) — 1:40.25

As we’ve seen him do before, Lasco waited until the back half to make his move in the championship final. SEC champion, freshman Jonny Marshall turned first at the 100 in 46.79–the only out under 47 seconds. Lasco turned on the jets during the third 50, splitting a field-best 23.89 to grab the lead. There was no containing him after that: he closed in 24.01 to win his third-straight 200 back title and finally put his name on the NCAA record in a blazing 1:35.37.

Hubert Kos moved up from 3rd at the 150-yard mark into second, getting under 1:36 again in 1:35.90. His teammate Owen McDonald earned third in a personal best 1:36.63, jumping ahead of Marshall for 7th all-time per USA Swimming. This is the same top three as the 200 IM, just with Kos and McDonald flipped.

100 Yard Freestyle — Final

Courtesy: Kyle Millis

• NCAA Record: 39.90 – Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
• Meet Record: 39.90 – Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
• American Record: 39.90 – Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
• U.S. Open Record: 39.90 – Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
• Pool Record: 40.00 – Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2017)
• 2023 Champion: Josh Liendo (Florida) – 40.28

Top 8:

1. Josh Liendo (Florida) — 40.20
2. Gui Caribe (Tennessee) — 40.55
3. Jack Alexy (Cal) — 40.59
4. Jordan Crooks (Tennessee) — 40.61
5. Chris Guiliano (Notre Dame) — 40.66
6. Matt Brownstead (UVA) / Jack Dolan (Arizona State) — 41.50
7. —
8. Bjorn Seeliger (Cal) — 41.80

What a week for Josh Liendo. He takse the win here in the 100 freestyle, torching a lifetime best 40.20 to complete the sweep in his individual events.

This was an absolutley stacked championship final. Chris Guiliano got off to a fast start, flipping first at the 25 and then at the 50 (19.11). Behind him was Jordan Crooks (19.21) with Liendo running third (19.28). Liendo had an excellent final underwater that really stamped his authority on the race and propelled him ahead of the field.

His 40.20 betters his PB, set at 2023 NCAAs, by .08 seconds and improves his standing as the 2nd fastest swimmer all-time.

In an unexpected turn of events, it was Gui Caribe who got his hand on the wall for 2nd place. Caribe passed Crooks and Guiliano on the final 25 yards to get the job done and log a huge personal best of 40.55. It was Jack Alexy who grabbed third, putting up his second personal best of the day with a 40.59. He touched just .02 seconds ahead of Crooks (40.61). Guiliano finished 5th in 40.66, four-hundredths off his best from ACCs.

200 Yard Breaststroke — Final

Courtesy: PAC-12 Network

• NCAA Record: 1:46.91 – Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2023)
• Meet Record: 1:46.91 – Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2023)
• American Record: 1:47.91 – Will Licon, Texas (2017)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:46.91 – Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2023)
• Pool Record: 1:47.91 – Will Licon, Texas (2017)
• 2023 Champion: Leon Marchand (Arizona State) – 1:46.91

Top 8:

1. Leon Marchand (Arizona State) — 1:46.35 *NCAA, Meet, U.S. Open, Pool Record*
2. Matt Fallon (Penn) — 1:48.48
3. Carles Coll Marti (Virginia Tech) — 1:49.99
4. Liam Bell (Cal) — 1:50.15
5. David Schlicht (Arizona State) — 1:50.67
6. Noah Nichols (Virginia) — 1:50.69
7. Jassen Yep (Indiana) — 1:51.51
8. Jack Kelly (Brown) — 1:53.27

Leon Marchand reset his own NCAA, Meet, and U.S. Open records in the 200 breaststroke to close out his individual events for the meet. Marchand broke his own record by .56 seconds, splitting 24.02/26.76/27.38/28.19 en route to a 1:46.35.

It was no surprise that Matt Fallon wasn’t a factor in the first half of the race. But even so, he didn’t let the field get too far ahead and was actually only 6th after the opening 50. Fallon came on strong in the back half, splitting 27.45/28.43. He moved through the field, eventually catching Liam Bell and taking second place in a personal best 1:48.48.

That marks Fallon’s first sub-1:49 outing and is a personal best by .55 seconds. It moves him into 3rd all-time and makes him the 2nd fastest American behind Will Licon.

Bell was strong for the majority of the race. Fallon caught him in the final 50 yards, but it looked like he was still in control for 3rd. He hit a wall with about 15 yards to go, which gave Carles Coll Marti the room he needed to pass him for 3rd place. Coll Marti touched in a season-best 1:49.99. Despite hitting a wall, Bell swam his second personal best of the day for 4th in a 1:50.15, taking 1.21 seconds off his best over the course of the day.

200 Yard Butterfly — Final

Courtesy: PAC-12 Network

• NCAA Record: 1:37.35 – Jack Conger, Texas (2017)
• Meet Record: 1:37.35 – Jack Conger, Texas (2017)
• American Record: 1:37.35 – Jack Conger, Texas (2017)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:37.35 – Jack Conger, Texas (2017)
• Pool Record: 1:37.35 – Jack Conger, Texas (2017)
• 2023 Champion: Aiden Hayes (NC State) – 1:38.79

Top 8:

1. Ilya Kharun (Arizona State) — 1:38.26
2. Dare Rose (Cal) — 1:38.61
3. Aiden Hayes (NC State) — 1:39.16
4. Tomer Frankel (Indiana) — 1:39.35
5. Gabriel Jett (Cal) — 1:39.72
6. Noah Bowers (NC State) — 1:39.94
7. Gal Cohen Groumi (Michigan) — 1:40.05
8. Brendan Burns (Indiana) — 1:41.73

It came down to the wire in the 200 butterfly–the last individual event in the pool–but Ilya Kharun got his hands on the wall just ahead of Dare Rose to win Arizona State’s third individual title of the session. It’s also the first win by a freshman in the pool at these championships.

Kharun got after it from the start, making the first turn in 21.71. Rose caught him by the halfway mark, turning .02 seconds ahead of Karun; 46.84 to 46.86. They were the only two out sub-47.

Rose eked out a slightly bigger lead over the third 50. He split 25.46, dragging the gap out to .31 seconds between him and Kharun. Defending champion Aiden Hayes made a push on this third 50 as well, putting together a field-best 25.53 split. Rose and Kharun made the final turn essentially together; then Kharun put together a strong final underwater to power away  to the win in 1:38.26.

Rose earned 2nd place in a lifetime best 1:38.61, improving on his 4th place finish just a year ago. Hayes finsihed third in 1:39.16.

400 Yard Freestyle Relay — Timed Final

Courtesy: PAC-12 Networks

• NCAA Record: 2:44.07 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, J. Smith, M. McDuff), 2023
• Meet Record: 2:44.07 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, J. Smith, M. McDuff), 2023
• American Record: 2:44.31 — NC State (R. Held, J. Ress, J. Molacek, C. Stewart), 2018
• U.S. Open Record: 2:44.07 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, J. Smith, M. McDuff), 2023
• Pool Record: 2:45.39 — Texas (B. Ringgold, J. Conger, T. Haas, J. Schooling), 2017
• 2023 Champion: 2:44.07 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, J. Smith, M. McDuff), 2023

Top 8:

1. Arizona State (L. Marchand, J. Dolan, P. Sammon, J. Kulow) — 2:43.40 *NCAA, Meet, U.S. Open, Pool Record*
2. Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, J. Smith, M. McDuff) — 2:44.21
3. Cal (J. Alexy, D. Lasco, M. Jensen, B. Seeliger) — 2:44.46
4. NC State — 2:45.29
5. Tennessee — 2:45.38
6. Virginia Tech — 2:45.97
7. Stanford — 2:46.06
8. Notre Dame — 2:46.46

From the opening leg, this was an incredible race. Leading off their respective relays: Marchand, Liendo, Alexy, Crooks, and Guiliano.

Marchand threw down the gauntlet, firing off a 40.28 lead-off that jumps him up the all-time performers list to third place behind Dressel and Liendo. Crooks put up a personal best of his own, swimming 40.39 which makes him 4th all-time and improves the Tennessee program record he swam in prelims. The time would’ve made him 2nd in the individual event. Meanwhile, Alexy swam 40.79, Guiliano 40.93, and Liendo 41.28.

Once Marchand gave them the lead, the Sun Devils ran with it. Jack Dolan swam 41.28 on their second leg, Patrick Sammon clocked 41.02, and Jonny Kulow brought them home in a 40.82. They combined for new NCAA, Meet, U.S. Open, and Pool records with a blistering 2:43.40.

After the lead-off leg, Florida clawed their way back into 2nd place by the halfway point with Adam Chaney‘s 40.80 split. Julian Smith split 41.30 and Macguire McDuff anchored in 40.83, bringing the Gators to a 2nd place finish.

Cal took third .25 seconds behind Florida. After Alexy’s lead-off, the Golden Bears went with Lasco (41.91), Matthew Jensen (41.11), and Bjorn Seeliger (40.65), swimming a 2:44.46 to seal their 2nd place finish in the team race.