2024 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 27-30, 2024
- IUPUI Natatorium, Indianapolis, Indiana
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If you weren’t able to watch the electric second night of finals at the 2024 Men’s Division I NCAA Championships, we’ve got you covered. We won’t say any times that happen below in case you’ve somehow managed to stay off the internet but prepare yourself, it was an incredible night of racing in Indianapolis.
500 Yard Freestyle — Final
Courtesy: PAC-12 Network
NCAA Record: 4:06.18— Leon Marchand, ASU (2023)Meet Record: 4:06.61 — Matthew Sates, Georgia (2022)- American Record: 4:06.32 — Kieran Smith, Florida (2020)
U.S. Open Record: 4:06.18— Leon Marchand, ASU (2023)Pool Record: 4:08.42 — Clark Smith, Texas (2017)- 2023 Champion: 4:07.37 – Luke Hobson, Texas
Top 8:
- Leon Marchand (Arizona State) — 4:02.31 *NCAA, U.S. Open, Meet, Pool Records*
- Luke Hobson (Texas) — 4:06.93
- Jake Magahey (Georgia) — 4:07.12
- Gabriel Jett (Cal) — 4:10.68
- Charlie Hawke (Alabama) — 4:11.40
- Jack Hoagland (SMU) — 4:12.65
- Coby Carrozza (Texas) — 4:13.33
- Mason Mathias (Auburn) — 4:14.00
What a swim. Leon Marchand obliterated his NCAA and U.S. Open records in the 500 freestyle, racing to the win in a stunning 4:02.31. That took a whopping 3.87 seconds off his own mark from PAC-12s. As we’ve so often seen with Marchand at over his NCAA Championship career, there was his race and then there was everyone else’s race.
Meanwhile, Hobson became the 5th fastest performer all-time, all the way back in 4:06.93, which is still a remarkable swim. Jake Magahey used his usual back-half strategy and began out-splitting Hobson after 300 yards, but Hobson had enough of a lead to lock up 2nd place in his new personal best. Magahey continued his streak of top 3 finishes in this event and posted his fastest time since 2021 with a 4:07.12.
200 Yard Individual Medley — Final
Courtesy: PAC-12 Network
- NCAA Record: 1:36.34 Leon Marchand, ASU (2023)
- Meet Record: 1:36.34 Leon Marchand, ASU (2023)
American Record: 1:38.10 — Destin Lasco, Cal (2023)- U.S. Open Record: 1:36.34 — Leon Marchand, ASU (2023)
Pool Record: 1:39.34 — Destin Lasco, Cal (2024)- 2023 Champion: 1:36.34 Leon Marchand, ASU
Top 8:
- Destin Lasco (Cal) — 1:37.91 *American and Pool Record*
- Owen McDonald (Arizona State) — 1:39.23
- Hubert Kos (Arizona State) — 1:39.66
- Arsenio Bustos (NC State) — 1:39.83
- Gal Cohen Groumi (Michigan) — 1:39.87
- David Schlicht (Arizona State) — 1:40.17
- Nate Germonprez (Texas) — 1:40.89
- Baylor Nelson (Texas A&M) — 1:41.54
Destin Lasco didn’t let the field get too far from him on the first half of the race and made his move on the back 100 yards to win his first 200 IM NCAA title. Lasco took the lead on the breaststroke leg (28.75), then put up a field-best freestyle split of 23.56. He swam a final time of 1:37.91, bettering his own American record by breaking 1:38 for the first time in his career.
The Sun Devils picked up big points by going 2-3-6 in this event. Sophomores Owen McDonald and Hubert Kos finished 2nd and 3rd with McDonald surprising for silver ahead of his teammate Kos. McDonald swam a lifetime best of 1:39.23, continuing his improvement curve since arriving at ASU. Kos collected 3rd place in 1:39.66.
50 Yard Freestyle — Final
Josh Liendo are you kidding me 🤯🤯 https://t.co/kHRJOOq8Xx pic.twitter.com/P9FcD91cVA
— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) March 28, 2024
Courtesy: Gators Swimming and Diving
- NCAA Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
- Meet Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
- American Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
- U.S. Open Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
Pool Record: 18.23 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2017)- 2023 Champion: 18.32 – Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
Top 8:
- Josh Liendo (Florida) — 18.07 *Pool Record*
- Jordan Crooks (Tennessee) — 18.09
- Jack Alexy (Cal) — 18.38
- Chris Guiliano (Notre Dame) — 18.49
- Bjorn Seeliger (Cal) — 18.54
- Gui Caribe (Tennessee) — 18.57
- Jack Dolan (Arizona State) — 18.59
- Jonny Klow (Arizona State) — 18.77
Josh Liendo got the better of Jordan Crooks in the 50 freestyle final. Up to this point, Crooks had won all their battles in the postseason over the last two years. But in Indianapolis, it was Liendo’s turn; he powered home on the final 25 yards to earn the title. Liendo swam a blazing 18.07, a lifetime best that improves his standing as the #3 performer in history behind only Caeleb Dressel and Crooks.
Crooks earned 2nd two-hundredths behind Liendo in 18.09. He was well ahead of 3rd place Jack Alexy, who posted his second best time of the day to take third for the Golden Bears in 18.38.
200 Yard Freestyle Relay — Timed Final
Courtesy: Kyle Millis
- NCAA Record: 1:13.35 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M. McDuff), 2023
- Meet Record: 1:13.35 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M. McDuff), 2023
American Record: 1:14.44 — NC State (Q. McCarty, D. Salls, N. Henderson, L. Miller), 2024- U.S. Open Record: 1:13.35 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M. McDuff), 2023
Pool Record: 1:14.59 — Texas (B. Ringgold, J. Conger, T. Jackson, J. Schooling), 2017- 2023 Champion: 1:13.35 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M. McDuff), 2023
Top 8:
- Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, J. Smith, M.McDuff) — 1:13.49 *Pool Record*
- Cal (J. Alexy, B. Seeliger, L. Bell, D. Lasco) — 1:13.86
- Arizona State (J. Dolan, I. Kharun, C. Peel, J. Kulow) — 1:13.95
- NC State — 1:14.13 *American Record*
- Tennessee — 1:14.38
- Auburn — 1:15.05
- Virginia Tech — 1:15.32
- Notre Dame — 1:15.42
The Gators defended their 200 freestyle relay title to close out the night in Indianapolis. They returned three of the four legs from their NCAA record-setting team in 2023 and were just .14 seconds off that mark for the win tonight. Fresh off his 50 free title, Liendo led off for the Gators in 18.25. Adam Chaney split 18.29, then Julian Smith swam 18.51 that moved Florida into first place. In his usual spot as the anchor, Macguire McDuff anchored in 18.44, bringing the Gators home for the win in 1:13.49.
Cal and Arizona State came on strong during the anchor leg to get 2nd and 3rd place. The Golden Bears went with Jack Alexy (18.40), Bjorn Seeliger (18.43), Liam Bell (18.46), and Lasco (18.57) en route to 2nd place in 1:13.86. The Sun Devils moved up from their 5th place finish in 2023 with Jack Dolan (18.80), Ilya Kharun (18.48), Cam Peel (18.56), and Jonny Kulow (18.11) combining for 1:13.95.
The Wolfpack broke their second American record of the meet. Noah Henderson (18.93), Luke Miller (18.23), Jerry Fox (18.44), and Quintin McCarty (18.53) lowered the record that NC State set at 2024 ACCs by .31 seconds with a 1:14.13.
Rowdy’s in shock after Marchand’s 1:33.12 200 split on the 500 because his American record from 1981 was 1:33.80 in the 200. Massive respect!
So frustrating that the NCAA refuses to post these videos on youtube but they’ll post tons of individual wrestling matches while the meets are going on.
ESPN paid the NCAA for the broadcast rights. In turn they put them on ESPN+ where we pay ESPN to watch them. It’s not in ESPN’s business interest to pay interns to post them on YT for free. You will have to wait until some fan rips the ESPN video and posts it themselves on YT.
But I agree we the fans loose out not having access to the videos after the event.
how would tht time convert to a 4IM long course time ?
Ummm it wouldn’t?
Ok how does it convert to a parallel bar routine?
Do you mean 400M free? I’d guess like 3:40.85
I think this swim lays out the blueprint for where we can see time improvement in the future. When I was an age-grouper in the aughts, it would’ve been unthinkable for someone to use underwaters like this in a middle distance event. But once upon a time, people thought no one could run a 4-minute mile without dying.
Imagine the best above water swimmer in every stroke. Now, imagine that swimmer’s same preternatural feel for the water and hydrodynamic form… being trained to push underwaters of this magnitude. That gives us some indication of the new ceiling we can expect, especially in the 200s. God, I love this sport!
Jett went faster in a dual meet. Ouch.
Why tf hasn’t the ncaa youtube posted any videos from this week or last week even
How does his dolphin kick even work? It doesn’t look out of the ordinary on the underwater but it’s so fast. I think swimming will evolve a lot more as the resistance vs forward momentum is understood better and better
The secret probably comes from power in the weight room and intense kick sets in practice. The insane distance and easy speed from the underwaters, probably comes easy to a guy like Marchand, because of how consistently he’s worked on it every day.
Genetics
He doesn’t seem to have the giant quads many swimmers do (compare Phelps and Lochte in their day). He seems very skinny in the water, beyond being a skinny guy to begin with. His knees stay pretty close together on his dolphin kick; they actually turn in towards each other and touch just before the down kick. He also briefly stacks his feet a little (one over the other) at the top of his up kick, thereby narrowing their profile when they most protrude above his body line and into the oncoming flow. He also has great shoulder and chest flexibility (watch his pull-downs to see), which allows him to use his chest to leverage against his dolphin up kick.
I’m super curious to know what Marchand would go if he only took two fly kicks of each wall. Just to see how much difference they make to his time.
you can kind of see the difference after the half way mark where he takes only 5 kicks instead of 6 kicks, i think he adds like .5 per 50?