2024 MEN’S PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Dates: Wednesday, March 6 – Saturday, March 9
- Location: Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, WA
- Defending champions: Arizona State (1x)
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Wednesday Timed Finals Heat Sheet (with relay lineups)
The 2024 Men’s Pac-12 Championships commence this evening in Federal Way, Washington. We’ll see timed finals of the 200 medley and 800 freestyle relays tonight, with individual action beginning tomorrow morning.
California is the top seeded entrant in both of tonight’s relays, but will be missing some key swimmers here in Federal Way. Jack Alexy, Destin Lasco, Dare Rose, and Gabriel Jett will all be racing at the Westmont Pro Swim Series (LCM) instead of this meet. Cal has been as swift as 1:21.67 in the 200 medley relay this season, but ASU has been 1:21.77 this season (just 0.10 behind Cal), and will have their full team at these championships.
ASU’s Leon Marchand will appear on both relays tonight, as he’ll swim breaststroke on the medley relay and lead-off the 800 freestyle relay. Marchand also led-off ASU’s relay at this meet last year, where he posted his current best time of 1:30.77. Cal (6:10.38) and Stanford (6:12.28) are ranked 1st and 2nd in this relay, with ASU (6:13.66) seeded 3rd. ASU owns the meet record and overall Pac-12 record in the event, with times of 6:05.08 and 6:06.30.
MEN’S 200 MEDLEY RELAY — FINAL
NCAA Record: 1:20.67, NC State – 2023 NCAA ChampionshipsPac-12 Record: 1:21.07, Arizona State — 2023 NCAA ChampionshipsPac-12 Championship Record: 1:21.69, Arizona State – 2023 Pac-12 Championships- NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:23.71
Full Results:
- Arizona State – 1:20.55 *NCAA Record*
- Arizona – 1:22.90 (NCAA ‘A’ Cut)
- Stanford – 1:23.14 (NCAA ‘A’ Cut)
- Cal – 1:24.63
- USC – 1:25.84
- Utah – 1:27.03
The Arizona State men opened up the 2024 Pac-12 Championships in record-setting fashion. Hitting the wall in 1:20.55 to win the 200 medley relay, the Sun Devil quartet of Jack Dolan, Leon Marchand, Ilya Kharun, and Jonny Kulow posted the fastest time in history.
Their time undercuts the previous NCAA record of 1:20.67 by 0.12, which NC State recorded en route to the 2023 NCAA title. Dolan and Marchand put them 0.30 under pace through the first 100, and Kharun and Kulow held their own on the back half to sneak under the record.
In the post race interview, Kulow mentioned that the team is fully tapered for these Pac-12 Championships, but there is “a lot more to go” in this relay. You can read more about ASU’s NCAA record relay here.
Splits Comparison:
| ASU’s New NCAA Record: | NC State’s Previous NCAA Record: | |
| Backstroke | Jack Dolan — 20.30 | Kacper Stokowski — 20.36 |
| Breaststroke | Leon Marchand — 22.71 | Mason Hunter — 22.95 |
| Butterfly | Ilya Kharun — 19.30 | Nyls Korstanje — 19.15 |
| Freestyle | Jonny Kulow — 18.24 | David Curtiss — 18.21 |
| Total Time | 1:20.55 | 1:20.67 |
The Arizona Wildcats hit the wall with an NCAA ‘A’ cut for 2nd place, as Ryan Purdy (21.26), Ryan Foote (23.37), Seth Miller (19.94), and Tommy Palmer (18.33) teamed up for a final time of 1:22.90. They took over a second off their entry time of 1:24.03, which was recorded at the Minnesota Invite earlier in the season. Their swim was also a new school record.
Stanford rounded out the podium, as their foursome of Rex Maurer (20.94), Ron Polonsky (23.17), Rafael Gu (19.97), and Jonathan Tan (19.06) finished with a time of 1:23.14. The Golden Bears were 4th in 1:24.63.
Race Video & Interview, Courtesy of the Pac-12 Network on YouTube:
MEN’S 800 FREE RELAY — FINAL
- NCAA Record: 6:03.42, Texas – 2023 NCAA Championships
- Pac-12 Record: 6:05.08, Arizona State — 2023 NCAA Championships
Pac-12 Championship Record: 6:06.30, Arizona State – 2023 Pac-12 Championships- NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 6:16.02
Full Results:
- Arizona State – 6:06.14 *Championship Record*
- Stanford – 6:10.08 (NCAA ‘A’ Cut)
- Cal – 6:10.53 (NCAA ‘A’ Cut)
- Arizona – 6:15.72 (NCAA ‘A’ Cut)
- USC – 6:20.70
- Utah – 6:27.28
The Sun Devils completed their sweep of the day one relays, as they won the 800 free relay in a new championship record. Hitting the touchpad in 6:06.14, they took 0.16 off their own meet record from a year ago. Leon Marchand gave them a great start, as he led-off in a new personal best time of 1:30.43. His previous best was 1:30.77, which he recorded leading-off their previous meet record relay.
Patrick Sammon (1:31.97), Owen McDonald (1:32.00), and Julian Hill (1:31.74) joined Marchand on the record-breaking relay tonight. Hill’s consistency in the 1:31-range for ASU has been pivotal, as he clocked 1:31.86 anchoring Pac-12’s last year and split 1:31.96 on their 2nd place NCAA relay.
Splits Comparison:
| Arizona State In 2024, New Pac-12 Meet Record: | Arizona State’s Previous Pac-12 Meet Record From 2023: | Arizona State’s Pac-12 Record from 2023 NCAAs: | |
| First Leg | Leon Marchand — 1:30.43 | Leon Marchand — 1:30.77 | Grant House — 1:31.92 |
| Second Leg | Patrick Sammon — 1:31.97 (3:02.40) | Grant House — 1:31.61 (3:02.38) | Patrick Sammon — 1:32.78 (3:04.70) |
| Third Leg | Owen McDonald — 1:32.00 (4:34.40) | Patrick Sammon — 1:32.06 (4:34.44) | Julian Hill — 1:31.96 (4:36.66) |
| Fourth Leg | Julian Hill — 1:31.74 | Julian Hill — 1:31.86 | Leon Marchand — 1:28.42 |
| Total Time | 6:06.14 | 6:06.30 | 6:05.08 |
Stanford chopped over two seconds off their entry time to place 2nd (6:10.08). Andres Dupont Cabrera (1:32.42), Andrei Minakov (1:33.88), Luke Maurer (1:32.91), and Henry McFadden (1:30.87) represented the Cardinals tonight, with Rex Maurer notably missing from the line-up. Maurer featured on their 3rd place 200 medley relay earlier in the night. The opening split from Dupont Cabrera (1:32.42) is a personal best by almost a full second.
Cal touched 3rd tonight in 6:10.53, with Robin Hanson (1:31.95), Keaton Jones (1:32.49), Dylan Hawk (1:34.10), and Trent Frandson (1:31.99) featuring on their quartet. Frandson’s anchor was particularly impressive, as he owns a flat-start best time of 1:34.96.
The Arizona Wildcats secured their 2nd NCAA ‘A’ cut of the night, finishing 4th in 6:15.72.
Team Scores (After Day One)
- Diving, which took place last week, is factored into the day one scores.
- USC — 183 points
- Cal — 175 points
- Arizona — 154 points
- Arizona State — 150 points
- Stanford — 106 points
- Utah — 75 points
On Day 2 heat sheet, Marchand is doing 500 free, instead of 200 IM. Kharun, Minakov doing 50 free.
where did you find the heat sheet? Meet Mobile?
McFadden looks to be a major player in the 2 Fr for trials. I believe he was already 1:46 before Stanford and it looks like will drop between 1-2 seconds off his SCY time.
Hobson, Foster, Smith, Kibler, Urlando-been 1:44-45
McFadden, Curry, Nelson, Carazzo, House, Grothe, Magahey-been 1:46s
I would be truly shocked if Grothe was in this for trials, but there might be a whole B final that has a resume to be on the Olympic relay
Jake Mitchell 145
I wrote down the wrong name. You’re correct.
Also I forgot about about Gabe Jett. He was just 1:47.1 this AM.
Totally agree.. he is sneaky fast. And lots of room for improvement on start and turn (although if he’s doing 1:30 they must be getting better!) Definitely expect him on the relay, at least. Individual is tough, as Hobson and Kibler have been swimming great and Kieran has a 1:44 flat start… but would be exciting for younger swimmers to jump up. Williamson could make this relay, too. fwiw I don’t think Urlando has ever gotten to 1:45 but we’ll see what the ASU version can do!
Good catch on McFadden. Its going to be tone of the better races at trials because going into the final there *likely* won’t be anyone without a shot to make top 2 and likely anyone could finish out of top 6.
Not sure what’s going on with meet mobile/ results page but they are incorrect. The diving result tallies are correct but it looks like they misaligned the relay scoring from tonight
Here are the correct scores:
USC 164 (-19)
Cal 163 (-12)
Arizona 161 (+7)
ASU 137 (-13)
Stanford 130 (+24)
Utah 86 (+11)
Not sure why the downvotes? Do people just hate math?
Don’t take it personally man, this is swimswam. Gave you an update; hope that helps 😉
USC men cant help themselves crashing and burning either. #theleaeffect
I am out of the West Coast loop, what is #theleaheffect?
typically only a small portion of the team swims well at conference/ncaa compared to mid season/random invites through the season
Monakov 20.5, 23.4, 24.2, 25.5. Ouch.
One of the many things I like about Marchand is not only how consistent he is with stroke count in 200 races, but how he often drops to one less stroke randomly during a length somewhere in the middle, haha. Almost all other swimmers add to stroke count gradually throughout the race, either due to fatigue, consciously trying to pick up their stroke rate, or both.
Dude is just that good that he can maintain the speed, and doesn’t get tired like the rest of us. For Leon’s 200 lead-off tonight, I’m seeing it as 6-7-7-7-6-7-7-9.
Saw this during dual meet videos throughout the year too. Funny and one of the things that makes him great.
Mcfadden 1:30…he’s got something cooking for trials
Some good swims this evening.