2021 NCAA MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- When: Wednesday, March 24 – Saturday, March 27, 2021
- Where: Greensboro Aquatic Center / Greensboro, NC (Eastern Time Zone)
- Prelims 10 AM/ Finals 6 PM (Local Time)
- Short course yards (SCY) format
- Defending champion: Cal (1x) – 2019 results
- Streaming:
- Championship Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
Cal freshman Destin Lasco slashed 66 hundredths off his personal best time in the 100 back in prelims on Friday to qualify second for the final with 44.55. That ranks him first among all NCAA freshman, beating the previous recordholder, Ryan Murphy also of Cal, by .08.
Out in 21.74, he came home in 22.81 to take .66 off his previous PB of 45.21 from the Cal-Stanford dual meet in November 2020. He is seeded second behind Texas A&M’s Shaine Casas for tonight’s final. The top seven qualifiers were all under 45 seconds in morning heats.
Top 10 Freshmen 100 Backstroke Times
1. Destin Lasco, Cal – 44.55
2. Ryan Murphy, Cal – 44.63
3. Kacper Stokowski, Florida – 44.90
4. Ralf Tribuntsov, USC – 44.95
5T. Adam Chaney, Florida – 44.99
5T. Luca Urlando, Georgia – 44.99
5T. Robert Glinta, USC – 44.99
5T. Austin Katz, Texas – 44.99
9. Nic Albiero, Louisville – 45.05
10. Gabriel Fantoni, Indiana – 45.17
Lasco also moved to ninth on the all-time list of U.S. 100 backstrokers, moving past Ryan Lochte who led off the Florida relay at 2006 NCAAs in 44.60.
- Murphy, Ryan – 43.49 – 2016 NCAA DI-men
- Stewart, Coleman – 43.62 – 2020 UNC “Janis Hape Dowd” Invite
- Farris, Dean – 43.66 – 2019 NCAA DI-men
- Casas, Shaine – 43.87 – 2020 Art Adamson Invitational
- Thoman, Nick – 44.07 – 2013 Winter Nationals
- Poti, Zachary – 44.14 – 2020 PAC–12 Champs men
- Shebat, John – 44.35 – 2017 NCAA DI-men
- Grevers, Matt – 44.49 – 2013 Winter Nationals
- Lasco, Destin – 44.55 – 2021 NCAA DI-men
- Lochte, Ryan – 44.60r – 2006 NCAA DI-men
Lasco is also ranked ninth on the all-time list of U.S. 200 backstrokers and will have a chance to improve his standing on Saturday.
- Murphy, Ryan – 1:35.73 – 2016 NCAA DI-men
- Shebat, John – 1:36.42 – 2019 NCAA DI-men
- Katz, Austin – 1:36.45 – 2019 NCAA DI-men
- Casas, Shaine – 1:36.54 – 2020 ST TEX First Chance Invit
- Lochte, Ryan – 1:36.81 – 2007 Winter Nationals
- Clary, Tyler – 1:37.58 – 2009 NCAA DI-men
- Stewart, Coleman – 1:37.71 – 2020 ACC Champs men
- Carr, Daniel – 1:37.87 – 2020 PAC-12 Champs men
- Lasco, Destin – 1:38.13 – 2021 MEN’S PAC12 SWIMMING/DIVI
- Godsoe, Eugene – 1:38.21 – 2012 OK Elite Meet
This kid is legit.
Wonder happened in his 400 Medley relay leadoff? Good, but not nearly as impressive as his other swims in the meet.
200 Free — 1:32.13 flying start relay leg compared to 1:33.28 leadoff at conference
200 IM — 1:40.01 (1:40.61 prelim; 1:45.91 season best; 1:44.59 life best from 3/18; not swum at conference)
100 Back —
400 MR leadoff — :45.28(:22.33, 22.95, .66RT) season best of :45.21 (won Pac-12 at :45.30)
prelim — :44.55 (:21.74, :22.81, .66RT)
.73 faster in morning swim than relay final, including .59 difference on first 50. I realize he had swum a phenomenal 200 IM earlier in the evening, but if that were to have affect, it would seem normally to… Read more »
To me it looked like his timing was a bit off on his first turn in the relay. Didn’t look like he got the cleanest push off.
heard he slipped off the start!
Bobo GiGi will be pleased to see Lasco making great progress!
In terms of Freshman of the year, what a tough choice… hard to go against Maghey (butchered that..), but Lasco is en fuego
what about Foster pending tonight’s results?
I think if Lasco wins the event he gets it, but if he doesn’t and Foster A-Finals in 200 Back + wins 400 IM he gets it.
as of now I’d give the nod to Lasco. Lasco is better in both of the events they overlap in and has also been a bigger factor in relays.
It’s a toss up, if he wins. Personally, I’ve been way more impressed with Lasco. Bigger time drops, more movement from his seed placements.
On the year as a whole… uhh, three way tie?
Lasco’s on 2, maybe 3 relays. Foster 1.
Winning individually with a more competitive time time matters. So Magahey outscores Lasco. But tomorrow we’ll see Matt Brownstead and Matt King enter the chat.
Shaine’s going to have a race on his hands in the 2 back. Also, with Durden’s OT trials magic, Lasco’s going to cause some noise at Trials.
It’s great to seem him flourishing in Berkeley.
Cal seems to have their future in sprint free and backstroke set up for the next 3 years.
Who replaces Hoffer on their fly legs next year?
Wonder what happened on the relay last night? If he put this swim together yesterday they probably win the relay.
Not trying to be critical. It’s a long meet and there are ups and downs for people, in a typical year some people have as many as 14 swims. Just seemed like 45.2 was quite a ways off.
Yeah and if Kibler swam 2 free relay, Texas would’ve gotten 3rd over 6th. “What if’s” are a bad thing to be focusing on
Freshman in a high pressure situation. Nerves might have thrown him off a bit. Still 45.2 isn’t something to hang your head on. Especially not gaffer a 1.40 2IM
I don’t think nerves are any more of a factor for him than any upperclassman. It’s a solid, not perfect, swim after a 1:40 2 IM
Someone said in the live recap/prelims article that Lasco slipped on the start
That would make sense looking at the splits
This kid is on that dresssl trajectory
Except he didn’t bomb at his first NCAAs in his second event.
Bro you really hate Dressel geez lol. Bro Dressel took 6 months off leading up to the NCCA season. It’s amazing that he had the swims that he did.
1st, 11th, and 14th are facts that even your hero worship can’t erase. Kinda think Lasco’s freshman meet was a tad bit better — and oh yeah, while you’re talking about lapses in training, Lasco had that little thing called COVID in California, ffs.
Didn’t Dressel win the 50 (tie) as a freshman?
Yeah, then 11th in the 100 free and 14th in the 100 fly. Hence my comment when his meet was being compared to Lasco’s.
Really had to dig down for that one didn’t ya
Imagine making everyone who has ever been proud to make a ncaa b final feel like crap just to take a potshot 😂
I don’t think the guys making the B-final at NCAAs are that sensitive. Dressel underperformed in his other two events freshman year. I don’t know why it’s controversial for Ol’ Longhorn to say that Lasco is having a better freshman meet than Dressel