NC State vs. Arizona State
- October 25th-26th, 2024
- Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center, Raleigh, NC
- Dual Meet Format
- SCY
- Results on Meet Mobile as “NC State vs ASU 2024”
- Friday Results (PDF)
- Saturday Results (PDF)
- Scores Through Day 1:
- Men: ASU 98, NC State 88
- Women: NC State 126, ASU 60
- Live Stream: ACCNX (Subscription Required)
With the explosion of fast in-season swimming over the last few years, we’ve almost become inured to what should be eye-popping times in October. But with Arizona State and NC State squaring off in Raleigh for a two-day meet this weekend, there’s plenty for swim fans to get excited about.
Men’s Recap
The biggest story of Friday night’s session had to be Arizona State sophomore Ilya Kharun. He’s been swimming fast all season, having already gone 44.57 in the 100 fly, 1:39.47 in the 200 fly, and 46.91 in the 100 IM (3rd-fastest time ever).
Last night, he continued his quest to become swimming’s version of Mr. October, rocking a 1:38.74 to move back ahead of Luca Urlando (1:39.03) for the top time in the nation this season.
That was Kharun’s only individual swim of the session, but he helped the Sun Devils to nation-leading times in the 200 medley and 400 free relays as well.
On the medley, Kharun split a speedy 19.31 on the 50 fly, which appears to be the 7th-fastest split ever. Kharun owns another four splits between 19.24 and 19.35, giving him four of the nine fastest splits of all time. Lucien Vergnes led off for ASU with a 21.01 split, followed by Andy Dobrzanski (23.85) and Kharun, before Jonny Kulow anchored in 18.23. The Sun Devils’ time of 1:22.40 is now the fastest in the country by over a second, improving on their own time of 1:23.54 from the UNLV meet.
Kharun led off Arizona State’s 400 free relay with a 41.56, improving on his previous-best 100 free time of 42.18. Patrick Sammon split 41.29, Filip Senc-Samardzic split 42.46, and Kulow anchored in 41.27, as the Sun Devils stopped the clock in 2:46.58. That time would’ve won NCAAs as recently as 2021, and is now the fastest in the country by nearly three seconds, surpassing Tennessee’s 2:49.23 from the day before.
The Sun Devils also earned individual event wins from Dobrzanski in the 100 breast (52.26) and Sammon in the 200 free (1:32.63).
The NC State men didn’t have one swim quite as impressive as Kharun’s 200 fly, but they fought ASU tooth and nail, coming away with some incredibly strong performances. That started with the 200 medley relay. Quintin McCarty led off in 20.89, his best time ever, Sam Hoover split 23.52 on breast, Luke Miller 19.94 on fly, and Drew Salls anchored in 18.64, good for 1:22.99.
Yes, it’s still October. And yes, a team can go sub-1:23 in the medley relay at a dual meet and still not win. That’s where we are, folks.
Individually, sophomore Daniel Diehl led the Wolfpack with 12 points, winning the 200 IM in 1:43.11 and taking 3rd in the 100 back with a 46.67. That 100 back was a tight race, with fellow sophomore Hudson Williams touching first for the Wolfpack with a 46.40, and ASU’s Jack Wadsworth finishing between the NC State swimmers with a 46.53.
Fellow sophomore Chase Mueller took the win in the 500 free, clocking a 4:15.31 to set a new personal best. In a thrilling race, yet another sophomore, Quintin McCarty, won the 50 free in 18.91. touching just ahead of ASU’s Kulow (18.95).
Women’s Recap
While the margin between the two programs is wider on the women’s side, there was no shortage of great racing last night between the women’s teams.
Individually, the standout performer was NC State freshman Leah Shackley. She arrived in Raleigh as the #3 recruit in the class of 2024 and having had a tremendous performance at Junior Pan Pacs, and she kept that summer momentum going into her college debut last night.
In the first race of the night, the 200 medley relay, freshman Erika Pelaez led off in 23.48, Grace Sheble split 27.83 on breast, Shackely split 22.78 on fly, and Lily Christianson anchored in 21.85 to win in 1:35.94. That makes the NC State women the first team in the country to go under 1:36 this season.
In her first individual event, Shackley blasted a 50.40 in the 100 back. Not only is that a new personal record for her by 0.03s, but it would’ve put her 2nd at NCAAs last season, behind only former NC State standout Katharine Berkoff. Shackley also won the 200 fly, going 1:55.25 to win the event by nearly two seconds.
Erika Pelaez, the #2 recruit in the class of 2024, also had a strong college debut. That 23.48 backstroke leadoff was her best by over a second, and she followed that up with a win and a personal best in the 200 free (1:43.14), winning that event by nearly four seconds. She also anchored the Wolfpack’s 400 free relay in a very quick 46.76 (off a personal flat start best of 47.48). NC State’s 400 free relay time of 3:13.10 puts them at #2 in the nation this season, behind only Louisville (3:12.26).
Freshman Lisa Nystrand, a Swedish national, earned another Wolfpack win with a 1:00.40 in the 100 breast, Kennedy Noble got the win in the 200 IM (1:56.22), and Ashton Zuburg took the 3m diving event with a 288.08.
The Arizona State women had a strong session of their own, breaking a couple of school records.
The first came in the 200 medley relay, where the Sun Devils kept pace with the Wolfpack for most of the race. Miriam Sheehan led off in 24.22, Iza Adame split 27.10 on breast, Julia Ullmann split 23.19 on fly, and Caroline Bentz anchored in 21.66, combining for a 1:36.17.
According to first year ASU head coach Herbie Behm, not only was that a school record by over two seconds, that’s the first NCAA ‘A’ cut for the Sun Devil women in that event in at least ten years. The Sun Devil women never really got momentum going the same way the men’s team did under former head coach Bob Bowman, but they’re certainly starting off strong under Behm.
Bentz, a fifth-year transfer from Virginia Tech, also won the 50 free, with her time of 21.88 breaking a 16 year-old program record. Deniz Ertan was the Sun Devils’ other indiviudal winner, taking the 500 free in 4:40.19.
Action resumes Saturday morning in Raleigh at 10am eastern.
Did Sam Hoover actually split 17.8 for NC or was that a touch pad malfunction
No. Jerry Fox went 20.1 in the relay. He went 18 the day before on a relay. My guess is that the step over relay start had something to do with it.
It’s pretty clear that Jerry Fox’s split is wrong and common sense tells me Sam Hoover didn’t just all of a sudden become the best 50 freestyler in the country.
Kharun also tied the ASU program record in the 50 Free in his 4×50 Free Relay leadoff of :18.59, previously held by Jack Dolan who was in the ‘A’ final last year and just won a SCM 50 free Silver in one of the World Cup Circuit meets this weekend.
Bentz is blowing up the ASU Women’s program records this weekend: :
50 Free :21.88 Old Record: :22.13 Fanny Teijonsalo, 2019 NCAAs
100 Free :48.30 R LO Old Record: :48.48 Shannon Landgrebe (2012)/Erin Milligan, 2024
200 Back 1:53.11 Old Record: 1:54.33 Charli Brown, 2024 NCAAs
200 MR 1:36.17 (NCAA ‘A’ cut; :21.66 free split)
Old Record 1:37.05(from UNLV meet earlier this season)
Miriam Sheehan’s 50 Back relay leadoff of :24.22 was a new ASU program record, surpassing Ingeborg Jonsdottir from 2017 at :24.30, though Miriam was at still a bit off her :24.08 PB from last year when she was at … NC State.
Don’t forget Kharun’s:
:19.94 flat start 50 Fly, and
1:12.29 150 Fly (:21.85; :25.00; :25.44);
:45.33 (21.74) 100 Back relay leadoff, in the odd distance All-Arizona Meet.
He’s been positively Marchand-ish.
He’s very good, but Marchand has NCAA records in the 500 free, 200 IM, 400 IM, and 200 breast. He had the NCAA record in the 200 free. Most believe he would have the NCAA record in the 200 fly if he swam it rested and maybe even the 100 breast.
Kharun has some versatility but he’s still a ways away from Marchand.
Art10 — The term ‘Marchand-ish’ inherently recognizes Leon’s overall career superiority, but also acknowledges that Ilya — who is after all already a two-time individual Olympic medal winner — is simply doing things that remind one of high end Marchand.
Further, the accomplishments you mention for Leon are all from March, the objective time for which all NCAA programs are geared. The recent SCY amazement over Kharun is based on three meets in October. In his three years at ASU Marchand was certainly tremendous in October, but, frankly, for that sliver of the calendar, Ilya has been arguably equal or even better.
October ’22 & ’23 Leon:… Read more »
10/6/23 v UNLV: 2Fly 1:39.65; 4IM 3:37.96; 2Bk 1:39.64; 1Brst :50.47R
I failed to include Ilya’s :19.31R 50fly in his ASU v NC State summary from this weekend.
Any news regarding Kaii Winkler?
2nd in 200 free (1:33:08), 4th in 100 free, 5th in 100 fly, also a 42.69 relay leadoff.
Best time for Ilya in freestyle..Canada needs him on 4 x 100 free.Go Ilya!
Sammon split 40 on the B 400 MDR too.
Kharun leads off 41.5
Sammon splits 40
Kulow splits 40
That’s a strong 3 legs