ASU Pentathlon
- September 12, 2025
- SCY (25 yards)
- Tempe, AZ
Ilya Kharun posted a 44.15 in the 100 butterfly during practice on Friday evening. That time was just off his lifetime best of a 43.43 that he swam at the 2025 NCAA Championships to finish 2nd. In addition to being just off his lifetime best, Kharun’s time from today would have still made the NCAA ‘A’ final in the event in March as it took a 44.52 to make the ‘A’ final.
Men’s Results
Kharun set a new Arizona State pentathlon record in his 100 butterfly swim that kicked off 5x100s fast that are all on 15 minutes, meaning the set takes a total of an hour and 15 minutes. The set is done IM order with an additional 100 IM at the end. Kharun’s time broke his own record of a 45.00 that he swam at last year’s edition of the practice. In addition to breaking his own record in the 100 fly, he also swam to a new pentathlon record in the 100 back posting a 45.72, matching his time from a year ago.
Kharun’s Times:
- 100 fly: 44.15
- 100 back: 45.72
- 100 breast: 54.65
- 100 free: 42.53
- 100 IM: 47.16
Kharun totaled a time of 3:54.21, less than a second off of the overall record of a 3:53.31 that Leon Marchand swam back at the 2022 edition of the pentathlon. The biggest difference is that Marchand was faster on the breaststroke 100 as he swam a 52.00.
Kharun was the top finisher in the 100 free as well as the 100 IM. Jonny Kulow touched right behind Kharun in the 100 free as Kulow swam to a 42.90.
The only 100 that Kharun did not lead the way in was the 100 breast as Lucien Vergnes earned the win in a 53.60. The French native did not even swim the 100 breast at the 2025 Big 12 Championships, instead opting for the 100 back. Vergnes has a best time of a 52.29 in the 100 breast from last November’s dual meet against Cal and Stanford.
Women’s Results
Two records were set on the women’s side of the day. Miriam Sheehan touched in a 53.13 in the 100 backstroke to tie the previous record set by Caroline Bentz last year. Sheehan led off the team’s 200 medley relay at the 2025 NCAA Championships while Bentz anchored that relay to an 8th place finish. Bentz, who has now graduated, holds the school record in the 100 back with a 51.79.
Also setting a record was Julia Ullmann who swam to a 52.28 in the 100 fly. That broke the previous pentathlon record of a 52.80 set by Lindsay Looney back in 2022. Ullman went on to swim the fastest overall 5x100s as well as she touched in a 4:37.69, touching first in the 100 free and 100 IM as well.
Ullmann’s Times:
- 100 fly: 52.28
- 100 back: 55.67
- 100 breast: 1:04.07
- 100 free: 50.14
- 100 IM: 55.53
Ginger McMahon touched the wall first in the 100 breast in a 1:01.44. Despite swimming the 100 fly and 100 back beforehand, McMahon was less than a second off her lifetime best of a 1:00.66 that she swam in January at the Eddie Reese Showdown.
Arizona State kicks off their season on October 3rd as they host UNLV at 6 pm MST.
We are in for a very exciting ASU Sun Devil season. I am also very excited to see how all new team members develop, epically the freshmen!
ASU Women’s ’25 Pentathlon Summary
TOTAL Charli Brown ’22 :54.36 + :53.90 + 1:02.24 + :49.84 + :55.19 = 4:35.53
Julia Ullmann ’25 :52.28 + :55.67 + 1:04.07 + :50.14 + :55.53 = 4:37.69
Fly Ullmann :52.28
Sheehan :52.56
Sotomayor :53.40
McMahon :54.70
Szilagyi :54.81
8 more from :55.06 to :56.06
Hurleman, Golland, Vasquez, Spade, Armon, Ertan, Lindberg, Beltran
Back Sheehan :53.13
Szilagyi :54.42
Sotomayor :54.63
Greber :55.05
Rafferty :55.12
Ullmann :55.67
Breast McMahon 1:01.44
Vasquez 1:01.89
5 more from 1:03.25 to 1:05.00
Watts, Hughes, Ullmann, Ertan, Greber
Free Ullmann :50.14
Golland :50.18
Sheehan :50.73
Sotomayor :50.96
Armon :51.00
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wow
So happy to see NCAA meet articles again. 😁
Proud to see Aussie Charli Brown ons the record from 2022.
She was an excellent Sun Devil her entire time there.
He always does this right? 44.15 is freaking fast, but also expected from Ilya early on in the season.
For the most part, gone are the days where you were beat down and couldn’t swim fast in season. UF is still like that to some degree, but I can’t think of many others.
Townley Haas consistently going 1:37-1:38 in the 200 free in season only to go 1:29-1:30 at NCAAs is no longer happening.
44.5 at NCAAs for 3rd.
Is that a prediction? Kind of weak.
He was :43.43 for second to fellow Canadian Liendo at the 2025 NCAA. And while he does swim well early in seasons, he is quite consistent. He’s swum SCY 100 fly in the neighborhood of 20 times since coming to ASU with his slowest :45.2 and all others :44.8 or faster and 3-5 times under :44.00.
Good points. 42.7 for 1st
Lots of wake at the ncaas. No wake in practice if he’s swimming against slower teammates.
“No wake”? Ever been in a SCY pool with 7 other large male athletes swimming Butterfly under :48 seconds? Actually swimming side by side at the same rate creates less turbulence for the leaders.
ASU Men’s ’25 Penthalon Summary
TOTAL Record: Marchand ’22 :45.68 + :46.47 + :52.00 + :42.53 + :46.63 = 3:53.31
’25 win: Kharun :44.15 + :45.72 + :54.65 + :42.53 + :47.16 = 3:54.21
Marchand’s Breast at :52.00 was his PB at the time, a Pool Record and just 0.18 off John Heaphy’s school record.
Leon’s best Pentathlon leads Ilya’s by 0.90 seconds. Adding the individual stroke 100s (not the 100 IM) gives Marchand a lead of 0.37 (3:06.68 v. 3:07.05).
400 yards is much more Leon’s world, and yet his 400 sum leads Ilya by just 0.37; stretch it over 200 instead of 400 and the differential is 0.185. At the end of the ’22-23 season which opened… Read more »
Not really because I think he’s going 17 in the 50
True … but where will that place? Liendo, Caribe, Kulow, etc. If he were to do what these numbers compared to similar setting by Leon, that would certainly score well in the IM and allow more openings for other Sun Devils to move into ‘A’ or ‘B.’ (At least 10 folks within range of sub-19 which has a chance to score after 6 scorers finished eligibility) Just depends on what Ilya and Herbie want to pursue.
I’m gonna be honest. Ultimately, I don’t think Liendo has more fast twitch than Ilya. Ilya went 18.82 as a freshman, 18.31 as a sophomore. I’m pretty sure Josh and Gui are 2 years older than Ilya and Ilya has already cut the gap significantly in his first year training as more of a sprinter. Kulow is closer to Ilya’s age (I think they’re both 20, but realistically I can’t imagine Kulow catches back up to Ilya after Ilya surpassed him in his first year seriously swimming the 50 free)
It’s kinda funny you say “where will that place” in response to “I think he’s going 17 in the 50”, multiple 17’s would be nuts
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Speculation can be fun, especially when you can back it up with numbers!