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Question: How many Division I NCAA records will fall during the conference championships?
RESULTS
- 1-2 – 53.2%
- 3-4 – 26.4%
- Zero – 17.7%
- 5+ – 2.6%
We’re midway through the first of two busy weeks of Division I conference championship action, and we’ve seen one NCAA Record broken thus far, meaning readers were right on the money (at this point) in our most recent poll.
We asked how many NCAA Records would be broken during the conference meets, and leading the way was the “1-2” option with 53.2% of votes.
The record we’ve seen broken thus far came at the hands of the Florida men in the 200 medley relay, as Jonny Marshall (20.52), Koen de Groot (22.61), Scotty Buff (19.32) and Josh Liendo (17.58) combined for a time of 1:20.03 to break their own mark of 1:20.15 set in 2024.
We’ve seen some close calls for more records so far this week, including Liendo in the men’s 100 fly (43.06) at SECs, the UVA women’s 200 medley relay at ACCs (1:23.75), and Cavalier sophomore Anna Moesch in the women’s 200 free (1:39.72) at ACCs.
We also saw Liendo drop a 42.80 fly split on Florida’s 400 medley relay, which is bang on Caeleb Dressel‘s NCAA Record, just with the benefit of a relay takeover.
Texas’ Nate Germonprez won the men’s 100 breast at SECs in 49.92, just over four-tenths shy of Julian Smith‘s NCAA Record (49.51), and he followed up by dropping a 49.02 split on the Longhorns’ 400 medley relay, indicating perhaps he’s got a new record in store for the NCAA Championships.
Other swimmers who were looked at as contenders to break their own records at SECs on the men’s side, Hubert Kos in the 100 back and Luca Urlando in the 200 fly, claimed conference titles but didn’t seriously approach their all-time marks.
More than a quarter of readers predicted that we’ll see 3-4 records, which is certainly possible with some marquee events still on the slate the next two nights and then some more races on tap next week at Big 12s and Women’s Big Tens.
This morning, we saw Claire Curzan join the sub-49 club in the women’s 100 back at ACCs, clocking 48.83 to pull within 73 one-hundredths of Gretchen Walsh‘s NCAA mark of 48.10. Though that record may be a reach for Curzan to hit tonight, her 200 back mark of 1:46.82 will be on the radar on Saturday.
With teams typically saving their peak taper for NCAAs, there was no guarantee we were going to see any records during the conference championships, but it’s clear the readers were optimistic, as only 17.7% said there would be none (or 82.3% said there would be at least one).
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Yea those ledecky records aren’t going anywhere anytime soon