Ilya Kharun

2024 NCAA Men’s Championships: Day 3 Scratch Report – All Present and Ready to Rumble

No scratches among the top 24 swimmers in each event means we’ll get to see exciting matchups, like Josh Liendo vs Youssef Ramadan in the 100 fly.

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2024 Men’s Division I NCAA Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks opens up his title defense in the 50 free this morning after swimming a so-so fly leg last night in the 200 Medley.

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2024 Men’s Division I NCAA Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Arizona State aims to turn their two top seeds into two NCAA relay titles on Day 1 of the 2024 Men’s Division I NCAA Championships.

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2024 NCAA Men’s Championships: Day 1 Relay Analysis – Records, Records Everywhere

Destin Lasco’s 1:29.60 put Cal up by a body length on the second leg of the 800 free relay – and they never looked back.

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Florida Shreds NCAA Record in 200 Medley Relay with 1:20.15; Liendo Clocks 18.97 Fly Split

Florida hit the wall in 1:20.15, taking 0.40 seconds off the NCAA Record Arizona State set at the beginning of the month at the Pac-12 Championships.

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2024 M. NCAA Previews: Cal, ASU & Florida Set For Sprint Showdown In Free Relays

Florida’s Adam Chaney, Josh Liendo and Julian Smith will aim to recreate the magic they produced last year in sweeping the sprint free relays at NCAAs.

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2024 Men’s NCAA Championships: Official SwimSwam Preview Index

SwimSwam’s staff picks its top 8 in each event for the 2024 Men’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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2024 M. NCAA Picks: How Far Will Records Fall In Medley Relay Redux?

We’ve already seen the all-time 200 medley relay record broken once this season…how much further can ASU (or another team) take it this week?

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2024 M. NCAA Previews: Liendo Tracking Down Dressel’s Record Amidst Stacked 100 Fly Lineup

After dropping the fastest relay split in history at SECs (42.77), Josh Liendo is in range of Caeleb Dressel’s NCAA Record of 42.80 in the 100 fly.

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2024 M. NCAA Previews: After 1:37.93 In January, Kharun On Track To Challenge 200 Fly Record

After posting a time of 1:37.93 in January, Arizona State freshman Ilya Kharun is on track to challenge the NCAA & U.S. Open records in the 200 butterfly.

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2024 NCAA M. Previews: Who Can Peak in the NCAA Final of the Men’s 50 Free?

Many of the country’s best 50 freestylers have performed better on relay leadoffs than they have in individual event finals in recent years.

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Official Psych Sheets Released For 2024 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships

Hubert Kos holds the top seed in three of the 12 events in which Arizona State is ranked #1 coming into the Men’s NCAA Championships at the end of the month.

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Arizona State Men Hold Top Spot, Florida Moves Up To #2 In Final CSCAA D1 Poll

The Sun Devils spent the entire season ranked #1 in the country, and coming out of Pac-12s, they lead the NCAA in 13 different events.

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Andrei Minakov To Take On Kharun, Race 200 Fly At NCAAs For The First Time

Minakov has only raced the SCY 200 fly four times, but has been 1:38.6 twice, faster than what was required to win the 2023 NCAA title.

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NCAA Record 20 Men Have Been Under 19 Seconds in 50 Freestyle So Far This Season

Shifts in training and coaching philosophy have ushered in this sprint renaissance along with a revival of international talent trickling through the NCAA.

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