Watch: Fastest Swims Ever in the 200 Breast and 400 Free Relay (Day 4 Race Video)

2023 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• March 22-25, 2023
• Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center | Minneapolis, MN
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The 2023 Men’s NCAA Championships may be done, but we wrapped up with an incredible finals session, including the fastest swims ever in both the 200 breast and the 400 free relay. Keep scrolling to watch (or rewatch) the best moments from Saturday’s finals session.

200 YARD BACKSTROKE – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 1:35.73 – Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016)
• Meet Record: 1:35.73 – Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016)
• American Record: 1:35.73 – Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:35.73 – Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016)
• Pool Record: 1:36.68 — Destin Lasco, Cal (2023)
• 2022 Champion: Destin Lasco, Cal – 1:37.71

This may not have been a US Open record, but it came quite close, as Destin Lasco scared Ryan Murphy’s record from 2016.

Top 8:

1. Destin Lasco, Cal — 1:35.87 (Pool Record)
2. Hugo Gonzalez, Cal — 1:36.72
3. Hubert Kos, Arizona State — 1:37.96
4. Ian Grum, Georgia — 1:38.47
5. Owen McDonald, Arizona State — 1:39.34
6. Kacper Stokowski, NC State — 1:39.35
7. Jack Dahlgren, Missouri — 1:39.45
8. Carson Foster, Texas — 1:39.48

100 YARD FREESTYLE – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 39.90 – Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 2018
• Meet Record: 39.90 – Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 2018
• American Record: 39.90 – Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 2018
• U.S. Open Record: 39.90 – Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 2018
• Pool Record: 39.90 – Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 2018
• 2022 Champion: Brooks Curry, LSU – 40.84

Another close call here. Florida’s Josh Liendo became the second-fastest man ever in the 100 free to win over a stacked field.

Top 8:

1. Josh Liendo, Florida — 40.28
2. Jack Alexy, Cal — 40.92
3. Bjorn Seeliger, Cal — 40.93
4. Ruslan Gaziev, Ohio State — 40.98
5. Jordan Crooks/Brooks Curry — 41.03
6. (tie)
7. Van Mathias, Indiana — 41.39
8. Youssef Ramadan, Virginia Tech — 41.61

200 YARD BREASTSTROKE – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 1:47.67 – Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2023)
• Meet Record: 1:47.91 – Will Licon, Texas (2017)
• American Record: 1:47.91 – Will Licon, Texas (2017)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:47.67 – Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2023)
• Pool Record: 1:49.64 – Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2023)
• 2022 Champion: Leon Marchand, ASU – 1:48.20

And there it is. Leon Marchand continued his onslaught on the NCAA record book by becoming the first man to go under 1:47 in the 200 breast. Like the other events, it was a fast field, with Caspar Corbeau and Max McHugh also going under 1:50.

Top 8:

1. Leon Marchand, Arizona State — 1:46.91 (NCAA Record)
2. Caspar Corbeau, Texas — 1:49.15
3. Max McHugh, Minnesota — 1:49.91
4. Josh Matheny, Indiana — 1:50.12
5. Aleksas Savickas, Florida — 1:50.48
6. Jason Louser, Cal — 1:50.90
7. Carles Coll Marti, Virginia Tech — 1:51.20
8. Andres Puente Bustamante, Texas A&M — 1:51.66

200 YARD BUTTERFLY – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 1:37.35 – Jack Conger, Texas (2017)
• Meet Record: 1:37.35 – Jack Conger, Texas (2017)
• American Record: 1:37.35 – Jack Conger, Texas (2017)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:37.35 – Jack Conger, Texas (2017)
• Pool Record: 1:38.60 – Andreas Vazaios, NC State (2018)
• 2022 Champion: Brendan Burns, Indiana – 1:38.71

NC State sophomore Aiden Hayes got his hands on the wall just ahead of 100 back champion Brendan Burns of Indiana, 1:38.79 to 1:38.97.

Top 8:

1. Aiden Hayes, NC State — 1:38.79
2. Brendan Burns, Indiana — 1:38.97
3. Gabriel Jett, Cal — 1:39.40
4. Dare Rose, Cal — 1:39.89
5. Tomer Frankel, Indiana — 1:40.34
6. Noah Bowers, NC State — 1:40.85
7. Alex Colson, Arizona State — 1:41.38
8. Gal Cohen Groumi, Michigan — 1:42.37

400 YARD FREESTYLE RELAY — TIMED FINALS

• NCAA Record: 2:44.31 — NC State (R. Held, J. Ress, J. Molacek, C. Stewart), 2018
• Meet Record: 2:44.31 — NC State (R. Held, J. Ress, J. Molacek, C. Stewart), 2018
• American Record: 2:44.31 — NC State (R. Held, J. Ress, J. Molacek, C. Stewart), 2018
• U.S. Open Record: 2:44.31 — NC State (R. Held, J. Ress, J. Molacek, C. Stewart), 2018
• Pool Record: 2:44.31 — NC State (R. Held, J. Ress, J. Molacek, C. Stewart), 2018
• 2022 Champion: Texas (D. Kibler, C. Auchinachie, C. Corbeau, D. Krueger) — 2:46.03

Last but not least, the Florida Gators broke their third US Open relay record of the meet, taking down a six year-old mark set by NC State in 2016. It wasn’t an easy victory, though, as Cal touched just 0.01s behind, also under the old record.

Top 8:

1. Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, J. Smith, M. McDuff) — 2:44.07 (NCAA Record)
2. Cal (B. Seeliger, J. Alexy, M. Jensen, D. Lasco) — 2:44.08
3. Arizona State (J. Kulow, L. Marchand, G. House, J. Dolan) — 2:45.12
4. NC State — 2:47.09
5. Texas — 2:47.15
6. Indiana — 2:47.17
7. Tennessee — 2:47.19
8. Stanford — 2:47.61