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

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By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam

2024 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Day 2 Finals Heat Sheets

Aaaaaand we’re back. Hello everyone and welcome to the second night of finals at the 2024 Men’s Division I NCAA Championships. After plenty of action on night one that saw four NCAA records broken in just two events, today’s prelims session kept the excitement about this meet building. We now live in a world where a 4:13.10 500 free, 1:42.08 200 IM, and a 19.04 50 free don’t earn a second swim.

Order of Events

  • 500 freestyle (top seed: Jake Magahey, Georgia — 4:09.36)
  • 200 IM (top seed: Destin Lasco, Cal — 1:39.34)
  • 50 freestyle (top seed: Josh Liendo, Florida — 18.33)
  • 1-meter diving (top seed: Quentin Henninger, Indiana — 386.85 points)
  • 200 freestyle relay (top seed: Florida — 1:14.36)

The 500 freestyle heats kicked into gear early, with defending champion Luke Hobson and Jack Hoagland got after it in heat 3. Hobson set the standard at 4:10.28, which held until 2021 champion Jake Magahey dove in two heats later. Magahey logged 4:09.36, reminding everyone that this is not a race between just Hobson and Leon Marchand. The Georgia Bulldog is the top seed heading into the final, as Marchand won the final heat in 4:09.54.

After swimming a speedy 1:29.60 200 freestyle split on Cal’s record-setting 800 free relay, Destin Lasco made a statement in the 200 IM. He broke the pool record with a 1:39.34 and was the only man sub-1:40 this morning. He heads into finals over a second ahead of ASU’s Hubert Kos. This is the first of three battles between Lasco and Kos this week and right now, it’s Lasco who is riding the hot hand. He’s searching for his first NCAA title in this event after finshing 3rd, 2nd, and 2nd the last three years.

Quite simply, it’s going to be chaos in the 50 freestyle championship final. It took an 18.76 to make it back for the ‘A’ final and Josh Liendo claimed lane 4 with an 18.33, coming within .11 seconds of his personal best. Chris Guiliano logged a personal best of his own (18.43) for 2nd seed. Jordan Crooks, the defending champion and fastest man in the field, sits 4th after an 18.49 in prelims. And don’t forget about Jonny Kulow: the sophomore will be on the outside in lane 1 and threw down a blistering 17.94 split on yesterday’s 200 medley relay.

We’ll see all these men back up for the 200 freestyle relay to close the session. Florida holds down the top seed and will likely bring in Macguire McDuff, who they left off their SEC relay. McDuff scratched the individual 50 free this morning, suggesting the Gators are planning to use him on all five relays. Cal looks dangerous as well; in addition to their two 50 free ‘A’ finalists Jack Alexy and Bjorn Seeliger, they’ll probably have Lasco and Liam Bell (now the owner of the fastest 50 breast split in history). Florida and Cal look like the teams to beat here, but NC State, ASU, and Tennessee have also already been sub-1:15 this season. Watch for the Wolfpack to reset their second American record of the meet; they already own this one courtesy of their 1:14.44 from February’s ACCs.

500 Yard Freestyle — Final

  • NCAA Record: 4:06.18— Leon Marchand, ASU (2023)
  • Meet Record: 4:06.61 — Matthew Sates, Georgia (2022)
  • American Record: 4:06.32 — Kieran Smith, Florida (2020)
  • U.S. Open Record: 4:06.18— Leon Marchand, ASU (2023)
  • Pool Record: 4:08.42 — Clark Smith, Texas (2017)
  • 2023 Champion: 4:07.37 – Luke Hobson, Texas

Top 8:

200 Yard Individual Medley — Final

Top 8:

50 Yard Freestyle — Final

  • NCAA Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
  • Meet Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
  • American Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
  • U.S. Open Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
  • Pool Record: 18.23 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2017)
  • 2023 Champion: 18.32 – Jordan Crooks, Tennessee

Top 8:

1-Meter Diving — Final

  • Meet Record: 473.75 — Kristian Ipsen, Stanford (2013)
  • 2023 Champion: 443.95 — Lyle Yost, Ohio State

Top 8:

200 Yard Freestyle Relay — Timed Final

  • NCAA Record: 1:13.35 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M. McDuff), 2023
  • Meet Record: 1:13.35 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M. McDuff), 2023
  • American Record: 1:14.44 — NC State (Q. McCarty, D. Salls, N. Henderson, L. Miller), 2024
  • U.S. Open Record: 1:13.35 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M. McDuff), 2023
  • Pool Record: 1:14.59 — Texas (B. Ringgold, J. Conger, T. Jackson, J. Schooling), 2017
  • 2023 Champion: 1:13.35 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M. McDuff), 2023

Top 8: 

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