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2024 Men’s Division I NCAA Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

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By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam

2024 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Day 4 Finals Heat Sheets

Well friends, this is it: the last session of the 2024 Men’s Division I NCAA Championships. Let’s not cry because it’s over, but smile because it happened–and because we still have one more session of racing to go.

Order of Events:

  • 1650 freestyle — fastest heat (top seed: Zalan Sarkany, Arizona State — 14:23.01)
  • 200 backstroke (top seed: Destin Lasco, Cal — 1:36.05)
  • 100 freestyle (top seed: Jordan Crooks, Tennessee — 40.54)
  • 200 breaststroke (top seed: Matt Fallon, Penn — 1:49.36)
  • 200 butterfly (top seed: Dare Rose, Cal — 1:39.52)
  • Platform diving (top seed: Carson Tyler, Indiana — 465.20 points)
  • 400 freestyle relay (top seed: Arizona State — 2:44.23)

We’ll get underway with the fastest heat of the 1650 freestyle. SMU fifth-year Jack Hoagland is the leader in the clubhouse after a solid 14:39.19 in the early heats. The top five men in the fastest heat have been faster than that already this season but he still projects to score highly for the Mustangs in a third event this week.

Zalan Sarkany comes in as the top seed, but he’s going to have his hands full with Charlie Clark, as well as a pair of Wolfpack swimmers (Ross Dant and Owen Lloyd) and Gator swimmers (Andrew Taylor and Gio Linscheer). Dant finished second last year, just missing cracking the 14:30 barrier. Meanwhile, Lloyd is on a revenge tour after the drama at ACCs.

Destin Lasco took down the 200 backstroke pool record during prelims this morning and coming just .18 seconds from his own American record. Lasco is the two-time defending champion in this event and has looked strong all meet. He comes into the final almost a second ahead of NCAA record holder Hubert Kos, who leads a quartet of 1:37s from this morning in 1:37.03. Kos has been slightly off his PAC-12 times this week, so we’ll have to wait and see whether this will be a true battle between the pair or if Lasco’s going to steal the show.

Then we’ve got what may turn out to be the race of the meet in the 100 freestyle. Jordan Crooks, Josh Liendo, Chris Guiliano, and Jack Alexy all turned in 40-points during prelims. Crooks earned lane 4 by crushing a 40.54 personal best, vaulting up to #3 performer all-time. He’s sandwiched between Liendo and Guiliano on that list. They’ll be joined by Alexy (who also swam a PB this morning) as they try to win a national title and potentially crack the 40 second barrier.

Leon Marchand is back up for his 3rd individual event of the meet in the 200 breaststroke. He’s the NCAA record holder and very clearly hit the brakes during prelims. He heads into the final as the 3rd seed behind top seed Matt Fallon–who was just off his season-best this morning–and his teammate David Schlicht. Newly minted 100 breast NCAA record holder Liam Bell is in the mix here as well. The Sun Devils and Golden Bear will do their best to hold off Fallon and his incredible back-half.

The final individual race of the meet is the 200 butterfly. Dare Rose swam 1:39.52 to lead the field, slightly ahead of freshman Ilya Kharun, who also dipped under 1:40 (1:39.89). We’ll see a lot of program pairs here: Cal, NC State, and Indiana all put two swimmers into the ‘A’ final. There are also two former champions in the field: 2023 champ Aiden Hayes and 2022 champ Brendan Burns. Burns will be in lane 8, once again hoping to be the outside smoke like he was in last night’s 100 back. It’ll be his second ‘A’ final of the session as he’s racing the 200 back at the top of the session as well.

1650 Yard Freestyle — Timed Final

  • NCAA Record:
  • Meet Record:
  • American Record:
  • U.S. Open Record:
  • Pool Record:
  • 2023 Champion:

**Time to Beat From the Early Heats: 14:39.19, Jack Hoagland (SMU)**

Top 8: 

 

200 Yard Backstroke — Final

  • NCAA Record: 1:35.69 – Hubert Kos, Arizona State (2024)
  • Meet Record: 1:35.73 – Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016)
  • American Record: 1:35.73 – Ryan Murphy, Cal (2016)
  • U.S. Open Record: 1:35.69 – Hubert Kos, Arizona State (2024)
  • Pool Record: 1:36.05 – Destin Lasco, Cal (2024)
  • 2023 Champion: Destin Lasco (Cal) – 1:35.87

Top 8:

100 Yard Freestyle — Final

  • 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: 40.00 – Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2017)
  • 2023 Champion: Josh Liendo (Florida) – 40.28

Top 8:

200 Yard Breaststroke — Final

  • NCAA Record: 1:46.91 – Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2023)
  • Meet Record: 1:46.91 – Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2023)
  • American Record: 1:47.91 – Will Licon, Texas (2017)
  • U.S. Open Record: 1:46.91 – Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2023)
  • Pool Record: 1:47.91 – Will Licon, Texas (2017)
  • 2023 Champion: Leon Marchand (Arizona State) – 1:46.91

Top 8:

200 Yard Butterfly — Final

  • 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: 1:37.35 – Jack Conger, Texas (2017)
  • 2023 Champion: Aiden Hayes (NC State) – 1:38.79

Top 8:

Platform Diving — Final

  • Meet Record: 548.90 — Nick McCrory, Duke (2011)
  • 2023 Champion: Carson Tyler, Indiana — 476.30

Top 8:

400 Yard Freestyle Relay — Timed Final

  • NCAA Record: 2:44.07 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, J. Smith, M. McDuff), 2023
  • Meet Record: 2:44.07 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, J. Smith, M. McDuff), 2023
  • American Record: 2:44.31 — NC State (R. Held, J. Ress, J. Molacek, C. Stewart), 2018
  • U.S. Open Record: 2:44.07 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, J. Smith, M. McDuff), 2023
  • Pool Record: 2:45.39 — Texas (B. Ringgold, J. Conger, T. Haas, J. Schooling), 2017
  • 2023 Champion: 2:44.07 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, J. Smith, M. McDuff), 2023

Top 8:

Final Scores

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