California
Lasco, California defend titles at NCAA championships
MINNEAPOLIS — California’s California’s Destin Lasco received his second consecutive 200-yard backstroke title and the defending-champion Golden Bears received the crew title at NCAA swimming and diving championship Saturday night time on the Jean Ok. Freeman Aquatic Middle.
Cal has completed within the high two on the earlier 13 NCAA championships – together with six nationwide titles in 2011, ’12, ‘14 ‘19, ’22 and ’23. The Golden Bears completed with 482 factors, 52 forward of second-place Arizona State, the Pac-12 champion, and Texas was third with 384 factors.
Lasco received the 200 backstroke in a personal-record 1:35.87 and Hugo Gonzalez, his Golden Bears teammate, completed second. Arizona State freshman Hubert Kos was third in 1:37.96.
Leon Marchand of Arizona State broke his personal NCAA file within the 200-yard breaststroke, ending in 1:46.91 to win the sophomore’s second consecutive title. Caspar Corbeau of Texas, who set a private file of 1:49.15, was second. Marchand additionally received the 400 particular person medley Friday and 200 IM on Thursday.
Florida freshman Josh Liendo completed in 40.28 to win the 100 freestyle. Cal’s Jack Alexy and Bjorn Seeliger got here in second and third, respectively.
N.C. State’s Will Gallant received the 1,650-yard freestyle in 14:28.94 and his teammate Ross Dant completed second, 3.5 seconds forward of third-place Jake Magahey at 14:33.82.
Indiana’s Carson Tyler had a personal-best 476.30 factors to take residence the platform diving title and fellow Hoosier Quintin Henninger completed third. Bryden Hattie of South Carolina was second with 455.10 factors.
Sophomore Aiden Hayes of N.C. State received the 200 butterfly title, rallying to beat Indiana’s Brendan Burns, the defending NCAA champion who completed in 1:38.97, by 0.18 seconds.
Florida broke the NCAA file within the 400 freestyle relay, successful in 2:44.07 and beating second-place Cal by a hundredth of a second. Arizona State completed third in 2:45.12. N.C. State set the earlier file of two:44.31 in 2018.