NCAA Men’s Championships: Leon Marchand Leads Way Again in 200 Breast

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Caspar Corbeau; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

NCAA Men’s Championships: Leon Marchand Leads Way Again in 200 Breast

Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but Leon Marchand won a swimming race Saturday morning.

In this case, it’s just the preliminaries of the 200 breaststroke at the 2023 NCAA Men’s Championships, with a pool record of 1:49.64. The NCAA record holder in the event is chasing his third individual crown this weekend.

Both he and Texas’ Caspar Corbeau were under the pool mark, set in 2018 by Ian Finnerty of Indiana. Corbeau is the second seed in 1:49.89, a nice coup for Texas in the title race.

Three-time reigning 100 breast champ Max McHugh is the third seed for his valedictory swim after a 1:50.64. He was just ahead of Andres Puente Bustamante of Texas A&M, with Florida’s Aleksas Savickas also under 1:51. Carles Coll Marti, who was fourth last year, nudged into the A final in eighth.

All three team title contenders have one swimmer in the A final and one in the B. Marchand is joined by David Schlicht in 11th. Jake Foster slid into 16th to accompany Corbeau. Jason Louser of Cal was seventh with teammate Reece Whitley 10th.

 Event 18  Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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         NCAA: N 1:47.67  3/4/2023  Leon Marchand, Arizona St
         Meet: M 1:47.91  3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
     American: A 1:47.91  3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
   U. S. Open: O 1:47.67  3/4/2023  Leon Marchand, Arizona St
         Pool: P 1:50.17  3/24/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Marchand, Leon         SO ASU               1:47.67    1:49.64P 
    r:+0.68  24.41        51.80 (27.39)
        1:20.65 (28.85)     1:49.64 (28.99)
  2 Corbeau, Caspar        SR Texas             1:51.92    1:49.98P 
    r:+0.66  24.67        52.57 (27.90)
        1:21.25 (28.68)     1:49.98 (28.73)
  3 McHugh, Max            5Y Minnesota         1:50.20    1:50.64  
    r:+0.70  24.69        52.89 (28.20)
        1:21.56 (28.67)     1:50.64 (29.08)
  4 Puente Bustamante, An  SR TAMU              1:51.14    1:50.86  
    r:+0.66  25.00        53.19 (28.19)
        1:21.80 (28.61)     1:50.86 (29.06)
  5 Savickas, Aleksas      FR Florida           1:50.08    1:50.98  
    r:+0.66  24.80        52.75 (27.95)
        1:21.42 (28.67)     1:50.98 (29.56)
  6 Matheny, Josh          SO Indiana           1:51.23    1:51.24  
    r:+0.62  24.87        53.02 (28.15)
        1:21.98 (28.96)     1:51.24 (29.26)
  7 Louser, Jason          SR California        1:50.99    1:51.43  
    r:+0.74  25.01        53.10 (28.09)
        1:21.87 (28.77)     1:51.43 (29.56)
  8 Coll Marti, Carles     JR VT                1:50.90    1:51.44  
    r:+0.62  25.38        53.53 (28.15)
        1:22.11 (28.58)     1:51.44 (29.33)
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  9 Petrashov, Denis       SR Louisville        1:50.51    1:51.53  
    r:+0.71  25.15        53.52 (28.37)
        1:22.18 (28.66)     1:51.53 (29.35)
 10 Whitley, Reece         5Y California        1:51.02    1:51.74  
    r:+0.70  24.67        52.82 (28.15)
        1:21.70 (28.88)     1:51.74 (30.04)
 11 Schlicht, David        SO ASU               1:52.15    1:51.93  
    r:+0.63  25.23        53.25 (28.02)
        1:22.21 (28.96)     1:51.93 (29.72)
 12 Maas, Derek            SR Alabama           1:52.69    1:51.96  
    r:+0.65  25.34        54.03 (28.69)
        1:22.80 (28.77)     1:51.96 (29.16)
 13 Hillis, Dillon         5Y Florida           1:51.14    1:52.13  
    r:+0.66  24.71        53.41 (28.70)
        1:22.40 (28.99)     1:52.13 (29.73)
 14 Epitropov, Lyubomir    5Y Tennessee         1:51.83    1:52.15  
    r:+0.65  25.54        54.28 (28.74)
        1:23.18 (28.90)     1:52.15 (28.97)
 15 Bustos, Arsenio        SO NC State          1:52.34    1:52.21  
    r:+0.52  25.01        53.65 (28.64)
        1:22.71 (29.06)     1:52.21 (29.50)
 16 Foster, Jake           SR Texas             1:52.08    1:52.26  
    r:+0.63  24.71        53.00 (28.29)
        1:22.29 (29.29)     1:52.26 (29.97)
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