NCAA Men’s Championships: Arizona State Edges Florida in 200 Medley Relay
Florida’s quest for team placement at last year’s NCAA Championships was dealt a blow on Night 1 with a disqualification in the 200 medley relay.
Wednesday’s spoiler was more benign, though still disappointing.
Led by Ilya Kharun’s split of 18.70 on butterfly, Arizona State upended the newly-minted NCAA record holders, going 1:20.07 to take the title on the opening night at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatics Center.
The time takes down the meet record that Florida set in 2024, though the NCAA mark from SECs of 1:20.03 stands. The 1:20 barrier remains resilient, though for how long remains to be seen. Both times are quicker than the 1:20.28 that Texas used to win last year.
Arizona State set the pace with the team of Adam Chaney, Andy Dobrzanski, Kharun and Jonny Kulow. It’s well under the American record of 1:20.92 set last year by Indiana, but that record would require confirmation of Kharun’s nationality shift from Canada back to the United States.
Florida was second with Jonny Marshall, Koen de Groot, Scotty Buff and Josh Liendo. De Groot is the new face on the team, replacing last year’s 100 breaststroke champion Julian Smith. Liendo and Buff switched legs on the back-end this year.
Texas was third in 1:20.46. Indiana secured fourth in 1:21.12. NC State set a fast pace from the morning slowest heat, with the team of Quintin McCarty, Daniel Diehl, Aiden Hayes and Drew Salls going 1:21.23 to knock 1.5 seconds off their seed time. It ended up fifth at night. California was sixth, with Michigan seventh and Kentucky eighth.
Tennessee was ninth overall at 1:22.05 from the morning swims, led by a 19.35 split in butterfly from Gui Caribe.
Will Modglin’s 20.19 was the fastest backstroke split out of Texas. At 22.35, Yamato Okadome was the fastest breaststroker for Cal, with Texas’ Nate Germonprez second at 22.39. Kharun’s 18.70 was faster than, for instance, the freestyle anchor by California’s Martin Wrede.
Among the freestylers, Liendo led the way in 17.58. Four swimmers cracked 18 seconds, with the other three 17.9s for Kentucky’s Falemana Tuufui, LSU’s Jere Hirbar and Kulow.
Event 2 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 1:20.03 2/17/2026 Florida
J Marshall, K de Groot, S Buff, J Liendo
Meet: M 1:20.07 3/25/2026 Arizona St
A Chaney, A Dobrzanski, I Kharun, J Kulow
American: A 1:20.92 3/26/2025 Indiana
L Barr, B Benzing, F Brooks, M King
U. S. Open: O 1:20.03 2/17/2026 Florida
J Marshall, K de Groot, S Buff, J Liendo
Pool: P 1:20.07 3/25/2026 Arizona St
A Chaney, A Dobrzanski, I Kharun, J Kulow
School Seed Finals Points
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1 ASU 1:20.56 1:20.07M 40
1) Chaney, Adam 5Y 2) r:0.29 Dobrzanski, Andy SR
3) r:+0.19 Kharun, Ilya JR 4) r:0.19 Kulow, Jonny SR
r:+0.79 10.11 20.35 (20.35)
30.64 (10.29) 43.39 (23.04)
51.86 (8.47) 1:02.09 (18.70)
1:10.58 (8.49) 1:20.07 (17.98)
2 Florida 1:20.03 1:20.16 34
1) Marshall, Jonny JR 2) r:0.28 de Groot, Koen SR
3) r:0.14 Buff, Scotty JR 4) r:0.10 Liendo, Josh SR
r:+0.70 10.32 20.76 (20.76)
30.83 (10.07) 43.52 (22.76)
52.05 (8.53) 1:02.58 (19.06)
1:10.92 (8.34) 1:20.16 (17.58)
3 Texas 1:20.85 1:20.46 32
1) Modglin, Will JR 2) r:0.16 Germonprez, Nate JR
3) r:0.22 Kos, Hubert SR 4) r:0.32 Gould, Garrett SO
r:+0.66 9.82 20.19 (20.19)
30.14 (9.95) 42.58 (22.39)
51.07 (8.49) 1:01.88 (19.30)
1:10.53 (8.65) 1:20.46 (18.58)
4 Indiana 1:21.99 1:21.12 30
1) Knedla, Mira SO 2) r:0.09 Gulledge, Travis SO
3) r:0.22 McDonald, Owen SR 4) r:0.08 Lee, Mikkel JR
r:+0.57 9.93 20.36 (20.36)
30.22 (9.86) 43.09 (22.73)
52.11 (9.02) 1:02.86 (19.77)
1:11.42 (8.56) 1:21.12 (18.26)
5 NC State 1:22.80 1:21.23 28
1) McCarty, Quintin JR 2) r:0.18 Diehl, Daniel JR
3) r:0.15 Hayes, Aiden 5Y 4) r:0.05 Salls, Drew SR
r:+0.68 9.93 20.26 (20.26)
30.62 (10.36) 43.61 (23.35)
52.35 (8.74) 1:03.10 (19.49)
1:11.46 (8.36) 1:21.23 (18.13)
6 California 1:21.63 1:21.58 26
1) Petty, Evan 5Y 2) r:0.11 Okadome, Yamato SO
3) r:0.31 Battaglini, Lucca SO 4) r:0.19 Wrede, Martin FR
r:+0.67 10.05 20.58 (20.58)
30.55 (9.97) 42.93 (22.35)
51.80 (8.87) 1:02.83 (19.90)
1:11.24 (8.41) 1:21.58 (18.75)
7 Michigan 1:21.99 1:21.64 24
1) Wilkening, Jack SR 2) r:0.20 Mladenovic, Luka FR
3) r:0.16 Ray, Tyler SR 4) r:0.22 Eidam, Ole SO
r:+0.72 10.14 20.60 (20.60)
30.62 (10.02) 43.45 (22.85)
51.92 (8.47) 1:02.51 (19.06)
1:11.49 (8.98) 1:21.64 (19.13)
8 Kentucky 1:21.80 1:22.00 22
1) Osman, Lysander FR 2) r:0.19 Gatulis, Adomas SO
3) r:0.30 Lopez-Guillen, vier SO 4) r:0.10 Tuufui, Falemana FR
r:+0.61 10.17 20.30 (20.30)
30.50 (10.20) 43.53 (23.23)
52.76 (9.23) 1:04.09 (20.56)
1:12.38 (8.29) 1:22.00 (17.91)
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