2023 Pac-12 Men’s Championships, Night 4: Arizona State Secures Team Title Despite Four Cal Wins
For the first time in program history, Arizona State is the Pac-12 Conference champion, coach Bob Bowman’s squad leading the meet wire to wire. With two scintillating individual medley performances by Leon Marchand and three relay wins over the meet’s first three days, the Sun Devils entered the final night up more than 100 points over defending national champion Cal, and although the Golden Bears made things more interesting on the final night, Arizona State got a win in the 1650 freestyle before Marchand earned his third victory of the weekend while swimming the fastest time ever in the 200 breaststroke.
Meanwhile, Cal showed some serious mettle on the final day despite Arizona State’s big lead in the team race. Three Cal swimmers recorded the fastest times in the country in their events: Destin Lasco in the 200 backstroke, Bjorn Seeliger in the 100 free and Gabriel Jett in the 200 butterfly. Cal also scored a win and the fastest time in the country in the 400 free relay to close out the meet.
Arizona State ended up winning the title by 78.5 points over Cal while Stanford placed third.
2023 Pac-12 Men’s Championships Links
- Live Results
- Meet Page
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- Night 1 Results
- Night 2 Results
- Night 3 Results
- 2023 Pac-12 Men’s Championships: Arizona State Off To Quick Start; Leon Marchand Powers Two Relays
- 2023 Pac-12 Men’s Championships, Day 2: Leon Marchand Opts for 200 IM, Goes 1:40.32
- 2023 Pac-12 Men’s Championships, Night 2: Leon Marchand Hits Another 1:37 in IM title
- 2023 Pac-12 Men’s Championships, Day 3: Andrei Minakov Sizzles 44.34 100 Fly
- 2023 Pac-12 Men’s Championships, Night 3: Leon Marchand Trims 400 IM NCAA Record; ASU Storming Toward Team Title
- 2023 Pac-12 Men’s Championships, Day 4: Cal Seeking Final Push With Top Seed in Every Event
Team Scores
Team Scores - Through Event 21 1. Arizona State University 897.5 2. California, University of, Ber 819 3. Stanford University 615.5 4. University of Arizona 323 5. Southern California, Universit 314.5 6. Utah, University of 300.5
Men’s 1650 Freestyle
Arizona State opened what the Sun Devils hope will be a title-clinching session by finishing 1-2 in the 1650 free. The win went to Zalan Sarkany, who arrived from Hungary at midseason and has made an immediate impact for Arizona State. Sarkany went wire-to-wire in the 66-lap race and finished in a time of 14:41.65, which made him the eighth-fastest performer in the country so far this season. By a tenth, Sarkany edged out the time recorded by Ohio State’s Charlie Clark at last week’s Big Ten Championships for the last spot in the top heat of this event at the NCAA Championships later this month.
Meanwhile, Arizona State sophomore Daniel Matheson placed second in 14:48.52, which put him among the top-16 performers in the country this season. Matheson closed in 25.51, which pushed him ahead of Cal’s Daniel Henveaux, who ended up third in 14:48.84. Stanford’s Gabe Machado was fourth (14:50.02), while the Golden Bears’ Matthew Chai (14:55.68) and the Sun Devils’ Julian Hill (14:57.11) finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
Event 16 Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 14:12.08 2/22/2020 Bobby Finke, Florida
PAC-12: M 14:24.35 2012 Chad La Tourette, STAN
PAC-12 Champ: P 14:33.69 2021 Zach Yeadon, CAL
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Sarkany, Zalan FR ASU 14:49.68 14:41.65 20
23.08 48.72 (25.64)
1:15.00 (26.28) 1:41.57 (26.57)
2:08.21 (26.64) 2:34.86 (26.65)
3:01.73 (26.87) 3:28.39 (26.66)
3:55.23 (26.84) 4:22.04 (26.81)
4:48.78 (26.74) 5:15.50 (26.72)
5:42.24 (26.74) 6:09.16 (26.92)
6:35.96 (26.80) 7:03.03 (27.07)
7:29.91 (26.88) 7:56.69 (26.78)
8:23.66 (26.97) 8:50.55 (26.89)
9:17.38 (26.83) 9:44.24 (26.86)
10:11.30 (27.06) 10:38.33 (27.03)
11:05.56 (27.23) 11:32.85 (27.29)
12:00.13 (27.28) 12:27.42 (27.29)
12:54.64 (27.22) 13:21.66 (27.02)
13:48.74 (27.08) 14:15.65 (26.91) 14:41.65 (26.00)
2 Matheson, Daniel SO ASU 14:54.68 14:48.52 17
24.05 50.19 (26.14)
1:16.62 (26.43) 1:43.12 (26.50)
2:09.66 (26.54) 2:36.41 (26.75)
3:03.31 (26.90) 3:30.26 (26.95)
3:57.23 (26.97) 4:24.41 (27.18)
4:51.29 (26.88) 5:18.40 (27.11)
5:45.32 (26.92) 6:12.33 (27.01)
6:39.34 (27.01) 7:06.39 (27.05)
7:33.27 (26.88) 8:00.50 (27.23)
8:27.69 (27.19) 8:54.66 (26.97)
9:21.87 (27.21) 9:49.19 (27.32)
10:16.49 (27.30) 10:43.82 (27.33)
11:11.07 (27.25) 11:38.47 (27.40)
12:05.96 (27.49) 12:33.31 (27.35)
13:00.88 (27.57) 13:28.47 (27.59)
13:55.84 (27.37) 14:22.71 (26.87) 14:48.52 (25.81)
3 Henveaux, Lucas GS California NT 14:48.84 16
23.82 50.08 (26.26)
1:16.48 (26.40) 1:43.18 (26.70)
2:09.99 (26.81) 2:36.64 (26.65)
3:03.28 (26.64) 3:30.13 (26.85)
3:56.97 (26.84) 4:23.84 (26.87)
4:50.68 (26.84) 5:17.54 (26.86)
5:44.43 (26.89) 6:11.44 (27.01)
6:38.46 (27.02) 7:05.63 (27.17)
7:32.86 (27.23) 8:00.36 (27.50)
8:27.75 (27.39) 8:55.20 (27.45)
9:22.42 (27.22) 9:49.87 (27.45)
10:17.16 (27.29) 10:44.38 (27.22)
11:11.62 (27.24) 11:38.90 (27.28)
12:06.19 (27.29) 12:33.68 (27.49)
13:00.91 (27.23) 13:28.27 (27.36)
13:55.63 (27.36) 14:22.65 (27.02) 14:48.84 (26.19)
4 Machado, Gabe SO Stanford 15:17.91 14:50.02 15
24.40 50.97 (26.57)
1:17.69 (26.72) 1:44.53 (26.84)
2:11.47 (26.94) 2:38.58 (27.11)
3:05.56 (26.98) 3:32.82 (27.26)
4:00.09 (27.27) 4:27.44 (27.35)
4:54.72 (27.28) 5:22.08 (27.36)
5:49.45 (27.37) 6:16.76 (27.31)
6:44.09 (27.33) 7:11.36 (27.27)
7:38.78 (27.42) 8:06.12 (27.34)
8:33.31 (27.19) 9:00.41 (27.10)
9:27.49 (27.08) 9:54.52 (27.03)
10:21.69 (27.17) 10:48.97 (27.28)
11:16.13 (27.16) 11:43.49 (27.36)
12:10.64 (27.15) 12:37.79 (27.15)
13:04.89 (27.10) 13:31.73 (26.84)
13:58.48 (26.75) 14:24.96 (26.48) 14:50.02 (25.06)
5 Chai, Matthew FR California NT 14:55.68 14
25.06 51.68 (26.62)
1:18.55 (26.87) 1:45.71 (27.16)
2:13.10 (27.39) 2:40.58 (27.48)
3:08.24 (27.66) 3:35.72 (27.48)
4:02.77 (27.05) 4:30.05 (27.28)
4:57.39 (27.34) 5:25.00 (27.61)
5:52.59 (27.59) 6:20.07 (27.48)
6:47.79 (27.72) 7:15.43 (27.64)
7:42.79 (27.36) 8:10.40 (27.61)
8:37.79 (27.39) 9:05.28 (27.49)
9:32.30 (27.02) 9:58.82 (26.52)
10:26.15 (27.33) 10:53.76 (27.61)
11:21.48 (27.72) 11:49.38 (27.90)
12:17.06 (27.68) 12:44.85 (27.79)
13:12.54 (27.69) 13:40.24 (27.70)
14:06.42 (26.18) 14:31.87 (25.45) 14:55.68 (23.81)
6 Hill, Julian SR ASU NT 14:57.11 13
24.20 50.91 (26.71)
1:17.84 (26.93) 1:45.09 (27.25)
2:12.32 (27.23) 2:39.70 (27.38)
3:07.05 (27.35) 3:34.46 (27.41)
4:01.82 (27.36) 4:29.20 (27.38)
4:56.62 (27.42) 5:24.16 (27.54)
5:51.81 (27.65) 6:19.21 (27.40)
6:46.66 (27.45) 7:14.16 (27.50)
7:41.46 (27.30) 8:08.75 (27.29)
8:35.68 (26.93) 9:02.56 (26.88)
9:29.48 (26.92) 9:56.40 (26.92)
10:23.58 (27.18) 10:50.67 (27.09)
11:18.14 (27.47) 11:45.64 (27.50)
12:13.27 (27.63) 12:41.11 (27.84)
13:09.10 (27.99) 13:37.04 (27.94)
14:04.97 (27.93) 14:31.72 (26.75) 14:57.11 (25.39)
7 Custer, Liam FR Stanford 15:15.47 14:59.05 12
24.64 51.41 (26.77)
1:18.43 (27.02) 1:45.57 (27.14)
2:12.51 (26.94) 2:39.68 (27.17)
3:06.81 (27.13) 3:33.97 (27.16)
4:01.14 (27.17) 4:28.46 (27.32)
4:55.46 (27.00) 5:22.49 (27.03)
5:49.66 (27.17) 6:17.05 (27.39)
6:44.27 (27.22) 7:11.59 (27.32)
7:38.97 (27.38) 8:06.52 (27.55)
8:34.16 (27.64) 9:01.75 (27.59)
9:29.18 (27.43) 9:56.80 (27.62)
10:24.36 (27.56) 10:52.20 (27.84)
11:19.91 (27.71) 11:47.65 (27.74)
12:15.48 (27.83) 12:43.30 (27.82)
13:10.96 (27.66) 13:38.54 (27.58)
14:06.12 (27.58) 14:33.04 (26.92) 14:59.05 (26.01)
8 Nyboer, Mason JR Arizona 15:24.64 15:09.43 11
25.16 52.01 (26.85)
1:19.34 (27.33) 1:46.51 (27.17)
2:13.90 (27.39) 2:41.43 (27.53)
3:08.87 (27.44) 3:36.28 (27.41)
4:03.88 (27.60) 4:31.45 (27.57)
4:58.90 (27.45) 5:26.54 (27.64)
5:54.05 (27.51) 6:21.63 (27.58)
6:49.43 (27.80) 7:17.11 (27.68)
7:44.77 (27.66) 8:12.54 (27.77)
8:40.17 (27.63) 9:07.97 (27.80)
9:35.84 (27.87) 10:03.61 (27.77)
10:31.41 (27.80) 10:59.42 (28.01)
11:27.28 (27.86) 11:55.33 (28.05)
12:23.39 (28.06) 12:51.39 (28.00)
13:19.67 (28.28) 13:47.81 (28.14)
14:15.51 (27.70) 14:43.27 (27.76) 15:09.43 (26.16)
Men’s 200 Backstroke
If Cal hopes to put a scare into Arizona State’s title hopes, the Golden Bears need everything to go right for the remainder of the final night, and the 200 back final was a start as Destin Lasco and Hugo Gonzalez swam the two fastest times in the country so far this season. Lasco pulled slightly ahead of Gonzalez at the halfway point but never escaped the range of his veteran teammate. Both men finished in 24.3 splits, and the resulting times were brilliant: Lasco in 1:36.94 and Gonzalez in 1:37.19. Both men were under the Pac-12 meet record of 1:37.87 set by former Bear Daniel Carr in 2020.
Both swimmers eclipsed the previous top mark in the country, the 1:38.22 set by Brendan Burns of Indiana, and both crushed the 1:37.77 that Lasco swam to win the NCAA title in the event last year. Lasco was less than a second off his best time (1:35.99) which ranks third all-time behind Ryan Murphy and Shaine Casas while Gonzalez moved to seventh-fastest in history.
However, this event was not a total loss for Arizona State as Owen McDonald and Hubert Kos placed third and fourth, respectively. McDonald touched in 1:39.01, followed by Kos in 1:39.21. Those two plus B-finalist Jack Wadsworth combined for 36 points, while Cal’s Lasco, Gonzalez, Sebastian Somerset and Colby Mefford picked up 57.
Mefford actually posted the third-fastest time of the night with his 1:38.83 in the B-final. The time ranks fifth nationally behind his Cal teammates, Burns and Georgia’s Ian Grum.
Event 17 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, CAL
PAC-12: M 1:35.73 2016 Ryan Murphy, CAL
PAC-12 Champ: P 1:37.87 2020 Daniel Carr, CAL
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Lasco, Destin JR California 1:38.66 1:36.94P 20
23.03 47.94 (24.91)
1:12.63 (24.69) 1:36.94 (24.31)
2 Gonzalez de Oliveira, GS California 1:38.84 1:37.19P 17
23.00 47.98 (24.98)
1:12.85 (24.87) 1:37.19 (24.34)
3 McDonald, Owen FR ASU 1:39.62 1:39.01 16
22.94 48.02 (25.08)
1:13.88 (25.86) 1:39.01 (25.13)
4 Kos, Hubert FR ASU 1:40.63 1:39.21 15
22.84 47.80 (24.96)
1:13.50 (25.70) 1:39.21 (25.71)
5 Sequeira, Aaron SO Stanford 1:40.16 1:39.94 14
23.50 48.79 (25.29)
1:14.54 (25.75) 1:39.94 (25.40)
6 MacAlister, Leon SR Stanford 1:40.60 1:40.16 13
23.42 48.61 (25.19)
1:14.29 (25.68) 1:40.16 (25.87)
7 Zuchowski, Josh FR Stanford 1:40.81 1:40.68 12
23.88 49.67 (25.79)
1:15.84 (26.17) 1:40.68 (24.84)
8 Somerset, Sebastian SR California 1:40.44 1:41.09 11
23.32 48.52 (25.20)
1:14.43 (25.91) 1:41.09 (26.66)
Men’s 100 Freestyle
For the second consecutive event, Cal finished 1-2 as Bjorn Seeliger and Jack Alexy got the better of all four Arizona State swimmers in the A-final. Seeliger went out in 19.19, more than six tenths clear of the field, and he held on to win in 40.90. That knocked off the 41.17 of Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks for the fastest time in the country this season.
Alexy, meanwhile, finished second in 41.42, which moved him to sixth nationally behind Seeliger, Crooks, Florida’s Josh Liendo, Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan and Ohio State’s Ruslan Gaziev. But neither swimmer is done with the 100 free for the evening as a showdown with Arizona State awaits in the 400 free relay.
The Sun Devils finished third, fourth and fifth here with Grant House (41.69), Jack Dolan (41.96) and Patrick Sammon (41.98), while Jonny Kulow took eighth (42.16) and Max McCuster posted a strong swim in the C-final (42.26). Leon Marchand will surely play a role on ASU’s relay as well. Cal, meanwhile, had Mathew Jensen place seventh in 42.09, and Destin Lasco and Hugo Gonzalez are both options for the Bears’ 400 free relay.
Event 18 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
PAC-12: M 40.75 2022 Bjorn Seelinger, CAL
PAC-12 Champ: P 41.38 2013 Vladmir Morozov, USC
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Seeliger, Bjorn JR California 41.30 40.90P 20
8.98 19.19 (10.21)
30.00 (10.81) 40.90 (10.90)
2 Alexy, Jack SO California 41.80 41.42 17
9.33 19.83 (10.50)
30.57 (10.74) 41.42 (10.85)
3 House, Grant SR ASU 42.21 41.69 16
9.60 20.13 (10.53)
31.09 (10.96) 41.69 (10.60)
4 Dolan, Jack SR ASU 41.84 41.96 15
9.40 19.88 (10.48)
30.98 (11.10) 41.96 (10.98)
5 Sammon, Patrick SO ASU 42.32 41.98 14
9.52 20.15 (10.63)
31.16 (11.01) 41.98 (10.82)
6 Minakov, Andrei JR Stanford 42.03 42.01 13
9.31 20.00 (10.69)
31.02 (11.02) 42.01 (10.99)
7 Jensen, Matthew JR California 42.01 42.09 12
9.45 20.06 (10.61)
31.10 (11.04) 42.09 (10.99)
8 Kulow, Jonny FR ASU 42.25 42.16 11
9.45 20.02 (10.57)
30.97 (10.95) 42.16 (11.19)
Men’s 200 Butterfly
It likely will not matter in the team competition with Arizona State more than 80 points clear of Cal following Leon Marchand’s NCAA record in the 200 breaststroke, but Cal was again victorious in the 200 fly, once again with a Golden Bears swimmer recording the country’s fastest time in an event. This time, it was Gabriel Jett who opened up a lead of two tenths by the halfway point of the 200 fly A-final and never let Arizona State’s Alex Colson make up any ground.
Jett touched in 1:39.27 while Colson finished second in 1:39.55. Jett beat out Brendan Burns’ 1:39.51 for the top time in the country while Colson passed Marchand (1:39.57) to move into second. Burns is the defending NCAA champion in the event, but between graduations (Nick Albiero, Trenton Julian and Christian Ferraro) and injuries (Luca Urlando), only four swimmers are returning this season from the 20222 NCAA final: Burns, Jett, Colson and Kentucky’s Mason Wilby.
Arizona State’s Andrew Gray took third in 1:41.20 while Cal’s Dare Rose faded to fourth (1:41.83).
Event 20 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 1:37.35 3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas
PAC-12: M 1:38.53 2021 Trenton Julian, CAL
PAC-12 Champ: P 1:38.53 2021 Trenton Julian, CAL
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Jett, Gabriel SO California 1:40.46 1:39.27 20
22.19 47.18 (24.99)
1:12.93 (25.75) 1:39.27 (26.34)
2 Colson, Alexander SR ASU 1:42.43 1:39.55 17
22.20 47.42 (25.22)
1:13.20 (25.78) 1:39.55 (26.35)
3 Gray, Andrew SR ASU 1:43.15 1:41.20 16
22.67 47.76 (25.09)
1:13.89 (26.13) 1:41.20 (27.31)
4 Rose, Dare JR California 1:41.82 1:41.83 15
22.48 47.73 (25.25)
1:13.98 (26.25) 1:41.83 (27.85)
5 Naughton, Haakon FR Arizona 1:43.11 1:42.60 14
22.44 48.11 (25.67)
1:14.85 (26.74) 1:42.60 (27.75)
6 Affeld, Jonny JR Stanford 1:43.26 1:42.83 13
22.85 49.08 (26.23)
1:15.86 (26.78) 1:42.83 (26.97)
7 Homans, Harry SR Southern Cali 1:43.94 1:43.52 12
23.11 49.01 (25.90)
1:15.97 (26.96) 1:43.52 (27.55)
8 Hu, Ethan JR Stanford 1:43.58 1:44.03 11
22.76 48.32 (25.56)
1:15.53 (27.21) 1:44.03 (28.50)
Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay
It did not make a difference in the team competition, but Cal got the better of Arizona State in the meet’s final relay as the two teams recorded the two fastest performances in the country so far this season. The Cal team of Dylan Hawk, Bjorn Seeliger, Matthew Jensen and Jack Alexy combined for a time of 2:45.67, which was almost a half-second better than the 2:46.14 recorded by Arizona State’s Leon Marchand, Grant House, Patrick Sammon and Jack Dolan.
Marchand, fresh off his record-breaking performance in the 200 breast, led off in 41.61, well ahead of Hawk’s 42.43, but Seeliger responded with a 40.87 split to take the lead away from House. Sammon then put Arizona State back in front with his 41.18 leg, only for Alexy to move slightly ahead over the first 50 yards of his anchor leg and then pull away. Alexy’s split of 40.80 was the quickest of the race. Both teams ended up beating the 2:46.25 set by Tennessee at the SEC Championships, a mark that had been No. 1 in the country. Cal beat the Pac-12 record set by a Hawk, Alexy, Hugo Gonzalez and Seeliger last season as well as the 2022 NCAA winning time, the 2:46.03 posted by Texas.
Arizona finished third in 2:49.90 with Ryan Perham, Ralph Daleiden Ciuferri, Hunter Ingram and Marin Ercegovic. Stanford’s team, which featured Andrei Minakov splitting 41.77 on the second leg, touched third but was disqualified.
Event 21 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA: N 2:44.31 3/24/2018 NC State
R.Held, J. Ress, J. Molacek, C. Stewart
PAC-12: M 2:45.94 2022 Univ of California, Berkeley, CAL
Hawk, Alexy, Gonzalez, Seeliger
PAC-12 Champ: P 2:45.94 2022 Univ of California, Berkeley
Hawk, Alexy, Gonzalez, Seeliger
School Seed Finals Points
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1 California 'A' 2:47.07 2:45.67M 40
1) Hawk, Dylan JR 2) Seeliger, Bjorn JR
3) Jensen, Matthew JR 4) Alexy, Jack SO
20.24 42.43 (42.43)
1:01.31 (18.88) 1:23.30 (40.87)
1:42.84 (19.54) 2:04.87 (41.57)
2:24.12 (19.25) 2:45.67 (40.80)
2 ASU 'A' 2:47.93 2:46.14 34
1) Marchand, Leon SO 2) House, Grant SR
3) Sammon, Patrick SO 4) Dolan, Jack SR
20.12 41.61 (41.61)
1:01.43 (19.82) 1:23.47 (41.86)
1:42.94 (19.47) 2:04.65 (41.18)
2:24.15 (19.50) 2:46.14 (41.49)
3 Arizona 'A' 2:50.47 2:49.90 32
1) Perham, Ryan SR 2) Daleiden Ciuferri, Ralph FR
3) Ingram, Hunter SR 4) Ercegovic, Marin GS
20.33 42.61 (42.61)
1:02.89 (20.28) 1:25.32 (42.71)
1:45.74 (20.42) 2:07.91 (42.59)
2:27.61 (19.70) 2:49.90 (41.99)
4 Utah 'A' 2:51.30 2:52.06 30
1) Ungur, Andrei SR 2) O'Haimhirgin, Finn SR
3) Hynes, Jp SR 4) Horner, Jaek SR
20.57 43.39 (43.39)
1:03.51 (20.12) 1:26.15 (42.76)
1:46.42 (20.27) 2:09.23 (43.08)
2:29.61 (20.38) 2:52.06 (42.83)
5 Southern Cali 'A' 2:53.37 2:54.17 28
1) Saunders, Max SR 2) O'Grady, Chris SO
3) Dillard, Ben JR 4) Selin, Artem SO
20.74 43.30 (43.30)
1:03.84 (20.54) 1:27.23 (43.93)
1:47.98 (20.75) 2:11.35 (44.12)
2:31.06 (19.71) 2:54.17 (42.82)
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