Leon Marchand Goes 52.42 in LCM 100 Fly to Top Teammate Ilya Kharun
Leon Marchand dropped a 52.42 in the 100 butterfly Saturday morning in a long-course meters exhibition meet with North Carolina State. The meet between Arizona State and NC State was unscored, following on the heels of a nonconference dual meet the night before at Mona Plummer Aquatics Center.
Marchand bested his young Canadian teammate by three tenths, Ilya Kharun going 52.79. NC State’s Aidan Hayes was third in 53.11, with Hubert Kos .02 behind.
Marchand also went 55.32 in the 100 back, finishing third to NC State grad student Kacper Stokowski, who went 54.07, and Kos in 54.76. Marchand won the 200 free in 1:49.16, ahead of teammate Patrick Sammon’s 1:49.43.
Kharun won the 200 fly in 1:57.94.
Katharine Berkoff romped to a win in the 100 backstroke for NC State, clocking in at 59.19.
Without Johnny Kulow at the Pan Am Games for the United States, Arizona State’s depth sprinters got to show their stuff. Sammon won the 100 free in 49.67, with Jack Dolan .18 back. Dolan went 22.86 in the 50 free, which was second. Kharun finished sixth in 23.36. For the Canadian teen, that’s just off his best of 23.31, set in March.
NC State freshman Quintin McCarty won the 50 free in 22.82. Noah Henderson was third for the Wolfpack in 22.99.
Lindsay Looney put together a couple of solid swims. She was quickest in the 200 butterfly in 2:13.16. She went 1:01.44 in the 100 fly, behind the impressive 1:00.24 set by Abby Arens of NC State. Looney also went 2:04.20 in the 200 free, behind teammate Ieva Maluka, who went 2:03.11. Maluka was second in the 200 individual medley to teammate Charli Brown, who went 2:15.83. Brown was also second in the 400 free.
Ross Dant went 3:54.67 to win the 400 free for NC State.
JT Ewing put together an impressive 200 backstroke, winning in 1:58.86. It’s just a second off his best time of 1:57.76 from nationals this summer.
Deniz Ertan picked up a couple of wins for Arizona State. The Turkish international went 4:15.66 in the 400 free, then she clocked in at 8:44.01 in the 800.
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