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Women's Swim/Dive, Men's Dive Begins Postseason Wednesday

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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – The Sun Devil women's swimming and diving and men's diving squads begin their NCAA push this weekend, heading to the Pacific Northwest to compete in the Pac-12 Championships beginning Wednesday. The championships run from Wednesday to Saturday, and the Sun Devil women also have a chance to secure their Territorial Cup Series point in the event by finishing above Arizona.

THIS WEEK
Wed., Feb. 27 –  Day One Prelims (Federal Way, Washington.) 1 p.m. MST
                             Day One Finals (Federal Way, Washington.) 5 p.m. MST
                             Live Stats

Thur., Feb. 28 –  Day Two Prelims (Federal Way, Washington.) 9:30 a.m. MST
                             Day Two Finals (Federal Way, Washington.) 5 p.m. MST
                             Live Stats

Fri., March. 1 –  Day Three Prelims (Federal Way, Washington.) 9:30 a.m. MST
                            Day Three Finals (Federal Way, Washington.) 5 p.m. MST
                            Live Stats | Live Stream (Finals Only)

Sat., March. 2 –  Day Four Prelims (Federal Way, Washington.) 9:30 a.m. MST
                            Day Four Finals (Federal Way, Washington.) 5 p.m. MST
                            Live Stats | Live Stream (Finals Only)
 

HOW TO KEEP UP        

  • Live Stats for the championships will be available on Pac-12.com/swimdivechamps. The finals on Friday and Saturday will also be available to watch on the Pac-12 Network or streamed on Pac-12.com/Live. Fans can also keep up with the action by following @ASUSwimDive on Twitter.

QUICK FACTS                    

  • The Sun Devils swept three of the four weekly Pac-12 honors, as Cierra Runge (swimmer), Ashley McCool (diving) and Youssef Selim (diving) all took home their respective player of the week accolades. The wins came after the the Arizona meet in which the men won and the women set two school records. Selim joined diver David Hoffer, who was also named Pac-12 Diver of the Week in January.
  • Diver David Hoffer put on a showing in the three-meter springboard against Stanford, as his score of 405.23 is the top mark in the conference and top-50 in Division I Diving. Youssef Selim added a No. 3 mark as well against Arizona, as his score of 383.78 is third-best in the conference and his score of 393.15 in one-meter is second-best in the conference.


LAST TIME OUT    

  • Sun Devils headed down to Tucson for their rivalry feel last time out, splitting the matchup with the Wildcats. The men took the victory, 159.5-140.5 to beat or tie Arizona in every matchup during the past four seasons.
  • While the women dropped their meet with Arizona, Cierra Runge and Emma Nordin turned heads, breaking school records in the 200 freestyle and 1000 freestyle, respectively.

FOR THE RECORD              

  • Cierra Runge and Emma Nordin puncuated a successful regular season for the Sun Devil women, setting two school records for the Sun Devils in the 200 freestyle and 1000 freestyle, respectively in the Devils' matchup in Tucson.
  • Runge broke Shannon Landgrebe's 2012 record of 1:44.35 with a time of 1:44.05 against the Wildcats while Nordin shattered Tristin Baxter's record in the 1000 free by over three seconds at 9:40.71.
  • With the records, the women's squad has put 18 times on the top-10 in Sun Devil history list, a feat led by Chloe Isleta who has contributed four such times this seasons between both backstroke events.

THE STACKED-12                        

  • The conference of champions really is just that in swimming, as all six of the men's member schools and six of the nine women's member schools are ranked in the final edition of the TYR/CSCAA Division I Coach's Poll.
  • On the women's side, the conference is tied for the most on the list with the ACC and SEC. On the men's side, the conference is tied for the second-most on the list, second only to the SEC with seven schools ranked.


BACK, BACK, BACKIN' IT UP          

  • Zach Poti and Chloe Isleta dominated the backstroke events during the regular season. Isleta took home a podium finish in every single backstroke event in dual meets this season while also sweeping first place finishes in four competitions (Oregon State, Florida State, UCLA and Washington State). 
  • Poti adds three sweeps of his own this season (Florida State, Stanford and Arizona) while contributing two times in the top-10 in ASU history list in the 200 backstroke and one in the 100 back.
  • The Sun Devil men also went 1-2 in the 100 and 200 backstroke at FSU, with Poti and freshman Khalil Fonder combining in the 100 back and Poti and Noah Henry in the 200 back. Fonder, Henry and fellow freshman Eddie Michael all participated in the final round of the 100 back at the Indiana Invitational as well, while Henry and Jakob Icimsoy found themselves in the 200 back finals.

COMING OF AGE                       

  • After a freshman campaign that included an honorable mention All-American performance in the 800 free relay, sophomore Evan Carlson is coming into his own this season.
  • As the team's best sprinter this season, Carlson owns three of the top-five times in the 50 free this season, including putting up a team-best 19.76 at the Indiana Invitational. Carlson put up the first NCAA B-Cut by a Sun Devil in his first meet of the season against Florida State. The sophomore has steadily improved his times with each meet this season and looks to continue his upward momentum in Federal Way.


NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK          

  • Freshmen have had a nice showing this season, with many contributing NCAA B cuts so far.
  • Four different freshmen men have combined to secure seven B Cuts heading into the Pac-12 Championships in Cody Bybee (200FR, 500FR, 200FL), Liam Bresette (200FR, 500FR), Khalil Fonder  (100BK) and Jack Edgemond (200FL). Diver Brandon Spencer also looks to compete in Flagstaff in March, as he qualified for the Zone Championships in the three-meter springboard.
  • On the women's side, Ruby Martin has been a consistent cog in the butterfly stroke, placing top three in the 100 and 200FL at Florida State and UCLA, and first in the 100FL at Oregon State. Martin took first in the 200 fly against Washington State and second behind teammate Fanny Teijonsalo in the 100 fly.


ON THE WORLD STAGE                      

  • Freshman Ashley McCool represented her country in her native Calgary at the 2018 Canada Cup Grand Prix, earning silver in the 3M synchro ahead of the United States, Cuba and Germany. 
  • McCool added another medal to her collection at the Summer Speedo Nationals, putting up a score of of 283.10 in the finals to place third in the event and earn a bronze medal.
  • Frida Kaellgren competed again in the 1M dive for her country at the Swedish National Championships, racking up her second-straight gold medal in the event to become a Swedish National Champion in the event. Kaellgren notched a gold medal in the same event in 2017 and a silver in the 3M dive as well.

HOMECOMING                    

  • The Sun Devils added a new coach to the staff in the offseason -- #SunDevil4Life Herbie Behm.
  • Behm returns to Tempe after serving as the assistant sprints coach at the University of Utah for two seasons. During his tenure in Salt Lake, Behm led a group of 20+ student-athletes in their daily training programs while assisting and working with each individuals' technique, training strategies and post-race analysis. Under Behm's tutelage, 20 student-athletes set school records in just two seasons.
  • Behm, a Tucson-native, swam at Arizona State from 2010-13. Excelling in the classroom as well, Behm was a three-time Scholar-Athlete Award winner and graduated with his degree in Psychology while minoring in Communications. As a Sun Devil, Behm was a part of the foursome that set the school record in the 400 medley relay.

MEN NAMED NO. 5 CLASS IN NATION            

  • Boasting yet another exceptional recruiting class, the Sun Devil men's swimming program's 2018 haul was chosen as the No. 5 class in the nation, according to Swim Swam magazine's annual evaluation of NCAA Division I swimming classes.
  • The highly-touted Sun Devil class features 16 freshman and seven four-year university transfers spanning 12 states including Missouri, Ohio, Arizona, Virginia, Texas, Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York and one international student from Australia.
  • The class, recognized as one of the nation's largest signing groups, rose quickly through the rankings, as only one of the class' prospects broke the magazine's top-20 list in the summer of 2017. After huge senior campaigns, that number tripled to three.
  • The class boasts nine swimmers with 100 free times of 44.9 or better, five with 50 free bests of 20.3 or better and six with 200 free bests at 1:36.6 or better. This adds to an already strong crop of Sun Devil freestylers that includes Grant House, who put up the No. 24 time in the world during the 2017-18 season in the 200 free over the summer and Evan Carlson, who owns three of the top five fastest times in the 50 free by a Sun Devil this season.


POWERHOUSE SCHEDULE              

  • This season, Arizona State faced last year's national champions on each side – Texas (men) and Stanford (women) – as well as two of the top five overall finishers at NCAA's a year ago.
  • During the dual season, the men's and women's teams also faced seven top-25 teams to finish last season, including the top-ranked team for each. The men face No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 Cal, No, 3 Indiana, No. 6 Texas, No. 9 USC, No. 18 Arizona while the women face those teams plus No. 21 UCLA.

ACADEMIC SUCCESS              

  • The Sun Devils earned CSCAA Scholar All-America honors as a team, marking the 11th-consecutive semester dating back to Fall 2013 that both Sun Devil squads have earned a place in the team, while the ASU men have achieved upward improvement for the past three seasons. 17 individual Sun Devil swimmers and divers were also named Scholar All-Americans the last time the awards were given out in May 2018.