TEMPE, Ariz. – One of the most electrifying three-day stretches in the 2022-23 season is next on the slate for Sun Devil Swim & Dive, which is off to the annual NC State Invite at the Greensboro Aquatic Center from November 17-19.
Competition will begin each day with preliminaries (7:30 a.m. MST) followed by the evening finals session (3:30 p.m. MST).
Follow along with the action with live results via the Meet Mobile app. A landing page for live results, if made available, will be shared with fans prior to the meet.
Due to conference rules, live streaming is unavailable.
Joining the Sun Devils, plus host NC State, in Greensboro are Duke, Stanford, Penn State and Army. UNC-Asheville and George Washington will also be there, albeit competing in just the diving portion of the meet.
RANKED TEAMS IN GREENSBORO
MEN
No. 4 -- NC State
No. 5 -- ASU
No. 6 -- Stanford
RV -- Army
WOMEN
No. 2 -- Stanford
No. 4 -- NC State
RV -- Duke
The Sun Devils have some fond memories of their time in Greensboro – especially from the work they put in at this same midseason invitational a season ago.
LOOKING BACK
The Sun Devils' showing at the three-day invite last year was historic for a number of reasons. Aside from both the Men's and Women's team storming to top-five finishes, 10 school records were broken.
It was also one of the first introductions to then-freshman Léon Marchand, whose time of 3:35.62 in the 400 IM was the fifth-fastest time in NCAA history and the second-fastest by a freshman.
(Spoiler: Marchand would go on to break his own record not once but twice throughout the remainder of his rookie year.)
BEST 400 IM TIMES IN SUN DEVIL MEN'S HISTORY
1. Léon Marchand, 3:34.08 (NCAA Championships, 3/25/2022)
2. Léon Marchand, 3:34.45 (Pac-12 Championships, 3/4/2022)
3. Léon Marchand, 3:35.62 (NC State Invite, 11/19/2021)
4. Léon Marchand, 3:37.97 (NCAA Championships, 3/25/2022)
5. Léon Marchand, 3:38.87 (Pac-12 Championships, 3/4/2022)
Final results from the NC State Invitational and both Sun Devil squads had top-5 finishes ?
— Sun Devil Swim/Dive (@ASUSwimDive) November 21, 2021
No. 15 Men's Team: ??
No. 20 Women's Team: 5??th place
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Sun Devils were ?? on Day 1 of the NC State Invite ??
— Sun Devil Swim/Dive (@ASUSwimDive) November 19, 2021
Men's 200 free relay, A final
Dolan-House-Swift-Bybee ??
Women's 500 free, A final
Emma Nordin ??
Men's 500 free, A final
Julian Hill ??
Men's 200 IM, A final
Léon Marchand??
Men's 50 free, A final
Jack Dolan ??
The Sun Devil Men jumped nine spots in the CSCAA Top 25 rankings following their three-day showing in Greensboro last year. They entered as the No. 15 team in the nation and slotted in at No. 6 in the following poll.
For full recaps and results from the 2021 NC State Invite, visit here.
FOLLOW ALONG
Keep up with the Sun Devils in Greensboro via the team's Twitter account, @ASUSwimDive, where nightly recaps, results and updates will be posted throughout the weekend.
NEXT UP
When the Sun Devils wrap up in Greensboro on Saturday, they'll have officially put a bow on the 2022 calendar year.
They'll resume eight weeks later with a Women's team home meet against Washington State on Friday, January 14. It's the start of a four-meet homestand – all against conference opponents – to close out the regular season.