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Marchand Named Pac-12 Men's Swimmer of the Month

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Marchand Named Pac-12 Men's Swimmer of the MonthMarchand Named Pac-12 Men's Swimmer of the Month
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The 2022-23 season is relatively young, but the accolades are starting to roll in for sophomore sensation Léon Marchand.

The Pac-12 Conference named Marchand the Men's Swimmer of the Month for November after the Toulouse, France, native won each of the 11 events he competed in throughout the Sun Devils' dual meet at USC (Nov. 4) and their midseason invitational at NC State (Nov. 17-19). He has now won each of the 13 individual events he has raced in to begin the season, six of which came in November alone (100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM x2, 400 IM, 200 fly).

Marchand also set new school records in both the 200 fly (1:39.57) and 400 IM (3:33.65) at the NC State Invite.

He is also a member of three Sun Devil Men's relays that have posted the fastest times in the nation in the 200 free relay, 400 medley relay and 800 free relay. All three times were set weeks ago in Greensboro at the NC State Invite.
 

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— Sun Devil Swim/Dive (@ASUSwimDive) December 2, 2022


Marchand is less than a year removed from a historic showing at the NCAA Championships, in which he won both the 200 IM and 200 breast -- setting an NCAA record in the 200 IM at 1:37.69 -- to become the school's first swimming National Champion in 22 years.

Read his full bio here

The second-year sophomore made his mark on the program -- and the swimming world at-large -- in rapid time. He owns four school records in individual events, including the 200 breast, 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM and is a member of four relays that are the fastest in team history (200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 400 medley relay). Additional notes regarding Marchand's place in Sun Devil Men's Events record history:
  • He's posted the five fastest times in the 200 breast
  • He has three top-10 times in the 100 breast
  • He's swam two top-five times in the 200 fly
  • He owns the four fastest times in the 200 IM and seven of the top 10
  • He has the program's six fastest times in the 400 IM and eight of the top 10
  • He's a member of the team's two fastest 200 free relays in program history
  • He's a member of the four fastest 800 free relays in program history
  • He's a member of the three fastest 400 medley relays in program history
For his efforts at last season's NCAA Championships, Marchand was named the CSCAA Division I Swimmer of the Year, plus the Pac-12 Freshman and Men's Swimmer of the Year. He was also an All-American in the 200 breast, 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 400 medley relay and 800 free relay last season.

Marchand and the No. 5 Sun Devil Men return to action on Friday, January 20, when they host Stanford (2 p.m. MST) at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center.