TEMPE– On a unusally warm day in Tempe, the No.1/21 Arizona State Swim and Dive braced the heat against the No.4/4 North Carolina State Wolfpack Friday afternoon at Mona Plummer Aquatic Center. The Men were victorious winning 186.5-113.5 over the Wolfpack, as the Women fell in a tight, competitive duel, 169.5-130.5.
Both teams will return to action tomorrow at 10 a.m where coverage can be seen on ASU-Live-Stream 2. Follow Sun Devil Swim & Dive on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for all the coverage.
FINAL:
ASU Men 186.5, NC State Men 113.5
ASU Women 130.5, NC State Women 169.5
SUN DEVIL NOTABLES
EVENT BY EVENT BREAKDOWN
Women's 200 Yard Medley Relay
Kicking off the dual, NC State was able to go 1-2 in the relay with a winning time of 1:37.07. The first relay team consisting of Charli Brown, Iza Adame, Lindsay Looney and Erin Milligan came in third with a time of 1:39.24.
Men's 200 Yard Medley Relay
In the highly anticipated dual of top-5 teams. The Sun Devils achieved the fastest 200 yard relay time of the year with Jack Dolan, Leon Marchand, Ilya Kharun and Cam Peel coming in a swift 1:22.67. The wolfpack came in second less than a second later with a time of 1:23.27, then ASU came in third with a time of 1:25.10.
Women's 1000 Yard Freestyle
After the heat of the relays, the longest race of the day ended with Deniz Ertan finishing with the fourth fastest time in school history which was 9:36.66 ahead of two NC State swimmers. Yara Hierath of the Wolfpack came in second at 9:45.05.
Men's 1000 Yard Freestyle
On the men's side it was the Wolfpack sweeping the long-distance event with Ross Dant coming in with a time of 8:51.53. Daniel Matheson finished in fifth with a time of 9:03.43.
Women's 200 Yard Freestyle
Returning to the sprint events, the Sun Devils went 1-2 with Leva Maluka finishing in 1:45.31 and Molly Batchelor close behind at 1:47.01 to secure important points for the team. The Wolfpack managed to place third with a time of 1:47.09.
Men's 200 Yard Freestyle
The Sun Devils managed to sweep the freestyle, led by Julian Hill coming in first with a time of 1:33.58, then following him was Patrick Sammon at 1:34.37, then in third respectively was Tiaho Behar with a time of 1:34.87.
Women's 100 Yard Backstroke
In the backstroke, NC State was able to go 1-2 in the event. Charli Brown placed third with a time of 52.99
Men's 100 Yard Backstroke
On the men's side NC state took the top spot with a time of 44.48 but the Sun Devils were closely behind in second and third place. Owen McDonald placed second with a time of 46.18, then Hubert Kos came in at 46.24.
Women's 100 Yard Breaststroke
The Wolfpack took the top spot over the Sun Devils but similar to the men, came in second and third respectively. Zoe Summar placed second at 1:00.50 and right behind was her teammate Iza Adame with a time of 1:00.75.
Men's 100 Yard Breaststroke
Some things never change and that is Leon Marchand dominating the breaststroke. He came away with another victory with a time of 52.14, then his teammate David Schicht came in second at 52.60, followed by Sun Devil Andy Dobrzansky at 53.19. All helping the Sun Devils sweep.
Women's 200 Yard Butterfly
Lindsay Looney was once again victorious in the butterfly with a time of 1:55.27, fending off two Wolfpack swimmers who placed second and third. Closely missing out the top-3 was Laura Marin Garcia who swam 2:00.43 respectively.
Men's 200 Yard Butterfly
On the men's side Ilya Kharun was victorious coming in at 1:40.26 mark alongside his teammate Alexander Colson at 1:43.93 to help the Sun Devils go 1-2 in the event to pick up critical points in the dual.
Women's 50 Yard Freestyle
In the fastest event of the day the Wolfpack placed two in the top-3 but Erin Milligan placed second for the Sun Devils with a time of 22.63. In fourth Indigo Armon came in at 22.96. Going into the break the Wolfpack were ahead of the Sun Devils 73.5–57.5.
Men's 50 Yard Freestyle
Jack Dolan continued his day placing in first with a swift time of 19.02, fending off two Wolfpack swimmers who came in behind him. Cam Peel placed fourth for ASU with a time of 19.51. Going into the break the No. 1 ranked team was ahead by 28, winning 78.5-51.5 over the No. 5 Wolfpack.
Women's 100 Yard Freestyle
Returning from the break NC State was victorious coming in with a time of 48.24. But the Sun Devils placed 2-3 in the race, with Milligan swimming a 49.13, following her was Maluka with a time of 49.27.
Men's 100 Yard Freestyle
Dolan continued his successful day with another victory coming in at a fast 42.20, alongside his teammate Sammon, swimming a 42.95 to secure more points over the Wolfpack.
Women's 200 Yard Backstroke
NC State managed another victory coming in with a time of 1:56.18. But The Sun Devils placed second and third. Brown was able to make a late dash for second with a time of 1:56.28, then Athena Clayson placed third with a time of 1:56.85.
Men's 200 Yard Backstroke
The Sun Devils were victorious once again with Kos beating out both Wolfpack swimmers by a tenth of a second, coming in at 1:40.11.
Women's 200 Yard Breaststroke
Despite NC State coming in first in the event at 2:08.94, the Sun Devils went 2-3 once again. Zoe Summar placed in second at 2:12.20, then Emma Gehlert was right behind her in third at 2:12.70.
Men's 200 Yard Breaststroke
David Schlicht for the Sun Devils outswam everyone and won his event and finished with the fastest time of the year with a time of 1:52. 46. Sweeping the top-3 spots was Dobrzanski coming in second at 1:55.33, then Cale Martter swimming a 1:56.41 to round out the podium.
Women's 500 Yard Freestyle
With the second longest race of the day the Sun Devils managed to sweep the event to come away with 16 critical points in the dual. Batchelor swam a 4:42.58, besting the field by three seconds. Ertan finished the race in 4:45.28 to claim second place, followed by Alexa Reyna swimming a 4:48.28 to round out the top-3.
Men's 500 Yard Freestyle
The world champion Leon Marchand was victorious in the freestyle event coming in with a time of 4:14.34, beating out the Wolfpack swimmer by four seconds. Hill placed third with a time of 4:18.68 for the Sun Devils to round out the distance events.
Women's 100 Yard Butterfly
The Wolfpack went 1-2 in the event but Looney was able to place third in a tightly contested race with a time of 53.87, less than half a second behind second place. Going into the final break the Sun Devils kept it close with the Wolfpack, which led 123.5–102.5.
Men's 100 Yard Butterfly
Kharun once again was victorious on the day coming in at 45.26 and fended off the Wolfpack that placed in second and third in the tightly contested race. Going into the second break the Sun Devils managed to extend their lead to 60 over the Wolfpack, leading 142.5–83.5.
Women's 200 Yard IM
Returning from the break, the final individual event took place and went down to the wire. Grace Sheble of NC. State fended off two Sun Devils to take first with a time of 1:57.33. Closely following was Leva Maluka placing second at 1:57.48, then Charli Brown coming in at 1:58.82 to round out the top-3.
Men's 200 Yard IM
The Sun Devils managed to sweep the IM event over the Wolfpack, showing their dominance early this season. Kos finished in a swift 1:42.97, ahead of his teammate David Schlicht with a time of 1:43.68, then McDonald coming in at 1:44.31 in third for the Sun Devils.
Women's 400 Yard Free Relay
Starting the final events of the day, the Sun Devils finished strong holding off both Wolfpack relay teams. Milligan, Batchelor, Looney and Maluka were victorious with a time of 3:16.23 to place first for the Sun Devils.
Men's 400 Yard Free Relay
Showcasing their speed the Sun Devils finished first and third in the final race of the afternoon. Dolan, Sammon, Kharun and McDonald fended off the Wolfpack in the final 200 yards to finish in 2:47.53, as NC State finished in 2:49.34. Coming in third was ASU's B-squad of Tiago Behar, Filip Senc-Samardzic, Leo Roden and Cam Peel swimming in 2:55.32.
Diving Results
In the 1-meter dives, Lane Stallworth was second with a score of 300.75 and Thomas Wesche was third with a score of 274.80. In the 3-meter, Amayah Wiley was third with a score of 291.23 and Wesche was third with a 321.00.
QUOTES
Arizona State Head Coach Bob Bowman
On long course events:
"We do, particularly this year, the Olympic year came up quickly this time, only three years in the last, so we want to do as much long course racing as we can. We do as much long course training as we can. It also just develops them as an athlete, it's more demanding and the more we do in the long pool, the better they are in the short pool."
On it being their third meet:
"Well, I think that it just gives you, you just don't really know the rhythm of racing as well. It's been a while and we've had a couple of shots to kind of hone in on some things, but I thought they did a great job. Their skills were great they always are, they had great speed when they needed it. But I think that's the difference is you just have a little more sharpness after you've done a couple of them because you know the rhythm of it better internally."
On how proud he was of his womens group today:
"I loved the womens meet today. By far, the best meet we've had since I've been here. They're stepping up every time we're winning some events, we're fighting these guys and they are a great team. So I couldn't be happier with them and I think this will just give us some more confidence as we move into the next meeting."
Graduate Swimmer Jack Dolan
On 400 free relays:
"It's been good. Relays this year are really good, relays have had really strong starts. So hopefully we can keep it going."
On swimming long course events:
"It'll be good for us. It's nice to do long course throughout the year during an Olympic year so you can carry that momentum into the summer."
Sophomore Swimmer Ieva Maluka
On performance today:
"I would not have been able to do that last relay without everyone cheering me on and everyone was doing so great. We just keep pushing and getting better."
On staying lock in to end 400 free relay:
"You stay grounded and just be grateful for your teammates. You listen to them cheering you on and remember you're doing this for your team and just have fun with it."
Both teams will return to action tomorrow at 10 a.m where coverage can be seen on ASU-Live-Stream 2. Follow Sun Devil Swim & Dive on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for all the coverage.
FINAL:
ASU Men 186.5, NC State Men 113.5
ASU Women 130.5, NC State Women 169.5
SUN DEVIL NOTABLES
- With her time of 9:36.66 in an event win today, Deniz Ertan now holds the fourth best time in school history in the 1000 free.
- Jack Dolan holds the sixth best time in school history in the 50 free after today's win with a time of 19.02. He also won the 100 free and was a part of the winning 400 free relay.
- Léon Marchand went 4-for-4 in events he competed in as he won the 500 free, 400 free relay, 100 breast and 200 medley relay.
- Hubert Kós won both the 200 back and 200 IM this afternoon against the Wolfpack.
- Ilya Kharun was another Sun Devil to win multiple events this afternoon as he won the 200 and 100 fly.
- The Sun Devil relay of Dolan, Marchand, Kharun and Cam Peel won the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:22.67. In the 400 free relays, the Sun Devils won both of those relays with the group of Erin Milligan, Molly Batchelor, Lindsay Looney and Ieva Maluka winning for the Sun Devil women and Dolan, Patrick Sammon, Kharun and Marchand winning for the Sun Devil men.
EVENT BY EVENT BREAKDOWN
Women's 200 Yard Medley Relay
Kicking off the dual, NC State was able to go 1-2 in the relay with a winning time of 1:37.07. The first relay team consisting of Charli Brown, Iza Adame, Lindsay Looney and Erin Milligan came in third with a time of 1:39.24.
Men's 200 Yard Medley Relay
In the highly anticipated dual of top-5 teams. The Sun Devils achieved the fastest 200 yard relay time of the year with Jack Dolan, Leon Marchand, Ilya Kharun and Cam Peel coming in a swift 1:22.67. The wolfpack came in second less than a second later with a time of 1:23.27, then ASU came in third with a time of 1:25.10.
Women's 1000 Yard Freestyle
After the heat of the relays, the longest race of the day ended with Deniz Ertan finishing with the fourth fastest time in school history which was 9:36.66 ahead of two NC State swimmers. Yara Hierath of the Wolfpack came in second at 9:45.05.
Men's 1000 Yard Freestyle
On the men's side it was the Wolfpack sweeping the long-distance event with Ross Dant coming in with a time of 8:51.53. Daniel Matheson finished in fifth with a time of 9:03.43.
Women's 200 Yard Freestyle
Returning to the sprint events, the Sun Devils went 1-2 with Leva Maluka finishing in 1:45.31 and Molly Batchelor close behind at 1:47.01 to secure important points for the team. The Wolfpack managed to place third with a time of 1:47.09.
Men's 200 Yard Freestyle
The Sun Devils managed to sweep the freestyle, led by Julian Hill coming in first with a time of 1:33.58, then following him was Patrick Sammon at 1:34.37, then in third respectively was Tiaho Behar with a time of 1:34.87.
Women's 100 Yard Backstroke
In the backstroke, NC State was able to go 1-2 in the event. Charli Brown placed third with a time of 52.99
Men's 100 Yard Backstroke
On the men's side NC state took the top spot with a time of 44.48 but the Sun Devils were closely behind in second and third place. Owen McDonald placed second with a time of 46.18, then Hubert Kos came in at 46.24.
Women's 100 Yard Breaststroke
The Wolfpack took the top spot over the Sun Devils but similar to the men, came in second and third respectively. Zoe Summar placed second at 1:00.50 and right behind was her teammate Iza Adame with a time of 1:00.75.
Men's 100 Yard Breaststroke
Some things never change and that is Leon Marchand dominating the breaststroke. He came away with another victory with a time of 52.14, then his teammate David Schicht came in second at 52.60, followed by Sun Devil Andy Dobrzansky at 53.19. All helping the Sun Devils sweep.
Women's 200 Yard Butterfly
Lindsay Looney was once again victorious in the butterfly with a time of 1:55.27, fending off two Wolfpack swimmers who placed second and third. Closely missing out the top-3 was Laura Marin Garcia who swam 2:00.43 respectively.
Men's 200 Yard Butterfly
On the men's side Ilya Kharun was victorious coming in at 1:40.26 mark alongside his teammate Alexander Colson at 1:43.93 to help the Sun Devils go 1-2 in the event to pick up critical points in the dual.
Women's 50 Yard Freestyle
In the fastest event of the day the Wolfpack placed two in the top-3 but Erin Milligan placed second for the Sun Devils with a time of 22.63. In fourth Indigo Armon came in at 22.96. Going into the break the Wolfpack were ahead of the Sun Devils 73.5–57.5.
Men's 50 Yard Freestyle
Jack Dolan continued his day placing in first with a swift time of 19.02, fending off two Wolfpack swimmers who came in behind him. Cam Peel placed fourth for ASU with a time of 19.51. Going into the break the No. 1 ranked team was ahead by 28, winning 78.5-51.5 over the No. 5 Wolfpack.
Women's 100 Yard Freestyle
Returning from the break NC State was victorious coming in with a time of 48.24. But the Sun Devils placed 2-3 in the race, with Milligan swimming a 49.13, following her was Maluka with a time of 49.27.
Men's 100 Yard Freestyle
Dolan continued his successful day with another victory coming in at a fast 42.20, alongside his teammate Sammon, swimming a 42.95 to secure more points over the Wolfpack.
Women's 200 Yard Backstroke
NC State managed another victory coming in with a time of 1:56.18. But The Sun Devils placed second and third. Brown was able to make a late dash for second with a time of 1:56.28, then Athena Clayson placed third with a time of 1:56.85.
Men's 200 Yard Backstroke
The Sun Devils were victorious once again with Kos beating out both Wolfpack swimmers by a tenth of a second, coming in at 1:40.11.
Women's 200 Yard Breaststroke
Despite NC State coming in first in the event at 2:08.94, the Sun Devils went 2-3 once again. Zoe Summar placed in second at 2:12.20, then Emma Gehlert was right behind her in third at 2:12.70.
Men's 200 Yard Breaststroke
David Schlicht for the Sun Devils outswam everyone and won his event and finished with the fastest time of the year with a time of 1:52. 46. Sweeping the top-3 spots was Dobrzanski coming in second at 1:55.33, then Cale Martter swimming a 1:56.41 to round out the podium.
Women's 500 Yard Freestyle
With the second longest race of the day the Sun Devils managed to sweep the event to come away with 16 critical points in the dual. Batchelor swam a 4:42.58, besting the field by three seconds. Ertan finished the race in 4:45.28 to claim second place, followed by Alexa Reyna swimming a 4:48.28 to round out the top-3.
Men's 500 Yard Freestyle
The world champion Leon Marchand was victorious in the freestyle event coming in with a time of 4:14.34, beating out the Wolfpack swimmer by four seconds. Hill placed third with a time of 4:18.68 for the Sun Devils to round out the distance events.
Women's 100 Yard Butterfly
The Wolfpack went 1-2 in the event but Looney was able to place third in a tightly contested race with a time of 53.87, less than half a second behind second place. Going into the final break the Sun Devils kept it close with the Wolfpack, which led 123.5–102.5.
Men's 100 Yard Butterfly
Kharun once again was victorious on the day coming in at 45.26 and fended off the Wolfpack that placed in second and third in the tightly contested race. Going into the second break the Sun Devils managed to extend their lead to 60 over the Wolfpack, leading 142.5–83.5.
Women's 200 Yard IM
Returning from the break, the final individual event took place and went down to the wire. Grace Sheble of NC. State fended off two Sun Devils to take first with a time of 1:57.33. Closely following was Leva Maluka placing second at 1:57.48, then Charli Brown coming in at 1:58.82 to round out the top-3.
Men's 200 Yard IM
The Sun Devils managed to sweep the IM event over the Wolfpack, showing their dominance early this season. Kos finished in a swift 1:42.97, ahead of his teammate David Schlicht with a time of 1:43.68, then McDonald coming in at 1:44.31 in third for the Sun Devils.
Women's 400 Yard Free Relay
Starting the final events of the day, the Sun Devils finished strong holding off both Wolfpack relay teams. Milligan, Batchelor, Looney and Maluka were victorious with a time of 3:16.23 to place first for the Sun Devils.
Men's 400 Yard Free Relay
Showcasing their speed the Sun Devils finished first and third in the final race of the afternoon. Dolan, Sammon, Kharun and McDonald fended off the Wolfpack in the final 200 yards to finish in 2:47.53, as NC State finished in 2:49.34. Coming in third was ASU's B-squad of Tiago Behar, Filip Senc-Samardzic, Leo Roden and Cam Peel swimming in 2:55.32.
Diving Results
In the 1-meter dives, Lane Stallworth was second with a score of 300.75 and Thomas Wesche was third with a score of 274.80. In the 3-meter, Amayah Wiley was third with a score of 291.23 and Wesche was third with a 321.00.
QUOTES
Arizona State Head Coach Bob Bowman
On long course events:
"We do, particularly this year, the Olympic year came up quickly this time, only three years in the last, so we want to do as much long course racing as we can. We do as much long course training as we can. It also just develops them as an athlete, it's more demanding and the more we do in the long pool, the better they are in the short pool."
On it being their third meet:
"Well, I think that it just gives you, you just don't really know the rhythm of racing as well. It's been a while and we've had a couple of shots to kind of hone in on some things, but I thought they did a great job. Their skills were great they always are, they had great speed when they needed it. But I think that's the difference is you just have a little more sharpness after you've done a couple of them because you know the rhythm of it better internally."
On how proud he was of his womens group today:
"I loved the womens meet today. By far, the best meet we've had since I've been here. They're stepping up every time we're winning some events, we're fighting these guys and they are a great team. So I couldn't be happier with them and I think this will just give us some more confidence as we move into the next meeting."
Graduate Swimmer Jack Dolan
On 400 free relays:
"It's been good. Relays this year are really good, relays have had really strong starts. So hopefully we can keep it going."
On swimming long course events:
"It'll be good for us. It's nice to do long course throughout the year during an Olympic year so you can carry that momentum into the summer."
Sophomore Swimmer Ieva Maluka
On performance today:
"I would not have been able to do that last relay without everyone cheering me on and everyone was doing so great. We just keep pushing and getting better."
On staying lock in to end 400 free relay:
"You stay grounded and just be grateful for your teammates. You listen to them cheering you on and remember you're doing this for your team and just have fun with it."