TEMPE – Sun Devil Men's and Women's Swim and Dive plays host to its three in-state rivals, welcoming Arizona, GCU and NAU to Mona Plummer Aquatic Center on Saturday starting at 12 p.m. AZT. The meet will not be streamed but can be followed on the team's Twitter/X account, @ASUSwimDive and on Instagram @sundevilswimdive.
Live results can be found on Meet Mobile. It's the second of three home meets for the Sun Devils this Fall.
In the season opener against UNLV, both the men and women's teams defeated the Rebels, winning 28 events to jumpstart the season. The No. 6 Sun Devil men defeated the rebels 217-83, and the women won 236-64.
Sophomore Ilya Kharun went 4-of-4 in events, winning both butterfly races, the 200y IM and the 200 medley relay. In her ASU debut, graduate Caroline Bentz won 3 out of 4 races she participated in, winning the 200 backstroke in 1:55.29.
In the 200 medley relay, the quartet of Miriam Sheehan, Iza Adame, Julia Ullmann and Bentz set a new school record, finishing in 1:37.05. Sheehan also won the 100 backstroke, Adame won the 100 breaststroke and Ullmann won the 100 fly later that night.
Daniel Matheson, Jonny Kulow, Deniz Ertan, Alexa Reyna and Patrick Sammon also won in their respective competitions on Friday. Results against UNLV can be found here.
OPPONENT OUTLOOK:
Arizona is competing for the first time this season after having their Red & Blue intrasquad meet two weeks ago. Last season, the men's team finished 4th at Pac-12 championships and the women finished in 7th at conference championships.
Last February, ASU men defeated the Wildcats 227-73, and the ASU women beat Arizona's women team 186-111.
Grand Canyon had their season opener last week against Seattle and California Baptist, beating both teams in the tri-meet on the men's and women's side. Last season, the GCU men went 9-5 in dual meets and placed 2nd at WAC championships, and placing third at the CSCAA National Championships. For the GCU Women, they went 11-6 and placed 2nd at the WAC championships, and placed 10th out of 54 teams at the CSCAA National Championships.
Northern Arizona's women's team opened their season in an annual pentathlon where Gracie Munk won the event for the second time, but this weekend is the team's first swim meet and have a blue vs. gold scrimmage the day before this weekend's quad-meet.
Last season, the Lumberjacks won the WAC conference title for the 11th straight time, winning by a margin of 253.5 points over GCU.
BIG AWARD WINNERS:
In the first set of Big 12 weekly awards, the Sun Devils swept the swimming portion of the honor. Ilya Kharun won his first conference honor, winning all four of the races he appeared in.
Caroline Bentz in her ASU debut collected 35 points with wins in the 200 back, the 200 medley relay (21.64; 1:37.05) and the 400 free relay (49.22; 3:18.87), and coming in second in the 100 back (52.68).
Tommy Palmer earned men's newcomer of the week placing in the top-3 in all four of his races. The transfer helped win the 400 free relay (2:51.68) and had a runner-up finish in the 200 medley relay (18.91;1:25.35). In his individual events, he achieved second place in the 50 free (19.59) and third in the 100 fly (46.57) behind only teammates Kharun, Jonny Kulow, and Filip Senc-Samardzic.
IN THE RANKINGS
The Sun Devils are ranked in both the men and women's CSCAA preseason polls announced on Sept. 26. The men check in at No. 6 in the country, and the women are ranked No. 21. Both are the only teams to represent the Big 12 going into the new season.
Arizona's men received 7 votes in the CSCAA poll which is tied for 26th in the country.
RETURNING OLYMPIANS:
The Sun Devils return five total Olympians who have competed in the Olympics. Deniz Ertan and Miriam Sheehan both competed in Tokyo in 2021. Tiago Behar, David Young and Ilya Kharun all swam for their respective countries in 2024 in Paris.
Kharun, representing Canada garnered two bronze medals in Paris, coming in the 200m and the 100m fly after coming off a freshman year where he claimed the 200y fly individual title at NCAA Championships. Similar to his teammate Matheson, he'll also be competing in Budapest at the short-course world championships. Kharun currently holds the school record in the 100 fly (44.33) and 200 fly (1:37.93).
Live results can be found on Meet Mobile. It's the second of three home meets for the Sun Devils this Fall.
In the season opener against UNLV, both the men and women's teams defeated the Rebels, winning 28 events to jumpstart the season. The No. 6 Sun Devil men defeated the rebels 217-83, and the women won 236-64.
Sophomore Ilya Kharun went 4-of-4 in events, winning both butterfly races, the 200y IM and the 200 medley relay. In her ASU debut, graduate Caroline Bentz won 3 out of 4 races she participated in, winning the 200 backstroke in 1:55.29.
In the 200 medley relay, the quartet of Miriam Sheehan, Iza Adame, Julia Ullmann and Bentz set a new school record, finishing in 1:37.05. Sheehan also won the 100 backstroke, Adame won the 100 breaststroke and Ullmann won the 100 fly later that night.
Daniel Matheson, Jonny Kulow, Deniz Ertan, Alexa Reyna and Patrick Sammon also won in their respective competitions on Friday. Results against UNLV can be found here.
OPPONENT OUTLOOK:
Arizona is competing for the first time this season after having their Red & Blue intrasquad meet two weeks ago. Last season, the men's team finished 4th at Pac-12 championships and the women finished in 7th at conference championships.
Last February, ASU men defeated the Wildcats 227-73, and the ASU women beat Arizona's women team 186-111.
Grand Canyon had their season opener last week against Seattle and California Baptist, beating both teams in the tri-meet on the men's and women's side. Last season, the GCU men went 9-5 in dual meets and placed 2nd at WAC championships, and placing third at the CSCAA National Championships. For the GCU Women, they went 11-6 and placed 2nd at the WAC championships, and placed 10th out of 54 teams at the CSCAA National Championships.
Northern Arizona's women's team opened their season in an annual pentathlon where Gracie Munk won the event for the second time, but this weekend is the team's first swim meet and have a blue vs. gold scrimmage the day before this weekend's quad-meet.
Last season, the Lumberjacks won the WAC conference title for the 11th straight time, winning by a margin of 253.5 points over GCU.
BIG AWARD WINNERS:
In the first set of Big 12 weekly awards, the Sun Devils swept the swimming portion of the honor. Ilya Kharun won his first conference honor, winning all four of the races he appeared in.
Caroline Bentz in her ASU debut collected 35 points with wins in the 200 back, the 200 medley relay (21.64; 1:37.05) and the 400 free relay (49.22; 3:18.87), and coming in second in the 100 back (52.68).
Tommy Palmer earned men's newcomer of the week placing in the top-3 in all four of his races. The transfer helped win the 400 free relay (2:51.68) and had a runner-up finish in the 200 medley relay (18.91;1:25.35). In his individual events, he achieved second place in the 50 free (19.59) and third in the 100 fly (46.57) behind only teammates Kharun, Jonny Kulow, and Filip Senc-Samardzic.
IN THE RANKINGS
The Sun Devils are ranked in both the men and women's CSCAA preseason polls announced on Sept. 26. The men check in at No. 6 in the country, and the women are ranked No. 21. Both are the only teams to represent the Big 12 going into the new season.
Arizona's men received 7 votes in the CSCAA poll which is tied for 26th in the country.
RETURNING OLYMPIANS:
The Sun Devils return five total Olympians who have competed in the Olympics. Deniz Ertan and Miriam Sheehan both competed in Tokyo in 2021. Tiago Behar, David Young and Ilya Kharun all swam for their respective countries in 2024 in Paris.
Kharun, representing Canada garnered two bronze medals in Paris, coming in the 200m and the 100m fly after coming off a freshman year where he claimed the 200y fly individual title at NCAA Championships. Similar to his teammate Matheson, he'll also be competing in Budapest at the short-course world championships. Kharun currently holds the school record in the 100 fly (44.33) and 200 fly (1:37.93).