GREENSBORO, N.C. – No. 2/17 Sun Devil Swim and Dive won its second straight Big 12 Championship Saturday night at Greensboro Aquatic Center.
The women's team went back-to-back as Big 12 Champions and the men's team won their fourth straight conference title as the team won the last two Pac-12 Championships before joining the Big 12 in 2024.
With the pair of conference titles Saturday night, ASU has won seven Big 12 Championships since joining the conference and joins Sun Devil Volleyball as the only teams to successfully defend their Big 12 titles this season.
Sun Devil alumnus and head coach Herbie Behm adds a pair of Big 12 titles to his resume, bringing his total to four conference championships in two years.
During the week, the Sun Devils brought home 19 individual conference titles and added eight relay titles.
The No. 2-ranked men's swim team put the finishing touches on the week with the men's 400 free relay of junior Ilya Kharun, graduate's Remi Fabiani, Adam Chaney and senior Jonny Kulow securing an NCAA record of 2:42.15 to win the Big 12 title. Kulow touched the wall in a thrilling 40.08, 100 free anchor leg to secure the record.
AN NCAA RECORD TO END THE MEET!
Jonny Kulow brings home the 400 free relay (2:42.15) title to cap off the week!!
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Additionally, the women's 400 free relay team emphatically closed out the meet with a Big 12 title led by senior Gerda Szlagyi, sophomore Julia Ullmann, junior Grace Lindberg and freshman Albane Cachot clinching a school record in 3:12.86. Cachot swam a record fast 46.60 100 free anchor leg to pass Arizona in the final 50 yards to give the Sun Devils a third conference title on relays.
The Sun Devil women's swim and dive team scored 1,898.50 points and won by 341 points over Arizona. The Sun Devil men's team scored 1,660.50 points during the week and won by 213 points.
Graduate Remi Fabiani set a Big 12 record in the 100 free with the second fastest time in school history, winning gold at 40.67. Earlier in the week, Fabiani won an individual title in the 200 free with a 1:31.24 winning time. Senior Jonny Kulow was second in the 100 free, hitting the wall in 41.47.
Freshman Albane Cachot left her mark in Greensboro with a third individual title in the 100 free and set a meet record in 47.42, beating out five Arizona swimmers. Cachot is the first Sun Devil - man or woman - to win three conference titles in the 50 free, 100 free and the 200 free at the same conference championship meet. Additionally, Cachot added three relay titles earlier in the week.
BRING IT HOME ALBANE!! 🔥
A sensational 100 free anchor leg by Cachot to bring home the 400 free relay title and a school record (3:12.86) for the Sun Devils! #ForksUp /// #O2V pic.twitter.com/frCbkaODvs
Following the conclusion of the meet, the Big 12 Conference announced that Cachot was tabbed as Freshman of the Meet with three individual wins and leading the Sun Devils to three relay wins. Additionally, Deniz Ertan was named women's swimmer of the meet with three individual titles with both swimmers scoring 96 individual points.
Kharun was named men's swimmer of the meet for his performance of setting meet records in both butterfly events and leading the men's team with 96 individual points.
In the 200 back, Graduate Adam Chaney earned his second individual title of the week with a meet record (1:38.33), winning the first conference title in program history in the 200 back. Yesterday, Chaney won the 100 back in 44.13.
Senior Deniz Ertan won her third individual title of the week, successfully defending her title in the 1650 free in 16:06.04. Junior Alexa Reyna earned the silver with a 16:18.42. Freshman Noah Mudadu was second in the 1650 free with a 15:02.39 swim. Senior and Arizona native Ryan King was sixth in the mile swim at 15:13.95, setting a personal best.
In the 200 breast, senior Andy Dobrzanski defended his Big 12 title that featured three Sun Devils sweep the top-3 spots. Dobrzanski won the race in 1:51.92, as freshman Brayden Taivassalo earned the silver in 1:52.33, and sophomore Lucien Vergnes won the bronze in 1:53.02.
Junior Kayden Hayes earned silver in platform diving, scoring 254.10 points in five dives, besting her 2025 Big 12 platform final result by three points where she won gold.
Senior Gerda Szilagyi began the evening for the Sun Devils with a silver medal in the 200 back, touching the wall in 1:53.79 which is an NCAA qualifying time.
The Arizona State dive team will prepare for NCAA Diving Zones in an attempt to qualify for NCAA Championships beginning March 9-11. The women's swim team will now prepare for NCAAs which begin March 18-21 at Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Ga.
Final Team standings:
Men
| Team | Points |
| Arizona State | 1,898.5 |
| Arizona | 1,552.5 |
| Utah | 1,305 |
| TCU | 934 |
| BYU | 843 |
| Cincinnati | 802 |
| West Virginia | 641 |
Women
| Team | Points |
| Arizona State | 1,660.5 |
| Arizona | 1,442.5 |
| Houston | 1,194.5 |
| Cincinnati | 770 |
| Kansas | 739.5 |
| TCU | 733 |
| Utah | 693 |
| BYU | 524 |
| Iowa State | 520 |
| West Virginia | 409 |
Big 12 Swim and Dive Championship of the Meet Awards:
Women’s Swimming Newcomer of the Meet
Name: Albane Cachot, Arizona State
Women’s Diving Newcomer of the Meet
Name: Maisey Wolosyzn, Houston
Women’s Diver of the Meet
Name: Michelle McLeod, Houston
Women’s Swimmer of the Meet
Name: Deniz Ertan, Arizona State
Men’s Swimming Newcomer of the Meet
Name: Duncan Henderson, Arizona
Men’s Diving Newcomer of the Meet
Name: Luke Hernandez, Arizona
Men’s Diver of the Meet
Name: Luke Hernandez, Arizona
Men’s Swimmer of the Meet
Name: Ilya Kharun, Arizona State
Morning prelims
Women's 200 Back: Gerda Szilagyi (1:55.50, 3rd), Payden Rafferty (1:58.39, 14th), Ella Guilfoil (1:58.44, 15th), Alexia Sotomayor (2:00.55, 24th), Eleaunah Phillips (2:00.63, T26th)
Men's 200 Back: Adam Chaney, (1:41.82, 2nd), JT Ewing (1:42.79, 5th), Hayden Hakes (1:44.31, 12th), Michael Hochwalt (23rd, 1:46.72)
Women's 100 Free: Albane Cachot (47.51, School Record, 1st), Grace Lindberg (49.38, T6th), Shane Golland (49.38, T6th), Indigo Armon (49.71, 10th), Jordan Greber (49.86, T11th)
Men's 100 Free: Jonny Kulow (41.56, 1st), Remi Fabiani (41.94, 2nd), Quin Seider (41.96, 3rd), Filip Senc-Samardzic (42.33, 4th), Tommy Palmer (42.64, 7th), Tolu Young (42.78, 8th), Mattia Mauri (43.55, 13th)
Women's 200 Breast: Sonia Vaishnani (2:11.15, 3rd), Lucie Vasquez (2:11.61 6th), Ginger McMahon (2:13.40, 12th), June Tran-Hansen (2:14.40, 14th), Zoe Summar (2:14.84, 18th), Ariel Beltran (2:16.08, 21st)
Men's 200 breast: Andy Dobrzanski (1:53.09, 1st), Brayden Taivassalo (1:54.57, 2nd), Lucien Vergnes (1:55.45, 4th), Jon Reiter (1:56.93, 11th), Jordan Tiffany (1:57.15, 12th), Jonathan Itzhaki (1:59.02, 24th)
2026 Big 12 Champions
Men’s 50 free - Ilya Kharun - 18.46 *Meet Record
Women’s 50 free - Albane Cachot - 21.80
Men's 100 free - Remi Fabiani - 40.67 - Big 12 Record
Women's 100 free - Albane Cachot - 47.42 - Meet Record
Men’s 200 free - Remi Fabiani - 1:31.24 *Meet Record
Women’s 200 free - Albane Cachot - 1:44.58
Women’s 500 free - Deniz Ertan - 4:41.34
Women's 1650 free - Deniz Ertan - 16:06.04
Men's 100 back - Adam Chaney - 44.13
Men's 200 back - Adam Chaney - 1:38.33 - Meet Record
Men's 100 breast - Andy Dobrzanski - 51.32
Men's 200 breast - Andy Dobrzanski - 1:51.92
Men's 100 fly - Ilya Kharun - 43-77 *Meet record
Women's 100 fly - Julia Ullmann - 51.97
Men's 200 fly - Ilya Kharun - 1:37.70 *Meet record
Women's 200 fly - Deniz Ertan - 1:56.31
Men's 100 fly - Ilya Kharun - 43.77 *Meet record
Women’s 200 IM - Sonia Vaishnani - 1:57.16
Women's 400 IM - Alexa Reyna - 4:09.22
Men's 200 free relay - Remi Fabiani, Jonny Kulow, Adam Chaney, Ilya Kharun - Big 12 record, meet record, school record
Men's 400 free relay - Ilya Kharun, Adam Chaney, Remi Fabiani, Jonny Kulow - 2:42.15 - NCAA Record, Big 12 Record, Meet Record, School Record
Women's 400 free relay - Gerda Szilagyi, Julia Ullmann, Grace Lindberg, Albane Cachot - 3:12.86 - School Record
Men’s 200 medley relay - Adam Chaney, Andy Dobrzanski, Ilya Kharun, Tommy Palmer - 1:20.96 *Meet record
Men's 400 medley relay - Adam Chaney, Andy Dobrzanski, Ilya Kharun, Remi Fabiani - 2:57.48 *Big 12 record, meet record
Women's 400 medley relay - Miriam Sheehan, Ginger McMahon, Julia Ullmann, Albane Cachot - 3:30.68
Women’s 800 free relay - Jordan Greber, Gerda Szilagyi, Grace Lindberg, Albane Cachot - 7:01.39
Men’s 800 free relay - Filip Senc-Samardzic, Jonny Kulow, Quin Seider, Remi Fabiani - 6:08.31 *Meet record
Sun Devil men’s top-3 finishes at Big 12/Pac-12 Championships
2026: 1st
2025: 1st
2024: 1st
2023: 1st
2022: 3rd
1995: 2nd
1993: 3rd
1987: 3rd
1983: 3rd
1980: 3rd
Sun Devil Women’s Top-3 Finishes at Big 12/Pac-12 Championships
2026: 1st
2025: 1st
2018: 3rd
1994: 2nd
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