LOS ANGELES – Sun Devil Swim and Dive open November by heading to the City of Angels for a quad meet against Arizona, UCLA and USC, hosted on the campus of USC at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center starting Friday, Nov. 6, at 1 p.m. MST with an evening session at 6 p.m., then concluding Saturday at 12 p.m. MST.
The meet will be streamed on Big Ten Plus, which will require a subscrption to watch.
It will mark the first road trip to USC since Nov. 4, 2022, when the No. 5 men’s team defeated No. 17 Trojans in a dual meet, winning 11 of 14 swimming events. The women dropped a dual against the Trojans as alum Lindsay Looney won both butterfly events.
Making a splash
The Sun Devils in their first month of competition have been busy, enjoying dual wins over SMU, UNLV and Northern Arizona. Including taking two team titles at the SMU Classic.
A number of Sun Devils rank among the fastest in the nation entering invite season before the holiday break.
- Ilya Kharun ranks atop the nation in the 50 free (18.60), 100 fly (44.10) and the 200 fly (1:40.29).
- Quin Seider is third in the country in the 100 free (41.61) and is tied for the sixth-fastest 200 free time in the nation (1:33.26).
- Freshman Nathan Muratory is among the fastest freshmen in the country, ranking 11th in the 100 back (45.68) and 10th in the 200 back (1:39.77).
- Freshman breaststroker Oliver Munn owns the third-fastest 100 breast time in the nation (51.86).
- Sophomore Albane Cachot is ninth in the country in the 50 free (21.70) and is sixth in the 100 free (47.12).
- Entering November, the men’s team owns four of the fastest relay times in the nation. (400 free relay/2:48.64), (800 free relay/6:15.91), (200 medley relay/1:21.73), (400 medley relay/3:01.93).
- In the Big 12 Conference, freshman Ellie Chalupsky is fifth in the 50 free (22.51), and second in the 100 free (48.58).
- Freshman Alyssa Albertyn is second in the Big 12 in the 200 free (1:44.95) and is first in the conference in the 200 back (1:54.68).
Last time out
Both men’s and women’s teams earned dual wins over SMU on Oct. 22, winning 26 races between the two teams.
Senior Ilya Kharun earned victories in both butterfly events, winning the 100m fly in 49.40 and the 200m fly in 1:51.44, both by multiple seconds. Additionally, junior butterfly specialist Julia Ullmann won both fly events, hitting the wall in 57.59 (100m fly) and the 200m fly in 2:08.82.
Fifth-year Nick Simons swept both of his backstroke events, winning the 100m back in 50.44 and the 200m back in 1:52.18. Junior Tolu Young won his only individual event, placing first in the 50m free in 21.02.
Sun Devils headed to the World Championships
Ilya Kharun, Adam Chaney and Grant House will all make their debuts representing the red, white and blue at the 2026 World Short Course Swimming Championships held in Beijing, China, starting on December 1.
Kharun qualified for the team in all three butterfly events, placing first in the 50m fly with a time of 21.46, an American record and a personal best. Additionally, Kharun won the 100m fly in 48.45, which set a U.S. Open record and was second in the 200m fly in 1:48.12. Kharun represented Canada at the 2024 World Aquatics Short Course Championship and won gold in the 200m fly in 1:48.24.
Alum Adam Chaney earned a spot on the U.S. roster with a win in the 50m back in 22.71, and won the 100m back in 49.50. House made the roster with a second-place finish in the 100m IM in 51.33.
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