Courtesy: Tom Gordon.
it is simple to argue that Leon Marchand He placed on one of many best single-event performances in NCAA swimming historical past. He swam the quickest time in historical past in six races in roughly 72 hours, together with the relay races.
Nevertheless, breaking their division and evaluating their time to among the quickest of all time makes us recognize (once more) simply how epic his efficiency in Minneapolis actually was. Listed below are eight stats that spotlight how far Marchand has distanced himself from the sphere, each now and prior to now:
200 on the spot messages
1. At 200 IM Leon’s time is 1:36.34 solely 0.59 seconds slower than the quickest attainable addition in historical past. This contains “any historic distinction from 200 IMs accomplished by an unnamed swimmer.”Leon Marchand”:
Leon Marchand:
- Butterfly – 21.09
- Backstroke – 22.98
- Breaststroke – 27.66
- Freestyle – 24.61
- Complete – 1:36.34
Quickest Historic Gathering:
- Butterfly – 20.88 (Shaine Casas – 2020 Artwork Adamson Invitation)
- Backstroke – 23.79 (Andreas Vazaios – 2019 NCAA Division 1 Males’s Championship)
- Breaststroke – 27.98 (Destin Lasco – 2022 NCAA Division I Males’s Championship)
- Freestyle – 23.10 Destin Lasco (2022 NCAA Division 1 Males’s Championship)
- Complete – 1:35.75
2. The highest 100 of Leon’s 200 IMs (44.07) is the quickest break up in historical past with 1.43 seconds. This division can have:
- Certified for 100 freestyle ‘B’ finals on the 2023 NCAA Division II Championships.
- Positioned fourth total within the ‘A’ last of 100 Freestyle on the 2023 NCAA Division III Championships
- Prime three in three of ASU’s duos this season (within the free 100)
- Positioned twenty seventh within the 100 freestyles within the 2023 Pac-12 Championship qualifiers (this might have made the ‘C’ last by scratches)
3. At his 200 IM, Leon’s mid 100 break up of fifty.64 is the quickest break up in historical past at 1.82 seconds. Sticking to this theme, his high 150 was 2.68 seconds sooner than the following finest high 150 in historical past (Caeleb Dressel on the 2018 SEC Championship).
400 on the spot messages
4. Utilizing the identical guidelines as above, Leon’s 3:28.82 on 400IM is just 0.29 seconds slower than the quickest attainable complete in historical past:
Leon Marchand:
- Butterfly – 47.10
- Backstroke – 52.20
- Breaststroke – 58.59
- Freestyle – 50.93
- Complete – 3:28.82
Quickest Historic Gathering:
- Butterfly – 48.00 (Hugo Gonzalez – 2023 NCAA Division 1 Males’s Championship)
- Backstroke – 52.96 (Tyler Clary – 2009 NCAA Division I Males’s Championship)
- Breaststroke – 58.13 (Josh Prenot – 2016 NCAA Division I Males’s Championship)
- Freestyle – 49.44 (Bobby Finke – 2021 NCAA Division I Males’s Championship)
- Complete – 3:28.53
5. The primary 200 of Leon’s 400IM was the quickest break up in historical past at 2.24 seconds (Tyler Clary on the 2009 NCAAs). Leon’s subsequent 100 was virtually 4 seconds sooner than Clary’s (1:02.48 vs 58.59).
6. As a sophomore, Leon at the moment holds 77 of the highest 10 expeditions in SCY historical past at 400 IMs. The one different swimmer to have seven of the ten best swimmers in historical past Caeleb Dressel 50 freestyles. Leon’s dominance is much more spectacular when you think about the truth that 1) Dressel had as much as 4 possibilities to swim in 50 because of the 200 freestyle relay in a championship occasion, and a couple of) Marchand certified for 2 extra years.
200 Breaststrokes
7. Leon turned the ninth quickest participant in 100 breaststrokes in 100 breaststrokes, with 50.65 achieved within the high 100 in 200 breaststrokes. (Leon’s official “finest time” is 51.01, however bear in mind his 49.23 within the 400 medley relay). In all 200 strokes, no different opening 100 division comes even near breaking the highest 30 swimmers of all time in 100 strokes of the identical stroke.
Complete
8. Leon’s 400 IMs and 200 IMs are 1.94% and 1.83% sooner, respectively, than the second quickest performing gamers within the occasion historical past. With Josh Liendo and Youssef Ramadan spends appreciable time Caeleb DresselHaving acquired 100 free and 100 fly margins final week, Marchand might maintain the 2 data with the biggest marginal distinction in historical past:
Occasion Swim Margin Reaches Quickest Efficiency in Historical past:
Marchand’s efficiency over his friends final week will definitely give him numerous benefits. I guarantee you he deserves each single one in every of them.
ABOUT TOM GORDON
Tom Gordon, a shameless swimming freak, was named NCAA III in 2017. He swam collegiately at Emory College, the place he was a member of the primary Emory males’s staff to win the Divisional Nationwide Championship. Tom is a 4-time Division III nationwide champion and 19-time All-American in distance freestyle occasions, and for practically a decade he held the staff document for six- and 15-yard six-backstrokes for his neighborhood’s swim staff, the legendary Lake Park Blue Marlins.
Tom lives in Boulder, CO right now, the place he competes in varied distance triathlons and the occasional open water race for Parrot Endurance. Tom lives in a DIII-divided home (his girlfriend Gwynnie swam for Johns Hopkins), which does not normally trigger any main issues contemplating each colleges’ mascots are birds. Aside from athletic endeavors, Tom works full time as a software program engineer and enjoys taking part in with spreadsheets.
Vital word: Tom Gordon shouldn’t be confused with former MLB shooter Tom “Flash” Gordon, who’s the partial topic of the Stephen King novel The Lady Who Beloved Tom Gordon.
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