Big 12 Championships, Night 2: Arizona State In Position for Early Statement
It’s hard to win a conference meet on Night 2, but Arizona State put itself in a strong position for that Wednesday at the Big 12 Championships.
The Sun Devils positioned themselves with no fewer than two of the top three seeds in five of the six events being contested Wednesday night. In the other, ASU merely has the top seed. The capstone is seven – SEVEN?!?!? – A finalists in the men’s 50 freestyle after a ridiculous prelims.
At a slight deficit after the team diving event Tuesday night, Arizona State could surge to the lead in both the men’s and women’s events Wednesday at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington.
All the finals action:
Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 5 1. University of Houston 170 2. Arizona State University 168 3. University of Arizona 157 4. University of Utah 150 4. Brigham Young University 150 4. Texas Christian University 150 7. University of Cincinnati 141 8. University of Kansas 134 9. West Virginia University 122 9. Iowa State University 122
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 4 1. Texas Christian University 118 2. Arizona State University 112 2. University of Arizona 112 4. Brigham Young University 104 5. West Virginia University 100 5. University of Utah 100 7. University of Cincinnati 94
Women’s 1-meter diving
Shiyun Lai is one of only three athletes back to defend their conference titles from last year, though that’s not until the 3-meter. Her performance in the 1-meter lays down a marker for that.
Lai scored 325.10 to win the even, just four points better than Anna Kwong of TCU. Lai was tops in prelims as well. She finished second in this event last year and 14th at NCAAs. Kwong was the bronze medalist last year, the senior going on to finish 20th at NCAAs. Kwon had been just sixth in prelims.
Arizona’s Brooke Earley was third in 313.05. Earley dove at NCAAs last year and finished fourth at Pac-12s. Teammate Zara Ayazi followed her with a score of 297.40, followed by a trio from Utah, led by freshman Callie Eagleston in fifth.
Event 13 Women 1 mtr Diving
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Big 12: * 369.40 3/3/2021 Paola Pineda, Texas
Meet: # 369.40 3/3/2021 Paola Pineda, Texas
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Lai, Shiyun SO Kansas 323.15 325.10 32
2 Kwong, Anna SR Texas Christian 289.50 320.95 28
3 Earley, Brooke JR Arizona 304.35 313.05 27
4 Ayazi, Zara JR Arizona 299.80 297.40 26
5 Eagleston, Callie FR Utah 280.10 293.65 25
6 Grant, Kathryn JR Utah 300.50 293.20 24
7 Waxman, Holly SR Utah 301.85 287.35 23
8 Grelz, Hedda SR Houston 288.75 280.00 22
Women’s 500 freestyle
Step 1 in ASU’s domination is the 500, with Alexa Reyna getting the better of mate Deniz Ertan. Reyna went 4:39.24, exactly a half-second up on Ertan, who had been the top seed out of prelims. Reyna was 1.4 seconds up at the 400-yard mark, allowing Ertan to take seven tenths out of her in the final 50alone. Grace Lindberg made it three Sun Devils in the top four, and Elli Straume and Katherine Randall rounded out the top eight.
Arizona’s Malia Rausch broke through the ASU blockade with a time of 4:44.48 for third.
Event 7 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA D1: ! 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky
American: $ 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky
US Open: & 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky
Big 12: * 4:35.02 3/18/2021 Evie Pfeifer, Texas
Meet: # 4:36.35 2/25/2021 Evie Pfeifer, Texas
NCAA "A": A 4:36.89
NCAA "B": B 4:47.20
NCCA Invit24: 4:41.19
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Reyna, Alexa SO ASU 4:42.26 4:39.24B 32
25.58 53.18 (27.60)
1:21.10 (27.92) 1:49.24 (28.14)
2:17.30 (28.06) 2:45.55 (28.25)
3:13.92 (28.37) 3:42.35 (28.43)
4:11.07 (28.72) 4:39.24 (28.17)
2 Ertan, Deniz JR ASU 4:41.58 4:39.74B 28
25.51 53.18 (27.67)
1:21.21 (28.03) 1:49.43 (28.22)
2:17.59 (28.16) 2:46.09 (28.50)
3:14.86 (28.77) 3:43.72 (28.86)
4:12.25 (28.53) 4:39.74 (27.49)
3 Rausch, Malia JR Arizona 4:45.74 4:44.48B 27
25.70 53.35 (27.65)
1:21.28 (27.93) 1:49.66 (28.38)
2:18.45 (28.79) 2:47.46 (29.01)
3:16.66 (29.20) 3:46.42 (29.76)
4:15.86 (29.44) 4:44.48 (28.62)
4 Lindberg, Grace SO ASU 4:50.74 4:46.22B 26
26.35 54.76 (28.41)
1:23.51 (28.75) 1:52.45 (28.94)
2:21.41 (28.96) 2:50.16 (28.75)
3:19.05 (28.89) 3:48.16 (29.11)
4:17.33 (29.17) 4:46.22 (28.89)
5 Edwards, Jordan SR Texas Christian 4:50.03 4:48.71 25
26.62 55.17 (28.55)
1:24.20 (29.03) 1:53.31 (29.11)
2:22.38 (29.07) 2:51.57 (29.19)
3:20.82 (29.25) 3:50.23 (29.41)
4:19.77 (29.54) 4:48.71 (28.94)
6 Schreiber, Victoria JR Brigham Young 4:49.89 4:50.52 24
26.28 54.75 (28.47)
1:23.72 (28.97) 1:53.11 (29.39)
2:22.68 (29.57) 2:52.35 (29.67)
3:22.04 (29.69) 3:52.08 (30.04)
4:22.01 (29.93) 4:50.52 (28.51)
7 Straume, Elli SR ASU 4:51.19 4:50.62 23
25.99 54.41 (28.42)
1:23.41 (29.00) 1:52.48 (29.07)
2:22.27 (29.79) 2:51.92 (29.65)
3:21.66 (29.74) 3:51.37 (29.71)
4:21.37 (30.00) 4:50.62 (29.25)
8 Randall, Katherine JR ASU 4:51.13 4:51.87 22
26.34 55.04 (28.70)
1:24.12 (29.08) 1:53.69 (29.57)
2:23.49 (29.80) 2:53.36 (29.87)
3:23.08 (29.72) 3:52.88 (29.80)
4:22.70 (29.82) 4:51.87 (29.17)
Men’s 500 freestyle
Daniel Matheson led four ASU A finalists and five in the top nine, getting to the wall first in 4:14.37 to pick up maximum points for the Sun Devils. Utah’s Jones Lambert was second in 4:15.47, followed by ASU’s Jacob Pins.
The Sun Devils also got Jack Wadsworth in sixth, Jake Mason in eighth and Reece Grady in ninth, the latter jumping two spots at night.
Utah’s Nick Chirafisi was fourth, a second up on Tenner Nelson of BYU.
Event 8 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA D1: ! 4:02.31 3/28/2024 Leon Marchand
American: $ 4:04.45 11/20/2024Rex Maurer
US Open: & 4:02.31 3/28/2024 Leon Marchand
Big 12: * 4:06.93 3/28/2024 Luke Hobson, Texas
Meet: # 4:11.11 2/23/2017 Clark Smith, Texas
NCAA "A": A 4:10.64
NCAA "B": B 4:21.28
NCCA Invit24: 4:14.90
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Matheson, Daniel SR ASU 4:18.02 4:14.37B 32
23.39 48.73 (25.34)
1:14.51 (25.78) 1:40.22 (25.71)
2:05.87 (25.65) 2:31.54 (25.67)
2:57.51 (25.97) 3:23.44 (25.93)
3:49.34 (25.90) 4:14.37 (25.03)
2 Lambert, Jones FR Utah 4:18.68 4:15.47B 28
23.62 49.06 (25.44)
1:15.06 (26.00) 1:41.23 (26.17)
2:07.38 (26.15) 2:33.40 (26.02)
2:59.31 (25.91) 3:25.18 (25.87)
3:50.47 (25.29) 4:15.47 (25.00)
3 Pins, Jacob FR ASU 4:19.30 4:17.22B 27
23.05 48.14 (25.09)
1:13.99 (25.85) 1:40.50 (26.51)
2:07.25 (26.75) 2:34.04 (26.79)
3:00.47 (26.43) 3:27.17 (26.70)
3:52.42 (25.25) 4:17.22 (24.80)
4 Chirafisi, Nick SO Utah 4:18.30 4:17.64B 26
23.03 48.50 (25.47)
1:14.52 (26.02) 1:40.71 (26.19)
2:07.10 (26.39) 2:33.43 (26.33)
2:59.86 (26.43) 3:26.35 (26.49)
3:53.03 (26.68) 4:17.64 (24.61)
5 Nelson, Tanner SO Brigham Young 4:19.46 4:18.66B 25
23.57 49.47 (25.90)
1:15.35 (25.88) 1:41.57 (26.22)
2:07.82 (26.25) 2:34.41 (26.59)
3:00.85 (26.44) 3:27.20 (26.35)
3:53.91 (26.71) 4:18.66 (24.75)
6 Wadsworth, Jack SR ASU 4:17.58 4:18.77B 24
23.36 48.74 (25.38)
1:14.72 (25.98) 1:40.51 (25.79)
2:06.48 (25.97) 2:32.49 (26.01)
2:58.60 (26.11) 3:25.18 (26.58)
3:52.72 (27.54) 4:18.77 (26.05)
7 Nace, Joel FR Arizona 4:20.42 4:20.23B 23
22.98 48.70 (25.72)
1:15.20 (26.50) 1:42.12 (26.92)
2:09.07 (26.95) 2:36.30 (27.23)
3:03.80 (27.50) 3:29.33 (25.53)
3:55.20 (25.87) 4:20.23 (25.03)
8 Mason, Jake JR ASU 4:21.19 4:23.64 22
23.18 48.63 (25.45)
1:14.58 (25.95) 1:40.98 (26.40)
2:07.69 (26.71) 2:34.63 (26.94)
3:01.75 (27.12) 3:29.85 (28.10)
3:57.08 (27.23) 4:23.64 (26.56)
Women’s 200 individual medley
It’s an ASU 1-2-3, but the order was in doubt to the very last stroke.
Charli Brown surged in the final 50, hitting the 150-yard wall in fourth place but uncorking a 27.97 coming home to earn the win in 1:57.84. The edged out teammate Zoe Summar by .04 seconds, with Sonia Vaishnani third in 1:58.15. That trio all got past BYU’s Mackenzie Miller, who went 1:58.27. The junior’s consolation, though, is that that is a new B cut after she entered the meet with a 2:03.00 seed time.
Libby Michel finished fifth for Cincinnati. ASU got a fourth A final scorer via Ella Guilfoil, with the Sun Devils also taking 10th and 11th.
Event 9 Women 200 Yard IM
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NCAA D1: ! 1:48.37 3/16/2023 Kate Douglass
American: $ 1:50.08 3/17/2022 Alex Walsh
US Open: & 1:48.37 3/16/2023 Kate Douglass
Big 12: * 1:52.58 3/16/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas
Meet: # 1:52.82 2/23/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas
NCAA "A": A 1:53.66
NCAA "B": B 1:59.35
NCCA Invit24: 1:57.05
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Brown, Charli SR ASU 1:59.12 1:57.84B 32
25.83 55.15 (29.32)
1:29.87 (34.72) 1:57.84 (27.97)
2 Summar, Zoe JR ASU 1:59.28 1:57.88B 28
25.79 56.17 (30.38)
1:29.15 (32.98) 1:57.88 (28.73)
3 Vaishnani, Sonia SO ASU 1:59.43 1:58.15B 27
25.66 56.03 (30.37)
1:29.98 (33.95) 1:58.15 (28.17)
4 Miller, Mackenzie JR Brigham Young 2:00.17 1:58.27B 26
25.36 55.35 (29.99)
1:29.06 (33.71) 1:58.27 (29.21)
5 Michel, Libby SO Cincinnati 2:00.49 1:59.65 25
26.06 56.29 (30.23)
1:31.00 (34.71) 1:59.65 (28.65)
6 Armstrong, Paige JR Arizona 1:59.11 2:00.06 24
25.96 55.47 (29.51)
1:31.60 (36.13) 2:00.06 (28.46)
7 Guilfoil, Ella SO ASU 2:00.28 2:00.54 23
25.85 55.70 (29.85)
1:31.80 (36.10) 2:00.54 (28.74)
8 Entrekin, Evelyn SO Houston 2:00.42 2:01.90 22
26.17 58.36 (32.19)
1:33.20 (34.84) 2:01.90 (28.70)
Men’s 200 individual medley
Women’s 50 freestyle
Men’s 50 freestyle
Men’s 3-meter diving
