Arizona vs. Arizona State
- February 8, 2025
- Mona Plummer Aquatic Heart — Tempe, AZ
- SCY (25 Yards)
- Scores:
- Girls: #18 Arizona State, 190 def. NR Arizona, 110
- Males: #5 Arizona State 227 def. #19 Arizona, 73
- Full Outcomes
Males’s Recap
The Solar Satan males swept the swimming occasions of their ultimate meet of the common season, rolling previous the Wildcats by 154 factors. The motion began within the opening 200 medley relay, because the Solar Devils went 1-2 within the 200 medley relay. The ‘A’ relay of Lucien Vergnes, Andy Dobrzanski, Ilya Kharun, and Jonny Kulow received in 1:21.88, with Kulow anchoring in 18.13.
Kharun continued his wonderful season, ripping a 19.08 50 butterfly cut up, the fifth-fastest in historical past. He knocked one in every of his swims out of the highest 10, so Kharun nonetheless owns six of the ten quickest 50 butterfly splits in historical past.
All-Time Prime 10 50 Butterfly Splits:
- Ilya Kharun, ASU — 18.89 (2024 Wolfpack Elite Invite)
- Jordan Crooks, Tennessee /Ilya Kharun, ASU — 18.90 (2023 SEC Championships/2025 Eddie Reese Showdown)
- (Tie)
- Josh Liendo, Florida — 18.97 (2024 NCAA Championships)
- Ilya Kharun, ASU — 19.08 (2025 Arizona State vs. Arizona)
- Ilya Kharun, ASU — 19.12 (2024 Arizona State vs. Cal vs. Stanford)
- Nyls Korstanje, NC State — 19.15 (2023 NCAA Championships)
- Ilya Kharun, ASU — 19.24 (2023 NC State Invite)
- Jordan Crooks, Tennessee — 19.27 (2023 NCAA Championships)
- Ilya Kharun, ASU — 19.29 (2024 Cal vs. Arizona State)
Kharun went on to brush the butterfly occasions on the meet, successful the 100 butterfly in 44.79 and the 200 butterfly in 1:39.22. The 200 fly swim marked his sixth sub-1:40 outing of the season.
The Solar Devils’ different double-event winners had been Kulow, Dobrzanski, and Jack Wadsworth. Kulow swept the dash freestyle occasions, clocking 18.90/41.60. Arizona State swept the rostrum in each dash freestyles, flexing their depth within the self-discipline. Notably, after breaking 19 seconds for the primary time on the Eddie Reese Showdown, Tommy Palmer swam two lifetime bests within the 50 freestyle on the meet. After knocking a hundredth off his greatest within the particular person occasion, Palmer, a switch from Arizona, led off the 200 freestyle relay in 18.88, slicing one other tenth off his greatest.
For his half, Dobrzanski swept the breaststroke occasions, swimming 52.18/1:53.36. In his ultimate school twin meet, Wadsworth managed the backstrokes. He swam season bests in each, taking the 100 again in 46.07 and the 200 again in 1:42.50.
Whereas the Arizona males didn’t win any occasions within the pool, they did win each the 1- and 3-meter diving occasions. Gage Dubois and Colin Agor positioned first and second on the 1-meter, then Dubois received the 3-meter.
First and second place finishes had been laborious for the Wildcats to return by within the pool. Nevertheless, Ralph Daleiden Ciuferri positioned third within the 200 freestyle (1:34.46) and Haakon Naughton did the identical within the 200 butterfly (1:45.20). The workforce additionally took third within the 200 medley relay with a 1:25.75, a couple of half-second from their season-best 1:25.29.
Recent off a 200 freestyle lifetime greatest on the Eddie Reese Showdown, senior Patrick Sammon received the occasion at this meet in 1:32.92. Senior Daniel Matheson additionally closed out his common season profession with a win. He positioned first within the 500 freestyle, swimming 4:19.26.
Freshman Michael Hochwalt swam a lifetime greatest 1:45.79 to guide a 1-2-3 Solar Satan end within the final particular person occasion of the meet. It’s Hochwalt’s third time swimming a 200 IM lifetime greatest this season, undercutting the 1:45.83 he swam on the Eddie Reese Showdown. Hochwalt’s greatest was a 1:47.06 when he arrived on campus.
Different Occasion Winners:
- 1000 free: Reece Grady, ASU sophomore, 8:56.65 (ASU 1-2-3-4)
Girls’s Recap
The #18 Arizona State ladies closed the common season by defeating in-state rivals Arizona, 190 to 110. The Solar Devils used their depth to regulate the meet, successful all however two occasions within the pool and logging a number of podium sweeps.
The 200 medley relay quartet of Miriam Sheehan, Iza Adame, Julia Ullmann, and Caroline Bentz—who’ve damaged the ASU program file 4 instances already this season—received the opening occasion with a 1:36.16.
From there, the Solar Devils continued choosing up steam, touching 1-2 within the 1000 and 200 freestyle, which Deniz Ertan (9:41.64) and Erin Milligan (1:46.76) received. Bentz and Sonia Vaishnani had been double-event winners for Arizona State. Bentz swept the dash freestyle occasions, clocking 22.01/48.69 to win forward of 2-3 finishes for the Wildcats. In the meantime, the sophomore Vaishnani received the 200 butterfly (1:57.67) and 200 IM (1:59.09). Each occasions had been podium sweeps for Arizona State, and so they swept the highest 4 locations within the latter.
The spotlight of Arizona’s meet got here within the 200 freestyle relay, as Lexi Duchsherer, Julia Wozniak, Riley Botton, and Alyssa Schwengel hit an NCAA ‘A’ lower of 1:27.75 to win the occasion. It’s the Wildcat ladies’s first relay NCAA ‘A’ lower of the season; they missed on qualifying relays for NCAAs final season, so it’s a major second for this system.
Outdoors of the 200 freestyle relay, backstroke and diving occasions had been highlights for the Arizona ladies. Paige Armstrong and Kayman Neal earned the 2 backstroke wins, with Armstrong clocking a lifetime greatest 52.89. Armstrong swam a lifetime greatest 1:56.96 within the 200 again, inserting second behind Neal’s season-best 1:56.16.
On the boards, Zara Ayazi and Brooke Earley positioned first and second on the 1-meter and 3-meter occasions, rounding out Arizona’s occasion wins on the meet.
After serving to to win the opening 200 medley relay, Adame and Ullmann received their respective 100s of stroke. Adame received the 100 breaststroke in 59.95, successful by virtually a second forward of Arizona’s Eleni Gewalt. Ullmann, a freshman, swam 51.91 to position first within the 100 butterfly. The time was .26 seconds off the lifetime greatest 51.65 she swam on the Wolfpack Elite Invite.
Different Occasion Winners:
- 200 breast: Emma Gehlert, ASU — 2:10.47
- 500 free: Alexa Reyna, ASU — 4:44.54
