Leon Marchand: 1:28.97 200y Freestyle (Former NCAA & US Open record)

2024 NCAA D1 Men's Swim & DIve Championships: Leading off the 800y Freestyle relay for Arizona State, Junior Leon Marchand recorded the fastest 200y Free swim in history and became the first man ever under 1:29.

Arizona State would finish 2nd overall in the relay to California, who themselves broke the NCAA Record in the relay in a time of 6:02.26.

[aaronmallamad]

It would be hype if you uploaded the rest of the heat

[jalenstimes]

What was even crazier was that Luke Hobson leading off of Texas' relay broke the NCAA (and now American) record the heat before he did!

[verward]

Leon Marchand really did some damage to Hobson's legacy. He stole the honor of being the first guy under 1:29 in the 200 free, then he went on to not only make sure Hobson wouldn't defend his 500 free title, but swam a time so ridiculous nobody is even talking about the fact Hobson went 4:06.9 and beat Magahey in a really thrilling race.

[MrFinny]

His underwaters are just crazy. Amazes me each time.

[captainjaf]

Lowkey wished Luke and Marchand swim the 200 free together imagine how far they’d push each other

[aculturedspecimen]

Imagine drilling a 1:28 at NCAA’s and not even swimming it individually #JustMarchandThings

[NRClips]

Kind of expected that after he went 1:30 not tapered 😂, ngl

[greggassen]

Geeze. The fact that Lèon was behind Luke for the 100 and 150 split means hr must've come back like a missle on that last 50

[sci-animation]

Luke hobson is a DAWG for beating this

[acefrehley]

First comment on a world record video.... Beat THAT!

[FelayoYT]

how is he in the lead and he still surfaces last on every underwater

[AccordGTR]

How does he have to swim 4x 25 averaging 22sec?!!!

[quantumcat]

Badassstroke would have been interesting as a name too, humoristically of course!

[Zhhzhxbabanskns]

Another record the goat!! First comment 😊

[trentwhitlock]

NCAA (D1) swimming should be all long course(copy the Olympic format)