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Men’s NCAA Championships: Leon Marchand Blasts NCAA Record 4:02.31 in 500

Leon Marchand used the word “crazy” twice in his first answer Thursday night about what his 500 freestyle felt like.

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Marchand followed the unanimous opinion at the IUPUI Natatorium: His time of 4:02.31 won a national title and rewrote both the NCAA record and the sense of what is possible in the event.

“I was trying to do my best time,” Marchand said. “I went 4:06 two weeks ago. I wasn’t shaved (then) and I wasn’t as prepared as right now. I wanted to break the record again.

“4:02 is kind of crazy. I was able to do that but it was a really fun race. I think the pace I was on was kind of crazy, the first 200. I was just trying to hold on. That was a painful race, but it was fun.”

Marchand had trimmed .14 seconds off Kieran Smith’s 2020 record with his 4:06.18 at Pac-12s. It served notice to both Luke Hobson, the reigning NCAA champion from Texas, and Gabriel Jett, Cal’s Pac-12 champ in the event with national title aspirations.

• NCAA Record: Leon Marchand, Arizona Stat
  

  Texas Invitational: Rex Maurer Shatters American Record in 500 Freestyle

  Texas Invitational: Rex Maurer Shatters American Write down in 500 Freestyle

  He finished his high school years as a national-record holder and among the country’s top rising stars in the middle-distance events, but Rex Maurer struggled in his lone year at Stanford, falling to 31st at the NCAA Championships in the 500 freestyle. Upon transferring to Texas, Maurer immediately found accomplishment but nothing compared to his achievement Wednesday night, when he swam an enormous best moment to become an American-record holder for the first time.

  In the 500 freestyle final at the Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invite, Maurer obliterated the national mark as he blitzed the field with a time of 4:04.45. The previous American identify belonged to former University of Florida swimmer Kieran Smith at 4:06.32, set at the 2020 SEC Championships, but Maurer swam almost two seconds quicker while becoming the second-fastest swimmer ever.

  Maurer swam five seconds quicker than his previous best time of 4:09.49, which he achieved in Wednesday’s prelims. Entering the morning, his lifetime best stood at 4:11.88, which he set at
  
  

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