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Men's 200 Individual Medley | 2023 NCAA swimming championships
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- Published on Feb 12, 2026
- Arizona State's Leon Marchand set an NCAA record in the 200 yard individual medley final at the 2023 NCAA DI swimming and diving championships with a time of 1:36.34. Watch the full race here.
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One of the greatest races I have seen in a long time and rowdy was losing it after the 1st 100.
“44 flat! That cannot be right!”. Rowdy doing Rowdy things while Leon did Leon things.
Rowdy freakouts are an artform of their own
44.0 or whatever in the first 100 is so insane
That 100 split isn’t human…
1:36 is faster than a lot of good swimmer's best 200 Free. It doesn't make any sense
Makes you wonder what he could do in a 100 (50 fly, 50 back) without the last 100 of the 200 IM remaining. Maybe not that much faster since it seems his strategy was to go 100% from the start and try to hold on?
Fr 21.09 and 22.98
@greggassen5548 it was only .4 behind the 200 free lead spit at this meet
Watching this in the arena was wild! The shocked look in the whole crowd, especially at the 100 and 150 you can hear the gasps
crazy part is he could go 1:35
The funniest thing is that he’s probably gonna do even better in 400 IM
LM’s back leg looked like a flat out sprint. He gained so much ground.
Last year back was his weakest stroke! Not anymore!
100 split insane
He’s going to push 3:29 in the 400. Incredible.
laughs in 3:28
@FisheroniWwhat was the last record?
@gs99_ 3:31 and it was by him
@FisheroniW turns out I was conservative in my prediction!
@gs99_ 3:31.57
Saw this last night through Swimswam and thought, "Wow, that hundred split must be something w/the sound the audience made!" Wow!
FUCKING LEGEND
Damn, son
Next Olympic legend.
I mean half the time they're nder water lol.
Leon Marchand 📈 // Carson Foster 📉
If back used to be a "weakness" for Marchand, this race and the 400 IM showed that it no longer is. While breast is his best stroke -- and his 27.66 split was 0.88 seconds faster than the next fastest (28.54) -- his back split of 22.98 was 1.28 seconds faster than the next fastest (24.26). Granted, he spends 60% under water, but still...
Wow, I never noticed that. I guess that's why he really started to pull away right after the first 50.
@NRClips3414 It didn't stand out to me either when I watched it live (other than the obvious that he was way ahead of everyone at the 100), but since then I've rewatched it at least 10 times, and its the back leg that really stands out. Just look at his turnover compared to everyone else. It looks like he's sprinting a 50 back.
Doesn’t anyone in swimming find it ridiculous that he spends 65-70% underwater? It’s not even a stroke, how could that possibly be allowed.
León Marchand, Mbappe... France is on another planet
Absolutely incredible
a thing quite funny for a french fan like me : at the end of his interview he said to his family : "merci, beucoup" (lol) (instead of "beaucoup") with the american accent! He speaks really well in english and certainly he begins to be immersed in the language (not only in the pool).
I noticed that too, lol. Also, I'm a fan of your channel, keep it up 👍
Looking back at this is just insane, some people at this meet don’t even take their 2 free out in 44 😭
Pas mal non? C’est français
marchand is him
"lets go all out on a 200 and see how it goes" ahh swim
Goat scy swimmer
Rowdy haha
Congrats to Leon! But man, Destin Lasco breaking the American record and only getting 2nd and no interview :(
"If you're not first you're last" - Ricky Bobby. (Lmao).
No olympics 💀
Leon's not human. He's what happens when you integrate AI w/a human body.
Or performance enhancing drugs
Hoooo. Ly. Shit
bruh
I watched this 3 times just to hear Rowdy. He’s the greatest ❤
Dude talked about 1 person the entire race, worst commentator I’ve ever seen. Anyone else would’ve been fired. He shouldn’t be an exception.
@Hydra-cy3yg He talked about Lasco getting the American record. Also, Leon's performance spoke for itself.
Rowdy makes this fun! I remember swimming against Rowdy back in the 70's. That's like 50 years ago! 44 first 100. OMGGG. I used to think 54 was fast!
The GOAT, 200 IM 400 IM 200 m breast Gold in paris + a medal in the 200 fly
agree with you but we can add the next world records to come...! 😵💫
He won't beat ZSC in 200 breast.
@ashenmanjula667 Marchand's record set in July 2022 just after the world championships, i.e. tired, is 2'08"76.
At that time he swam 1'48.20 in 200y. breaststroke (in 2022). Two weeks ago, he swam 1'47.67 which is 53 hundredths faster (waiting to see what he will do in 2 days, probably better considering his current form and his time yesterday in 50y breaststroke). He has just gained more than a second in the 200y im: which would give on 200m breaststroke something like 2'7.50 but probably much better.
The 2'6 is not so far... and as I think I understood that he really wants to swim the 200 breaststroke in Fukuoka (he would have liked to do it in Budapest too, instead of the 200 fly), I would see him, considering his current incredible progress, under 2'6. That means the world record of Stubblety-Cook, and who knows, maybe the world title...
@terrificleon Not really. When it comes to breaststroke , SCY and LCM are totally different with those underwaters and pullouts. So, a 3 second drop in SCY may not result in same kind of drop in LCM. May be a 1.5 to 2 secs drop is possible which only gets him down to 2.06 high or 2.07 low which won't be enough to dethrone ZSC at world stage.
@terrificleon No hard feelings about Marchand, i believe he is the best swimmer in the world right now.
But unfortunately for him, in his specialist stroke events, he is coming up against two of the greatest swimmers at their respective events Milak and ZSC which may cost him potential Golds.
And ofc, France don't have that quality depth in their relays, so potential relay medals are also hard to come by.
If he is an American, i believe that he can definitely go for like 8 or 9 medals at World Championships.
He’s under the water half the time. I don’t understand how that’s legal?
leon>dressel
Debatable, but right now I agree
Is there a trans man competing here???
You don’t really care about swimming do you? Your just filled with hate
No, transmen would compete with women, wouldn't they ?
amazing