ASU’s Leon Marchand tops own NCAA record in 500 free at 2024 NCAA Swimming Championships

Arizona State student-athlete Leon Marchand won the 500 free title at the 2024 NCAA Swimming Championships with an NCAA record time of 4:02.31 on March 28, 2024. Marchand's time of 4:02.31 broke his own record by 3.87 seconds.
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[@aculturedspecimen]

Listening to Rowdy have aneurisms over splits like this will always make NCAA’s my favorite time of the year

[@parkerfleischman1852]

A classic Rowdygasm to be fair I was screaming at my screen as well after I saw him out in 21.0 from there

[@Kushiba.Sensei]

Normally the competition is only for humans, not dolphins.

[@clio2rsminicup]

He is not a Dolphin, he is just the grandson of Mark Harris, the man from Atlantis.

[@St0rrrm]

On est tellement fier de toi Leon ! ALLEZ!!!!

[@luisgabrielo6573]

Contrôle antidopage bientôt... Apparemment grosse suspicion aux usa en ce moment. Perquisition et tout

[@MtNikota]

France posseses at the same time the best swimmer on the planet with Marchand, the best footballer in the world with Mbappe, the best rugbyman worldwide with Dupont, and soon with Wemby, the next NBA MVP. Insane.

[@p.arsouille7322]

Teddy Riner Loeb Ogier ...

[@franckdebank]

Riner 's only asset is his height and weight be he's definitely not a judoka ​@@p.arsouille7322

[@law4933]

France is the best in sports 💪

[@nilsauzou8941]

Also olympic gold medalist in volleyball

[@ninerushclips3414]

​@@law4933hockey and American football?

[@newtcrew]

When I flip at the wall doing 100 y free, I'm luck to get my underwater to the flags. This dude is going almost halfway down the pool at each turn. Insane. Must have gills.

[@CrashHorse-uj2jq]

😂😂😂

[@quantumcat7673]

Nice with the signs "allez ASU" in french to encourage Léon Marchand. Bravo Léon! Tu es le meilleur!

[@garou498]

Bowman said “so much talk, so little swimming” in practice last month and even tho not directed at him Léon took it personally it seems. Lol

[@ccbgaming6994]

I’ve never seen such a gutsy swim. Dude is quite literally a fish

[@francoisheron5203]

ça sent bon les médailles d'or a Paris !

[@1982Nels]

He went out in the same time as rowdy's national record in the 200.

[@markduncan1339]

His turns are incredible

[@guillaume5156]

Appreciate the French encouragements on ASU flag 😘

[@turnerburner922]

Jesus. He is also able to maintain really good turns on this as well

[@anthonyclarke5579]

I can only hope he has not peaked too soon before the Paris games. Never did I think Phelps would be surpassed but this guy is on his way with the times he delivers. Good luck Mr Marchand, you are swimming in a field of one.

[@davidgross7980]

UNBELIEVABLE! Marchand can’t be stopped!!!

[@FisheroniW]

most versatile male in swimming history

[@fortitudo1409]

this dude is not human

[@jaket5236]

He's obviously French

[@guyinsf]

@@jaket5236 LOL

[@guillaume5156]

​@@jaket5236arrête, déjà qu'ils disent qu'on a le melon

[@samyverger1976]

@@jaket5236 Hahaha

[@softy2375]

@@guillaume5156 t'as pas compris la blague

[@catherineronget9622]

Bravo champion😮

[@joejohnson273]

191 total strokes by my count (+ or - 2 or 3) flipping insanity

[@geowillia6325]

I am a former distance swimmer 500 &1650 this is impressive!

[@Osmobyte1]

4:02 is wild

[@Bluefrtjerk]

The fact he went halfway underwater on the last 50 is not even comprehensible 😭😭😭

[@nutmuncher-bh4ig]

rowdy is absolutely amazing

[@user-wz3zy5ik7j]

8 ударов дельфина под водой и по 10 гребков на каждый бассейн и так 20 раз подряд- фантастические легкие или жабры у пловца и ноздри, как сопла

[@pm3281]

Great commentary!

[@Shawkster6]

It's crazy that this is his off event

[@user-ti8et6gh5z]

Allez leon🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇫🇷.

[@guillaume5156]

Ces bassins de 25 mètres sont idéaux pour Marchand vu la qualité de sa coulée.

[@NahDawg91]

it was so great to watch being there

[@giselechiotti4249]

The monster

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

Just WOooowwww

[@sethaldrich6902]

This guy is unbelievable, I thought he might break 4 min, there’s just no words

[@jean-Pierre-bt8xw]

Yes, I agree, I think that he didn't make under 4 because he hadn't any opponent near him and pushing him to his limits.

[@anthonyclarke5579]

Ya think?!🤗

[@fredericmercier3220]

Impressionnant 😮😮

[@connordevers6460]

Remember when people used to say “Distance swimmers can’t kick for their whole race?”

[@Jeanemilr-hn7tj]

Nous devons rendre grâce, Remercier, L' Université Américaine, Où il s' entraîne chaque jour. Tout le mérite est a partager Avec cette université. Merci Infiniment, De France, Sincèrement, ☀️☀️🌙🌙🍀🍀🇫🇷🇺🇸

[@albandarwin2944]

Marchand, Wembanyama, Mbappé,... why are aliens in sports always french ?

[@anthonyclarke5579]

God has a sense of humour.🤣

[@pinkunicorn3373]

In France, we don't get bogged down with quotas for everything and anything. Anyone can do any sport they want, and in the end, only the best are selected! (just like our aeronautical engineers...)

[@Vergil955]

Gifted genetics and most importantly, gifted terroir. This is a millennial country, it’s just mystic. New countries with recent history can’t understand what it means to be french, you’re sitting on so much heritage

[@sibelius66]

Léo vivement les JO !! ramènes nous la médaille d'OR !! Vive la FRANCE !!

[@user-cx7ok7pi9c]

His tempo is fucking bananas

[@virgo.hornets208]

THE FRENCH MONSTER!!!! 🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@ugnano5a14]

vincerebbe le medaglie.. d'oro in tutti gli stili.figuriamoci nei misti

[@samyverger1976]

Even Bowman was shaken

[@andresimon5654]

Léon 🐬🐬🐬

[@billybob6604]

WOOO

[@ifonly4486]

Still don't believe in aliens ?????

[@simpleperson6281]

If he stays in the NCAA and swims the 500 again, I really do think that a sub 4:00 race could happen

[@KleinAB]

Marchand's 200 split (to the feet) would have won every NCAA Championship until 2008.

[@user-ze5fi7he5b]

Not true. Matt Biondi, 1987, 1:33.03.

[@KleinAB]

@@user-ze5fi7he5b you are right. That record held up for a long time.

[@enzol1010]

would love to see him swim the 400 LCM, someone needs to break that stupid super suit record already

[@david7395]

How is that even possible?

[@syl3556-gs1zx]

wemby marchand , 2 aliens

[@joachimmahoudeaux8619]

Wemby, Marchand, Féfé, 3 aliens dont un qu’ a même pas 18 ans

[@olivd3406]

Jeux olympiques 2024 à Paris, à la maison 🇨🇵🥇🥇🥇🥇🔥👏🤟🤟💪. Pas de pression tu vas te gaver 😉😁🇨🇵🔥👏🤟💪🥇🏆🎵🎶🎵🎵🎶🎵🦁.

[@jaxlone997]

the SCM world is not ready for Marchand when he graduates.

[@joelpoignant5830]

Bravo MARCHAND !! Goooo France

[@realistic_delinquent]

For those wondering the estimated LCM conversion: 3:37

[@ferencorosz9753]

Yeah, 7 turns vs. 19

[@loichervier7206]

@@ferencorosz9753 that didnt prevent him to smash the 400m IM record at the worlds last year,. and the current 400m freestyle is "only" 3m40, so he definitely will get in sooner than later (not sure if he's running it this summer in Paris tho)

[@jallen1227]

And insanely, Marchand is not sprinting

[@fortitudo1409]

It's obvious guys, 2025 Marchand goal : 500y free - sub 4min 100y breast - sub 49sec 200y fly - breaking Jack Conger NCAA record

[@ninerushclips3414]

He won't swim college next year, he's going pro. He only swam this season to win ASU's first title.

[@onekidband5211]

It's crazy that he broke his own record by 4 seconds and went out as fast as he did and survived the pianos. I would love to see what Marchand could go in a 400m free LCM, given that he hasn't swam the event long course in a long time. It could be something great, but not likely to approach the world and textile best times of 3:40.07 (Biedermann *supersuit) and 3:40.08 (Thorpe textile real world record). This is possibly due to over reliance on his underwaters as opposed to above water swimming in freestyle? His listed pb is "only" a 4:04.65, which is slower than his 400m IM LCM world record of 4:02.50. Clearly, he's way faster than that, especially with a 1:46.44 (1:44.89 relay split) in the 200m free LCM, and the world record in the 400m IM LCM (along with his yards times in freestyle).

[@kevinkasp]

Can we just stop and contemplate on his 400m SPLIT being 3:12.30, which is TWENTY SECONDS faster than the World Record for the 400m itself?

[@ninerushclips3414]

This is yards, so it is less distance with more underwaters, thus being faster. So no suprise there.

[@lajohnson1ly]

400 Short Course Yards equals 365.76 meters.

[@ninerushclips3414]

@@lajohnson1ly exactly

[@maellestanvideos6750]

le passage au 400 mètres c'est très exactement à cet instant 3:36 - (le milieu de la 18ème longueur (22.86x17.5 = 400.50M) Il passe donc en un peu moins de 3.30 au 400M - En bassin de 25 mètres le record du monde ( de Yannick Agnel) est de 3.32,25

[@zylsuppenkraut1089]

Je ne m'y connais pas très bien natation mais il me semble que la nage libre était son " point faible " non ? peut-il aussi envisager des médailles aux JO sur cette discipline ?

[@ninerushclips3414]

I honestly doubt he'd win the 2fr at the Olympics, but he may have a monster split on the French 4 x 200 fr relay.

[@pinkunicorn3373]

il a travaillé son crawl justement. Donc là à voir. Après, le CIO a aussi modifier le calendrier natation pour lui. Bref! NE PAS RATER LA NATATION CET ETE! :)

[@dahnyul]

Let's go Leon, let's go!!! He's going to go sub four eventually. Jesus! Amazing swim🙂

[@STUANX]

plus proche du dauphin que de l humain

[@julien7705]

We have 2 French Aliens in the US Marchand and Wemby 😅 youuuuuhouuu

[@remydude2424]

Thanks to Bob Bowman

[@VeryOld-tn6dk]

Soon, he won’t need his arms. Like dolphins 😂

[@adamsbea3625]

sera t-il capable de briser 4:00

[@saulomalta1996]

😮😮

[@asu85255]

I'm crying .. ASU!

[@hectorhubert7132]

vous aimez ? c’est français 🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@jeanfrancoispeyrou8335]

leon what about the 400 free ?

[@otowndude08]

Why do they swim in a 25 yard pool?

[@borjator2996]

Legend says that Mbappé, Wembanyama and Marchand landed on earth in the same vessel…. Too bad the spacecraft landed in France

[@clio2rsminicup]

Strange, to the opposite it's TOO GOOD and VERY NICE for us in France. 🤔... 😂🤣 In virtual Hollywood movies, all spacecrafts land in USA, actually and in real live it's in France. 😁😎Fr - "FRANCE, terre bénie des Dieux !". FRANCE, land blessed by the Gods!

[@Obelix-ro9jh]

😂

[@CrashHorse-uj2jq]

Excellent, et tu as oublié les frères Lebrun ❤😂🇫🇷🇫🇷. Par contre, ton vaisseau, peut-il reprendre EM ?

[@leknu146]

❤❤❤

[@patrickj.sobkowski2341]

Out 1:33.1. Nuts.

[@superfastjellyfish78]

Le Phoque

[@NicolasViard-kc9dm]

Marchand/Wemby/Dupont/Mbappé. C'est fou le nombre de prodiges qu'un petit pays de 70M d'habitants arrive à produire.

[@pinkunicorn3373]

pas tant que ça en fait. Nous avons toujours eu des talents. Mais aujourd'hui, Les jeunes talents sont mieux détectés et mieux formés.

[@ninerushclips3414]

A "small country" of SEVENTY MILLION 🤭☠🧢

[@stuartlichty4250]

Swimmers at this level are obviously very good at what they do. But I’m sure they hate short course distance freestyle races. 25 meter pools are just a joke.

[@julien3331]

Pas mal non ? C'est français 🇨🇵

[@danielpierre3161]

Français comme…Wemby :)

[@St0rrrm]

ce monstre ptn

[@user-xs3on1rv4o]

S ils font un efant avec wemby.. il pourra se présenter à la maison blanche.

[@ignaciocalvo1856]

Marchand is argueably the best swimmer in history (based on performance, not consistency through the years, he's a kid). But a small yard pool is a bad indicator to predict possible times in Paris Olimpics. He is the best diver in history by far he is diving half pool all the time.

[@roubini74]

HIS UNDERWATER amazing. in a olympic size swimming pool his advantage would be limited.

[@privatesale211]

yeah we already saw how 'limited' 🤣

[@philippem4400]

😊😉

[@HollywoodWestern]

Wtf

[@jamesaldrich9754]

What a joke ,they swim half the race under water,what happened to swimmng.

[@osmithk]

Total smoke.

[@withustokenofficialchannel1463]

Where are all the women? Surely there must be some trans women who made the event?

[@verward]

Leon really stole what would have been a super tight race from us. Honestly I would have rather fully focused on hobson and magahey duking it out till the end than watch frog boy go halfway on every turn. Don't get me wrong it's really impressive. But to me he is completely ruining yards swimming.

[@privatesale211]

🤣 salty

[@Vergil955]

My rice lacked salt, thanks pal

[@peenhead9938]

Didn't even break 4 minutes trashhhhhhhhhh