2023 NC STATE/GAC INVITATIONAL
- November 16-18, 2023
- Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Short Course Yards (25 yards), Prelims Finals
- Prelims start at 9:30 AM Eastern, Finals at 5:30 PM Eastern
- Participating teams: #1M/#15W Arizona State, #4M/#7w NC State, #8M/#18W Virginia Tech, Army, #16W Duke
- Meet Results
- Day 1 Relay Lineups
- Full Day 1 Prelims Results (PDF)
- Day 1 Finals Recap
Arizon State freshman Ilya Kharun posted some eye-popping times to kick off the 2023 NC State Invitational on Thursday night, firing off one of the fastest 50-yard butterfly splits of all time to go along with a huge personal best in the 50 free.
The 18-year-old Canadian began his evening with an 18.51 split on the Sun Devils’ 200 free relay team that broke the meet record, pool record, and program record with a time of 1:14.64. Jack Dolan (18.90 leadoff), Cam Peel (18.96), and Jonny Kulow (18.27) joined Kharun on the relay.
Kharun then placed 2nd individually in the 50 free with a personal-best 18.93, dropping more than a second off his previous-best 20.16 from December of 2020. The Sandpipers of Nevada product was just about a tenth of a second behind NC State redshirt freshman Quintin McCarty, outdueling Virginia Tech star Youssef Ramadan (18.97) and ASU teammates Jack Dolan (18.99) and Jonny Kulow (19.00) in a fast final.
Kharun saved his best for last with a blazing 43.35 100 fly split on the Sun Devils’ 400 medley relay that demolished the meet (3:04.02) and pool (3:02.80) records with a time of 3:01.60. That split appears to be the third-fastest ever behind only Joseph Schooling (43.34) and Josh Liendo (42.91). Kharun was out in 19.72 and back in 23.63.
Splits Comparison
| JOSH LIENDO, 2023 NCAAS | JOSEPH SCHOOLING, 2016 NCAAS | ILYA KHARUN, 2023 NC STATE INVITE | |
| 50 Fly | 19.54 | 19.83 | 19.72 |
| 100 Fly Split | 42.91 (23.37) | 43.34 (23.51) | 43.35 (23.63) |
Kharun’s best flat-start 100 fly (44.88) ranks 3rd in the NCAA this season behind ASU teammate Leon Marchand (44.66) and NC State senior Luke Miller (44.17).
still funny to me that the fastest flying start 100 fly is still slower than the fastest flat start 100 fly
That’s crazy!!
And he is only a freshman!
Has anyone else ever skipped 19 seconds all together? Best of 20.16 then going 18.93?
Ooooh. That would be a tough one to research, but I doubt it.
I really doubt it. At the risk of being annoying, he went 19.2 in prelims.
Stat ruined 😣
Has anyone else come anywhere close to bests of 15:05 mile and 18.9 50 free?
I’m sure his 200 fly will be special, but I almost wish he’d do the mile to see where his endurance is at.
Lochte was 19.9 and 14:55
People disrespect Lochte but dude was just different
I believe his 2011 200 IM WR was one of the first post supersuit ones to go down and it’s now one of the longest standing and my personal favorite swim of all time (other than sexy God Flo 50 free)
Maybe Townley Haas?
I was having difficulty finding a best 50 for Townley
20.06?
Townley couldn’t go 18 in the 50. He and Luke Hobson started off more distance oriented then switched their focus towards the 200 more. So even though both went sub 15:00 and could go 41 in the 100, I don’t think they could go a best time in both the 100 and the 1650 at the same time. It seemed like they were better at the 1650 their 1st eyear or two and better at the 100 their last 2 years in college.
You clearly haven’t seen Texas Class Relays before.
Luke Hobson 19.98 and 14:40
What about Jake Magahey?
19.95 14:24
Christian Quintero 19.65 flat start, I believe sub 19 in a relay, and 14:45 mile
Matias Koski is always the guy that jumps into my head. 19.62 and 14:32.
I wanna see Karun do the mile on a rest and go sub-14:40. Then I’d be ready to officially declare him the king of the range.
You’d be correct that the current NCAA “king of the range” is a freshman former Sandpiper, but she’s actually in Florida right now.
I think that would be “Queen of the Range”
I want to say Drew Kibler, but couldn’t find a mile time for him. 18.6 for the 50. Anyone with a 408 500 probably could do a mile in the 15 min range.
Rex Maurer. 19.7/ 14:54.
Ryk invented this.
Showing your age with that reference.
Yes! Good call👏🏽
I’m thinking Troy Dalbey might have been the first person to go sub-15 and sub-20. I remember he finaled at SCY nationals in the 50 and mile in HS and that blew my mind.
Reckon given the apparent distance the Sandpipers were/are doing, that he’s just constantly tapering?
One of the best ever 100 Butterfly relay splits, not 50 Fly splits, which will hopefully still come along later in the meet.
The Canadian from Las Vegas ….