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2026 Big 12 Championships
Dates: Tuesday, February 24–Saturday, February 28, 2026 Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC Defending champions: Arizona State women (1x); Arizona State men (1x) Teams: Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Texas Christian, Utah, West Virginia Men’s Championship Preview Women’s Championship Preview Championship Central Psych Sheets Live Results Live Video: ESPN + Live Recaps Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4MEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – Finals
NCAA Record: 1:36.41, Luca Urlando (Georgia) – 2025 Big 12 Record: 1:37.35, Jack Conger (Texas) – 2017 Big 12 Championship Record: 1:39.17, Jack Conger (Texas) – 2017 2026 NCCA Qualifying Time: 1:43.79 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:41.45Top 8 Finishers
Ilya Kharun (ASU) — 1:37.70 **New Meet Record Haakon Naughton (ARIZ) — 1:39.22 Joel Nace (ARIZ) — 1:43.41 Evan VanBrocklin (UTAH) — 1:43.94 Jakub Walter (UTAH) — 1:44.34 Filip SEnc-Samardzic (ASU) — 1:44.43 Jacob Ballard (BYU) — 1:45.46 Viktor Hristov (TCU) — 1:45.56ASU junior Ilya Kharun went three-for-three in individual events at the 2026 Big 12 Championships, setting new meet records in all three events en route to the gold medal.
He picked up his final Big 12 win of the week in the men’s 200 butterfly, swimming 1:37.70 to set a new meet record time, taking more than a second off Jack Conger‘s 2017 record of 1:39.17.
Despite winning the event by more than a second, Kharun trailed at the 150 mark, sitting more than seven tenths back of 2nd place finisher Haakon Naughton from Arizona
He got out to a quick lead in the first 50, splitting 21.98 to lead Naughton’s 22.04 by six hundredths.
Naughton maintained a quick pace through the next 100, through, splitting 24.84/25.49 to pick up a lead over Kharun’s 25.67/25.45, turning in 1:12.37 at the 150 mark to Kharun’s 1:13.10.
The final 50 saw Kharun turn on the jets in a major way as he split 24.60 to take over the lead and win the even in 1:37.70, adding about a tenth from his lifetime best 1:37.56.
Despite making up a ton of ground on Naughton, the Arizona swimmer did not have a poor final 50. In fact, his final 50 time of 26.85 was the 2nd fastest final 50 in the field, only behind Kharun’s.
Kharun’s final 50 was almost a second faster than the 25.54 he came home in when he set his lifetime best, and it was two seconds faster than the 26.38 Luca Urlando swam on his final 50 when he set the NCAA record back in November.
Split Comparison
Ilya Kharun, Best Time — 1:37.56 (CSCAA Dual Meet Tournament 2025) Ilya Kharun, Meet Record — 1:37.70 (2026 Big 12 Championships) Luca Urlando, NCAA Record — 1:36.41 (2025 UGA Invite) Jack Conger, Former Big 12 Meet Record — 1:39.17 (2017 Big 12 Championships) 50 21.94 21.98 21.55 21.86 100 25.13 25.67 23.83 25.47 150 24.95 25.45 24.65 25.58 200 25.54 24.60 26.38 26.26Read the full story on SwimSwam: Ilya Kharun Swims 1:37.70 to Break 200 Fly Meet Record At Big 12s With Explosive 24.60 Final 50
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