By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam
2025 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
March 26-29, 2025 Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center, Federal Way, Washington Short Course Yards (25 yards) SwimSwam Pick’Em Contest SwimSwam Preview Index Psych Sheet Live Results Day 1 Heat SheetsWelcome to the first night of the 2025 Men’s Division I NCAA Championships! We’re looking forward to bringing you live coverage of all the action out in Federal Way. As always, our first session will be short, sweet, and to the point. Just a pair of relays: the 200 medley and 800 free, will make up this session.
While there are only two events tonight, we should be in for a thrilling couple of races, as it’s on the board that the NCAA records go down in both. Tennessee leads the entries in the 200 medley relay after having gone a 1:20.22 at the SEC Championships last month. That time put them just 0.07 seconds off the NCAA record of 1:20.15, which Florida set at last year’s NCAAs. Speaking of the Gators, they come in as the 2nd seed, holding a season best of 1:20.66. Texas is the only other team to have gone under 1:21 this season, entering as the 3rd seed with a 1:20.75.
Florida comes in as the top seed in the 800 free relay, having won the SEC title in 6:02.50. With that performance, they were just 0.24 seconds off the NCAA record of 6:02.26, which Cal set last year. Cal has only been 6:06.66, but actually returns the same team that set the record last year, even though they may opt to use some different swimmers this year. Texas is the #2 seed in the 800 free, having gone 6:03.24 at SECs, while Georgia is the 3rd seed at 6:05.43. The Texas squad holds the American Record in the event.
Men’s 200 Medley Relay
NCAA Record: 1:20.15 — Florida (Chaney, Smith, Liendo, McDuff) (2024) Championship Record: 1:20.15 — Florida (Chaney, Smith, Liendo, McDuff) (2024) American Record: 1:20.98 — NC State (Hayes, Hoover, Miller, McCarty) (2024) U.S. Open Record: 1:20.15 — Florida (Chaney, Smith, Liendo, McDuff) (2024) 2024 Champion: Florida (Chaney, Smith, Liendo, McDuff) — 1:20.15Top 8:
Texas (Modglin, Germonprez, Kos, Guiliano) – 1:20.28 Tennessee (Taylor, Houseman, Caribe, Crooks) – 1:20.50 California (Seeliger, Okadome, Rose, Alexy) – 1:20.76 Arizona State (Vergnes, Dobrzanski, Kharun, Kulow) – 1:20.87 Indiana (Barr, Benzing, Brooks, King) – 1:20.92 (American Record) NC State (McCarty, Hoover, Miller, Fox) – 1:21.16 Florida State (Herbet, Baravelli, Arkhangelskiy, Bork) – 1:21.60 Georgia (Urlando, Pitshugin, Van Renen, Bidois) – 1:22.01Well… this meet didn’t get off to the ideal start for a handful of teams. First and foremost, Florida was disqualified for a false start on the fly-to-free exchange. The Gators had set the NCAA record in the event with a time of 1:20.05. Virginia Tech was disqualified in heat 2, as was Michigan. The Hokies would have finished 12th, while the Wolverines would have been 13th.
That left the winner of the 200 medley relay…Texas! In their bid to reclaim the NCAA title, the Longhorns are off to the start they needed. Will Modglin led off in 20.32, Nate Germonprez split 22.83 on breaststroke, Hubert Kos was 19.33 on fly, and Chris Guiliano anchored in a speedy 17.80, putting Texas into the finish in 1:20.28. That swim put the Longhorns just 0.13 seconds off the NCAA record.
Tennessee wound up 2nd with a 1:20.50, fueled by a 17.67 anchor from Jordan Crooks, who is one of the most highly anticipated swimmers of this meet. The Vols also benefited from a huge 19.05 fly split out of Gui Caribe. Lamar Taylor was 20.74 on back and Kevin Houseman split 23.04 on breast.
Cal knocked nearly a second off their seed time, taking 3rd in 1:20.76. Bjorn Seeliger was excellent leading off, clocking a 20.57, while Yamato Okadome split a very quick 22.77 on breast. Dare Rose gave the Golden Bears a 19.39 on fly, and Jack Alexy anchored in 18.03.
The back half of Arizona State’s relay was really something. Ilya Kharun went an 18.78 on the fly leg, which is the fastest split in history, then Jonny Kulow anchored in 17.78, marking a 36.56 on the 2nd 100 of the race, which is the fastest back half in history as well.
Though they only finished 5th, Indiana made history as well, taking down the American Record. Luke Barr (20.65), Brian Benzing (22.65), Finn Brooks (19.49), and Matt King (18.13) combined for a 1:20.92, clipping the previous AR by 0.04 seconds.
The meet kicked off with a bang in heat 1, where Georgia ripped a new season best by more than a second, winning in 1:22.01. That time would have come into the meet seeded 8th, and the Bulldogs ended up 8th, 9 places ahead of their 17th seed. Luca Urlando led the Georgia team off in 20.52, then Kristian Pitshugin clocked a 23.06 on breast, Ruard Van Renen was 19.48 on fly, and Tane Bidois anchored in 18.95.
Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay
NCAA Record: 6:02.26 — Cal (Jett, Lasco, Alexy, Hanson) (2024) Championship Record: 6:02.26 — Cal (Jett, Lasco, Alexy, Hanson) (2024) American Record: 6:03.24 — Texas (Hobson, Maurer, Guiliano, Carrozza) (2025) U.S. Open Record: 6:02.26 — Cal (Jett, Lasco, Alexy, Hanson) (2024) 2024 Champion: Cal (Jett, Lasco, Alexy, Hanson) — 6:02.26Top 8:
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