By Robert Gibbs on SwimSwam
2025 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships
February 18-22, 2025 Greensboro Aquatic Center — Greensboro, North Carolina Full Event Schedule (pre-scratch timeline) Championship Central Psych Sheets Live Results Live Streaming Day 1 Finals Recap Day 2 Prelims Recap |Day 2 Finals Recap Day 3 Prelims Recap | Day 3 Finals Recap Day 4 Prelims Recap | Day 4 Finals Recap Day 5 Prelims RecapSince Dave Durden took over as head coach in 2007, the California Golden Bears have never been reticent about the fact that their ultimate goal each year is to win the NCAA Championships, not just their conference. That was particularly clear during a couple of Pac-12 championship meets. Especially during Olympic years, Durden occasionally sent several of the Bears’ best swimmers to compete at long course meets and forego the Pac-12 Championships.
And that approach has worked well: during Durden’s tenure, no team has won more national championships than Cal; both Cal and Texas have won six titles each during that timeframe.
But even if the Bears have their eyes on next month (and they certainly do), it has to be gratifying to win their first ACC title in their first year in the conference after emerging from the rubble of the old Pac-12.
Coming into this week, it looked to be Cal’s meet to lose, and sure enough, the Bears led from 200 medley relay through the end of the meet four days later. In some ways, it wasn’t an utterly dominating performance from Cal; they “only” won six events, and it was clear that several of their top stars, like Destin Lasco, didn’t appear to be anywhere near fully tapered.
On the other hand, the Bears won three of the five relays, and they won all three with ACC Championship record times. Twenty different men earned points, led by Gabriel Jett, who earned 80 points with a runner-up finish in the 500 (behind teammate Lucas Henveaux), 4th place in the 200 fly, and an individual title in the 200 back.
By tomorrow, the Bears will be back on the Left Coast, and they’ll certainly be back in the pool in the next few days, gearing up for the next challenge — the NCAA Championships in March. But for tonight, the Bears will undoubtedly take at least some measure of satisfaction from knowing they took care of business in Greensboro this week.
Event Wins
200 Medley Relay: Bjorn Seeliger, Yamato Okadome, Dare Rose, Jack Alexy — 1:21.54 (Meet Record) 800 Free Relay: Jack Alexy, Gabe Jett, Destin Lasco, Lucas Henveaux — 6:06.66 (Meet Record) 500 Freestyle: Lucas Henveaux — 4:08.83 (Meet Record) 200 Backstroke: Gabe Jett — 1:37.19 (Meet Record) 100 Freestyle: Jack Alexy — 41.19 400 Freestyle Relay: Bjorn Seeliger, Jack Alexy, Matthew Jensen, Nans Mazellier — 2:44.81 (Meet Record)Individual Scorers
Jack Alexy — 75 points Luca Battaglini — 12 points Jack Clark — 22 points Trent Frandson — 33 points Robin Hanson — 28 points Lucas Henveaux — 85.5 points Matthew Jensen — 30 points Gabriel Jett — 86 points Keaton Jones — 34 points Tyler Kopp — 68 points Destin Lasco — 69 points Nans Mazellier — 37 points Humberto Najera — 16 points Yamato Okadome — 55 points Hank Rivers — 33 points Dare Rose — 56 points Bjorn Seeliger — 55 points Sean Swift — 13 points Joshua Thai — 41 Mewen Tomac — 70 points Geoffery Vavitsas — 33 pointsFinal Team Scores
California- 1271.5 Stanford – 1065 NC State – 1021 North Carolina – 852 Louisville – 814.5 VA Tech – 654 Florida State – 639 Virginia – 529.5 Georgia Tech – 465 Pittsburgh – 456.5 Southern Methodist – 434 Duke – 171 Boston College – 123 Miami (Florida) – 84 Notre Dame – 45Read the full story on SwimSwam: From Coast to Coast: California Men Win Their First Atlantic Coast Conference Title
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