By Sophie Kaufman 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) Pre-Selection Psych SheetsNote: Pre-cut psych sheets are not final. Final selections will be released on Wednesday, Mar. 12. Any changes before the release of the official psych sheets will change the math on the cut-line. Changes made after the release of the final selections–such as a swimmer scratching the meet, which often happens–will pull in the next alternate regardless of event.
Numbers and Projections thanks to Andrew Mering
The NCAA released the pre-selection psych sheets for the 2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships on Tuesday, March 11. The sheets show teams’ bidded entries for this month’s championships in Federal Way, Washington.
The pre-selection psych sheets don’t show exactly who is invited to the meet, but they allow SwimSwam to project where that cut line will fall. This year, the projected cut line falls six spots into line 29. Last year, the cut line fell one row into row 31, where it was the year before that.
Each year, 270 men qualify for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Here’s a quick refresher on how the selection process for an individual championship berth works for swimmers.
Selection Process
31 of the men’s spots and 41 of the women’s spots at the NCAA Championships are set aside for divers, who qualify for the meet at Zones. That leaves 235 men’s spots and 281 for women. Every ‘A’ cut swum this season is added to the meet. The next fastest swimmers in each event are added until every event has the same number of entries. For example, if the 50 free has the most ‘A’ cuts of any individual event with ten, then every other event would get swimmers with the top ten fastest times added to the championships. Finally, one entry is added to each event to keep the entries per event even. This process is repeated until all of the swimming spots are filled. Swimmers will double and triple up on events as more rows are added. The #1 seed in the 200 backstroke may be the #15 seed in the 100 backstroke. As the 15th row of swimmers is added to each event, this swimmer will be added to the 100 backstroke list but won’t take up another of the invite spots as he’s already earned his official invite. The final row of swimmers won’t come out even. In the final row, the swimmers with entry times closest to the NCAA ‘A’ cut will get added first, and when the 235th man is added, the process stops. So, the 100 fly could have 38 men and the 200 fly 39 – that would mean the 39th 200 flyer was closer to the NCAA ‘A’ cut than the 39th 100 flyer and therefore won the “tiebreaker” for the final spot.The issue of a “tiebreaker” is relevant this year because SIU’s Alex Santiago and LSU’s Stepan Goncharov are tied in the 100 freestyle (41.95), giving them the same ‘A’ cut ratio right where the cut line is supposed to fall. This means the second tiebreaker is needed to determine which swimmer is the “last in” and which is first alternate.
First, let’s look at the official rules on how a second tiebreaker works, per the NCAA’s official rulebook.
When two or more swimmers are tied for the final selection spot, the committee will use the swimmers’ times in the next event, in which each swimmer is highest on the list and therefore closest to being selected in that event. The committee will compute the percentage of each respective swimmer’s time in his or her next-best event to the automatic qualification time, or “A” standard, for the events. The competitor who is closest in percentage to the “A” standard time for their next-best event will be invited to the meet. If there are multiple student-athletes tied for the final selection spot, only those who are not already selected to the championships will be compared using the tiebreaking procedures. Student-athletes who are already selected to the championships in another event will be automatically invited in the event for which there is a tie.
Now, let’s examine how the rule plays out in practice between Santiago and Goncharov.
Santiago’s next best event is the 100 fly, where he ranks 33rd with a time of 45.30. The ‘A’ cut is 44.51, so 44.51/45.30 = 0.98256.
Goncharov’s next best event is the 100 back. He’s seeded 33rd with a 45.39. The ‘A’ cut is 44.48. 44.48/45.39 = 0.97995.
Since .982 is greater than .979, Santiago wins the tiebreaker. The tiebreaker always uses the ‘A’ cut comparison in the swimmers’ next best ranked time. So, the fact that Santiago and Goncharov both rank 33rd in their next best event is a fun coincidence, but does not matter for tiebreaker formula purposes.
Santiago projects as the last swimmer to qualify for the championships. However, Cal qualified 19 swimmers for the meet, which means the Golden Bears will have to cut a swimmer, even before factoring in any divers they may want to add to the championships roster. Texas, with 18 qualified swimmers, will also face cuts. Since divers count differently for roster management purposes, we expect that Goncharov will eventually be added to the championships even though Santiago won the tiebreaker.
Teams with cuts to make had until noon on Tuesday to do so.
See the full projections hereProjected Alternates
We expect Goncharov to be added to the meet but for now, based on our projections, he is the first alternate.
29 Goncharov, Stepan Louisiana State 41.95 0.9854588796 30 Nicusan, Daniel Nevada, Las Vegas 51.58 0.9891430787 30 Dominguez Calonge, Luis VA Tech 1:32.37 0.9874418101 30 Chai, Matthew California 14:49.02 0.9868281928 30 Mueller, Chase North Carolina State 4:14.16 0.9861504564 30 Saldo, Gustavo Louisville 1:41.65 0.9842597147 30 Wight, Gavin Indiana 45.30 0.9818984547 30 Nagy, Marton Brown 1:42.69 0.9811081897 30 Bretzmann, Peter Florida 1:53.08 0.9785107888 31 Campbell, Sam Ohio State 14:49.25 0.9865729547 31 Saleem, Ziyad California 1:40.18 0.9862247954 31 Bonson, Michael Auburn 4:14.18 0.9860728618 31 Nosack, Diego Northwestern 1:41.66 0.9841628959 31 Martter, Cale Arizona State 3:42.29 0.9823653786 31 Tirheimer, Logan Auburn 19.06 0.982161595Invited Qualifiers By Team
Below is a list of individual qualifiers by team. The maximum roster size is 18 athletes, including both swimmers and divers, which means California will need to cut at least one athlete if they want to bring divers to Federal Way. With 18 qualified swimmers, Texas is in a similar situation.
School # of Qualifiers California 19 Texas 18 Florida 15 Indiana 15 North Carolina State 13 Stanford 12 Arizona State 11 Tennessee 10 North Carolina 9 Ohio State 8 Michigan 7 Louisville 7 VA Tech 6 Southern California 6 Texas A&M 6 Georgia 5 Alabama 5 Florida State 5 Louisiana State 4 Wisconsin 5 Virginia 4 Minnesota 4 Northwestern 4 Kentucky 3 Arizona 3 Auburn 3 Georgia Institute of Technology 3 Missouri 3 Yale 2 U.S. Military Academy 2 California Baptist 2 Pennsylvania 1 Brown 1 Cornell 1 Princeton 1 Southern Methodist 1 Delaware 1 Harvard 1 South Carolina, Columbia 1 Pittsburgh 1 La Salle 1 U.S. Naval Academy 1 Purdue 1 Hawaii 1 Columbia 1 Texas Christian 1 Southern Illinois Univ at Carbondale 1Projected Qualifiers
Rank Last Name First Name Team Time ‘A’ Cut Ratio 1 Crooks, Jordan Tennessee 17.85 1.048739496 1 Kos, Hubert Texas 1:35.72 1.032177183 1 Smith, Julian Florida 49.51 1.030498889 1 Urlando, Luca Georgia 1:37.17 1.029638777 1 Liendo, Josh Florida 43.23 1.029609068 1 Maurer, Rex Texas 4:04.45 1.025322152 1 Hobson, Luke Texas 1:29.34 1.020931274 1 Marshall, Jonny Florida 43.73 1.017150697 1 Fallon, Matthew Pennsylvania 1:48.85 1.016536518 1 Johnston, David Texas 14:26.00 1.013060046 2 Brooks, Finn Indiana 49.94 1.021625951 2 Kharun, Ilya Arizona State 1:38.07 1.02018966 2 Jankovics, Tristan Ohio State 3:35.51 1.013270846 2 Modglin, Will Texas 43.91 1.012981098 2 MILLARD, NOAH Yale 4:07.68 1.011950904 2 Coll Marti, Carles VA Tech 1:49.62 1.009396096 2 Henveaux, Lucas California 14:29.74 1.008703751 2 McDonald, Owen Indiana 1:39.89 1.00860947 3 Germonprez, Nate Texas 50.14 1.017550858 3 Caribe, Gui Tennessee 18.42 1.016286645 3 Alexy, Jack California 40.82 1.012738854 3 Chmielewski, Krzysztof Southern California 1:38.99 1.010708152 3 Guiliano, Chris Texas 1:30.31 1.009965674 3 Koski, Tomas Georgia 4:08.25 1.009627392 3 Kelly, Jack Brown 1:49.80 1.007741348 3 Nelson, Baylor Texas A&M 3:37.47 1.004138502 3 GROUMI, Gal Michigan 1:40.34 1.004086107 4 Jett, Gabriel California 1:37.19 1.01656549 4 Minakov, Andrei Stanford 1:39.03 1.010299909 4 Hawke, Charlie Alabama 1:30.44 1.008513932 4 Magahey, Jake Georgia 4:08.61 1.0081654 4 Sandidge, Levi Kentucky 14:30.61 1.007695754 4 Matheny, Josh Indiana 1:49.83 1.007466084 5 Kulow, Jonny Arizona State 40.97 1.009030998 5 Petrashov, Denis Louisville 50.62 1.007902015 5 Espernberger, Martin Tennessee 1:39.34 1.007147171 5 Yep, Jassen Indiana 1:49.93 1.006549622 5 Lloyd, Owen North Carolina State 14:31.64 1.006504979 5 Ray, Tyler Michigan 44.28 1.005194219 5 Buff, Scotty Florida 44.28 1.005194219 5 Barr, Luke Indiana 1:40.62 1.00129199 5 Arkhangelskiy, Michel Florida State 44.49 0.9997752304 5 Linscheer, Gio Florida 3:38.46 0.9995880253 6 Lasco, Destin California 1:38.21 1.006007535 6 Rose, Dare California 1:39.47 1.005830904 6 Savickas, Aleksas Florida 1:50.02 1.005726232 6 Benzing, Brian Indiana 50.73 1.005716539 6 Navikonis, Tomas Ohio State 1:31.01 1.002197561 6 Crush, Johnny U.S. Military Academy 44.53 0.9988771615 6 Lucas, Cooper Texas 3:39.02 0.9970322345 7 McCarty, Quintin North Carolina State 18.63 1.004830918 7 Geer, Colin Michigan 1:39.58 1.004719823 7 King, David Virginia 1:38.36 1.004473363 7 Okadome, Yamato California 1:50.19 1.004174607 7 Foote, Connor Texas A&M 44.34 1.00383401 7 Fabiani, Remi California Baptist 41.23 1.00266796 7 Custer, Liam Stanford 14:36.44 1.000992652 7 Painter, Alexander Florida 1:31.13 1.000877867 7 Lierz, Harrison Tennessee 44.76 0.9937444147 8 Hribar, Jere Louisiana State 41.25 1.002181818 8 Sarkany, Zalan Indiana 14:37.49 0.9997948695 8 McFadden, Henry Stanford 1:31.30 0.9990142388 8 Bried, Tommy Louisville 3:39.28 0.9958500547 8 Wilson, Max Florida State 44.82 0.9924141008 9 Nicholas, Spencer Virginia 44.41 1.002251745 9 Zheltiakov, Oleksandr North Carolina State 1:38.78 1.00020247 9 Carrozza, Coby Texas 4:10.70 0.9997606701 9 Lunak, Seb North Carolina 1:40.12 0.999300839 9 Norris, Lance North Carolina State 14:38.69 0.9984294802 9 Daleiden Ciuferri, Ralph Arizona 1:31.48 0.9970485352 9 Laur, Mason Florida 3:39.32 0.9956684297 9 Van Renen, Ruard Georgia 44.95 0.9895439377 10 Corbeau, Caspar Indiana 50.97 1.000980969 10 Mitchell, Jake Florida 4:10.72 0.999680919 10 Kammann, Bjoern Tennessee 1:40.18 0.9987023358 10 Ubertalli, Pietro Cornell 1:38.99 0.9980806142 10 Eccleston, Jake Louisville 1:51.03 0.9965775016 10 Sammon, Patrick Arizona State 1:31.57 0.9960685814 10 Diehl, Daniel North Carolina State 1:41.39 0.9936877404 10 Wigginton, Lorne Michigan 3:39.76 0.9936749181 10 Matheson, Daniel Arizona State 14:43.46 0.9930387341 10 Petty, Evan California 44.97 0.989103847 11 Polonsky, Ron Stanford 50.99 1.000588351 11 Hick, Carson Kentucky 4:10.89 0.9990035474 11 Winkler, Kaii North Carolina State 41.39 0.9987919787 11 FINCH, Nicholas Yale 44.57 0.998653803 11 Robinson, Logan Florida State 1:40.34 0.9971098266 11 Scholtz, Will Texas 1:51.04 0.9964877522 11 Van Westering, Kai Indiana 1:39.24 0.9955663039 11 Schmidt, Danny Auburn 1:41.42 0.9933938079 11 Brown, Eric Florida 3:39.89 0.9930874528 12 Mathias, Mason Auburn 4:11.03 0.9984464008 12 Klinge, Matthew Ohio State 18.78 0.9968051118 12 Applebaum, Frank California 1:40.39 0.9966132085 12 Knedla, Miroslav Indiana 1:39.26 0.9953657062 12 Hussey, Patrick North Carolina 1:31.68 0.9948734729 12 Rivers, Hank California 1:51.23 0.9947855794 12 Hitchcock, Drew Georgia 3:39.98 0.9926811528 12 Kilavuz, Mert Georgia Institute of Technology 14:44.90 0.9914227596 12 Wadsworth, Jack Arizona State 45.01 0.9882248389 13 Molla Yanes, Mario VA Tech 44.63 0.9973112256 13 Schott, Mitchell Princeton 1:40.42 0.996315475 13 Stoffle, Nate Auburn 1:39.36 0.9943639291 13 Peck, Kyle Texas 1:39.36 0.9943639291 13 Miroslaw, Rafael Indiana 1:31.73 0.9943311894 13 Delmar, Ben North Carolina 1:51.29 0.9942492587 13 Ponsler, Kyle North Carolina State 3:40.05 0.9923653715 14 Ramadan, Youssef VA Tech 44.67 0.9964181777 14 Torepe-Ormsby, Taiko Wisconsin 18.81 0.995215311 14 Alves, Kaique Alabama 1:31.78 0.9937894966 14 Huckabay, Jackson Texas 14:45.18 0.9911091529 14 Hoagland, Jack Southern Methodist 3:40.40 0.9907894737 15 Namakonov, Matthew Delaware 51.16 0.9972634871 15 Johnson, Jacob Minnesota 1:40.47 0.9958196477 15 Taylor, Lamar Tennessee 18.82 0.9946865037 15 Jahn, Cornelius Ohio State 1:39.50 0.9929648241 15 Taylor, Camden Texas 1:41.58 0.9918291002 15 Barnett, Toby Indiana 1:51.73 0.9903338405 16 Schmitt, David Harvard 1:40.52 0.9953243136 16 Frankel, Tomer Indiana 44.74 0.9948591864 16 LUKMINAS, Tomas Arizona 41.56 0.9947064485 16 Lekic, Jovan Louisiana State 4:12.26 0.9935780544 16 Sequeira, Aaron Stanford 1:39.54 0.9925658027 16 Alcantara, Leonardo Alabama 14:45.45 0.9908069343 16 Mark Torok, Dominik Wisconsin 3:40.59 0.9899360805 16 Sanchez, Alex Texas A&M 1:51.87 0.9890944847 17 Rankin, Kohen U.S. Military Academy 51.26 0.9953179867 17 Naughton, Haakon Arizona 1:40.55 0.9950273496 17 Fox, Jerry North Carolina State 18.83 0.9941582581 17 Whitfield, Brendan VA Tech 41.60 0.99375 17 Sartori, Murilo Louisville 1:31.87 0.9928159356 17 Hanson, Robin California 1:31.87 0.9928159356 17 Edmund, Mason Ohio State 14:45.81 0.9904042628 17 Dobrzanski, Andy Arizona State 1:51.93 0.9885642812 18 Fan, Zhier Stanford 51.28 0.9949297972 18 Kopp, Tyler California 4:12.46 0.9927909372 18 Zuchowski, Josh Stanford 1:39.71 0.9908735332 18 Saka, Berke Georgia Institute of Technology 1:41.70 0.9906588004 18 Fry, Connor South Carolina, Columbia 14:46.89 0.9891982095 18 Matteazzi, Max Pittsburgh 3:40.89 0.9885916067 18 O’Grady, Chris Southern California 1:52.07 0.9873293477 18 Seymour, Stuart Northwestern 45.07 0.9869092523 19 Seeliger, Bjorn California 18.86 0.9925768823 19 Merani, Ryan Kentucky 1:40.82 0.9923626265 19 Miller, Luke North Carolina State 44.86 0.9921979492 19 Haskal, Manning Texas 4:12.69 0.9918872927 19 Dupont Cabrera, Andres Stanford 41.72 0.9908916587 19 Jones, Jackson California 1:39.76 0.9903769046 19 Morris, Chris Wisconsin 1:41.78 0.9898801336 19 Simic, Nikola Louisiana State 14:47.23 0.9888191337 19 Dillard, Ben Southern California 1:52.09 0.9871531805 20 Palmer, Tommy Arizona State 18.87 0.9920508744 20 Moraes, Eduardo Michigan 4:12.72 0.9917695473 20 Branon, Ryan Texas 1:40.89 0.9916741005 20 Foy, PJ North Carolina 44.91 0.9910932977 20 King, Matt Indiana 41.73 0.9906542056 20 Hagar, Tommy Alabama 1:39.77 0.9902776386 20 Dramm, Louis North Carolina 1:41.84 0.9892969364 20 Clark, Charles Ohio State 14:47.44 0.9885851438 20 Enoch, Gregg Louisville 3:41.10 0.9876526459 20 Taivassalo, Brayden Texas 1:52.20 0.9861853832 21 Brooks, Guy Louisville 1:31.96 0.9918442801 21 Soloveychik, Bar Minnesota 4:12.83 0.9913380532 21 Senc-Samardzic, Filip Arizona State 44.93 0.9906521255 21 Jensen, Matthew California 41.77 0.9897055303 21 Aikins, Jack Virginia 1:39.84 0.9895833333 21 Sampson, Ben Texas 1:41.88 0.9889085198 21 Bochenski, Grant Missouri 45.12 0.9858156028 21 Garner, Jed Tennessee 1:52.30 0.9853072128 22 MAZELLIER, Nans California 1:32.00 0.9914130435 22 Houseman, Kevin Tennessee 51.48 0.9910644911 22 Walker, Logan Texas 1:41.01 0.9904959905 22 Poelke, Boyd North Carolina 44.94 0.9904316867 22 Mihm, Rick Stanford 1:42.24 0.9854264476 22 BILBAO, Oscar Arizona State 1:52.31 0.9852194818 22 Williams, Hudson North Carolina State 45.15 0.9851605759 23 Blackman, Nikoli Tennessee 1:32.12 0.9901215805 23 STAPLES, JOSHUA Northwestern 4:13.28 0.989576753 23 Kosinski, Filip Louisville 1:39.99 0.9880988099 23 Tomac, Mewen California 1:39.99 0.9880988099 23 Tepper, Joey Minnesota 14:48.01 0.9879505861 23 Baltes, Daniel Ohio State 18.96 0.9873417722 23 Salls, Drew North Carolina State 18.96 0.9873417722 23 Najera, Humberto California 3:41.25 0.9869830508 24 Kalafat, Ozan Michigan 51.53 0.9901028527 24 ZIVANOVIC, Uros Georgia Institute of Technology 51.53 0.9901028527 24 Jedbratt, Felix La Salle 44.97 0.9897709584 24 Romano, Yoav Wisconsin 4:13.37 0.9892252437 24 Smiley, Dylan Indiana 41.85 0.9878136201 24 Joentvedt, Jon Michigan 14:48.20 0.9877392479 24 Baravelli, Tommaso Florida State 1:52.37 0.9846934235 25 Gentry, Landon VA Tech 1:41.10 0.9896142433 25 Dragoja, Toni Alabama 1:32.19 0.9893697798 25 Norman, Aiden Florida 1:40.02 0.9878024395 25 Parent, Josh Florida 14:48.46 0.9874501947 25 McDonald, Mario Ohio State 18.97 0.9868212968 25 Scholl, Ben Texas A&M 18.97 0.9868212968 25 Hochwalt, Michael Arizona State 3:41.40 0.9863143631 25 Sergile, Sebastien Virginia 1:42.40 0.9838867188 25 Li, Daniel Stanford 1:52.60 0.9826820604 26 Mason, Mitch Louisiana State 51.55 0.9897187197 26 Gissendaner, Luca California 51.55 0.9897187197 26 Zubik, Jan Missouri 1:41.14 0.9892228594 26 Lindholm, Oskar Florida 4:13.47 0.9888349706 26 Gu, Rafael Stanford 45.02 0.9886717015 26 Irwin, Ben U.S. Naval Academy 1:40.04 0.987604958 26 Kovacsics, Mark California Baptist 14:48.48 0.9874279669 26 Davis, Walker North Carolina 45.24 0.9832007073 26 Lu, Tyler Northwestern 1:42.49 0.9830227339 26 Polyak, Joe Minnesota 1:52.67 0.9820715363 27 Chmielewski, Michal Southern California 1:41.18 0.9888317849 27 Maldari, Caleb Florida 1:40.05 0.9875062469 27 Samuels, Brady Purdue 45.10 0.9869179601 27 Sansone, Pedro Tennessee 41.92 0.9861641221 27 Ostrowski, Karol Hawaii 18.99 0.9857819905 27 Holmes, Gibson Stanford 3:41.59 0.9854686583 27 Gerchik, David Northwestern 45.25 0.9829834254 27 Maurer, Luke Southern California 1:42.57 0.9822560203 27 Ruiz, Xavier North Carolina 1:52.74 0.9814617704 28 Gulledge, Travis Texas A&M 51.56 0.9895267649 28 Chan, Chun Ho Southern California 51.56 0.9895267649 28 Behar, Tiago Arizona State 1:32.25 0.9887262873 28 Jones, Charlie Wisconsin 1:41.29 0.9877579228 28 KLEIN, FREDERICK California 14:48.74 0.9871390958 28 Kabbara, Munzy Texas A&M 3:41.61 0.9853797211 28 Nebrich, Luke Missouri 19.02 0.9842271293 28 Fullum-Huot, Ed Florida 19.02 0.9842271293 28 Herbet, Mason Florida State 45.26 0.9827662395 28 Corn, Joshua Columbia 1:52.89 0.9801576756 29 Gallant, Will North Carolina State 14:48.80 0.9870724572 29 Suchanski, Filip Texas Christian 1:40.13 0.9867172676 29 Ewing, JT North Carolina State 1:40.13 0.9867172676 29 Hayon, Will VA Tech 45.12 0.9864804965 29 Whelehan, Colin North Carolina 1:41.45 0.9862000986 29 Santiago, Alex Southern Illinois Univ at Carbondale 41.95 0.9854588796Read the full story on SwimSwam: Projecting The Cut Line: 2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships
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