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) Psych SheetsThe first three alternates for the 2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships—LSU’s Stepan Goncharov, UNLV’s Daniel Nicusan, and Virginia Tech’s Luis Dominguez Calonge—will join their team’s roster after Cal and Texas made scratches to allow for their divers.
When the pre-selection psych sheets dropped on Tuesday, Mar. 11, Cal had 19 swimmers qualified for the championships and Texas had 18. The maximum roster for NCAAs is 18, meaning Cal had to cut one athlete even if the team was not planning to bring any divers. Texas was exactly at the roster cap, meaning it also had to make cuts to bring divers.
The updated psych sheets released Thursday, Mar. 14 revealed Texas had cut two swimmers, junior Manning Haskal and sophomore Brayden Taivassalo from the championship roster. Cal has dropped Luca Gissendaner, who was only entered in the 100 breaststroke, which puts the Golden Bears at 18 swimmers. More cuts will likely be on the way for Cal as divers Joshua Thai and Geoffrey Vavitsas qualified for NCAAs on the boards.
With these cuts, Goncharov, Nicusan, and Dominguez Calonge have all punched their tickets to Federal Way. Goncharov was the first alternate after losing the second tie-breaker to Alex Santiago, but given Cal was over the roster limit, we expected him to be added to the meet. He’s entered in the 50 freestyle (41st), 100 backstroke (30th), and 100 freestyle (29th).
Fifth-year Daniel Nicusan is now the first UNLV swimmer to qualify for this year’s championships. He makes 18 mid-major swimmers qualified for the championships and is entered in the 200 IM (50th), 100 breaststroke (29th), and 200 breaststroke (30th).
Dominguez Calonge making the meet gives Virginia Tech seven individual swimmers as they aim to defend a top ten finish. He’s entered in the 500 freestyle (42nd), 200 freestyle (30th), and 100 freestyle (73rd).
Updated Alternates List
Below is the updated alternates list. Note that the next swimmer on the list is Cal’s Matthew Chai, which would defeat the purpose of them cutting swimmers to add divers. So, if that’s what Cal decides to do, the next swimmer called up would be NC State’s Chase Mueller.
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 0.9785107888Read the full story on SwimSwam: Scratches Bump First Three Alternates Into 2025 Men’s NCAA Championships
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