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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) Start Times: Prelims: 10 AM ׀ Finals: 6 PM (Pacific Daylight Time) Psych Sheet Eligible Relays SwimSwam Preview Index Live Results Live Recaps Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4Indiana junior Zalan Sarkany won his second consecutive NCAA title in the men’s 1650 free on Saturday, dominating from start to finish with a time of 14:21.29. That time makes him the third-fastest swimmer of all-time in the event, as well as the second-fastest in NCAA history behind Bobby Finke.
Sarkany also improves nearly two seconds off his best time of 14:23.01 from the 2024 Pac-12 championships. That time had him ranked sixth all-time. In addition he was considerably faster than his time of 14:30.57 from when he won at 2024 NCAAs.
All-Time Top Performers, Men’s 1650-Yard Freestyle:
Bobby Finke, Florida — 14:12.08 (2020) Zane Grothe, Unattached — 14:18.25 (2017) Zalan Sarkany, Indiana — 14:21.29 (2025) Clark Smith, Texas — 14:22.41 (2017) Felix Auboeck, Michigan — 14:22.88 (2017)Compared to his previous best time, Sarkany was actually out at a slower pace up until the 1400-yard mark. The difference was the final 200 — despite having no challengers in his sight, he was able to make a huge push on the closing stretch to drop nearly two seconds.
Split Comparison:
Zalan Sarkany, 2025 NCAA Championships Zalan Sarkany, 2024 Pac-12 Championships 50y 22.29 23.12 100y 49.23 (25.84) 48.58 (25.46) 150y 1:15.41 (26.18) 1:14.35 (25.77) 200y 1:41.67 (26.26) 1:40.28 (25.93) 250y 2:08.08 (26.41) 2:06.37 (26.09) 300y 2:34.57 (26.49) 2:32.44 (26.07) 350y 3:00.93 (26.36) 2:58.77 (26.33) 400y 3:27.10 (26.17) 3:24.88 (26.11) 450y 3:53.34 (26.24) 3:51.15 (26.27) 500y 4:19.41 (26.07) 4:17.43 (26.28) 550y 4:45.53 (26.12) 4:43.75 (26.32) 600y 5:11.83 (26.30) 5:10.12 (26.37) 650y 5:38.24 (26.41) 5:36.31 (26.19) 700y 6:04.60 (26.36) 6:02.31 (26.00) 750y 6:30.78 (26.18) 6:28.30 (25.99) 800y 6:57.15 (26.37) 6:54.64 (26.34) 850y 7:23.44 (26.29) 7:20.99 (26.35) 900y 7:49.63 (26.19) 7:47.43 (26.44) 950y 8:16.02 (26.39) 8:13.74 (26.31) 1000y 8:42.30 (26.28) 8:40.10 (26.36) 1050y 9:08.56 (26.26) 9:06.52 (26.42) 1100y 9:34.86 (26.30) 9:33.02 (26.50) 1150y 10:01.17 (26.31) 9:59.48 (26.46) 1200y 10:27.43 (26.26) 10:25.91 (26.43) 1250y 10:53.69 (26.26) 10:52.57 (26.56) 1300y 11:19.88 (26.19) 11:19.05 (26.58) 1350y 11:46.05 (26.17) 11:45.67 (26.62) 1400y 12:12.16 (26.11) 12:12.16 (26.49) 1450y 12:38.25 (26.09) 12:38.70 (26.54) 1500y 13:04.34 (26.09) 13:05.18 (26.48) 1550y 13:30.34 (26.00) 13:31.56 (26.38) 1600y 13:56.20 (25.86) 13:57.83 (26.27) 1650y 14:21.29 (25.09) 14:23.01 (25.18) Total 14:21.29 14:23.01Sarkany previously finished seventh in the 500 free (4:09.69) and 17th in the 400 IM (3:40.64) at this competition, leaving his best event for last.
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