2025 CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge
- November 21-23, 2025
- Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatics Center, Knoxville, TN
- Dual Meet Bracket Format
- Teams:
- Arizona State (Big 12)
- Michigan (Big Ten)
- Tennessee (SEC)
- Virginia (ACC)
- Live Results
- Live stream available on the USA Swimming Network app and ESPN+
- Results on Meet Mobile as “CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge Meet 4 3PM”
Welcome to the fourth dual meet in the 2025 CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge. This matchup features the losing teams from each of the first two meets yesterday: the Michigan and Virginia men, and the Arizona State and Tennessee women. The winners of this meet will swim against the teams that lost earlier today — the Michigan (women) and Tennessee (men) — for a chance to compete in tomorrow’s championship meet. The losers of this meet will swim tomorrow for 3rd place.
Yesterday we saw some gamesmanship early on, as, for example, the Cavalier men kept most of their stars limited to relay duty, and other teams shuffle swimmers or relays at last second. Swims fans should also expect to see some more strategy employed today, although presumably all four teams will be going out in their quest to make it back to the championship bracket.
Day 2 Order of Events
- 200 Medley Relay
- 200 Free
- 50 Free
- 200 IM
- 200 Fly
- 500 Free
- 100 Free
- 200 Back
- 200 Breast
- 200 Free Relay
Scoring Note:
The scoring system is markedly different than normal dual meet scoring. Each individual race consists of three head-to-head matchups, and the winner of each earns one point, and the overall winners gains one more point. We’ll list the results 1st-6th in order of time, but we’ll also include an asterisk next to the three swimmers who won their head-to-head matchups.
Women’s 200 Medley Relay
- NCAA Record: 1:31.10 —Virginia (2023)
- 2026 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:36.09
- 2026 NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 1:36.57
- Tennessee ‘A’ – 1:36.28*
- Arizona State ‘A’ – 1:36.74
- Tennessee ‘B’ – 1:38.41*
- Arizona State ‘B’ – 1:39.53
Arizona State led most of the race, but Camille Spink anchored the Lady Vols in 21.22 to secure the win in 1:36.28. The Tennessee ‘B’ won their matchup as well, sweeping all six points.
Tennessee 6, Arizona State 0
Men’s 200 Medley Relay
- NCAA Record: 1:20.15 — Florida (2024)
- 2026 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:23.61
- 2026 NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 1:23.85
- Michigan ‘A’ – 1:24.11*
- Virginia ‘A’ – 1:24.21
- Michigan ‘B’ – 1:26.18*
- Virginia ‘B’ – 1:26.20
A massive 19.16 fly split from Michigan’s Tyler Ray against Virginia’s Thomas Heilman (19.66) proved decisive as the Wolverines won both by a combined time of just 0.12s.
Ray’s split was just outside the top ten of all time.
Michigan 6, Virginia 0
Women’s 200 Free
- NCAA Record: 1:39.10 — Missy Franklin, Cal (2015)
- NCAA Standard: 1:45.53
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:44.74
- Jordan Greber (ASU) – 1:45.14*
- Emily Armen (Tennessee) – 1:45.37*
- Grace Lindberg (ASU) – 1:45.56*
- Lilly Daley (Tennessee) – 1:46.44
- Julianne Bocska (Tennessee) – 1:47.79
- Ella Guilfoil (ASU) – 1:47.99
The Sun Devils picked up three points, thanks to an overall win from Jordan Greber (1:45.14) and a matchup win from Grace Lindberg (1:45.56).
Tennessee 7, Arizona State 3
Men’s 200 Free
- NCAA Record: 1:28.33 — Luke Hobson, Texas (2025)
- NCAA Standard: 1:33.93
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:32.27
- David King (Virginia) – 1:32.10*
- Antoine Sauve (Michigan) – 1:33.05*
- Eitan Ben Shitrit (Michigan) – 1:33.39
- Sebastien Sergile (Virginia) – 1:34.82
- Ryan Healy (Michigan) – 1:35.40*
- Noah Dyer (Virginia) – 1:37.95
David King was the only swimmer in the field to split all four laps under 24 seconds, en route to taking the win in 1:32.10 and putting the Cavalier men on the scoreboard.
Michigan 8, Virginia 2
Women’s 50 Free
- NCAA Record: 20.37, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 2024
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 22.28
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 22.01
- Camille Spink (Tennessee) – 21.40
- Jillian Crooks (Tennessee) – 22.38
- Gerda Szilagyi (ASU) – 22.53
- Indigo Armon (ASU)- 22.77
- Julia Burroughs (Tennessee) – 22.80
- Payden Rafferty (ASU) – 23.27
Camille Spink dominated the field, winning by over a second with a time of 21.38. Spink has a personal best of 21.23 from February’s SEC Championships.
Men’s 50 Free
- NCAA Record: 17.63, Caeleb Dressel (Florida) – 2018
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 19.43
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 19.02
- Jack Aikins (Virginia) – 19.31*
- Ole Mats Eidam (Michigan) – 19.65*
- Noah Powers (Virginia) – 19.68
- Jack Wilkening (Michigan) – 19.91*
- Josh Howat (Virginia) – 20.02
- Alex Thiesing (Michigan) – 20.46
Virginia’s Jack Aikins got his hand on the wall well ahead of the field in 19.32, but the Wolverines won the other two matchups, as the two teams split the available points.
Michigan 10, Virginia 4
Women’s 200 IM
- NCAA Record: 1:48.37, Kate Douglass (Virginia) – 2023
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:57.88
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:56.69
- Ella Jansen (Tennessee) – 1:55.55*
- Soni Vaishnani (ASU) – 1:58.27
- Nicole Zettel (Tennessee) – 1:59.28*
- Zoe Summar (ASU) – 1:59.528
- Ginger McMahon (ASU) – 2:00.01
- Lexi Stephens (Tennessee) – 2:01.15
Ella Jansen led wire-to-wire, to win by nearly three seconds over the rest of the field.
Tennessee 13, Arizona State 5
Men’s 200 IM
- NCAA Record: 1:36.34, Leon Marchand (ASU) – 2023
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:44.13
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:42.65
- Maximus Williamson (Virginia) – 1:41.61*
- Luka Mladenovic (Michigan) – 1:43.37
- Spencer Nicholas (Virginia) – 1:45.54*
- Thomas Mercer (Virginia) – 1:46.00*
- Jaedda Gamla (Michigan) – 1:46.13
- William Savarese (Michigan) – 1:46.13
Freshmen Luka Mladenovic and Maximus Williamson had a great duel at the top of the pool, but Williamson lengthened his lead over the back half to win with a time of 1:41.61, which appears to be a new UVA record.
The Cavaliers swept this event, putting them within two points of the Wolverines.
Michigan 10, Virginia 8
Women’s 200 Fly
- NCAA Record: 1:49.11, Emma Sticklen (Texas) – 2025
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:57.11
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:55.82
- Emily Brown (Tennessee) – 1:53.48*
- Julia Ullmann (ASU) – 1:55.80
- Amelia Mason (Tennessee) – 1:58.32*
- Ariel Beltran (ASU) – 1:59.35
- Lia Csulak (ASU) – 2:01.84*
- Tori Brostowitz (Tennessee) – 2:05.17
Tennessee 16, Arizona State 6
Men’s 200 Fly
- NCAA Record: 1:36.41, Luca Urlando (Georgia) – 2025
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:43.79
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:41.45
- Thomas Heilman (Virginia) – 1:39.09*
- Tyler Ray (Michigan) – 1:39.60
- Hayden Bellotti (Virgina) – 1:43.50*
- Joshua Brown (Michigan) – 1:45.54
- Sebastien Sergile (Virginia) – 1:46.69*
- Henry Gray (Michigan) – 1:50.65
Hours after Ilya Kharun’s record-setting swim, fans were treated to another great duel between Virginia freshman Thomas Heilman and Michigan senior Tyler Ray. While Ray outmatched Heilman in the medley relay 35 minutes ago, Heilman put 0.31s between himself and Ray after the first 50, and held on to win in 1:39.09.
Heilman was just off his best time of 1:38.95, but lowered the UVA school record by over a second, while Ray lowered his PR from a time of 1:40.44 from the 2024 NCAA Championships.
The other two Cavalier won their head-to-head matchups, and Virginia is now in the lead after sweeps in back-to-back events.
Virginia 12, Michigan 10
Women’s 500 Free
- NCAA Record: 4:24.06, Katie Ledecky (Stanford) – 2017
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 4:43.70
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 4:39.47
- Ella Jansen (Tennessee) – 4:40.59*
- Deniz Ertan (ASU) – 4:43.39*
- Alexa Reyna (ASU) – 4:46.64*
- Grace Lindberg (ASU) – 4:48.03
- Mere Whelehan (Tennessee) – 4:52.04
- Nicole Zettel (Tennessee) – 4:52.75
Deniz Ertan kept it close early on, but Ella Jansen extended her lead throughout the back half, ultimately winning the heat in 4:40.59. Ertan, who was not swimming in a head-to-head matchup against Jansen won her matchup, as did Alexa Reyna, allowing the Sun Devils to split the points with the Lady Vols.
Tennessee 18, Arizona State 8
Men’s 500 Free
- NCAA Record: 4:02.31, Leon Marchand (ASU) – 2024
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 4:18.07
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 4:14.13
- Lorne Wigginton (Michigan) – 4:14.50*
- William Siegel (Michigan) – 4:21.94*
- Logan Zucker (Michigan) – 4:23.39*
- Dillon Wright (Virginia) – 4:24.99
- Nathan Szobota (Virginia) – 4:25.19
- Jackson Tishler (Virginia) – 4:40.30
Lorne Wiggington went out fast…and then got faster. The Michigan sophomore absolutely smoked the field, touching in 4:14.50 to set a new personal best, improving from his 4:15.25 from SECs.
The Wolverines won all three matchups, bouncing back to retake the lead.
Michigan 14, Virginia 12
Women’s 100 Free
- NCAA Record: 44.71, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 2025
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 48.60
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 48.11
- Camille Spink (Tennessee) – 47.12*
- Julianna Bocska (Tennessee) – 49.01*
- Jordan Greber (ASU) – 49.17
- Shane Golland (ASU) – 49.33
- Indigo Armon (ASU) – 49.79*
- Julia Burroughs (Tennessee) – 49.85
Camille Spink couldn’t quite match the sub-47 swims she had yesterday, but it didn’t matter, as she won by nearly two seconds with a time of 47.12. Teammate Julianna Bocska touched 2nd in 49.012, and while Arizona State grabbed one point, courtesy of Indigo Armon (49.79), Tennessee has now garnered 21 points and secured the meet victory.
Tennessee 21, Arizona State 9
Men’s 100 Free
- NCAA Record: 39.83, Jordan Crooks (Tennessee) – 2025
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 42.55
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 41.95
- Maximus Williamson (Virginia) – 41.88*
- Antoine Sauve (Michigan) – 42.23*
- Ole Mats Eidam (Michigan) – 42.50*
- Ozan Kalafat (Michigan) – 44.07
- Josh Howat (Virginia) 44.09
- Noah Powers (Virginia) – 45.03
Virginia got another win from Maximus Williamson, but Michigan won the other two matchups. Freshman Antoine Sauve had a big swim, knocking over two seconds off his personal best to take 2nd overall in 42.23.
Michigan is now within striking distance of locking up the meet.
Michigan 16, Virginia 14
Women’s 200 Back
- NCAA Record: 1:46.82, Claire Curzan (Virginia) – 2025
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:54.80
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:53.31
- Gerda Szilagyi (ASU) – 1:55.22*
- Sophie Brison (Tennessee) – 1:55.80*
- Lexi Stephens (Tennessee) – 1:55.84*
- Alex Sotomayor (ASU) – 1:56.28
- Payden Rafferty (ASU) – 1:56.70
- Avery Luedke (Tennessee) – 1:57.07
Gerda Szilagyi came within a second of her best time, touching in 1:55.22 to get two more points for the Sun Devils.
Tennessee 23, Arizona State 11
Men’s 200 Back
- NCAA Record: 1:34.21, Hubert Kos (Texas) – 2025
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:42.14
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:40.13
- David King (Virginia) – 1:39.37*
- Eitan Ben-Shitrit (Michigan) – 1:41.88
- Will Thompson (Virginia) – 1:43.27*
- Grant Murphy (Virginia) – 1:43.72U
- Inbar Danziger (Michigan) – 1:45.32
- Rian Herrmann (Michigan) – 1:46.42
This has been quite the seesaw battle, and the Virginia men are now back on top after sweeping all four points in this event. David King led the way, winning by over two seconds with a time of 1:39.37.
Virginia 18, Michigan 16
Women’s 200 Breast
- NCAA Record: 2:01.29, Kate Douglass (Virginia) – 2023
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 2:11.27
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 2:09.58
- Emelie Fast (Tennessee) – 2:09.58*
- Soni Vaishnani (ASU) – 2:11.42*
- Lucie Vasquez (ASU) – 2:11.51*
- Simone Moll (Tennessee) – 2:11.51
- Hannah Marinovich (Tennessee) – 2:12.57
- Zoe K. Summar (ASU) – 2:15.45
Tennessee’s Emelie Fast dipped under 2:10 for the first time this season, taking the win in 2:09.58.
Tennessee 25, Arizona State 13
Men’s 200 Breast
- NCAA Record: 1:46.35, Leon Marchand (ASU) – 2024
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:54.95
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:52.89
- Luka Mladenovic (Michigan) – 1:53.22
- Jaedda Gamilla (Michigan) – 1:56.11
- Ryan Healy (Michigan) – 1:56.45
- Matthew Heilman (Virginia) – 1:58.29
- Jay Gerloff (Virginia) – 1:58.84
- Davin Lindholm (Virginia) – 2:02.23
In a not entirely unexpected result, Michigan swept Virginia in this event, led by Luka Mladenovic‘s 1:53.22, a new best time for him.
With the Wolverines up two points heading into the 400 free relay, they only need to win one of the two matchups to secure a tie.
Michigan 20, Virginia 18
Women’s 200 Free Relay
- NCAA Record: 1:23.63 — Virginia (2024)
- NCAA ‘A’ Standard — 1:28.26
- NCAA ‘B’ Standard — 1:28.78
- Arizona State ‘A’ – 1:29.52*
- Arizona State ‘B’ – 1:31.21*
- Tennessee ‘B’ – 1:31.50
- Tennessee ‘A’ – 1:34.24
The Tennessee women had the meet locked up, and will be racing in about an hour for a chance to compete in the championship meet tomorrow.
Tennessee now faces Michigan for the chance to swim Virginia tomorrow for the championship.
Tennessee 25, Arizona State 19
Men’s 200 Free Relay
- NCAA Record: 1:12.80 — Tennessee (2025)
- NCAA ‘A’ Standard — 1:16.23
- NCAA ‘B’ Standard — 1:16.91
- Michigan ‘A’ – 1:16.83
- Virginia ‘A’ – 1:16.92
- Virginia ‘B’ – 1:19.10
- Michigan ‘B’ – 1:19.66
The entire meet came down to less than a tenth of a second. Tyler Ray put Michigan in the lead with a 19.02 leadoff against Maximus Williamson (19.21). Jack Wilkening (19.33) and Ole Mats Ediam both split 19.33 for Michigan, while David King (19.45) and Thomas Heilman (19.08) kept it close. Only 0.06s separated the two teams as the anchors dove in, and Antoine Sauve held off Jack Aikins, 19.15 to 19.18 for the event and meet win.
Michigan now immediately faces Tennessee for the chance to swim Arizona State tomorrow for the championship.
Michigan 24, Virginia 20

think its great too see so much debate on everything,so bottom line its got all your attention,I think its a great new format, and something different,which isn’t this what its all about, also it seems to be garnering much media attention too, another win here as isn’t that too what this is about?
I agree. This format isn’t perfect…but they tried something, and can build off it.
If y’all saw what early basketball games look like, you’d hate them too.
Sometimes you just gotta start and figure it out as you go. Doesn’t mean people can’t criticize it – that’s part of the growth process – but I think we should be careful to not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Feels like with only 4 teams, this needed to be done round-robin style, rather than this seeded style. No point in having what are essentially 4 rounds in a seeded tournament where you only have 4 teams.
Kinda bummed Williamson didn’t do the 4IM yesterday. Seems to be in top form, could have probably dipped under 4:40 again.
No rest for the weary.
LOL!
The University of Virginia women’s swimming program chuckles.
You know it’s really unfair to expect the uva guys to perform well when the meet organizers won’t give them extra rest between events. >:(
Heilman, Williamson, King, and Aikins were really good today. There were several other good swims, too. They lost three relays (worth 10 points) by a combined total of 0.21 seconds.
I watched all of the times and I agree that they did have some good swims. At the same time, Michigan filled every lane during their meet with Tennessee. I get that there is an argument to be made that it was a strategic decision to throw away the VA/ASU men’s dual, but it definitely feels like goes against the spirit of the entire competition, especially given the way that the team has been hyping their men since the savage 7 commitment and especially entering this season. It screams weak to me more than anything; they could have earnestly battled ASU on quite a few races and still been solid today. I’m sure their swimmers would have appreciated another chance… Read more »
The problem with this format is that it could very well end up being a repeat of the Tenn/Mich session meet tonight.
It’s exactly like a college baseball double elimination tournament. Difference being that the first elimination would have been the 3 p.m. meet and the second one at 6. The losing teams of each will meet for third in this format, but in baseball the season would be over.
A potential improvement could be two pods of four teams and each team plays a round-robin within the pod (three dual meets). Winners of each pod have a meet to determine the champ.
Yes, I should have scrolled down before I posted. I also think a round-robin style tournament would have been better. A seeded tourney works if you have more than 4 teams.
yep-
at 6oclock mich/tenn women swim again, tenn has 1hr rest, mich has 4hr rest
and mich/tenn men swim again, mich has one hour rest, tenn has 4hr rest
depending on those results uva women and men could go home without even swimming host tenn
uva/tenn would have some good matchups
Against the narrative of some, but good day for a variety of UVA men swimmers.
so who are the teams swimming at 6pm?
Tennessee vs. Michigan in both men’s and women’s.
a repeat of last night, and possible no uva vs tenn men or women tomorrow