2025 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 26-29, 2025
- Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center, Federal Way, Washington
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- Start Times: Prelims: 10 AM ׀ Finals: 6 PM (Pacific Daylight Time)
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The final day of the men’s NCAA Championships wrapped a few hours ago, and there were some crazy fast times and very close races. Here are some of the impressive swims from athletes that you might’ve missed in the excitement of the top-end speed.
Gibson Holmes, a sophomore from Stanford, dropped a little over a second in his 200 butterfly touching in 1:40.69 to improve from the 1:41.79 he went at ACCS in February. He came into the season at 1:42.34 from the Speedo Winter Junior Nationals in 2022, before he was in college.
Gui Caribe Santos finished 3rd in the 100 free final, which would normally not make a Swims You Might Have Missed, but with the excitement surrounding the race it is possible that Caribe’s swim got lost in the shuffle. He touched in 40.15 which would have won the NCAA title at any other championships besides this year and 2017 and 2018 when Caeleb Dressel was swimming. His best time coming into the meet was 40.55 from last year’s NCAA championships.
Minnesota freshman Jacob Johnson finished 2nd in the ‘B’ final of the 200 fly, touching in 1:39.96 to go under 1:40 for the first time ever. This marked his sixth time breaking the record this season. When he came into Minnesota, his best time was 1:42.29 and the record was 1:42.47. He has dropped more than two seconds this year alone and he still has three more years left in college.
Keaton Jones, a sophomore at Cal, had a monster final 25 in the ‘B’ final of the men’s 200 backstroke, touching in 1:38.29 to win the heat, and nine points, for Cal after he was behind for most of the race. This was about two tenths faster than he went last year at NCAAs when he finished 10th in 1:38.46, but was huge for Cal and their 2nd place finish over Indiana.
At the beginning of the session, we saw the final heats of the mile. The preliminary heats swam just before finals started and Kentucky sophomore Carson Hick won the heats with his time of 14:30.35, which ultimately finished 6th overall in the event. In two years at Kentucky, Hick has dropped from 15:17.84 to 14:30.35, more than 45 seconds. Coming into this meet, his personal best time was 14:43.70 from the Tennessee Invite in November.
Nate Germonprez, a Texas sophomore, won the 200 breaststroke ‘B’ final, swimming under 1:50 for the first time ever. He touched in 1:49.71 to drop from the 1:50.55 he went at the SEC Championships in February to win the heat with a time that would have been 5th overall in the ‘A’ final. This race was huge in helping Texas win the overall team title. Germonprez only swam the 200 breaststroke one time last year, but he has seen significant improvement this season, dropping from his pre-college best time of 1:54.87 which he went in March 2022.
I’m a bit of a homer for him being an ex-teammate, but maybe as impressive for Carson is his improvements in the shorter stuff – they didn’t make the meet, but 1:40.6 (HS) -> 1:32.7 (split) at SECs! No championship swim in the 100, but his HS PB 100 was 46.7 … went 44.3 (split) at mid-season, then 44.8 to the feet going out to the 1:32. 500 4:25 -> 4:10 in the same span – he could well be dangerous at three distances these next couple years.
Go BIG BLUE!
Great page. Nice to know these backgrounds.