2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

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)
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  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3

Day 4 Finals Heat Sheet

Welcome to the final session of the 2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships! It’s been a great week of racing in Federal Way, and we’re surely in for even more excitement tonight. Unlike the women’s meet last week, the team race is still alive and well. Texas enters the evening with a good lead over Cal and Indiana, however, it’s not an insurmountable lead. Every race will count tonight, which only raises the energy in the building.

It will start with the fastest heat of the 1650 free, where Texas’ David Johnston comes in as the top seed with a 14:26.00. Cal’s Lucas Henveaux is the only other swimmer in the NCAA this season to have gone under 14:30, coming in as the 2nd seed with a 14:29.74. Meanwhile, Longhorn Rex Maurer has already won the 500 free and 400 IM this week, and will be looking to make it 3-for-3 with a win in the mile. Then, there’s defending champion Zalan Sarkany, who won this race last year for Arizona State, and will be in the field for Indiana this time around.

The 200 back should be a race for the ages. After setting the NCAA Record in the 100 back last night, Texas’ Hubert Kos went 1:36.08 in prelims this morning. His work is cut out for him, however, as Cal’s Destin Lasco is the NCAA Record holder in the 200 back, and went 1:36.40 this morning. Fellow Golden Bear Gabriel Jett was 1:36.69 this morning, so he could very easily be right there in the mix as well.

Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks shocked us all this morning when he took down Caeleb Dressel‘s NCAA Record in the 100 free, swimming a 39.83. He already broke the record, so all that’s left for him tonight is to see if he can lower it any further.

The 200 fly ought to be a great race as well. NCAA Record holder Luca Urlando led prelims this morning with a 1:37.35, earning him the top seed for tonight by over a second. Arizona State’s Ilya Kharun should give Urlando a good fight tonight, however.

Scoring Update (Through Friday)

1. Texas – 368
2. California – 312.5
3. Indiana – 304
4. Florida – 233
5. Georgia – 177.5
6. Arizona State – 172
7. Tennessee – 162.5
8. Stanford – 162
9. NC State – 128
10. Michigan – 83
11. Alabama/Ohio State – 68 (Tie)
12. –
13. Virginia Tech – 63
14. Texas A&M – 57.5
15. USC – 55
16. Louisville – 53
17. Florida State – 48
18. Purdue – 33
19. Wisconsin – 28
20. LSU – 26
21. Georgia Tech – 24
22. North Carolina – 21
23. Army/Yale/Utah – 15 (Tie)
24. –
25. –
26. Auburn – 14
27. Pitt – 13
28. Virginia/SMU – 12 (Tie)
29. –
30. Brown/Miami (FL) – 11 (Tie)
31. –
32. Missouri/Kentucky – 6
33. –
34. Arizona – 1

Men’s 1650 Freestyle

• NCAA Record: 14:12.08 – Bobby Finke, Florida (2020)
• Championship Record: 14:12.52 – Bobby Finke, Florida (2021)
• American Record: 14:12.08 – Bobby Finke, Florida (2020)
• U.S. Open Record: 14:12.08 – Bobby Finke, Florida (2020)
• 2024 Champion: Zalan Sarkany, Arizona State – 14:30.57
• 2024 Time to Score: 14:41.87/14:47.66

Top 8:

1. Zalan Sarkany (Indiana) – 14:21.29
2. Rex Maurer (Texas) – 14:25.22
3. Lucas Henveaux (California) – 14:27.62
4. Noah Millard (Yale) – 14:28.43
5. Owen Lloyd (NC State) – 14:29.13
6. Carson Hick (Kentucky) – 14:30.35
7. David Johnston (Texas) – 14:30.48
8. Levi Sandidge (Kentucky) – 14:31.08

After winning this event last year as an Arizona State Sun Devil, Zalan Sarkany repeated as NCAA champion in the 1650 free, this time for Indiana. Facing an uphill battle in the team standings, Indiana needed every bit of what Sarkany just provided. He got out to the lead early and never relented. Though he was out faster than the field, Sarkany never really fell off the pace.

His performance marks a new career best and Indiana program record. He’s also now the #3 performer all time in the event. It was a marvelously swum race, as all of Sarkany’s 50 splits from the 3rd 50 all the way through the 31st 50 fell between 26.07 and 26.49.

Texas’ Rex Maurer capped off a phenomenal meet with a new career best of 14:25.22, which was good for 2nd. Maurer already won the 500 free and 400 IM, and now he adds a runner-up finish to that tally. The Longhorns weren’t as lucky with David Johnston, who came in as the top seed, but wound up 7th with a 14:30.48.

Cal’s Lucas Henveaux set a new career best with a 14:27.62 for 3rd, earning Cal some much-needed points.

Owen Millard came in 4th with a new Ivy League Record of 14:28.43, capping off a historic meet for Yale.

Kentucky had been relatively quiet so far this week, but are ending things on a very high note, seeing two of their swimmers land on the podium in the mile. Carson Hick, just a sophomore, was 6th tonight in 14:3035, which he swam out of the early heats this afternoon. Teammate Levi Sandidge managed to finish 8th with a 14:31.08.

Scoring Update:

1. Texas – 397
2. California – 328.5
3. Indiana – 324
4. Florida – 242
5. Georgia – 182.5
6. Arizona State – 179
7. Stanford– 163
8. Tennessee – 162.5
9. NC State – 149
10. Michigan – 83

Men’s 200 Backstroke

• NCAA Record: 1:35.37 – Destin Lasco, Cal (2024)
• Championship Record: 1:35.37 – Destin Lasco, Cal (2024)
• American Record: 1:35.37 – Destin Lasco, Cal (2024)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:35.37 – Destin Lasco, Cal (2024)
• 2024 Champion: Destin Lasco, Cal – 1:35.37
• 2024 Time to Final: 1:38.36/1:39.92

Top 8:

1. Hubert Kos (Texas) – 1:34.21 (NCAA Record)
2. Destin Lasco (California) – 1:36.41
3. Gabriel Jett (California) – 1:36.76
4. Mewen Tomac (California) – 1:36.90
5. Jonny Marshall (Florida) – 1:37.00
6. Owen McDonald (Indiana) – 1:37.59
7. Ruard Van Renen (Georgia) – 1:38.11
8. Will Modglin (Texas) – 1:39.53

Hubert Kos won his 3rd individual title of the meet in the most exciting race yet. When Texas needed it most, Kos stepped up, shattering the NCAA Record in the 200 back. He swam a stunning 1:34.21, taking more than a second off the record that Destin lasco set at last year’s meet. Kos was out fast, splitting 46.22 on the opening 100, and he never let up. In the end, it wasn’t close.

Destin Lasco was denied his bid for another NCAA title in this event, but he did manage a 2nd place finish, securing 17 points for Cal. Speaking of, that was a great event for the Golden Bears, as they also saw Gabriel Jett take 3rd in 1:36.76, and Mewen Tomac was 4th in 1:36.90.

Florida’s Jonny Marshall was out with Kos for a bit, but faded back to the field and wound up 5th in 1:37.00.

In a critical race for the team battle, Cal’s Keaton Jones managed to touch out Indiana’s Kai Van Westering in the ‘B’ final. Jones swam a 1:38.29, marking a new career best for the sophomore. Van Westering led the race for about 198 yards, touching 2nd with a new career best of 1:38.37.

Scoring Update:

1. Texas – 428
2. California – 389.5
3. Indiana – 344
4. Florida – 256
5. Georgia – 194.5
6. Arizona State – 179
7. Stanford– 166
8. Tennessee – 162.5
9. NC State – 152
10. Michigan – 83

Men’s 100 Freestyle

• NCAA Record: 39.83 – Jordan Crooks, Tennessee (2025)
• Championship Record: 39.83 – Jordan Crooks, Tennessee (2025)
• American Record: 39.90 – Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
• U.S. Open Record: 39.83 – Jordan Crooks, Tennessee (2025)
• 2024 Champion: Josh Liendo, Florida – 40.20
• 2024 Time to Final: 41.29/41.71

Top 8:

1. Josh Liendo (Florida) – 39.99
2. Jordan Crooks (Tennessee) – 40.06
3. Gui Caribe (Tennessee) – 40.15
4. Jack Alexy (California) – 40.36
5. Chris Guiliano (Texas) – 40.53
6. Jonny Kulow (ArizonaState) – 40.84
7. Jere Hribar (LSU) – 41.20
8. Matt King (Indiana) – 41.28

In a bit of an upset, Florida’s Josh Liendo pulled off his 3rd consecutive NCAA title in the 100 free, ripping a 39.99 to become the 3rd swimmer in history to go under 40 seconds. Liendo knew if he was going to deal with Jordan Crooks‘ speed, he was going to have to go out faster than ever, and he did. He was the first swimmer into the first turn, splitting 8.88 on the opening 25. He was 18.94 at the 50, then managed to come home in 21.15. In truth, it was the final 25 where Liendo won the race over Crooks. He split 10.48 on the final length of the pool, while Crooks was 10.82.

Crooks was off his time from prelims, swimming a 40.06, but he still walks away from this swim as the fastest man in history in the event. Tennessee pulled off a big 2-3 finish here, as Gui Caribe clocked a career best of 40.15 to take 3rd.

Cal’s Jack Alexy was 4th in a new personal best of 40.36, while Texas’ Chris Guiliano came in 5th with a personal best of 40.53.

The ‘B’ final saw Tennessee’s Lamar Taylor and Texas’ Luke Hobson tie in 41.31.

Scoring Update:

1. Texas – 450
2. California – 409
3. Indiana – 355
4. Florida – 276
5. Tennessee – 203.5
6. Arizona State – 198
7. Georgia– 194.5
8. Stanford – 166
9. NC State – 152
10. Michigan – 83

Men’s 200 Breaststroke

• NCAA Record: 1:46.35 – Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2024)
• Championship Record: 1:46.35 – Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2024)
• American Record: 1:47.91 – Will Licon, Texas (2017)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:46.35 – Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2024)
• 2024 Champion: Leon Marchand, Arizona State – 1:46.35
• 2024 Time to Final: 1:51.65/1:52.71

Top 8:

1. Jassen Yep (Indiana) – 1:48.30
2. Matt Fallon (Penn) – 1:48.87
3. Carles Coll Marti (Virginia Tech) – 1:48.89
4. Denis Petrashov (Louisville) – 1:49.37
5. Caspar Corbeau (Indiana) – 1:50.04
6. Yamato Okadome (California) – 1:50.23
7. Jacob Eccleston (Louisville) – 1:50.27
8. Jack Kelly (Brown) – 1:50.77

Indiana’s Jassen Yep won his first NCAA title of his career, ripping a huge new personal best of 1:48.30. On top of the career best, the performance marks a new program record for Indiana, and makes Yep the 3rd-fastest performer in history in the event. As pointed out in the post race interview, Yep started as a walk-on at IU 5 years ago, which certainly adds some weight to the significance of this win. The Hoosiers also earned a 5th place finish out of Caspar Corbeau with a 1:50.04.

Matt Fallon earned runner-up status in this event again, swimming a 1:48.87. The time was just off his career best of 1:48.48, which he swam for 2nd last year, but he managed to run down Carles Coll Marti on the final 50 to get his hands on the wall 2nd.

Virginia Tech had their highest finish of the meet so far, seeing Carles Coll Marti take 3rd with a 1:48.89. Coll Marti’s performance marks a new program record for Virginia Tech.

There were a pair of freshmen in the field tonight. Cal’s Yamato Okadome clocked a 1:50.23 for 6th, while Louisville’s Jacob Eccleston was 7th in 1:50.27.

Texas earned a big win in the ‘B’ final, seeing Nate Germonprez clock a new career best of 1:49.71.

Scoring Update:

1. Texas – 460
2. California – 422
3. Indiana – 392
4. Florida – 283
5. Tennessee – 203.5
6. Arizona State – 198
7. Georgia– 194.5
8. Stanford – 173
9. NC State – 152
10. Virginia Tech – 85.5

Men’s 200 Butterfly

• NCAA Record: 1:37.17 – Luca Urlando, Georgia (2025)
• Championship Record: 1:37.35 – Jack Conger, Texas (2017)
• American Record: 1:37.17 – Luca Urlando, Georgia (2025)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:37.17 – Luca Urlando, Georgia (2025)
• 2024 Champion: Ilya Kharun, Arizona State – 1:38.26
• 2024 Time to Final: 1:40.40/1:41.38

Top 8:

1. Luca Urlando (Georgia) – 1:36.43 (NCAA Record)
2. Dare Rose (California) – 1:38.04
3. Ilya Kharun (Arizona State) – 1:38.74
4. Andrei Minakov (Stanford) – 1:39.18
5. Martin Espernberger (Tennessee) – 1:39.49
6. Krzysztof Chmielewski (USC) – 1:39.66
7. Jake Magahey (Georgia) – 1:39.67
8. Colin Geer (Michigan) – 1:39.83

That was…quite a race to behold. Luca Urlando, who set the NCAA Record in this event last month with a 1:37.17, left nothing on the table with this swim. He went for it in a big way, clocking a 45.21 on the opening 100, which is really hard to comprehend. He held up plenty well enough on the back half of the race, becoming the first man under 1:37 in the event, and winning the race by 1.61 seconds.

Interestingly, Urlando swam his race very similarly, from a strategy standpoint, to how Emma Sticklen did at last week’s Women’s NCAAs. Sticklen was also out incredibly fast, was slowing on the final 50, but won and broke the NCAA Record.

Cal picked up a big 2nd place finish with a 1:38.04 from Dare Rose. With those points, Cal is now just 20 points behind Texas in the team standings.

Ilya Kharun managed a 3rd place finish with a 1:38.74.

Georgia didn’t just earn the win with Urlando, as the Bulldogs also picked up a 7th place finish with Jake Magahey.

Tennessee’s Bjoern Kammann put up a huge swim in the ‘B’ final, winning the race with a 1:39.69. Kammann broke 1:40 for the first time in his career this morning in prelims, where he swam a 1:39.95. Also of note, Minnesota freshman Jacob Johnson was phenomenal in this ‘B’ final, swimming a 1:39.96, marking a new program record for the Golden Gophers.

Scoring Update:

1. Texas – 461
2. California – 441
3. Indiana – 392
4. Florida – 283
5. Tennessee/Georgia – 226.5 (Tie)
6. –
7. Arizona State – 214
8. Stanford – 191
9. NC State – 152
10. Michigan – 98.5

Men’s Platform Diving

• Championship Record: 548.90 – Nick McCrory, Duke (2011)
• 2024 Champion: Carson Tyler, Indiana – 515.75
• 2024 Scores to Final: 383.85/343.60

Top 8:

1. Carson Tyler (Indiana) – 480.45
2. Jaxon Bowshire (Texas A&M) – 450.80
3. Kaden Springfield (Purdue) – 408.50
4. Rhett Hensley (Texas A&M) – 394.70
5. Maxwell Flory (Miami) – 394.45
6. Jordan Rzepka (Purdue) – 393.20
7. Quentin Henninger (Indiana) – 390.50
8. Misha Andriyuk (Stanford) – 333.25

Carson Tyler defending his title in platform diving, running away with the event in the end. Tyler scored 480.45 points over the competition, which was well under his winning performance of 515.75 from last year, but was still good for his 3rd NCAA title in the event. The Hoosiers also saw Quentin Henninger take 7th tonight, while Max Weinrich was 10th.

Texas A&M was excellent in this event, seeing Jaxon Bowshire take 2nd and Rhett Hensley take 4th. Those performances boosted the Aggies into 11th place in the team standings.

Purdue was another program that showed out here, seeing freshman Kaden Springfield finish 3rd, while Jordan Rzepka was 6th. That pair of pulled the Boilermakers up to 17th in the ream standings.

Scoring Update:

1. Texas – 466
2. California – 441
3. Indiana – 431
4. Florida – 283
5. Tennessee/Georgia – 226.5 (Tie)
6. –
7. Arizona State – 214
8. Stanford – 202
9. NC State – 152
10. Michigan – 98.5

Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay

• NCAA Record: 2:42.41 — Tennessee (Caribe, Blackman, Taylor, Crooks) (2025)
• Championship Record: 2:43.40 — Arizona State (Marchand, Dolan, Sammon, Kulow) (2024)
• American Record: 2:44.31 — NC State (Held, Ress, Molacek, Stewart) (2018)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:42.41 — Tennessee (Caribe, Blackman, Taylor, Crooks) (2025)
• 2024 Champion: Arizona State (Marchand, Dolan, Sammon, Kulow) — 2:43.40

Top 8:

1. Tennessee (Caribe, Taylor, Blackman, Crooks) – 2:42.30 (NCAA Record)
2. Arizona State (Kharun, Sammon, Palmer, Kulow) – 2:43.22
3. Florida (Liendo, Smith, Painter, Buff) – 2:44.02
4. California (Alexy, Seeliger, Jensen, Lasco) – 2:44.59
5. Indiana (McDonald, King, Smiley, Miroslaw) – 2:45.08
6. NC State (McCarty, Fox, Miller, Hoover) – 2:45.09
7. Texas (Guiliano, Kos, Maurer, Hobson) – 2:45.12
8. Virginia Tech (Ramadan, Whitfield, Coll Marti, Molla Yanes) – 2:46.21

Fittingly, Tennessee closed this meet out in record-fashion, clocking a 2:42.30 to win the 400 free relay. With the performance, Gui Caribe, Lamar Taylor, Nikoli Blackman, and Jordan Crooks cracked the NCAA record, championship record, and US Open record. Caribe was 40.57 on the lead-off, then Taylor clocked a 41.02, Blackman was 41.35, and Curry anchored in the fastest split in history: 39.36.

Arizona State made it a solid race at the end, seeing Ilya Kharun (41.24), Patrick Sammon (40.55), Tommy Palmer (41.50), and Jonny Kulow (39.93) combine for a 2:43.22.

Florida looked like they were going to contend for a while there, as Josh Liendo got them out to the lead with a 40.42. Julian Smith then provided a 40.96 on the 2nd leg, which had Florida in the lead at the halfway point. They weren’t quite able to hold on through the back half, as freshman Alexander Painter was 41.18 and sophomore Scotty Buff was 41.46. The upside for the Gators is that Smith is the only leg that won’t return next year.

Texas performed their job on this relay to the letter. Heading into the race, they really just needed to avoid a DQ. Their reaction times were as follows: 0.42, 0.47, 0.36. Those are very safe starts, and the Longhorns wound up in 7th with a 2:45.12. That finish secured the team title.

Final Team Scores:

1. Texas – 490
2. California – 471
3. Indiana – 459
4. Florida – 315
5. Tennessee – 266.5
6. Arizona State – 248
7. Georgia – 238.5
8. Stanford – 216
9. NC State – 178
10. Virginia Tech – 107.5
11. Michigan – 98.5
12. Texas A&M – 95.5
13. Alabama – 93
14. Louisville – 84
15. USC – 80
16. Ohio State – 78
17. Purdue – 62
18. Florida State – 54
19. LSU – 47
20. Yale/Kentucky – 30
21. –
22. Wisconsin – 28
23. Miami (FL)/North Carolina – 25 (Tie)
24. –
25. Georgia Tech – 24
26. Brown – 22
27. Penn – 17
28. Minnesota – 16
29. Arizona – 15.5
30. Army/Utah – 15 (Tie)
31. –
32. Virginia/Auburn – 14 (Tie)
33. –
34. Pitt – 13
35. SMU – 12
36. Missouri – 10
37. Cornell – 6
38. Cal Baptist – 4
39. South Carolina – 1