2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships
- Dates: Wednesday, March 25–Saturday, March 28
- Location: McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA
- Defending Champions: Texas (1x)
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Day 2 Prelims Heat Sheet
After smashing the NCAA record last night in the 1650, Florida first-year Ahmed Jaouadi has opted for the morning off, dropping out of the 200 free, where he was the 45th seed. Jaouadi, who represents Tunisia internationally, was seeded with a 1:33.34, his personal best from the last month, when he finished 14th in the prelims of the event at SECs. Seeded so far down, Jaouadi’s scratch isn’t all that surprising, especially as he is the 3rd seed in tomorrow’s 500.
The Gator is not the lone swimmer to drop out of the 200 free as NC State’s Jerry Fox and ASU’s Jonny Kulow have both dropped their first individual event. Fox was the 41st seed, entered with a 1:32.94, while Kulow was the 43rd seed with an entry time of 1:33.06. The pair each swam on their school’s 800 free relay, with Fox anchoring NC State’s 5th place relay in 1:32.31, while Kulow brought ASU home on 1:31.88. Kulow was also a part of his school’s meet record-setting 200 Medley relay earlier in the night, when he split 17.98 to hold off a fast-charging Josh Liendo. The Sun Devil’s scratch could be due to ASU’s coaches’ plans to use him on five relays, but it could also be to give the senior some rest before tomorrow’s 50 free, especially as he likely will be on the 200 free relay this evening.
The highest-seeded scratch of the morning was Texas’s Garrett Gould. The sophomore sprinter dropped the 100 fly, where his 45.24 made him tied as the 28th seed. Gould, like Kulow, swam last night on his school’s 200 medley relay, bringing Texas home in 18.58 to win 3rd place.
In some of these cases, the strategy may be swimmers angling toward five relay days. That is likely the case for Florida State’s Logan Robinson, for example, who swam both the 200 medley and 800 free relays on Wednesday.
All Day 2 Scratches
- 100 Fly
- #28 Garrett Gould (Texas) – 45.24
- #31 Logan Robinson (FSU) – 45.30
- #34 Tommy Janton (Notre Dame) – 45.41
- #45 Daniel Krichevsky (Auburn) – 46.06
- #46 Luke Nebrich (Missouri) – 46.07
- 400 IM
- #32 Sean Green (Georgia) – 3:42.38
- #39 Maston Ballew (Auburn) – 3:45.73
- 200 Free
- #41 Jerry Fox (NC State) – 1:32.94
- #42 Jonny Kulow (ASU) – 1:33.06
- #45 Ahmed Jaouadi (Florida) – 1:33.34
- 100 Breast
- 200 Free Relay
Door is open for Kulow to anchor the 400 medley as well with that scratch. May still go Fabiani, he was very good in the 200 yesterday, but they’ve got more options now.
Would have liked to see him give it a prelims shot knowing that he probably wouldn’t have to swim at night
Gould got smoked so hard last night he dipped out of 100 fly smh
#texasfight LMAOOOOO
So, could someone else have gotten into the meet if they’d done this earlier?
unlikely, because they are far enough down on the psych sheet, they had the qualifying time, but had already been included in the meet by virtue of count down in another event (1650 in the case of Jaouadi)
every single scratch here were people not invited in the respective event, these are just extra events they had a B time in
Ohhh got it, okay. Thanks.
After scanning the psyche sheets for this morning, it looks as though UT is, indeed, great shape to have a very impactful day of swimming. Of course, it’s all about finals, but the prelims’ times look good for them.
This is anyone’s race
Bruh
1:32s/1:33s being seeded in the 40s is crazy to me