The All-Time Top Ten Mid-Major Swimmers In Every Event Through 2024-25 Midseason Invites

It’s been less than a year since we last checked in on the all-time mid-major rankings. Schools weren’t even competing for the bulk of that period, but a lot has changed since our 2024 post-conference update. Conference realignment means that some schools aren’t mid-majors anymore, and there’s been plenty of fast swimming so far this term—these are two of the major factors that convinced us that now was the appropriate time to revisit these top times lists.

Regarding conference realignment, the rules for these rankings are simple: if the school was mid-major when the time was swum, it stays on the list. For example, any mark Jack Hoagland added to these rankings last year while swimming for SMU will be on the list, but no time from this season that could’ve made the list will, as SMU has joined the ACC.

Note: Due to a lack of reliable data, the rankings are potentially missing times from the early 2000s and earlier. If there are certain swims you notice are missing, please let us know in the comments.

Notes On The Updated Rankings:

• There’s only been one addition to the women’s rankings so far this season. That honor belongs to Penn’s Anna Moehn, who cracked the top ten in the women’s 1650 freestyle at the Big Al Invitational with a 16:04.71. She continues to add to Penn’s distance tradition, and the school now has three swimmers on the top ten list in that event.
• On the flip side, the 500 freestyle and 200 breaststroke are the only events on the men’s side that haven’t seen any new entries this season.
• Princeton junior Mitchell Schott contributed four of the fifteen new marks for the men. Schott now ranks fourth in the 200 freestyle (1:32.78), fourth in the 200 butterfly (1:41.84), sixth in the 200 IM (1:42.84), and fourth in the 400 IM (3:40.69).
• Noah Millard, Nicholas Finch, and Johnny Crush have each put up two new times.
  • Millard, back at Yale after an Olympic redshirt, crushed a 1:32.42 in the 200 freestyle, moving to #3, then swam 14:33.47 in the 1650 freestyle to come within 1.93-seconds of the mid-major record. Millard turned heads two seasons ago with a 4:10.62 in the 500 free and has since expanded his range.
  • Finch is a freshman at Yale and a teammate of Millard’s. He cracked the all-time 50 freestyle list with a 19.14 for 10th. He and LaSalle’s Felix Jedbratt both swam 45.50 in the 100 fly this season, tying for sixth in event history.
  • Crush has been lighting up the pool for Army in his first year. He broke the 100 backstroke program record for a fourth time at the Star Meet, and his 44.53 moves him to third all-time in the event. He also dropped a 1:40.28 in the 200 backstroke, entering the list at eighth.
• Hawaii’s Karol Ostrowski became the fifth man in mid-major history to break 19 seconds in the 50 freestyle. Earlier this season, he swam an 18.99, joining Alex Righi, Dean Farris, Josh Schneider, and Colin Wright in the club.
• The men’s 100 breaststroke is the other event that saw multiple additions. 200 breaststroke NCAA ‘A’ finalist swam a lifetime best 51.36 to move to third all-time in the mid-majors. Delaware’s Matvei Namakonov swam a school record 51.63 to move to sixth all-time, knocking fellow Blue Hen Toni Sabev off the list.

Men’s Rankings

50 Freestyle

100 Freestyle

200 Freestyle

500 Freestyle

1650 Freestyle

100 Backstroke

200 Backstroke

100 Breaststroke

200 Breaststroke

100 Butterfly

200 Butterfly

200 IM

400 IM

Women’s Rankings

50 Freestyle

100 Freestyle

200 Freestyle

500 Freestyle

1650 Freestyle

100 Backstroke

200 Backstroke

100 Breaststroke

200 Breaststroke

100 Butterfly

200 Butterfly

200 IM

400 IM