2025 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships
- Dates: Tuesday, February 18–Saturday, February 22
- Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
- Defending champions: UVA women (5x); NC State men (3x)
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The Cal men have reloaded with the addition of yet another Olympian for the postseason, as former LSU star Brooks Curry is entered as a fifth-year senior for the Bears at next week’s ACC Championships.
Curry, who swam four years for LSU and last competed collegiately at the 2023 NCAA Championships, has been training in Berkeley since the summer of 2023, and although he appeared in the transfer portal earlier this season (with one year of eligibility remaining), was reportedly not planning on competing for Cal, at least in 2024-25.
However, despite not currently being listed on the Cal roster, Curry’s appearance on the ACC psych sheets tell us he’ll be competing for the Bears next week at the conference meet and ultimately the NCAA Championships next month (provided he qualifies).
The 24-year-old is entered with no time in the men’s 50, 100 and 200 free. His best times would seed him 1st in the 50 free (18.56), 2nd in the 100 free (40.84) and 1st in the 200 free (1:31.30). The only swimmer with a faster seed time than Curry’s PB in the 100 free is teammate Jack Alexy (40.82).
Curry has not raced in a sanctioned meet since the 2024 Olympics in Paris, where he split 1:45.96 on the U.S. men’s 4×200 free relay in the prelims before the team earned silver in the final.
At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Curry won gold as a member of the U.S. men’s 4×100 free relay, and he also won a world title in 2022 on that relay.
During his career at LSU, Curry only finished outside the top eight once across nine individual events at three NCAA Championship meets.
He first broke out to win the 2020 SEC title in the 100 free as a freshman, and then at his debut NCAAs the following season, placed 6th in the 200 free, 7th in the 100 free and 10th in the 50 free.
During his junior year, he won the SEC title in the 100 free, was the runner-up in both the 50 and 200 free, and then at the 2022 NCAAs, won national titles in the 50 and 100 free while placing 6th in the 200 free.
In 2023, he was 4th in the 50 free, 5th in the 100 free and 4th in the 200 free as a senior at NCAAs.
The addition of Curry comes after the Cal men added Belgian Olympian Lucas Henveaux and French Olympian Mewen Tomac to their roster for the second semester in January.
NOTABLE ENTRIES
- Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh has pre-entered in five events for ACCs, so she’ll have to drop two from her lineup once the meet rolls around. She’s entered in the three events she won last year at both ACCs and NCAAs, the 50 free, 100 free and 100 fly, and also holds entries in the 100 and 200 back.
- Claire Curzan has the exact same entry list as Walsh: 50 free, 100 free, 100 back, 200 back, 100 fly.
- Alex Walsh holds six entries coming into the meet, so it’s hard to gauge what she’ll end up swimming. The defending champion in the 200 breast, 200 fly and 200 IM, Walsh has entered in those events to go along with the 200 free, 100 breast and 100 fly.
- Virginia freshman Katie Grimes has six entries: 200, 500 and 1650 free, 200 back, 200 fly and 400 IM. Based on what she’s raced so far this semester, Grimes will likely take on the 500 free, 400 IM and one of the stroke 200s at NCAAs, but what she races at ACCs remains to be seen.
- Stanford’s Torri Huske has a hybrid of the two Walsh sister’s entries. She’s got four of the same events as Gretchen with the 50 free, 100 free, 100 back and 100 fly, and is also entered in the 200 IM.
- Cal’s Destin Lasco has pre-entered in five events—his normal NCAA lineup of 100 back, 200 back and 200 IM, and he’s also in the 100 and 200 free.
- His teammate Gabriel Jett has six events in his lineup one week out: 200 and 500 free, 100 and 200 back, 200 fly and 200 IM.
Pretty sure Nathan Adrian and Anthony Ervin still have a 5th year of eligibility
I mean at least they actually took classes at the University of California. More than this bozo can say
I think it’s a pretty poor reflection on these comment boards that people are automatically assuming that he’s not in classes. Why? Just because he comes from an SEC school? Berkeley as an institution is known for not giving their student athletes many special privileges, especially in comparison to UT or other SEC schools that are more than willing to let some kids slip through the cracks in exchange for football/basketball success. I highly, highly doubt that an institution like Berkeley would make an exception for a swimmer if they refuse to do so for football and basketball. If he’s eligible to compete, I guarantee that he’s in classes, and likely has been for quite some time.
Does ACCs do exhibition swims?
If Curry is eligible can someone tell me why doesn’t Herbie add Michael Andrew to the roster?
I think it’s been well documented that MA turned pro at 14 and has had corporate sponsors since then. He removed himself from ncaa eligibility willingly.
Rowdy Gaines to ASU?
Heard a rumor Cal just signed Jesus Christ (Dean Farris) as well
our lord and savior Dean Farris would never stoop low enough to swim for Cal. He is without blemish and it shall remain that way
Lol he would have absolutely done Texas if he were going to transfer
People forget where he was training during the 2019-2020 year
Ryan lochte needs to get entered in the 200 and 400 IM
Cal
Alexy 3/0
Lasco 3/0
Jett 3/0
Curry 3/0
Seeliger 2/1
Henveaux 2/1
Okadome 2/0
Rose 2/0
Tomac 2/0
Jones 1/2
Battaglini 0/2
Chai 0/2
Jensen 0/2
Hanson 0/1
Kopp 0/1
Applebaum ??
Mazellier ??
Divers 1/1
Total: 24/13
I think Mazellier is gonna surprise you.
Add Evan Petty and Humberto Najera to the question mark list.
Could have been a total fluke but Petty has the 6th fastest 100 back in the country right now. And Najera is 10th in the 400 IM.
And maybe even Ziyad Saleem and Freddy Klein as longer shots.
I forgot about Petty – you’re right.
17 people on that list right now. So with the addition of 2 divers you would have to leave someone at home.
I would think Klein would get the nod over Applebaum based on scoring potential. Gonna be tough picking the last two spots.
Battaglini has never hit a time that would score at last year’s NCAA meet. 2 Bs in insanely generous. Jensen needs a PB to score in the 100 BR or FL and just snuck in to a B final in the 100 FR last year. I can pick more knits with everyone after Tomac, but not even the Cal coaches would be this optimistic in projections.
I agree with everything you said. I’m basing it off of lifetime best times, best times this season, and if you’re a freshman coming in, you usually drop some time. Obviously I may be way off but it’s a guess. Also, CAL typically swims their best at NCAAs so I factored that in as well.
Jensen was 51.8 in the breast last year. If he does that at NCAAs prelims, he would have made it back. So he might be closer than you think.
He was 51.4 at PACs the year before that and then 52.1 at NCs. Not everyone shows up and goes their best times at NCs, and that’s not possible top to bottom on 1 team. Some of the back half of the scoring roster guys might over-perform, but someone on the top end is going to miss.
I agree but Cal usually has more swimmers improve from their seed times than almost all other teams.
I’m not a fan of any particular team but I am aware of what teams typically swim well at NCAAs and that’s Cal.
Good lord.
In our state, you have to swim at least 2 dual meets to participate in States at the high school level.
Good job NCAA.
hell, when i was growing up my summer league had the same rule for its championship meet.
good job NCAA
Same, saltie, same.
Even summer swim has more requirements than NCAA swimming and diving.