We’re giving you an event-by-event preview of the 2025 Men’s NCAA Championships.
- 0:00 Men’s NCAA Preview Introduction
- 0:55 500 Free
- 7:56 200 IM
- 14:00 50 Free
- 21:44 100 Fly
- 27:00 400 IM
- 34:28 200 Free
- 39:40 100 Breast
- 47:54 100 Back
- 55:00 1,650 Free
- 1:00:49 200 Back
- 1:04:07 100 Free
- 1:08:44 200 Breast
- 1:13:40 200 Fly
- 1:19:00 Over/Under – 3.5 Take Home Relay Titles
- 1:23:14 Over/Under – 6.5 Individual NCAA records get broken
- 1:27:25 Who is winning this meet???
Whatever happened with Brooks Curry?
Interesting
After listening to the men’s team predictions, I’m going to puke.
Anyone
But
Texas
There
Is
Only
Texas
TekSucks!
The women pulled off the Day 4 choke for the ages.
https://swimswam.com/2025-ncaa-womens-championships-day-4-scoring-analysis/
A minus 40.
LMAO!
The men will make up for it by winning. Thus, this will ensure Texas has the best swimming & diving programs across both genders. Muahahahaha!
You had better hope swimming’s own Benedict Arnold does better than Carol “the Choke Artist” Capitani.
I just realized that you are the kind of sports “fan” who can’t support a team without hating another, and the hating part is the much more important one. Australia in international swimming, Texas in the NCAA (previously Stanford). It’s really sad.
Texas sweeps opening night relays if Liendo isn’t used in the 2 medley
Cal will smoke them in the 8 frr just like last year. It wasn’t close and won’t be this year either despite a 1:28 Hobson lead off
Disagree I think Texas is the slight favorite for the 800 free relay and both teams have the potential to break 6 minutes this year I think it’ll come down to .5-1 second between both teams.
Texas wil have a 1:28, 2×1:29’s and a 1:30.
I guess I’m stuck on what Henveaux can do, there’s not much to go off of with him. Cal will have 3×129’s besides him
I don’t think Texas has a real shot at winning 2-Medley unless there’s a magic fly split from Kos.
I disagree with Andrew that Cal will smoke Texas in that relay. If both teams are on point I think it’s a toss up. Texas will likely get two swimmers under 1:30, Cal might get 3. Mauer is the wildcard for Texas assuming he swims it. His best flat is a 1:31.5, if he can roll a second faster than that and Carrozza or Taylor get into the 1:31’s (and Coby has been 1:30.5) then Texas is looking at sub 6:00.
1:28.8 (Hobson), 1:29.8 (Guiliano), 1:31.0 (Coby) and 1:31.5 (Rex) is right at 6:01.00
1:29.7 (Alexy), 1:29.7 (Jett), 1:30.00 (Lasco)… Read more »
I don’t care if it’s Texas or Cal or both, but someone better be sub-6:00. I’m tired of being teased with what could be, I want to see a 5:5x minute 8 FR.
On paper the 800 free relay is one of the potentially tightest races almost every NCAAs but it almost never turns out that way unfortunately
However, I do think Cal should run away with it. Gabe Jett should easily be 1:30 low if not 1:29 high, Alexy has been 1:29 flat start and Lasco is consistently a 1:29 split on this relay as well. Their “weakest” leg is Henveaux who is a 1:46.0 LC and if he drops like the rest of the Cal guys at NCAAs they should be right around the 6 minute mark vs. Texas who has 2 realistic sub 1:30s and 3 wild cards that could MAYBE be under 1:31.
Coby has been 130 flying and Mauer 1:31 flat
Anything can happen tomorrow but that’s less projection than Henveaux
For the record he or Hansen (is it for sure hen?) could throw a monster split too
I have Cal slight favorites
Agree
This year might be different
I’m counting on a magic fly split from Hubert. All I know is Modglin & Kos will not be 20.3 and 19.7 tomorrow
I hope I will be proven wrong, but I’m not that big on Hubi’s butterfly currently. Apart from that speedy 44.04 it has been a bit ho-hum this season.
I just feel we haven’t seen anything close to 100% Hubert, he’s had a handful of fast results/times that are indicative of his potential (1:40.5 IM in November, SC Worlds as a whole, 44.0 fly in January, and the 1:36.1 back at SEC’s) I don’t think Hubert will have to be much faster than 19.3/19.4 for the fly leg to have Texas win 2 medley. I believe Modglin will be faster than 20.3 tomorrow and I’m hoping Germonprez & Giuliano match their SEC splits. That puts them way closer to the times Tennessee and Florida put up at SEC’s.
Texas 3rd place after being the on paper favorites the whole year lmfaooo
Texas wins the 2Medley relay!
Delusions of grandeur
You are (as you are well aware) very unreasonably Texas-negative, but I agree, they aren’t winning the 2 medley relay. There are 2 stronger teams, and another two that are roughly equal to Texas in potential.
Andrew has seen the light.
Unlike you it seems.
I have seen a five-peat by the University of Virginia women’s swimming program. Meanwhile, Carol Capitani hasn’t sniffed a NCAA title.
Orange wins the 200 Medley – TENNESSEE
Anyone
But
Texas
They are 5th; really hot take.
Predictions for events/winning times
200 medley relay: either Texas/Florida: 1:19.90
800 free relay: Texas: 5:58.70 (yes I know really fast)
500 free: Rex Maurer: 4:03.25
200 IM: Julian Smith 1:38.11
50 Free: Jordan Crooks 17.83
200 Free Relay: Arizona State: 1:12.33
400 IM: Rex Maurer: 3:31.68
100 Fly: Josh Liendo: 42.65
200 Free: Luke Hobson: 1:28.25
100 Back: Johnny Marshall: 43.25
100 Breast: Julian Smith: 49.29
400 Medley Relay: 2:54.78
1650 Free: David Johnston: 14:21.03
200 Back: Hubert Kos: 1:34.86
100 Free: Josh Liendo: 39.98
200 Breast: Matt Fallon: 1:47.85
200 Fly: Luca Urlando: 1:36.77
400 Free Relay: Tennessee: 2:41.63
Some of… Read more »
How in the world are you coming up with relay times of 5:58, 1:12.3 (from ASU???), and 2:41?
I’ve done the math and it mostly makes sense there’s a lot of time for these teams to drop. Texas has a likely lead off 1:28 mid by Luke, a likely 1:29 mid by Guiliano, 1:30s mid-lows from both Rex and Coby. And I’m off by a tenth from the math but ASU could get down to 1:12.4 with Palmer leading off in 18.5, Kharun splitting 17.9 again, Sammon splitting about 18.2 and Kulow about 17.8-17.7 which is about that 1:12.4-3 range that makes sense. And Caribe leads off in 41.0-40.9, Blackman can get down to 40.8, Taylor 40.5-40.4, and Crooks about 39.4-39.3 this is a very realistic possibility.
As to ASU’s 4×50, they went 1:13.1 before a questionable DQ (mechanically -.04, when -.03 legal, but it did not look that close).
I added up this afternoon at 1:12.37, with a couple of obviously optimistic, but not irrational, calls.
Kharun, LO at :18.21 (Current PB :18.51 from November)
Palmer :18.12R (Last 5 flat 50s sub19; :18.87PB; :18.33R(2024, when PB flat :19.08)
Kulow :17.75R (:17.94R ’24 NCAA; :17.97R, late Jan.)
Leg #4 coach’s decision between Freshman Tolu Young and Senior Patrick Sammon
Young :18.29R (based on :19.09Flat 3/8/25; had :19.12 at Conf.)
Sammon (:19.21PB flat; had :18.4R on relay DQed on different exchange)
1:12.37
fun….
The problem with these is your assumption is all the best swimmers will be at their very best and drop lifetime bests but in reality there will be people who dont drop much or add time.