2022 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 23-26, 2022
- McAuley Aquatic Center, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (Eastern Daylight Time)
- Prelims 10AM /Finals 6PM
- Short Course Yards (25 yards)
- Live Results
- Official Psych Sheets
- Virtual Championship Program
- SwimSwam Pick Em’s Contest
The California Golden Bears have reclaimed the NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championship from their arch-rivals, the Texas Longhorns, 487.5 to 436.5
Cal and Texas have now alternated team titles each of the last three championships, with Cal winning in 2019 and 2022, and Texas winning last year.
This year, it was once again a close battle, but the Bears pulled ahead after the 200 back and ended up winning by a margin of 51 points.
The Bears started off relatively slow, finishing 3rd in the 200 medley and 4th in the 800 free on Wednesday night, then they failed to get anyone into either final of the 500 free.
But they picked it up from there, earning 2nd place finishes in the 200 IM (Destin Lasco), 50 free (Bjorn Seeliger) and the 200 free relay. In that last event, Seeliger, led off in 18.27, making him the fastest man not named Caeleb Dressel in the event.
They didn’t have a slew of finalists Friday, but they still came out swinging, as Hugo Gonzalez broke the U.S. Open Record in the 400 IM, and they closed out the session by winning the 400 medley despite swimming in the next-to-last heat.
The Bears took care of business Saturday morning, and while the Longhorns still led after the 1650 Saturday afternoon, it was essentially over by that point. Cal took the lead after scoring 53 points in the 200 back, led by champion Destin Lasco. While that was their last title, they kept swimming strong all night, ultimately winning by over 50 points.
That’s now the 7th NCAA title for the Cal men and the 5th under head coach Dave Durden. The Bears haven’t finished lower than 4th at NCAAs since Durden took the helm during the 2007-2008 season, and they’ve finished in the top two every year except 2008 and 2009 under his watch.
Cal’s Full NCAA Championship Roster With Scoring Swims
Year | Points | Event | Place | Time | Power | Event | Place | Time | Power | Event | Place | Time | Power | |
Lasco, Destin | SO | 52 | 200 IM | 2 | 1:38.21 | 953 | 100 Back | 4 | 44.36 | 853 | 200 Back | 1 | 1:37.71 | 836 |
Seeliger, Bjorn | SO | 45 | 50 Free | 2 | 18.59 | 927 | 100 Back | 8 | 44.87 | 808 | 100 Free | 2 | 41.0 | 936 |
Gonzalez, Hugo | SR | 41 | 200 IM | 5 | 1:39.82 | 877 | 400 IM | 1 | 3:32.88 | 912 | 200 Breast | 10 | 1:51.45 | 809 |
Julian, Trenton | 5Y | 39 | 200 IM | 7 | 1:40.47 | 849 | 200 Free | 7 | 1:31.8 | 847 | 200 Fly | 4 | 1:39.00 | 870 |
Whitley, Reece | SR | 27 | 100 Breast | 4 | 50.84 | 866 | 200 Breast | 7 | 1:50.83 | 831 | ||||
Bell, Liam | JR | 25 | 100 Breast | 3 | 50.5 | 899 | 200 Breast | 9 | 1:51.36 | 812 | ||||
Carr, Daniel | 5Y | 20.5 | 100 Back | 12 | 44.98 | 799 | 200 Back | 3 | 1:39.06 | 786 | ||||
Louser, Jason | JR | 16 | 200 IM | 14 | 1:41.91 | 791 | 400 IM | 9 | 3:38.23 | 800 | 200 Breast | 13 | 1:52.08 | 788 |
Mefford, Bryce | 5Y | 15 | 100 Back | 14 | 45.03 | 795 | 200 Back | 7 | 1:40.31 | 742 | ||||
Jett, Gabriel | FR | 13 | 200 Fly | 6 | 1:40.22 | 817 | ||||||||
Grieshop, Sean | 5Y | 11 | 400 IM | 8 | 3:40.12 | 764 | ||||||||
Rose, Dare | SO | 9 | 100 Fly | 13 | 45.37 | 802 | 200 Fly | 12 | 1:41.23 | 777 | ||||
Mefford, Colby | JR | 5 | 200 Back | 12 | 1:39.66 | 764 | ||||||||
Hanson, Robin | FR | 2 | 200 Free | 15 | 1:33.33 | 769 | ||||||||
Kopp, Tyler | SO | 0 | ||||||||||||
Alexy, Jack | FR | 0 | ||||||||||||
Hawk, Dylan | SO | 0 | ||||||||||||
Somerset, Sebastien | JR | 0 |
Coaching Staff
- Dave Durden – Head Coach
- Chase Kreitler – Assistant Coach
- Dave Marsh – Volunteer Assistant Coach
- Matt Martinez – Volunteer Assistant Coach
- Murphy Bromberg – Interim Diving Coach
ALL 2021 EVENT WINNERS
Day 1
- 200 medley relay – Florida (Adam Chaney, So.; Dillon Hillis, Sr.; Eric Friese, Jr.; Will Davis, Sr.) – 1:21.13
- 800 free relay – Texas (Drew Kibler, Sr.; Coby Carrozza, So.; Luke Hobson, Fr.; Carson Foster, So.) – 6:03.89
Day 2
- 500 free – Matthew Sates, Georgia, Fr. – 4:06.61
- 200 IM – Leon Marchand, Arizona State, Fr. – 1:37.69
- 50 free – Brooks Curry, Louisiana State, Jr. – 18.56
- 1-mtr diving – Kurtis Matthew, Texas A&M, Sr. – 438.20
- 200 free relay – Florida (Adam Chaney, So.; Eric Friese, Jr.; Will Davis, Sr.; Kieran Smith, Sr.) – 1:14.11
Day 3
- 400 IM – Hugo Gonzalez, Cal, Sr. – 3:32.88
- 100 fly – Andrei Minakov, Stanford, So. – 43.71
- 200 free – Drew Kibler, Texas, Sr. – 1:30.28
- 100 breast – Max McHugh, Minnesota, Sr. – 49.90
- 100 back – Kacper Stokowski, NC State, Jr. – 44.04
- 3-mtr diving – Kurtis Matthew, Texas A&M, Sr. – 466.85
- 400 medley relay – Cal (Destin Lasco, So.; Reece Whitley, Sr.; Trenton Julian, 5Y,; Bjorn Seeliger, So.) – 3:00.23
Day 4
- 1650 free – Bobby Finke, Florida, Sr. – 14:22.28
- 200 back – Destin Lasco, Cal, So. – 1:37.71
- 100 free – Brooks Curry, Louisiana State, Jr. – 40.84
- 200 breast – Leon Marchand, Arizona State, Fr. . – 1:48.20
- 200 fly – Brendan Burns, Indiana, Jr. – 1:38.74
- Platform diving – Tyler Downs, Purdue, Fr. – 447.20
- 400 free relay – Texas (Drew Kibler, Sr.; Cameron Auchinachie, 5Y; Caspar Corbeau, Jr.; Daniel Krueger, Sr.) – 2:46.60
Final Team Scores
- Cal – 487.5
- Texas – 436.5
- Florida – 374
- NC State – 291
- Indiana – 265
- Arizona State – 236
- Stanford – 231
- Georgia – 194
- Ohio State – 165
- Virginia – 154.5
- Virginia Tech – 143
- Louisville – 132
- Harvard – 103
- Alabama – 91
- LSU/Purdue – 85
- (Tie)
- Arizona – 79
- Tennessee – 72.5
- Minnesota/Texas A&M – 44
- (Tie)
- Georgia Tech – 38
- Michigan – 36
- Miami (FL) – 31
- Columbia – 30
- Missouri – 27
- USC – 25
- UNC – 24
- Penn – 22.5
- Auburn – 22
- Princeton – 14
- Kentucky – 11
- Northwestern – 6.5
- Notre Dame – 5
- Towson/Wisconsin/SMU- 4
- (Tie)
- (Tie)
- Utah – 2
Who won Swimmer of the meet ? Leon Marchand ?
Jordan Windle definitely should not have been able to dive for Texas. But if you add in his expected 50-55 points, this meet would have been VERY interesting
They could have won even without Windle. If you look at the individual diving scores that Duperre achieved last year compared to this year it’s really eye catching. It’s almost like he wasnt 100% physically. And Jiang came back for a 5th year but well underperformed on the relays and the 100fl/ba compared to last year. If Duperre and Jiang dive/swim like they did last year and without the big DQ, Texas wins. Oh well, woulda, shoulda, coulda. Perhaps there are also opportunities Cal missed as well, like Gonzales’ 400IM prelim swim last year. Seems like you never know how things may fall at the end of the year no matter how hard an athlete works, or the coach prepares… Read more »
I wanna know who decided the bear on the banner needed absolutely stacked arm veins.
Super Bad-esque
A triumphant bastard, indeed.
One the epic Cal alums!
There’s so many photos of Dave Durden looking crazed watching his swimmers compete at NCAAs.
Ok, Dave, you won the meet and you’re the best. Hope it made all your little dreams come true.
Bad take
Idk, he is out of line but he is correct
And a really strange comment.
Not in the slightest
Copium
Are you okay Marklewis?
Crazed? More like he’s fired up for his guys. I’d rather have a coach like him than one that needs a walker.
Um, Okaaaaay
Dead sea called.
They want their salt back.
How are Cal and Texas’ recruiting classes looking this fall?
Neither has the class that NC State, Stanford or
Maybe even va pulled in
Texas has a solid class but not great compared to recent ones
cal’s looks a little light on domestic talent. Curious who the next Swede they bring over will be 😉
So who is the better program? Texas mens or womens?
Both phenomenal this year but you can’t deny the rich history and accolades of Texas men’s swimming
Texas men.
Texas took a Texas whoopin. Wow. Point spread.
They were 2nd….
Yeah 51 points is a very respectable win, but there have been some huge blowouts in the last 7 or 8 years that make this look relatively close.
I know very recently there was a year it actually came down to the last relay though.
2018 is when it came down to the end.
And now we speculate who’s coming back for a 5Y and where.
There’s always the transfer portal speculation too.
Wonder how many Virginia men may transfer out?
None?
Who knows?