2023 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 22-25, 2023
- Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center | Minneapolis, MN
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The California Golden Bears won their second-straight team title and their eighth overall, by scoring 482 points to secure the 2023 Men’s NCAA Division I NCAA Championships.
This marks the first back-to-back team titles since Texas won four-straight from 2015-2018. Swim fans have grown accustomed to Cal and Texas duking it out for the team title, but this year, the Golden Bears had a new foe to contend with — the Arizona State Sun Devils, who ended 2nd overall with a score of 430.
Cal’s team depth was on display over the first two and a half days. All of the others teams that ultimately finished in the top 7 won an event title before Cal. But, junior Destin Lasco finally put Cal on the top of an event podium with a win in the 200 back. But a total of 13 Cal athletes, including one diver, scored for the Golden Bears.
Lasco led the way with 53 points, but Hugo Gonzalez (50) and Gabriel Jett (46) each made three A-finals.
Cal Point Scorers
| YEAR | POINTS | EVENT | PLACE | TIME | POWER | EVENT | PLACE | TIME | POWER | EVENT | PLACE | TIME | POWER | ||
| Lasco, Destin | JR | 53 | 200 IM | 2 | 1:38.1 | 959 | 100 Back | 3 | 43.94 | 892 | 200 Back | 1 | 1:35.87 | 913 | |
| Gonzalez, Hugo | 5Y | 50 | 200 IM | 3 | 1:39.00 | 915 | 400 IM | 2 | 3:34.66 | 873 | 200 Back | 2 | 1:36.72 | 877 | |
| Jett, Gabriel | SO | 46 | 500 Free | 6 | 4:12.52 | 799 | 200 Free | 2 | 1:30.74 | 908 | 200 Fly | 3 | 1:39.4 | 852 | |
| Seeliger, Bjorn | JR | 39 | 50 Free | 3 | 18.67 | 906 | 100 Back | 10 | 45.0 | 798 | 100 Free | 3 | 40.93 | 945 | |
| Alexy, Jack | SO | 30 | 50 Free | 6 | 18.87 | 856 | 100 Free | 2 | 40.92 | 946 | |||||
| Louser, Jason | SR | 27 | 400 IM | 5 | 3:38.69 | 791 | 200 Breast | 6 | 1:50.9 | 829 | |||||
| Rose, Dare | JR | 22 | 100 Fly | 10 | 44.75 | 863 | 200 Fly | 4 | 1:39.89 | 831 | |||||
| Henveaux, Lucas | 5Y | 18 | 500 Free | 9 | 4:10.50 | 838 | 1650 Free | 9 | 14:44.14 | 712 | |||||
| Bell, Liam | SR | 17 | 50 Free | 13 | 18.96 | 835 | 100 Breast | 6 | 50.88 | 863 | |||||
| Whitley, Reece | 5Y | 13 | 100 Breast | 7 | 51.04 | 848 | 200 Breast | 16 | 1:52.93 | 761 | |||||
| Mefford, Colby | SR | 5 | 200 Back | 12 | 1:39.88 | 757 | |||||||||
| Thai, Joshua | FR | 3 | Platform Diving | 14 | 337.55 | ||||||||||
| Somerset, Sebastian | SR | 1 | 200 Back | 16 | 1:41.91 | 690 |
Cal Relays
- 200 medley, 4th – (Seelijger, Bell, Rose, Alexy), 1:21.24
- 800 free, 3rd – (Jett, Henveaux, Callan, Lasco), 6:06.41
- 200 free, 2nd – (Seeliger, Alexy, Bell, Lasco), 1:13.82
- 400 medley, 5th – (Lasco, Whitley, Jett, Seeliger), 3:00.38
- 400 free relay, 2nd – (Seeliger, Alexy, Jensen, Lasco), 2:44.08
Notable, that 200 free relay was under the previous NCAA record, although Florida ultimately won the relay.
That’s now the 8th NCAA title for the Cal men and the 6th 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.
List Of Schools by Men’s NCAA Team Titles:
| Texas | 15 | 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 12 | 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1995, 2013 |
| Ohio State | 11 | 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1962 |
| USC | 9 | 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 |
| Auburn | 8 | 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 |
| Stanford | 8 | 1967, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998 |
| California | 8 | 1979, 1980, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2023 |
| Indiana | 6 | 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 |
| Yale | 4 | 1942, 1944, 1951, 1953 |
| Florida | 2 | 1983, 1984 |
| Arizona | 1 | 2008 |
| UCLA | 1 | 1982 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 1978 |
These championships were marked by a bevy of record-setting times, as there were seven swims that were the fastest0ever in yards.
All 2023 NCAA Men’s Champions
- 200 Medley Relay: NC State (Stokowski, Hunter, Korstanje, Curtiss) – 1:20.67
- 800 Free Relay: Texas (Hobson, Carrozza, Larson, Foster) – 6:03.42
- 500 Free: Luke Hobson, Texas – 4:07.37
- 200 IM: Leon Marchand, Arizona State – 1:36.34
- 50 Free: Jordan Crooks, Tennessee – 18.32
- One-meter Diving: Lyle Yost, Ohio State – 443.95
- 200 Free Relay: Florida (Liendo, Chaney, Friese, McDuff0 – 1:13.35
- 400 IM: Leon Marchand, Arizona State – 3:28.82
- 100 Fly: Youssef Ramadan, Virginia Tech – 43.15
- 200 Free: Luke Hobson, Texas – 1:30.43
- 100 Back: Brendan Burns, Indiana – 43.61
- Three-meter Diving: Andrew Capobianco, Indiana – 522.60
- 400 Medley Relay: Florida (Chaney, Hillis, Liendo, McDuff) – 2:58.32
- 1650 Free: Will Gallant, NC State – 14:28.94
- 200 Back: Destin Lasco, Cal – 1:35.87
- 100 Free: Josh Liendo, Florida – 40.28
- 200 Breast: Leon Marchand, Arizona State – 1:46.91
- 200 Fly: Austin Hayes, NC State – 1:38.79
- Platform Diving: Carson Tyler, Indiana – 476.30
- 400 Free Relay: Florida: (Liendo, Chaney, Smith, McDuff), 2:44.07
*Bolded events denote US Open and NCAA records.
Final Team Scores
- Cal – 482
- Arizona State – 430
- Texas – 384
- Indiana – 379
- NC State – 373.5
- Florida – 367.5
- Tennessee – 216.5
- Stanford – 143.5
- Virginia Tech – 133
- Auburn – 127
- Ohio State – 112
- Georgia – 96
- Louisville – 93
- Texas A&M – 92
- Virginia – 78
- LSU/ Missouri – 62.5
- (tie)
- Notre Dame – 62
- Alabama – 57
- Michigan – 37
- Minnesota – 36
- Southern California – 31
- Miami/UNC/Wisconsin – 27
- (tie)
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- South Carolina -15
- Utah – 14
- Princeton /SIU / Kentucky- 13
- (tie)
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- Columbia – 12
- Arizona – 11
- Penn State/Pitt – 4
- (tie)
- Georgia Tech 3
- Air Force / Towson – 2
- (tie)
- Purdue – 1
Can somebody give me the CliffsNotes version on how ASU beat Cal at the Pac 12 but lost at the NCAA. Swimswam predicted Cal to win even before the NCAA’s so there must be an explanation that I don’t know about.
Great races everyone!
We’re going to do a post on this in the next few days…stay tuned!
It’s based on how scoring works in conference meets versus NCAA’s. At NCAA’s, there is more competition so your scoring typically comes down to only your top top swimmers. At a conference meet, a swimmer can score points who may not even qualify for NCAA’s.
Well deserved win for Cal. All 5 of their relays were competitive for the title and that’s a sign of a great team. Durden consistently develops talent and gets his team ready for the big dance. He also recruits key pieces well – never short on sprinters or stroke specialists. With their currently committed recruits and Durden’s penchant for last minute bringing in crazy fast Europeans I’ve never heard of, Cal may have a lock on the top spot for a few years.
I understand it’s swimming and diving but what other years did cal win the swimming portion?
I’m not even hating on Texas. I was literally just curious what years they were
Destin celebration >
How often does a team win the NCAA title but not its conference championship in swimming?
It’s Happened a few times with Cal I believe back when Stanford would always swim fast at pac-12
Happens in most NCAA sports regularly
“most NCAA sports” aren’t really a fair comparison, especially when discussing team/ball sports relative to individual/team overall scoring sports. And even in that regards, I’m wondering how unique swimming is (off the top of my head, I think the only true comparison would be track & field)?
Cal’s Jersey boys showed up today- Alexy, Lasco and Rose all doing studly things.
I think that’s the most emotion I’ve seen out of Bell in that trophy celebration. Rose gets brownie points for jumping in head first, while Jensen loses points for not jumping in.
Completely just remembered that Indiana was supposed to have Hafnaoui.
Mikey mouse ring
cAl KnOwS hOw To TaPeR
No, they don’t. They know how to commit recruiting violations and cheat their way to titles by begging professional swimmers to come back for a 7th year with a month to go in the season.
#cryonyoubears
The class left the Bears program when Seliskar graduated. And of course, they get a historical class this year to carry their program when Lasco and Seeliger leave
Kiss the ring crybaby
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imagine being this pressed about Cal winning another team title💀💀 its giving ~ASU meatrider~
how about instead of trying to invalidate Cal’s win, you recognize that they had a considerably off-mest (based off everything YOU mentioned in your comment) and they couldve DQ’d the 400 free relay and STILL would have won the meet.
enough said.
So proud of these young men and our coaching staff. The Durden dynasty still going strong. 🐻
CAL stayed in the comp pool 5 minutes past closing EVERY NIGHT, and were coached during that time. The only other swimmer that regularly ignored the pool closure was Stokowski.
Why should they get extra, private time off the blocks? Undoubtedly the best team, but unscrupulous at best.
Your obsession with Seeliger is so weird. Every time he swims, there’s a comment from you calling him a choker. Every person that races/has talked with him has nothing but nice things to say- I don’t get where the hate is coming from. Distraught that all you can do is grasp at straws in the comment section while the Bears win rings, I guess.
I doubt there’s any tears from the Bears tonight- seems like you’re the one crying and without class.
Dead sea called.
They want their SALT back!