2025 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 26-29, 2025
- Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center, Federal Way, Washington
- Short Course Yards (25 yards)
- Start Times: Prelims: 10 AM ׀ Finals: 6 PM (Pacific Daylight Time)
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The Texas men were the favorite to win the title coming into the meet, and they delivered, winning the meet with 490 total points.
There was some excitement a few days into the meet, and even going into the final session, concerning Cal and their weekend long chase of Texas, but ultimately the Longhorns came out on top winning their 16th team title.
While they are no strangers to winning NCAA titles, this is the first National team title they have ever won without longtime head coach Eddie Reese. Their most recent title came in 2021, and they have struggled in the last few years, culminating in a 7th place finish at last year’s championships. Reese retired after last year, and he was replaced by ASU head coach Bob Bowman.
This title marks Bowman’s second title in a row, and he becomes the first ever Men’s NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving head coach to win two National Titles with two different teams in back-to-back years. Richard Quick won with Texas women in 1988 and Stanford women in 1989.
Matt Scoggin, the Texas diving coach, has been the head diving coach for 11 of their 16 NCAA title wins – meaning that he officially has to take his shoes off to wear all of his rings.
Over the course of the meet, the Longhorns won six individual events, and one relay. Their six events were split between three athletes, with Hubert Kos bringing home the title in all three individual events. A feat not accomplished by any other athletes in the meet.
They started the meet with a controversial win in the 200 medley relay, which they won after Florida was disqualified for a false start. They also got 2nd in the 800 free relay on the same day, finishing in 6:00.08, the 2nd fastest time in history.
On day two, they won two of the three individual swimming events. Sophomore Rex Maurer started off the day with a win in the 500 freestyle and Luke Hobson finished 2nd overall, which was huge points for the Longhorns.
Kos also won his first event of the meet on Thursday, taking gold in the 200 IM by just seven hundredths.
Day three was highlighted by two new NCAA records from Longhorn men. Luke Hobson took the 200 freestyle in 1:28.33 to break his own record, and Texas teammate Chris Guiliano finished 2nd. Kos won his 2nd event, this one in record breaking fashion, touching in 43.20 in the 100 back to win another very close race by two-hundredths. At the beginning of the day, Maurer won his 2nd individual event, the 400 IM in 3:34.00
Texas only won one event on the final day of the meet, and it was Kos’ final individual event, the 200 backstroke. This one was another NCAA record in 1:34.21, more than a second faster than the previous record. The other huge swim for Texas on the final day actually came in the 200 breast ‘B’ final. This was ultimately the final nail in the coffin for Cal’s chance of passing Texas on the final day.
They were also bolstered by performances from swimmers like Chris Guiliano who scored 44.5 points over his 50 (5th), 100 (5th), and 200 freestyle (2nd) events. David Johnston brought in 30 points for the Longhorns, also not winning any events, finishing 10th in the 500 free, 8th in the 400 IM, and 7th in the 1650 free.
Event Winners:
- 200 Medley Relay- 1:20, 28 (Will Modglin (20.32), Nate Germonprez (22.83), Hubert Ko (19.33), Chris Guiliano (17.80)) (Texas Record)
- 500 free- Rex Maurer, 4:05.55
- 200 IM- Hubert Kos, 1:37.91 (Texas Record)
- 400 IM- Rex Maurer, 3:34.00
- 200 free- Luke Hobson, 1:28.33 (NCAA Record)
- 100 back- Hubert Kos, 43.20 (NCAA Record)
- 200 back- Hubert Kos, 1:34.21 (NCAA Record)
Texas Championship Roster:
| Name | Class | Points |
| Jacob Jones | Freshman (Diving) | 0 |
| Cooper Lucas | Freshman | 14 |
| Kyle Peck | Freshman | 0 |
| Jacob Welsh | Freshman (Diving) | 20 |
| Nate Germonprez | Sophomore | 25 |
| Rex Maurer | Sophomore | 57 |
| Will Modglin | Sophomore | 23 |
| Will Scholtz | Sophomore | 1 |
| Camden Taylor | Sophomore | 2.5 |
| Logan Walker | Sophomore | 0 |
| Ryan Branon | Junior | 0 |
| Nicholas Harris | Junior (Diving) | 7 |
| Hubert Kos | Junior | 60 |
| Manuel Borowski | Senior (Diving) | 0 |
| Chris Guiliano | Senior | 44.5 |
| Luke Hobson | Senior | 45 |
| Jackson Huckabay | Senior | 0 |
| David Johnston | Senior | 30 |
| Coby Carrozza | Grad Student | 3 |
| Benjamin Sampson | Grad Student | 0 |
Coaching Staff
- Bob Bowman – Head Coach
- Erik Posegay – Associate Head Coach, Swimming
- Matt Scoggin – Diving Coach
- Trevor Maida – Assistant Coach, Swim
- Manny Pollard – Assistant Coach, Diving
- Jon Alter – Director of Operations
Final Team Scores:
- Texas – 490
- California – 471
- Indiana – 459
- Florida – 315
- Tennessee – 266.5
- Arizona St – 248
- Georgia – 238.5
- Stanford – 216
- NC State – 178
- Virginia Tech – 107.5
- Michigan – 98.5
- Texas A&M – 95.5
- Alabama – 93
- Louisville – 84
- Southern Cal – 80
- Ohio St – 78
- Purdue – 62
- Florida St – 54
- LSU – 47
- Yale/Kentucky – 30
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- Wisconsin – 28
- Miami (FL) – 25
- UNC – 25
- Georgia Tech – 24
- Brown – 22
- Penn – 17
- Minnesota – 16
- Arizona – 15.5
- Army/University of Utah – 15
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- Auburn/Virginia – 14
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- Pittsburgh – 13
- SMU – 12
- Missouri – 10
- Cornell – 6
- Cal Baptist – 4
- South Carolina – 1
Love how much Rowdy can’t stand Texas winning! It’s obvious. It makes Texas winning so much better.
My previous comment was total Cal copium.
Both Cal and Texas leveraged what they had (NIL, transfers, diving) and Texas came out on top.
Well deserved and well swam.
Also my 200 back Kos prediction was the biggest airball of my life.
Looking forward to seeing Cal and Texas go at it for the foreseeable future.
What is the highest point total a diver could score if they won every diving event?
The coaches surely know the game they’re in and understand that Diving can be very influential in the title race!
Bring a Chinese diver from overseas? Provide them a top notch American education and some NIL $!! For example, the Olympic Champ from Tokyo & Paris is only 18 years old right now (born in 2007).
60 points is the maximum for a diver.
Most Chinese divers wouldn’t think of coming to the US. The level of coaching quality just doesn’t really compare. And no offense to the American coaches, but it’s really a different level.
Going into the last relay Texas was up 25. They had 27 diving points, Cal had 1. So Cal would have had a 1 point lead going into the last relay and the last relay would have determined the winner.
Of course Texas and Cal were not in equal footing in the last relay. Texas had to have safe starts, and it showed. In fact: I subtracted out the reactions times and Texas “out swam” Cal by .2 in the relay.
So if we are going to have a discussion about something that doesn’t matter, who wins the met without diving, I’m still going to say Texas.
So will Bob hang this point sheet up in the locker room and tomorrow all the swimmers with zero points to show up in the transfer portal? My crystal ball says yes.
This guy knows ball
Yep. He will pay $$$$ to win and not care who is screwed in the process.
“I want you. Bob wants your brother”
I wonder how this has continued to be swept under the rug after all of these years. It was an awful look.
Why Texas win in 200 medley relay is called “controversial”? Are the early takeoff rules “controversial ” as well? Why not to just scrap them and let the swimmers go early?
And then we have henveaux pushing off the bottom-as seen in swimswam’s video–🤔
Haters gon’ hate but the difference maker is Bob Bowman. If he were coaching either: Indiana, Cal or Florida they would have won. His athletes show up when it matters most in the most unselfish of ways. This weekend was all about the team trophy.
Hook Em’
with how close this meet was, all of the above