Josh Liendo Clocks 42.41 100 Fly Relay Split, Second-Fastest Of All-Time

2026 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Dates: Wednesday, March 25–Saturday, March 28
• Location: McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA
• Defending Champions: Texas (1x)
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MEN’S 400 MEDLEY RELAY — FINAL

• NCAA Record: 2:55.66 – Florida (Marshall, Smith, Liendo, Painter), 2025
• Championship Record: 2:56.10 – Florida (Marshall, Smith, Liendo, Painter), 2025
• American Record: 3:00.34 – Texas (Modglin, Germonprez, Gould, Taylor). 2025
• U.S. Open Record: 2:55.66 – Florida (Marshall, Smith, Liendo, Painter), 2025
• 2025 Champion: Florida (Marshall, Smith, Liendo, Painter) – 2:56.10
• 2025 8th/16th Times: 3:01.19/3:04.14

Top time after early heats: Tennessee (Saravia, Nunziata, Paula, Caribe) — 3:00.34

Final Heat: 

1. Arizona State (Chaney, Dobrzanski, Kharun, Fabiani) — 2:56.79
2. Texas (Modglin, Germonprez, Kos, Taylor) — 2:57.22
3. Florida (Marshall, de Groot, Liendo, Painter) — 2:57.54
4. Michigan — 2:58.53
5. Indiana — 2:59.96
6. California — 3:00.41
7. Florida State — 3:01.58
8. Georgia — 3:02.91

Top 8: 

1. Arizona State (Chaney, Dobrzanski, Kharun, Fabiani) — 2:56.79
2. Texas (Modglin, Germonprez, Kos, Taylor) — 2:57.22
3. Florida (Marshall, de Groot, Liendo, Painter) — 2:57.54
4. Michigan — 2:58.53
5. Indiana — 2:59.96
6. Tennessee — 3:00.34
7. California — 3:00.41
8. Virginia — 3:00.55

Four different 42-point 100 fly splits were thrown down in Friday night’s 400 medley relay at the NCAA championships, all of which made their way into the history books.

Florida’s Josh Liendo headlined the splits, putting up a 42.41 that ranks as the second-fastest 100 fly split of all time, only behind his own 42.15 clocked at the 2025 SEC Championships. Notably, Liendo’s split is just 0.08 seconds behind his NCAA record time of 42.49 off a flat start.

All Time Top Men’s 100-Yard Butterfly Relay Splits:

1. Josh Liendo, Florida — 42.15 (2025)
2. Josh Liendo, Florida — 42.41 (2026)
3. Josh Liendo, Florida — 42.46 (2025)
4. Hubert Kos, Texas — 42.52 (2026)
5. Ilya Kharun, Arizona State — 42.63 (2026)
6. Josh Liendo, Florida — 42.77 (2024)
7. Ilya Kharun, Arizona State (2025)/Josh Liendo, Florida (2026) — 42.80
9. Ilya Kharun, Arizona State — 42.83 (2025)
10. Josh Liendo, Florida — 42.91 (2023)
11. Thomas Heilman, Virginia — 42.97 (2026)

Before NCAAs, Liendo and Kharun had a monopoly on the fastest split times, combining to own the top seven splits. However, Texas’s Hubert Kos entered in the mix on Friday, going a time of 42.52 which was the No. 4 split ever. That mark is 0.02 off his flat start best of 42.54.

Kharun also bettered his best split, going 42.63 to rank No. 5 of all-time. Virginia freshman Thomas Heilman broke 43 seconds in the morning heats, ranking No. 11.

Liendo and Kharun still hold nine of the top 10 splits in the 100 fly, but overall, the rankings became a whole lot faster with the number of swims  breaking 43 increasing from seven to 11.