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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Zalan Sarkany defended his NCAA title in the 1,650 free but it looked very different this time around. Last year, the Hungarian distance specialist won out of lane 4, coming into the meet as the top seed. This year, Sarkany was in lane 8 and not one of the presumptive favorites. However, the combination of building an early lead from his outside lane and wearing a white suit made it hard for his competitors to see him. Sarkany once again led from wire-to-wire and defended his NCAA crown.
I’d like to see Sarkany and Mauer race right next to each other.
Race?
did he actually swim in a brief in thee 500 free prelims? or was it the same white suit
Same suit
Looking for a guy in distance. Lane 8. White suit.
Wouldn’t have made a difference if they could see him!
distance is like lifting a weight, in that you can’t fool the others, the clock, can’t get lucky. You have to have what it takes for every single inch to manage that time. He obviously didn’t win for his lane or his suit color, that’s just silly.
He was the short course worlds champ in the 800 less than 6 months ago yet went into this race as a consensus underdog how did we as a swimming community allow that to happen
And he had the fastest PB in the field by quite a margin. Anyway, I don’t know if there ever was a “consensus” on him being an underdog when us Hungarians never bought into it.
If Betlehem hadn’t been forced back home, it would have been a fun race to watch
I watched him swim a number of times at meets when he was at ASU. He was always quiet when he got in the pool he started with a fast pace and just kept on going like the Energizer Bunny!
Given his positive comments about Kos/Bowman, who knows where he’ll be swimming in the fall of 2025. . . . .
Nice interview, for sure. Low key and honest. However, the white suit (can’t be seen) – not so sure about that one.
I think with Ellis and maybe Whitlock training at IU he’ll be fine to lead that group and stay. Hafnoui should have stayed too. Gonna be fun to watch again next year.
That suit! I thought he was in a brief! Congratulations to him on a gutsy swim!