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)
- Championship Central
- Pre-Cut Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Video
Upon the release of the pre-selection psych sheets for the 2026 Men’s NCAA Championships on Tuesday, SwimSwam has run the numbers and projected where the cutline will fall for the finale of the 2025-26 college campaign.
Note: Pre-cut psych sheets are not final. The final selections are usually released on Wednesday afternoon. Any changes that happen before that release will change the math. Any change after the release of the post-cut psych sheets—such as a swimmer scratching the meet, which often happens—will pull in the next alternate regardless of event.
Numbers and Projections courtesy of Andrew Mering.
Projecting the cutline is not as straightforward as it has been in the past this year due to the introduction of the automatic qualifier system through the conference championships.
The change means there’s no clear cutline due to an uneven number of automatic qualifiers in each event. For example, the 25th-ranked swimmers in the 200 free, 500 free and 200 IM will all qualify for NCAAs, but the 22nd seed in the 50 free won’t, due to there being eight men earning automatic invites in the 50.
This year’s cutline falls two spots into Line 29, which is the 24th-seeded swimmer in the men’s 200 back, Northwestern’s David Gerchik.
As we did for the women’s projection, below you can find the last invited swimmer in each event. Note that this isn’t entirely accurate for what the invite time is in each event, as many swimmers have higher seeds in other events. In the 50 freestyle, for example, Alabama’s Sean Niewold was the last new invite as the 14th seed, but the swimmers seeded 15th-21st all have higher seeds in other individual events.
Niewold notably qualified in the 50 free at the Indiana Last Chance Meet on Saturday, clocking 18.76 just one day after a breakthrough 21.66 swim in the long course pool.
| Event | Swimmer | School | Time | Seed |
| 50 Free | Sean Niewold | Alabama | 18.76 | 14 |
| 100 Free | Martin Wrede | Cal | 41.80 | 22 |
| 200 Free | Francis Brennan | SMU | 1:32.13 | 25 |
| 500 Free | Yoav Romano | Wisconsin | 4:13.82 | 25 |
| 1650 Free | Lance Norris | NC State | 14:52.16 | 23 |
| 100 Back | Duncan Henderson* | Arizona | 44.79 | 20 |
| 200 Back | David Gerchik | Northwestern | 1:39.47 | 24 |
| 100 Breast | Ben Wiegand | Wisconsin | 51.45 | 22 |
| 200 Breast | Peter Whittington* | Penn | 1:52.10 | 21 |
| 100 Fly | Spencer Nicholas | Virginia | 44.86 | 20 |
| 200 Fly | Casper Puggaard | Cal | 1:40.77 | 24 |
| 200 IM | Jordan Tiffany | ASU | 1:42.69 | 25 |
| 400 IM | Frederick Klein | Cal | 3:41.30 | 23 |
*Two swimmers tied for 20th in the 100 back at 44.79, and three tied at 1:52.10 for 21st in the 200 breast.
The new qualifying procedure, in its simplest terms:
- Step 1: Divers go in (35 men, 41 women)
- Step 2: All individual swimmers who won a conference championship AND hit the Qualifying Standard in that event get the auto-bid.
- Step 3: (Steps 3 & 4 are similar to years past) Swimmers are added one at a time in each event, keeping the number of qualifiers in each event the same* until the entry cap is reached (235 swimmers for men, 281 swimmers for women).
- Step 4: When the entry cap is reached, you wind up with a ‘final row’ in each event. For women, that’s usually around #40, for men, that’s usually around #30 in each event. Swimmers already qualified in step two are now guaranteed their spot, while the rest are ranked by their time as a percentage of the qualifying standard, with the fastest times added one at a time until the cap is met.
The first alternate for the meet projects to be Texas freshman Alexey Glivinskiy, who is the 26th seed in the 200 free.
ALTERNATE LIST
| Place | Name | Year/Age | School | Entry Time | Tie break | Event | Qual Rank |
| 26 | Glivinskiy, Alexey | 21 | Texas | 1:32.23 | 1.01843218 | 200 Freestyle | 29 |
| 23 | Painter, Alexander | 21 | Florida | 41.81 | 1.017699115 | 100 Freestyle | 29 |
| 26 | Pishko, Jacob | 22 | LSU | 14:52.88 | 1.015366007 | 1650 Freestyle | 29 |
| 26 | Oktar, Sanberk | 21 | USC | 1:42.78 | 1.013134851 | 200 IM | 29 |
| 25 | Jones, Charlie | 22 | Wisconsin | 1:40.84 | 1.029254264 | 200 Butterfly | 30 |
| 24 | Graham, Rian | 19 | Louisville | 44.93 | 1.026263076 | 100 Butterfly | 30 |
| 25 | Nagaoka, Go | 20 | Stanford | 1:52.29 | 1.023688663 | 200 Breaststroke | 30 |
| 26 | Healy, Ryan | 20 | Michigan | 3:41.40 | 1.02163505 | 400 IM | 30 |
| 27 | Sauve, Antoine | 20 | Michigan | 1:32.26 | 1.018101019 | 200 Freestyle | 30 |
| 27 | Edmund, Mason | 21 | Ohio St | 14:52.97 | 1.015263671 | 1650 Freestyle | 30 |
Projected Invites
The new entry procedure sees automatic qualifiers added to the meet first, regardless of seed. That means that when projecting the cutline, each swimmer who earned an AQ was added first as the “top seed,” even if they were not the fastest swimmer in their event. Because of this, the seed column numbers are off from the actual listed seeds in the pre-selection psych sheets.
| Place | Name | Year/Age | School | Entry Time | Conf. Champ | Tie break | Event |
Qual Rank
|
| 1 | Urlando, Luca | 24 | Georgia | 1:36.41 | W | 1.076548076 | 200 Butterfly | 1 |
| 1 | Liendo, Josh | 23 | Florida | 43.06 | W | 1.070831398 | 100 Butterfly | 1 |
| 2 | Kharun, Ilya | 21 | Arizona St | 1:37.56 | W | 1.063858139 | 200 Butterfly | 1 |
| 1 | Marshall, Jonny | 21 | Florida | 1:36.38 | W | 1.059763436 | 200 Backstroke | 1 |
| 1 | Germonprez, Nate | 21 | Texas | 49.71 | W | 1.057734862 | 100 Breaststroke | 1 |
| 1 | Okadome, Yamato | 20 | California | 1:48.87 | W | 1.055846422 | 200 Breaststroke | 1 |
| 2 | Kos, Hubert | 22 | Texas | 43.86 | W | 1.055403557 | 100 Backstroke | 1 |
| 4 | Chaney, Adam | 23 | Arizona St | 43.93 | W | 1.05372183 | 100 Backstroke | 1 |
| 1 | Nelson, Baylor | 22 | Texas | 3:34.83 | W | 1.052879021 | 400 IM | 1 |
| 1 | Hribar, Jere | 22 | LSU | 40.42 | W | 1.052696685 | 100 Freestyle | 1 |
| 2 | Bey, Josh | 19 | Indiana | 3:34.90 | W | 1.052536063 | 400 IM | 1 |
| 3 | Ray, Tyler | 21 | Michigan | 43.83 | W | 1.052019165 | 100 Butterfly | 1 |
| 3 | Mladenovic, Luka | 21 | Michigan | 1:49.34 | W | 1.051307847 | 200 Breaststroke | 1 |
| 3 | Robinson, Logan | 19 | Florida St | 1:38.78 | W | 1.050718769 | 200 Butterfly | 1 |
| 5 | Crush, Johnny | 20 | U.S. Military Academy | 44.10 | W | 1.049659864 | 100 Backstroke | 1 |
| 1 | Sarkany, Zalan | 22 | Indiana | 14:23.85 | W | 1.049487758 | 1650 Freestyle | 1 |
| 6 | McDonald, Owen | 22 | Indiana | 44.13 | W | 1.048946295 | 100 Backstroke | 1 |
| 2 | JAOUADI, Ahmed | 20 | Florida | 14:25.14 | W | 1.04792288 | 1650 Freestyle | 1 |
| 5 | Schott, Mitchell | 21 | Princeton | 1:39.05 | W | 1.047854619 | 200 Butterfly | 1 |
| 4 | McCarty, Quintin | 22 | NC State | 18.55 | W | 1.047439353 | 50 Freestyle | 1 |
| 8 | Petty, Evan | 23 | California | 44.21 | W | 1.047048179 | 100 Backstroke | 1 |
| 6 | Hayes, Aiden | 22 | NC State | 44.07 | W | 1.046289993 | 100 Butterfly | 1 |
| 3 | Fabiani, Remi | 24 | Arizona St | 40.67 | W | 1.046225719 | 100 Freestyle | 1 |
| 3 | Mulgrew, William | 19 | Harvard | 14:26.79 | W | 1.045928079 | 1650 Freestyle | 1 |
| 5 | King, David | 20 | Virginia | 1:38.14 | W | 1.040758101 | 200 Backstroke | 1 |
| 8 | FINCH, Nicholas | 19 | Yale | 44.34 | W | 1.039918809 | 100 Butterfly | 1 |
| 5 | Whitfield, Brendan | 21 | VA Tech | 40.93 | W | 1.03957977 | 100 Freestyle | 1 |
| 7 | Carlsen, Max | 19 | NC State | 14:32.68 | W | 1.038868772 | 1650 Freestyle | 1 |
| 1 | Maurer, Rex | 21 | Texas | 4:08.46 | W | 1.038678258 | 500 Freestyle | 1 |
| 4 | Bustos, Arsenio | 23 | NC State | 1:40.39 | W | 1.037254707 | 200 IM | 1 |
| 13 | Dobrzanski, Andy | 21 | Arizona St | 1:50.95 | W | 1.036052276 | 200 Breaststroke | 1 |
| 6 | Rankin, Kohen | 22 | U.S. Military Academy | 50.76 | W | 1.035855004 | 100 Breaststroke | 1 |
| 9 | Zuchowski, Josh | 21 | Stanford | 3:38.58 | W | 1.034815628 | 400 IM | 1 |
| 3 | Taylor, Camden | 21 | Texas | 1:31.03 | W | 1.031857629 | 200 Freestyle | 1 |
| 4 | McFadden, Henry | 20 | Stanford | 1:31.05 | W | 1.031630972 | 200 Freestyle | 1 |
| 7 | MILLARD, NOAH | 23 | Yale | 4:10.19 | W | 1.031496063 | 500 Freestyle | 1 |
| 15 | Van Westering, Kai | 22 | Indiana | 1:39.19 | W | 1.029740901 | 200 Backstroke | 1 |
| 11 | Dinu, Patrick | 20 | Princeton | 41.36 | W | 1.02877176 | 100 Freestyle | 1 |
| 7 | Navikonis, Tomas | 22 | Ohio St | 1:31.32 | W | 1.028580815 | 200 Freestyle | 1 |
| 28 | Lee, Mikkel | 23 | Indiana | 18.90 | W | 1.028042328 | 50 Freestyle | 1 |
| 29 | Abdelghany, Yassin | 23 | IUPUI | 18.91 | W | 1.027498678 | 50 Freestyle | 1 |
| 13 | Nguyen, Watson | 20 | Penn | 51.18 | W | 1.027354435 | 100 Breaststroke | 1 |
| 26 | Arioti, Adriano | 19 | Harvard | 1:39.60 | W | 1.025502008 | 200 Backstroke | 1 |
| 24 | Kelly, Logan | 22 | IUPUI | 1:52.21 | W | 1.024418501 | 200 Breaststroke | 1 |
| 28 | Jedbratt, Felix | 22 | La Salle | 45.02 | W | 1.024211462 | 100 Butterfly | 1 |
| 30 | Rounds, Nick | 20 | South Dakota | 45.21 | W | 1.02388852 | 100 Backstroke | 1 |
| 17 | Smiley, Dylan | 21 | Indiana | 41.59 | W | 1.023082472 | 100 Freestyle | 1 |
| 29 | Phillips, Michael | 22 | U.S. Naval Academy | 1:52.43 | W | 1.022413946 | 200 Breaststroke | 1 |
| 30 | Garner, Jed | 20 | Towson | 1:52.45 | W | 1.022232103 | 200 Breaststroke | 1 |
| 34 | Irwin, Ben | 21 | U.S. Naval Academy | 1:39.93 | W | 1.022115481 | 200 Backstroke | 1 |
| 23 | Namakonov, Matvei | 23 | Delaware | 51.47 | W | 1.021565961 | 100 Breaststroke | 1 |
| 36 | Huey, Bryson | 22 | UNLV | 19.02 | W | 1.021556257 | 50 Freestyle | 1 |
| 19 | Kovacsics, Mark | 23 | California Baptist | 14:48.77 | W | 1.020061433 | 1650 Freestyle | 1 |
| 16 | Carrico, William | 20 | UNC Wilmington | 1:42.09 | W | 1.019982368 | 200 IM | 1 |
| 34 | Nagy, Marton | 21 | Brown | 3:41.89 | W | 1.019378972 | 400 IM | 1 |
| 34 | Jones, Dean | 20 | U.S. Naval Academy | 1:41.85 | W | 1.019047619 | 200 Butterfly | 1 |
| 24 | Chirafisi, Nick | 21 | Utah | 4:13.48 | W | 1.018107938 | 500 Freestyle | 1 |
| 30 | Laureyssens, Daniel | 21 | Florida Atlantic | 1:32.42 | W | 1.016338455 | 200 Freestyle | 1 |
| 45 | Ostrowski, Karol | 26 | Hawaii | 19.13 | W | 1.015682175 | 50 Freestyle | 1 |
| 43 | Sivec, Vili | 22 | CSU Bakersfield | 1:42.37 | W | 1.013871251 | 200 Butterfly | 1 |
| 54 | Watkins, Owen | 20 | Georgetown | 19.17 | W | 1.013562859 | 50 Freestyle | 1 |
| 31 | Maier, Chase | 19 | U.S. Naval Academy | 14:54.68 | W | 1.013323199 | 1650 Freestyle | 1 |
| 52 | Lorenz, Sam | 19 | UW-Milwaukee | 45.75 | W | 1.011803279 | 100 Backstroke | 1 |
| 56 | Conway, Blake | 20 | Cornell | 45.77 | W | 1.011361154 | 100 Backstroke | 1 |
| 57 | Smith, Sebastian | 21 | Drexel | 45.63 | W | 1.010519395 | 100 Butterfly | 1 |
| 53 | Metzler, Alexander | 23 | Wyoming | 3:44.10 | W | 1.009326194 | 400 IM | 1 |
| 67 | Denman-Grimm, Ben | 22 | U.S. Naval Academy | 19.28 | W | 1.007780083 | 50 Freestyle | 1 |
| 61 | Nelson, Tanner | 23 | BYU | 3:44.46 | W | 1.007707387 | 400 IM | 1 |
| 63 | Palvadre, Chris | 22 | Oakland | 1:54.08 | W | 1.007626227 | 200 Breaststroke | 1 |
| 58 | Wilson, Tanner | 19 | Air Force | 52.19 | W | 1.007472696 | 100 Breaststroke | 1 |
| 66 | Thomas, Holden | 19 | GW | 45.99 | W | 1.006523157 | 100 Backstroke | 1 |
| 67 | Snyder, Kade | 19 | Delaware | 46.00 | W | 1.006304348 | 100 Backstroke | 1 |
| 63 | Casey, Simon | 21 | Wyoming | 1:41.55 | W | 1.005809946 | 200 Backstroke | 1 |
| 56 | Felt, Dylan | 21 | Davidson | 1:33.46 | W | 1.005028889 | 200 Freestyle | 1 |
| 53 | Perkins, Carter | 20 | La Salle | 42.37 | W | 1.004248289 | 100 Freestyle | 1 |
| 40 | Kogler, Jackson | 19 | Wyoming | 1:43.70 | W | 1.004146577 | 200 IM | 1 |
| 73 | Dooling, Carter | 22 | Grand Canyon | 1:54.56 | W | 1.00340433 | 200 Breaststroke | 1 |
| 58 | Belflower, Ian | 22 | UNLV | 1:43.45 | W | 1.003286612 | 200 Butterfly | 1 |
| 43 | VanBrocklin, Evan | 22 | Utah | 1:43.80 | W | 1.003179191 | 200 IM | 1 |
| 59 | Busic, Joseph | 20 | UNC Wilmington | 1:43.52 | W | 1.002608192 | 200 Butterfly | 1 |
| 52 | Rolfsen, Eli | 18 | Miami (Ohio) | 15:04.27 | W | 1.002576664 | 1650 Freestyle | 1 |
| 53 | Parkinson, Alex | 20 | South Dakota | 15:04.40 | W | 1.002432552 | 1650 Freestyle | 1 |
| 47 | Thalau, Tom | 20 | Hawaii | 1:43.93 | W | 1.001924372 | 200 IM | 1 |
| 85 | Boysen, Jack | 19 | Wyoming | 19.40 | W | 1.001546392 | 50 Freestyle | 1 |
| 76 | Andreopoulos, Theodoros | 24 | Drexel | 1:42.00 | W | 1.001372549 | 200 Backstroke | 1 |
| 79 | Winterfield, James | 21 | Air Force | 46.06 | W | 1.001085541 | 100 Butterfly | 1 |
| 69 | Redding, Zachary | 21 | Old Dominion | 42.52 | W | 1.00070555 | 100 Freestyle | 1 |
| 78 | Roemer, Kiefer | 19 | Missouri State | 52.56 | W | 1.000380518 | 100 Breaststroke | 1 |
| 2 | Geer, Colin | 21 | Michigan | 1:40.15 | 1.039740389 | 200 IM | 7 | |
| 3 | Wigginton, Lorne | 20 | Michigan | 3:35.21 | 1.051019934 | 400 IM | 8 | |
| 4 | Lucas, Cooper | 20 | Texas | 3:35.28 | 1.050678187 | 400 IM | 9 | |
| 5 | Modglin, Will | 21 | Texas | 1:40.58 | 1.035295287 | 200 IM | 9 | |
| 1 | Bujak-Upton, Koby | 20 | Tennessee | 1:30.77 | 1.034813264 | 200 Freestyle | 9 | |
| 5 | Whitlock, Luke | 20 | Indiana | 4:09.60 | 1.033934295 | 500 Freestyle | 9 | |
| 5 | Jankovics, Tristan | 21 | Ohio St | 3:36.69 | 1.043841432 | 400 IM | 10 | |
| 4 | Sandige, Levi | 21 | Kentucky | 14:30.04 | 1.042021057 | 1650 Freestyle | 10 | |
| 6 | Williamson, Maximus | 19 | Virginia | 1:40.78 | 1.033240722 | 200 IM | 10 | |
| 2 | Winkler, Kaii | 19 | NC State | 1:30.92 | 1.033106027 | 200 Freestyle | 10 | |
| 6 | Hafnaoui, Ahmed | 23 | Florida | 4:10.18 | 1.031537293 | 500 Freestyle | 10 | |
| 6 | Heilman, Thomas | 19 | Virginia | 1:39.09 | 1.047431628 | 200 Butterfly | 11 | |
| 3 | Hagar, Tommy | 21 | Alabama | 1:37.92 | 1.043096405 | 200 Backstroke | 11 | |
| 8 | Linscheer, Gio | 21 | Florida | 4:10.23 | 1.031331175 | 500 Freestyle | 11 | |
| 7 | McKean, Campbell | 19 | Texas | 1:41.06 | 1.030377993 | 200 IM | 11 | |
| 2 | Caribe, Gui | 23 | Tennessee | 40.45 | 1.051915946 | 100 Freestyle | 12 | |
| 4 | Scholtz, Will | 21 | Texas | 1:49.59 | 1.048909572 | 200 Breaststroke | 12 | |
| 2 | de Groot, Koen | 22 | Florida | 50.22 | 1.04699323 | 100 Breaststroke | 12 | |
| 7 | Naughton, Haakon | 22 | Arizona | 1:39.22 | 1.046059262 | 200 Butterfly | 12 | |
| 4 | Najera, Humberto | 21 | California | 1:38.02 | 1.042032238 | 200 Backstroke | 12 | |
| 7 | STAPLES, Joshua | 22 | Northwestern | 3:37.62 | 1.039380572 | 400 IM | 12 | |
| 9 | Alcantara, Leonardo | 21 | Alabama | 4:10.45 | 1.030425235 | 500 Freestyle | 12 | |
| 8 | Blackman, Nikoli | 20 | Tennessee | 1:31.41 | 1.0275681 | 200 Freestyle | 12 | |
| 8 | Dramm, Louis | 24 | UNC | 1:41.40 | 1.026923077 | 200 IM | 12 | |
| 3 | Van Renen, Ruard | 22 | Georgia | 43.92 | 1.053961749 | 100 Backstroke | 13 | |
| 5 | Delmar, Ben | 20 | UNC | 1:49.76 | 1.047284985 | 200 Breaststroke | 13 | |
| 8 | Noel, Raekwon Noel | 20 | Indiana | 1:39.26 | 1.045637719 | 200 Butterfly | 13 | |
| 8 | Wiffen, Nathan | 24 | California | 14:34.17 | 1.037098047 | 1650 Freestyle | 13 | |
| 7 | Norman, Aiden | 20 | Florida | 1:38.60 | 1.035902637 | 200 Backstroke | 13 | |
| 8 | Mark Torok, Dominik | 23 | Wisconsin | 3:38.53 | 1.035052396 | 400 IM | 13 | |
| 10 | Ekk, Ethan | 18 | Stanford | 4:11.07 | 1.027880671 | 500 Freestyle | 13 | |
| 9 | Koski, Tomas | 21 | Georgia | 1:31.42 | 1.027455699 | 200 Freestyle | 13 | |
| 9 | Holmes, Gibson | 21 | Stanford | 1:39.45 | 1.04364002 | 200 Butterfly | 14 | |
| 7 | Lazzerini, Mariano | 22 | Penn State | 50.88 | 1.03341195 | 100 Breaststroke | 14 | |
| 10 | Erisman, Ryan | 19 | California | 3:38.94 | 1.033114095 | 400 IM | 14 | |
| 11 | Shackell, Aaron | 21 | Indiana | 4:11.14 | 1.027594171 | 500 Freestyle | 14 | |
| 9 | Wilson, Max | 21 | Florida St | 44.43 | 1.041863606 | 100 Backstroke | 15 | |
| 7 | Cakir, Noah | 18 | Indiana | 1:50.47 | 1.040553997 | 200 Breaststroke | 15 | |
| 10 | Lunak, Seb | 24 | UNC | 1:39.75 | 1.040501253 | 200 Butterfly | 15 | |
| 9 | Arkhangelskiy, Michel | 20 | Florida St | 44.43 | 1.037812289 | 100 Butterfly | 15 | |
| 7 | Koch, Julian | 20 | Pittsburgh | 41.00 | 1.037804878 | 100 Freestyle | 15 | |
| 11 | Millard, Jackson | 22 | Louisville | 3:39.11 | 1.032312537 | 400 IM | 15 | |
| 9 | Janton, Tommy | 22 | Notre Dame | 1:38.98 | 1.031925642 | 200 Backstroke | 15 | |
| 10 | Hick, Carson | 20 | Kentucky | 14:39.87 | 1.030379488 | 1650 Freestyle | 15 | |
| 11 | Wimberly, Jacob | 20 | Texas | 1:31.51 | 1.026445197 | 200 Freestyle | 15 | |
| 11 | Brown, Logan | 21 | Texas A&M | 1:41.59 | 1.025002461 | 200 IM | 15 | |
| 11 | Hitchcock, Drew | 20 | Georgia | 1:39.76 | 1.040396953 | 200 Butterfly | 16 | |
| 8 | Nunziata, Gabe | 19 | Tennessee | 1:50.59 | 1.039424903 | 200 Breaststroke | 16 | |
| 10 | Klinge, Matthew | 20 | Ohio St | 44.48 | 1.036645683 | 100 Butterfly | 16 | |
| 10 | Aikins, Jack | 23 | Virginia | 1:39.00 | 1.031717172 | 200 Backstroke | 16 | |
| 10 | Ewing, JT | 21 | Arizona St | 1:39.00 | 1.031717172 | 200 Backstroke | 16 | |
| 13 | Vilchez, Jordi | 20 | Ohio St | 4:11.52 | 1.026041667 | 500 Freestyle | 16 | |
| 13 | Jones, Keaton | 21 | California | 1:31.60 | 1.025436681 | 200 Freestyle | 16 | |
| 11 | Williams, Hudson | 21 | NC State | 44.49 | 1.04045853 | 100 Backstroke | 17 | |
| 12 | Chmielewski, Krzysztof | 21 | USC | 1:39.81 | 1.039875764 | 200 Butterfly | 17 | |
| 11 | Buff, Scotty | 21 | Florida | 44.53 | 1.035481698 | 100 Butterfly | 17 | |
| 9 | Fox, Jerry | 20 | NC State | 41.30 | 1.030266344 | 100 Freestyle | 17 | |
| 11 | ZIVANOVIC, Uros | 20 | Auburn | 51.10 | 1.028962818 | 100 Breaststroke | 17 | |
| 12 | Ellis, Luke | 19 | Indiana | 14:43.01 | 1.026715439 | 1650 Freestyle | 17 | |
| 12 | Saravia, Ulises | 20 | Tennessee | 44.50 | 1.040224719 | 100 Backstroke | 18 | |
| 10 | Barnett, Toby | 21 | Indiana | 1:50.75 | 1.037923251 | 200 Breaststroke | 18 | |
| 12 | Simons, Nick | 21 | Tennessee | 1:39.07 | 1.03098819 | 200 Backstroke | 18 | |
| 10 | LUKMINAS, Tomas | 21 | Arizona | 41.33 | 1.02951851 | 100 Freestyle | 18 | |
| 12 | LISOVETS, Volodymyr | 21 | LSU | 51.13 | 1.028359085 | 100 Breaststroke | 18 | |
| 13 | Custer, Liam | 21 | Stanford | 14:44.51 | 1.02497428 | 1650 Freestyle | 18 | |
| 15 | Largeron, Pierre | 20 | South Carolina | 4:11.88 | 1.024575195 | 500 Freestyle | 18 | |
| 13 | OSMAN, Lysander | 20 | Kentucky | 44.56 | 1.038824057 | 100 Backstroke | 19 | |
| 13 | Chmielewski, Michal | 21 | USC | 44.57 | 1.034552389 | 100 Butterfly | 19 | |
| 13 | DESANGLES, Alexandre | 21 | Arizona | 1:39.11 | 1.030572092 | 200 Backstroke | 19 | |
| 15 | Hochwalt, Michael | 20 | Arizona St | 3:40.02 | 1.028042905 | 400 IM | 19 | |
| 12 | SHEREMET, Nikita | 18 | Louisville | 41.39 | 1.028026093 | 100 Freestyle | 19 | |
| 14 | WOODBURN, Elliot | 20 | Georgia | 51.20 | 1.026953125 | 100 Breaststroke | 19 | |
| 16 | Oliveira de Moraes, Eduardo | 24 | California | 4:11.96 | 1.024249881 | 500 Freestyle | 19 | |
| 16 | FENTE–DAMERS, Rafael | 19 | Texas | 1:31.73 | 1.02398343 | 200 Freestyle | 19 | |
| 14 | Gutierrez, Santiago | 22 | Princeton | 14:45.61 | 1.023701178 | 1650 Freestyle | 19 | |
| 14 | Reyes-Gentry, Marcus | 21 | Notre Dame | 44.59 | 1.03812514 | 100 Backstroke | 20 | |
| 12 | Li, Daniel | 20 | Stanford | 1:50.79 | 1.037548515 | 200 Breaststroke | 20 | |
| 14 | Seymour, Stuart | 20 | Northwestern | 44.66 | 1.032467532 | 100 Butterfly | 20 | |
| 14 | Kovacs, David | 18 | Indiana | 1:39.18 | 1.029844727 | 200 Backstroke | 20 | |
| 16 | Bried, Tommy | 22 | Louisville | 3:40.15 | 1.027435839 | 400 IM | 20 | |
| 13 | Kulow, Jonny | 21 | Arizona St | 41.47 | 1.026042923 | 100 Freestyle | 20 | |
| 15 | Gissendaner, Luca | 22 | California | 51.25 | 1.02595122 | 100 Breaststroke | 20 | |
| 17 | Green, Sean | 19 | Georgia | 4:12.01 | 1.024046665 | 500 Freestyle | 20 | |
| 17 | Solitario, Enzo | 19 | Wisconsin | 1:31.85 | 1.022645618 | 200 Freestyle | 20 | |
| 17 | Ben-Shitrit, Eitan | 22 | Michigan | 1:42.19 | 1.018984245 | 200 IM | 20 | |
| 16 | Johnson, Jacob | 19 | Minnesota | 1:40.20 | 1.035828343 | 200 Butterfly | 21 | |
| 16 | Balogh, Levente | 20 | VA Tech | 1:39.22 | 1.02942955 | 200 Backstroke | 21 | |
| 17 | Enoch, Gregg | 19 | Louisville | 3:40.21 | 1.027155897 | 400 IM | 21 | |
| 16 | Gulledge, Travis | 20 | Indiana | 51.27 | 1.025551004 | 100 Breaststroke | 21 | |
| 18 | KRICHEVSKY, Daniel | 21 | Auburn | 1:31.87 | 1.022422989 | 200 Freestyle | 21 | |
| 17 | Gentry, Landon | 21 | VA Tech | 1:40.35 | 1.03428002 | 200 Butterfly | 22 | |
| 16 | Eidam, Ole | 23 | Michigan | 44.71 | 1.031312905 | 100 Butterfly | 22 | |
| 17 | Knedla, Mira | 20 | Indiana | 1:39.28 | 1.028807413 | 200 Backstroke | 22 | |
| 18 | Martter, Cale | 22 | Georgia | 3:40.33 | 1.026596469 | 400 IM | 22 | |
| 17 | Fan, Zhier | 21 | Stanford | 51.28 | 1.025351014 | 100 Breaststroke | 22 | |
| 15 | Battaglini, Lucca | 20 | California | 41.56 | 1.023820982 | 100 Freestyle | 22 | |
| 17 | Miskinis, Dziugas | 21 | Kentucky | 14:46.91 | 1.022200674 | 1650 Freestyle | 22 | |
| 19 | Diehl, Daniel | 20 | NC State | 1:42.24 | 1.018485915 | 200 IM | 22 | |
| 11 | Young, Tolu | 21 | Arizona St | 18.72 | 1.03792735 | 50 Freestyle | 23 | |
| 16 | Martin, Eli | 20 | VA Tech | 1:51.10 | 1.034653465 | 200 Breaststroke | 23 | |
| 17 | Peck, Kyle | 20 | Texas | 44.75 | 1.030391061 | 100 Butterfly | 23 | |
| 18 | Berube, Jack | 21 | SMU | 1:39.29 | 1.028703797 | 200 Backstroke | 23 | |
| 20 | Hutchison, Charlie | 23 | Florida | 4:12.40 | 1.022464342 | 500 Freestyle | 23 | |
| 20 | Brooks, Guy | 23 | Louisville | 1:31.91 | 1.021978022 | 200 Freestyle | 23 | |
| 18 | Simic, Nikola | 20 | LSU | 14:47.85 | 1.021118432 | 1650 Freestyle | 23 | |
| 12 | Palmer, Tommy | 22 | Arizona St | 18.74 | 1.036819637 | 50 Freestyle | 24 | |
| 12 | Nebrich, Luke | 20 | Missouri | 18.74 | 1.036819637 | 50 Freestyle | 24 | |
| 19 | Espernberger, Martin | 22 | Tennessee | 1:40.42 | 1.033559052 | 200 Butterfly | 24 | |
| 17 | BILBAO, Oscar | 20 | VA Tech | 1:51.41 | 1.031774527 | 200 Breaststroke | 24 | |
| 19 | Kos, Oliver | 20 | Northwestern | 1:39.32 | 1.028393073 | 200 Backstroke | 24 | |
| 19 | Avakov, Alexei | 20 | Indiana | 51.34 | 1.024152707 | 100 Breaststroke | 24 | |
| 21 | Vainio, Luukas | 22 | Wisconsin | 1:31.95 | 1.021533442 | 200 Freestyle | 24 | |
| 20 | Hammer, Aiden | 18 | Texas | 14:49.19 | 1.019579617 | 1650 Freestyle | 24 | |
| 19 | Hayburn, Joe | 22 | Loyola Maryland | 44.69 | 1.035802193 | 100 Backstroke | 25 | |
| 19 | Gu, Rafael | 21 | Stanford | 44.83 | 1.028552309 | 100 Butterfly | 25 | |
| 20 | Roose, Andy | 19 | VA Tech | 1:39.37 | 1.027875616 | 200 Backstroke | 25 | |
| 20 | Gatulis, Adomas | 20 | Kentucky | 51.35 | 1.023953262 | 100 Breaststroke | 25 | |
| 21 | Mackesy, Evan | 20 | Purdue | 3:40.95 | 1.023715773 | 400 IM | 25 | |
| 22 | Sogaard-Andersen, Oliver | 22 | USC | 1:32.02 | 1.020756357 | 200 Freestyle | 25 | |
| 19 | Seider, Quin | 20 | Arizona St | 41.69 | 1.020628448 | 100 Freestyle | 25 | |
| 22 | Kelly, Jeremy | 20 | Notre Dame | 1:42.46 | 1.016299044 | 200 IM | 25 | |
| 14 | Niewold, Sean | 23 | Alabama | 18.76 | 1.035714286 | 50 Freestyle | 26 | |
| 20 | Wilkening, Jack | 21 | Michigan | 44.79 | 1.033489618 | 100 Backstroke | 26 | |
| 20 | Henderson, Duncan | 19 | Arizona | 44.79 | 1.033489618 | 100 Backstroke | 26 | |
| 21 | Bellotti, Hayden | 21 | Virginia | 1:40.47 | 1.03304469 | 200 Butterfly | 26 | |
| 19 | Rivers, Hank | 22 | California | 1:51.59 | 1.030110225 | 200 Breaststroke | 26 | |
| 20 | Nicholas, Spencer | 20 | Virginia | 44.86 | 1.027864467 | 100 Butterfly | 26 | |
| 21 | Jahn, Cornelius | 23 | Ohio St | 1:39.40 | 1.027565392 | 200 Backstroke | 26 | |
| 22 | HAMMER, Finn | 20 | Georgia | 3:40.99 | 1.023530476 | 400 IM | 26 | |
| 22 | Brown, Eric | 23 | Florida | 14:51.10 | 1.017394232 | 1650 Freestyle | 26 | |
| 22 | Zubik, Jan | 23 | Missouri | 1:40.57 | 1.0320175 | 200 Butterfly | 27 | |
| 22 | Meyers, Hayden | 19 | Georgia | 1:39.45 | 1.027048768 | 200 Backstroke | 27 | |
| 21 | Ballew, Maston | 19 | Auburn | 1:52.10 | 1.025423729 | 200 Breaststroke | 27 | |
| 21 | Eccleston, Jake | 20 | Louisville | 1:52.10 | 1.025423729 | 200 Breaststroke | 27 | |
| 21 | Whittington, Peter | 21 | Penn | 1:52.10 | 1.025423729 | 200 Breaststroke | 27 | |
| 23 | KLEIN, FREDERICK | 20 | California | 3:41.30 | 1.022096701 | 400 IM | 27 | |
| 22 | Wiegand, Ben | 23 | Wisconsin | 51.45 | 1.021963071 | 100 Breaststroke | 27 | |
| 21 | Dupont Cabrera, Andres | 22 | Stanford | 41.71 | 1.020139055 | 100 Freestyle | 27 | |
| 25 | Romano, Yoav | 21 | Wisconsin | 4:13.82 | 1.016744149 | 500 Freestyle | 27 | |
| 23 | Norris, Lance | 22 | NC State | 14:52.16 | 1.016185438 | 1650 Freestyle | 27 | |
| 23 | Youssef, Abdalla | 20 | Auburn | 1:40.73 | 1.030378239 | 200 Butterfly | 28 | |
| 23 | Melnychuk, David | 19 | UNC | 1:39.46 | 1.026945506 | 200 Backstroke | 28 | |
| 25 | BRENNAN, FRANCIS | 18 | SMU | 1:32.13 | 1.01953761 | 200 Freestyle | 28 | |
| 22 | Wrede, Martin | 21 | California | 41.80 | 1.017942584 | 100 Freestyle | 28 | |
| 25 | Tiffany, Jordan | 24 | Arizona St | 1:42.69 | 1.014022787 | 200 IM | 28 | |
| 24 | Puggaard, Casper | 21 | California | 1:40.77 | 1.029969237 | 200 Butterfly | 29 | |
| 24 | Gerchik, David | 25 | Northwestern | 1:39.47 | 1.026842264 | 200 Backstroke | 29 |
INVITES BY SCHOOL
Teams can bring a maximum of 18 roster spots to the NCAA Championships, with each swimmer counting as one roster member and divers counting as half. Unlike the women’s meet, where Virginia qualified 18 swimmers, the men’s team with the most qualifiers in the pool is Indiana, with 16, followed by Texas and Cal with 13.
| School |
Qualifiers
|
| Indiana | 16 |
| Texas | 13 |
| California | 13 |
| Arizona St | 11 |
| Florida | 10 |
| Georgia | 9 |
| NC State | 9 |
| Stanford | 9 |
| Michigan | 7 |
| Tennessee | 7 |
| Virginia | 6 |
| VA Tech | 6 |
| Louisville | 6 |
| Ohio St | 5 |
| U.S. Naval Academy | 5 |
| Kentucky | 5 |
| Wisconsin | 5 |
| Wyoming | 4 |
| Arizona | 4 |
| Northwestern | 4 |
| UNC | 4 |
| Auburn | 4 |
| LSU | 3 |
| Florida St | 3 |
| Princeton | 3 |
| Alabama | 3 |
| Notre Dame | 3 |
| USC | 3 |
| U.S. Military Academy | 2 |
| Harvard | 2 |
| Yale | 2 |
| IUPUI | 2 |
| Penn | 2 |
| La Salle | 2 |
| South Dakota | 2 |
| Delaware | 2 |
| UNLV | 2 |
| UNC Wilmington | 2 |
| Utah | 2 |
| Hawaii | 2 |
| Drexel | 2 |
| Air Force | 2 |
| SMU | 2 |
| Missouri | 2 |
| Towson | 1 |
| California Baptist | 1 |
| Brown | 1 |
| Florida Atlantic | 1 |
| CSU Bakersfield | 1 |
| Georgetown | 1 |
| UW-Milwaukee | 1 |
| Cornell | 1 |
| BYU | 1 |
| Oakland | 1 |
| GW | 1 |
| Davidson | 1 |
| Grand Canyon | 1 |
| Miami (Ohio) | 1 |
| Old Dominion | 1 |
| Missouri State | 1 |
| Penn State | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 1 |
| Texas A&M | 1 |
| South Carolina | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
| Loyola Maryland | 1 |
| Purdue | 1 |
It’s published.
https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/swimdive/d1/2025-26D1MSW_SELECTIONSPsychSheet.pdf
Looks like Mr. Mering goofed on two: Jack Boysen and Zack Redding did not auto-qualify.
Go Nagaoka and Alex Painter in.
Those were actually marked as auto-qualifiers on the pre-cut sheets. You’ll recall that was an issue with the women’s stuff too.
I suppose we could have reviewed every w marked on the sheets…but that felt like a lot of work for a projection. NCAA should be able to get this stuff right. But then again, that’s why they put out the pre-cut sheet in the first place, so everyone can check for errors.
I had to tally the “old guys” qualifying this year, simply because we typically see class, not age.
Per my tally:
age 23: 21 (6 are American)
age 24: 8 (2 are American: Luca and Jordan Tiffany)
age 25: 1 (0 American)
age 26: 1 (0 American)
And some aren’t even 5th years or Seniors 🙂
I started my second job out of college by 24 and was on my third by age 26….
Okay I love this.
I still think that Texas will win, but the fact that all these guys were expected to be swimming individual events gives me pause:
David Johnston
Glivinsky
Fry
Branon
Enyeart
Bailey
Masiuk
And that’s not even counting Gould, who (based on his improvement curve) was always likely to be right around the bubble for individual swims. And Fente-Damers and Peck only squeaked in by a couple tenths each.
Lots of firepower though, with Rex, Nate, Will, Hubi, Baylor, Cooper Lucas, McKean, Scholtz, Camden Taylor. And Wimberly and Hammer both qualified early in the year and might have more in the tank too.
Feels like Indiana has done more with less this season.
Karol Ostrowski still swimming is wild. I’m 25, this is my third year out of college. He’s a year older than me and still swimming collegiately.
one of the original 75 with fins: https://swimswam.com/watch-dii-record-holder-karol-ostrowski-blasts-28-6-75-with-fins/
Living the dream and living in Hawaii
New frontiers in swimflation:
The 1650 actually got a couple seconds slower. Last year a 14:48 didn’t qualify, this year its 14:52.
And 19.00 and 42.00 wouldn’t have qualified in the old system either.
19.00 did qualify last year
Right but it wouldn’t have qualified this year using last year’s methodology.
Can’t believe 35 guys in NCAA can go sub-1:40 today…
Most likely there will be some 18.9s and 41.8s that don’t qualify, but a 19.4 and 42.4 will auto-qualify.
Congratulations to the NCAA for creating a championship meet so screwed up that even the swim nerds won’t watch.
That’s on you (and probably not even true).
I find no B finals and the new format brings a lot hype out of the meet. NCAA’s is so fun, because you need to “win” prelims in terms up/downs, you need “win” finals by moving up/defending your seeds / beating the team you’re chasing. And now half of that is gone.
Swim much faster and no worries.
Swim not much faster and cry me a river.
Automatic qualifiers should be invited in addition to the standard entry limit or have to be faster than the previous year’s cutline to qualify for an event. There are many swimmers nationally ranked in the top 25 staying home with these new guidelines. This is wrong! Plus swimmers in the 20-25 ranked range are now needing to swim last chance meets due to being on the projected bubble. They should feel safely in based on the body of work. This may also alter their performance at NCAAs.
Expanding the field is not a practical option.
There are 2 swimmers ranked in the top 25 nationally not qualifying in individual events. Go Nagako and Rian Graham. Graham won’t be staying home as he will likely go to swim on Louisville relays.
This is inaccurate. Garret Gould and Ethan Harrington are also ranked top 25.
You’re right – sorry I was looking at folks on the alternates list but neglected that there are events without swimmers on the alternate list. I checked the other events not on the alternates list (backstrokes, 100 breast), and looks like they’re clear. So it’s 4 guys who didn’t get individual entries, and 3 of them will go in relays.
Why is expanding not practical? Aren’t we just talking about one more heat in prelims?
It’s been iterated by Braden and others a couple of times in comment sections, but basically when the # of qualifiers was set, the total number of teams/collegiate swimmers was larger. Coaches are afraid to ask the NCAA to revisit for fear of the NCAA actually shrinking the number of qualifiers
Not sure I understand the rational there. Is there an increased cost to the NCAA to have more swimmers? I get that individual schools will have increased costs, but wouldn’t that only impact the AQ schools that wouldn’t have otherwise qualified as compared to prior years? By last year’s standard the normal spend per school should be comparable. However, a school like Wyoming that had no qualifiers last year will see increased costs under the new system.
that should never happen