Owen McDonald

2025 NCAA Men’s Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Day 2 Prelims see the 500 free, 200 IM and 50 Free contested as team will look to gain any advantage they can in the all important team race.

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2025 Men’s NCAA Champs: Day 2 Prelims Preview – All of Cal’s Heroes Return to the Pool

All of Cal’s 800 Free Relay swimmers are in action this morning as the first session of prelims swims is a few hours away from starting.

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2025 NCAA Men’s Champs: Day 1 Relay Analysis – Kharun Lowers Record in 50 fly, Smith drops .01

Perhaps lost in the drama of the DQ, ASU’s Ilya Kharun blasted his way to a new fastest 50 fly split ever, going 18.78 as the Sun Devils finished 4th.

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2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Tennessee leads the entries in the 200 medley relay after having gone a 1:20.22 at the SEC Championships last month.

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2025 Men’s NCAA Pick’ems: What Races Are the Closest and What Races Have Clear Favorites?

Your votes are in for the 2025 Men’s NCAA Pick’ems, and only five votes separate Jordan Crooks and Josh Liendo in the 100 freestyle.

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2025 Men’s NCAA Championships: SwimSwam Preview Index

Prepare for the 2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships with our event-by-event previews, compiled here in our preview index.

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2025 M. NCAA Previews: 800 Yards in the Pool – The Bear, The Gator, and The Longhorn

Can Cal recapture the magic of last year and pull of the upset or will the crushing tide of Texas and Florida sweep them aside?

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2025 M. NCAA Previews: Is It Kos’ Time To Shine In The 200 Back, Or Will Lasco Four-Peat?

Will Texas’ Hubert Kos reclaim the 200 backstroke NCAA record, or will Cal’s Destin Lasco claim his fourth title in a row?

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2025 M. NCAA Previews: Marshall and Modglin Set The Pace In 100 Backstroke

Sophomores Jonny Marshall and Will Modglin are the two swimmers who have broken 44 seconds in the 100 backstroke this season.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 43.8% Most Excited For Sprint Free Showdowns At Men’s NCAAs

Josh Liendo and Jordan Crooks will go head-to-head at the Men’s NCAA Championships in the 50 and 100 free in a pair of highly-anticipated matchups.

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2025 M. NCAA Previews: Lasco Fends Off Stacked Field In Pursuit of 200 IM Title Defense

Defending champion Destin Lasco is only seeded 17th in the 200 IM at Men’s NCAAs, but is hard to bet against given his track record.

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Owen McDonald and Jordan Rzepka Win Men’s Big Ten Championship Individual Honors

Owen McDonald earned Swimmer of the Championships at his first Big Tens, while Jordan Rzepka won Diver of the Year at his last.

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2025 B1G Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship Box Score

Indiana convincingly won their 4th straight B1G men’s title over Michigan this weekend. Here are the numbers. All of the numbers.

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Indiana Men Win 4th Straight Big 10 Title With Largest Margin of Victory In Conference History

Indiana won its fourth consecutive Big Ten Men’s Championship this weekend by 448 points, the largest margin of victory in conference history.

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Indiana Smash Big 10 Record in 400 Free Relay

Indiana skipped the 2:46s entirely, breaking their own Big 10 record by swimming the 21st fastest 400 free relay of all time in 2:45.62

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