We’re now through the second round of NCAA midseason invites and it’s time to take a look at where the division 1 teams stand. SwimSwam has put together a list of the top 16 times in each event up to this point. The lists in this article only include top times for the men. The women’s rankings will be included in a separate article.
Keep in mind that while compiling these rankings, a couple of swims occasionally slip through the cracks, so let us know in the comments if we’ve missed anything. SwimSwam will be using these rankings to score out a mock NCAA meet based on the midseason results.
Check out the 2017-18 men’s midseason scores here.
A few things to consider:
- A few of the top swimmers who are likely NCAA finalists may be missing from events. For example, Florida’s Caeleb Dressel didn’t get a chance to swim the 100 free or 100 fly at his invite, as he had to leave the Purdue Invitational early to tend to a personal matter. Georgia’s Gunnar Bentz and USC’s Carsten Vissering are also among the missing swimmers.
- Some swimmers are ranked in the top 16 in more than 3 events. These swimmers will only be scored in 3 of those events when we score out the meet. The scoring article will be up soon.
- While a couple of division 2 swimmers are among the fastest in the country, the purpose of this article is to identify the top 16 division 1 swimmers in each race.
- Some schools had more than one relay make the top 16. Only the fastest relay from each school was counted.
- Diving is not included in these rankings
(Note: The times listed are from the USA Swimming database, so if any swimmers are missing from the list that should be on it, we’ll update accordingly.)
50 FREE:
- 18.66- Caeleb Dressel, Florida
- 19.06- Ryan Held, NC State
- 19.11- Robert Howard, Alabama
- 19.13- Ryan Hoffer, Cal
- 19.17- Pawel Sendyk, Cal
- 19.18- Kyle Decoursey, Tennessee
- 19.21- Paul Powers, Michigan
- (T-8) 19.23- Zach Apple, Auburn
- (T-8) 19.23- Sid Farber, Denver
- 19.27- Justin Lynch, Cal
- 19.30- James Peek, Michigan
- (T-12) 19.33- Joseph Schooling, Texas
- (T-12) 19.32- Brett Ringgold, Texas
- 19.350 Chad Mylin, Florida State
- 19.36- Michael Jensen, Cal
- 19.39- Luke Mankus, Missouri
100 FREE:
- 41.99- Robert Howard, Alabama
- 42.01- Justin Lynch, Cal
- 42.07- Brett Ringgold, Texas
- (T-4) 42.10- Blake Pieroni, Indiana
- (T-4) 42.10- Santo Condorelli, Southern Cal
- 42.28- Ryan Hoffer, Cal
- 42.30- Kyle Decoursey, Tennessee
- 42.40- Justin Ress, NC State
- 42.44- Peter Holoda, Auburn
- 42.45- Ryan Held, NC State
- 42.47- Michael Jensen, Cal
- 42.54- Sam Perry, Stanford
- 42.56- Sid Farber, Denver
- 42.68- Zane Waddell, Alabama
- 42.71- Jacob Molacek, NC State
- 42.73- Abrahm DeVine, Stanford
200 FREE:
- 1:32.33- Blake Pieroni, Indiana
- 1:32.40- Townley Haas, Texas
- 1:33.24- Mikel Schreuders, Missouri
- 1:33.27- Dean Farris, Harvard
- 1:33.29- Cameron Craig, Arizona State
- 1:33.35- Khader Baqlah, Florida
- 1:33.51- Grant Shoults, Stanford
- 1:33.65- Maxime Rooney, Florida
- (T-9) 1:33.69- Grant House, Arizona State
- (T-9) 1:33.69- Felix Auboeck, Michigan
- 1:33.75- Robert Howard, Alabama
- 1:33.78- Jan Switkowski, Florida
- 1:33.88- Dylan Carter, Southern Cal
- 1:33.92- Justin Ress, NC State
- 1:34.15- Jeff Newkirk, Texas
- 1:34.26- Sam Pomajevich, Texas
500 FREE:
- 4:11.34- Grant Shoults, Stanford
- 4:12.02- Felix Auboeck, Michigan
- 4:13.19- Anton Ipsen, NC State
- 4:14.03- Liam Egan, Stanford
- 4:14.43- Townley Haas, Texas
- 4:14.72- Isaac Jones, Kentucky
- 4:14.93- Zach Yeadon, Notre Dame
- 4:15.09- Logan Hotchkiss, UC Santa Barbara
- 4:16.07- Fynn Minuth, South Carolina
- 4:16.21- Brooks Fail, Arizona
- 4:16.30- Jay Litherland, Georgia
- 4:16.32- Colin Gilbert, Denver
- 4:16.35- Marcelo Acosta, Louisville
- 4:16.35- Parker Neri, Texas
- 4:16.36- Sean Grieshop, Cal
- 4:16.43- PJ Ransford, Michigan
1650 FREE:
- 14:39.05- Anton Ipsen, NC State
- 14:39.59- Grant Shoults, Stanford
- 14:41.48- True Sweetser, Stanford
- 14:43.76- Felix Auboeck, Michigan
- 14:45.42- Marcelo Acosta, Louisville
- 14:46.31- Brad Gonzalez, UNLV
- 14:47.18- Zach Yeadon, Notre Dame
- 14:47.19- Chris Wieser, Arizona
- 14:48.61- Isaac Jones, Kentucky
- 14:49.36- PJ Ransford, Michigan
- 14:52.59- Johannes Calloni, Stanford
- 14:54.98- Marc Hinawi, Tennessee
- 14:55.73- Nick Norman, Cal
- 14:56.58- Kei Hyogo, Yale
- 14:56.62- Chris Bready, Cincinnati
- 14:57.04- Ben Lawless, Florida
100 BACK:
- 44.99- Mark Nikolaev, Grand Canyon
- 45.34- Austin Katz, Texas
- 45.43- Zachary Poti, Arizona State
- 45.63- Andreas Vazaios, NC State
- 45.85- Luke Kaliszak, Alabama
- (T-6) 45.92- Ryan Dudzinski, Stanford
- (T-6) 45.92- Anton Loncar, Denver
- 45.96- Daniel Carr, Cal
- (T-9) 45.97- Robert Glinta, Southern Cal
- (T-9) 45.97- Javier Acevedo, Georgia
- 45.98- Dylan Carter, Southern Cal
- 46.00- Joseph Clark, Virginia
- (T-13) 46.01- Ralf Tribuntsov, Southern Cal
- (T-13) 46.01- Zane Waddell, Alabama
- 46.04- Paul Ungur, Utah
- 46.05- Brock Bonetti, Texas A&M
200 BACK:
- 1:38.49- Austin Katz, Texas
- 1:39.05- Hugo Gonzalez, Auburn
- 1:39.18- Patrick Mulcare, Southern Cal
- 1:39.23- Ryan Harty, Texas
- 1:39.75- Anton Loncar, Denver
- 1:40.32- Hennessey Stuart, NC State
- 1:40.56- Brock Bonneti, Texas A&M
- 1:40.65- Daniel Carr, Cal
- 1:40.71- Zachary Poti, Arizona State
- 1:40.84- Bryce Mefford, Cal
- 1:41.14- Jonathan Roberts, Texas
- 1:41.16- Josh Artmann, Texas
- 1:41.31- Abrahm DeVine, Stanford
- 1:41.36- Billy Mullis, UC Santa Barbara
- 1:41.40- Robert Whitacre, Notre Dame
- 1:41.52- John Shebat, Texas
100 BREAST:
- 51.99- Ian Finnerty, Indiana
- 52.16- Connor Hoppe, Cal
- 52.20- Blair Bish, Missouri State
- 52.27- Ben Cono, Loyola Maryland
- 52.30- Jacob Montague, Michigan
- 52.34- Mauro Castillo Luna, Texas A&M
- 52.73- Laurent Bams, Alabama
- 52.76- Youssef El Kamash, Grand Canyon
- 52.83- Carlos Claverie, Louisville
- (T-10) 52.84- Alex Evdokimov, Cornell
- (T-10) 52.84- Conner McHugh, Minnesota
- 52.87- James Guest, Georgia
- 52.89- Peter Stevens, Tennessee
- 52.92- Matt Anderson, Stanford
- 52.95- Caleb Hicks, Missouri
- 52.97- Mario Koenigsperger, Southern Cal
200 BREAST:
- 1:53.05- Andrew Seliskar, Cal
- 1:53.10- Carlos Claverie, Louisville
- 1:53.23- Jacob Montague, Michigan
- 1:53.54- Christian Lorenz, Arizona State
- 1:53.72- Tommy Cope, Michigan
- 1:53.80- Caio Pumputis, Georgia Tech
- 1:54.12- Conner McHugh, Minnesota
- 1:54.14- Mauro Castillo Luna, Texas A&M
- 1:54.27- Marat Amaltdinov, Purdue
- 1:54.37- Danny Comforti, Arizona State
- 1:54.48- Moises Loschi, Georgia Tech
- 1:54.56- Jonathan Tybur– Texas A&M
- 1:54.72- Alex Evdokimov, Cornell
- 1:55.00- Connor Hoppe, Cal
- (T-15) 1:55.06- James Guest, Georgia
- (T-15) 1:55.06- Arthur Osvath, Missouri State
100 FLY:
- 44.78- Joseph Schooling, Texas
- 45.27- Matt Josa, Cal
- 45.46- Ryan Coetzee, Tennessee
- 45.51- Justin Lynch, Cal
- 45.60- Santo Condorelli, Southern Cal
- 45.75- Andrew Porter, Arizona State
- 45.87- Andrew Liang, Stanford
- 45.89- James Jones, Michigan
- 45.92- Ryan Held, NC State
- 45.98- Michael Salazar, Ohio State
- 45.99- Dylan Carter, Southern Cal
- 46.00- Micah Slaton, Missouri
- 46.03- Evan White, Michigan
- 46.05- Brad Zdroik, Stanford
- 46.07- Camden Murphy, Georgia
- 46.12- Jose Martinez, Texas A&M
200 FLY:
- 1:40.57- Justin Wright, Arizona
- 1:40.68- Zheng Quah, Cal
- 1:40.72- Joseph Schooling, Texas
- 1:40.82- Sam Pomajevich, Texas
- 1:41.07- Andreas Vazaios, NC State
- 1:41.22- Michael Thomas, Cal
- 1:41.50- Vini Lanza, Indiana
- 1:41.74- Camden Murphy, Georgia
- 1:42.08- Jose Martinez, Texas A&M
- 1:42.17- Brock Bonetti, Texas A&M
- 1:42.22- Noah Lense, Ohio State
- 1:42.52- Sam McHugh, Tennessee
- 1:42.67- Zach Fong, Virginia
- 1:43.08- Micah Slaton, Missouri
- 1:43.27- Jan Switkowski, Florida
- 1:43.28- Justin Lynch, Cal
200 IM:
- 1:40.61- Caeleb Dressel, Florida
- 1:41.99- Abrahm DeVine, Stanford
- 1:42.02- Hugo Gonzalez, Auburn
- 1:42.46- Andrew Seliskar, Cal
- 1:42.58- Jan Switkowski, Florida
- 1:42.76- Nick Thorne, Arizona
- 1:42.83- Michael Thomas, Cal
- 1:43.15- Vini Lanza, Indiana
- 1:43.21- Brock Bonetti, Texas A&M
- 1:43.66- Sam McHugh, Tennessee
- 1:43.73- Andreas Vazaios, NC State
- 1:43.75- Jacob Montague, Michigan
- 1:44.13- Zheng Quah, Cal
- 1:44.24- Evan White, Michigan
- 1:44.26- Daniel Carr, Cal
- 1:44.29- Alex Walton, Missouri
400 IM:
- 3:39.28- Hugo Gonzalez, Auburn
- 3:39.96- Jay Litherland, Georgia
- 3:41.47- Nick Thorne, Arizona
- 3:41.53- Charlie Swanson, Michigan
- 3:42.50- Jan Switkowski, Florida
- 3:42.71- Michael Thomas, Cal
- 3:43.11- Andrew Seliskar, Cal
- 3:43.30- Sean Grieshop, Cal
- 3:43.44- Sam Stewart, Texas
- 3:43.53- Curtis Ogren, Stanford
- 3:44.08- Alex Walton, Missouri
- 3:44.20- Jonathan Roberts, Texas
- 3:44.28- Anton Ipsen, NC State
- 3:44.47- James Guest, Georgia
- 3:44.48- Tommy Cope, Michigan
- 3:44.56- Mark Szaranek, Florida
200 FREE RELAY:
- 1:15.73- Cal
- 1:15.83- NC State
- 1:16.13- Texas
- 1:16.65- Michigan
- 1:16.67- Florida
- 1:16.68- Alabama
- 1:16.95- Florida State
- 1:17.61- Denver
- 1:17.66- Southern Cal
- 1:17.68- Tennessee
- 1:17.92- Auburn
- 1:17.94- Missouri
- 1:18.07- Stanford
- 1:18.08- Arizona State
- 1:18.09- Utah
- 1:18.22- Arizona
400 FREE RELAY:
- 2:48.42- Cal
- 2:48.75- NC State
- 2:49.80- Texas
- 2:50.46- Alabama
- 2:50.64- Southern Cal
- 2:51.00- Stanford
- 2:51.04- Auburn
- 2:51.27- Florida State
- 2:51.53- Florida
- 2:51.70- Tennessee
- 2:51.86- Missouri
- 2:52.52- Denver
- 2:52.66- Arizona State
- 2:52.68- Michigan
- 2:53.80- Arizona
- 2:53.87- Texas A&M
800 FREE RELAY:
- 6:14.62- Texas
- 6:16.08- Cal
- 6:17.75- Indiana
- 6:18.18- Florida
- 6:19.60- NC State
- 6:19.74- Arizona State
- 6:19.93- Stanford
- 6:19.99- Arizona
- 6:20.87- Southern Cal
- 6:21.66- Michigan
- 6:22.02- Louisville
- 6:23.74- Ohio State
- 6:24.82- UC Santa Barbara
- 6:25.19- Alabama
- 6:25.32- Georgia
- 6:25.58- Georgia Tech
200 MEDLEY RELAY:
- 1:23.44- Cal
- 1:23.53- NC State
- 1:24.00- Tennessee
- 1:24.28- Texas
- 1:24.46- Grand Canyon
- 1:24.60- Alabama
- 1:24.67- Texas A&M
- 1:24.80-Utah
- 1:24.88- Missouri
- (T-10) 1:25.09- Indiana
- (T-10) 1:25.09- Arizona State
- 1:25.12- Michigan
- 1:25.22- Auburn
- 1:25.50- Stanford
- 1:25.79- Louisville
- 1:25.95- Florida State
400 MEDLEY RELAY:
- 3:05.45- Cal
- 3:05.57- Indiana
- 3:06.11- Texas
- 3:06.15- Missouri
- (T-5) 3:07.04- NC State
- (T-5) 3:07.04- Alabama
- 3:07.29- Texas A&M
- 3:07.42- Florida
- 3:07.44- Arizona State
- 3:07.48- Grand Canyon
- 3:07.65- Stanford
- 3:07.94- Georgia
- 3:07.96- Tennessee
- 3:08.14- Michigan
- 3:08.30- Auburn
- 3:08.73- Louisville
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Only event Cal doesn’t have someone in the top 16 is the 200 free. Makes sense since they only have the #2 time in the 8free relay. Bums
The 800 free times are nowhere close to what it will take to win it.
Ben Cono of Loyola Maryland is a huge hoss. This kid is too good to go unnoticed. Very excited to see him bust onto the scene come March
I think Caleb Hicks in the 100 breast (52.9) and Alex Walton in the 400 IM (3:44.0) both swim for Missouri
You’re right. I fixed it. Not sure where I went wrong on Hicks but I was looking at a different guy also named Alex Walton for the other one. My bad.
Thanks for giving Denver the recognition it deserves! The men’s team totally out swam North Carolina and Duke at the Tennessee Invitational .
Brian Schrader is a very good coach and I hope he gets a look when Eddie retires.
Come March its going to be Epic!!!!
UCSB was 6:24.82 in 800 free relay at Husky Invite which puts them at #13
Anyone want to score this by teams with points to see a preliminary view of what might happen in March? Cal looks dominant right now with tons of depth.
You can use our Swimulator application to do just this: https://swimswam.com/swimulator/
Enjoy
Does this exclude diving points?
Yes, since there’s not a great way to compare diving points across meets until NCAAs.
Thanks.
They’re thinner this year tho….no doubt about it. It’ll be a much more competitive meet this year. Schooling is the biggest XFactor. I think depending on how he does, thats how things are going to shake out for Texas. Hes more critical on the relays this year…particularly if they end up using him on breastroke legs
I guess Schooling will swim 5 relays and 2 individuals for next year.
Is it worth throwing away the 15-17 points he’ll earn in the 50? Makes sense if his breast split is the difference between an A and a B final…but I think they’ll sit him out of the 8 free relay, he can go a 1:32 but they’ll probably have four other guys that can go at least 1:34. I’m not sure they’ll be the favorite to win that relay even if he swims, and it’ll probably only cost them a couple spots.
totally agree. I think Newkirk and Townley are locks, Roberts very likely, and then probably Katz, but really, whomever goes fastest in February – a number of new guys are going to go 1:34 or faster.
I agree with Joe and R&R. Haas and Newkirk,1:33.58, are locks. Roberts swam tired at the Texas Invite, but he’s been 1:34.54 and was in the big final at Olympic Trials so he probably will go faster. Pomajevich went a 1:34.27 relay lead off at Texas Invite (his previous best was 1:35.58) and Katz went 1:33.78 with a rolling start at the Texas Invite (his previous best was 1:36.07). So, Texas can pick 4 of those 5. I think Schooling will swim the 50 and not the 800 Free Relay.
Def a smaller margin of error than the past couple years. Missing Will, Clark and Jack is a tough blow.
IMO, the key is John Shebat. If he swims like last year and wins both back events, Horns win easily. I am hoping he was the least rested swimmer on the Texas team last weekend.
I think Jordan Windle will be the X Factor.
30 – 40 points in diving will be decisive.
I’ll bet Schooling doesn’t swim breaststroke on the relays, but who will is a big question.
Melzer split 52.5 at the invite. Not top of the NCAA, but not a huge handicap either.
It’s insane to think about where MA would rank on the 100 Br and 50 free.
Why is it insane? He’s the age of a college freshman so while yes he’d be a great college swimmer it’s not like he’s younger than these guys
He’s in the top 10 but it’s not really insane considering he only does the swimming part compared to the student athletes competing in the NCAA and going to school. He is also the same age as these guys now.