The 2025 Midseason meets wrapped up on Saturday with the conclusion of the Minnesota Invite. Before midseasons, SwimSwam took a look at all the fastest times in the NCAA this season, and we have done the same thing for the post-invite times.
- Related: Women’s Updated Top Three Times
Every single men’s event got faster at the top, and only one of the swimmers listed did not improve their time at the midseason meet. All the changes are in bold.
| EVENT | Fastest | 2nd Fastest | 3rd Fastest |
| 50 free | Ilya Kharun (ASU)/Josh Liendo (FLOR), 18.40 | (TIE) |
Gui Caribe (TENN), 18.47
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| 100 free | Gui Caribe (TENN), 40.91 | Remi Fabiani (ASU), 41.10 |
Josh Liendo (FLOR), 41.11
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| 200 free | Remi Fabiani (ASU), 1:31.23 | Koby Bujak-Upton (TENN), 1:31.30 |
Nikoli Blackman (TENN), 1:31.41
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| 500 free | Zalan Sarkany (IU), 4:09.57 | Ahmed Jaouadi (FLOR), 4:10.72 |
Rex Maurer (TEX), 4:10.75
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| 1650 free | Zalan Sarkany (IU), 14:23.85 | Luke Whitlock (IU), 14:37.47 |
Ahmed Jaouadi (FLOR), 14:39.10
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| 100 back | Will Modglin (TEX), 43.26 | Ruard Van Renen (UGA), 43.92 |
Adam Chaney (ASU)/Owen McDonald (IU), 44.13
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| 200 back | JT Ewing (ASU), 1:39.00 | Tommy Hagar (BAMA), 1:39.03 |
Jonny Marshall (FLOR), 1:39.04
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| 100 breast | Nate Germonprez (TEX), 49.71 | Campbell McKean (TEX), 50.37 |
Yamato Okadome (CAL), 50.48
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| 200 breast | Will Scholtz (TEX), 1:49.59 | Ben Delmar (UNC), 1:49.76 |
Nate Germonprez (TEX), 1:49.80
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| 100 fly | Ilya Kharun (ASU), 43.38 | Josh Liendo (FLOR), 43.42 |
Luca Urlando (UGA), 43.87
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| 200 fly | Luca Urlando (UGA), 1:36.41 | Ilya Kharun (ASU), 1:37.56 |
Thomas Heilman (UVA), 1:39.09
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| 200 IM | Baylor Nelson (TEX), 1:40.29 | Will Modglin (TEX), 1:40.58 |
Owen McDonald (IU), 1:40.90
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| 400 IM | Baylor Nelson (TEX), 3:34.83 | Cooper Lucas (TEX), 3:35.28 |
Tristan Jankovics (OSU), 3:38.91
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| 200 free relay | ASU, 1:13.72 | Florida, 1:15.19 |
NC State, 1:15.47
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| 400 free relay | NC State, 2:45.16 | ASU, 2:46.11 | Indiana, 2:46.69 |
| 800 free relay | Texas, 6:07.66 | Florida State, 6:10.65 |
Ohio State, 6:12.23
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| 200 medley relay | ASU, 1:20.56 | Texas, 1:21.11 | Indiana, 1:21.99 |
| 400 medley relay | ASU, 2:59.87 | Texas, 3:00.34 |
Georgia, 3:00.84
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Just like the last rankings, this table has a glaring absence in the form of Texas senior Hubert Kos. While he has not raced any SCY this season for Texas, the Hungarian did race at the 2025 World Cup series, which he won the overall title for, and he raced at the 2025 U.S. Open where he easily won the 100 and 200 backstroke and the 200 IM. This indicates that when he does suit up for Texas next month, we can expect at least a few of these rankings to change.
The Texas men still hold the most times on the list with 11 of the available 42 individual spots belonging to the reigning NCAA Champions, five of which are #1 times. Baylor Nelson is the only Longhorn to hold a top time in more than one event. He saw significant improvements at the Hall of Fame Invite, and he currently leads the nation in the 200 IM (1:40.29) and the 400 IM (3:34.83).
He is joined at the top of the list by breaststrokers Nate Germonprez in the 100 (49.71) and Will Scholtz (1:49.59) in the 200, and backstroker Will Modglin, who has the top time in the 100 back with his American Record (43.26). Modglin also comes in just behind him in the 200 IM as the 2nd fastest swimmer this year (1:40.58).
Campbell McKean (100 breast — 50.37) and Cooper Lucas (400 IM — 3:35.28) both make 2nd place appearances while Rex Maurer sits in 3rd in the 500 free with the 4:10.75 he swam in October.
Arizona State still has the 2nd most individual event slots with seven. Ilya Kharun leads the charge with two top times in the 50 free, where he sits tied with Josh Liendo of Florida at 18.40, and the 100 fly, at 43.38.
Remi Fabiani also has the top time in the 200 free in 1:31.23, while JT Ewing leads the men’s 200 backstrokers in 1:39.00.
The Sun Devils also have the top times in three of the five relays, with their 200 free, 200 medley, and 400 medley relays all coming in faster than any other team so far this season.
In general, the men’s events are very close among the top three swimmers. In the 50, Josh Liendo and Kharun are tied with the top spot, while Tennessee’s Gui Caribe comes in just seven hundredths back.
The top three times in the 100 and 200 free and the 200 breast are separated by just two tenths, while the 500 free is just over a second.
The men’s 200 backstroke top three are just four hundredths apart with Ewing holding the top spot in 1:39.00 and Florida’s Jonny Marshall sitting 3rd in 1:39.04.
When looking at these times compared to last year, the most glaring difference is the absence of Jordan Crooks who held the top times in four different events at this point in the season. He led the 50 free (18.12), 100 free (40.26), 200 free (1:30.00), and the 100 fly (43.77). His 50, 100, and 200 free would all be the fastest again this season.
No mention of Zalan? He’s #1 in two events.
It’s weird how the 2 breast and back have less variation than the 1 breast and back.
So we can watch underwaters and three strokes? Not exciting.
I don’t think it happens yet. I’m sure the CSL will have 50s because they’re more exciting…they need positive ratings. The NCAA might see the general success or interest, and then they’ll add them at that time.
I don’t know how it gets done, but they need to add the 1000free if they’re adding 50s to NCAAs. It’s a lot of swimming in a short period of time for the distance guys, but it feels fair to add an “equal” amount of opportunities to place/score points. Maybe it’s something as crazy as scoring the 1000 splits in the 1650.
Cal is in perfect sleeper ambush position!
I can see it now. They will have some under-the-radar freshman, and sophomores blow up at NCAA’s with some international guy (maybe Dan Wiffen), and we’ll all forget they are basically non-existent on this list.
I wonder how NCAA placements would look now for the top 15 schools, based on current top 16 times across all events…..
Guess the traditional midseason vs CSCAA challenge both got fast results!
The “Fall Invite” meet for the Sun Devils (CSCAA) did not include a 4×200 Free Relay.
Adding their top four SB flat start SCY 200s, without any rolling start adjustments, puts them at 6:09.78, #2 on the list:
Fabiani 1:31.23
Seider 1:32.33
Senc-Samardzic 1:32.43
Ewing 1:33.79
6:09.78
As potential back-ups in Coach Herbie’s decision making,
Jonny Kulow was 2nd to P. Sammon in the ’25 Big XII 200 free at 1:32.41. His SB is 1:34.40 from the 10/3 opening dual meet of the fall; his LCM 200 Free last week is notable for the purpose of this evaluation as well. His prior PB was 1:50.07, which he bumped down twice, with 1:49.61 in prelims… Read more »