WATCH: All Race Videos From Night 1 Of The 2025 Men’s NCAA Championships

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)
• Psych Sheet
• Eligible Relays
• SwimSwam Preview Index
• Live Results
• Live Recaps
  • Prelims: N/A
  • Finals: Day 1

Didn’t catch last night’s action on the opening night of the 2025 Men’s NCAA Championships? No worries, if you weren’t able to tune in, we’ve got you covered with all of the races videos, courtesy of “NCAA Championships” on YouTube.

Men’s 200 Medley Relay

• NCAA Record: 1:20.15 — Florida (Chaney, Smith, Liendo, McDuff) (2024)
• Championship Record: 1:20.15 — Florida (Chaney, Smith, Liendo, McDuff) (2024)
• American Record: 1:20.98 — NC State (Hayes, Hoover, Miller, McCarty) (2024)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:20.15 — Florida (Chaney, Smith, Liendo, McDuff) (2024)
• 2024 Champion: Florida (Chaney, Smith, Liendo, McDuff) — 1:20.15

Top 8:

1. Texas (Modglin, Germonprez, Kos, Guiliano) – 1:20.28
2. Tennessee (Taylor, Houseman, Caribe, Crooks) – 1:20.50
3. California (Seeliger, Okadome, Rose, Alexy) – 1:20.76
4. Arizona State (Vergnes, Dobrzanski, Kharun, Kulow) – 1:20.87
5. Indiana (Barr, Benzing, Brooks, King) – 1:20.92 (American Record)
6. NC State (McCarty, Hoover, Miller, Fox) – 1:21.16
7. Florida State (Herbet, Baravelli, Arkhangelskiy, Bork) – 1:21.60
8. Georgia (Urlando, Pitshugin, Van Renen, Bidois) – 1:22.01

First and foremost, Florida was disqualified for a false start on the fly-to-free exchange. The Gators had set the NCAA record in the event with a time of 1:20.05. On that Florida team, Jonny Marshall (20.59), Julian Smith (22.14), Josh Liendo (19.08), and Scotty Buff (18.24) combined for a 1:20.05, coming in 0.1 under the record. Buff’s reaction time was -0.06, just outside the permitted -0.04 margin. Smith’s breast split of 22.14 was the fastest in history.

That left the winner of the 200 medley relay…Texas! In their bid to reclaim the NCAA title, the Longhorns are off to the start they needed. Will Modglin led off in 20.32, Nate Germonprez split 22.83 on breast, Hubert Kos was 19.33 on fly, and Chris Guiliano anchored in a speedy 17.80, putting Texas into the finish in 1:20.28. That swim put the Longhorns just 0.13 seconds off the NCAA record.

Tennessee wound up 2nd with a 1:20.50, fueled by a 17.67 anchor from Jordan Crooks, who is one of the most highly anticipated swimmers of this meet. The Vols also benefited from a huge 19.05 fly split out of Gui Caribe. Lamar Taylor was 20.74 on back and Kevin Houseman split 23.04 on breast.

Cal knocked nearly a second off their seed time, taking 3rd in 1:20.76. Bjorn Seeliger was excellent leading off, clocking a 20.57, while Yamato Okadome split a very quick 22.77 on breast. Dare Rose gave the Golden Bears a 19.39 on fly, and Jack Alexy anchored in 18.03.

Of note, Arizona State sophomore Ilya Kharun went an 18.78 on the fly leg, which is the fastest split in history.

Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay

• NCAA Record: 6:02.26 — Cal (Jett, Lasco, Alexy, Hanson) (2024)
• Championship Record: 6:02.26 — Cal (Jett, Lasco, Alexy, Hanson) (2024)
• American Record: 6:03.24 — Texas (Hobson, Maurer, Guiliano, Carrozza) (2025)
• U.S. Open Record: 6:02.26 — Cal (Jett, Lasco, Alexy, Hanson) (2024)
• 2024 Champion: Cal (Jett, Lasco, Alexy, Hanson) — 6:02.26

Top 8:

1. California (Alexy, Jett, Lasco, Henveaux) – 5:59.75 (NCAA Record)
2. Texas (Hobson, Guiliano, Maurer, Carrozza) – 6:00.08 (American Record)
3. Georgia (Koski, Urlando, Magahey, Branzell) – 6:06.02
4. Alabama (Hawke, Alves, Hagar, Dragoja) – 6:06.59
5. Stanford (Minakov, McFadden, Polonsky, Dupont) – 6:06.69
6. Indiana (McDonald, Miroslaw, Van Westering, Frankel) – 6:06.76
7. NC State (Winkler, Diehl, Miller, Hoover) – 6:06.95
8. Florida (Painter, Smith, Mitchell, Lindholm) – 6:06.96

History was made last night in Federal Way, as the Cal Golden Bears shattered the NCAA Record in the 800 free relay by well over 2 seconds, becoming the first team in history to break 6:00 in the event. It was a hard fought battle, seeing Cal and Texas immediately break away from the rest of the field, and going head-to-head in adjacent lanes.

Texas’ Luke Hobson got the Longhorns out to the early lead, swimming a 1:28.90, which was the 2nd-fastest swim ever in the event. Hobson was within a tenth of his own NCAA record in the 200 free with that swim. While his split was phenomenal, Cal lead-off Jack Alexy did his part, getting the Golden Bears out to a 1:30.02. Gabriel Jett was able to erase Texas’ lead on the 2nd leg of the race, splitting 1:29.16, while Texas’ Chris Guiliano was 1:30.13. Jett handed off to Destin Lasco, who put on a master class in underwaters, delivering a 1:29.10 split, moving Cal into the lead by 0.66 seconds at the final exchange. Rex Maurer was 1:29.91 on the 3rd leg for the Longhorns.

With the lead, Lucas Henveaux dove in for Cal, but his start was errant. In his interview, Henveaux said he slipped off the start and his streamline broke when he entered the water, while the video made it look like he may have actually even scraped the bottom of the pool off the start. Either way, Henveaux’s poor start was enough for Texas’ Coby Carrozza to take the lead on the first 25. Henveaux would battle back, pulling into the lead on the 3rd 50, and holding it through the finish. In the end, Cal broke the NCAA record, while Texas’ time of 6:00.08 shattered the American Record by over 3 seconds.