NCAA Men’s Championships: Butterfly Showdown Looms After Strong Morning from Contenders (Heat Sheets and Up-Downs)
The 2025 Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships are heating up after big morning prelims performances from Texas, Cal, Florida, Georgia and Indiana.
The 100 butterfly will start the Day 3 finals session with a bang.
Florida’s Josh Liendo, Cal’s Dare Rose and Arizona State’s Ilya Kharun will line up alongside Georgia’s Luca Urlando, Michigan’s Tyler Ray, Stanford’s Andrei Minakov, Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan and Florida’s Scott Buff.
The past three winners – Liendo, Ramadan and Minakov – are all in the final.
After winning the 500 free, Texas sophomore Rex Maurer has the top seed in the 400 IM ahead of Cal fifth-year Lucas Henveaux.
The 200 freestyle saw Texas put two up with top-seeded Luke Hobson and Chris Guiliano. Cal also has two up with 2-3 seeds Jack Alexy and Gabriel Jett as Tennessee’s 50 free champion Jordan Crooks looms.
Indiana put two up and four down in the 100 breaststroke, including top seed Finn Brooks and third-seed Caspar Corbeau, who will line up next to Florida’s Julian Smith, the NCAA record holder.
The NCAA 100 back will be a showdown between Florida’s Jonny Marshall, Texas’ Hubert Kos and Cal’s Destin Lasco.
NCAA Day 3 Up-Downs
Texas: 8-0
Cal: 7-5
Florida: 4-4
Georgia: 4-1
Indiana: 3-8
Stanford: 3-1
Alabama: 1-2
Arizona St.: 1-2
Tennessee: 1-2
Virginia Tech: 1-2
Louisville: 1-1
Michigan: 1-1
Ohio St.: 1-1
Army: 1-0
Brown: 1-0
Wisconsin: 1-0
Florida State: 0-3
NC State: 0-3
Noth Carolina: 0-2
Purdue: 0-1
Texasa A&M: 0-1
Yale: 0-1
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