NCAA Men’s Championships: Hubert Kos Surges to NCAA Record in 100 Backstroke
The NCAA record in the 100 backstroke looked to be under fire after a few prelims swims were a half second away at the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Federal Way, Washington.
Florida’s Jonny Marshall was the top seed from the season and kept that top seed heading into finals.
In the final, Marshall turned in 20.70 to hold a narrow lead after the first 50.
But Texas’s Hubert Kos threw down a tremendous second half of the race to in in an NCAA record 43.20. Kos is two-for-two after winning the 200 IM.
“I thought that I could get the NCAA record. I was talking with my brother about it, and he said there was no way, and I was like, ‘OK, watch me!’ and I shushed him a little bit afterward,” Kos said. “I am really happy with that swim.”
Marshall ended up with the second-fastest time in history with a 43.22.
Both passed the previous NCAA record set by Georgia’s Luca Urlando, who set it in 2022 leading off the medley relay for the Bulldogs.
Georgia’s Ruard Van Renen took third in 43.85.
Cal went 4-5 with Mewen Tomac (43.94) and Destin Lasco (44.10).
Indiana’s Owen McDonald was sixth (44.16), followed by Texas’ Will Modglin (44.17) and Army’s Johnny Crush (45.07).
Tennessee’s Harrison Lierz won the consolation final in 44.40, edging Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan (44.72), who was on the second half of his double after finaling in the 100 butterfly.
Event 12 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 43.35 3/25/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia
Meet: M 43.35 3/25/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia
American: A 43.35 3/25/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia
U. S. Open: O 43.35 3/25/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Kos, Hubert JR Texas 43.90 43.20N 20
r:+0.68 10.15 20.99 (10.84)
32.14 (11.15) 43.20 (11.06)
2 Marshall, Jonny SO Florida 43.88 43.22N 17
r:+0.85 10.16 20.70 (10.54)
31.98 (11.28) 43.22 (11.24)
3 Van Renen, Ruard JR Georgia 44.08 43.85 16
r:+0.57 10.32 21.24 (10.92)
32.46 (11.22) 43.85 (11.39)
4 Tomac, Mewen 5Y California 44.16 43.94 15
r:+0.56 10.35 21.21 (10.86)
32.53 (11.32) 43.94 (11.41)
5 Lasco, Destin 5Y California 44.07 44.10 14
r:+0.75 10.45 21.53 (11.08)
32.92 (11.39) 44.10 (11.18)
6 McDonald, Owen JR Indiana 44.31 44.16 13
r:+0.62 10.56 21.52 (10.96)
32.90 (11.38) 44.16 (11.26)
7 Modglin, Will SO Texas 44.41 44.17 12
r:+0.67 10.05 20.91 (10.86)
32.42 (11.51) 44.17 (11.75)
8 Crush, Johnny FR Army 44.52 45.07 11
r:+0.57 10.46 21.72 (11.26)
33.53 (11.81) 45.07 (11.54)
=== Consolation Final ===
9 Lierz, Harrison 5Y Tennessee 44.67 44.40 9
r:+0.78 10.76 21.71 (10.95)
33.19 (11.48) 44.40 (11.21)
10 Ramadan, Youssef 5Y VT 44.61 44.72 7
r:+0.65 10.49 21.59 (11.10)
33.14 (11.55) 44.72 (11.58)
11 Van Westering, Kai JR Indiana 44.87 44.76 6
r:+0.66 10.52 21.66 (11.14)
33.19 (11.53) 44.76 (11.57)
12 Seeliger, Bjorn 5Y California 45.22 44.85 5
r:+0.80 10.29 21.30 (11.01)
33.05 (11.75) 44.85 (11.80)
13 McCarty, Quintin SO NC State 44.56 44.98 4
r:+0.60 10.21 21.24 (11.03)
32.99 (11.75) 44.98 (11.99)
14 Sequeira, Aaron SR Stanford 44.86 45.00 3
r:+0.67 10.73 21.85 (11.12)
33.35 (11.50) 45.00 (11.65)
15 Wilson, Max JR FSU 45.01 45.04 2
r:+0.70 10.59 21.63 (11.04)
33.32 (11.69) 45.04 (11.72)
16 Arkhangelskiy, Michel FR FSU 44.94 45.05 1
r:+0.68 10.63 21.69 (11.06)
33.34 (11.65) 45.05 (11.71)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 12
1. Texas 319 2. California 281.5
3. Indiana 227 4. Florida 193
5. Georgia 151.5 6. Tennessee 144.5
7. Arizona St 140 8. Stanford 122
9. NC State 110 10. Alabama 68
11. Michigan 61 12. Ohio St 57
13. Texas A&M 51.5 14. Virginia Tech 51
15. Louisville 43 16. Florida St 40
17. Southern Cal 32 18. Wisconsin 28
19. UNC 21 19. Purdue 21
21. Georgia Tech 19 22. Lsu 18
23. University of Utah 15 23. Yale 15
23. Army 15 26. Auburn 14
27. Smu 12 28. Brown 11
28. Miami (Fl) 11 30. Virginia 8
31. Kentucky 6 31. Missouri 6
33. Arizona 1
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Congratulations to Hubi! Glad to see he is having an excellent NCAA Championship after his disappointments last year.