It has been tremendous for the sport watching Jordan Crooks and Josh Liendo go head-to-head for the past three years with NCAA titles on the line.
The 100 freestyle provided one more showdown in the friendly rivalry on the final night of the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Federal Way, Washington.
Crooks already made history in prelims when he threw down a 39.83, breaking the NCAA record set by Caeleb Dressel in 2018 (39.90).
Liendo had a strong prelims swim at 40.28 as well.
They turned together after 50 before Crooks took a narrow lead then kept going faster.
Then Liendo found another level.
The two-time champion in the event became a three-time champion with closing speed in the final 10 yards to win in 39.99. It wasn’t quite as fast as Crooks went in the morning, but enough for the title and third-best all-time.
Crooks, who was out faster, was just out-touched at 40.06 and his teammate Guilherme Caribe was third at 40.15.
Cal’s Jack Alexy finished fourth in 40.36, followed by Texas’ Chris Guiliano (40.53), Arizona State’s Jonny Kulow (40.84), LSU’s Jere Hribar (41.20) and Indiana’s Matthew King (41.28).
Tennessee’s Lamar Taylor and Luke Hobson tied for ninth with swims of 41.31 in an exciting consolation final.
Event 17 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 39.83 3/29/2025 Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
Meet: M 39.83 3/29/2025 Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
American: A 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: O 39.83 3/29/2025 Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Liendo, Josh JR Florida 40.28 39.99 20
r:+0.64 8.88 18.94 (10.06)
29.51 (10.57) 39.99 (10.48)
2 Crooks, Jordan SR Tennessee 39.83 40.06 17
r:+0.61 8.94 18.76 (9.82)
29.24 (10.48) 40.06 (10.82)
3 Caribe, Guilherme JR Tennessee 40.51 40.15 16
r:+0.59 8.93 19.15 (10.22)
29.73 (10.58) 40.15 (10.42)
4 Alexy, Jack SR California 40.45 40.36 15
r:+0.66 8.99 19.11 (10.12)
29.62 (10.51) 40.36 (10.74)
5 Guiliano, Chris SR Texas 40.70 40.53 14
r:+0.58 8.93 19.03 (10.10)
29.68 (10.65) 40.53 (10.85)
6 Kulow, Jonny JR ASU 40.83 40.84 13
r:+0.62 9.16 19.46 (10.30)
30.11 (10.65) 40.84 (10.73)
7 Hribar, Jere SO LSU 40.94 41.20 12
r:+0.70 9.38 19.80 (10.42)
30.48 (10.68) 41.20 (10.72)
8 King, Matthew JR Indiana 41.14 41.28 11
r:+0.60 9.24 19.55 (10.31)
30.35 (10.80) 41.28 (10.93)
=== Consolation Final ===
9 Taylor, Lamar 5Y Tennessee 41.51 41.31 8
r:+0.62 9.32 19.67 (10.35)
30.46 (10.79) 41.31 (10.85)
9 Hobson, Luke SR Texas 41.45 41.31 8
r:+0.70 9.45 19.76 (10.31)
30.56 (10.80) 41.31 (10.75)
11 Sammon, Patrick SR ASU 41.17 41.36 6
r:+0.60 9.23 19.59 (10.36)
30.52 (10.93) 41.36 (10.84)
12 Ramadan, Youssef 5Y VT 41.50 41.53 5
r:+0.59 9.47 19.97 (10.50)
30.66 (10.69) 41.53 (10.87)
13 Fabiani, Remi JR Cal Baptist 41.52 41.65 4
r:+0.61 9.29 19.80 (10.51)
30.80 (11.00) 41.65 (10.85)
14 Seeliger, Bjorn 5Y California 41.41 41.66 3
r:+0.66 9.23 19.83 (10.60)
30.74 (10.91) 41.66 (10.92)
15 Whitfield, Brendan SO VT 41.62 41.69 1.5
r:+0.64 9.47 20.02 (10.55)
30.99 (10.97) 41.69 (10.70)
15 Jensen, Matthew 5Y California 41.61 41.69 1.5
r:+0.64 9.41 19.88 (10.47)
30.75 (10.87) 41.69 (10.94)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 17
1. Texas 450 2. California 409
3. Indiana 355 4. Florida 276
5. Tennessee 203.5 6. Arizona St 198
7. Georgia 194.5 8. Stanford 166
9. NC State 152 10. Michigan 83
11. Alabama 73 12. Ohio St 70
13. Virginia Tech 69.5 14. Texas A&M 57.5
15. Southern Cal 55 16. Louisville 53
17. Florida St 48 18. Lsu 38
19. Purdue 33 20. Kentucky 30
20. Yale 30 22. Wisconsin 28
23. Georgia Tech 24 24. UNC 21
25. Army 15 25. University of Utah 15
27. Auburn 14 28. Pittsburgh 13
29. Virginia 12 29. Smu 12
31. Brown 11 31. Miami (Fl) 11
33. Cornell 6 33. Minnesota 6
33. Missouri 6 36. Cal Baptist 4
37. Arizona 1
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