NCAA Men’s Championships: Zalan Sarkany Repeats in Pivotal 1650 Free Opens Final Session
The race between Texas and Cal is close once again as the final night of the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships begins in Federal Way, Washington.
Texas will need every point it can get to secure a title, while Cal is chasing, but within striking distance.
The 1650 freestyle could set the tone for the night, and ultimately the meet, for both teams, as well as Indiana who was trying to hang in there – and had the defending champion in Zalan Sarkany, who won it last year for Arizona State.
The Longhorns had two in the final heat with David Johnston and Rex Maurer. Johnston has placed fifth and fourth in the past two years. Meanwhile, Maurer has already had a tremendous meet, winning the 500 free and 400 IM.
Cal had one in the final heat as well in Lucas Henveaux. The fifth-year helped the Golden Bears secure the 800 free relay in an NCAA-record time on Day 1 and has placed in his individual events.
Defending champion Zalan Sarkany of Indiana opened the pace of the race and led by a couple of body lengths through 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 yards. He held a five-second led at the 1,300 mark.
While many miles over the years have had different pushes and lead changes, Sarkany had it the entire way and was never in doubt. He finished in 14:21.29 to earn the repeat title.
“It was a nice swim. I was just trying to survive and not get passed. I did a great job with that. I needed that after this week,” he said. “I always try to go out with it because I know I have great endurance. I did not expect (to pull away like that). I just had to tough it out.”
Maurer was second in 14:25.22, followed by Henveaux (14:27.62).
Yale’s Noah Millard was fourth in 14:28.43, followed by NC State’s Owen Lloyd (14:29.13).
In the early heats, Kentucky’s Carson Hick held the top spot with a 14:30.35 from the fourth heat (of five). He finished sixth overall and his teammate Levi Sandidge (14:31.08).
Texas’ David Johnston took seventh in 14:30.48.
Event 15 Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 14:12.08 2/22/2020 Bobby Finke, Florida
Meet: M 14:12.52 3/27/2021 Bobby Finke, Florida
American: A 14:12.08 2/22/2020 Bobby Finke, Florida
U. S. Open: O 14:12.08 2/22/2020 Bobby Finke, Florida
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Sarkany, Zalan JR Indiana 14:37.49 14:21.29 20
r:+0.66 23.39 49.23 (25.84)
1:15.41 (26.18) 1:41.67 (26.26)
2:08.08 (26.41) 2:34.57 (26.49)
3:00.93 (26.36) 3:27.10 (26.17)
3:53.34 (26.24) 4:19.41 (26.07)
4:45.53 (26.12) 5:11.83 (26.30)
5:38.24 (26.41) 6:04.60 (26.36)
6:30.78 (26.18) 6:57.15 (26.37)
7:23.44 (26.29) 7:49.63 (26.19)
8:16.02 (26.39) 8:42.30 (26.28)
9:08.56 (26.26) 9:34.86 (26.30)
10:01.17 (26.31) 10:27.43 (26.26)
10:53.69 (26.26) 11:19.88 (26.19)
11:46.05 (26.17) 12:12.16 (26.11)
12:38.25 (26.09) 13:04.34 (26.09)
13:30.34 (26.00) 13:56.20 (25.86) 14:21.29 (25.09)
2 Maurer, Rex SO Texas 14:30.47 14:25.22 17
r:+0.77 23.70 49.81 (26.11)
1:16.31 (26.50) 1:43.11 (26.80)
2:09.85 (26.74) 2:36.53 (26.68)
3:03.20 (26.67) 3:29.67 (26.47)
3:56.28 (26.61) 4:22.81 (26.53)
4:49.36 (26.55) 5:15.73 (26.37)
5:42.26 (26.53) 6:08.84 (26.58)
6:35.33 (26.49) 7:01.72 (26.39)
7:27.95 (26.23) 7:54.35 (26.40)
8:20.78 (26.43) 8:47.12 (26.34)
9:13.44 (26.32) 9:39.83 (26.39)
10:06.31 (26.48) 10:32.42 (26.11)
10:58.72 (26.30) 11:24.95 (26.23)
11:51.14 (26.19) 12:17.24 (26.10)
12:43.19 (25.95) 13:09.29 (26.10)
13:35.21 (25.92) 14:00.74 (25.53) 14:25.22 (24.48)
3 Henveaux, Lucas 5Y California 14:29.74 14:27.62 16
r:+0.65 23.73 50.03 (26.30)
1:16.65 (26.62) 1:43.35 (26.70)
2:10.16 (26.81) 2:36.90 (26.74)
3:03.33 (26.43) 3:29.92 (26.59)
3:56.51 (26.59) 4:23.12 (26.61)
4:49.65 (26.53) 5:16.20 (26.55)
5:42.62 (26.42) 6:09.17 (26.55)
6:35.93 (26.76) 7:02.46 (26.53)
7:28.71 (26.25) 7:55.22 (26.51)
8:21.64 (26.42) 8:48.25 (26.61)
9:14.56 (26.31) 9:40.97 (26.41)
10:07.31 (26.34) 10:33.73 (26.42)
11:00.12 (26.39) 11:26.52 (26.40)
11:52.65 (26.13) 12:18.68 (26.03)
12:44.64 (25.96) 13:10.50 (25.86)
13:36.47 (25.97) 14:02.54 (26.07) 14:27.62 (25.08)
4 Millard, Noah JR Yale 14:33.47 14:28.43 15
r:+0.71 23.73 49.47 (25.74)
1:15.87 (26.40) 1:42.31 (26.44)
2:08.73 (26.42) 2:35.33 (26.60)
3:01.98 (26.65) 3:28.40 (26.42)
3:55.08 (26.68) 4:21.72 (26.64)
4:48.29 (26.57) 5:14.60 (26.31)
5:41.11 (26.51) 6:07.77 (26.66)
6:34.37 (26.60) 7:00.98 (26.61)
7:27.54 (26.56) 7:54.23 (26.69)
8:20.65 (26.42) 8:47.01 (26.36)
9:13.56 (26.55) 9:40.01 (26.45)
10:06.69 (26.68) 10:33.18 (26.49)
10:59.63 (26.45) 11:26.37 (26.74)
11:52.93 (26.56) 12:19.61 (26.68)
12:45.89 (26.28) 13:12.24 (26.35)
13:38.18 (25.94) 14:04.02 (25.84) 14:28.43 (24.41)
5 Lloyd, Owen 5Y NC State 14:31.64 14:29.13 14
r:+0.76 23.97 49.98 (26.01)
1:16.43 (26.45) 1:43.10 (26.67)
2:09.75 (26.65) 2:36.38 (26.63)
3:02.88 (26.50) 3:29.47 (26.59)
3:56.02 (26.55) 4:22.46 (26.44)
4:48.74 (26.28) 5:15.29 (26.55)
5:41.90 (26.61) 6:08.40 (26.50)
6:34.87 (26.47) 7:01.32 (26.45)
7:28.04 (26.72) 7:54.71 (26.67)
8:21.38 (26.67) 8:47.76 (26.38)
9:14.34 (26.58) 9:40.89 (26.55)
10:07.34 (26.45) 10:33.72 (26.38)
11:00.01 (26.29) 11:26.39 (26.38)
11:52.74 (26.35) 12:19.12 (26.38)
12:45.60 (26.48) 13:11.74 (26.14)
13:38.01 (26.27) 14:04.07 (26.06) 14:29.13 (25.06)
6 Hick, Carson SO Kentucky 14:43.70 14:30.35 13
r:+0.76 24.38 50.41 (26.03)
1:16.69 (26.28) 1:43.17 (26.48)
2:09.67 (26.50) 2:36.45 (26.78)
3:03.24 (26.79) 3:29.95 (26.71)
3:56.75 (26.80) 4:23.58 (26.83)
4:50.30 (26.72) 5:16.59 (26.29)
5:43.10 (26.51) 6:09.52 (26.42)
6:36.05 (26.53) 7:02.38 (26.33)
7:29.01 (26.63) 7:55.50 (26.49)
8:21.83 (26.33) 8:48.01 (26.18)
9:14.31 (26.30) 9:40.63 (26.32)
10:06.71 (26.08) 10:33.09 (26.38)
10:59.42 (26.33) 11:25.78 (26.36)
11:52.20 (26.42) 12:18.50 (26.30)
12:45.04 (26.54) 13:11.72 (26.68)
13:38.21 (26.49) 14:04.62 (26.41) 14:30.35 (25.73)
7 Johnston, David SR Texas 14:26.00 14:30.48 12
r:+0.73 24.01 50.16 (26.15)
1:16.75 (26.59) 1:43.25 (26.50)
2:09.89 (26.64) 2:36.51 (26.62)
3:03.15 (26.64) 3:29.69 (26.54)
3:56.31 (26.62) 4:22.85 (26.54)
4:49.28 (26.43) 5:15.70 (26.42)
5:42.26 (26.56) 6:08.75 (26.49)
6:35.25 (26.50) 7:01.59 (26.34)
7:27.94 (26.35) 7:54.53 (26.59)
8:21.09 (26.56) 8:47.61 (26.52)
9:14.15 (26.54) 9:40.77 (26.62)
10:07.48 (26.71) 10:34.24 (26.76)
11:00.64 (26.40) 11:27.36 (26.72)
11:53.81 (26.45) 12:20.42 (26.61)
12:46.91 (26.49) 13:13.41 (26.50)
13:39.42 (26.01) 14:05.47 (26.05) 14:30.48 (25.01)
8 Sandidge, Levi JR Kentucky 14:30.61 14:31.08 11
r:+0.68 23.81 49.83 (26.02)
1:16.35 (26.52) 1:43.07 (26.72)
2:09.78 (26.71) 2:36.72 (26.94)
3:03.49 (26.77) 3:30.20 (26.71)
3:56.82 (26.62) 4:23.34 (26.52)
4:49.89 (26.55) 5:16.54 (26.65)
5:43.14 (26.60) 6:09.57 (26.43)
6:35.95 (26.38) 7:02.40 (26.45)
7:28.51 (26.11) 7:54.78 (26.27)
8:21.12 (26.34) 8:47.56 (26.44)
9:13.65 (26.09) 9:39.98 (26.33)
10:06.37 (26.39) 10:33.03 (26.66)
10:59.70 (26.67) 11:26.48 (26.78)
11:53.31 (26.83) 12:19.96 (26.65)
12:46.60 (26.64) 13:13.15 (26.55)
13:39.84 (26.69) 14:06.24 (26.40) 14:31.08 (24.84)
9 Linscheer, Gio JR Florida 14:45.25 14:33.10 9
r:+0.72 24.70 51.44 (26.74)
1:18.18 (26.74) 1:44.74 (26.56)
2:11.56 (26.82) 2:38.35 (26.79)
3:05.00 (26.65) 3:31.74 (26.74)
3:58.54 (26.80) 4:25.19 (26.65)
4:52.05 (26.86) 5:18.67 (26.62)
5:45.17 (26.50) 6:11.64 (26.47)
6:38.24 (26.60) 7:04.91 (26.67)
7:31.44 (26.53) 7:57.93 (26.49)
8:24.41 (26.48) 8:50.84 (26.43)
9:17.48 (26.64) 9:43.99 (26.51)
10:10.50 (26.51) 10:36.99 (26.49)
11:03.41 (26.42) 11:29.93 (26.52)
11:56.40 (26.47) 12:22.86 (26.46)
12:49.39 (26.53) 13:15.81 (26.42)
13:41.97 (26.16) 14:08.02 (26.05) 14:33.10 (25.08)
10 Matheson, Daniel SR ASU 14:43.46 14:35.58 7
r:+0.67 24.07 49.98 (25.91)
1:16.34 (26.36) 1:42.87 (26.53)
2:09.52 (26.65) 2:36.39 (26.87)
3:03.12 (26.73) 3:29.87 (26.75)
3:56.81 (26.94) 4:23.71 (26.90)
4:50.48 (26.77) 5:17.28 (26.80)
5:44.02 (26.74) 6:10.56 (26.54)
6:37.31 (26.75) 7:03.91 (26.60)
7:30.62 (26.71) 7:57.52 (26.90)
8:23.90 (26.38) 8:50.87 (26.97)
9:17.83 (26.96) 9:44.42 (26.59)
10:10.89 (26.47) 10:37.75 (26.86)
11:04.41 (26.66) 11:31.62 (27.21)
11:58.43 (26.81) 12:25.23 (26.80)
12:52.30 (27.07) 13:18.77 (26.47)
13:45.05 (26.28) 14:10.88 (25.83) 14:35.58 (24.70)
11 Soloveychik, Bar SR Minnesota 14:48.67 14:36.91 6
r:+0.67 24.73 51.10 (26.37)
1:17.78 (26.68) 1:44.31 (26.53)
2:11.06 (26.75) 2:37.91 (26.85)
3:04.79 (26.88) 3:31.65 (26.86)
3:58.52 (26.87) 4:25.25 (26.73)
4:51.89 (26.64) 5:18.74 (26.85)
5:45.60 (26.86) 6:12.48 (26.88)
6:39.28 (26.80) 7:06.25 (26.97)
7:33.15 (26.90) 7:59.88 (26.73)
8:26.79 (26.91) 8:53.56 (26.77)
9:20.35 (26.79) 9:47.11 (26.76)
10:13.86 (26.75) 10:40.52 (26.66)
11:07.31 (26.79) 11:34.00 (26.69)
12:00.61 (26.61) 12:27.23 (26.62)
12:53.81 (26.58) 13:20.24 (26.43)
13:46.68 (26.44) 14:12.74 (26.06) 14:36.91 (24.17)
12 Koski, Tomas SO Georgia 14:47.73 14:38.20 5
r:+0.62 22.85 48.55 (25.70)
1:14.59 (26.04) 1:40.87 (26.28)
2:07.30 (26.43) 2:33.90 (26.60)
3:00.69 (26.79) 3:27.28 (26.59)
3:54.12 (26.84) 4:21.09 (26.97)
4:48.03 (26.94) 5:14.87 (26.84)
5:41.58 (26.71) 6:08.29 (26.71)
6:35.21 (26.92) 7:02.03 (26.82)
7:29.06 (27.03) 7:55.98 (26.92)
8:22.77 (26.79) 8:49.54 (26.77)
9:16.53 (26.99) 9:43.60 (27.07)
10:10.48 (26.88) 10:37.54 (27.06)
11:04.84 (27.30) 11:31.87 (27.03)
11:58.87 (27.00) 12:25.96 (27.09)
12:52.95 (26.99) 13:19.89 (26.94)
13:46.74 (26.85) 14:13.17 (26.43) 14:38.20 (25.03)
13 Norris, Lance JR NC State 14:38.69 14:38.31 4
r:+0.74 23.92 49.85 (25.93)
1:16.23 (26.38) 1:42.73 (26.50)
2:09.38 (26.65) 2:36.18 (26.80)
3:02.91 (26.73) 3:29.78 (26.87)
3:56.67 (26.89) 4:23.46 (26.79)
4:50.24 (26.78) 5:16.79 (26.55)
5:43.38 (26.59) 6:10.01 (26.63)
6:36.61 (26.60) 7:03.26 (26.65)
7:30.02 (26.76) 7:56.73 (26.71)
8:23.56 (26.83) 8:50.37 (26.81)
9:17.14 (26.77) 9:43.96 (26.82)
10:10.85 (26.89) 10:37.70 (26.85)
11:04.47 (26.77) 11:31.46 (26.99)
11:58.46 (27.00) 12:25.35 (26.89)
12:52.27 (26.92) 13:19.24 (26.97)
13:46.09 (26.85) 14:12.80 (26.71) 14:38.31 (25.51)
14 Gallant, John SR NC State 14:48.80 14:38.68 3
r:+0.66 24.38 50.64 (26.26)
1:17.01 (26.37) 1:43.44 (26.43)
2:09.96 (26.52) 2:36.59 (26.63)
3:03.09 (26.50) 3:29.64 (26.55)
3:56.51 (26.87) 4:23.17 (26.66)
4:49.99 (26.82) 5:16.92 (26.93)
5:43.75 (26.83) 6:10.65 (26.90)
6:37.59 (26.94) 7:04.39 (26.80)
7:31.47 (27.08) 7:58.43 (26.96)
8:25.42 (26.99) 8:52.23 (26.81)
9:18.94 (26.71) 9:45.73 (26.79)
10:12.42 (26.69) 10:39.08 (26.66)
11:05.75 (26.67) 11:32.26 (26.51)
11:58.86 (26.60) 12:25.60 (26.74)
12:52.56 (26.96) 13:19.62 (27.06)
13:46.59 (26.97) 14:13.02 (26.43) 14:38.68 (25.66)
15 Clark, Charlie 5Y OSU 14:47.44 14:39.16 2
r:+0.71 24.88 52.00 (27.12)
1:19.14 (27.14) 1:46.17 (27.03)
2:13.01 (26.84) 2:39.96 (26.95)
3:06.96 (27.00) 3:33.87 (26.91)
4:00.78 (26.91) 4:27.40 (26.62)
4:54.18 (26.78) 5:20.71 (26.53)
5:47.24 (26.53) 6:13.71 (26.47)
6:40.33 (26.62) 7:06.82 (26.49)
7:33.33 (26.51) 8:00.05 (26.72)
8:26.86 (26.81) 8:53.72 (26.86)
9:20.70 (26.98) 9:47.59 (26.89)
10:14.62 (27.03) 10:41.15 (26.53)
11:07.70 (26.55) 11:34.12 (26.42)
12:00.81 (26.69) 12:27.35 (26.54)
12:54.19 (26.84) 13:20.91 (26.72)
13:47.72 (26.81) 14:14.49 (26.77) 14:39.16 (24.67)
16 Custer, Liam JR Stanford 14:36.44 14:43.50 1
r:+0.75 24.64 51.31 (26.67)
1:18.31 (27.00) 1:45.39 (27.08)
2:12.22 (26.83) 2:38.94 (26.72)
3:05.83 (26.89) 3:32.69 (26.86)
3:59.58 (26.89) 4:26.49 (26.91)
4:53.20 (26.71) 5:19.85 (26.65)
5:46.54 (26.69) 6:13.37 (26.83)
6:39.98 (26.61) 7:06.63 (26.65)
7:33.42 (26.79) 8:00.12 (26.70)
8:26.81 (26.69) 8:53.59 (26.78)
9:20.46 (26.87) 9:47.23 (26.77)
10:14.25 (27.02) 10:41.26 (27.01)
11:08.43 (27.17) 11:35.54 (27.11)
12:02.50 (26.96) 12:29.52 (27.02)
12:56.73 (27.21) 13:23.89 (27.16)
13:51.08 (27.19) 14:17.91 (26.83) 14:43.50 (25.59)
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