Florida out of Contention: 2025 Men’s NCAAs Night 1 Overreactions ...Middle East

By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam

2025 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

Night one of NCAAs is finished, and it’s time to look at some very early overreactions. Who looks good after just two events and who needs some help?

It’s Not Over Until It’s Over (but this time it probably is)

Florida started the meet off with a bang, but not a good one. They first broke the 200 medley relay NCAA Record, swimming 1:20.05 to come within five hundredths of swimming under 1:20. Their post-race celebration was cut short, however, when they were disqualified for a false start on anchor leg, Scotty Buff.

Absolute heartbreak from Florida. A lot of folks wrote them off after the women’s performance, but they were seeded 2nd on paper, and with a really good opener they separated themselves from the women.

But in a field this tight, with this many quality teams, and using one of Josh Liendo‘s relay swims on that, it would be hard to overcome.

Texas and Cal Begin Fierce Battle

Texas was supposed to finish the evening in 2nd place, eight points behind Florida. Instead, they finished the night in first overall, scoring 74 points to Cal’s 72. This is a very good sign for the Longhorn team that is looking to maintain their psych sheet scoring to win the team title.

They were bolstered by huge swims from Luke Hobson splitting 1:28.90 on the opening leg of the 800 freestyle relay, and Chris Guiliano majorly stepping up on the medley to split 17.80 on the freestyle relay and again on the 800 free relay to swim 1:30.14 at 2nd.

We could be looking at some huge time and seed drops from both swimmers going into the meet, and potentially new NCAA records.

Cal is not going to let the Longhorns run away with the meet, however. They were projected to score just 56 points this evening, and they added 12 points to that total, bringing in 72 total points. 12 is a far cry from the near 200 points they need to catch Texas, but winning the 800 free relay was huge in making that goal a reality.

They also were supported by some of their veterans swimming exceptional relay splits to prove they are not going to roll over. Bjorn Seeliger has had a rather rough season so far, and he was one of a few swimmers, Hobson included, who had less than stellar conference performances. He assuaged some of his doubters this evening, however, splitting 20.57 on the opening leg of the 200 medley relay, which is almost three tenths faster than the 20.85 he went at ACCs.

They also had a very strong swims from Jack Alexy, who was 18.03 on the anchor leg of the medley and 1:30.02 opening their 800 freestyle relay.

We also can’t ignore the first sub-6:00 800 freestyle relay as a very good sign of where Cal will fall the rest of the weekend

The NCAA Needs a DQ Clinic

Florida disqualifying their 200 medley NCAA record was one of the biggest stories out of night one, but they weren’t the only relay to DQ.

Michigan, who would have finished 10th overall had their breaststroker, junior Ozan Kalafat, not had a -0.05 reaction time en route to his 23.35 split. This reaction was only slightly better than Scotty Buff‘s -0.06 RT, but was just as illegal.

There weren’t only disqualifications for false starts though. After frequent discussion during the women’s meet about the 15 meter rule, it actually came into affect this evening when Youssef Ramadan from Virginia Tech disqualified his relay for going past the mark underwater after his turn.

Indiana is Making Their Case for Team Title

We talked about Texas improving eight points from their seed and Cal improving 12, but what about Indiana adding 20 points?

Based on the psych sheets, the Hoosiers should have finished 5th place in the medley and 14th place in the 800 free. Instead, they finished 5th place in the medley and 6th place in the 800 free relay. Three of their four swimmers split 1:31, and Own McDonald had their fastest 200 freestyle split at 1:31.14, almost a second faster than his previous best of 1:32.06.

The 800 free was supposed to be their weakest relay, and a 20 point jump in one event is no joke. They were only projected 0.5 points behind Cal and at -20 points from Texas after day one, it seems they also are not going to give up easily.

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