By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
Virginia head coach Todd DeSorbo answered questions on the @UVAswimdive Instagram story on Wednesday. When replying to the question, “initial thoughts on new NCAA format” he said “it is what it is…but the one thing I am not necessarily a fan of is dropping the ‘B’ finals.” Former NC State swimmer Katharine Berkoff also spoke on the removal of the ‘B’ finals.
Earlier this month, the NCAA approved numerous changes to the 2026 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships including changing the order of events, removing ‘B’ finals and scoring 9-16th from prelims, automatic qualifications, and broadcast schedule changes.
He answered two questions related to the changes. The first being “How much of an adjustment will you guys need regarding the new NCAA event schedule?”
DeSorbo replied, “It’s relative to the individuals, it’s probably four or five total on our team between the men and the women that will have to make adjustments and maybe swim a different third event that they might normally have swum. But thankfully we train to be pretty versatile and you know we’ll just make that shift and might have a few more people swimming the 50 free than we had originally.”
The second question he replied to was, “Initial thoughts on the new NCAA format?.”
DeSorbo replied, “Well, one, it is what it is, so we’ll deal with it, but I would say it’s kind of whatever. But the one thing I am not necessarily a fan of is dropping the ‘B’ finals. I like athletes having those opportunities to race a little bit more. I understand the concept and you know my suggestion would have been to do the ‘B’ finals before the main finals or even after, and maybe, maybe that’ll get changed, who knows, but generally, we’re gonna do out best with whatever is handed to us.”
DeSorbo has led the Virginia women to five-straight NCAA team titles. The women currently sit at #1 in SwimSwam’s power rankings while the meet are ranked #9.
He is not the only individual to speak up specifically about the removal of the ‘B’ finals. On Monday, US Olympian and former NC State swimmer Katharine Berkoff spoke of the change on her Instagram story.
When replying on her Instagram story to the question, “what do you think about NCAA removing the ‘B’ finals?” Berkoff replied, “I actually hate that they did that. I love watching NCAAs and it’s such a competitive meet and already so hard to get a second swim. I’m holding onto hope that they backtrack on this.”
Biggest name athlete I’ve seen speak out with an opinion on removing B Finals from the NCAA Championships. (Olympian Katharine Berkoff, who is out of eligibility). pic.twitter.com/uZ2fhzInOs
— Braden Keith (@Braden_Keith) October 20, 2025
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