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2026 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dates: Wednesday, March 25–Saturday, March 28 Location: McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA Defending Champions: Texas (1x) SwimSwam Preview Index Psych Sheets Preview Index Live Stream Live Results Live Recaps: Prelims: Day 1 Finals: Day 1After no NCAA records were set in the 2026 NCAA women’s swimming championships, the men’s meet kicked off with one in the very first finals event.
In the fastest heat of the men’s 1650-yard freestyle, Florida freshman Ahmed Jaouadi shattered the NCAA record with a time of 14:10.03 to win the meet’s first title. He broke former Gator Bobby Finke‘s record time of 14:12.08, which was set at the 2020 SEC Championships.
Split Comparison:
Split Bobby Finke, 2020 SECs – 14:12.08 Ahmed Jaouadi, 2026 NCAAs – 14:10.03 Zalan Sarkany, 2026 NCAAs – 14:12.20 100 49.17 47.84 47.46 200 51.27 (1:40.44) 50.63 (1:38.47) 50.75 (1:38.21) 300 51.60 (2:32.04) 51.14 (2.29.61) 51.45 (2:39.66) 400 51.64 (3.23.68) 51.74 (3:21.35) 51.46 (3:21.12) 500 51.60 (4:15.28) 51.82 (4:13.13) 51.73 (4:12.86) 600 51.81 (5:07.19) 51.69 (5:04.82) 51.80 (5:04.66) 700 51.72 (5:58.91) 52.26 (5:57.08) 51.97 (5:56.63) 800 51.94 (6:50.85) 51.89 (6:48.97) 52.07 (6:48.70) 900 52.03 (7:42.88) 51.93 (7:40.90) 52.10 (7:40.80) 1000 51.75 (8:34.63) 52.55 (8:33.45) 52.30 (8:33.10) 1100 52.24 (9:26.87) 52.38 (9:25.83) 52.42 (9:25.52) 1200 51.93 (10:18.80) 52.31 (10:18.14) 52.25 (10:17.77) 1300 52.08 (11:10.88) 52.54 (11:10.58) 52.62 (11:10.39) 1400 52.12 (12:03.00) 52.25 (12:02.93) 52.66 (12:03.05) 1500 52.07 (12:55.07) 52.86 (12:55.79) 52.47 (12:55.52) 1600 51.92 (13:46.99) 51.51 (13:47.30) 51.75 (13:47.27) 1650 25.09 (14:12.08) 22.73 (14:10.03) 24.93 (14:12.20)Jaouadi spent most of the race right on the tail of Indiana’s Zalán Sarkany, the 2024 and 2025 NCAA champion in the mile — before the final lap, Jaouadi was 0.03 seconds behind Sarkany. However, Jaouadi split a blistering 22.73 on his final 50 compared to Sarkany’s 24.93.
That said, Sarkany did swim a best time of 14:12.20, which ranks him third all-time. Florida’s Ahmed Hafnaoui placed third with a 14:22.64, ranking sixth all-time. Jaouadi and Sarkany are the first swimmers to break the 14:20 barrier since Finke did so in March 2021.
All-Time Top Performers, Mens’ 1650-Yard Freestyle
Ahmed Jaouadi, Florida — 14:10.03 (2026) Bobby Finke, Florida — 14:12.08 (2020) Zalan Sarkany, Indiana — 14:12.20 (2026) Zane Grothe, Unattached — 14:18.25 (2017) Clark Smith, Texas — 14:22.41 (2017) Ahmed Hafnaoui, Florida — 14:22.64 (2026)The NCAA record in the 1000 free was set by Sarkany, who touched first at the 1000-yard mark in a time of 8:33.10. He breaks Clark Smith‘s record of 8:33.93, but still trails 16-year-old Luka Mijatovic‘s (8:32.83) U.S. Open record mark.
Both Jaouadi and Sarkany dropped significant amounts of time off their personal bests. Sarkany came in with a best time of 14:21.29 (the time he went to win 2025 NCAAs) and went over nine seconds faster than mark. Meanwhile, Jaouadi came in with an entry time of 14:25.14, which he set to win the 2026 SEC Championships last month.
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