2026 Men’s NCAA Division I Championship: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap ...Middle East

By Mark Wild on SwimSwam

2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships

Day 3 Prelims Heat Sheet

Good morning, swim fans. It’s moving day!!! A day where teams, who are unhappy with their placing on the leaderboard, try to make a move up the rankings, while those ahead of them do their best to stay there, and with just one day remaining after today, teams are beginning to run out of time.

Texas and Florida both had strong days yesterday and sit firmly at the top of the leaderboard, but with less than 20 points separating 3rd (ASU) from 7th (Michigan), expect the action to be even more intense this morning.

Things kick off quickly with the 100 back taking to the water first. Top seed and American Record holder Will Modglin is the top with his entry time of 43.26, but shouldn’t feel too comfortable in that position as the 2nd seed is teammate Hubert Kos. Kos is seeded, .60 back at 43.86, but his performances yesterday in the 100 fly, and as the defending champion, certainly appear to be the favorite. Georgia’s Ruard Van Renen had a strong 50 split on Georgia’s medley relay, and the senior will be looking to pick up big points for the Bulldogs as the 3rd seed. Adam Channey, fresh off an NCAA record-setting performance in the 200 free relay, enters as the 4th seed and will be looking to gain ASU as many points as possible to keep a top 3 finish for the team possible.

After an amazing last 25, where he out-split Campbell McKean by over half a second, the 100 breast champion from last night, Yamato Okadome of Cal, returns to the pool as the top seed. The sophomore leads a fast field with the 2nd seed Nate Germonprez, the 3rd seed Luka Mladenovic of Michigan, 4th seed Will Scholtz of Texas and Ben Delmar of UNC all joining him under 1:50. All five of them have at least one year of eligibility left and in fact the entirety of the top 8 are non-seniors, Baylor Nelson, the 9th seed and last night’s runner-up in the 400 IM is the highest seeded senior in this young event.

Nelson finished 2nd to his teammate Rex Maurer, who won the event in a new American Record, adding it to his record in the 500 free, where he is the defending champion. Maurer is one of five entrants under 4:10 and is going to be pushed in his heat by first-year NC State swimmer Max Carlsen. The pair will be chasing whatever the fastest time from the previous heats is, and with the way Ahmed Jaouadi has been swimming, it may be the Florida Gator and 3rd seed who posts the time to beat. Don’t sleep on the Indiana trio of Zalan Sarkany, Luke Whitlock, and Aaron Shackell, who find themselves all in a line occupying lanes 4, 5, and 6 in the penultimate heat.

We saw a lot of our athletes in this morning’s last event, the 200 free relay, last night. Ilya Kharun, the top seed, and Remi Fabiani, the 6th seed, will be buoyed by their record in the relay last night, but don’t sleep on the 20th seed Jonny Kulow, who anchored the relay in 17.99.  The 4th member of their relay, Chaney, who split 18.12, is going for the 100 back/50 free double and is the 18th seed. The event, while containing a lot of ASU swimmers (6 in the top 20), is not a forgone conclusion, as Josh Liendo, too, is coming off of an NCAA record from last night, and the Gator would love to add another title to his trophy case. Tennessee’s Gui Caribe is the 3rd seed and, like Kulow and Kharun, split sub-18 yesterday, so look for the Volunteer to be fast this morning. The only other swimmer to split under 18 was LSU junior Jere Hribar, who is the 5th seed, .02 back of NC State’s Quintin McCarty.

The final heat of the 400-medley relay will swim this evening but the first three heats will take to the water this morning. Tennessee enters as the 9th seed, but will under pressure from a pair of ACC programs with NC State and Virginia swimming well this meet, especially in relay. All three programs will be looking to post a time that survives the final heat and earns them a spot on the podium.

Men’s 100 Backstroke – Prelims 

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Men’s 200 Breaststroke – Prelims

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Men’s 500 Free – Prelims

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Men’s 50 Free – Prelims

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Men’s 400 Medley Relay – Early Heats

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