2021 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships
- When: Wednesday, March 24 – Saturday, March 27, 2021
- Where: Greensboro Aquatic Center / Greensboro, NC (Eastern Time Zone)
- Prelims 10 AM/ Finals 6 PM (Local Time)
- Short course yards (SCY) format
- Defending champion: Cal (1x) – 2019 results
- Streaming:
- Championship Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
Cal senior Ryan Hoffer crashed through the 41-second barrier for the first time in heat of the men’s 100 freestyle on Saturday morning to land the top qualifying time of 40.90, breaking the pool record. It was his best time since 2015 when he went 41.23 at Winter Juniors to set a meet, pool and national age group record for 17-18 boys. Hoffer had taken down Caeleb Dressel’s previous NAG Record of 41.90 from 2015 SEC Championships.
Hoffer’s 40.90 was the 11th-fastest performance in history. He moves from #11 to #5 on the all-time list of performers in the 100 free, passing Cesar Cielo (40.92), Michael Chadwick (40.95), Ryan Held (41.05), Tate Jackson (41.06), and Nathan Adrian (41.08), most of whom are Olympians. Only Dressel, Vlad Morozov, Dean Farris, and Bowe Becker have been faster. Hoffer is only .14 away from Vlad Morozov’s #2 performance of 40.76, which he has another shot at tonight.
- Dressel, Caeleb – 39.90 – 2018 NCAA DI-Men
- Morozov, Vladimir – 40.76 – 2013 NCAA DI-Men
- Farris, Dean – 40.80 – 2019 NCAA DI-Men
- Becker, Bowe – 40.83 – 2019 NCAA DI-Men
- Hoffer, Ryan – 40.90 – 2021 NCAA DI-Men
- Cielo, Cesar – 40.92 – 2008 NCAA DI-Men
- Chadwick, Michael – 40.95 – 2017 NCAA DI-Men
- Held, Ryan – 41.05r – 2018 NCAA DI-Men
- Jackson, Tate – 41.06 – Texas Hall of Fame Swimming In
- Adrian, Nathan – 41.08 – 2009 NCAA DI-Men
| Hoffer, 2015 | Hoffer, 2021 |
| 19.73 | 19.64 |
| 21.50 | 21.26 |
| 41.23 | 40.90 |
Really happy to see him finally going a best time after 5 years! Can he improve his all-time ranking tonight?
Drury freshman would have been seeded 2nd this morning
Hopefully he can transfer the speed it to the long pool.
That would be a no, unfortunately.
Probably not. Hopefully he takes advantage of the ISL and various scm opportunities for a few years
When Hoffer went that huge 41.23, wasn’t that like the second or third quickest US time in history? Slower than Adrian, but 2015 was before Dressel became a god.
https://staging.swimswam.com/watch-ryan-hoffer-obliterate-100-free-nag-record-with-41-23-race-vide/
I’ve watched that 100 free from 2015 more times than I can count. It still remains the most incredible thing I’ve ever seen in a pool.
Ryan, watching you bust your ass and continue to find ways to improve has truly been an inspiration. But more so, you just have an attitude that can’t be beat. Enjoy your moment man, you’ve earned it. You’ve got a great future in the sport in front of you.
It was very impressive of course, but most incredible? Phelps WR at 15? Thorpe 3:41 in briefs at 16? Any of Katie Ledecky’s WRs?
In my mind, that 2015 swim singlehandedly busted the myth that swimming freestyle is faster than underwater dolphin kicking.
That was an exceptional swim!! Not perfect but close…..
I was worried he’d never break the 41.23… glad he’s really had a great last two years and that it is all coming together this week!
I think he’s going to go 40. Low but he def has an outside shot of breaking 40 not likely but def not out of the question by any means.
Rowdy: “he didn’t break 39.90 but he broke 40”