2025 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 26-29, 2025
- Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center, Federal Way, Washington
- Short Course Yards (25 yards)
- Start Times: Prelims: 10 AM ׀ Finals: 6 PM (Pacific Daylight Time)
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Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay
NCAA Record: 2:42.41 — Tennessee (Caribe, Blackman, Taylor, Crooks) (2025)Championship Record: 2:43.40 — Arizona State (Marchand, Dolan, Sammon, Kulow) (2024)- American Record: 2:44.31 — NC State (Held, Ress, Molacek, Stewart) (2018)
U.S. Open Record: 2:42.41 — Tennessee (Caribe, Blackman, Taylor, Crooks) (2025)- 2024 Champion: Arizona State (Marchand, Dolan, Sammon, Kulow) — 2:43.40
Top 8:
- Tennessee (Caribe, Taylor, Blackman, Crooks) – 2:42.30 (NCAA Record)
- Arizona State (Kharun, Sammon, Palmer, Kulow) – 2:43.22
- Florida (Liendo, Smith, Painter, Buff) – 2:44.02
- California (Alexy, Seeliger, Jensen, Lasco) – 2:44.59
- Indiana (McDonald, King, Smiley, Miroslaw) – 2:45.08
- NC State (McCarty, Fox, Miller, Hoover) – 2:45.09
- Texas (Guiliano, Kos, Maurer, Hobson) – 2:45.12
- Virginia Tech (Ramadan, Whitfield, Coll Marti, Molla Yanes) – 2:46.21
The Tennessee men broke their own NCAA record in the 400 freestyle relay, swimming to a 2:42.30. That broke their own record of a 2:42.41 that they swam last month at the 2025 SEC Championships. In addition to the NCAA record, Jordan Crooks anchored the relay in the fastest split of all-time.
Prior to Tennessee setting the record last month, the record stood at a 2:43.40 from Arizona State at last year’s NCAA Championships.
Split Comparison
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2025 NCAAs- Tennessee
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2025 SECs- Tennessee
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2024 NCAAs- Arizona State
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| 1st Leg | Gui Caribe | 40.57 | Gui Caribe | 41.11 | Leon Marchand | 40.28 |
| 2nd Leg | Lamar Taylor | 41.02 (1:21.59) | Nikoli Blackman | 41.13 (1:22.24) | Jack Dolan | 41.28 (1:21.56) |
| 3rd Leg | Nikoli Blackman | 41.35 (2:02.94) | Lamar Taylor | 40.65 (2:02.89) | Patrick Sammon | 41.02 (2:02.58) |
| 4th Leg | Jordan Crooks | 39.36 (2:42.30) | Jordan Crooks | 39.52 (2:42.41) | Jonny Kulow | 40.82 (2:43.40) |
| 2:42.30 | 2:42.41 | 2:43.40 |
Caribe was out faster tonight than he was at SECs by over half a second and was just off his time from the individual final as he was 3rd earlier tonight in a 40.15. Crooks swam another record breaking swim with a 39.36, faster than his own previous #1 split all-time of a 39.52.
Top 5 Relay Splits All-Time:
- Jordan Crooks– 39.36, 2025 NCAA Championships
- Jordan Crooks– 39.52, 2025 SEC Championships
- Jordan Crooks– 39.89, 2024 Tennessee Invite
- Jonny Kulow– 39.93, 2025 NCAA Championships
- Jordan Crooks– 39.95, 2025 NCAA Championships
Crooks holds four of the dive fastest relay splits all-time. These are also the only five splits to ever be sub-40. Kulow anchored Arizona State’s relay in a 39.93 tonight to earn his spot in the top 5.
“We’ve created a really good connection in the water and outside of the water with this relay,” said Gui Caribe in the post-race interview.
Tennessee did an incredible job, especially on the sprint relays; congratulations guys.
And obviously high fives to Bob and the Champion ‘Horns, the Daves and Bears keeping their streak alive and Drew and Ray and the flying Hoosier divers and swimmers. Well deserved kudos to all.
But especially after this last relay it seems a reasonable time to throw some kudos toward Herbie Behm and his ASU staff and swimmers.
A year ago the Sun Devils reached the pinnacle of the collegiate realm of our sport. Then within a few hours/days/weeks, they lost:
*** Bowman, the coaching GOAT of the era
To graduation (with their 2024 NCAA production):
*** Jack Dolan (2 A finals; 1 B final; 3… Read more »
So Dressel is not in the top 5? Didn’t everyone say he was a team player? I know he had more swims due to heats but seems funny he didn’t split under 40 in a relay unless they always sent him first.
not that funny…
They always sent him first
He went 3rd at 2018 NCAAs and split 40.2 (which was the second fastest split ever, behind only his prelims split the same day). For whatever reason the relay swing just doesn’t do that much for him in freestyle
His fly splits at the Olympics were balooneys
He usually led off because of what an advantage his flat start was, but even when he did a relay swing it didn’t help him as much as guys like Crooks because his flat start was comparatively so far superior.