Athens Bulldogs Grand Slam
Might 16-18, 2025
Gabrielsen Aquatic Heart, Athens, Georgia
Lengthy Course Meters (50 meters), Prelims/Finals
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Recap
Tomas Koski, who earlier this month tied his Finnish Nationwide file within the 200 free, began out his 100/400 free double by taking the win within the 100 free. The Georgia Bulldog, who twice individually climbed the rostrum on the 2025 Males’s NCAAs, set a brand new private greatest en path to his victory.
Out in 23.93, the one swimmer underneath 24.00, Koski closed in 25.65, dropping .01 off his earlier greatest, as he stopped the clock in 49.58. Koski set his earlier better of 49.59 at a meet this time final yr. His time tonight, whereas a bit wanting the Finnish nationwide file of 49.44, is underneath the World Aquatic’s B Minimize Time, so Koski, whose 200 time is already underneath the A Minimize Time, might be trying so as to add an occasion, ought to he swim at Worlds. SEC rival Tim Korstanje dropped practically a second from his time this morning to position 2nd general in 50.48, however nonetheless properly off his entry time of 49.67.
Koski wrapped up his night within the final occasion with a win within the 400 free. Koski attacked the race from the get-go, opening up a lead of practically a full second on the 100 flip, and he by no means seemed again. This morning, the Finn positioned 2nd behind SEC rival Charlie Hawke of Alabama however reversed the order tonight, as Koski ran away with the win, dropping 8.45 seconds from his prelims time, hitting the wall in 3:52.26 to Hawke’s 3:55.63.
The pair, who completed in the identical order on the NCAAs within the 500 this previous yr, with Koski taking fifth, had been joined underneath the 4:00 minute mark by Sam Powe. Powe, who represents Georgia collegiately, is extra generally known as a backstroker, however his 3:56.94 this night represents a brand new PB of over half a second for the 21-year-old.
Hawke’s teammate at Alabama, Cadence Vincent, had a really robust exhibiting within the night’s first occasion. Vincent, who wrapped up her sophomore yr with the Crimson Tide by inserting tenth within the 100 free and eighth within the 50 free at NCAAs, blasted her approach to the win tonight with a results of 54.50 within the 100 free. The West Virginia native entered at the moment with a PB of 55.68 however undercut that this morning with a time of 55.24. Undercutting that consequence by an extra .74, Vincent has chopped off greater than a second in simply sooner or later. Her success could be seen within the backhalf, the place she has dropped all of her time from her earlier bests.
Earlier Greatest (5/24)
Prelims
Finals
1st 50
26.52
26.75
26.59
2nd 50
29.16
28.49
28.01
Remaining
55.68
55.24
54.50
Georgia’s Helena Jones, who gained a swim-off at NCAA to earn a second swim within the 100 free, positioned 2nd to Vincent this night, touching in 55.76, simply forward of 16 yr outdated Sarah Paisley Owen, who dipped underneath 56 for the primary time, taking third in 55.93.
Florida teammates Mabel Zavaros and Mason Laur gained their respective 200 butterflys. Zavaros, who swam the 200 again at NCAAs this yr, simply paced the sphere as she cruised to a win with a time of two:11.57, greater than three seconds forward of runner-up Ieva Maluka (2:14.90). Laur, too gained by over three seconds as his 1:57.22, simply outpaced runner-up Drew Hitchcock‘s 2:00.35 and Baylor Stanton‘s 2:02.02.
Each the ladies’s and males’s 100 breaststroke had been shut affairs, with margins of victory of lower than a tenth of a second in every. Evelyn Entrekin of Dynamo trailed the sooner chief, Charlotte Headland, 33.67 to 33.09, on the midway flip however used a robust backhalf to go Headland and take the win 1:10.27 to 1:10.34.
The boys’s race was an excellent nearer affair. Alabama teammates Mark Underwood and Noah Saylor had been separated by simply .01 on the end, with Underwood taking the win 1:03.71 to 1:03.72. The pair, 30.08 and 30.06, on the flip trailed the eventual third-place finisher Colin Cosgrove, additionally of Alamaba. He hit the 50-meter mark first in 29.70 however couldn’t match his teammates’ again halves and settled for third with a time of 1:03.94.
The ladies’s 4th place finisher within the 100 free, Shea Furse, set an early tempo and held on to take the win within the 400 free, as she cruised to victory in 4:16.10, successful forward of Florida’s Camille DeBoer by over 5 seconds.
