NCAA Males’s Championships: Josh Liendo Finishes Excellent 4-for-4 in NCAA Titles in 100 Free, Swims Third-Quickest Time Ever
Nobody was stopping Josh Liendo in any of his particular person occasions on the Canadian sprinter’s ultimate NCAA Championships. Hubert Kos got here shut within the 100 butterfly, main for the primary 95 yards of the race earlier than Liendo got here by means of on the finish, after which Liendo required an enormous ultimate kickout to defeat Tennessee’s Gui Caribe within the 50 freestyle.
Within the 100 free, then again, Liendo confirmed off his dominance, capturing a wire-to-wire victory for his record-tying fourth consecutive nationwide title within the occasion. Already up 14-hundredths after 25 yards, Liendo got here off the primary flip with a half-bodylength lead and by no means seemed again. He flipped at 18.84 on the midway level, below NCAA document tempo, and he remained at that velocity by means of 75 yards. He slipped barely within the closing strokes however nonetheless recorded the third-fastest time in historical past.
Liendo touched in 39.91, simply eight hundredths off the NCAA document established by Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks final season. Crooks swam the time within the prelims on the NCAA Championships, however Liendo beat him within the ultimate with the primary sub-40 efficiency of his profession. Now, Liendo is the primary man to ever break 40 on a number of events.
As for the historic ramifications, he joined Michigan’s Gustavo Borges as the one swimmer to ever sweep victories within the 100 freestyle all 4 years of his school profession. Liendo is the primary male swimmer to four-peat in any occasion since Caeleb Dressel received the 50 free each season from 2015 by means of 2018.
On the end, Liendo climbed onto the lane line and pounded his chest. The efficiency concluded his particular person profession as a Florida Gator together with his ninth particular person NCAA title. He received the 100 fly thrice and 50 free twice along with these 100 free victories. Liendo by no means completed decrease than second place in any of his particular person NCAA races; Crooks beat him twice within the 50 free whereas Youssef Ramadan was the 100 fly winner in 2023.
The battle all through the race was for second place, with Caribe and LSU’s Jere Hribar battling for that spot all through the race. Ultimately, Hribar got here in eight hundredths forward, 40.33 to 40.41. Hribar, who rebounded from a disqualification within the 50 free, jumped to No. 6 all-time within the occasion whereas Caribe was simply off his fourth-ranked greatest time of 40.15.Pittsburgh’s Julian Koch closed properly to complete simply behind in 40.43, surpassing what was already an enormous lifetime greatest in prelims.
Occasion 17 Males 100 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 39.83 3/29/2025 Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
Meet: M 39.83 3/29/2025 Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
American: A 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: O 39.83 3/29/2025 Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
Pool: P 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Identify Yr College Prelims Finals Factors
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=== Championship Ultimate ===
1 Liendo, Josh SR Florida 40.81 39.91P 20
r:+0.61 8.93 18.84 (9.91)
29.33 (10.49) 39.91 (10.58)
2 Hribar, Jere JR LSU 40.76 40.33P 17
r:+0.68 9.07 19.29 (10.22)
29.75 (10.46) 40.33 (10.58)
3 Caribe, Gui SR Tennessee 41.05 40.41P 16
r:+0.57 9.08 19.25 (10.17)
29.79 (10.54) 40.41 (10.62)
4 Koch, Julian SO Pittsburgh 40.52 40.43P 15
r:+0.64 9.20 19.38 (10.18)
29.85 (10.47) 40.43 (10.58)
5 Kulow, Jonny SR ASU 41.05 40.76 14
r:+0.62 9.16 19.35 (10.19)
29.97 (10.62) 40.76 (10.79)
6 McCarty, Quintin JR NC State 40.98 40.90 13
r:+0.63 9.11 19.37 (10.26)
30.10 (10.73) 40.90 (10.80)
7 Lukminas, Tomas SO Arizona 41.11 41.11 12
r:+0.62 9.14 19.58 (10.44)
30.24 (10.66) 41.11 (10.87)
8 Whitfield, Brendan JR VT 41.12 41.22 11
r:+0.69 9.17 19.51 (10.34)
30.38 (10.87) 41.22 (10.84)
