Landon D’Ariano has introduced he’ll switch to NC State for the upcoming 2025-2026 season. D’Ariano simply completed his freshman season at Texas.
D’Ariano was one among eight males from Texas to enter the portal on the day that it opened. He didn’t swim at SECs for the crew regardless of being an ‘Honorable Point out’ ranked recruit popping out of highschool. D’Ariano is the second freshman to switch out of Texas as Jeremy Kelly introduced he’ll be a part of Notre Dame this fall.
Though he didn’t swim at SECs, his finest occasions would have scored on the meet. He swam a lifetime better of a 3:42.20 on the Texas vs Texas A&M twin meet on the finish of January. That may have made the ‘B’ closing at SECs. His finest time of a 1:44.76 from midseason within the 200 fly would have been simply off of constructing the SEC ‘C’ closing.
D’Ariano’s Finest SCY Occasions:
200 IM: 1:45.87 (Midseason)
400 IM: 3:42.20 (Twin meet vs Texas A&M)
200 fly: 1:44.76 (Midseason)
The NC State males completed third at ACCs and went on to complete ninth at 2025 NCAAs. Quintin McCarty led the crew with 15 particular person factors at NCAAs.
Primarily based on his finest occasions, D’Ariano is a lift within the IM group. His 400 IM would have been #2 on the roster this season solely behind Kyle Ponsler who received the NCAA ‘B’ closing in a 3:37.42. D’Ariano’s 200 IM and 200 fly occasions would have been #4 on the roster. D’Ariano was additionally not far off what it took to earn an invitation to 2025 NCAAs because it took a 3:41.61 this season within the 400 IM. This was a lot quicker than final seasons’s 3:42.93 cutline.
