Canada's Josh Liendo wins 3rd straight NCAA swimming title in 100 freestyle

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· Posted: Mar 30, 2025 2:48 PM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

Canadian swimmer Josh Liendo won his 3rd vocation NCAA rubric successful the men's 100-yard freestyle connected Saturday night in Federal Way, Wash.

The 22-year-old Florida Gator from Toronto clocked 39.99 seconds to out-touch Tennessee rival Jordan Crooks by 0.07, claiming his 2nd victory of the weekend. He became the 3rd idiosyncratic successful past to spell nether 40 seconds successful the event.

Crooks set the NCAA grounds during Saturday's prelims, clocking 39.83 to interruption American prima Caeleb Dressel's previous people of 39.90 from 2018.

The six-foot-four Liendo retained his rubric successful the 100-yard butterfly connected Friday night. The two-time Olympian swam to metallic successful the men's butterfly astatine past summer's Paris Games.

Montreal's Ilya Kharun, who took bronze down Liendo successful Paris, was incapable to successfully support his rubric successful the men's 200 butterfly connected Saturday night, touching 3rd with a clip of 1:38.74. The Arizona State swimmer finished behind Georgia's Luca Urlando, who acceptable an NCAA grounds in 1:36.43, and California's Dare Rose (1:38.04).

The four-day conscionable was held astatine the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.