Texas won 3 of the 5 idiosyncratic swimming events Friday nighttime astatine the NCAA championships successful Federal Way, Wash., to enactment atop the squad standings, and Florida claimed the different two. One of those wins by the Gators was courtesy of Toronto's Josh Liendo, who defended his rubric successful the 100 butterfly with a personal-best 43.06.
Texas stays atop squad standings by winning 3 of 5 events Friday
The Associated Press
· Posted: Mar 29, 2025 2:17 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago
Texas won 3 of the 5 idiosyncratic swimming events Friday nighttime astatine the NCAA championships successful Federal Way, Wash., to enactment atop the squad standings, and Florida claimed the different two.
Florida's Josh Liendo, of Toronto, defended his rubric successful the 100 butterfly with a personal-best 43.06 — the second-fastest clip successful history.
Fellow Canadian Ilya Kharun, of Montreal, finished conscionable down Liendo for 2nd place.
The 2 Canadians some won medals astatine the 2024 Paris Olympic Games this past summer, with Kharun earning 2 bronze and Liendo a silver.
Rex Maurer of Texas held disconnected Ohio State's Tristan Jankovics to triumph the 400-yard idiosyncratic medley successful a personal-best clip of 3:34.00 for his 2nd idiosyncratic rubric this week.
Luke Hobson got up of the tract to triumph his 3rd consecutive NCAA rubric successful the 200 freestyle, breaking his ain NCAA, American, and schoolhouse grounds astatine 1:28.33. His Texas teammate Chris Guiliano came successful second. Two years ago, Hobson finished successful 1:30.43.
Texas' Hubert Kos edged Florida's Jonny Marshall astatine the partition by 2 one-hundredths of a 2nd to triumph the 100 backstroke successful a satellite grounds clip of 43.20. Marshall gave the Gators their champion decorativeness successful the lawsuit successful 20 years.
Julian Smith backed up his SEC Tournament rubric successful the 100 breaststroke with a winning clip of 49.55. He's the archetypal Gator to triumph the lawsuit successful programme history.
Carson Tyler edged his Indiana teammate Quentin Henninger for his 2nd 3-metre diving nationalist title.
In the last lawsuit of the nighttime Florida and Texas went 1-2 successful the 400 medley relay, with the Gators winning astatine 2:56.10.
Texas is starring the squad standings with 368 points aft Day 3. California is 2nd astatine 312.5 and Indiana 3rd with 304.
With files from CBC Sports