2025 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 26-29, 2025
- Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center, Federal Way, Washington
- Short Course Yards (25 yards)
- Start Times: Prelims: 10 AM ׀ Finals: 6 PM (Pacific Daylight Time)
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Indiana junior Zalan Sarkany won his second consecutive NCAA title in the men’s 1650 free on Saturday, dominating from start to finish with a time of 14:21.29. That time makes him the third-fastest swimmer of all-time in the event, as well as the second-fastest in NCAA history behind Bobby Finke.
Sarkany also improves nearly two seconds off his best time of 14:23.01 from the 2024 Pac-12 championships. That time had him ranked sixth all-time. In addition he was considerably faster than his time of 14:30.57 from when he won at 2024 NCAAs.
All-Time Top Performers, Men’s 1650-Yard Freestyle:
- Bobby Finke, Florida — 14:12.08 (2020)
- Zane Grothe, Unattached — 14:18.25 (2017)
- Zalan Sarkany, Indiana — 14:21.29 (2025)
- Clark Smith, Texas — 14:22.41 (2017)
- Felix Auboeck, Michigan — 14:22.88 (2017)
Compared to his previous best time, Sarkany was actually out at a slower pace up until the 1400-yard mark. The difference was the final 200 — despite having no challengers in his sight, he was able to make a huge push on the closing stretch to drop nearly two seconds.
Sarkany was also on a similar pace with his 2024 NCAAs swim up until the 1000-yard mark, but closed out considerably faster.
Split Comparison:
| Zalan Sarkany, 2025 NCAA Championships | Zalan Sarkany, 2024 Pac-12 Championships | Zalan Sarkany, 2024 NCAA Championships | |
| 50y | 22.29 | 23.12 | 23.09 |
| 100y | 49.23 (25.84) | 48.58 (25.46) | 48.61 (25.52) |
| 150y | 1:15.41 (26.18) | 1:14.35 (25.77) | 1:14.61 (26.00) |
| 200y | 1:41.67 (26.26) | 1:40.28 (25.93) | 1:40.75 (26.41) |
| 250y | 2:08.08 (26.41) | 2:06.37 (26.09) | 2:06.89 (26.14) |
| 300y | 2:34.57 (26.49) | 2:32.44 (26.07) | 2:33.22 (26.33) |
| 350y | 3:00.93 (26.36) | 2:58.77 (26.33) | 2:59.69 (26.47) |
| 400y | 3:27.10 (26.17) | 3:24.88 (26.11) | 3:26.09 (26.40) |
| 450y | 3:53.34 (26.24) | 3:51.15 (26.27) | 3:52.36 (26.27) |
| 500y | 4:19.41 (26.07) | 4:17.43 (26.28) | 4:18.75 (26.39) |
| 550y | 4:45.53 (26.12) | 4:43.75 (26.32) | 4:45.11 (26.36) |
| 600y | 5:11.83 (26.30) | 5:10.12 (26.37) | 5:11.59 (26.48) |
| 650y | 5:38.24 (26.41) | 5:36.31 (26.19) | 5:38.08 (26.49) |
| 700y | 6:04.60 (26.36) | 6:02.31 (26.00) | 6:04.54 (26.46) |
| 750y | 6:30.78 (26.18) | 6:28.30 (25.99) | 6:31.14 (26.60) |
| 800y | 6:57.15 (26.37) | 6:54.64 (26.34) | 6:57.64 (26.50) |
| 850y | 7:23.44 (26.29) | 7:20.99 (26.35) | 7:24.22 (26.58) |
| 900y | 7:49.63 (26.19) | 7:47.43 (26.44) | 7:50.74 (26.52) |
| 950y | 8:16.02 (26.39) | 8:13.74 (26.31) | 8:17.07 (26.33) |
| 1000y | 8:42.30 (26.28) | 8:40.10 (26.36) | 8:43.56 (26.39) |
| 1050y | 9:08.56 (26.26) | 9:06.52 (26.42) | 9:10.06 (26.50) |
| 1100y | 9:34.86 (26.30) | 9:33.02 (26.50) | 9:36.73 (26.67) |
| 1150y | 10:01.17 (26.31) | 9:59.48 (26.46) | 10:03.46 (26.73) |
| 1200y | 10:27.43 (26.26) | 10:25.91 (26.43) | 10:30.24 (26.78) |
| 1250y | 10:53.69 (26.26) | 10:52.57 (26.56) | 10:56.87 (26.63) |
| 1300y | 11:19.88 (26.19) | 11:19.05 (26.58) | 11:23.73 (26.86) |
| 1350y | 11:46.05 (26.17) | 11:45.67 (26.62) | 11:50.62 (26.89) |
| 1400y | 12:12.16 (26.11) | 12:12.16 (26.49) | 12:17.40 (26.78) |
| 1450y | 12:38.25 (26.09) | 12:38.70 (26.54) | 12:44.20 (26.80) |
| 1500y | 13:04.34 (26.09) | 13:05.18 (26.48) | 13:10.96 (26.76) |
| 1550y | 13:30.34 (26.00) | 13:31.56 (26.38) | 13:37.83 (26.87) |
| 1600y | 13:56.20 (25.86) | 13:57.83 (26.27) | 14:04.52 (26.69) |
| 1650y | 14:21.29 (25.09) | 14:23.01 (25.18) | 14:30.57 (26.05) |
| Total | 14:21.29 | 14:23.01 | 14:30.57 |
Sarkany previously finished seventh in the 500 free (4:09.69) and 17th in the 400 IM (3:40.64) at this competition, leaving his best event for last.
Read the full story on SwimSwam: Zalan Sarkany Becomes Third-Fastest 1650-Yard Freestyler In History (14:21.29)