NCAA Men’s Championships: Josh Liendo Crushes Dressel’s 100 Fly NCAA Record
The 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship continued with the Day 2 prelims from McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech.
The events for the morning are the 10 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breaststroke and 200 free relay, minus the final heat of the timed finals for the relay.
Florida’s Josh Liendo wasted no time flashing his speed. The senior from Canada threw down a 42.54 to break the NCAA record on the first event of the day.
His record broke Caeleb Dressel’s 42.80 set in 2018 at the NCAA Championships. Liendo’s swim also sets the meet and U.S. Open marks.
It was a fast race. Texas senior Hubert Kos nearly broke the previous mark as well, getting to the wall in 42.97.
The finals should be extremely interesting and possibly even faster with Kos right on Liendo’s heels.
It was a heck of a way to start the morning at the NCAA Championships.
Event 4 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Meet: M 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
American: A 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: O 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: P 43.71 3/25/2022 Andrei Minakov, Stanford
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Liendo, Josh SR Florida 43.06 42.54N
r:+0.65 8.92 19.96 (11.04)
31.26 (11.30) 42.54 (11.28)
2 Kos, Hubert SR Texas 45.82 42.97P
r:+0.60 9.02 19.67 (10.65)
30.95 (11.28) 42.97 (12.02)
3 Ray, Tyler SR Michigan 43.83 43.32P
r:+0.64 8.98 19.97 (10.99)
31.53 (11.56) 43.32 (11.79)
4 Kharun, Ilya JR ASU 43.38 43.54P
r:+0.66 9.34 20.41 (11.07)
31.76 (11.35) 43.54 (11.78)
5 Koch, Julian SO Pittsburgh 44.56 43.85
r:+0.63 8.96 20.03 (11.07)
31.81 (11.78) 43.85 (12.04)
6 Hayes, Aiden 5Y NC State 44.07 44.04
r:+0.64 9.18 20.45 (11.27)
32.12 (11.67) 44.04 (11.92)
7 Heilman, Thomas FR Virginia 44.16 44.07
r:+0.66 9.32 20.66 (11.34)
32.20 (11.54) 44.07 (11.87)
8 Buff, Scotty JR Florida 44.53 44.10
r:+0.61 9.38 20.44 (11.06)
31.97 (11.53) 44.10 (12.13)
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9 Finch, Nicholas SO Yale 44.34 44.19
r:+0.60 9.09 20.44 (11.35)
31.97 (11.53) 44.19 (12.22)
10 Chmielewski, Michal JR USC 44.57 44.42
r:+0.59 9.69 21.21 (11.52)
32.58 (11.37) 44.42 (11.84)
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11 Caribe, Gui SR Tennessee 43.93 44.55
r:+0.60 9.16 20.52 (11.36)
32.27 (11.75) 44.55 (12.28)
12 Youssef, Abdalla FR Auburn 44.91 44.65
r:+0.69 9.68 20.87 (11.19)
32.54 (11.67) 44.65 (12.11)
13 Bustos, Arsenio 5Y NC State 44.82 44.67
r:+0.61 9.55 20.89 (11.34)
32.56 (11.67) 44.67 (12.11)
14 Van Renen, Ruard SR Georgia 44.86 44.78
r:+0.69 9.29 20.92 (11.63)
32.46 (11.54) 44.78 (12.32)
15 Seymour, Stuart JR Northwestern 44.66 44.80
r:+0.62 9.32 20.94 (11.62)
32.47 (11.53) 44.80 (12.33)
16 Peck, Kyle SO Texas 44.75 44.95
r:+0.70 9.69 20.66 (10.97)
32.52 (11.86) 44.95 (12.43)
17 Niewold, Sean SR Alabama 45.08 44.98
r:+0.66 9.27 20.70 (11.43)
32.77 (12.07) 44.98 (12.21)
18 Gentry, Landon SR VT 45.24 44.99
r:+0.64 9.54 20.61 (11.07)
32.52 (11.91) 44.99 (12.47)
19 Naughton, Haakon SR Arizona 44.69 45.11
r:+0.64 9.50 20.93 (11.43)
32.70 (11.77) 45.11 (12.41)
20 Nicholas, Spencer SO Virginia 44.86 45.14
r:+0.57 9.51 20.94 (11.43)
32.88 (11.94) 45.14 (12.26)
21 Bellotti, Hayden JR Virginia 45.01 45.18
r:+0.57 9.55 21.01 (11.46)
32.82 (11.81) 45.18 (12.36)
22 Eidam, Ole SO Michigan 44.71 45.21
r:+0.61 9.37 20.70 (11.33)
32.57 (11.87) 45.21 (12.64)
23 Reyes-Gentry, Marcus JR Notre Dame 45.58 45.23
r:+0.63 9.45 20.79 (11.34)
32.69 (11.90) 45.23 (12.54)
23 Geer, Colin JR Michigan 45.04 45.23
r:+0.62 9.49 21.00 (11.51)
32.91 (11.91) 45.23 (12.32)
25 Puggaard, Casper FR California 45.41 45.26
r:+0.65 9.36 20.77 (11.41)
32.77 (12.00) 45.26 (12.49)
26 Klinge, Matthew SO OSU 44.48 45.35
r:+0.75 9.39 20.66 (11.27)
32.90 (12.24) 45.35 (12.45)
27 Johnson, Jacob SO Minnesota 44.86 45.37
r:+0.61 9.39 20.81 (11.42)
32.87 (12.06) 45.37 (12.50)
27 Jedbratt, Felix SR La Salle 45.02 45.37
r:+0.65 9.13 20.33 (11.20)
32.42 (12.09) 45.37 (12.95)
29 Battaglini, Lucca SO California 45.39 45.43
r:+0.63 9.51 20.99 (11.48)
32.93 (11.94) 45.43 (12.50)
30 Lunak, Seb JR UNC 45.92 45.49
r:+0.63 9.46 20.98 (11.52)
32.76 (11.78) 45.49 (12.73)
31 Noel, Raekwon SO Indiana 45.28 45.55
r:+0.71 9.63 21.51 (11.88)
33.31 (11.80) 45.55 (12.24)
32 Holmes, Gibson JR Stanford 45.59 45.59
r:+0.66 9.88 21.20 (11.32)
33.13 (11.93) 45.59 (12.46)
33 Abdelghany, Yassin JR IU Indianapolis 45.23 45.69
r:+0.57 9.57 21.14 (11.57)
33.13 (11.99) 45.69 (12.56)
34 Smith, Sebastian SR Drexel 45.63 45.76
r:+0.67 9.39 20.87 (11.48)
33.00 (12.13) 45.76 (12.76)
35 Gu, Rafael SR Stanford 44.83 45.98
r:+0.64 9.62 21.04 (11.42)
33.32 (12.28) 45.98 (12.66)
36 Sivec, Vili SR CSUB 45.91 46.01
r:+0.67 9.84 21.31 (11.47)
33.53 (12.22) 46.01 (12.48)
37 Irwin, Ben JR U.S. Navy 46.11 46.35
r:+0.63 9.62 21.15 (11.53)
33.47 (12.32) 46.35 (12.88)
38 Winterfield, James SR Air Force 46.06 46.36
r:+0.64 9.80 21.33 (11.53)
33.53 (12.20) 46.36 (12.83)
39 VanBrocklin, Evan SR Utah 45.69 46.40
r:+0.58 9.67 21.12 (11.45)
33.47 (12.35) 46.40 (12.93)
40 Arkhangelskiy, Michel SO FSU 44.43 46.41
r:+0.60 9.47 21.02 (11.55)
33.25 (12.23) 46.41 (13.16)
-- Palmer, Tommy SR ASU 45.38 DFS
-- Young, Tolu SO ASU 46.01 DFS
