{"id":608650,"date":"2025-03-27T20:17:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T03:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=608650"},"modified":"2025-03-27T23:15:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T06:15:22","slug":"ncaa-mens-championships-tennessee-wins-200-free-relay-first-mens-crown-since-1996","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-mens-championships-tennessee-wins-200-free-relay-first-mens-crown-since-1996\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Men&#8217;s Championships: Tennessee Wins 200 Free Relay, First Men&#8217;s Crown Since 1996"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NCAA Men&#8217;s Championships: Tennessee Wins 200 Free Relay, First Men&#8217;s Crown Since 1996<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you put the fastest 50 freestyler in the country on a relay with the third-fastest, chances are good that you have something cooking.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee did that simple math Thursday night, and it summed to the school\u2019s first NCAA men\u2019s relay title since 1996.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jordan Crooks, Gui Caribe, Lamar Taylor<\/strong> and <strong>Nikoli Blackman<\/strong> went 1:12.84, just .04 off the NCAA record the Volunteers set at the SEC Championships and the meet record.<\/p>\n<p>Crooks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-mens-championships-jordan-crooks-dips-under-18-again-to-win-50-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who won the 50 free in 17.93<\/a>, assembled his sixth career sub-18 swim in 17.82. Caribe, third in the 50, followed in 17.81. Blackman (18.67) and Taylor (18.54) held off the charging horde to get the win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think this relay has been, even outside of the pool, one of the closest relays that I\u2019ve been part of,&#8221; Caribe said. &#8220;We created really good connections since the beginning of the season, and we&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about SECs, NCAAs \u2013 How do you want to execute the relay, the best that we can. And as Jordan said, we had in our minds, have fun, swim fast, and do the best that we can. We did that today, and we won.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2025-ncaa-division-i-mens-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA Division I Men\u2019s Championships Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/swimmeetresults.tech\/NCAA-Division-I-Men-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Arizona State was second, a spot higher than last year, in 1:13.05. <strong>Jonny Kulow\u2019s<\/strong> 18.14 nearly chased the Volunteers down. <strong>Ilya Kharun<\/strong> led off in 18.39, with everyone front-loading.<\/p>\n<p>Florida, in its bid for a third straight crown, was third in 1:13.37, behind an 18.24 from 50 free runner-up and <strong>Josh Liendo<\/strong> and 18.25 from <strong>Julian Smith.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>California was fourth, two spots up on Texas, but in their weakest relay, the Longhorns retain a tidy cushion in the team race.<\/p>\n<pre>Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 7                       \r\n  1. Texas                             190   2. California                      159.5\r\n  3. Indiana                           146   4. Tennessee                         114\r\n  5. Arizona St                        111   6. Florida                           101\r\n  7. Georgia                            92   8. NC State                           90\r\n  9. Stanford                           81  10. Michigan                           43\r\n 10. Alabama                            43  12. Texas A&amp;M                        39.5\r\n 13. Ohio St                            38  14. Florida St                         34\r\n 15. Southern Cal                       32  16. Virginia Tech                      29\r\n 17. Louisville                         24  18. Georgia Tech                       19\r\n 18. Purdue                             19  20. Lsu                                18\r\n 21. UNC                                16  22. University of Utah                 15\r\n 23. Auburn                             14  23. Wisconsin                          14\r\n 25. Smu                                12  26. Miami (Fl)                         11\r\n 27. Yale                                9  28. Virginia                            8\r\n 29. Kentucky                            6  29. Missouri                            6\r\n 31. Army                                4  32. Arizona                             1<\/pre>\n<p>Crooks has been indisputably outstanding individually, his gold in the 50 free his second individual gold and ninth career individual top-six finish. But he had never been part of a Volunteers relay that had finished better than fourth. They hit that spot in the 200 free relay in 2023, then dropped a spot to fifth last year. When Crooks was a freshman in 2022, his two relays finished 16th and 17th.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just to see how far we&#8217;ve come since my freshman year, it&#8217;s awesome,&#8221; Crooks said. &#8220;These guys have played a major role in that, and I&#8217;m just super grateful to be a part of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now, the international affair \u2013 all four swimmers hail from different countries, none of them the U.S. \u2013 is atop the podium, with the Caymanian lead the charge.<\/p>\n<p>A night after seeing a winning Florida relay get DQed, the Vols played it safe late \u2014 .33 on the pickup for Blackman, .41 for Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right before that race, Jordan was like, listen, &#8216;we don\u2019t need any heroes. Just play it safe and touch the wall, jump and swim,'&#8221; Taylor said. &#8220;That\u2019s basically what I did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I knew I was going to get a bit of a lead,&#8221; Blackman said. &#8220;And the officials have been very strict with like 15 (yards) and the reaction times. So I just thought to myself, it&#8217;s not going to be a low reaction time, but the race is going to start when I&#8217;m in the water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The math worked out pretty seamlessly. Tennessee had the first-, third- and 17th place finishers in the 50, plus Blackman, who struggled to 48th in the morning, perhaps saving himself for the relay. ASU had the guys who finished fourth, seventh, 25th and 26th. Florida\u2019s guys came in second, ninth and 23rd, plus Smith, who swam the 200 IM. Cal had fifth, 11th, 29th and <strong>Destin Lasco,<\/strong> while Texas drafted in three non-sprinters to back <strong>Chris Guiliano.<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 7  Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:12.80  2\/19\/2025 Tennessee\r\n                          J Crooks, G Caribe, L Taylor, N Blackman\r\n         Meet: M 1:13.35  3\/23\/2023 Florida\r\n                          J Liendo, A Chaney, E Friese, M McDuff\r\n     American: A 1:14.11  3\/24\/2022 Florida\r\n                          A Chaney, J Friese, W Davis, K Smith\r\n   U. S. 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