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FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON - MARCH 29: Hubert Kós of the Texas Longhorns smiles after winning the 200 yard backstroke during the Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championship held at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center on March 29, 2025 in Federal Way, Washington. (Photo by Mollie Handkins/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
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Another national record has gone down in the morning at the men's NCAA swimming and diving championships. Texas senior Hubert Kos has re-established the fastest time in history in the 100 backstroke during Friday morning's preliminary session.
The Texas standout lowered his own NCAA mark by twelve hundredths of a second, delivering another impressive swim. Already the record holder coming into the season, Kos has raised the bar even further, reinforcing his status as the most dominant backstroker in collegiate swimming.
Kos was out fast, splitting a 20.71 through his first 50 yards. He closed in a 22.37 to re-set the NCAA record and punch his ticket into tonight's finals as the top overall seed.
The Hungarian native has showcased elite front-end speed through two and half days of competition. Kos broke Texas' team record in the 100 butterfly last night, after besting Caeleb Dressel's best time, becoming the second fastest performer in history behind Florida's Josh Liendo.
Traditionally a 200 backstroker, Kos has improved greatly in the more sprint-specific 100 yard events, putting his speed on full display this week.
This prelim swim also continues a great season for Kos, who has stacked wins throughout the season, including three SEC titles. Since arriving at Texas, Kos has been a centerpiece of their program.
Kos' prelims performance sets up another fun championship final Friday evening where he will have a chance to be the first swimmer in history to break 43 seconds in 100 yards of backstroke. At this point Kos isn’t chasing history, he has the chance to completely rewrite it.
After there were no individual NCAA records broken at the women's meet one week ago, three individual records, and four overall, have been broken through the first three days of the men's meet.
Caribe tops Liendo in 50 free prelims
One of the most exciting events in swimming will be contested in this evening's finals, and Florida's Josh Liendo will be operating out of lane five.
Tennessee senior Gui Caribe stopped the clock in 18.39 seconds, one hundredth of a second ahead of Liendo in this morning's preliminaries, so he will be the top seed in the championship final.
Liendo came into the week tied with Ilya Kharun for the top time in the country, Kharun qualified third in 18.51.
"Swimflation" has continued to take over the sport as it took an 18.73 second swim to make it into the top eight and a 18.88 to score points in the top 16. There were two sub-19 second swims that won't even score points at this year's championships, which is hard to comprehend.
Friday's Finals Schedule
Finals: 6 p.m. ET | Live results
100-yard backstroke
Top Seed: Hubert Kos, Texas (NCAA Record)
200-yard breaststroke
Top Seed: Ben Delmar, UNC
500-yard freestyle
Top Seed: Rex Maurer, Texas
50-yard freestyle
Top Seed: Gui Caribe, Tennessee
400-yard medley relay
Top Seed: Arizona State
Three-meter diving
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