School Record Falls as Cards Finish 14th at NCAA Championships

Saturday, March 29

Federal Way, WA

1 p.m. Prelims | 9 p.m. Finals (ET)

University of Louisville

NCAA Men's Championships

Saturday Evening during the NCAA Swim & Dive Championships at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way, WA. (Photo: Mooreshots LLC)

Photo by: Mooreshots LLC

School Record Falls as Cards Finish 14th at NCAA Championships

March 30, 2025 | Swimming & Diving

By: Nancy Worley

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- The University of Louisville men's swimming & diving team set a school record and finished 14^th as a team on the last night of competition at the 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday night at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.

The Cardinals finished in 14^th place with 84 points after four days of racing. Texas took the title with 490, ahead of California (471) Indiana (459), Florida (315), and Tennessee (266.5) to round out the top five.

For the first time in school history, the Cardinals had two men in the championship final as Denis Petrashov and Jake Eccleston made the A-final in the 200 breaststroke. Petrashov touched fourth with a 1:49.37 to reclaim his school record that Eccleston broke in prelims. Eccleston touched seventh with a 1:50.27 and both Cards earned All-American honors. Indiana's Jassen Yep put up the third fastest time in meet history with a 1:48.30 to win the title.

The Cardinals' 400 free relay squad put up a time of 2:48.20 put up by Guy Brooks (42.20), Dalton Lowe (42.08), Murilo Sartori (41.77) and Rian Graham (42.15) to finish second in their heat with the time ranking second all-time in the school record book. The time was good for 15th overall and honorable mention All-American honors. The event was won by Tennessee, with the Volunteers setting an NCAA record with a time of 2:42.30.