Texas Longhorns Wins 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Title, 15th Eddie Reese

Texas Longhorns Wins 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Title, 15th Eddie Reese

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Men’s 2021 NCAA – Swimming and Diving Championships

  • When: Wednesday, March 24 – Saturday, March 27, 2021
  • Where: Greensboro Aquatic Center / Greensboro, NC (east time zone)
  • Preliminaries 10h / Finals 18h (local time)
  • Short stroke yard format (SCY)
  • Champion in title: Cal (1x) – 2019 results
  • Streaming: ESPN3
  • Central Championship
  • Results of the full meeting

The University of Texas men’s swim and dive team won the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Championship with 595 on Saturday. The Longhorns regained the title of champion Cal 2019, who was runner-up with 568 points.

The key to the 2021 victory in Texas was depth. Texas’ 2020-21 roster was so long that they had to leave several NCAA qualifiers in Austin. In Greensboro, all 20 team members scored. Although they won a swimming event, they placed at least one swimmer or diver in the top 8 of each individual event and also had B-finalists in most events.

Head coach Eddie Reese, already the most decorated coach in NCAA history, won his 15th NCAA championship and has now won a title in five different decades. It is Reese’s 43rd season at the helm of Longhorns. His team won four consecutive titles from 1988-1991, three from 2000-2002 and four from 2015-2018. Along with his 15th national crown, he boasts 27 appearances in the first two places in the NCAA and 34 appearances in the first three.

Leading male team coaches with NCAA titles

  • Eddie Reese – 15
  • Mike Peppe – 11
  • Peter Daland – 9
  • David Marsh – 7
  • Skip Kenney – 7
  • James Counsilman – 6
  • Matt Mann – 6
  • David Durden – 4
  • Gus Stager – 4
  • Robert JH Kiphuth – 4
  • Randy Reese – 2
  • Nort Thornton – 2
  • Mike Bottom – 1
  • Richard Quick – 1
  • Frank Busch – 1
  • Jon Urbanchek – 1
  • Ron Ballatore – 1
  • Ray Bussard – 1
  • Jim Gaughran – 1

The Longhorns opened the game with a victory in the 800 free relay on Wednesday. The next day, they won the 400 medley relay and were 6th in the 200 free relay and went 5-15-16 in the 500 free, 4-10-12-15 in the 200 IM and 1-2-16 in the 1 – diving with meter. In addition, the only free participant out of 50 scored 6th in the final A.

The tide really shifted to Texas on Friday, when all four of the 400 IMers made it to the final. They finished 2-5-6-8 to move to the lead with a 3 point difference over Cal. Texas then went 4-10 on the 100 fly, 2-4-8-14 on the 200 free, 6 on the 100 breast, 4-10-15 on the 100 back and 2-11 on the 3 meter dive. They ended the day with a 5th place in the 200 medley relay.

On Saturday, all the Texas milers scored, going from 7-9-13. Then came 5-6 in the 200 hinds and two seconds (a draw) and a 14th in the 100 freestyle. They were 4-10-12 on the 200 dive, 6-16 on the 200 fly and 4-10 on the platform dive.

With a 37 point lead over Cal going to the final relay, all they needed was safe takeoffs to seal the victory. The Longhorns did just that, finishing second in the final heat, but winning the overall championship for the 15th time.

The 2021 NCAA Championship Team

Thanks to Barry Revzin and Andrew Mering of SwimSwam for the numbers.

All winners of the 2021 event

Day 1

Day 2

  • 200 free relay – Cal (Bjorn Seeliger, Fr.; Ryan Hoffer, Sr.; Daniel Carr, Sr.; Nate Biondi, Sr.) – 1: 14.36
  • 500 free – Jake Magahey, Georgia, Fr. – 4: 07.97
  • 200 IM – Shaine Casas, Texas A&M, Jr. – 1: 39.53
  • 50 free – Ryan Hoffer, Cal, Sr. – 18.33
  • 1 meter dive – Jordan Windle, Texas, Sr. – 435.60
  • 400 medley relay – Texas (Chris Staka, Sr.; Caspar Corbeau, Then.; Alvin Jiang, Mr; Daniel Krueger, Jr.) – 3: 00,23

Day 3

  • 400 IM – Bobby Finke, Florida, Jr. – 3: 36.90
  • 100 flights – Ryan Hoffer, Cal, Sr. – 44.25
  • 200 free – Kieran Smith, Florida, Jr. – 1: 30,10
  • 100 breasts – Max McHugh, Minnesota, Jr. – 50.18
  • 100 back – Shaine Casas, Texas A&M, Jr. – 44.20
  • 3 meters of diving – Andrew Capobianco, Indiana – 505.20
  • 200 medley relay – Louisville (Mitchell Whyte, Jr.; Evgenii Somov, Sr.; Nicolas Albiero, Sr.; Haridi Sameh, So.) – 1:22:11

4th day

  • 1650 free – Bobby Finke, Florida, Jr. – 14: 12,52
  • 200 backs – Shaine Casas, Texas A&M, Jr. – 1: 35.75
  • 100 free – Ryan Hoffer, Cal, Sr. – 40.89
  • Mama 200 – Max McHugh, Minnesota, Jr. – 1: 49.02
  • 200 fly – Nicolas Albiero, Louisville, Sr. – 1: 38,64
  • Platform diving – Brandon Loschiavo, Purdue, Sr. – 469.05
  • 400 free relay – Cal (Bjorn Seeliger, Fr.; Ryan Hoffer, Sr.; Destin Lasco, Fr.; Hugo Gonzalez) – 2: 46.60

Final team scores

  1. Texas 595
  2. Lime 568
  3. Florida 367
  4. Georgia 268
  5. Louisville 211
  6. Indiana 207
  7. Ohio State 180
  8. NC State 164
  9. Virginia 152
  10. Texas A&M 151
  11. Virginia Tech 135
  12. Michigan / Arizona 106
  13. (To tie)
  14. Stanford 99
  15. Alabama 91
  16. Mizzou 86
  17. Purdue 83
  18. LSU 68
  19. Miami 54
  20. Tennessee 48
  21. Georgia Tech / Minnesota 40
  22. (To tie)
  23. State of Florida 32.5
  24. UNC 31
  25. Notre Dame 29
  26. Pittsburgh 28
  27. USC 21
  28. Wisconsin 20
  29. Utah 17.5
  30. Kentucky 14
  31. Penn State 13
  32. West Virginia 5

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