TEMPE – Sun Devil men’s swimming will begin competition at this week’s NCAA Men’s Swim and Dive Championships, beginning Wednesday (March 25-28) at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
14 Sun Devils were selected after winning their conference championship in their respective event, or were able to swim an NCAA cut time to qualify for NCAAs during the season.
The full schedule of events is listed below with preliminary swims starting Wednesday at 7 a.m. MST and finals starting at 3 p.m. The Championships can be streamed on ESPN+. Only the top 8 in preliminary swims will have the opportunity to swim in the evening finals session. All relay swims are timed finals.
Meet schedule
Wednesday, March 25
1,650 free, 200 medley relay, 800 free relay
Thursday, March 26
100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breast, 200 free relay
Friday, March 27
100 back, 200 breast, 500 free, 50 free, 400 medley relay
Saturday, March 28
200 IM, 100 free, 200 fly, 200 back, 400 free relay
Graduate transfer Adam Chaney will compete in both the 100 and 200 backstroke events, which he won at the Big 12 Championships and set a meet record (1:38.33) in the 200 back. The graduate will also be one of five Sun Devils to appear in the 50 free. Chaney has the fourth-fastest time coming into the 100 back this week.
Junior Ilya Kharun, a three-time NCAA Championship selection, will swim in the 50 free, 100 fly and the 200 fly. The junior won a national title in the 200 fly as a freshman back in 2024. Coming into NCAAs, Kharun has the top time (18.40) in the 50 free.
Graduate Remi Fabiani will appear in all three freestyle events, being a No. 6 seed with a 18.62, 50 freestyle time. Then, in the 100 free he holds the third-fastest time in the nation at 40.67. He’ll also swim in the 200 free where he has the sixth-fastest time this season in 1:31.23. Fabinai will also appear in select relays during the week.
Dobrzanski, an eight-time Big 12 champion, will appear in the 100 breast and 200 breast after successfully defending both of his titles at the Big 12 Championships. The senior is expected to compete in both medley relays throughout the week.
Junior James Ewing will compete in the 200 back (1:39.00), while sophomore Michael Hochwalt qualified for the 400 IM after posting a season-best time of 3:40.02 at the Big 12 Championships. Sophomore Quin Seider will appear in the 100 free after swimming a qualifying time of 41.69.
Senior Jonny Kulow qualified for the 100 free with a 41.47, making his fourth NCAA championships appearance. Graduate Jordan Tiffany qualified for the 200 IM and sophomore Tolu Young will swim in the 50 free, posting an 18.72 qualifying time earlier in the season.
The men’s team qualified for all five relays and is projected to make the podium in all five events, after posting the top times in the nation in the 200 free relay (1:12.98), 400 medley relay (2:57.48) and the 400 free relay (2:42.15). Freshman Mattia Mauri, sophomore Lucien Vergnes and junior Filip Senc-Samardzic will swim on various relays for the team in two weeks.
At the 2025 NCAA Championships, the Sun Devils finished sixth as a team for their fourth top-10 finish at NCAAs. Patrick Sammon was a recipient of the Elite 90 award and the team earned 15 All-American honors by 11 different Sun Devils.
The men had 11 podium finishes last year with Kharun setting a then-Big 12 record in the 100 fly in 43.43. In the 200 fly, Kharun placed third in 1:38.74.
2026 Big 12 Champions
- Men’s 50 free - Ilya Kharun - 18.46 *Meet Record
- Men's 100 free - Remi Fabiani - 40.67 - Big 12 Record
- Men’s 200 free - Remi Fabiani - 1:31.24 *Meet Record
- Men's 100 back - Adam Chaney - 44.13
- Men's 200 back - Adam Chaney - 1:38.33 - Meet Record
- Men's 100 breast - Andy Dobrzanski - 51.32
- Men's 200 breast - Andy Dobrzanski - 1:51.92
- Men's 100 fly - Ilya Kharun - 43.77 *Meet record
- Men's 200 fly - Ilya Kharun - 1:37.70 *Meet record
- Men's 200 free relay - Remi Fabiani, Jonny Kulow, Adam Chaney, Ilya Kharun - 1:12.98 - Big 12 record, meet record, school record
- Men's 400 free relay - Ilya Kharun, Adam Chaney, Remi Fabiani, Jonny Kulow - 2:42.15 - NCAA Record, Big 12 Record, Meet Record, School Record
- Men’s 200 medley relay - Adam Chaney, Andy Dobrzanski, Ilya Kharun, Tommy Palmer - 1:20.96 *Meet record
- Men's 400 medley relay - Adam Chaney, Andy Dobrzanski, Ilya Kharun, Remi Fabiani - 2:57.48 *Big 12 record, meet record
- Men’s 800 free relay - Filip Senc-Samardzic, Jonny Kulow, Quin Seider, Remi Fabiani - 6:08.31 *Meet record
Participant of Events:
Men (14):
Adam Chaney - 50 free, 100 back, 200 back, various relays
Andy Dobrzanski - 100 breast, 200 breast, various relays
James Ewing - 200 back
Remi Fabiani - 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, various relays
Michael Hochwalt - 400 IM
Ilya Kharun - 50 free, 100 fly, 200 fly, various relays
Jonny Kulow - 100 free, various relays
Tommy Palmer - 50 free
Quin Seider - 100 free
Jordan Tiffany - 200 IM
Tolu Young - 50 free
Filip Senc-Samardzic - 800 free relay
Mattia Mauri - various relays
Lucien Vergnes - various relays
Sun Devil Men's Swimming postseason finishes (Pac-12 and Big 12/NCAA)
2026: 1st (Big 12)/
2025: 1st/(Big 12)/6th
2024: 1st/1st (National Champions)
2023: 1st/2nd
2022: 3rd/6th
2021: Team redshirted entire season due to COVID
2020: 4th/no NCAA due to COVID-19
2019: 4th/21st
2018: 4th/20th
2017: 4th/14th
2016: 5th/44th(T)
2015: 5th/DNC
2014: 6th/23rd
2013: 6th/18th
Sun Devil Big 12 Conference Team Champions (2024-present)
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