What Happened in Heat Four of the 200 Fly?

By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam

2025 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

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Heat four of the men’s 200 fly preliminaries had an odd technical malfunction that is led to the heat being re-swum before the three-way 200 back swim-off.

The starter reportedly fumbled over the buttons, leading to the buzzer going off directly after the “take your mark” with no pause in between. This led to lane seven Haakon Naughton not starting with the rest of the field, but rather starting multiple seconds behind, as seen in this video.

There will be a re swim of heat 4 of the 200 fly at 11:30 pic.twitter.com/cDj769cLCW

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This was the first circle seeded heat of the event, and featured numerous athletes who are expected to make the final:

List of Swimmers and How Far they Went the First Time

1. Tomer Frankel, Indiana- 75 yards
2. Jacob Johnson, Minnesota- 35 yards
3. Seb Lunak, UNC- 50 yards
4. Krzysztof Chmielewski, USC- 30 yards
5. Dare Rose, Cal- 25 yards
6. Frank Applebaum, Cal- 50 yards
7. Haakon Naughton, Arizona- 25 yards
8. Stephen Hitchcock, Georgia- 25 yards

This heat is absolutely crucial to Cal’s chances as Rose and Applebaum are their only two potential scorers in the event. If they want to keep their hopes of winning the National Team Title alive, they need to score highly.

Heat Four Results:

1. Krzysztof Chmielewski (USC)- 1:39.09
2. Dare Rose (Cal)- 1:39.78
3. Haakon Naughton (Arizona)- 1:40.24
4. Frank Applebaum (Cal)- 1:40.61
5. Jacob Johnson (Minnesota)- 1:40.86
6. Stephen Hitchcock (Georgia)- 1:41.22
7. Tomer Frankel (Indiana)/Seb Lunak (UNC)- 1:41.29
8. —

Updated Top 16

1. Luca Urlando (Georgia)- 1:37.35
2. Ilya Kharun (ASU)- 1:38.81
3. Krzysztof Chmielewski (USC)- 1:39.09
4. Martin Espernberger (Tennessee)- 1:39.61
5. Colin Geer (Michigan)- 1:39.65
6. Dare Rose (California)- 1:39.78
7. Jake Magahey (Georgia)- 1:39.90
8. Andrei Minakov (Stanford)- 1:39.93
9. Bjoern Kammann (Tennessee)- 1:39.95
10. Haakon Naughton (Arizona)- 1:40.24
11. Logan Robinson (FSU)- 1:40.51
12. Frank Applebaum (Cal)- 1:40.61
13. Gal Groumi (Michigan)- 1:40.72
14. Jacob Johnson (Minnesota)/Cooper Lucas (Texas)- 1:40.86
15. —
16. Gibson Holmes (Stanford)- 1:40.89

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