200 Back The Day 4 Event With Biggest Shifts From Seed (2025 NCAA Scoring Analysis)

By Will Baxley on SwimSwam

The final night of men’s NCAA concluded, and the Longhorns officially climbed back to the top in a year of coaching and conference changes. Stay tuned for Andrew’s more comprehensive full-meet analysis, but for now, let’s look into how teams fared on the final night of competition.

When looking at psych sheet comparisons, team patterns closely resembled those of the first three days. For example, California, Indiana, and Georgia continued to top the biggest gains list. Cal’s +33 gain in the 200 back, comes as no surprise, seeing as Olympic finalists Mewen Tomac and Keaton Joneswere seeded to not score.

Georgia’s +12 gain in the same event, on the other hand, would’ve been a little less expected coming into the meet. Ruard Van Renen posted an incredible 2.5 second lifetime best (1:39.54 to 1:37.08) to make it into the A-final after being seeded at #22. Van Renen is just one of many examples of the Bulldogs making large, perhaps unexpected strides this weekend.

The 200 back was key for some of the biggest point gainers, and it was also key for some of the biggest point losers. ACC teams NC State, Florida State, and Virginia suffered the biggest point losses of the night. Percentage-wise, the latter two are probably more noteworthy, seeing as they only scored a small fraction of their predicted points. Both the Seminoles and Cavaliers lost double-digit points after not having finalists in the 200 back despite being seeded to do so. Florida State also lost some ground in the 400 free relay, where they finished just outside of the scoring range

The University of Florida, which suffered some of the biggest losses the first three days, had somewhat of a rebound on the final night. Though they still lost points to their psych score, the magnitude wasn’t drastic at -14. The Gators even had a positive delta in the mile thanks to Gio Linscheer’s best time and 9th place finish.

Day 4 Overall

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