Alabama
NCAA Championships
Alabama Captures a Trio of 200 Free All-America Honors at NCAA Championships
3/28/2025 11:50:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
Charlie Hawke captured a fourth-place finish while setting a school record, while Kaique Alves and Toni Dragoja finished 10th and 14th, respectively
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Alabama saw a trio of 200 freestyle swimmers earn All-America honors on the third night of the Men's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.
Highlighted by a fourth-place finish and school-record performance from Charlie Hawke, all three of the Tide's swimmers boasted a career-best performance during the day's event. Kaique Alves used a career-best time in the finals to finish 10th-overall in the 200 freestyle, while Toni Dragoja secured a personal best in the prelims before finishing 14th in the finals.
After the third day of competition, the Crimson Tide is in 11th place with 68 points.
Meet Notes
- Alabama joined California as the only two teams to place three athletes in the finals of the 200 freestyle
- Hawke's fourth-place finish tied his performance from a year prior, securing his second consecutive first-team honor and third overall in the event
- Additionally, Hawke recorded his third school record at the meet, bettering his 200 freestyle time (1:30.14), while also setting the school record in the 800 freestyle relay (6:06.59) and 500 freestyle (4:09.52)
- Kaique Alves posted a career-best 200 free time in the finals, lowering his time to a 1:31.57
- Dragoja also bettered his career-best time in the 200 freestyle, recording in 1:31.88 in the prelims to improve his No. 3 spot on UA's all-time top-10 list
- Alves also earned All-America honors in the 200 freestyle last year (ninth place), while Dragoja secured his first-career individual All-America honor
Next
- UA will return to action on Saturday at noon CT for prelims
- Diving prelims will begin around 2 p.m., while the early heats of the 1650 freestyle will start at 5:50 p.m.
- Finals are set to begin at 8 p.m.
- Schedule
- 200 Back: Tommy Hagar
- 100 Free: Kaique Alves, Charlie Hawke, Toni Dragoja
- Platform: Nigel Chambers
- 1650 Free: Leonardo Alcantara
- 400 Free Relay (final only)
Results
- 200 Free:
- 4th | Charlie Hawke- 1:30.14
- 10th | Kaique Alves -1:31.57
- 14th | Toni Dragoja – 1:32.33
- 100 Back
- 33rd | Tommy Hagar – 45.83
- 400 Medley Relay
- 19th | Tommy Hagar, Kaique Alves, Tim Korstanje, Charlie Hawke – 3:05.09
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