Greensboro, N.C.- The Denison University men's swimming and diving team is the 2025 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving National Champions! In their 46th NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship appearance, the Big Red claim the program's sixth national title, its first title since 2019, after totaling 463.5 points. After four days of competition, Denison recorded 36 All-American performances. And with tonight's victory, for the sixth time,Gregg Parini has been named Division III Men's Swimming Coach-of-the-Year.
  Sixteen individuals earned first-team All-American honors, five relays also earned first-team honors, and 15 Denison swimming and diving team members earned second-team All-American honors. The Big Red won by a margin of 140 points, which is the second largest margin between first and second in program history. Emory finished runner-up with 305.5 points, followed by NYU (239.5) and Chicago (232).

Denison had a dominant final day of the championships, kicking off its run to clinching a title; three Big Red members qualified for the A final in the 1650 Free: Tyler Distenfeld, George Goins, and Lucas Conrads. All three earned first-team All-American honors, with Distenfeld leading the pack with a second-place finish (15:20.19), followed closely by Goins, who took third (15:22.54), and rounding out the three was Conrads, who finished in 15:28.21 for fifth.

In the 100 Free finals, Jack Hill tied for fifth after swimming it in 43.63 seconds, and teammate Nick Hensel swam in the B final with a time of 44.19 for 10th place,  giving the Big Red a 90-point lead with three events left. Devin Testin was the lone A finals qualifier for Denison in the 200 Back and swam it in 1:47.58 for a sixth-place finish, while teammate Luke Swiggett qualified for the 200 Back B final and finished with a time of 1:48.93 for 16th place. 

Thanks to a strong first half of final events, Denison seemed to cruise to the national title with just two events left for the final day of competition. The Big Red had three A final qualifiers for the 200 Breast: Patrick Daly, Elijah Venos, and Gavin Jones. Daly paced Denison with a second-place finish (1:57.49); behind him, earning fourth with a time of 1:58.45, was Venos, followed closely by fellow senior teammate Jones with a time of 1:58.58. Earning second-team All-American honors was sophomore Liam Nelson who swam in the B final 200 Breast, finishing in 1:59.40.

With a significant lead heading into the final relay of the 2025 championship, the Big Red wrapped its 2024-25 season with an emphatic exclamation point. Jack Hill, Nick Hensel, Andre Beduschi, and Patrick Daly not only finished in second place in the 400 Free Relay but also broke a three-year-old varsity record (2.56.23) after touching the wall in 2:55.80! 

Denison caps a historic season with a regular season record of 6-2; they were ranked No. 1 in the nation for three consecutive months and never left the top-ten rankings. The Big Red also clinched its 14th NCAC Championship this Year, logged 40 All-conference finishes, and 15 NCAC titles. The men's team earned two NCAC individual honors as well as NCAC Coaching Staff and Diving Staff of the Year,

First-Team All-Americans (Top-8):
Jack Hill, Nick Hensel, Andre Beduschi, Patrick Daly- 2nd place in the 400 Free Relay- 2:55.80
Tyler Distenfeld- 2nd place in the 1650 Free- 15:20.19
George Goins- 3rd place in the 1650 Free- 15:22.54
Lucas Conrads- 5th place in the 1650 Free- 15:28.21
Jack Hill- T5th place in the 100 Free- 43.63
Devin Testin- 6th place in the 200 Back- 1:47.58
Patrick Daly- 2nd place in the 200 Breast- 1:57.49
Elijah Venos- 4th place in the 200 Breast- 1:58.45
Gavin Jones- 5th place in the 200 Breast- 1:58.58

Second-Team All-Americans (Top-16):
Nick Hensel- 10th place in 100 Free- 44.19
Liam Nelson- 13th place in the 200 Breast- 1:59.40
Luke Swiggett- 16th place in the 200 Back- 1:48.93


Previous NCAA Championships 
2010-2011: 1st NCAA Championship  | Point Total: 500.5 | COTY
2011-2012: 2nd NCAA Championship | Point Total: 600   | COTY
2015-2016: 3rd NCAA Championship | Point Total: 455.5 | COTY
2017-2018: 4th NCAA Championship | Point Total: 596.5 | COTY
2018-2019: 5th NCAA Championship | Point Total: 562.5