Tech Swim-Dive Finishes Twenty-Fifth at NCAA Championships

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Tech swimming and diving capped off the 2025 season with four days at NCAA Championships, coming in 25^th place, totaling 24 points.

The team was led by sophomore diver Max Fowler, who scored 18 points across two events. Fowler opened the championships with a sixth-place finish in the 1-meter event, scoring a 380.20. He went on to finish 12^th in the 3-meter, scoring a 386.40.

The week in Federal Way also included a new program record, with the team of Berke Saka, Uros Zivanovic, Antonio Romero and Leandro Odorici swimming a 1:23.32, which was good for 14th place. Additionally, the 14th-place finish is the highest relay finish for Tech in program history.

Zivanovic also swam in the 100 breast, swimming a time of 52.04 to finish 34^th in the prelims.

Addtionally, Saka swam in the 200IM prelims, with the senior coming in 45th with a time of 1:43.96.

Mert Kilavuz capped off his senior season with a 27th place finish in the 1650 free, recording a time of 14:58.51.

Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.

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