It's a relatively short finals session tonight, as there will only be three swimming events, and no relays.
The night will begin with the finals of the women's 400 IM. UVA freshman Katie Grimes will be in lane 4 and swimming for her second individual title after winning the 500 free last night. Fellow Cavalier freshman Leah Hayes will be swimming next to her in lane 5, setting up what could be a fun battle between the two teammates.
Next up will be there men's 400 IM, where Louisville's Tommy Bried was the only man under 3:40 this morning, clocking two second lifetime best of 3:39.28. Keep an eye on lane 2, though, where 2024 champions Kyle Ponsler of NC State will be swimming.
Gretchen Walsh, the fastest women ever in the 100 fly, opted out of that event this week, but tonight's final will still feature three big names in Alex Walsh, Claire Curzan, and Torri Huske. Curzan, who's in lane 4 tonight, holds a lifetime best of 49.24, which she swam while breaking the American Record at the age of 17 at the North Carolina State high school championships. She's currently the #4 performer ever, while Huske sits at #3 all-time with her lifetime best of 48.96 from the 2023 NCAA Championships.
In the men's 100 fly, Virginia Tech fifth year Youssef Ramadan will be swimming for his fifth-straight title in this event. This is largely an experienced field -- all except two of the A-final swimmers are seniors or fifth-years in the field, including 2022 NCAA champ Andrei Minakov.
Louisville, Stanford, and Virginia each put two women into the 200 free A-final, with last year's champion Aimee Canny taking the top seed after going 1:43.08 this morning. On the men's side, there will be a new ACC champion after Chris Giuliano, who won the last two years for Notre Dame, will be swimming for the SEC title as a Longhorn tonight. Stanford's Henry McFadden will be in lane 4 tonight, but it could be a very tight race as the top 8 swimmers from this morning all went between 1:32.2 and 1:33.0.
Tonight's session will conclude with the final of the women's 3m diving event.