2025-26 Males’s Swimming & Diving Season Preview

GAMBIER, Ohio — Year after yr, the Kenyon College males’s swimming and diving program lives as much as the lofty requirements and a formidable custom of success, one which has spanned greater than 4 many years. Each yr, a brand new Kenyon group hits the water with hopes of continuous that success, whereas additionally carving out its personal distinctive area of interest in program historical past. That journey, for the 2025-26 Owls group begins Saturday with a meet on the University of Indianapolis and can culminate in March with the nationwide championship meet, additionally being held in Indianapolis.

2024-25 Review
A younger Owls group went by means of the common season with a 1-5 twin meet document. In the center of these meets, the group posted a first-place end in its annual Total Performance Invitational. When it got here time for postseason competitors, the Owls scored 1,642 factors and positioned second amongst 9 groups within the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Championship. When the group headed to nationals, it did so with a roster of ten qualifiers, none of whom had been seniors. The Kenyon qualifiers wound up scoring 250 factors and claiming fifth place on the nationwide meet. That consequence marked the forty eighth season, since 1976, that the Kenyon group positioned fifth or higher in NCAA Championship competitors.

Coaching Staff
Head Coach Jess Book enters his 14th season on the helm of the Kenyon males’s program. Since the 2012-13 season, he guided his groups to 3 nationwide championship titles, in addition to a mixed 9, top-three finishes in NCAA end-of-the-season competitors. This season, Book is supported by assistant coach Dani Korman and Kosuke Kojima, in addition to diving coach Jason Glorius. It’s the second straight season the 4 have labored collectively. 

2025-26 Preseason Poll
While the official preseason ballot for the 2025-26 season has but to be launched, final yr’s last College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of American (CSCAA) twin meet ballot positioned Kenyon sixth. The Owls collected 319 factors within the last ballot. That was 81 factors behind Denison University, which topped the ultimate ballot with 400 factors. Emory University (382) was second and New York University (370) slotted third.

Top returners by particular person occasion
50 Freestyle: Djordje Dragojlovic, 19.61 (All-American — third place at nationals)
100 Freestyle: Djordje Dragojlovic, 43.14 (All-American — third place at nationals)
200 Freestyle: Ethan Manske, 1:40.05             
500 Freestyle: Teo Jaworski, 4:29.90      
1650 Freestyle: Roman Savage, 15:50.29   
100 Backstroke: Djordje Dragojlovic, 47.18 (All-American — 2nd place at nationals)
200 Backstroke: Charlie Green, 1:46.21 (All-American — fifth place at nationals)     
100 Breaststroke: Noel Tumbasz, 54.49   
200 Breaststroke: Noel Tumbasz, 1:58.83 (All-American — fifteenth place at nationals) 
100 Butterfly: Roman Savage, 47.34  (All-American — ninth place at nationals)    
200 Butterfly: Ethan Manske, 1:48.06 (All-American — thirteenth place at nationals)         
100 Ind. Medley: Noel Tumbasz, 51.32
200 Ind. Medley: Ethan Manske, 1:49.61
400 Ind. Medley: Ethan Manske, 3:48.75 ((All-American — seventh place at nationals)
One-Meter Diving: James Lackner, 387.05
Three-Meter Diving: James Lackner, 378.90

Schedule Overview

• Season Opener: Saturday, October 4, on the University of Indianapolis
• NCAC Championship: February 11-14 hosted by Denison University
• NCAA Championship: March 18-21 in Indianapolis, Indiana

How to Follow
Fans can observe Kenyon males’s swimming and diving all through the season through the next hyperlinks: