Stags Unanimously Favored for Sixth Consecutive Men’s Swimming & Diving Title

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges are favored to defend their five-year title streak in line with the 2025-26 SCIAC Men’s Swimming & Diving Preseason Poll as voted by the league’s head coaches.
 
The CSCAA preseason No. 15 squad might be led by All-American and 12-time All-SCIAC breaststroker Evan Deedy together with Jeremy Tan, who made six journeys to the SCIAC Championship podium final yr, and five-time All-SCIAC designee Spencer Merodio. Other All-SCIAC performers from final season embody 200-yard particular person medley champion Kenny Eckel, 400 IM runner-up Dean Ko, double bronze medalist Sean Su (200 Free and 200 IM) and 3-meter diving bronze medalist Ethan Sattley. The Stags additionally will look to defend 4 of 5 relay titles.

Pomona-Pitzer Colleges welcome again star energy in each the Athlete of the Year, Kyle Huang, and twin Diver/Newcomer of the Year Tommy Matheis. The convention’s lively chief with 17 profession All-SCIAC nods, sprinter Adrian Clement additionally returns for the preseason No. 19 Sagehens with rookies Diego Hodge and Jack Christy forming a powerful bridge to the long run as Hodge reached the rostrum in 5 swims and Christy incomes third within the 400 IM.

Chapman University efficiently defended its program-record third-place end thanks largely to a pair of eight-time All-SCIAC honorees, Trent Calloway and Riley Coleman. Calloway is the newly minted 100 Fly champion whereas Maxim Polovinkin additionally has contributed in 5 All-SCIAC occasions. Jake Randazzo has gained a title on every board up to now two years as Reid Omilian missed out on account of harm however returns on the heels of a sixth-place 1m end on the NCAA Regional.

Caltech once more appears to be like to be the closest challenger to the highest three behind a trio of All-SCIAC honorees over the previous three seasons in Samuel Xie (2025), Marcel Liu (2024) and Simon Hu (2023). Coaching Staff of the Year winner Barry Schreifels and California Lutheran University will depend on Markus Stegbuchner, who took third place within the 200 Breast at SCIACs.

One yr after main Whittier College to its finest end in additional than a decade, NCAA qualifier and two-time MPSF Open Water champion Thomas Langlois might have Whittier College positioned for its finest end in additional than a decade, with the Poets picked forward of Occidental College by a single level. The Tigers, in the meantime, will depend on Connor Grant to take care of their fifth-place end from final season after the rookie claimed the 200 Free title. Program file holder Nate Pittroff additionally components into the combination having positioned fourth within the 100 Breast in 2024.

Ethan Chir headlines the University of Redlands contingent that recorded a third-place end within the 400 Medley Relay for the crew’s finest end in years. The rising senior made one ‘A’ remaining with a seventh-place effort within the 200 IM and completed 10^th within the 200 Breast. The University of La Verne will profit from one remaining yr of multi-year scoring diver Shaun Concepcion, who positioned 12^th on the 3m and 15^th on the 1m, whereas Josh Jauregui was second alternate within the 200 Back.

Nonconference competitors has already gotten underway over the previous month, with the primary SCIAC twin meet scheduled for Friday, Nov. 7 between La Verne and Redlands with the remainder of the convention following swimsuit the following day. This yr’s SCIAC Championship returns to East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park on Feb. 18-21.

 

2025-26 SCIAC Men’s Swimming & Diving Preseason Poll

1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 81 factors (9 first-place votes)

2. Pomona-Pitzer, 72 pts

3. Chapman, 61 pts

4. Caltech, 56 pts

5. California Lutheran, 43 pts

6. Whittier, 30 pts

7. Occidental, 29 pts

8. Redlands, 24 pts

9. La Verne, 9 pts

 

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