Joshua Brown of the University of Michigan (@joshua_._brown, World Aquatics bio here) will have a big target on his swim cap on Saturday in Sarasota, Florida at the 2025 College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) National Collegiate 5K Open Water Swimming Championship in Sarasota, Florida. Brown who trained with the successful Sandpiper team in Las Vegas during his redshirt Olympic year will race on the 5 km flat-water course against 93 other collegiate swimmers who know Brown’s open water swimming pedigree and pool speed as the pre-race favorite.

Brown represented USA Swimming at the 2024 World Championships in Doha, competing in both the 5 km and 10 km races. He has also competed in World Cup competitions from Hong Kong to Portugal as well as the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Seychelles.

The Championships are unique in that athletes from all divisions (I, II, III, NAIA) compete together [see men’s psyche sheet below]. This enables Division III stars like  Thomas Langlois of Whittier College (@thomaslangloisopenwaterswimmer) who recently won the recent 2025 MPSF Open Water Swimming Championship in Southern California [see photo below] to travel cross country and take their best shot at standing on the podium against athletes from the more competitive divisions.

Psyche Sheet

• Ahmed Abdalla, Emmanuel University, Division II
• Robert Adam, Milligan University, NAIA
• Seif Elbatal, Youngstown State University Division I
• Darwin Anderson, Brigham Young University,, Division I
• Yagiz Ari, Emmanuel University, Division II
• Poyraz San Askin, Youngstown State University, Division I
• Cooper Beebe, Old Dominion University, Division I
• Brady Beyer, University of Cincinnati, Division I
• Zach Billotte, Northern Michigan University, Division II
• Berk Boz, Grand Valley State University, Division II
• Sabian Branch, Florida Atlantic, Division I
• Grey Bremer, Old Dominion University, Division I
• Raul Briceno, Grand Valley State University Division II
• Alexander Bridgmohan, DePauw University, Di,vision III
• Kyle Bumgardner, University of Cincinnati, Division I
• Kjell Cady, University of Cincinnati, Division I
• Gianni Carlino, Florida Atlantic, Division I
• Patrick Casey, Villanova University, Division I
• Franco Chirinos, DePauw University, Division III
• Matt Cinque, Boston College, Division I
• Rush Clark, Florida Atlantic, Division I
• Owen Daniels, Le Moyne, Division I
• Jonathan De Dios, Biola, Division II
• Andrew Diano, Iona University, Division I
• Philipp Drappatz, The College of Wooster, Division III
• Diego Dulieu, University of Tampa, Division II
• Akant Durur, Florida Atlantic, Division I
• Yan Dvoretskiy, Dartmouth College, Division I
• Atakan Ercan, Milligan University, NAIA
• Tommy Erwin, Dartmouth College, Division I
• Nick Fabian, Boston College, Division I
• Tyler Farkas, DePauw University, Division III
• Ralph Fiscus, Air Force Academy, Division I
• Barnabus Fluck, University of Tampa, Division II
• Evan Fox, Grand Valley State University, Division II
• Timithee Garin, Northern Michigan University, Division II
• Kamil Geisner, Lynn University, Division II
• Peter Gilbert, Milligan University, NAIA
• Aaron Graff, DePauw University, Division III
• David Grant, Youngstown State University, Division I
• Mevlut Efe Guler, Lynn University, Division II
• Noah Hall, Biola, Division II
• Jacob Hamilin, University of Tampa, Division II
• Quinn Harman, Youngstown State University, Division I
• Evan Hasenkampf, The College of Wooster, Division III
• Joseph Hayburn, Loyola University Maryland, Division I
• Lucas Haynes, Saint Michaels College, Division II
• Robert Heim, Iona University, Division I
• Matthew Hughes, Loyola University Maryland, Division I
• Bryant Julian, Old Dominion University, Division I
• Rafael Kowal, Saint Michaels College, Division II
• Thomas Langlois, Whittier College, Division III
• Will Laubacher, The College of Wooster, Division III
• Pierre Leroy, Loyola University Maryland, Division I
• Hayden Lester, Emmanuel University, Division II
• Vedaant Madhavan, West Virginia University, Division I
• Nick Martin, Old Dominion University, Division I
• Ian Mckinney, West Virginia University, Division I
• Jacob Miller, Milligan University, NAIA
• Jack Mummery, Le Moyne, Division I
• Tanner Nelson, Brigham Young University, Division
• Ian Noffsinger, Old Dominion University, Division I
• Owen Nye, Villanova University, Division I
• Romek Oakes, Iona University, Division I
• Xavier Orlic, Dartmouth College, Division I
• Joshua Peace, Biola, Division II
• Anthony Ramirez, Biola, Division II
• Tucker Rice, Air Force Academy, Division I
• Eli Rolfsen, Miami University, Division I
• Alessandro Rosatelli, Northern Michigan University, Division II
• Morgan Roszel, Milligan University, NAIA
• Jake Salcedo, West Virginia University, Division I
• Brody Singley, Florida Atlantic, Division I
• Parker Sterlitz, West Virginia University, Division I
• Oliver Stull, West Virginia University,, Division I
• Emre Sungur, Lynn University, Division II
• Tyler Surratt, Air Force Academy, Division I
• Andrew Thompson, DePauw University, Division III
• Brady Tierney, Villanova University, Division I
• Gabriel Tortola, West Virginia University, Division I
• Caden Traggiai, Penn State Altoona, Division III
• Jacob Turner, Dartmouth College, Division I
• Alejandro Varon, University of Cincinnati, Division I
• Evan Vinarov, Old Dominion University, Division I
• Trent Wakefield, Youngstown State University, Division I
• Dane Weber, Brigham Young University, Division I
• Caleb Weis, UW-Whitewater, Division III
• Elliot Weisel, University of Tampa, Division II
• Mikey White Jr, Le Moyne, Division I
• Evan Witte, Air Force Academy,, Division I
• Ethan Woycehoski, Youngstown State University, Division I
• Matthew Woyksnar, Iona University, Division I
• Rauch Anton Zeno, Grand Valley State University, Division II
• Joshua Brown, University of Michigan, Division I

The 2025 CSCAA Open Water Championship will take place on December 13th at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota. USA Swimming has designated the event as an approved qualifying event for its national championship. The top five finishers for each gender earn invitations to the USA Swimming 5K Open Water Championships.

For more information on next week’s collegiate championship, visit cscaa.org/open-water-championship.

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