By: Anthony Cordero, Spring 2025 Intern

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) is set to host the 2025 Boys Swimming & Diving State Championships on March 7-8 at Ithaca College.

The 63^rd annual Boys Swimming & Diving State Championships will return to Ithaca for the 4^th time since 2022 and will stay there through the 2027 season. Over 400 athletes will compete in 12 individual/relay/diving events over two days.

At last year’s championship, two schools had athletes win multiple state titles. Horace Greeley (Section I) took home the gold in the 200 Yard Medley Relay while Jack Cornish captured the 500 Yard Free for the school. Clarkstown Co-Op (Section I) had winners in the 50 Yard Free (Isaish Francis) and 200 Yard Free (Luke Dwyer).
Horace Greeley returns its relay teams once again while Francis once again qualifies for Clarkstown and will attempt to win another state title. Returning 1 Meter Diving State Champion, Matthew Wong from Francis Lewis (PSAL), has qualified for the state tournament and will go after the rate feat of winning back-to-back in the diving well.

The Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium on the Ithaca campus is a 13,100 square foot Olympic size pool that consists of 9 lanes, 50 meters by 21 lanes 25 yards in length. The pool also has two 1-meter boards and two 3-meter boards on separate platforms, suitable for numerous diving events. The location also provides seating for 1,000 spectators.

Tickets are ONLY available online at GoFan for any of the two sessions. The event kicks off with swimming preliminaries on Friday at 10 am, then diving at 1:30 pm, followed by swimming finals on Saturday at 10 am. Tickets are $12.00 (including fees) per session.

Finals will be streamed on the NFHS Network, the official broadcasting partner of the NYSPHSAA State Championships. 

The schedule for the three-session, two-day tournament is as follows:

SESSION #1
Friday, March 7          8:30 am – 9:30 am.….……..Swimming Warmups
                                   9:00 am……………………...Doors Open for Admission
                                   9:30 am – 1:15 pm…..….….Diving Warmups
                                  10:00 am……………………..Swimming Events Begin 
                                   1:30 pm……………………....Diving Championships Begin 
                                                                                 (11 Dives to Completion)
SESSION #2
Saturday, March 8     8:30 am – 9:45 am……..........Swimming Warmups
                                  9:00am………………………...Doors Open for Admission
                                  10:00 am………………………Swimming Finals Begin

Order of Events
Event 1- 200 Medley Relay
Event 2- 200 Freestyle
Event 3- 200 Individual Medley
Event 4- 50 Freestyle
Event 5- Diving (Friday)
Event 6- 100 Butterfly
Event 7- 100 Freestyle
Event 8- 500 Freestyle
Event 9- 200 Freestyle Relay
Event 10- 100 Backstroke
Event 11- 100 Breaststroke
Event 12- 400 Freestyle Relay