FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Cornell swimmer
Pietro Ubertalli competed in three events (100 back, 200 back, and 200 IM) during the 2025 NCAA Championships from March 26-29 at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center, becoming the first Cornellian since Ilya Exdokimov '18 to swim on the national stage. Ubertalli's performances were led by the 200-yard backstroke, where he broke his own school record that he set at Ivies and earned Second Team All-American Honorable honors. The Big Red finished 37th in the final team score rankings, with Ubertalli notching six points for Cornell.
"The goal coming into this meet was to earn a finals swim, and in doing so earn either All-America or second-team All-America (Honorable mention All-America). I'm really proud of how Pietro competed this weekend against the best swimmers the NCAA has to offer! He stepped up when it mattered most and reached the goal.", Wes Newman, the Philip H. Bartels '71 Head Coach of Men's Swimming stated.
Ubertalli swam 1:39.36 in the preliminaries of the 200-yard backstroke, qualifying for the consolation final as the 11th seed. In the evening session, he improved his time to 1:39.22, placing 11th overall and scoring six points for Cornell. He also competed in the 100-yard backstroke, finishing 35th with a time of 45.84 seconds, and the 200-yard individual medley, placing 26th in 1:42.60.
