2025 Big 12 Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

2025 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPs

• February 25 – March 1, 2025
• Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center — Federal Way, Wash.
• SCY (25 Yards)
• Start Times: prelims – 10 am PT/finals – 6 pm PT
• Championship Central
• Psych Sheet
• Livestream: ESPN+
• Live Results
• Live Recaps
  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2

Thursday Night Finals Heat Sheet

The second full day of competino of the 2025 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships continues tonight in Federal Way. The Arizona State Sun Devils look to be cruising to their first Big 12 titles after qualifying the most swimmers for tonight’s A-final on both the men’s (11) and women’s (9) sides. Additionally, an ASU swimmer will be in lane 4 in five of tonight’s six individual swimming events, with Cincinnati’s Kyle Bumgardner the lone exception after leading the way in the 400 IM prelims.

The night will close out with timed finals of the 400 medley relay. Keep an eye on the Arizona State men, whose seed time of 3:01.18 is faster than the mee record (3:02.11), and could threaten the overall conference record of 2:59.22.

TEAM SCORES THROUGH DAY 2

Men’s 1m Diving – Finals

Top 8:

1. David Ekdahl (TCU) – 383.10
2. Elias Petersen (Utah) – 382.85
3. Elliott Dillon (TCU) – 330.90
4. Will Claus (Cincinnati) – 329.50
5. Jesco Helling (Utah) – 322.10
6. Gabe Dubois (Arizona) – 305.80
7. Lane Stallworth (ASU) – 300.00
8. Ollie Cazaly (TCU) – 261.90

WOMEN’S 100 FLY – Finals

• NCAA Record: 47.35 – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
• Big 12 Record: 49.70 – Emma Sticklen, Texas (2024)
• Big 12 Championship Record: 50.07 – Olivia Bray, Texas (2023)
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’/’B’ Cut: 50.52/53.34
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 51.88

Top 8:

1. Julia Ullmann (ASU) – 51.40
2. Joleigh Crye (Cincinnati) – 52.13
3. Jeanne Dahmen (TCU) – 52.85
4. Adelaide Meuter (Houston) – 53.19
5. Lydia Lafferty (Kansas) – 53.24
6. Noor El Gendy (Houston) – 53.32
7. Kate Mardis (Cincinnati) – 53.34
8. Maryam Sheikhalizadehkhangh (Arizona) – 53.47

Arizona State freshman Julia Ullmann earned her first individual Big 12 title while shaving 0.01s off her own ASU school record she set this morning. Ullmann led from beginning to end, as the top three swimmers touched relatively spread out.

2nd place went to Cincinnati’s Joleigh Crye, who touched in 52.13. Crye is primarily a breaststroker; she swam both the 100 and 200 at last year’s NCAAs, but today she took nearly a second off of her personal best, finishing well under the NCAA ‘B’ cut.

Jeanne Dahmen of TCU was the only other woman under 53 tonight, and she also set a big personal best, coming into the day with a best of 53.45 before going 53.43 in prelims and 52.85 in tonight’s final.

MEN’S 100 FLY – Finals

• NCAA Record: 42.80 – Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
• Big 12 Record: 43.75 – Joseph Schooling, Texas (2017)
• Big 12 Championship Record: 44.06 – Joseph Schooling, Texas (2017)
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’/’B’ Cut: 44.51/46.80
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 45.37

Top 8:

1. Ilya Kharun (ASU) – 44.13
2. Filip Senc-Samardzic (ASU) – 44.93
3. Haakon Naughton (Arizona) – 44.94
4. Tommy Palmer (ASU) – 45.00
5. Jordan Tiffany (BYU) – 45.52
6. Hunter Ingram (Arizona) – 45.96
7. Evan VanBrocklin (Utah) – 45.98
8. Luigi Riva (BYU) – 46.27

Ilya Kharun rattled Joseph Schooling’s meet record as he went 44.13 tonight to easily take the win. Kharun’s been a bit faster this season, having gone 43.85 at the NC State Invite. That time puts #4 in the nation this season.

The Sun Devils took three of the top four spots, with all three of those men going 45.00 or faster.

Filip Senc-Samardzic took 2nd in 44.93; that’s his first time ever going under 45 seconds, with his previous best of 45.18 coming from last year’s Pac-12 championships. Teammate Tommy Palmer also hit a personal best with his 4th-place time of 45.00. Heading into today’s, Palmer’s previous best was a 45.59 from the Eddie Reese Showdown last month.

The only non-ASU swimmer in the top four was Arizona’s Haakon Naughton. He, too, hit a lifetime best, also cracking 45 for the first time with a 44.94 to touch just behind Senc-Samardzic.

WOMEN’S 400 IM – Finals

• NCAA Record: 3:54.60 – Ella Eastin, Stanford (2018)
• Big 12 Record: 4:00.97 – Madisyn Cox, Texas (2017)
• Big 12 Championship Record: 4:01.15 – Madisyn Cox, Texas (2017)
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’/’B’ Cut: 4:03.62/4:16.78
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 4:10.74

Top 8:

1. Sonia Vaishnani (ASU) – 4:10.28
2. Charli Brown (ASU) – 4:10.33
3. Libby Michel (Cincinnati) – 4:13.75
4. Lucy Warnick (BYU) – 4:15.21
5. Addie Richards (BYU) – 4:17.14
6. Landry Hadder (Houston) – 4:17.36
7. Hana Edwards (ASU) – 4:17.65
8. Ella Guilfoil (ASU) – 4:18.66

It’s always fun when one of the longer events comes down to a narrow finish. ASU’s Sonia Vaishnani was out first, touching ahead of teammate Charli Brown by 0.12s at 100 yard mark. Brown took over the lead on the first half of the backstroke leg, but Vaishnani stayed right with her, and then moved ahead on the second lap of fly. Brown outsplit Vaishnani on the freestyle leg, but didn’t have quite enough time to close the gap, and Vaishnani touched first, 4:10.28 to 4:10.33.

Cincinnati’s Libby Michel moved into third place early in the backstroke leg, and she held that position the rest of the way, touching in 4:13.75. She missed the school record by a scant 0.12s, but she still took nearly two seconds off her personal best today. BYU freshman Lucy Warnick was also under the NCAA ‘B’ cut, taking 4th in 4:15.21.

MEN’S 400 IM – Finals

• NCAA Record: 3:28.82 – Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2023)
• Big 12 Record: 3:33.79 – Carson Foster, Texas (2022)
• Big 12 Championship Record: 3:35.49 – Carson Foster, Texas (2023)
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’/’B’ Cut: 3:38.37/3:49.53
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 3:42.93

Top 8:

1. Michael Hochwalt (ASU) – 3:41.40
2. Daniel Matheson (ASU) – 3:41.45
3. Cale Martter (ASU) – 3:42.29
4. Tanner Nelson (BYU) – 3:45.59
5. Kyle Bumgardner (Cincinnati) – 3:45.66
6. Reece Grady (ASU) – 3:45.92
7. Filip Suchanski (TCU) – 3:46.48
8. Stahinja Maslo (Utah) – 3:47.98

Arizona State freshman Michael Hochwalt set his third personal best of the season in this event en route to his first Big 12 title. Hochwalt, who we ranked as the #15 recruit in the class of 2025, came out of high school with a best time of 3:42.88, and set personal bests at the NC Invite (3:42.12) and the Eddie Reese Showdown (3:41.98) earlier this season before going 3:31.40 tonight.

But it wasn’t an easy victory; Hochwalt led for essentially the entire race, but he had to hold off a late surge from teammate Daniel Matheson. The Sun Devil senior ultimately just ran out of pool, as Matheson got the touch, 3:41.40 to 3:41.45.

Matheson finished 11th in this event at NCAAs last year, clocking a lifetime best of 3:39.70. Another Sun Devil, Cale Martter, took 3rd tonight in 3:42.29 after taking 13th at NCAAs last year.

WOMEN’S 200 FREE – Finals

• NCAA Record: 1:39.10 – Missy Franklin, Cal (2015)
• Big 12 Record: 1:42.38 –Kelly Pash, Texas (2022)
• Big 12 Championship Record: 1:42.70 –Kelly Pash, Texas (2021)
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’/’B’ Cut: 1:42.60/1:46.85
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 1:44.80

Top 8:

1. Erin Milligan (ASU) – 1:45.41
2. Kayman Neal (Arizona) – 1:45.85
3. Elli Straume (ASU) – 1:46.67
4. Grace Lindberg (ASU) – 1:46.85
5. Alexa Reyna (ASU) – 1:46.92
6. Liya Goupil (Houston) – 1:47.05
7. Malia Rausch (Arizona) – 1:47.07
8. Jessica Davis (Cincinnati) – 1:47.61

The Grand Canyon State dominated this A-final, as six of the eight women in the fastest heat hailed from either Arizona State or the University of Arizona.

Arizona State picked up the win, as senior Erin Milligan went 1:45.41 to touch first. Milligan was just behind Arizona freshman Kayman Neal during the first half of the race, they made her move on third lap and held on for the win.

Neal knocked over two seconds off her lifetime best today as she took 2nd in 1:45.85.

The Sun Devils took the next three spots, as Elli Straume (1:46.67), Grace Lindberg (1:46.85), and Alexa Reyna (1:46.92) all touched within a quarter of a second of each other.

MEN’S 200 FREE – Finals

• NCAA Record: 1:28.81 – Luke Hobson, Texas (2024)
• Big 12 Record: 1:28.81 – Luke Hobson, Texas (2024)
• Big 12 Championship Record: 1:31.97 – Will Modglin, Texas (2024)
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’/’B’ Cut: 1:31.21/1:35.35
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 1:32.93

Top 8:

1. Patrick Sammon (ASU) – 1:31.57
2. Jonny Kulow (ASU) – 1:32.41
3. Tomas Lukminas (Arizona) – 1:32.44
4. Ralph Daleiden Ciuferri (Arizona) – 1:33.01
5. Tiago Behar (ASU) – 1:33.25
6. Quin Seider (ASU) – 1:33.98
7. Lars Kuljus (Arizona) – 1:34.76
8. Danny Berlitz (WVU) – 1:37.48

2023 NCAA A-finalist Patrick Sammon of Arizona State was in control for the entire race, and the senior earned his first Big 12 individual title with a 1:31.57  tonight. Sammon split 1:31.89 Tuesday night while anchoring the Sun Devils’ victorious 800 free relay, and was even faster tonight, clocking a new personal best by a quarter of a second.

ASU won that relay without using Jonny Kulow, who took 2nd tonight in 1:32.41, improving on his lifetime best of 1:32.72 from last’s month Eddie Reese Showdown. Kulow, who won the 50 free Wednesday night, split his last lap in 23.88 to move past Arizona’s Tomas Lukminas (1:32.44) and Ralph Daleiden Ciuferri (1:33.01).

Tiago Behar of Arizona State took 5th tonight in 1:33.25 after leading off ASU’s 800 relay Tuesday with a lifetime best of 1:32.25.

This event was even more dominated by the Grand Canyon State than the women’s was, as Arizona or Arizona State swimmers swept the top seven spots.

Women’s 3m Diving – Finals

Top 8:

1. Shiyun Lai (Kansas) – 353.80
2. Anna Kwong (TCU) – 319.80
3. Zara Ayazi (Arizona) – 314.50
4. Alexia Jackson (BYU) – 314.00
5. Michelle McLeod (Houston) – 308.75
6. Hedda Grelz (Houston) – 305.25
7. Callie Eagleston (Utah) – 286.95
8. Brooke Earley (Arizona) – 286.55

Shiyun Lai won her 2nd straight title in the women’s springboard events, picking up more points for Kansas. Her final score of 353.80 won by a little more than 30 points. Anna Kwong finished as the runner-up again for TCU.

Women’s 400 MEDLEY RELAY — Timed Finals

• NCAA Record: 3:19.58, Virginia (2025)
• Big 12 Record: 3:24.92, Texas (2024)
• Meet Record: 3:26.32, Texas (2022)
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 3:30.89
• NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 3:32.99

Full Results:

1. ASU- 3:30.09
2. Arizona- 3:31.83
3. Houston- 3:31.95
4. Cincinnati- 3:34.09
5. TCU- 3:36.34
6. BYU- 3:36.77
7. Utah- 3:36.90
8. Kansas- 3:38.26
9. Iowa State- 3:40.68
10. West Virginia- 3:42.30

ASU sweeps the women’s swimming events again tonight. Their 400 medley relay time of 3:30.09 was almost a second under the NCAA ‘A’ cut in the event. The team was made up of Caroline Bentz (51.60), Iza Adame (59.44), Julia Ullmann (51.33), and Erin Milligan (47.72).

Arizona finished 2nd, just a tenth ahead of Houston at 3:31.83 with the team of Paige Armstrong (52.63), Eleni Gewalt (58.57), Maryam Sheikhalizadenhkhangh (52.79), and Julia Wozniak (47.84).

Houston was faster on the first 200, but their 2nd 200 was not able to match Arizona’s back half speed. Lottie Cullen (51.83), Henrietta Fangli (57.48), Noor El Gendy (53.75), Liya Goupil (48.89) went 3:31.95, a little more than two seconds ahead of the rest of the field.

Men’s 400 MEDLEY RELAY — Timed Finals

• NCAA Record: 2:55.66, Florida (2025)
• Big 12 Record: 2:59.22, Texas (2017)
• Meet Record: 3:02.11, Texas (2021)
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 3:04.96
• NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 3:06.70

Full Results:

1. ASU- 3:00.55
2. Arizona- 3:03.68
3. TCU- 3:06.67
4. BYU- 3:08.84
5. West Virginia- 3:09.06
6. Cincinnati- 3:09.68
7. Utah- 3:11.85

The Sun Devils also swept the men’s events, winning the men’s 400 medley relay by three seconds. Lucien Vergnes led them off in 45.81 in the backstroke. He was followed by Andy Dobzanski in 50.52 on the breaststroke leg. Ilya Kharun blasted 43.15 on the fly leg, which is the 5th fastest split of all time. Kharun also has the 3rd fastest split in history at 42.80 from the Eddie Reese Showdown last month. Jonny Kulow anchored the team in 41.07 to bring them in at 3:00.55

Arizona finished 2nd, also earning an NCAA ‘A’ cut in the event, at 3:03.68 with their team of Ryan Hardy (45.94), Daniel Young (52.43), Haakon Naughton (44.36), Romas Lukminas (40.95)

TCU’s team of Edgar Cicani (46.64), Jadon Wuilliez (51.22), Lior Mizrahi (46.18), and Peter Horton (42.63) came in 3rd, another three seconds behind at 3:06.67, just three one-hundredths under the ‘B’ cut time.

Updated Team Scores

Women

1. ASU- 898
2. Arizona- 632.5
3. Houston- 616
4. Utah- 477.5
5. TCU- 468
6. Cincinnati- 461
7. BYU- 449
8. Kansas- 339
9. Iowa State- 232
10. West Virginia- 231

Men

1. ASU- 1123.5
2. Utah- 692
3. BYU- 566
4. TCU- 559.5
5. Arizona- 536
6. Cincinnati- 432
7. West Virginia- 311