2025 Big 12 Championships: Day 5 Prelims Scratches – #1 in Both ASU’s Bentz Picks 2BK over 1Fr

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 | Day 4
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

Day 5 Prelims Heat Sheet

The final day of the 2025 Big 12 Championships is just a few hours away. It is been a new look to the Big 12 as Arizona State, Arizona, Utah have all joined the conference and brought the conference to new heights as the Big 12 now boasts seven men’s programs and ten women’s programs and with the departure of Texas to the SEC, the Big 12 will look to crown a new champion on both the men’s and women’s side.

However, before we get to that team will be looking to make as many moves this morning as they can as each look to place as many swimmers into the finals as possible and their have been a few high profile scratches that may change the math. ASU senior Caroline Bentz has dropped out of the 100 free, where she was the #1 seeded, entering with a time of 48.16. Bentz’s dropping of the 100 free isn’t too shocking, however, as Bentz is also the top seed in this morning’s 200 back. Bentz took top honors in the 50 free as well as in the 100 back, so it appears as if ASU will rely upon the now #3 seed Erin Milligan to try to win the event. Milligan placed 8th in the 50 free but climbed to the top of the podium in the 200 free.

All Top-24 Scratches

• W 200 Back
  • #20 Nora Heytei (UH) – 1:58.86
• M 200 Back
  • #23 Payton Plumb (BYU) – 1:48.44
• W 100 Free
  • #1 Caroline Bentz (ASU) – 48.16
  • #22 Amelia Snyder (TCU) – 50.36
• M 100 Free
  • #24 Nigel Forbes (TCU) – 43.97
• W 200 Breast
  • #13 Lucy Warnick (BYU) – 2:13.36
• M 200 Breast