2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 19-22, 2025
- Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center — Federal Way, Washington
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- Start Times: Prelims: 10 AM ×€ Finals: 6 PM (Pacific Daylight Time)
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Event Lineup
- 200 backstroke
- 100 freestyle
- 200 breaststroke
- 200 butterfly
The final prelims session of the 2025 NCAA Championships are here. The 200 backstroke will kick off the day where NCAA record holder Claire Curzan of Virginia enters as the top seed with a 1:46.87.
Curzan is looking for a backstroke sweep after winning the 100 back by 0.01 in a 49.11 last night. Curzan charged on the final 15 meters to earn the win. She just out touched Bella Sims of Florida who swam a 49.12. Sims enters the 200 back as the #2 seed with a 1:48.28. Sims finished 3rd in the event a year ago. Last year’s champion Phoebe Bacon of Wisconsin enters as the #4 seed with a 1:48.75.
Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh will be in search of an individual event sweep after already winning the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly. She became the first woman to break 47 seconds in the 100 fly last night with a 46.97. Walsh holds the NCAA and American records in the 100 free as she swam a 44.83 at this meet a year ago. She has been as fast as 45.20 this season.
Stanford’s Torri Huske is the #2 seed with a 46.09 and already won the 200 IM this week as well as finishing 2nd behind Walsh in the 100 fly. Huske notably won bronze in the LCM 100 free at the Paris Olympics last summer.
Lucy Bell of Stanford swam the 200 fly on the final day of NCAAs a year ago but opted for the 200 breast this year and is the top seed by over a second with a 2:04.60. Duke’s Kaelyn Gridley is the #2 seed with a 2:05.71 and was 4th in the event a year ago. Tennessee’s Mona McSharry is the top returner from a year ago as she was 2nd in 2024 and is the #3 seed with a 2:05.85.
The 200 fly concludes the morning session as Emma Sticklen of Texas is the top seed with a 1:49.17. Sticklen just missed Alex Walsh‘s NCAA record this season as the record stands at a 1:49.16. Sticklen won the event a year ago and will look to defend her title. Walsh looks to battle it out though as the #2 seed after swimming a 1:50.43 this season.
I cannot wait to cancel this espn+ subscription. No excuses for this lack of decent streaming. The swim off girls deserve better.
With the way Bricker is swimming I’d include her in the 2FL medal hunt.
Lillie Nordmann as well – she’s been having a great year and broke 51 in the 100 fly for the first time last night.
Huske was the silver medalist in the 100free in Paris
i love the uva program and all its achievements but isnt it so much more interesting when theres actual stakes, intrigue, and surprises — instead of an inevitable coronation? 🙂
so excited for next year!
As far as the second place race goes:
200 bk- push. Maybe TX can push in a b finalist
100 fr – Stan. Huske having great meet
200 br -Stan
200 fl – Tx
Tower -Tx
At least something will be decided in 400 free relay, even if it isn’t first place.
You forgot 1650. Plus to Texas, but hurst needs to come through. The top 2 are a wash / coin flip.
Eek. Apologies to all milers.
Those 25 or so Texas diving points going to be key.
Curiosity about 100 Fly record progressions led me to the wikipedia article on the 1971 men’s NCAA championships, which featured swimming greats Mark Spitz, Gary Hall Sr. and Jim McConica. It’s interesting how close these times are to the women’s 2025 winning times in many events. Would a 2025 NCAA women vs 1971 NCAAA men (or between the two dynasty teams of the 1971 Indiana men and the 2025 Virginia women) be competitive? Swimming has evolved so much in the last 50+ years.
50 FR—Edgar—20.30
100 FR—Edgar—44.69
200 FR—McConica—1:39.75
500 FR—Kinsella—4:27.39
1650 FR—Kinsella—15:26.51
100 BK—Santiago—51.71
200 BK—Hall—1:50.60
100 BR—Job—57.24
200 BR—Job—2:03.30
100 FL—Spitz—49.42
200 FL—Spitz—1:50.10
200IM—Hall—1:52.20
400 IM—Hall—3:58.25
400 FR relay—USC—3:02.38
800 FR relay—USC—6:39.04
400 MR—Stanford—3:22.51
In the 100 fly, Walsh would have beaten Spitz by over 2 seconds. Wow.