2025 NCAA DIII Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 19-22, 2025
- Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
- Times: Prelims 10:00 AM / Finals 6:00 PM (ET)
- Defending Champs: Kenyon women (1x) & Emory men (3x)
- Psych Sheet
- Live Streaming on NCAA.com
- Live Results
- “NCAA DIII Championships” on Meet Mobile
- Recaps
Division III relay records bookended the women’s events on day three of the 2025 NCAA DIII Championships. MIT opened with a record in the 200 medley relay and the NYU squad of Nicole Ranile, Elle Motekiatis, Isabel Oldham, and Kaley McIntyre broke the 800 freestyle record in the last event of the night, swimming 7:13.02.
Ranile and McIntyre swam on NYU’s winning 800 freestyle relay a year ago, which took first with a 7:16.20. This year’s squad improved on that swim by 3.18 seconds.
This win also snaps MIT’s relay winning streak. The Engineers won the first three relays of the meet–400 medley, 200 freestyle, and 200 medley–after collecting the program’s first NCAA relay title just last season.
The Violets led off with Ranile, the newly minted 200 butterfly champion. She turned in a 1:50.01 lead-off to place NYU second behind Denison. The Big Red continued to lead at the halfway mark, but NYU had taken over the lead by the final exchange, giving McIntyre a .33-second lead.
It was more than she needed. McIntyre nearly broke the long-standing individual 200 freestyle record last night (1:44.88) and won that race by well over three seconds. She swam away from the rest of the field, opening up a commanding lead that essentially confirmed the NYU victory.
NYU hadn’t been close to the NCAA DIII record during the first three legs of the relay, but as McIntyre swam away from the field, she began to close in on the record line. Her 1:44.70 split caught Emory’s record pace from the 2018 NCAA DIII Championships and steamrolled past it.
At the touch, NYU broke Emory’s record by .49 seconds.
Split Comparison
| Team | Split | Team | Split |
| 2025 NCAAs | 2018 NCAAs | ||
| Nicole Ranile | 1:50.01 | Fiona Muir | 1:48.77 |
| Elle Motekaitis | 1:49.30 | Julia Wawer | 1:48.59 |
| Isabel Oldham | 1:49.01 | Meg Taylor | 1:48.89 |
| Kaley McIntyre | 1:44.70 | Cindy Cheng | 1:47.26 |
| 7:13.02 | 7:13.51 |
This was a crucial victory for NYU as they chase the first women’s DIII title in program history. The team held a 10 point lead over MIT heading into the final event. Now, with the win and the Engineers taking fourth, the Violets hold a 20 point advantage on MIT heading into the final day of the meet.
