2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 19-22, 2025
- Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center — Federal Way, Washington
- Short Course Yards (25 yards)
- Start Times: Prelims: 10 AM ׀ Finals: 6 PM (Pacific Daylight Time)
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Women’s 400 IM
- NCAA Record: 3:54.60 — Ella Eastin, Stanford (2018)
- Championship Record: 3:54.60 — Ella Eastin, Stanford (2018)
- American Record: 3:54.60 — Ella Eastin, Stanford (2018)
- U.S. Open Record: 3:54.60 — Ella Eastin, Stanford (2018)
- 2024 Champion: Alex Walsh, Virginia — 3:55.97
TOP 8 FINISHERS:
- Caroline Bricker (Stanford) – 3:57.36
- Emma Weyant (Florida) – 3:59.05
- Lucy Bell (Stanford) – 4:00.24
- Katie Grimes (Virginia) – 4:01.10
- Leah Hayes (Virginia) – 4:01.62
- Mabel Zavaros (Florida) – 4:03.99
- Callahan Dunn (Wisconsin) – 4:04.20
- Sienna Angove (Ohio State) – 4:07.83
Stanford sophomore Caroline Bricker won the women’s 400 IM by more than a second-and-a-half, coming in at 3:57.36. This was a huge improvement from the 4th place finish she secured at last year’s Championships, and a new best time as well.
Bricker has seen significant improvement since being in college, dropping 12 seconds over the course of her college career so far, a standard that is almost unheard of at the collegiate level. She came into college at 4:09.57 from the Speedo Sectionals in March of 2023, and has continuously gotten faster since then.
At her first midseason meet, the 2023 Texas Invite, she dropped to 4:03.49, which accounts for six of the 12 total seconds. She went on to go another second faster at Pac-12s, swimming 4:02.32 before dropping another two tenths at last year’s NCAAs.
She had another breakthrough at this year’s Texas Invite, where she went under 4:00 to swim 3:59.88 for the first time. She was just off this time at last month’s ACCs, where she came in at 4:01.40, but she dropped another huge chunk tonight to come in at 3:57.36, and she still has two more years left of college.
Progression
**(Times are notated in total seconds– 3:57.36 is 237.36 seconds)**
No one can read that graph lol can you label the points at least
I used to swim at a lot of the same meets as her and always had an inkling she’d be a star in the sport. She’d be body lengths ahead of people in pretty much any race at any meet, it was insane to witness. So excited to see her win tonight and cannot wait to see what is next for her!