Emma Sticklen Breaks Alex Walsh’s NCAA Record With 1:49.11 200 Butterfly

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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  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3
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Women’s 200 Butterfly

• NCAA Record: 1:49.16 – Alex Walsh, Virginia (2024)
• Championship Record: 1:49.90 – Emma Sticklen, Texas (2025)
• American Record: 1:48.33 – Regan Smith (2023)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:48.33 – Regan Smith (2023)
• 2024 Champion: Emma Sticklen, Texas – 1:50.99

Top 8:

1. Emma Sticklen (Texas) – 1:49.11 (NCAA Record)
2. Alex Walsh (Virginia) – 1:49.88
3. Caroline Bricker (Stanford) – 1:51.55
4. Tess Howley (Virginia) – 1:51.79
5. Hannah Bellard (Michigan) – 1:51.89
6. Lillie Nordmann (Stanford) – 1:52.10
7. Campbell Stoll (Texas) – 1:52.29
8. Greta Pelzek (South Carolina) – 1:53.93

Emma Sticklen swam to new NCAA and NCAA meet records winning the 200 butterfly in a 1:49.11. That broke her own meet record of a 1:49.80 that she swam in this morning’s prelims session. She also broke Alex Walsh‘s NCAA record of a 1:49.16 that Walsh swam at the 2024 ACC Championships. The fifth year Sticklen defended her NCAA title after she won last year in a 1:50.99.

Split Comparison

Sticklen was out under record pace tonight and held on. She was over half a second ahead of Walsh’s record pace at the 50 and over a second at the 100 mark.

There have only been 15 performances under the 1:50 mark and Sticklen holds over half of them. Her swims today bring her total up to nine. Alex Walsh and Regan Smith have been under 1:50 twice. Smith holds the American record at a 1:48.33.