Shiyun Lai

How Did We Do? Reviewing SwimSwam’s Final 2025 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings

The Stanford women were the runner-ups at NCAAs, their highest finish since 2019, after we predicted them to finish 3rd in the final power rankings.

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2025 Women’s Division I NCAA Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Welcome to day 3 finals of the 2025 Women’s Division I NCAA Championships!

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2025 Women’s Division I NCAA Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

The women’s 100 fly is the first event of the morning, and Gretchen Walsh will be looking to earn the middle lane for tonight’s final.

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2025 Women’s Division I NCAA Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Torri Huske is the top seed in a very close 200 IM final tonight, swimming 1:51.53 to qualify first by almost half-a-second.

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2025 Women’s NCAA Diving Preview (Including Score Projection)

Using Zone qualifying scores throughout the nation, an unofficial diving ‘psych sheet’ of sorts can be used to predict how teams will benefit from diving.

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2025 NCAA Zone Diving Recap: Monday

This week, Divers around the country will be competing at the various zone meets to secure a spot at the NCAA Championships.

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2025 Big 12 Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

ASU transfer Caroline Bentz will be looking to go 3-for-3 on the final night of her first Big 12 Championships, coming in as the top seed in the 200 back

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2025 Big 12 Championship: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

ASU put 27 swimmers through to the “A” finals and taking 5 of the 6 top seeds, including the men’s 50 where Jonny Kulow went 18.82.

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2025 Big 12 Championships: Women’s Diving Preview

While diving is notoriously difficult to predict, here are a few standouts to look out for and a good idea of what to expect at the Big 12 Championships.

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2025 Women’s Big 12 Fan Guide: Arizona State Chasing First Ever Conference Title

The Big 12 will see a new champion for the first time in a decade, and the ASU women are hunting the crown. If they win, it will be their first ever title.

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Lydia Lafferty’s Personal Best in the 100 Back Leads Kansas Past Iowa State

Kansas junior Lydia Lafferty has had most of her career successes as a butterflier, but this season her backstroke has made huge leaps forward as well.

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Bella Cothern Swims a Season Best in the 100 Fly as Arkansas Downs Kansas

Arkansas won their fifth-straight meet against Kansas, and 15th in 16 seasons, on Saturday in Fayetteville, including splitting the big diving showdowns.

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ASU’s Kharun, Ertan Named Big 12 Swimmers of the Week

Kharun tallied six gold medals in ASU’s win over NC State, taking home individual wins in the 100 fly (43.95) and 200 fly (1:38.74).

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Colorado State Finalist Madison Wagner Set to Swim for University of Kansas Next Fall (2025)

Wagner brings a well-rounded profile to the Jayhawks and could find herself in a position to score some points in the IM discipline right from the start.

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