2025 BIG EAST Conference Championships
- February 24-27, 2025
- SPIRE Academy – Geneva, Ohio
- SCY (25 yards)
- Start Times: Prelims – 10 am ET / Finals – 5:45 pm ET
- Day 1: finals only – 5:45 pm ET
- Defending Champions:
- Men: Georgetown (3x)
- Women: Villanova (11x)
- Championship Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Livestream
- Day 1 Recap | Day 2 Recap | Day 3 Recap
Women’s Recap
Final Team Scores
- Villanova – 1588
- UConn – 1516
- Xavier – 1167
- Georgetown – 1040
- Seton Hall – 845
- Butler – 570
- Providence – 475
The conclusion of the 2025 BIG EAST championships on Thursday saw the Villanova women extend their winning streak to 12 consecutive conference titles. The Wildcats are tied for the second longest active NCAA conference championship win streak, sharing the position with Oakland (Horizon League) and Denver (Summit League).
Day 4 was filled with plenty of excitement, as records continued to fall across the board. Seton Hall’s Allie Waggoner picked up her 3rd straight win in the 1650 free and broke the Big East conference record in a time of 16:06.75. Waggoner’s performance knocked over seven seconds off of the previous record (16:13.94), set by Rachael Burnett back in 2012, and secured her the victory by 25 seconds.
Villanova freshman Alana Leen snagged her first conference champion title, posting a lifetime best 1:57.26 in the 200 back to prevail over UConn’s Kayla Mendonca (1:57.44).
The freshmen continued to shine, as UConn’s Sydney Perkins also picked up her first-ever conference title on Thursday night. Perkins won the 200 breast in 2:12.52, knocking almost two seconds off of her previous best time.
Despite not being able to catch Villanova or UConn in the overall points, Xavier once again secured the most victories during the finals session, winning three events.
Xavier’s Olivia Oyster completed her sweep of the sprint freestyle events, winning the 100 free in 49.10 to become the back-to-back champion in the event. Not far behind her was UConn freshman Jessica Sheng (49.39), who was also the runner-up behind Oyster in the 50 free.
Teammate Erin Ritz also successfully defended her championship title, logging a victory in the 200 fly with a time of 1:57.46 to hold off Villanova’s Anna Farley (1:58.37).
Xavier picked up their 3rd and final victory of the night in the 400 free relay. The team of Alexis Worrall, Reese Turner, Ritz and Oyster threw down a time of 3:19.46, with Oyster turning in a 48.46 as the anchor leg to post the fastest split in the pool.
UConn’s Kate Cooper brought home the championship title in the 3-meter diving event to help rack up the points for the Huskies; posting a score of 327.35 points, she was the only diver to surpass the 300 point mark.
Major Championship Awards
Women’s Most Outstanding Swimmer – Allie Waggoner, Seton Hall (Unanimous)
Women’s Most Outstanding Diver – Kate Cooper, UConn (Unanimous)
Women’s Diving Coach of the Year – Katie Polk, UConn
Women’s Coaching Staff of the Year – Villanova
Men’s Recap
Final Team Scores
- Georgetown – 836
- Seton Hall – 709
- Xavier – 688
- Villanova – 588
- Providence – 261
After heading into the final day of competition with just a 67 point lead, the Georgetown men secured their 4th-straight conference championship title on Thursday night. Racking up 836 points over the course of the meet, the Hoyas managed to extend their lead over Seton Hall, who snagged the runner-up spot with 709 points.
Xavier’s Aiden Leamer made a splash on night four by breaking the 16-year-old Big East conference record in the 200 fly. He threw down a 1:43.48 to shave .03 off of the previous record, set by Pedro Oliveira back in 2009.
After narrowly taking 2nd to Jack Januario in the 500 free, Seton Hall’s Sean Vizzard turned the tables by winning the 1650 free to kick off the night. Vizzard posted a time of 15:09.74, racing into the wall almost nine seconds ahead of Januario (15:18.56).
Fellow Pirate Balint Marosi completed a sweep of the backstroke events with his victory in the 200 back. The freshman turned in a 1:46.21, just .03 off of his lifetime best, to secure the championship title by nearly two seconds.
It was a close race behind Marosi, as only .6 separated 2nd-place from 7th-place. Georgetown’s Conor Jellig snagged the runner-up spot in 1:48.10, narrowly beating out Villanova’s Josh Seidman (1:48.19) and Xavier’s Nathan Finnegan (1:48.22).
Georgetown freshman Owen Watkins also turned in a sweep in his debut conference championships. After winning the 50 free, Watkins picked up a victory in the 100 free on Thursday with his lifetime best performance of 43.41.
The Hoyas brought home another win in the 200 breast thanks to Nick Pezzella, who turned in a time of 1:56.01 to beat out Xavier’s Ethan Saunders (1:56.49).
The 400 free relay went to Seton Hall, with the team of Toma Adam, Marosi, Kevin Cary and Michael Klimaszewski throwing down a 2:56.10 to bring home the Pirates’ third championship title of the night.
Major Championship Awards
Men’s Co-Most Outstanding Swimmer – Balint Marosi, Seton Hall & Aiden Leamer, Xavier
Men’s Most Outstanding Diver – Nick Graham, Seton Hall
Men’s Diving Coach of the Year – Ben Mitchell, Seton Hall
Men’s Coaching Staff of the Year – Georgetown
