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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Didn’t catch last night’s action on the penultimate night of the 2025 Women’s NCAA Championships? No worries, if you weren’t able to tune in, we’ve got you covered with all of the races videos, courtesy of “NCAA Championships” on YouTube.
Women’s 100 Butterfly
NCAA Record: 47.21 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2025)Championship Record: 47.21 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2025)American Record: 47.21 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2025)U.S. Open Record: 47.21 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2025)- 2024 Champion: Gretchen Walsh, Virginia — 47.42
TOP 8 FINISHERS:
- Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 46.97
- Torri Huske (Stanford) – 48.90
- Emma Sticklen (Texas) – 49.27
- Miranda Grana (Indiana) – 50.01
- Gabi Albiero (Louisville) – 50.69
- Abby Arens (Texas) – 50.90
- Ella Welch (Louisville) – 50.93
- Olivia Peoples (Florida) – 51.09
She did it again! After resetting her own NCAA, American, and US Open records this morning in prelims, Gretchen Walsh doubled down tonight in finals, ripping a 46.97 to become the first woman in history to go under 47 seconds in the 100 fly. It’s worth mentioning that Walsh is also the only woman who has ever gone under 48 seconds in the event.
Highlighting just how dominant Walsh is in this event, she won the race by nearly 2 full seconds tonight, and did so over the reigning Olympic gold medalist in the LCM 100 fly. Walsh was just incredible tonight, splitting 9.80 on the opening 25 of the race, which is simply hard to wrap your head around. She was 21.61 at the 50-year turn, and came home in 25.36.
Torri Huske, the aforementioned Olympic gold medalist, came in 2nd with a 48.90, which comes in just off her career best of 48.52 that she swam at the ACC Championships last month.
After finishing 4th in this event at last year’s NCAAs, Texas’ Emma Sticklen moved up a spot, taking 3rd this year. Sticklen popped a 49.27, clipping her career best of 49.40, which she set at the SEC Championships last month.
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
Olympic silver medalist Katie Grimes got out to a big lead in the 400 IM final tonight, flipping well ahead of the field at the 200 mark. Breaststroke, as it so often has, changed everything, however, and Grimes’ lead slipped on the 3rd leg of the race. At that point, it was Stanford’s Caroline Bricker who emerged as the leader, and she would not give her lead up.
Bricker tore home to get her hand on the wall 1st by nearly 2 seconds, swimming a 3:57.36. That swim marked a massive career best for Bricker, taking well over 2 seconds off her previous best of 3:59.88, which was swum at the Texas Hall of Fame Invite back in November.
Stanford scored some much needed points in this event, as Lucy Bell came in 3rd with a 4:00.24, a career best of her own. Grimes ultimately touched 4th, over four seconds shy of her best time.
Women’s 200 Freestyle
- NCAA Record: 1:39.10 — Missy Franklin, Cal (2015)
- Championship Record: 1:39.10 — Missy Franklin, Cal (2015)
- American Record: 1:39.10 — Missy Franklin, Cal (2015)
- U.S. Open Record: 1:39.10 — Missy Franklin, Cal (2015)
- 2024 Champion: Bella Sims, Florida — 1:40.90
TOP 8 FINISHERS:
- Anna Peplowski (Indiana) – 1:40.50
- Minna Abraham (USC) – 1:40.56
- Stephanie Balduccini (Michigan) – 1:40.89
- Lea Polonsky (California) – 1:41.85
- Anna Moesch (Virginia) – 1:42.39
- Kayla Wilson (Stanford) – 1:43.29
- Erin Gemmell (Texas) – 1:43.52
- Brooklyn Douthwright (Tennessee) – 1:44.03
In about as tight of a race as we could possibly imagine, Indiana senior Anna Peplowski got her hand on the wall first, earning her first NCAA title of her career. Peplowski, USC’s Minna Abraham, and Michigan’s Stephanie Balduccini separated themselves from the field out in the middle 3 lanes almost immediately, and they never looked back. As anticipated, this final turned into a rematch from the Big Ten Championships last month, where this trio, again in the middle 3 lanes, had an incredibly close race.
This time around, it was actually even closer, as Peplowski beat out Abraham at the touch by just 0.06 seconds. Balduccini was right there as well, touching just 0.33 seconds behind Abraham.
Women’s 100 Breaststroke
- NCAA Record: 55.73 — Lilly King, Indiana (2019)
- Championship Record: 55.73 — Lilly King, Indiana (2019)
- American Record: 55.73 — Lilly King, Indiana (2019)
- U.S. Open Record: 55.73 — Lilly King, Indiana (2019)
- 2024 Champion: Jasmine Nocentini, Virginia — 56.09
TOP 8 FINISHERS:
- Alex Walsh (Virginia) – 56.49
- Mona McSharry (Tennessee) – 57.40
- McKenzie Siroky (Tennessee) – 57.41
- Joleigh Crye (Cincinnati) – 58.11
- Piper Enge (Texas) – 58.19
- Henrietta Fangli (Houston) – 58.29
- Mackenzie Miller (Brigham Young) – 58.39
- Kaelyn Gridley (Duke) – 58.72
Alex Walsh won an NCAA title in a 5th unique event tonight, taking the 100 breast in 56. . The only other swimmer in NCAA history to win NCAA titles in 5 events is Tracy Caulkins, who actually did so in 6 events back in the 1980s. Walsh’s swim of 56.49 marked a new career best for Walsh, also making her the 3rd-fastest performer all-time in the event, behind only Lilly King and former teammate Jasmine Nocentini, who won this event last year in 56.09.
Tennessee’s duo was excellent tonight as well, as Mona McSharry and McKenzie Siroky took 2nd and 3rd respectively. McSharry has been 56.64 in her career, which she swam at last year’s NCAAs, while Siroky has been 57.27.
Women’s 100 Backstroke
- NCAA Record: 48.10 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
- Championship Record: 48.10 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
- American Record: 48.10 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
- U.S. Open Record: 48.10 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
- 2024 Champion: Katharine Berkoff, NC State — 48.55
TOP 8 FINISHERS:
- Claire Curzan (Virginia) – 49.11
- Bella Sims (Florida) – 49.12
- Mirana Grana (Indiana) – 49.62
- Celia Pulido (Southern Illinois) – 49.77
- Phoebe Bacon (Wisconsin) – 50.00
- Leah Shackley (NC State) – 50.06
- Mary-Ambre Moluh (California) – 50.13
- Carmen Weiler Sastre (Virginia Tech) – 50.75
In as close of a finish as possible, Claire Curzan got her hand on the wall 0.01 seconds ahead of Bella Sims, swimming a 49.11. Sims flipped at the 75 with a lead of 0.13 seconds, but Curzan put together a stellar last 10-or-so yards, and managed to get the job done. Her swim tonight marks a new career best, clipping her previous mark of 49.37. Curzan’s swim tonight is the 11th-fastest in history and she’s now the 4th-fastest performer in history in the event.
Sims was off her personal best of 48.97, which she swam at the SEC Championships last month. Her performance tonight does still tie for the 13th-fastest in history, however.
Indiana’s Miranda Grana, after taking 4th in the 100 fly with a career best earlier in the session, came in 3rd with a new personal record as well. Grana swam a 49.62, which marks her first time under 50 seconds in the event, as well as a new Indiana program record.
Women’s 400 Medley Relay
- NCAA Record: 3:19.58 – Virginia (Curzan, Walsh, Walsh, Moesch), 2025
Championship Record: 3:21.01 – Virginia (Walsh, Nocentini, Walsh, Parker), 2024- American Record: 3:19.58 – Virginia (Curzan, Walsh, Walsh, Moesch), 2025
- U.S. Open Record: 3:19.58 – Virginia (Curzan, Walsh, Walsh, Moesch), 2025
- 2024 Champion: Virginia (Walsh, Nocentini, Walsh, Parker) – 3:21.01
TOP 8 FINISHERS:
- Virginia (Curzan, Walsh, Walsh, Moesch) – 3:20.20 (Meet Record)
- Tennessee (Fuller, McSharry, Stotler, Spink) – 3:24.99
- Florida (Sims, Bottazzo Peoples, Cronk) – 3:25.18
- Indiana (DeWitt, Crawford, Grana, Paegle) – 3:25.83
- Texas (Bray, Enge, Sticklen, Nesty) – 3:26.11
- Stanford (Parkhe, Thomas, Huske, Nordmann) – 3:26.34
- USC (Famous, Dobler, Sasseville, Abraham) – 3:26.82
- Louisville (Murray, Cheatwood, Welch, Dennis) – 3:27.76
Virginia’s team of Claire Curzan, Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh, and Anna Moesch took down the meet record that UVA set at last year’s meet, swimming a time of 3:20.20. The race was close through the first 200 yards, but that changed pretty much instantly when Gretchen Walsh dove in for fly. Walsh split 47.35 on the fly leg, which was slower than her NCAA record 46.97 from the individual event earlier tonight, but was more than enough to break the race wide open. Curzan split 49.63 on back, Alex Walsh was 56.37 on breast, and Moesch brought it home in 46.85. This same quartet set the NCAA record in the event last month at the ACC Championships with a 3:19.58.
