2025 NCAA Division I Ladies’s Swimming and Diving Championships
When you’re already lacking yards swimming, we’ve bought the answer for you right here with all of the highlights from the 2025 Ladies’s NCAA Division I Championships. Relive all of the information from a quick weekend in Federal Manner, the place the Virginia girls claimed their fifth NCAA Championship in a row, additional cementing their maintain over the NCAA and their place as one of many prime applications in NCAA historical past.
Along with all of the record-breaking swims, we’ve additionally added in a number of the closest races like the ladies’s 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke. Whereas these didn’t lead to any new nationwide information, they had been a number of the most thrilling races to look at in the course of the weekend.
Day 1
200 Medley Relay
Courtesy: NCAA Championships
NCAA File: 1:31.51 — Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Cuomo, Douglass) (2023)
Championship File: 1:31.51 — Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Cuomo, Douglass) (2023)
American File: 1:31.51 — Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Cuomo, Douglass) (2023)
U.S. Open File: 1:31.51 — Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Cuomo, Douglass) (2023)
2024 Champion: Virginia (G. Walsh, Nocentini, Novelline, Parker) — 1:31.58
High 8 Finishers:
Virginia (Curzan, Walsh, Walsh, Parker) — 1:31.10 (NCAA document)
Stanford (Parkhe, Thomas, Johnson, Huske) — 1:33.00
Louisville (Karl, Larsen, Albiero, Dennis) — 1:33.41
California (Stadden, Polonsky, Stone, Moluh) — 1:33.54
Florida (Sims, Bottazzo, Peoples, Cronk) — 1:33.92
NC State (Pelaez,Brouwer, Shackley, Nel) /Texas (Sticklen, Enge, Arens, Cooper) — 1:34.00
(tie)
ASU (Sheehan, Adame, Ullmann, Bentz) — 1:34.54
The Virginia girls started their quest for a fifth-straight NCAA Championship with an NCAA document. After leaving Gretchen Walsh off this relay on the ACC Championships in favor of the 800 freestyle relay, Walsh gave the Cavaliers a 20.88 butterfly cut up. She mixed with Curzan’s 23.17 lead-off, Alex Walsh‘s 25.62 breaststroke cut up, and Maxine Parker‘s 21.43 anchor to interrupt the NCAA document the staff set two years in the past with a 1:31.10.
Day 2
200 IM
Courtesy: NCAA Championships
NCAA File: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
Championship File: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
American File: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
U.S. Open File: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
2024 Champion: Alex Walsh, Virginia — 1:49.20
High 8 Finishers
Torri Huske (Stanford) — 1:49.67
Alex Walsh (Virginia ) — 1:50.14
Lea Polonsky (California) — 1:51.51
Phoebe Bacon (Wisconsin) — 1:51.98
Caroline Bricker (Stanford) — 1:52.01
Lucy Bell (Stanford) — 1:52.47
Emma Sticklen (Texas) — 1:52.54
Josephine Fuller (Tennessee) — 1:55.77
Torri Huske received the hotly anticipated 200 IM showdown between her and Alex Walsh. Huske, the 100-meter butterfly Olympic champion, led after the opening 50 yards. She was briefly second after the backstroke leg however regained management on the breaststroke leg and didn’t look again. She charged to the win in 1:49.67, turning into the third lady to interrupt 1:50 as she received her first particular person NCAA crown.
Walsh, the defending champion, completed comfortably in second with a 1:50.14, over a second forward of third-place Lea Polonsky.
200 Freestyle Relay
Courtesy: NCAA Championships
NCAA File: 1:23.63 — Virginia (Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Parker) (2024)
Championship File: 1:24.05 — Virginia (Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Parker) (2024)
American File: 1:23.87 — Virginia (Douglass, G. Walsh, Cuomo, A. Walsh) (2023)
U.S. Open File: 1:23.63 — Virginia (Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Parker) (2024)
2024 Champion: Virginia (Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Parker) — 1:24.05
High 8:
Virginia (Walsh, Curzan, Parker, Moesch) — 1:24.45
Louisville (Larsen, Dennis, Albiero, Welch) — 1:25.04
Stanford (Huske, Thomas, Johnson, Tang) — 1:25.69
Michigan (Kendall, Newman, Balduccini, Flynn) — 1:26.04
Indiana (Peplowski, Dewitt, McKenna, Paegle) — 1:26.68
NC State (Christianson, Nel, Pelaez, Shackley) — 1:26.82
California (Moluh, West, Stadden, Stone) — 1:26.96
Texas (Cooper, Sticklen, Arens, Longi) — 1:27.00
Gretchen Walsh missed her NCAA document throughout her particular person 50 freestyle although she nonetheless received by a major margin. She bought one other shot on the mark main off Virginia’s 200 freestyle relay and tied the document with a 20.37 lead-off. Huske gave the Stanford girls an enormous begin, ripping a 20.92. She turns into the fifth lady to interrupt 21 seconds within the occasion historical past with the swim.
Virginia maintained its lead all through the race and took house the win in 1:24.45 forward of Louisville’s 1:25.04. The Cardinal stayed sturdy after Huske’s lead-off with a 1:25.69 for third.
Day 3
100 Butterfly
Courtesy: NCAA Championships
High 8:
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
The ladies’s 100 butterfly was one of the crucial anticipated races of the meet. Not due to the extraordinary race brewing just like the 2023 NCAA Championships however as a result of everybody needed to see how briskly Walsh might go. She delivered, blasting a 46.97 to develop into the primary lady underneath the 47-second barrier.
Walsh has pushed this occasion to new heights over the past 18 months; she’s nonetheless the one lady to interrupt 48-seconds on this race.
Her Olympic teammate Huske completed second with a 48.90, including a second-place trophy to her assortment after successful the 200 IM the earlier evening. SEC Champion Emma Sticklen touched third in 49.27 as there have been gaps between the highest 5 swimmers.
200 Freestyle
Courtesy: NCAA Championships
NCAA File: 1:39.10 — Missy Franklin, Cal (2015)
Championship File: 1:39.10 — Missy Franklin, Cal (2015)
American File: 1:39.10 — Missy Franklin, Cal (2015)
U.S. Open File: 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
The 200 freestyle was one of many closest races we noticed on the NCAA Championships. In a rematch between the highest three finishers on the Massive Ten Championships it was Anna Peplowski who bought her hand on the wall first forward of USC’s Minna Abraham and Michigan’s Stephanie Balduccini.
Peplowski hit the wall in 1:40.50, a lifetime greatest and Massive Ten document. That is her first particular person NCAA title and the Hoosier girls’s first since Lilly King. In second, six-hundredths behind Peplowksi, Abraham was additionally underneath the previous Massive Ten mark, setting a USC program document.
100 Backstroke
Courtesy: NCAA Championships
NCAA File: 48.10 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
Championship File: 48.10 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
American File: 48.10 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
U.S. Open File: 48.10 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
2024 Champion: Katharine Berkoff, NC State — 48.55
High 8:
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
An exciting race between Claire Curzan and Bella Sims was selected the contact. Sims flipped on the 27-yard mark with a .13 second lead however Curzan charged over the past 10 yards and managed to get her hand on the wall first in 49.11, a hundredth forward of Sims. Curzan’s time marks a brand new lifetime greatest for her, whereas Sims’ 49.12 was barely off the 48.97 she posted main off Florida’s 400 medley relay on the SEC Championships.
After taking fourth within the 100 butterfly to start the session, Indiana’s Miranda Grana positioned third within the 100 backstroke, efficiently finishing her double.
400 Medley Relay
Courtesy: NCAA Championships
NCAA File: 3:19.58 – Virginia (Curzan, Walsh, Walsh, Moesch), 2025
Championship File: 3:21.01 – Virginia (Walsh, Nocentini, Walsh, Parker), 2024
American File: 3:19.58 – Virginia (Curzan, Walsh, Walsh, Moesch), 2025
U.S. Open File: 3:19.58 – Virginia (Curzan, Walsh, Walsh, Moesch), 2025
2024 Champion: Virginia (Walsh, Nocentini, Walsh, Parker) – 3:21.01
High 8:
Virginia (Curzan, Walsh, Walsh, Moesch) – 3:20.20 (Meet File)
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 (Well-known, Dobler, Sasseville, Abraham) – 3:26.82
Louisville (Murray, Cheatwood, Welch, Dennis) – 3:27.76
The Virginia girls missed the blistering 3:19.58 NCAA and American document they swam on the ACC Championships however nonetheless destroyed their championship document from final season with a 3:20.20. They received the race simply, touching greater than 4.5 seconds forward of second-place Tennessee.
Day 4
200 Backstroke
Courtesy: NCAA Championships
NCAA File: 1:46.87 – Claire Curzan, Virginia (2025)
Championship File: 1:47.24 – Beata Nelson, Wisconsin (2019)
American File: 1:46.87 – Claire Curzan, Virginia (2025)
U.S. Open File: 1:46.87 – Claire Curzan, Virginia (2025)
2024 Champion: Phoebe Bacon, Wisconsin – 1:48.23
High 8:
Claire Curzan (Virginia) – 1:46.82 (NCAA File)
Bella Sims (Florida) – 1:47.11
Phoebe Bacon (Wisconsin) – 1:47.60
Leah Shackley (NC State) – 1:48.52
Carmen Weiler Sastre (Virginia Tech) – 1:49.22
Josephine Fuller (Tennessee) – 1:49.73
Erika Pelaez (NC State) – 1:49.81
Isabelle Stadden (California) – 1:51.41
Curzan got here out on prime once more in a backstroke rematch towards Sims. She swam an NCAA document 1:46.82, slicing five-hundredths off the document she set on the Tennessee Invitational in November. With that swim, Curzan swept the person backstroke races at these championships after taking the 2023-24 season off from collegiate racing. Curzan beforehand received this title in 2023.
Sims ripped a lifetime greatest 1:47.11, dropping from the lifetime greatest she swam on the SEC Championships and turning into the second-fastest performer in occasion historical past. Two-time champion Phoebe Bacon swim a 1:47.60 lifetime greatest for third in her remaining particular person collegiate race.
100 Freestyle
Courtesy: NCAA Championships
High 8:
Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 44.71 (NCAA File)
Torri Huske (Stanford) – 46.01
Camille Spink (Tennessee) – 46.68
Anna Moesch (Virginia) – 46.94
Minna Abraham (USC) – 46.95
Stephanie Balduccini (Michigan) – 47.08
Lindsay Flynn (Michigan) – 47.21
Julia Dennis (Louisville) – 47.41
Walsh broke her NCAA document to win her ninth particular person NCAA title. She clocked 44.71, cracking the 44.83 she put up on the 2024 NCAA Championships. She was out in a blistering 21.23, then held on for a 23.48 over the ultimate 50 yards.
Huske took second behind Walsh once more. This time, she swam a lifetime greatest 46.01, almost getting underneath the 46-second barrier as she clipped her former lifetime better of 46.09, swum at February’s ACC Championships. Tennessee’s Spink rounded out the highest three finishers with a 46.68, barely off the 46.25 greatest she swam on the SEC Championships.
200 Butterfly
Courtesy: NCAA Championships
NCAA File: 1:49.16 – Alex Walsh, Virginia (2024)
Championship File: 1:49.90 – Emma Sticklen, Texas (2025)
American File: 1:48.33 – Regan Smith (2023)
U.S. Open File: 1:48.33 – Regan Smith (2023)
2024 Champion: Emma Sticklen, Texas – 1:50.99
High 8:
Emma Sticklen (Texas) – 1:49.11 (NCAA File)
Alex Walsh (Virginia) – 1:49.88
Caroline Bricker (Stanford) – 1:51.55
Tess Howley (Virginia) – 1:51.79
Hannah Bellard (Michigan) – 1:51.89
Lillie Nordmann (Stanford) – 1:52.10
Campbell Stoll (Texas) – 1:52.29
Greta Pelzek (South Carolina) – 1:53.93
Emma Sticklen bought the job accomplished once more, successful the ladies’s 200 butterfly NCAA title for the third 12 months in a row. Sticklen attacked the race from the beginning and it was a battle for her on the ultimate 50, leaving the query of if NCAA document holder Walsh would run her down open till Sticklen hit the wall.
The Longhorn took down the NCAA document with a 1:49.11 in her remaining particular person collegiate swim after narrowly lacking it on the SEC Championships.
