By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

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)
• Meet Central
• Official Psych Sheets
• SwimSwam Preview Index
• Live Results
• Live Stream
• Live Recaps :Day 1׀ Day 2׀ Day 3׀ Day 4

Women’s 400 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals

• NCAA Record: 3:05.84 – Virginia (Douglass, Walsh, Parker, Walsh), 2023
• Championship Record: 3:05.84 – Virginia (Douglass, Walsh, Parker, Walsh), 2023
• American Record: 3:05.84 – Virginia (Douglass, Walsh, Parker, Walsh), 2023
• U.S. Open Record: 3:05.84 – Virginia (Douglass, Walsh, Parker, Walsh), 2023
• 2024 Champion: Virginia – 3:05.89

Podium:

1. Virginia (Curzan, Moesch, Walsh, Walsh) – 3:06.01
2. Tennessee (Spink, Fuller, Jansen, Douthwright) – 3:08.63
3. Louisville (Albiero, Dennis, Larsen, Mehraban) – 3:08.71
4. Michigan (Balduccini, Kendall, Newman, Flynn) – 3:09.07
5. Stanford (Johnson, Nordmann, Huske, Wilson) – 3:09.38
6. USC (Buinaia, Famous, Tuggle, Abraham) – 3:10.36
7. (TIE) Texas (Gemmell, Sticklen, Nesty, Arens) / Indiana (Peplowski, Dewitt, Grana, Paegle) – 3:10.47
8. –

Virginia’s Walsh era ended on a strong note, with Claire Curzan (47.07), Anna Moesch (46.86), Alex Walsh (47.07), and Gretchen Walsh (45.04) closing out the 2025 NCAA Women’s Championships with a rout in the final event to secure the Cavaliers’ fifth consecutive national title. Their combined 3:06.01 was the fastest by over 2.6 seconds. Tennessee edged Louisville by .08 for second place with 3:08.63.

Leadoff Leg

Bella Sims produced the fastest leadoff of the night, giving Florida an early advantage in heat 3 of 4. She clocked a 46.53, a personal best by .47. Just to put that swim in context, it would have earned her the bronze medal behind Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske. Sims and Tennessee’s Camille Spink (46.90 in heat 4) were the only sub-47 leaoffs. Virginia’s Curzan (47.07), Michigan’s StephanieBalduccini (47.31), Anna Peplowski of Indiana (47.32), Carmen Weiler Sastre of Virginia Tech (47.49), and Louisville’s Gabi Albiero (47.51), Cadence Vincent from Alabama (47.78), Helena Jones of Georgia (47.87), and Cal’s Mary-Ambre Moluh (47.90) all led off in sub-48s.

Rolling Splits

Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh anchored the winning relay with 45.04, the second-fastest split in NCAA history. She now owns the four fastest 100 free relay splits and five of the top 10. Her 45.04 bumped Abbey Weitzeil 2020 Pac-12s performance off the top-10 list, which is a shame because Torri Huske’s 45.77 tonight would have tied it.

1. 93, Gretchen Walsh (2025 ACCs)
2. 04, Gretchen Walsh (2025 NCAAs)
3. 17, Gretchen Walsh (2024 NCAAs)
4. 18, Gretchen Walsh (2023 Tenn. Invite)
5. 26, Maggie MacNeil (2023 SECs)
6. 40, Gretchen Walsh (2024 ACCs)
7. 45, Simone Manuel (2015 NCAAs)
8. 47, Simone Manuel (2018 NCAAs)
9. 65, Taylor Ruck (2019 NCAAs)
10. 74, Mallory Comerford (2018 NCAAs)
11. (TIE) 45.77, Abbey Weitzeil (2020 PAC-12s) / 45.77, Torri Huske (2025 NCAAs)

Walsh and Huske were the only swimmers under 46 seconds, but USC’s Minna Abraham came very close to breaking the barrier with 46.07. Her anchor took USC past Florida and Cal in heat 3 and secured the Trojans a spot on the podium.

We had five more sub-47 splits: Josephine Fuller of Tennessee (46.48), Julia Dennis of Louisville (46.52), UVA’s Moesch (48.86), Michigan’s Lindsay Flynn (46.91), and Erika Palaez of NC State (47.04).

By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam

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)
• Meet Central
• Official Psych Sheets
• SwimSwam Preview Index
• Live Results
• Live Stream
• Live Recaps:
  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3  | Day 4

The 2025 Women’s Division I NCAA Championships have concluded. Highlighting the list of swims you might have missed on day 4 is Gena Jorgenson. The Nebraska junior came into the meet as the 13 seed and swam out of the afternoon heats. She was entered with a 15:56.70 but dropped over six seconds to finish 6th overall in a final time of a 15:49.99.

Wisconsin’s Paige McKenna also swam a top time out of the 1650 freestyle heats. McKenna finished 9th overall in a 15:52.21. That dropped over eight and a half seconds from her lifetime best.

Also swimming a time you might have missed was Charlotte Wilson. The Virginia freshman entered the meet as the 26 seed with a time of a 1:52.60. She posted a lifetime best 1:51.51 for 12th in prelims before dropping even more time in finals to finish 11th in a 1:51.28.

USC’s Minna Abraham swam to a lifetime best in the 100 freestyle. She broke 47 for the first time swimming a 46.95 100 free to finish 5th. She was seeded coming into the meet with a 47.34 from Big Tens last month. Her best time coming into the season was a 47.69.

Indiana senior Brearna Crawford swam a 2:05.66 to finish 3rd in the 200 breaststroke. She dropped from her lifetime best of a 2:06.86 that she swam at 2022 Big Tens. Crawford notably finished 17th in the event a year ago, just missing out on finals but showed her improvement in the last year tonight.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2025 Women’s Division I NCAA Championships: Swims You Might Have Missed On Night 4

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

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)
• Meet Central
• Official Psych Sheets
• SwimSwam Preview Index
• Live Results
• Live Stream
• Live Recaps :Day 1׀ Day 2׀ Day 3׀ Day 4

FULL RESULTS (PDF)

Virginia, who led or were tied for first in the team standings after all 21 events, won their fifth consecutive NCAA Division I Women’s Championships on Saturday night with 544 points, 16.5 more than their 2024 tally. The Cavaliers scored 161 points on Day 4, only 2 points short of where they were seeded.

Cal had the biggest overperformance on Day 3, adding 15 points more than the projection. They came within 7 points of overtaking Louisville at 7th place in the team rankings. It capped a strong weekend for the Golden Bears, who finished 11th a year ago.

Indiana (+13) and Florida (+10) had double digit gains, as well, while Texas (-40), Tennessee (-14), and NC State (-13) were off their seeds.

Seed vs Performance – Day 4 Only – Swimming Events

1650 Free Over/Under

200 Back Over/Under

100 Free Over/Under

By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam

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)
• Meet Central
• Official Psych Sheets
• SwimSwam Preview Index
• Live Results
• Live Stream
• Live Recaps:
  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3| Day 4

Gretchen Walsh‘s NCAA career has come to a close. She leaves the ranks of college swimming as one of the most decorated swimmers in history, making a case for herself as the greatest yards swimmer of all time. Now, Walsh will turn her focus to her pro career and international swimming, where she’s already seen success in the last year.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Gretchen Walsh on Going Pro: “My process is gonna start over”

By Retta Race on SwimSwam

2025 NSW STATE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Friday, March 21st – Sunday, March 23rd
• Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Central
• SwimSwam Preview #1
• SwimSwam Preview #2
• Final Entries
• Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap
• Live Results

The 2025 New South Wales State Open Championships entered its final day with the competition representing a tune up opportunity for athletes ahead of the all-important World Trials on the agenda for June.

23-year-old Kaylee McKeown already put on a show in both the women’s 100m and 200m backstroke events on the first two days of the meet. In the former, she ripped a monster 57.73 and in the latter she crushed an outing of 2:04.57. Both performances rocketed her up the world rankings to wear the crown in both events.

Next on McKeown’s list of victims was the 50m back.

Competing in this morning’s heats, Griffith University’s McKeown fired off an eye-popping result of 27.06. That beat the field by well over a second en route to capturing the top seed.

McKeown’s time was within striking distance of her own world record mark of 26.86, the time she put on the books during the 2023 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup.

However, her 27.06 represents the 4th-swiftest performance in history.

Top 5 Women’s LCM 50 Back Performances All-Time

1. 26.86 – Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
2. 26.98 – Liu Xiang (CHN), 2018
3. 27.02 – Kaylee McKeown, 2023
4. 27.06 – Zhao Jing (CHN), 2009 & 27.06 Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2025
5. 27.07 – Kaylee McKeown, 2024

She ranks #1 in the world this season by a healthy margin.

McKeown wound up dropping the final today but has proven she is back in full force since having withdrawn from last year’s World Aquatics Swimming World Cup to tend to her mental health.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Kaylee McKeown Rips 27.06 50 Back, 4th-Fastest Performance Ever

By Retta Race on SwimSwam

2025 JAPAN SWIM

• Thursday, March 20th – Sunday, March 23rd
• Tokyo Aquatics Centre
• LCM (50m)
• SwimSwam Preview #1
• SwimSwam Preview #2
• Meet Central
• Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap
• Live Results

The final day of the 2025 Japan Swim unfolded from Tokyo today. The 4-day competition represented the sole qualifying opportunity for the nation’s swimmers to add their names to the roster for this summer’s World Championships in Singapore.

17-year-old Kazushi Imafuku already made noise in the mid-distance freestyle events here, including ripping a new personal best of 3:47.77 in the 400m free.

But the teen saved his best for last, unleashing a new Japanese national record en route to topping the men’s 1500m freestyle podium.

Racing in the fastest heat this evening, Kazushi ripped a monster time of 14:50.18 to get to the wall first.

He scored the sole time of the field under the 15:00 barrier, with Daichi Yamamoto next in line at 15:09.08 followed by Kenta Ozaki who touched in 15:18.16.

Imafuku’s performance surpassed the longstanding national record of 14:54.80 Kohei Yamamoto put on the books over 11 years ago in 2024.

Entering this competition, Imafuku’s lifetime best rested at the 14:59.97 he registered for gold at the 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships so the teen hacked over 10 seconds off that previous performance to grab the gold here.

Splits for Imafuku’s 14:50.18 Japanese National Record

Imafuku now ranks #1 in the world, dethroning Olympic champion Florian Wellbrock of Germany. Additionally, his outing cleared the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 15:01.89 needed to qualify for the 2025 World Championships.

After the race, Imafuku told Asian media, “I practiced like crazy, and a lot of people supported me. I’ve come a long way, which I would never have been able to achieve on my own.”

Regarding his race strategy, the Gakuen High School student said, “Just go for it from the first half, and endure in the second half.” (Hochi News)

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 17-Yr-Old Kazushi Imafuku Scorches 14:50.18 1500 Free JPN National Record

By Retta Race on SwimSwam

2025 NSW STATE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Friday, March 21st – Sunday, March 23rd
• Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Central
• SwimSwam Preview #1
• SwimSwam Preview #2
• Final Entries
• Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap
• Live Results

The final day of action at the 2025 New South Wales State Open Championships saw 23-year-old Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown rip a time of 27.06 in the heats of the women’s 50m back.

That outing represented the 4th-swiftest performance in history and positioned McKeown atop the world rankings on the season. McKeown wound up dropping the final but proved she’s back to form after having withdrawn from last year’s World Aquatics Swimming World Cup to tend to her mental health.

• Kaylee McKeown Rips 27.06 50 Back, 4th-Fastest Performance Ever

24-year-old Brittany Castelluzzo continued her campaign with a tough double of the women’s 200m fly and 200m freestyle this evening.

In the former, the Tea Tree Gully athlete threw down a new personal best, getting to the wall in 2:07.37 as the sole swimmer of the field under the 2:10 barrier.

Castelluzzo split 28.43/32.35/33.01/33.58 to overtake her previous career-quickest outing of 2:07.76 produced at last December’s Queensland Championships.

She now ranks 4th in the world in this event and enters the conversation for potential representation at this summer’s World Championships.

The 200m free, just about 30 minutes later, saw Castelluzzo grab the gold in a time of 1:58.87.

That held off Griffith University’s Milana Tapper who raced to silver in 1:59.58 while Molly Walker rounded out the top 3 performers in 2:00.91.

Castelluzzo’s personal best remains at the 1:56.77 she turned in at last year’s Olympic Trials.

With the retirements of Madi Wilson, Brianna Throssell and Emma McKeon, Castelluzzo can make a bona fide run at potentially making the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay squad for Singapore.

25-year-old Olympic finalist Matt Temple took on his bread-and-butter men’s 100m butterfly this evening.

The Marion star stopped the clock at 51.74 to clear the field by over a second.

Alex Quach registered 52.96 for silver and Enoch Robb bagged bronze in 53.71.

Temple now sits just outside the list of top 5 performers in the world this season, ranking 7th.

24-year-old USC Spartan Thomas Nowakowski logged a winning effort of 22.27 in the men’s 50m free.

That got him to the wall with time to spare ahead of the 100m free champion here William Yang. Yang touched in 22.53 and Ollie Moclair was the 3rd-place finisher in 22.92.

Nowakowski has been as fast as 21.81 in the splash n’ dash in his career, a time he’ll need to approach in order to qualify for this summer’s World Championships.

Finally, on the teen scene, 16-year-old Henry Allan scorched a new lifetime best of 54.23 to take the men’s 100m backstroke.

Opening in 26.26 and closing in 27.97, Allan of Bendigo East Swimming Club sliced .40 off his previous PB of 54.63 notched at last December’s Victorian Age Swimming Championshps.

That former standard stood as the Australian 16-Year-Old-Boys national age record, so he established an improved effort with tonight’s performance.

Additional Notes

• 21-year-old Tara Kinder produced another lifetime best, this time in the women’s 200m IM. The Melbourne Vicentre athlete clocked a gold medal-worthy result of 2:11.39. That surpassed the 2:12.78 former PB she raced her way to nearly 4 years ago.
• The men’s 400m IM saw Olympian Se-Bom Lee top the podium in 4:18.78.
• USC Spartan Alexandria Perkins notched a time of 28.07 to win the women’s 50m back gold.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Castelluzzo Clocks 200 Fly Personal Best To Close Out 2025 NSW Championships

By Retta Race on SwimSwam

2025 JAPAN SWIM

• Thursday, March 20th – Sunday, March 23rd
• Tokyo Aquatics Centre
• LCM (50m)
• SwimSwam Preview #1
• SwimSwam Preview #2
• Meet Central
• Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap
• Live Results

The final day of action unfolded at the 2025 Japan Swim, the competition which represents the sole qualifying opportunity for the nation’s swimmers to add their names to the World Championships roster.

18-year-old Mio Narita saved her best performance for last, winning gold in the women’s 400m IM and setting a new Japanese National High School Record in the process.

After establishing herself as the top-seeded swimmer with a morning swim of 4:41.23 out of the heats, Olympic finalist Narita crushed a big-time result of 4:35.39 to ultimately take the gold.

Narita was one of two swimmers to get under the 4:40 barrier this evening, with Waka Kobori hitting 4:39.14 for the silver. Misuzu Nagoka, who turned 17 just days ago, rounded out the podium in 4:40.31.

As for Narita, her time this evening overtook her own previous Japanese National High School benchmark and lifetime best of 4:35.40 notched at last year’s Olympic Trials. Her slightly quicker performance keeps her ranked as Japan’s #3 performer of all time in this 4IM event.

Top 5 Japanese Women’s LCM 400 IM Performers All-Time

1. Yui Ohashi – 4:30.82, 2018
2. Sakiko Shimizu – 4:34.66, 2016
3. Mio Narita– 4:35.39, 2025
4. Miho Takahashi – 4:35.55, 2016
5. Ageha Tanigawa – 4:35.60, 2024

Both Narita and Kobori cleared the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 4:43.06 needed to qualify for Singapore and the pair ranks 4th and 5th, respectively, in the world this season.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Mio Narita Shaves .01 Off Japanese National High School Record In 400 IM

By Retta Race on SwimSwam

2025 JAPAN SWIM

• Thursday, March 20th – Sunday, March 23rd
• Tokyo Aquatics Centre
• LCM (50m)
• SwimSwam Preview #1
• SwimSwam Preview #2
• Meet Central
• Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap
• Live Results

The 2025 Japan Swim concluded tonight from Tokyo which means we’ll soon know who will officially represent the nation at this year’s World Championships in Singapore.

Two swimmers, in particular, saved their best performances for last, with 17-year-old Kazushi Imafuku and 18-year-old Mio Narita each breaking a record to close out their campaigns.

As for Imafuku, the teen scorched a lifetime best of 14:50.18 to win the men’s 1500m freestyle.

His gold medal-worthy outing overtook the longstanding Japanese national record of 14:54.80 that’s been on the books since 2014.

• 17-Yr-Old Kazushi Imafuku Scorches 14:50.18 1500 Free JPN National Record

For Narita’s part, the Olympic finalist teen produced a winning time of 4:35.39 in the women’s 400m IM.

That not only qualified her for the World Championships, but it checked in as a lifetime best, slicing .01 off her own previous Japanese National High Schol record of 4:35.40 she established at last year’s Olympic Trials.

• Mio Narita .01 Off Japanese National High School Record in 400 IM

But there were plenty of other head-turning swims to close out the meet, including in the men’s 400m IM which saw its top 3 performers all dip under the 4:10 barrier.

Tomoyuki Matsushita, the reigning Olympic silver medalist in the event, stopped the clock at a mighty time of 4:08.61 to grab the gold.

The 19-year-old got to the wall ahead of Asaki Nishikawa who settled for silver just over a second back in 4:09.63 while Kosuke Makino, silver medalist already here in the 200m IM, punched a time of 4:09.79 for bronze.

Entering this competition, Matsushita’s best-ever performance was represented by the 4:08.62 notched last year in Paris to claim runner-up status behind Olympic champion Leon Marchand of France. So he sliced .01 off that prior performance for a new PB.

Nishikawa’s outing tonight was also his lifetime best, overtaking the 4:10.91 he logged just last month at the Konami Open.

Both men easily cleared the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 4:17.48 needed to qualify for this year’s World Championships, giving Matsushita his 3rd individual event (200m free, 200m IM, 400m IM).

Matsushita now dethrones American Carson Foster to rank #1 in the world and Nishikawa ranks 3rd.

As a reminder, Matsushita was last night’s 200m IM victor, busting out a big-time career-fastest result of 1:56.35 to demonstrate how he’s in fine form.

Akira Namba got it done for gold in the men’s 50m free, shimmying under the ‘A’ standard by just a fingernail.

Namba touched in a time of 22.03, just .01 off his 22.02 personal best and .02 off the Singapore cut of 22.05.

He was the only one to make the grade, as runner-up Juran Mizohata was over the mark in 22.16 as was bronze medalist Katsumi Nakamura (22.19).

National record holder Katsuhiro Matsumoto did his thing in the men’s 100m fly, capturing the victory in a result of 51.10.

Opening in 23.70 and closing in 27.40, Matsumoto was able to hold off a charging Naoki Mizunuma who settled for silver after hitting a back half of 27.31.

Genki Terakado, the 200m fly gold medalist here, earned 3rd place honors in 51.64.

Matsumoto and Mizunuma both dipped under the ‘A’ standard of 51.77, with Matsumoto adding this 1fly to the 50m fly for which he already qualified earlier in the competition.

Finally on the men’s side, Masaki Yura secured Singapore qualification in the men’s 50m back, courtesy of his outing of 24.92.

But Yura wasn’t alone, as Riku Matsuyama touched in an identical time to share the gold medal.

The time represents a new personal best for both men, inserting them into slot #5 among the all-time Japanese performers.

On the women’s side, 34-year-old Olympic medalist Satomi Suzuki successfully completed her trifecta of victories in the women’s breaststroke events.

She fired off a time of 30.36 to take the 50m breast and add the event to her lineup of Singapore qualifications.

The last time Suzuki won the 50m, 100m and 200m breast at a national championships was well over a decade ago.

Ichika Kajimoto cleared the Singapore standard in the women’s 800m free, powering her way to the wall first in 8:26.02.

21-year-old Kajimoto was the only swimmer under the 8:30 barrier as she put up a new lifetime best, with Airi Ebina also beating the ‘A’ cut with a silver medal-worthy 8:31.83.

Although 3-time Olympian Rikako Ikee already qualified for the World Championships in the 50m and 100m free events, the 24-year-old fell short in the 50m free.

Ikee clocked a time of 24.91, painstakingly missing the qualification standard by just .05 in tonight’s contest.

Japanese World Championships Qualifiers Through Day Four

• Taikan Tanaka – men’s 50m fly
• Katsuhiro Matsumoto– men’s 50m fly, 100m fly
• Mio Narita – women’s 200m IM, 200m back
• Shiho Matsumoto – women’s 200m IM
• Kazushi Imafuku – men’s 400m free
• Ichika Kajimoto– women’s 400m free, 800m free
• Miyu Namba – women’s 400m free
• Yamato Fukasawa – men’s 100m breast, 200m breast
• Mizuki Hirai – women’s 100m fly, 50m fly
• Rikako Ikee – women’s 100m fly, 50m fly
• Tatsuya Murasa – men’s 200m free
• Tomoyuki Matsushita– men’s 200m free, 200m IM, 400m IM
• Satomi Suzuki– women’s 100m breast, 200m breast, 50m breast
• Reona Aoki – women’s 100m breast
• Nagisa Ikemoto – women’s 200m free
• Genki Terakado – men’s 200m fly
• Takumi Terada – men’s 200m fly
• Taku Taniguchi – men’s 50m breast, 100m breast
• Toshinari Yanagisawa – men’s 50m breast
• Yasuki Fujimoto – women’s 200m fly
• Miki Takahashi – women’s 50m back
• Kosuke Makino – men’s 200m IM
• Kotomi Kato – women’s 200m breast
• Hidekazu Takehara – men’s 200m back
• Kodai Nishiono – men’s 200m back
• Ippei Watanabe – men’s 200m breast
• Chiaki Yamamoto – women’s 200m back
• Asaki Nishikawa– men’s 400m IM
• Akira Namba– men’s 50m free
• Naoki Mizunuma– men’s 100m fly
• Masaki Yura– men’s 50m back
• Riku Matsuyama– men’s 50m back
• Airi Ebina– women’s 800m free

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Olympic Medalist Tomoyuki Matsushita Takes Over World’s #1 400 IM

By Andrew Mering on SwimSwam

2025 NCAA DIII Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships

• March 19-22, 2025
• Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
• Live Results
• Full Results
• Recaps
  • Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

First a few notes

• For the men, the highest scoring class at the meet was the Denison seniors with 160 points. Next best were the Kenyon juniors with 109
• For the women, the highest scoring class was tied between the MIT sophomores and Kenyon seniors with 115.
• The highest score any team achieved in an event in the men’s meet was Centre’s 60 points in the 3 meter. Net best was Denison’s 50 in the 200 breast
• The highest score any team achieved in an event in the women’s meet was tied between MIT’s 51 in the 100 free and NYU’s 51 in the 200 fly.
• The high point swimmer in the men’s meet was senior Justin Finkel of Conn College with 56 individual points
• The high point swimmer for the women was NYU junior Kaley McIntyre with a perfect 60 individual points

Final Scores Men

Final Scores Women

Individual Scores by Year Men

By Andrew Mering on SwimSwam

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)
• Final Results
• Live Results
• Live Recaps :Day 1 ׀ Day 2 ׀ Day 3 ׀ Day 4

First a few notes

• The highest scoring class at the meet were the Indiana seniors with 129 individual points. Next best were the Stanford juniors with 121.
• The most points any team scored in an event was Stanford’s 53 in the 200 IM. Next best was Virginia’s 50 in the 50 free
• The top individual scorer of the meet was Virginia senior Gretchen Walsh with a perfect 60. Next best was her teammate junior Claire Curzan with 57.
• Virginia return the most indiviudal points with 215, but Stanford (197) and Texas (182) are within striking distance behind.

Final Scores

Individual Scores by Year

By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam

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)
• Meet Central
• Official Psych Sheets
• SwimSwam Preview Index
• Live Results
• Live Stream
• Live Recaps :Day 1 ׀ Day 2 ׀ Day 3 ׀ Day 4

Didn’t catch last night’s action on the closing 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 1650 Freestyle

• NCAA Record: 15:03.21 – Katie Ledecky, Stanford (2017)
• Championship Record: 15:07.70 – Katie Ledecky, Stanford (2017)
• American Record: 15:01.41 – Katie Ledecky (2023)
• U.S. Open Record: 15:01.41 – Katie Ledecky (2023)
• 2024 Champion: Abby McCulloh, Georgia – 15:37.74

Top 8:

1. Jillian Cox (Texas) – 15:33.54
2. Aurora Roghair (Stanford) – 15:39.21
3. Ching Gan (Indiana) – 15:42.40
4. Abby McCulloh (Georgia) – 15:48.03
5. Maya Geringer (California) – 15:48.27
6. Gena Jorgenson (Nebraska) – 15:49.99
7. Mila Nikanorov (Ohio State) – 15:51.95
8. Chase Travis (NC State) – 15:52.06

Jillian Cox led this race from the beginning, but by the time we were well into the middle of the race, she had a commanding lead. With Cox’s swim tonight, she earns her 2nd title of the meet, after having won the 500 free on Thursday night. Her 15:33.54 comes in a bit off her career best of 15:30.33, set at the SEC Championships last month.

Stanford’s Aurora Roghair clocked a 15:39.21 for 2nd tonight, moving firmly into 2nd over the final third of the race. Roghair was off her best of 15:36.43, which she swam back at the Texas Hall of Fame Invite in November. It was a fitting way to kick off tonight’s session with Texas and Stanford going 1-2, as their locked in a battle for 2nd in the team standings right now.

Indiana’s Ching Gan came in 3rd tonight, matching her finish from last year. Her time of 15:42.40 tonight blew away her personal-best of 15:46.22, which she swam at the Big Ten Championships last month. Moreover, Gan’s swim tonight marks a program record for Indiana.

Women’s 200 Backstroke

• NCAA Record: 1:46.87 – Claire Curzan, Virginia (2025)
• Championship Record: 1:47.24 – Beata Nelson, Wisconsin (2019)
• American Record: 1:46.87 – Claire Curzan, Virginia (2025)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:46.87 – Claire Curzan, Virginia (2025)
• 2024 Champion: Phoebe Bacon, Wisconsin – 1:48.23

Top 8:

1. Claire Curzan (Virginia) – 1:46.82 (NCAA Record)
2. Bella Sims (Florida) – 1:47.11
3. Phoebe Bacon (Wisconsin) – 1:47.60
4. Leah Shackley (NC State) – 1:48.52
5. Carmen Weiler Sastre (Virginia Tech) – 1:49.22
6. Josephine Fuller (Tennessee) – 1:49.73
7. Erika Pelaez (NC State) – 1:49.81
8. Isabelle Stadden (California) – 1:51.41

In yet another brilliant race between Claire Curzan and Bella Sims, Curzan once again got her hand on the wall first to win the NCAA title. This time, Curzan broke the NCAA record, clipping the previous mark of 1:46.87, which she set at the ACC Championships last month.

Sims came in 2nd with a 1:47.11, making her the 2nd fastest swimmer in history in the event. She led Curzan through the 100 tonight, but wasn’t quite able to maintain that slim lead over the back half of the race.

Defending champion Phoebe Bacon ripped a huge new best time of 1:47.60 for 3rd tonight. With the swim, Bacon is now the 7th fastest performer of all-time in this event. Bacon came home on the last 100 faster than either Curzan or Sims, splitting 55.17.

Women’s 100 Freestyle

• NCAA Record: 44.83 – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
• Championship Record: 44.83 – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
• American Record: 44.83 – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
• U.S. Open Record: 44.83 – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
• 2024 Champion: Gretchen Walsh, Virginia – 44.83

Top 8:

1. Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 44.71 (NCAA Record)
2. Torri Huske (Stanford) – 46.01
3. Camille Spink (Tennessee) – 46.68
4. Anna Moesch (Virginia) – 46.94
5. Minna Abraham (USC) – 46.95
6. Stephanie Balduccini (Michigan) – 47.08
7. Lindsay Flynn (Michigan) – 47.21
8. Julia Dennis (Louisville) – 47.41

Gretchen Walsh did it again, breaking her own NCAA record in the 100 free with a 44.71. She was out shockingly fast, even for her, splitting 21.23 on the opening 50. She came home in 23.48, which was also the fastest 2nd 50 split in the field by a wide margin. This win marks Walsh’s 9th individual NCAA title.

Torri Huske swam a new career best of 46.01 to finish 2nd tonight. She clipped her previous best of 46.09, which was set at the ACC Championships last month. As only a junior, Huske will be the fastest returning swimmer for next year.

Tennessee’s Camille Spink clocked a 46.68 for 3rd. The time was a bit off her career best of 46.25, swum at SECs, but was still good for a top 3 finish.

Women’s 200 Breaststroke

• NCAA Record: 2:01.29 – Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
• Championship Record: 2:01.29 – Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
• American Record: 2:01.29 – Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:01.29 – Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
• 2024 Champion: Alex Walsh, Virginia – 2:02.07

Top 8:

1. Lucy Bell (Stanford) – 2:04.28
2. Mackenzie Miller (BYU) – 2:05.03
3. Brearna Crawford (Indiana) – 2:05.66
4. Kaelyn Gridley (Duke) – 2:05.91
5. Mona McSharry (Tennessee) – 2:06.08
6. Emily Lundgren (Washington State) – 2:06.18
7. Aimee Canny (Virginia) – 2:07.41
8. Abigail Herscu (California) – 2:08.47

Lucy Bell, a Stanford junior, won her first NCAA title of her career, swimming a 2:04.28 to take the 200 breast. With the performance, Bell cracked her career best of 2:04.60, which she had set at the ACC Championships last month. Her swim also takes down the Stanford school record, an impressive feat for the former 200 butterfly specialist.

BYU’s Mackenzie Miller ripped a new career best and program record for 2nd tonight, swimming a 2:05.03. Miller was 2nd only to Bell on the back half of the race.

Indiana cracked the top 3, earning some much-needed points for the team. Brearna Crawfordpopped a new career best of 2:05.66 in her final collegiate swim of her career.

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 got it done once again, winning the 200 fly for the 3rd year in a row. She went out in the greatest fashion in her final individual collegiate swim, taking down the NCAA record with her swim of 1:49.11. Sticklen was out even faster than she was this morning, swimming a 51.02 on the opening 100. She managed to put up a 28.44 on the 3rd before the fatigue caught up with her. The final 5

By Retta Race on SwimSwam

2025 JAPAN SWIM

• Thursday, March 20th – Sunday, March 23rd
• Tokyo Aquatics Centre
• LCM (50m)
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The 2025 Japan Swim saw its last day of action transpire from the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, the site of the 2020 Olympic Games.

The competition represented the sole qualification opportunity for the nation’s swimmers to add their names to the roster for this summer’s World Championships in Singapore.

Making a statement across all three of her events was Olympian Satomi Suzuki who showed no signs of slowing down at 34 years of age.

Over the course of the 4-day affair, Suzuki successfully completed the breaststroke treble, grabbing gold and making the grade for Singapore in the 50m, 100m and 200m events.

Her times were as follows:

• 50m breast – 30.36
• 100m breast – 1:06.21
• 200m breast – 2:23.98

This year marks the first time Tadahiko Kanda-trained Suzuki has won all three events since 2010 when she was a second-year student at Yamanashi Gakuin University.

Two years after that first trifecta, Suzuki claimed 200m breaststroke silver at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Last year in Paris, the seasoned veteran finished 4th in the 200m breast event.

After this Japan Swim, Suzuki now ranks 2nd in the world in the 50m, 2nd in the world in the 100m and 5th in the world in the 200m distance.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 34-Yr-Old Satomi Suzuki Completes Breaststroke Treble For First Time Since 2010

By Retta Race on SwimSwam

2025 CHINESE NATIONAL SPRING SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Tuesday, March 18th – Sunday, March 23rd
• Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
• LCM (50m)
• Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap/Day 4 Recap/Day 5 Recap
• Results via Asian media

Olympian and world record holder Qin Haiyang put on a show at this week’s Chinese National Spring Swimming Championships.

The 25-year-old ripped season-best efforts of 58.66 in the 100m breast and 2:07.44 in the 200m breast to rank #1 and #2 in the world, respectively.

These performances come after a disappointing Olympic Games where the 4-time World Championships gold medalist missed out on reaping any individual medals, despite entering Paris as a favorite in both his events.

However, evaluating his swims at this non-Worlds qualifier, Qin is pleased with where he is at with the Chinese Trials on the calendar for May.

“My performance is similar to where I was in 2023 when I was approaching my peak,” he said. “It’s a good start and a sign that I’m regaining my best condition.

“I didn’t expect this result. My goal was simply to swim under 2:09. Today’s result is faster than my time at last year’s National Championships [2:08.87],” Qin told The South China Morning Post.

The breaststroke ace has reportedly been working with storied coach Michael Bohl of Australia who came out of retirement to begin a stint on the Chinese association staff.

Qin has been teamed up with Bohl for the past nine weeks. Although the Aussie coach hasn’t worked with breaststroke specialists outside of his daughter, Olympian Georgia Bohl, he has guided such stars as Kaylee McKeown and Stephanie Rice who needed expertise in that discipline as part of their IM training.

“Last year, I placed too much emphasis on physical training, which didn’t translate well into my performances,” Qin continued to The South China Morning Post. “I used to think too much before competitions, but now Bohl always says ‘keep it simple’ before the race. It helps me a lot.”

Qin said to expect to see a lot of him leading up to the 2028 Olympic Games.

“In 2024, I didn’t race enough, and it affected my performance in Paris Olympics. So, I plan to compete as much as possible in the future, both domestically and internationally, to stay sharp.”

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Qin Haiyang Speaks On Training With Michael Bohl, Powerhouse Performances This Week

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

In Roman numerals, V represents the number 5. In the Roman Alphabet, V represents both the words “Victory” and “Virginia,” which in women’s NCAA Division I swimming have become almost synonymous over the last half-decade.

While Virginia is certainly in the title hunt next season, the 2025 championship is still the end of a certain era of the dynasty. The team’s big three of Kate Douglass, Alex Walsh, and Gretchen Walsh, maybe unlike any trio of college swimmers we’ve ever seen together, blew our minds almost every time they entered the pool.

In their best events, they obliterated records and rewrote the framework by which all future swims will be measured. In their not-best events, they still blew our minds and sometimes found new best events – who knew the country’s best 50 freestyler and best 200 breaststroker could be the same swimmer?

So while the dynasty has not officially ended, their 5th title feels like a moment to pause and take stock of what they have achieved. Below, the data compares their 5 titles.

By the Numbers: Virginia’s 5 NCAA Championships

Of course this is just a snapshot of the end of the season. It doesn’t fully capture the ACC titles, Olympic medals, World Championships, World Records, records set at non-dual meets, American Records (which the Virginia program has set 83 of in all courses since 2021). It doesn’t account for Virginia owning 13 out of 19 NCAA Women’s records in swimming & diving. It doesn’t account for the thrills and the shivers that the swimmers have given us over the last five seasons.

The Virginia women are still very good. They have a roster of US National and Junior National Teamers, Olympic medalists, and World Championship medalists who are certainly capable of winning an NCAA team title. But Kate, Alex, and Gretchen, as one SwimSwam commenter put it, are a “cheat code.” They’re those transcendent stars who can smooth over a lot of things, who can lift their teammates, and who can will their teams to titles.

They are The Champions, the three-for-five, and a group unlike maybe we’ve ever seen before in collegiate swimming.

I hope we all enjoyed it.

2025 Champions

2024 Champions

Virginia Women 2024 NCAA Champions (photo: Jack Spitser)

2023 Champions

Virginia NCAA Champions (photo: Jack Spitser)

2022 Champions

Virginia Women Celebration (photo: Jack Spitser)

2021 Champions

Virginia 2021 NCAA Team Champions. Courtesy of the NCAA

Read the full story on SwimSwam: V: For Victory, for 5, for 3, for Virginia (Comparing The 5 Titles in the Dynasty)

By Nicole Miller on SwimSwam

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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  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 

Yet again, the University of Virginia is your NCAA D1 Women’s Swimming and Diving Champion as the team completed the quest for its 5th-straight title in Federal Way on Saturday night.

Over the four day meet, the Virginia women threw down historic performances en route to scoring 544 points for a 127-point advantage over second-place Stanford. This marked the team’s second-highest point total of the dynasty, just falling short of the 551.5 points scored in 2022.

Virginia becomes just the third program to win five consecutive NCAA team titles in the sport and the first since 1996, joining Stanford (1992-96) and Texas (1984-88).

Led by the Walsh sisters,Todd DeSorbo‘s squad claimed 6 individual titles and 4 out of the 5 relay titles to solidify their victory.

Individually, Gretchen Walsh was the team’s highest scorer, going a perfect 3-for-3 in her events and setting NCAA Records in all three of them, including the 100 butterfly (46.97), 100 freestyle (44.71), and 50 freestyle (20.37, relay lead-off). Her swim in the 100 butterfly made her the first woman to dip under the 47-second barrier. Walsh also contributed key legs to all four of Virginia’s winning relays, ending the meet with 7 total titles. Closing out her final meet as an NCAA swimmer, Walsh ends her NCAA career with 25 total NCAA Championship titles, including 9 individual titles, contributing to 4 team titles.

Her sister Alex Walsh also saw a historic performance over the week, claiming the individual title in the 100 breaststroke and adding 3 relay titles to her collection. Walsh is now the only swimmer to have ever been apart of 5 NCAA Championship winning rosters, as she has been essential to all 5 of Virginia’s victories. She is also the only swimmer to have won at least one individual event at 5 consecutive NCAA Championships.

In her first season of swimming for Virginia, Claire Curzan also boosted the team with individual titles in both the 100 and 200 backstroke, breaking the NCAA Record in the 200 backstroke with a 1:46.82. With her victories, Curzan, a Stanford transfer, became the first swimmer to ever win individual NCAA titles in the same event representing two different schools, as she won the 200 backstroke as a Cardinal back in 2023.

For Head Coach Todd DeSorbo, the team’s 5th title makes him the 3rd most decorated coach in NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving history, tying David Marsh. It also makes DeSorbo the fastest first-time head coach to win 5 NCAA Championships.

Virginia Swimming and Diving 2025 NCAA Championship Roster:

• Aimee Canny
• Katie Christopherson
• Claire Curzan
• Cavan Gormsen
• Katie Grimes
• Bailey Hartman
• Leah Hayes
• Tess Howley
• Elizabeth Kaye
• Anna Moesch
• Carly Novelline
• Maxine Parker
• Maggie Schalow
• Zoe Skirboll
• Alex Walsh
• Gretchen Walsh
• Emma Weber
• Charlotte Wilson

Virginia Coaching Staff:

• Todd DeSorbo– Head Coach
• Tyler Fenwick– Senior Associate Head Coach
• Jake Shrum– Associate Head Coach
• Gary Taylor– Associate Head Coach
• Courtney Caldwell– Assistant Coach
• John Carroll– Assistant Coach
• Margaret Zagrobelny– Assistant Coach

Final Team Scores

1. Virginia – 544
2. Stanford – 417
3. Texas – 394
4. Indiana – 312
5. Tennessee – 298
6. Florida – 232
7. Louisville – 209.5
8. California – 202.5
9. Michigan – 196
10. NC State – 164
11. USC – 130
12. Wisconsin – 126
13. Miami (FL) – 75.5
14. Ohio State – 66
15. Alabama – 65
16. Georgia – 58
17. North Carolina – 57
18. Purdue – 53
19. Arizona State – 41.5
20. Virginia Tech – 37
21. Duke – 33
22. LSU – 32
23. BYU – 29
24. South Carolina – 28
25. Kansas – 25
26. Texas A&M – 22
27. Minnesota/Pitt – 21 (Tie)
28. –
29. Arizona – 20
30. Southern Illinois – 17
31. Houston – 16
32. Cincinnati – 15
33. Washington State – 14
34. Nebraska – 13
35. Auburn – 10
36. Florida State – 8
37. UCLA – 7
38. Princeton/Ohio – 6 (Tie)
39. –
40. Arkansas – 4
41. Rutgers/Akron – 2
42. –
43. Fresno State – 1

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Quest For 5 is Complete: Virginia Women Win 5th-Straight NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship

By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam

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)
• Meet Central
• Official Psych Sheets
• SwimSwam Preview Index
• Live Results
• Live Stream
• Live Recaps:
  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3| Day 4

At her 5th NCAA Championships, Alex Walsh won another individual NCAA title, 3 more relay titles, and her 5th team title with Virginia. She leaves college as one of the winningest athletes in NCAA sports history. Looking forward, Walsh is hoping to use this meet as a springboard for her pro career.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Alex Walsh Looking Past NCAAs, Hoping to “jumpstart my professional swimming career”

By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam

2025 NCAA DIII Swimming and Diving Championships

• March 19-22, 2025
• Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
• Times: Prelims 10:00 AM / Finals 6:00 PM (ET)
• Defending Champs: Kenyon women (1x) & Emory men (3x)
• Psych Sheet
• Live Streaming on NCAA.com
• Live Results
• “NCAA DIII Championships” on Meet Mobile
• Recaps
  • Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

Vineet Ranade, a senior from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, has been awarded the Elite 90 Award for the Division III Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships.

The Elite 90 award is given each year to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average who competes at the respective NCAA Championships in the sport. To be eligible, students must have been a member of their team for at least two years and be an active participant at the championship competition. Ties are broken by number of credits.

Ranade majors in computer engineering and holds a 4.0 grade point average. He is the first athlete from Rose-Hulman swimming and diving to win the award. He is also only the second student-athlete from his university to win the award, joining men’s golfer Max Gogel, who earned it during the 2020-21 season.

Furthermore, Ranade is only the fourth student-athlete from the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference to earn the Elite 90 award.

Ranade is also a CSCAA 2nd-Team Scholar All-American.

At this year’s NCAA Championships, Ranade’s highest finishes came in the 200 IM (1:48.92) and 200 breaststroke (2:01.00), where he touched 17th. He also contested the 200 freestyle (1:39.02), where he came 24th overall.

Ranade was an All-American in the 200 free last year, where he placed 16th in a time of 1:39.47. He holds six individual Rose-Hulman school records: the 50 free (20.35), 100 free (44.72), 200 free (1:37.63), 100 back (49.59), 200 breast (1:59.50), and 200 IM (1:48.61).

• Click here for more information on the Elite 90 award winners.

ALL-TIME WINNERS, ELITE 90 AWARD, NCAA DIVISION III MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING:

*Some years did not have Elite 90 Awards due to COVID-19.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Rose-Hulman Senior Vineet Ranade Wins Elite 90 Award (DIII)

By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam

2025 NCAA DIII Swimming and Diving Championships

• March 19-22, 2025
• Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
• Times: Prelims 10:00 AM / Finals 6:00 PM (ET)
• Defending Champs: Kenyon women (1x) & Emory men (3x)
• Psych Sheet
• Live Streaming on NCAA.com
• Live Results
• “NCAA DIII Championships” on Meet Mobile
• Recaps
  • Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

Abigail Wilkov, a senior from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, has been awarded the Elite 90 Award for the Division III Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships.

The Elite 90 award is given each year to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average who competes at the respective NCAA Championships in the sport. To be eligible, students must have been a member of their team for at least two years and be an active participant at the championship competition. Ties are broken by number of credits.

Wilkov majors in neuroscience and holds a 4.0 GPA. She is the first-ever member of the Case Western Reserve women’s team to receive this award and the second-ever member in aquatics history, joining men’s swimmer Drew Hamilton, who won the award in 2018.

Case Western has now won this award on 12 different occasions, and seven of those awards have been given in just the past three years.

Wilkov is the most decorated diver to ever compete at Case Western. Over the course of her career, she has earned seven All-America honors, including two at this year’s NCAA Championships. She opened these NCAAs with a 2nd place finish in the 1-meter diving event, which was the highest finish by a Spartan, swimmer or diver, in 18 years. She went on to place 2nd in the 3-meter diving event as well. Prior to this year, Wilkov’s highest-ever finish was 6th, which she earned in the 3-meter event at the 2024 championships.

Additionally, this year, Wilkov became the first diver from Case Western to ever win an NCAA Regional meet, securing the 1-meter victory this February. She also holds the school records for both the 1-meter (509.25) and 3-meter (552.70) boards.

• Click here for more information on the Elite 90 award winners.

ALL-TIME WINNERS, ELITE 90 AWARD, NCAA DIVISION III WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING:

*Some years did not have Elite 90 Awards due to COVID-19.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Case Western’s Abigail Wilkov Wins Elite 90 Award For Highest GPA At Women’s D3 Championships

By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam

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)
• Meet Central
• Official Psych Sheets
• SwimSwam Preview Index
• Live Results
• Live Stream
• Live Recaps:
  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3| Day 4

In his 8 seasons as head coach at UVA, Todd DeSorbo has now won 5 NCAA women’s swimming and diving titles (in a row). Looking to next year’s team, DeSorbo has reckoned with the fact that they will be without a “Walsh” or “Douglass”, and he’s looking forward to the challenge of battling what other teams may bring to the table.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Todd DeSorbo on Next Year’s UVA Team: “New challenges bring new excitement”