By Mark Wild on SwimSwam
2025 Big 12 Championship
February 25 – March 1, 2025 Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center — Federal Way, Wash. SCY (25 Yards) Start Times: prelims – 10 am PT/finals – 6 pm PT Championship Central Psych Sheet Livestream: ESPN+ Live Results Live Recaps Prelims: Finals: Day 1Day 2 Prelims Heat Sheet
Good Morning, Swim Fans, or rather, Good Afternoon for those of you fellow EastCoasters. The first preliminary session of the 2025 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships is about to get underway.
With Texas having traded away their run of Big 12 Championships for some SEC Titles, the Big 12 will seek new champions on both the men’s and women’s side, as Texas, Texas A&M, and Nebraska are all in different conferences.
ASU, new to the Big 12, got things off to a hot start last night as both their women’s and men’s teams swept the 200 Medley and 800 Free Relays, with the ASU men setting new meet records in both. This morning, both teams will look to build upon that success, as they hold the top seed in all but one swimming event.
In the 500 free, ASU’s Deniz Ertan will look to go 1-2 with training partner Alexa Reyna as the pair of Sun Devils will look to fend off in-state rival Malia Rausch of Arizona. Both Ertan and Rausch, like their respective schools have bounced around conferences, with Rausch starting her collegiate career at OSU and Ertan at Georgia Tech, where she won the 500 free in 2023, making this the third different Conference Championships she has competed in, after also swimming in last year’s Pac-12.
In the 200 IM, ASU holds a lock on the presumptive A-final, with six swimmers seeded amongst the top 8, with senior Charli Brown (1:57.50) as the top seed. Houston’s Evelyn Entrekin is the highest-seeded non-ASU swimmer, clocking in as the 5th seed (1:59.97).
On the other hand, and perhaps due to its nature, the 50 free sees a wide-open field. ASU still is seeded to put a plurality of swimmers into the A-final as they have three in the top eight, but Caroline Bentz (21.80) will have to hold off the likes of Arizona’s Lexi Duchsherer (22.19) and Utah’s Erin Palmer (22.25). Last night in the 200 Medley Relay, Bentz was 21.43, but the pair of former Pac-12 rivals were close behind, splitting 21.55 and 21.61, respectively.
ASU, coming off of an NCAA title last year, would be assumed to have a stranglehold atop the events, but it is TCU’s Geremia Freri (1:43.89) and Cincinnati’s Hunter Gubeno (1:44.65) who sit atop the 200 IM. ASU’s IM corps is in a rebuilding stage. Leon Marchand went pro, David Schlict graduated, and Owen McDonald and Hubert Kos transferred.
In the 500 and 50 freestyles, however, ASU’s dominance will be on full display, as in the 500 free, Daniel Matheson (4:15.92) and Reece Grady (4:16.80) own the only two entry times under 4:18 and are just two of the five Sun Devils seeded amongst the top eight. And while that may seem like a lot, the men’s 50 free, has a distinct possibility of having an all ASU A-final.
Ilya Kharun tops the heat sheet with a seed time of 18.51, just ahead of teammates Jonny Kulow (18.78) and Tommy Palmer (18.88). In fact, ASU’s sprint dominance is so high that they hold the top six spots, with Arizona’s Tomas Lukminas representing the first non-ASU swimmer in the men’s 50 free (7th-19.53); however, ASU’s Christian Ostendorf (9th-19.57) and Tiago Behar (11th-19.68) will be sure to try to join the A-final.
Women’s 500 Freestyle — Prelims
NCAA Record: 4:24.06 — Katie Ledecky, Stanford (2017) Big 12 Record: 4:35.02 — Evie Pfeifer, Texas (2021) Big 12 Championship Record: 4:36.35 — Evie Pfeifer, Texas (2021) 2025 NCAA ‘A’/’B’ Cut: 4:36.89/4:47.20 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 4:41.19 2024 Times to Advance to Finals: 4:54.05/4:56.32/4:58.87Top 8:
Men’s 500 Freestyle — Prelims
NCAA Record: 4:02.31 — Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2024) Big 12 Record: 4:06.93 — Luke Hobson, Texas (2024) Big 12 Championship Record: 4:11.11— Clark Smith, Texas (2017) 2025 NCAA ‘A’/’B’ Cut: 4:10.64/4:21.28 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 4:14.90 2024 Times to Advance to Finals: 4:26.67/4:31.43/4;34.99Top 8:
Women’s 200 IM — Prelims
NCAA Record: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023) Big 12 Record: 1:52.58 — Madisyn Cox, Texas (2017) Big 12 Championship Record: 1:52.82— Madisyn Cox, Texas (2017) 2025 NCAA ‘A’/’B’ Cut: 1:53.66/1:59.35 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 1:57.05 2024 Times to Advance to Finals: 2:01.12/2:03.87/2:04.66Top 8:
Men’s 200 IM — Prelims
NCAA Record: 1:36.34 — Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2023) Big 12 Record: 1:39.63 – John Shebat, Texas (2019) Big 12 Championship Record: 1:40.42 – Carson Foster, Texas (2023) 2025 NCAA ‘A’/’B’ Cut: 1:40.75/1:45.68 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 1:43.05 2024 Times to Advance to Finals: 1:45.60/1:48.40/1:50.18Top 8:
Women’s 50 Freestyle — Prelims
NCAA Record: 20.37 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024) Big 12 Record: 21.66 — Grace Cooper, Texas (2023) Big 12 Championship Record: 21.76 — Grace Cooper, Texas (2024) 2025 NCAA ‘A’/’B’ Cut: 21.58/22.58 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 22.11 2024 Times to Advance to Finals: 22.88/23.22/23.46Top 8:
Men’s 50 Freestyle — Prelims
NCAA Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018) Big 12 Record: 18.60 — Drew Kibler, Texas (2022) Big 12 Championship Record: 18.76 – Joseph Schooling, Texas (2017) 2025 NCAA ‘A’/’B’ Cut: 18.72/19.69 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 19.13 2024 Times to Advance to Finals: 20.04/20.33/20.78Top 8:
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