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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 StreamDay 2 Prelims Schedule
500 free 200 IM 50 freeThursday’s prelims session will kick off the first of the individual events. Scheduled for the morning is the 500 free, 200 IM, and 50 free.
The 500 free looks to be a battle to get under 4:30. Jillian Cox of Texas is the top seed (4:30.68) while #2 seed Bella Sims of Florida is the defending champion. Sims notably did not swim the event at SECs, opting for the 200 IM instead.
Aurora Roghair for Stanford has been on fire this season and is the #3 seed while Katie Grimes of Virginia will make her NCAA Championship debut and swam a 4:32.69 to win the event at ACCs.
Torri Huske and Alex Walsh look set up for a showdown in the 200 IM. Huske is the top seed with a 1:51.46 and returns to NCAAs after taking an Olympic Redshirt last season. Walsh will look to defend her title and the two went 2-3 at NCAAs back in 2023, finishing behind Kate Douglass who swam to an NCAA record in her win. Walsh is entered with a 1:51.80.
The #3 seed Emma Sticklen has greatly improved her 200 IM this season and is entered with a 1:52.42. Sticklen had never been under 1:54 prior to this year.
The 50 free will conclude the session as NCAA record holder Gretchen Walsh is the top seed with a 20.60. Her NCAA record is a 20.37 that she swam last year at NCAAs. She swam a 20.41 in prelims last year breaking her record from ACCs so there is record watch this morning as well. She already fired off the #2 fly split all-time last night as Virginia broke the NCAA record in the 200 medley relay.
Julia Dennis of Louisville made history last year as one of three women for the Cardinals in the ‘A’ final and is the #2 seed entering the meet this year with a 21.08 from ACCs. She entered the season with a lifetime best of a 21.60 and had a big split last night with a 20.49 which bodes well for today. Tennessee’s Camille Spink has been as fast as 21.23 this season and looks to make the final this year after finishing 24th a year ago.
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