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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 Stream Live Recaps: Prelims: Day 2 Finals: Day 1Day 2 Finals Program
Order of Events Day 2:
500 Freestyle 500 Free Awards 200 IM 200 IM Awards 50 Free 50 Free Awards 1-Meter Diving Diving Awards 200 Freestyle Relay Relay AwardsIt’s time for Day 2 finals of the 2025 NCAA Championships. Last night’s events featured a new NCAA record in the women’s 200 medley relay and a Stanford victory in the 800 freestyle relay with some very fast swimming.
Tonight we are in for some more exciting races. The 500 freestyle prelims might not have been as fast as we were expecting, but reigning champion Bella Sims still found herself on the outside looking in with her 17th place finish. The ‘A’ final is looking to be very close, and it is anyone’s guess who will take the gold, but Anna Peplowski had the strongest morning swim and will be in lane four for tonight’s final
The 200 IM should also be an exciting race, with the top four swimmers separated by less than a second. Torri Huske is your top qualifier, coming in four tenths ahead of the rest of the field. She is not a shoe in for the victory, however, as the next three swimmers pile in nicely behind her and will all be looking to pick up event wins tonight including reigning champion Alex Walsh.
Gretchen Walsh is the only safe choice for champions tonight in the women’s 50 freestyle. Her prelims time of 20.44 was the third fastest time in history, after two other times set by her, more than 0.81 seconds ahead of the 2nd place qualifier Julia Dennis. This is just barely less than the 0.84 seconds separating the top four seeds in the 200 IM. Anything can happen in a 50 freestyle, though.
We will also see UNC diver Aranza Vazquez attempt to defend her 1-meter title for the third straight year.
The last event of the session will be the 200 freestyle relay where we could potentially see another NCAA record from the UVA women, or another 19 second split from Gretchen Walsh.
Women’s 500 Freestyle — Finals
NCAA Record: 4:24.06 — Katie Ledecky, Stanford (2017) Championship Record: 4:24.06 — Katie Ledecky, Stanford (2017) American Record: 4:24.06 — Katie Ledecky, Stanford (2017) U.S. Open Record: 4:24.06 — Katie Ledecky, Stanford (2017) 2024 Champion: Bella Sims, Florida — 4:32.47Women’s 200 IM — Finals
NCAA Record: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023) Championship Record: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023) American Record: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023) U.S. Open Record: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023) 2024 Champion: Alex Walsh, Virginia — 1:49.20Women’s 50 Freestyle — Finals
NCAA Record: 20.37 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024) Championship Record: 20.37 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024) American Record: 20.37 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024) U.S. Open Record: 20.37 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024) 2024 Champion: Gretchen Walsh, Virginia — 20.37Women’s 1 Meter Diving – Finals
2024 Champion: Aranza Vazquez, UNC – 350.50Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay- Finals
NCAA Record: 1:23.63 — Virginia (Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Parker) (2024) Championship Record: 1:24.05 — Virginia (Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Parker) (2024) American Record: 1:23.87 — Virginia (Douglass, G. Walsh, Cuomo, A. Walsh) (2023) U.S. Open Record: 1:23.63 — Virginia (Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Parker) (2024) 2024 Champion: Virginia (Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Parker) — 1:24.05Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2025 Women’s Division I NCAA Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap
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