By Spencer Penland 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 3Saturday Prelims Heat Sheets
Event Lineup
200 backstroke 100 freestyle 200 breaststroke 200 butterflyIt’s here already: the final day of the 2025 Women’s DI NCAA Championships. It’s been an incredible week of racing in Federal Way, and we’re in for even more excitement today. Virginia looks well on their way to a 5th consecutive NCAA title, while Texas and Stanford are battling it out for 2nd, with Indiana lurking in 4th.
On the schedule for today we have Gretchen Walsh in the 100 free, where she’s the fastest swimmer in history by a wide margin. Walsh shattered the record books last year when she went 44.83 to win the event, and we’ll see what she has in store for us today.
Yet another NCAA record holder, Claire Curzan, will be looking for victory in the 200 back. Curzan set the NCAA record in the event at the ACC Championships last month, swimming a 1:46.87, which also stands as the American and US Open record. While Curzan is certainly the favorite heading into today, it won’t be easy, as she has defending champion Phoebe Bacon to deal with, along with Bella Sims, who she raced to a near tie in the 100 back twice yesterday.
The 200 fly should be one of the most exciting races of the whole meet. Alex Walsh holds the NCAA record at 1:49.16, which she swam at last year’s ACC Championships. Walsh then skipped the event at NCAAs last year, instead racing the 200 breast, which she won. She’s back at it this year in the 200 fly, but it looks like she’s going to be pushed to the brink. Texas’ Emma Sticklen went 1:49.17 at the SEC Championships last month, just 0.01 off Walsh’s record, and she’s made a habit out of going sub-1:50 this season. Moreover, Sticklen is the two-time defending champion in this event, so we should be in for an amazing race.
The 200 breast is the only event in prelims today that is without its defending champion. That’s because Alex Walsh won it last year and is doing the 200 fly instead this year. That means we’re guaranteed a new champion tonight, and the top seed coming into the meet by over a second is Stanford’s Lucy Bell. Bell has been as fast as 2:04.60 this season, and is coming off a 3rd place finish in the 400 IM last night.
TEAM SCORES (THRU FRIDAY NIGHT)
Virginia – 383 Stanford – 292 Texas – 288 Indiana – 209 Tennessee – 195 Florida – 177 Louisville – 160.5 California – 139.5 Michigan – 121 NC State – 114 Wisconsin – 93 USC – 90 Miami (FL) – 75.5 North Carolina – 50 Arizona State – 41.5 Alabama – 41 Georgia – 38 Ohio State – 37 Kansas/Purdue – 25 (Tie) – Pitt – 21 Arizona – 20 Duke – 18 Virginia Tech – 17 South Carolina/Southern Illinois/LSU/Cincinnati – 15 (Tie) – – – Houston – 13 Brigham Young – 12 Texas A&M – 11 Auburn/Princeton – 6 (Tie) – Arkansas – 4 Minnesota/Florida State/Akron – 2 (Tie) – – Washington State – 1Women’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 – 1:48.23Top 16 Qualifiers:
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 – 44.83Top 16 Qualifiers:
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 – 2:02.07Top 16 Qualifiers:
Women’s 200 Butterfly
NCAA Record: 1:49.16 – Alex Walsh, Virginia (2024) Championship Record: 1:49.95 – Emma Sticklen, Texas (2023) American Record: 1:48.33 – Regan Smith (2023) U.S. Open Record: 1:48.33 – Regan Smith (2023) 2024 Champion: Emma Sticklen, Texas – 1:50.99Top 16 Qualifiers:
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