On Saturday, March 22, Virginia won the DI women’s swimming and diving title for the sixth consecutive year. With 544 points, the Cavaliers defeated Stanford, the runner-up, who had 417 points.
March 5 marked the announcement of the swimmers who qualified for the 2025 Division I women’s swimming and diving championships. You may find the full list of all swimmers at usaswimming.org/ncaa.
The Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way, Washington, hosted the women’s championships from Wednesday, March 19, to Saturday, March 22. The events’ complete schedule is provided below.
2025 DI women’s swimming & diving championships schedule, dates
*All times Eastern
- Wednesday, March 5
- Thursday, March 13
- Wednesday, March 19
- Finals: 200-yard medley relay
- Winner: Virginia (1:31.10 — NCAA record)
- Finals: 800-yard freestyle relay
- Winner: Stanford (6:46.98)
- Finals: 200-yard medley relay
- Thursday, March 20
- Finals
- 500-yard freestyle
- Winner: Jillian Cox, Texas (4:31.58)
- 200-yard individual medley
- Winner: Torri Huske, Stanford (1:49.67)
- 50-yard freestyle
- Winner: Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (20.49)
- 200-yard freestyle relay
- Winner: Virginia (1:24.45)
- One-meter diving
- Winner: Chiara Pellacani, Miami (354.65)
- 500-yard freestyle
- Finals
- Friday, March 21
- Finals
- 400-yard individual medley
- Winner: Caroline Bricker, Stanford (3:57.36)
- 100-yard butterfly
- Winner: Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (46.97)
- 200-yard freestyle
- Winner: Anna Peplowski, Indiana (1:40.50)
- 100-yard breaststroke
- Winner: Alex Walsh, Virginia (56.49)
- 100-yard backstroke
- Winner: Claire Curzan, Virginia (49.11)
- 400-yard medley relay
- Winner: Virginia (3:20.20)
- Three-meter diving
- Winner: Alejandra Estudillo Torres, Texas (389.40)
- 400-yard individual medley
- Finals
- Saturday, March 22 | Watch live on ESPN+
- Finals
- 1,650-yard freestyle
- Winner: Jillian Cox, Texas (15:33.54)
- 200-yard backstroke
- Winner: Claire Curzan, Virginia (1:46.82 — NCAA record)
- 100-yard freestyle
- Winner: Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (44.71 — NCAA record)
- 200-yard breaststroke
- Winner: Lucy Bell, Stanford (2:04.28)
- 200-yard butterfly
- Winner: Emma Sticklen, Texas (1:49.11 — NCAA record)
- Platform diving
- Winner: Skyler Liu, Indiana (382.15)
- 400-yard freestyle relay
- Winner: Virginia (3:06.01)
- 1,650-yard freestyle
- Finals
DI Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships History
Virginia dominated the 2024 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, securing its fourth consecutive national title. Below is a look at the champions from the past decade.
| Year | Champion | Coach | Points | Runner-Up | Points | Host or Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Virginia | Todd DeSorbo | 527.5 | Texas | 441 | Athens |
| 2023 | Virginia | Todd DeSorbo | 501.5 | Texas | 390.5 | Knoxville |
| 2022 | Virginia | Todd DeSorbo | 551.5 | Texas | 406 | Atlanta |
| 2021 | Virginia | Todd DeSorbo | 491 | NC State | 354 | Greensboro |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | Stanford | Greg Meehan | 456 | California | 418 | Austin |
| 2018 | Stanford | Greg Meehan | 593 | California | 373 | Columbus |
| 2017 | Stanford | Greg Meehan | 526.5 | California | 366 | Indianapolis |
| 2016 | Georgia | Jack Bauerle | 414 | Stanford | 395 | Georgia Tech |
| 2015 | California | Teri McKeever | 513 | Georgia | 452 | Greensboro |
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