Swimming & Diving: UVA sets American record on opening night at NCAA Women’s Championships

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

Virginia set an American and NCAA record on the opening night of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, being held March 18-22 at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way, Washington.

In the very first event of the meet, Claire Curzan, Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh and Maxine Parker clocked a 1:31.10 in the 200 Medley Relay to take the title. The previous record of 1:31.51 was set by the Cavaliers at the 2023 NCAA Championships.

The Cavaliers finished second in the other event of the evening, the 800 Free Relay with Alex Walsh, Aimee Canny, Anna Moesch and Katie Grimes posting a 6:51.29.

Stanford finished second in the 200 Medley Relay and won the 800 Free Relay to tie for first place with the Cavaliers in the team standings through the first night of the competition.

Thursday’s events will be the 500 Free, 200 IM, 50 Free, 200 Free Relay and 1m Diving.

Prelims start at 1 p.m. ET with the finals session starting at 9 p.m. ET.

Day one rewind 🇺🇸🥇🥈
What will today bring 🤔🤔🤔 #NCAASwimDive #GoHoos pic.twitter.com/aBf1PQpPIq

— Virginia Swimming and Dive (@UVASwimDive) March 20, 2025

MEET NOTES

• Gretchen Walsh had a split of 20.88 in the butterfly leg of the relay, the second fastest ever, only behind a 20.87 she swam earlier this year

HOW TO FOLLOW

• All sessions will be streamed live on ESPN+ (subscription required)
• Live scoring will be available on the Meet Mobile app and through a link posted on VirginiaSports

Team Scores (through two events)

1. Virginia                  74
1. Stanford                  74
3. Florida                   60
4. Texas                     55
5. Michigan                  46
6. California                44
7. Louisville                42
8. Indiana                   36
9. Tennessee                 34
10. Wisconsin                30
11. Southern California      28
12. NC State                 27
13. Arizona St               22
14. Georgia                  12
15. Alabama                  10
16. Ohio St                   8
17. Virginia Tech             6
17. Texas A&M                 6
19. LSU                       4
20. UNC                       2