By Anya Pelshaw 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)
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Women’s 200 Medley Relay
NCAA Record: 1:31.51 — Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Cuomo, Douglass) (2023)Championship Record: 1:31.51 — Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Cuomo, Douglass) (2023)American Record: 1:31.51 — Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Cuomo, Douglass) (2023)U.S. Open Record: 1:31.51 — Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Cuomo, Douglass) (2023)2024 Champion: Virginia (G. Walsh, Nocentini, Novelline, Parker) — 1:31.58
Top 8 Finishers:
- Virginia- 1:31.01 **New Everything Record**
- Stanford- 1:33.00
- Louisville- 1:33.41
- California- 1:33.54
- Florida- 1:33.92
- NC State/Texas- 1:34.00
- ASU- 1:34.54
The Virginia women swam to a new everything record to kick off the 2025 NCAA Championships swimming a 1:31.10 in the 200 medley relay. That broke their own record of a 1:31.51 that the team of Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh, Lexi Cuomo, and Kate Douglass swam at the 2023 NCAA Championships.
Split Comparison
| New Record | Old Record | |||
| Back | Claire Curzan | 23.17 | Gretchen Walsh | 22.77 |
| Breast | Alex Walsh | 25.62 | Alex Walsh | 26.3 |
| Fly | Gretchen Walsh | 20.88 | Lexi Cuomo | 22.1 |
| Free | Maxine Parker | 21.43 | Kate Douglass | 20.34 |
Today’s relay moved Gretchen Walsh to the fly leg rather than the backstroke leg and she split a 20.88, out in a 9.16 on her first 25. That split is the #2 fly split of all-time. Gretchen Walsh now holds the top 5 fly splits of all-time.
Alex Walsh also posted a big split and was over half a second faster today than she was two years ago. That is tied for the 9th fastest split of all-time.
Top 50 Fly Splits All-Time
- G. Walsh 20.87 (2025 UVA vs. VT Dual)
- G. Walsh 20.88 (2025 NCAAs)
- G. Walsh 21.07 (2025 Eddie Reese Showdown)
- G. Walsh 21.50 (2024 UVA vs. NC State vs. UNC)
- G. Walsh 21.65 (2024 UVA vs. Navy Combined Intrasquad)
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