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 400 Medley Relay
- NCAA Record: 3:19.58 – Virginia (Curzan, Walsh, Walsh, Moesch), 2025
Championship Record: 3:21.01 – Virginia (Walsh, Nocentini, Walsh, Parker), 2024- American Record: 3:19.58 – Virginia (Curzan, Walsh, Walsh, Moesch), 2025
- U.S. Open Record: 3:19.58 – Virginia (Curzan, Walsh, Walsh, Moesch), 2025
- 2024 Champion: Virginia (Walsh, Nocentini, Walsh, Parker) – 3:21.01
TOP 8 FINISHERS:
- Virginia (Curzan, Walsh, Walsh, Moesch) – 3:20.20 (Meet Record)
- Tennessee (Fuller, McSharry, Stotler, Spink) – 3:24.99
- Florida (Sims, Bottazzo Peoples, Cronk) – 3:25.18
- Indiana (DeWitt, Crawford, Grana, Paegle) – 3:25.83
- Texas (Bray, Enge, Sticklen, Nesty) – 3:26.11
- Stanford (Parkhe, Thomas, Huske, Nordmann) – 3:26.34
- USC (Famous, Dobler, Sasseville, Abraham) – 3:26.82
- Louisville (Murray, Cheatwood, Welch, Dennis) – 3:27.76
The Virginia women’s 400 medley relay of Claire Curzan, Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh, and Anna Moesch swam to a new NCAA meet record posting a 3:20.20. The relay also swam the #2 performance of all-time sitting right behind their own NCAA and American Records of a 3:18.58 that they swam at ACCs last month.
Split Comparison
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New Meet Record (2025 NCAAs)
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NCAA/American/US Open Record (2025 ACCs)
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Old Meet Record (2024 NCAAs)
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2023 NCAAs | ||||
| Claire Curzan | 49.63 | Claire Curzan | 49.35 | Gretchen Walsh | 48.26 | Gretchen Walsh | 49.25 |
| Alex Walsh | 56.37 | Alex Walsh | 57.05 | Jasmine Nocentini | 56.34 | Alex Walsh | 57.45 |
| Gretchen Walsh | 47.35 | Gretchen Walsh | 47.00 | Alex Walsh | 49.15 | Kate Douglass | 48.25 |
| Anna Moesch | 46.85 | Anna Moesch | 46.18 | Maxine Parker | 47.26 | Aimee Canny | 46.85 |
| 3:20.20 | 3:19.58 | 3:21.01 | 3:21.80 |
The biggest difference today was Gretchen Walsh as she split a 47.35 on the fly leg, faster than the 49.15 that sister Alex Walsh swam in the previous meet record.
Notably, Curzan and Gretchen Walsh were all slower in their relay swim tonight compared to their individual wins earlier in the session in their respective stroke 100s. Curzan won the 100 back in a 49.11 while Gretchen Walsh was off her winning time of a 46.97.
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