2025 Women’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
The official psych sheets for the 2025 Women’s NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships have been released along with the cut line, eligible relays, and a list of alternates should there be any scratches.
The competition is scheduled for March 19-22 in Federal Way, Washington at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS HERE:
SwimSwam’s projected cutline from Tuesday was right on as the cutline fell one line into row 38, one lower than last year’s, which fell four lines into row 37.
A total of 281 swimmers have qualified for the meet, led by the University of Virginia with 18 qualifiers.
TEAMS WITH MOST NCAA QUALIFIERS (SWIMMERS ONLY)
- Virginia – 18 swimmers
- Texas – 15 swimmers
- Florida / Louisville – 14 swimmers
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- Tennessee– 13 swimmers
- Cal / Michigan / Ohio State / Stanford – 12 swimmers
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- Indiana / NC State – 10 swimmers
ALTERNATES LIST
As projected yesterday, NC State’s Casaundra Moses is the first alternate for the competition with her 22.02 clocking in the 50 free, one one-hundredth outside the 22.01 cutline.
| Rank | Swimmer | Team | Event | Entry Time | |
| 1 | Casaundra Moses | North Carolina State University | 50 FR SCY | 22.02 | 100 FR SCY |
| 2 | Elizabeth Sowards | North Carolina, University of, Chapel Hill | 100 BK SCY | 51.73 | 100 FR SCY |
| 3 | Rachel Bockrath | Ohio State University | 100 FR SCY | 48.18 | 200 FR SCY |
| 4 | Meaghan Harnish | South Carolina, University of, Columbia | 400 IM SCY | 4:10.07 | 200 IM SCY |
| 5 | Emma Harvey | University of California, Los Angeles | 100 FL SCY | 51.89 | 100 BK SCY |
| 6 | Martina Peroni | Duke University | 200 FL SCY | 1:55.83 | 400 IM SCY |
| 7 | Bridget McGann | Wisconsin, University of, Madison | 200 BR SCY | 2:09.72 | 100 BR SCY |
| 8 | Katie Belle Sikes | Georgia, University of | 50 FR SCY | 22.03 | 100 BK SCY |
| 9 | Delia Lloyd | Ohio State University | 100 BK SCY | 51.74 | 200 BK SCY |
| 10 | Addison Sauickie | Stanford University | 200 FR SCY | 1:44.82 | 500 FR SCY |
CUTLINE PROGRESSION
Looking back on the times required to earn an NCAA invite over the last six years (including the canceled 2020 championships), this year’s cut-off time was faster than it ever has been in every single event except for the 200 breaststroke.
| EVENT (SCY) | 2020 INVITE TIME | 2021 INVITE TIME | 2022 INVITE TIME | 2023 INVITE TIME | 2024 Invite time | 2025 Invite Time |
| 50 free | 22.21 | 22.32 | 22.16 | 22.15 | 22.11 | 22.01 |
| 100 free | 48.51 | 48.76 | 48.44 | 48.37 | 48.34 | 48.11 |
| 200 free | 1:45.23 | 1:46.25 | 1:45.42 | 1:45.31 | 1:44.80 | 1:44.74 |
| 500 free | 4:41.20 | 4:44.77 | 4:43.08 | 4:41.09 | 4:41.19 | 4:39.47 |
| 1650 free | 16:17.45 | 16:25.47 | 16:16.47 | 16:13.73 | 16:14.82 | 16:09.37 |
| 100 back | 52.73 | 53.01 | 52.46 | 52.36 | 52.28 | 51.68 |
| 200 back | 1:53.99 | 1:55.05 | 1:53.97 | 1:53.94 | 1:54.01 | 1:53.31 |
| 100 breast | 59.98 | 1:00.12 | 59.87 | 59.73 | 59.75 | 59.51 |
| 200 breast | 2:10.12 | 2:10.37 | 2:09.15 | 2:09.68 | 2:09.55 | 2:09.58 |
| 100 fly | 52.34 | 52.7 | 52.35 | 52.20 | 51.88 | 51.87 |
| 200 fly | 1:56.06 | 1:57.42 | 1:56.14 | 1:55.92 | 1:55.88 | 1:55.82 |
| 200 IM | 1:57.31 | 1:57.62 | 1:56.85 | 1:56.90 | 1:57.03 | 1:56.69 |
| 400 IM | 4:10.39 | 4:13.19 | 4:11.60 | 4:11.36 | 4:10.74 | 4:09.53 |
TOP SEEDS IN EACH EVENT
- 200 Medley Relay – Virginia, 1:31.53
- 800 Free Relay – Virginia, 6:44.13
- 500 Free – Jillian Cox, Texas, 4:30.68
- 200 IM – Alex Walsh, Virginia, 1:51.12
- 50 Free – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia, 20.60
- 200 Free Relay – Virginia, 1:24.03
- 400 IM – Katie Grimes, Virginia, 3:59.02
- 100 Fly – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia, 48.16
- 200 Free – Anna Peplowski, Indiana, 1:40.69
- 100 Breast – Alex Walsh, Virginia, 56.85
- 100 Back – Bella Sims, Florida, 48.97
- 400 Medley Relay – Virginia, 3:19.58
- 1650 Free – Jillian Cox, Texas, 15:30.33
- 200 Back – Claire Curzan, Virginia, 1:46.87
- 100 Free – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia, 45.20
- 200 Breast – Lucy Bell, Stanford, 2:04.60
- 200 Fly – Emma Sticklen, Texas, 1:49.69
- 400 Free Relay – Virginia, 3:07.59
INDIVIDUAL QUALIFYING PROCEDURE
The NCAA invites the same number of overall swimmers every year. 270 men and 322 women make the meet annually. Depending on how many of those 270/322 athletes qualify in multiple events, the numbers can range some as to how many entries in each event get invited.
The simple part: “A” qualifiers get in automatically. Hit an “A” cut, and you’re set. Then the NCAA fills in the remaining spots with the next-fastest “B” cuts.
Here’s a step-by-step process for how the NCAA selects the 270 men and 322 women for each year’s invite list:
1. 35 of the men’s spots and 41 of the women’s spots are set aside for divers, who qualify for the meet at zone competitions closer the NCAA Championships. That leaves 235 men’s spots and 281 for the women.
2. Every “A” cut put up this season is added.
3. The next fastest swimmers in each event are added until every event has the same number of entries. For example, if the 50 free were to have the most “A” cuts of any event with 10, then every other event would get swimmers with the top 10 fastest times in.
4. Finally, one entry is added to each event to keep the entries per event even. This process is repeated until all of the swimming spots (235 for men, 281 for women) are filled. Keep in mind that as more rows are added, swimmers will start to double and triple up. The #1 seed in the 200 back might be the #15 seed in the 100 back – as the 15th row of swimmers is added to each event, she’ll be added to the 100 back list, but won’t take up another one of the 281 invite spots, as she already has her official invite.
5. The final row of swimmers added won’t come out exactly even. In the final row, the swimmers with entry times closest to the NCAA “A” cut will get added first, and when the 235th man or 281st woman is added, the process stops. So the 100 fly could have 38 women and the 200 fly 39 women – that would mean the 39th 200 flyer was closer to the NCAA “A” than the 39th 100 flyer and therefore won the ‘tie-breaker’ for the final spot.