NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Founded	1982
Number of teams	65
Current champions	Virginia (4)
Most successful team(s)	Stanford (11)
Television broadcasters	ESPNU
Website	NCAA.com

The NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships is an annual college championship in the United States. The meet is typically held on the second-to-last weekend (Thursday-Saturday) in March, and consists of individual and relay events for female swimmers and divers at Division I schools.

The swimming-portion of the meet takes place in a 25-yard pool, except in 2000 and 2004 which swam in a 25-meter course.

History

Swimming was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981-82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA conquered the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership.^[1]

Events

Individual swimming events

Freestyle events
- 50-yard Freestyle (1982−present)
- 100-yard Freestyle (1982−present)
- 200-yard Freestyle (1982−present)
- 500-yard Freestyle (1982−present)
- 1,650-yard Freestyle (1982−present)
Backstroke events
- 100-yard Backstroke (1982−present)
- 200-yard Backstroke (1982−present)
Breaststroke events
- 100-yard Breaststroke (1982−present)
- 200-yard Breaststroke (1982−present)
Butterfly events
- 100-yard Butterfly (1982−present)
- 200-yard Butterfly (1982−present)
Medley events
- 200-yard individual medley (1982−present)
- 400-yard individual medley (1982−present)

Relay swimming events

Freestyle relay events
- 200-yard freestyle relay (1982−present)
- 400-yard freestyle relay (1982−present)
- 800-yard freestyle relay (1982−present)
Medley relay events
- 200-yard medley relay (1982−present)
- 400-yard medley relay (1982−present)

Diving events

Diving events
- One-meter diving (1982−present)
- Three-meter diving (1982−present)
- Platform diving (1990−present)

Discontinued events

Individual swimming events

Backstroke events
- 50-yard Backstroke (1982−1983)
Breaststroke events
- 50-yard Breaststroke (1982−1983)
Butterfly events
- 50-yard Butterfly (1982−1983)
Medley events
- 100-yard individual medley (1982−1983)

Champions

NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships^[2]^[3]
Year	Site	Natatorium	Championship Results
Year	Site	Natatorium	Champion	Points	Runner-Up	Points
1982 Details	Gainesville, FL	O'Connell Center	Florida	505	Stanford	383
1983 Details	Lincoln, NE	Bob Devaney Sports Center	Stanford	418½	Florida	389½
1984 Details	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium	Texas	392	Stanford	324
1985 Details	Tuscaloosa, AL	Alabama Aquatics Center	Texas (2)	643	Florida	400
1986 Details	Fayetteville, AR	Arkansas Natatorium	Texas (3)	633	Florida	586
1987 Details	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium	Texas (4)	648½	Stanford	631½
1988 Details	Austin, TX	Texas Swimming Center	Texas (5)	661	Florida	542½
1989 Details	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium	Stanford (2)	610½	Texas	547
1990 Details	Austin, TX	Texas Swimming Center	Texas (6)	632	Stanford	622½
1991 Details	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium	Texas (7)	746	Stanford	653
1992 Details	Austin, TX	Texas Swimming Center	Stanford (3)	735½	Texas	651
1993 Details	Minneapolis, MN	University Aquatic Center	Stanford (4)	649½	Florida	421
1994 Details	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium	Stanford (5)	512	Texas	421
1995 Details	Austin, TX	Texas Swimming Center	Stanford (6)	497½	Michigan	478½
1996 Details	Ann Arbor, MI	Donald B. Canham Natatorium	Stanford (7)	478	SMU	397
1997 Details	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium	USC	406	Stanford	395
1998 Details	Minneapolis, MN	University Aquatic Center	Stanford (8)	422	Arizona	378
1999 Details	Athens, GA	Gabrielsen Natatorium	Georgia	504½	Stanford	441
2000 Details	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium	Georgia (2)	490½	Arizona	472
2001 Details	East Meadow, NY	Nassau County Aquatic Center	Georgia (3)	389	Stanford	387½
2002 Details	Austin, TX	Texas Swimming Center	Auburn	474	Georgia	386
2003 Details	Auburn, AL	James E. Martin Aquatics Center	Auburn (2)	536	Georgia	373
2004 Details	College Station, TX	Student Recreation Center Natatorium	Auburn (3)	569	Georgia	431
2005 Details	West Lafayette, IN	Boilermaker Aquatic Center	Georgia (4)	609½	Auburn	492
2006 Details	Athens, GA	Gabrielsen Natatorium	Auburn (4)	518½	Georgia	515½
2007 Details	Minneapolis, MN	University Aquatic Center	Auburn (5)	535	Arizona	477
2008 Details	Columbus, OH	McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion	Arizona	484	Auburn	348
2009 Details	College Station, TX	Student Recreation Center Natatorium	California	411½	Georgia	400½
2010 Details	West Lafayette, IN	Boilermaker Aquatic Center	Florida (2)	382	Stanford	379½
2011 Details	Austin, TX	Texas Swimming Center	California (3)	424	Georgia	394½
2012 Details	Auburn, AL	James E. Martin Aquatics Center	California (4)	412½	Georgia	366
2013 Details	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium	Georgia (5)	477	California	393
2014 Details	Minneapolis, MN	University Aquatic Center	Georgia (6)	528	Stanford	402.5
2015 Details	Greensboro, NC	Greensboro Aquatic Center	California (5)	513	Georgia	452
2016 Details	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center	Georgia (7)	414	Stanford	395
2017 Details	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium	Stanford (9)	526.5	California	366
2018 Details	Columbus, OH	McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion	Stanford (10)	593	California	373
2019 Details	Austin, TX	Texas Swimming Center	Stanford (11)	456.5	California	419
2020 Details	Athens, GA	Gabrielsen Natatorium	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Details	Greensboro, NC	Greensboro Aquatic Center	Virginia	491	NC State	354
2022 Details	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center	Virginia (2)	551.5	Texas	406
2023 Details	Knoxville, TN	Allan Jones Aquatic Center	Virginia (3)	541.5	Texas	414.5
2024 Details	Athens, GA	Gabrielsen Natatorium	Virginia (4)	527.5	Texas	441
2025 Details	Federal Way, WA	Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center
2026 Details	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

Team titles

Stanford

Georgia

Texas

Auburn

California

Florida

Virginia

Arizona

USC

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National Championships by school: 11, 7, 5, 4, 2, 1

Team	Number	Years won
Stanford	11	1983, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2017, 2018, 2019
Texas	7	1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991
Georgia	7	1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2016
Auburn	5	2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
California	4	2009, 2011, 2012, 2015
Virginia	4	2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Florida	2	1982, 2010
USC	1	1997
Arizona	1	2008

Championship records


Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Location	Ref
50y freestyle	20.37	NR	Gretchen Walsh	Virginia	March 21, 2024	Athens, Georgia (country)	^[4]
100y freestyle	44.83	NR	Gretchen Walsh	Virginia	March 23, 2024	Athens, Georgia (country)	^[5]
200y freestyle	1:39.10	NR	Missy Franklin	California	March 20, 2015	Greensboro, North Carolina	^[6]
500y freestyle	4:24.06	NR	Katie Ledecky	Stanford	March 16, 2017	Indianapolis, Indiana	^[7]
1650y freestyle	15:07.57		Katie Ledecky	Stanford	March 17, 2018	Columbus, Ohio	^[8]

100y backstroke	48.26	NR	Gretchen Walsh	Virginia	March 17, 2023	Knoxville, Tennessee	^[9]
200y backstroke	1:47.24		Beata Nelson	Wisconsin	March 23, 2019	Austin, Texas	^[10]

100y breaststroke	55.73	NR	Lilly King	Indiana	March 22, 2019	Austin, Texas	^[11]
200y breaststroke	2:01.29	NR	Kate Douglass	Virginia	March 18, 2023	Knoxville, Tennessee	^[12]

100y butterfly	47.42	NR	Gretchen Walsh	Virginia	March 22, 2024	Athens, Georgia (country)	^[13]
200y butterfly	1:49.95		Emma Sticklen	Texas	March 18, 2023	Knoxville, Tennessee	^[14]

200y individual medley	1:48.37	NR	Kate Douglass	Virginia	March 16, 2023	Knoxville, Tennessee	^[15]
400y individual medley	3:54.60	NR	Ella Eastin	Stanford	March 16, 2018	Columbus, Ohio	^[16]

4×50y freestyle relay	1:24.55		Maddie Murphy (21.82) Katie McLaughlin (21.37) Amy Bilquist (20.87) Abbey Weitzeil (20.49)	California	March 21, 2019	Austin, Texas	^[17]
4×100y freestyle relay	3:05.84	NR	Kate Douglass (46.37) Alex Walsh (46.58) Maxine Parker (47.04) Gretchen Walsh (45.85)	Virginia	March 18, 2023	Knoxville, Tennessee	^[18]
4×200y freestyle relay	6:45.91	NR	Simone Manuel (1:41.41) Lia Neal (1:42.15) Ella Eastin (1:41.89) Katie Ledecky (1:40.46)	Stanford	March 15, 2017	Indianapolis, Indiana	^[19]
4×50y medley relay	1:31.51		Gretchen Walsh (22.77) Alex Walsh (26.30) Lexi Cuomo (22.10) Kate Douglass (20.34)	Virginia	March 15, 2023	Knoxville, Tennessee	^[20]
4×100y medley relay	3:21.01		Gretchen Walsh (48.26) Jasmine Nocentini (56.34) Alex Walsh (49.15) Maxine Parker (47.26)	Virginia	March 22, 2024	Athens, Georgia (U.S. state)	^[21]

1m Springboard	365.75		Mia Vallee	Miami	March 17, 2022	Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state)	^[22]
3m Springboard	437.75		Christina Loukas	Indiana	March 20, 2009	College Station, Texas
Platform	396.75		Haley Ishimatsu	USC	March 23, 2013	Indianapolis, Indiana

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by NCAA; NR – US record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

References

NCAA Division I women's swimming and diving

^ "Swimming and Diving: Division I Women's" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
^ "Swimming and Diving: Division I Women's" (PDF). NCAA. 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
^ "Women's Swimming & Diving Championship History". ncaa.com. March 17, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
^ "Women's 50y Freestyle Finals". NCAA. March 21, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
^ "Women's 100y Freestyle Finals". NCAA. March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
^ "Women's 200y Freestyle Results". swmeets.com. March 20, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
^ "Women's 500y Freestyle Results". NCAA. March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
^ "Katie Ledecky Scares American Record in 1650; Wins In 15:07". Swimming World. March 17, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
^ "Women's 100y Backstroke Results". NCAA. March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
^ "2019 Women's NCAA Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. March 23, 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
^ "2019 Women's NCAA Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. March 22, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
^ "Women's 200y Breaststroke Finals". NCAA. March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
^ "Women's 100y Butterfly Finals". NCAA. March 22, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
^ "Women 200 Fly Finals". swimcloud.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
^ "Women's 200y Individual Medley Finals". NCAA. March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ "Women's 400y Individual Medley Finals". NCAA. March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ "2019 Women's Division I NCAA Championships". SwimSwam. March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
^ "Women's 4×100y Freestyle Relay Finals". NCAA. March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
^ "2017 NCAA Women's Championships: Stanford Smashes Relay Record". Swimming World. March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
^ "Women's 4×50y Medley Relay Finals". NCAA. March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
^ "Women's 400 Yard Medley Relay Finals". NCAA. March 22, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
^ "Women's 1m Diving Final Results". swimmeetresults.tech. March 17, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.

[1] "Swimming and Diving: Division I Women's" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

[champs-2] "Swimming and Diving: Division I Women's" (PDF). NCAA. 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

[3] "Women's Swimming & Diving Championship History". ncaa.com. March 17, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2016.

[4] "Women's 50y Freestyle Finals". NCAA. March 21, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

[5] "Women's 100y Freestyle Finals". NCAA. March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.

[6] "Women's 200y Freestyle Results". swmeets.com. March 20, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

[7] "Women's 500y Freestyle Results". NCAA. March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.

[8] "Katie Ledecky Scares American Record in 1650; Wins In 15:07". Swimming World. March 17, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2018.

[9] "Women's 100y Backstroke Results". NCAA. March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.

[10] "2019 Women's NCAA Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. March 23, 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2019.

[11] "2019 Women's NCAA Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. March 22, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.

[12] "Women's 200y Breaststroke Finals". NCAA. March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.

[13] "Women's 100y Butterfly Finals". NCAA. March 22, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

[14] "Women 200 Fly Finals". swimcloud.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

[15] "Women's 200y Individual Medley Finals". NCAA. March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

[16] "Women's 400y Individual Medley Finals". NCAA. March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

[17] "2019 Women's Division I NCAA Championships". SwimSwam. March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.

[18] "Women's 4×100y Freestyle Relay Finals". NCAA. March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.

[19] "2017 NCAA Women's Championships: Stanford Smashes Relay Record". Swimming World. March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.

[20] "Women's 4×50y Medley Relay Finals". NCAA. March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023.

[21] "Women's 400 Yard Medley Relay Finals". NCAA. March 22, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

[22] "Women's 1m Diving Final Results". swimmeetresults.tech. March 17, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.

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History

Events

Individual swimming events

Relay swimming events

Diving events

Discontinued events

Individual swimming events

Champions

Team titles

Championship records

See also

References