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No. 2 Women’s Swim and Dive preview: 2025 NCAA Championships
03.18.2025 | Women's Swimming and Diving
The second-ranked Longhorns are set to compete on March 19-22 in Federal Way, Wash.
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – The No. 2 Texas Women's Swimming and Diving team travels west to Federal Way, Wash., on March 19-22 for the 2025 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center.
ESPN+ will provide live digital coverage for preliminary and finals sessions Wednesday through Saturday. Tape-delayed coverage of the women's championships will be on ESPNU at 6 p.m. CT, Wednesday, March 26.
No. 2 Texas at 2025 NCAA Championships
When: Wednesday, March 19 – Saturday, March 22
Where: Federal Way, Wash.
Facility: Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center
Host: Washington State
Watch: ESPN+
Results: Live Stats | DiveMeets
The Schedule
- Wednesday, March 19 | Watch live on ESPN+
- Day one finals: 200-yard medley relay | 8 p.m. CT | 6 p.m. PT
- Day one finals: 800-yard freestyle relay | 9 p.m. CT | 7p.m. PT
- Thursday, March 20 | Watch live on ESPN+
- Day two prelims | 12 p.m. CT | 10 a.m. PT
- One-meter diving trials| 2:15 p.m. CT | 12:15 p.m. PT
- One-meter diving consolation finals | 7:15 p.m. CT | 5:15 p.m. PT
- Day two finals | 8 p.m. CT | 6 p.m. PT
- 500-yard freestyle
- 200-yard individual medley
- 50-yard freestyle
- 200-yard freestyle relay
- One-meter diving
- Friday, March 21 | Watch live on ESPN+
- Day three prelims | 12 p.m. CT | 10 a.m. PT
- Three-meter diving trials | 2:15 p.m. CT | 12:15 p.m. PT
- Three-meter diving consolation finals | 7:15 p.m. CT | 5:15 p.m. PT
- Day three finals | 8 p.m. CT | 6 p.m. PT
- 400-yard individual medley
- 100-yard butterfly 10. 200-yard freestyle
- 100-yard breaststroke 12. 100-yard backstroke
- 400-yard medley relay
- Three-meter diving
- Saturday, March 22 | Watch live on ESPN+
- Day four prelims | 12 p.m. CT | 10 a.m. PT
- Platform diving trials | 2 p.m. CT | 12 p.m. PT
- Day four prelims - 1650 freestyle | 5:45 p.m. CT | 3:45 p.m. PT
- Platform diving consolation finals | 7:15 p.m. CT | 5:15 p.m. PT
- Day four finals | 8 p.m. CT | 6 p.m. PT
- 1,650-yard freestyle
- 200-yard backstroke
- 100-yard freestyle
- 200-yard breaststroke
- 200-yard butterfly
- Platform diving
- 400-yard freestyle relay
Individual Swimming Event Seedings
Abby Arens – ninth in 100 fly (51.01), 12th in 100 breast (58.49), 17th in 200 breast (2:07.94)
Berit Berglund – 16th in 100 back (51.02), 30th in 200 back (1:52.97)
Olivia Bray – seventh in 200 fly (1:52.61), 13th in 100 fly (51.26), 29th in 100 back (51.52)
Campbell Chase – 10th in 200 IM (1:53.89), 17th in 400 IM (4:06.57), 46th in 200 breast (2:11.08)
Angie Coe – 12th in 200 IM (1:54.33), 31st in 400 IM (4:08.63), 39th in 200 fly (1:56.01)
Grace Cooper – 17th in 50 free (21.81), 19th in 100 free (47.78)
Jillian Cox – first in 500 free (4:30.68), first in 1,650 free (15:30.33)
Piper Enge – sixth in 100 breast (57.69), 16th in 200 breast (2:07.90)
Erin Gemmell – sixth in 200 free (1:42.32), 10th in 100 free (47.38), 23rd in 500 free (4:38.21)
Kate Hurst – fifth in 1,650 free (15:47.93), 20th in 500 free (4:37.59)
Emma Kern – 28th in 100 back (51.49), 34th in 200 back (1:53.23)
Ava Longi – 12th in 100 free (47.46), 27th in 50 free (21.90), 42nd in 100 fly (52.07)
Lillie Nesty – 11th in 200 free (1:43.21), 17th in 500 free (4:36.72), 23rd in 200 back (1:52.51)
Emma Sticklen – first in 200 fly (1:49.17), third in 200 IM (1:52.42), third in 100 fly (49.40)
Campbell Stoll – third in 200 fly (1:51.64), seventh in 400 IM (4:03.11), eighth in 200 IM (1:53.37)
Team Rankings
The Longhorns are ranked No. 2 in the final College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association (CSCAA) Division I regular season poll (March), trailing top-ranked Virginia by just 17 points. The top-10 includes Virginia (425), Texas (408), Stanford (386), Tennessee (373), Florida (356), Louisville (338), Indiana (326), Michigan (304), California (295) and North Carolina State (270).
New Conference, Same Result
In its inaugural appearance, Texas won the 2025 SEC Championship on Feb. 22, hosted at the University of Georgia. The Longhorns collected 1,450 total points, 271 points over second-place Florida (1,179). The Longhorns have won 13-consecutive conference titles (12 Big 12, 1 SEC) across two conferences, all since the arrival of head coach Carol Capitani. It was the 37th overall conference crown for the women's swim and dive program since 1983 (14 Southwest Conference, 22 Big 12, 1 SEC).
SEC Meet Honors
Senior Emma Sticklen was named the SEC Swimmer of the Meet and shared the Commissioner's Cup Trophy with Tennessee's Camille Spink after both student-athletes recorded the highest points total at 96 apiece throughout the conference championship. Sticklen took home five gold medals (200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 200 IM, 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly), along with a silver in the 400 free relay.
In the Diving Well
Three Longhorn divers are set to compete this week in Bayleigh Cranford (1-meter, 3-meter and platform), Alejandra Estudillo Torres (1-meter, 3-meter and platform) and Hailey Hernandez (1-meter and 3-meter). During the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships on March 10-12 in Iowa City, Iowa, Texas swept all three events. Estudillo Torres, a freshman from Nuevo Leon, Mexico, won the platform (1st-639.85) and 3-meter (1st-687.45) while finishing runner-up in the 1-meter (2nd-615.15), so she is scheduled to compete in all three events this week. Hernandez was victorious in the 1-meter at zones after drawing a final score of 624.60 and will also participate in the 3-meter at NCAAs after placing in the top-12 at the Zone D Championships. Cranford will be competing in all three dives at the national meet after meeting the benchmark qualification in the 3-meter (8th-626.75) and platform (6th-552.50) while securing a top-12 finish (12th-574.30) in the 1-meter at the Zone D Championships.
Storied Program
The Horns have finished inside the top-three in each of the last four seasons at NCAAs. Texas finished as the runner-up at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 national meets after placing third in 2021. Overall, Texas has claimed a total of nine national titles in its proud history. The Longhorns won AIAW national championships in 1981 and 1982. UT added NCAA team titles in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990 and 1991.
Head Coach Carol Capitani
Carol Capitani is in her 13th season at the helm of the Texas program. She has led the Longhorns to 13-straight conference crowns (2013-25) and top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships in 10 of the last 11 meets held. Capitani has guided UT to three-consecutive second-place finishes.
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