{"id":608034,"date":"2025-03-22T10:22:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T17:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=608034"},"modified":"2025-03-22T11:31:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T18:31:21","slug":"ncaa-womens-championships-day-4-prelims-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-womens-championships-day-4-prelims-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Women’s Championships Day 4 Prelims: Emma Sticklen Lowers Meet Record, BYU Earns a Top Seed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships has reached its final day from Federal Way, Washington.<\/p>\n

The Day 4 prelims session consists of the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly, before moving to the afternoon platform diving prelims and then early heats of the 1650 freestyle.<\/p>\n

Here is a look at how the prelims are turning out:<\/p>\n

Swimming World Meet Page<\/a><\/p>\n

Live Results<\/a><\/p>\n

NCAA Women’s 200 Backstroke<\/h2>\n

Virginia’s Claire Curzan<\/strong> looked smooth and strong in the 200 backstroke in her heat, as did Florida’s Bella Sims<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Curzan got to the wall in 1:48.01, while Sims was at 1:49.09.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, defending champion Phoebe Bacon<\/strong> of Wisconsin and NC State’s Leah Shackley<\/strong> were also smooth and just behind the leaders, setting up an intriguing final that also includes Cal’s Isabelle<\/strong> Stadden<\/strong> and Tennessee’s Josephine Fuller.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shackley took the third seed in 1:49.58, followed by Bacon (1:49.61), Fuller (1:50.02), Virginia Tech’s Carmen Weiler Sastre<\/strong> (1:50.22), Stadden (1:50.51) and NC State’s Erika Pelaez<\/strong> (1:05.55).<\/p>\n

 Event 16  Women 200 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:46.87  11\/24\/2024Claire Curzan, Virginia\r\n         Meet: M 1:47.24  3\/23\/2019 Beata Nelson, Wisconsin\r\n     American: A 1:46.87  11\/24\/2024Claire Curzan, Virginia\r\n      US Open: O 1:46.87  11\/24\/2024Claire Curzan, Virginia\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Curzan, Claire         JR Virginia          1:46.87    1:48.01  \r\n    r:+0.73  25.57        52.92 (27.35)\r\n        1:20.42 (27.50)     1:48.01 (27.59)\r\n  2 Sims, Bella            SO Florida           1:48.28    1:49.09  \r\n    r:+0.74  24.93        52.37 (27.44)\r\n        1:20.19 (27.82)     1:49.09 (28.90)\r\n  3 Shackley, Leah         FR NC State          1:48.73    1:49.58  \r\n    r:+0.77  25.98        53.89 (27.91)\r\n        1:22.03 (28.14)     1:49.58 (27.55)\r\n  4 Bacon, Phoebe          5Y Wisconsin         1:48.75    1:49.61  \r\n    r:+0.70  25.74        53.41 (27.67)\r\n        1:21.48 (28.07)     1:49.61 (28.13)\r\n  5 Fuller, Josephine      SR Tennessee         1:50.14    1:50.02  \r\n    r:+0.68  25.80        53.72 (27.92)\r\n        1:21.95 (28.23)     1:50.02 (28.07)\r\n  6 Weiler Sastre, Carmen  JR VT                1:50.68    1:50.22  \r\n    r:+0.68  26.00        53.83 (27.83)\r\n        1:22.19 (28.36)     1:50.22 (28.03)\r\n  7 Stadden, Isabelle      5Y California        1:49.96    1:50.51  \r\n    r:+0.73  26.18        53.88 (27.70)\r\n        1:22.27 (28.39)     1:50.51 (28.24)\r\n  8 Pelaez, Erika          FR NC State          1:50.56    1:50.55  \r\n    r:+0.60  25.79        54.04 (28.25)\r\n        1:22.32 (28.28)     1:50.55 (28.23)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Grana, Miranda         SO Indiana           1:50.50    1:50.62  \r\n    r:+0.59  26.14        53.86 (27.72)\r\n        1:22.03 (28.17)     1:50.62 (28.59)\r\n 10 Riordan, Amy           JR South Carolina    1:52.82    1:51.23  \r\n    r:+0.66  26.06        53.94 (27.88)\r\n        1:22.76 (28.82)     1:51.23 (28.47)\r\n 11 Wanezek, Maggie        FR Wisconsin         1:50.62    1:51.47  \r\n    r:+0.66  26.50        54.72 (28.22)\r\n        1:22.94 (28.22)     1:51.47 (28.53)\r\n 12 Wilson, Charlotte      FR Virginia          1:52.60    1:51.51  \r\n    r:+0.73  26.29        54.43 (28.14)\r\n        1:23.01 (28.58)     1:51.51 (28.50)\r\n 13 Choate, Catie          SO Florida           1:51.78    1:51.55  \r\n    r:+0.70  25.78        54.09 (28.31)\r\n        1:23.16 (29.07)     1:51.55 (28.39)\r\n 14 Frei, Sophia           SO UNC               1:52.64    1:51.69  \r\n    r:+0.63  26.05        53.70 (27.65)\r\n        1:22.35 (28.65)     1:51.69 (29.34)\r\n 15 Marlin, Krista         JR OSU               1:51.29    1:51.73  \r\n    r:+0.69  26.63        54.91 (28.28)\r\n        1:23.48 (28.57)     1:51.73 (28.25)\r\n 16 Rathwell, Regan        JR Tennessee         1:52.42    1:51.75  \r\n    r:+0.70  26.80        55.21 (28.41)\r\n        1:23.53 (28.32)     1:51.75 (28.22)<\/pre>\n
 <\/p>\n
NCAA Women’s 100 Freestyle<\/h2>\n
Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh<\/strong> cruised to the wall in 45.19 to take the top seed in the 100 free. She has the NCAA record in 44.83 set last year and that record is in danger.<\/p>\n
Stanford junior Torri Huske<\/strong> took the second seed in 46.54, just ahead of Tennessee’s Cammile<\/strong> Spink<\/strong> (46.84) and Virginia freshman Anna Moesch<\/strong> (46.96).<\/p>\n
Michigan put two in the finals with Stephanie Balduccini (<\/strong>47.09) taking the fifth spot and Lindsay<\/strong> Flynn<\/strong> (47.29) the seventh, one spot behind Louisville’s Julia Dennis<\/strong> (47.11).<\/p>\n
USC’s Minna Abraham<\/strong> snagged the eighth spot by two hundredths of a second over Indiana’s Anna Peplowski<\/strong>, who won the 200 free on Friday.<\/p>\n
There is a three-way tie for 16th with Ohio State’s Teresa Ivan<\/strong>, Texas’ Erin Gemmell<\/strong> and Georgia’s Helena Jones<\/strong> all finishing in exactly 47.88.<\/p>\n
In the swim-off, Jones won in 47.64, ahead of Gemmell (47.91) and Ivan (47.95).<\/p>\n
Event 17  Women 100 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 44.83  3\/23\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia\r\n         Meet: M 44.83  3\/23\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia\r\n     American: A 44.83  3\/23\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia\r\n      US Open: O 44.83  3\/23\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Walsh, Gretchen        SR Virginia            45.20      45.19  \r\n    r:+0.74  10.22        21.44 (11.22)\r\n          33.32 (11.88)       45.19 (11.87)\r\n  2 Huske, Torri           JR Stanford            46.09      46.54  \r\n    r:+0.58  10.40        22.09 (11.69)\r\n          34.35 (12.26)       46.54 (12.19)\r\n  3 Spink, Camille         SO Tennessee           46.25      46.84  \r\n    r:+0.68  10.49        22.13 (11.64)\r\n          34.44 (12.31)       46.84 (12.40)\r\n  4 Moesch, Anna           FR Virginia            46.76      46.96  \r\n    r:+0.72  10.79        22.54 (11.75)\r\n          34.94 (12.40)       46.96 (12.02)\r\n  5 Balduccini, Stephanie  SO Michigan            47.33      47.09  \r\n    r:+0.63  10.77        22.61 (11.84)\r\n          34.86 (12.25)       47.09 (12.23)\r\n  6 Dennis, Julia          JR Louisville          47.15      47.11  \r\n    r:+0.64  10.29        22.15 (11.86)\r\n          34.64 (12.49)       47.11 (12.47)\r\n  7 Flynn, Lindsay         SR Michigan            47.30      47.29  \r\n    r:+0.66  10.87        22.63 (11.76)\r\n          35.01 (12.38)       47.29 (12.28)\r\n  8 Abraham, Minna         SO USC                 47.34      47.37  \r\n    r:+0.70  10.78        22.70 (11.92)\r\n          35.07 (12.37)       47.37 (12.30)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Peplowski, Anna        SR Indiana             47.37      47.39  \r\n    r:+0.71  10.84        22.75 (11.91)\r\n          35.03 (12.28)       47.39 (12.36)\r\n 10 Vincent, Cadence       SO Alabama             48.00      47.43  \r\n    r:+0.67  10.78        22.67 (11.89)\r\n          35.00 (12.33)       47.43 (12.43)\r\n 11 Paegle, Kristina       JR Indiana             47.66      47.56  \r\n    r:+0.69  10.61        22.54 (11.93)\r\n          34.96 (12.42)       47.56 (12.60)\r\n 12 Albiero, Gabi          5Y Louisville          47.46      47.57  \r\n    r:+0.63  10.78        22.67 (11.89)\r\n          35.03 (12.36)       47.57 (12.54)\r\n 13 Szoke, Zita            SO Ohio                47.84      47.63  \r\n    r:+0.70  10.98        22.92 (11.94)\r\n          35.22 (12.30)       47.63 (12.41)\r\n 14 Parker, Maxine         5Y Virginia            47.81      47.65  \r\n    r:+0.70  11.01        22.93 (11.92)\r\n          35.34 (12.41)       47.65 (12.31)\r\n 15 Mehraban, Lucy         SO Louisville          47.98      47.81  \r\n    r:+0.71  10.82        22.71 (11.89)\r\n          35.19 (12.48)       47.81 (12.62)\r\n 16 Ivan, Teresa           SR OSU                 47.74      47.88  \r\n    r:+0.64  10.93        22.98 (12.05)\r\n          35.51 (12.53)       47.88 (12.37)\r\n 16 Gemmell, Erin          SO Texas               47.38      47.88  \r\n    r:+0.75  10.99        23.00 (12.01)\r\n          35.56 (12.56)       47.88 (12.32)\r\n 16 Jones, Helena          SO Georgia             47.78      47.88  \r\n    r:+0.70  11.06        23.09 (12.03)\r\n          35.48 (12.39)       47.88 (12.40)<\/pre>\n
 <\/p>\n
NCAA Women’s 200 Breaststroke<\/h2>\n
If there was a race that was wide open coming into the meet, it was the 200 breaststroke. The huge names stayed away from this event and many of the biggest names remaining were better 100 breaststrokers.<\/p>\n
It led to a final where swimmers from BYU, Washington State and Duke are all in the top three.<\/p>\n
BYU’S Mackenzie Miller<\/strong> took the top seed in 2:06.12, just ahead of Stanford junior Lucy Bell<\/strong> (2:06.61).<\/p>\n
Washington State junior Emily Lundgren<\/strong> put together a great race in her home state with a 2:06.83 to take the third spot.<\/p>\n
The fourth spot went to Duke junior Kaelyn Gridley i<\/strong>n 2:06.93.<\/p>\n
Indiana senior Brearna Crawford<\/strong> grabbed the fifth spot in 2:07.16, followed by Virginia junior Amy Canny<\/strong> (2:07.20), Tennessee’s Mona McSharry<\/strong> (2:07.30), who finished second in the 100 breast, and Cal’s Abigail Herscu<\/strong> (2:07.60).<\/p>\n
Event 18  Women 200 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 2:01.29  3\/18\/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia\r\n         Meet: M 2:01.29  3\/18\/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia\r\n     American: A 2:01.29  3\/18\/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia\r\n      US Open: O 2:01.29  3\/18\/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Miller, Mackenzie      JR Brigham Young     2:06.53    2:06.12  \r\n    r:+0.76  28.74      1:01.08 (32.34)\r\n        1:33.03 (31.95)     2:06.12 (33.09)\r\n  2 Bell, Lucy             JR Stanford          2:04.60    2:06.61  \r\n    r:+0.70  29.21      1:01.37 (32.16)\r\n        1:33.54 (32.17)     2:06.61 (33.07)\r\n  3 Lundgren, Emily        JR Washington St.    2:07.08    2:06.83  \r\n    r:+0.69  28.62      1:00.88 (32.26)\r\n        1:33.81 (32.93)     2:06.83 (33.02)\r\n  4 Gridley, Kaelyn        JR Duke              2:05.71    2:06.93  \r\n    r:+0.72  28.60      1:00.81 (32.21)\r\n        1:33.31 (32.50)     2:06.93 (33.62)\r\n  5 Crawford, Brearna      SR Indiana           2:07.22    2:07.16  \r\n    r:+0.65  28.31      1:00.45 (32.14)\r\n        1:33.38 (32.93)     2:07.16 (33.78)\r\n  6 Canny, Aimee           JR Virginia          2:06.70    2:07.20  \r\n    r:+0.74  29.04      1:01.24 (32.20)\r\n        1:34.01 (32.77)     2:07.20 (33.19)\r\n  7 McSharry, Mona         5Y Tennessee         2:05.85    2:07.30  \r\n    r:+0.71  28.94      1:00.99 (32.05)\r\n        1:33.90 (32.91)     2:07.30 (33.40)\r\n  8 Herscu, Abigail        JR California        2:07.82    2:07.60  \r\n    r:+0.66  29.35      1:01.85 (32.50)\r\n        1:34.79 (32.94)     2:07.60 (32.81)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Wiseman, Avery         SR Alabama           2:06.28    2:07.63  \r\n    r:+0.72  28.75      1:01.26 (32.51)\r\n        1:34.56 (33.30)     2:07.63 (33.07)\r\n 10 Weber, Emma            JR Virginia          2:06.97    2:07.74  \r\n    r:+0.73  29.08      1:01.16 (32.08)\r\n        1:33.96 (32.80)     2:07.74 (33.78)\r\n 11 DeAngelis, Ava         SR OSU               2:08.69    2:07.85  \r\n    r:+0.69  29.04      1:01.42 (32.38)\r\n        1:34.32 (32.90)     2:07.85 (33.53)\r\n 12 Kalmar, Aliz           JR Fresno State      2:08.38    2:08.20  \r\n    r:+0.72  28.69      1:01.38 (32.69)\r\n        1:34.80 (33.42)     2:08.20 (33.40)\r\n 12 Huggins, Maddy         SR FSU               2:07.96    2:08.20  \r\n    r:+0.75  28.69      1:00.57 (31.88)\r\n        1:33.50 (32.93)     2:08.20 (34.70)\r\n 14 Herron, Olivia         JR SIU               2:09.13    2:08.39  \r\n    r:+0.79  29.57      1:01.95 (32.38)\r\n        1:35.37 (33.42)     2:08.39 (33.02)\r\n 15 Siroky, McKenzie       FR Tennessee         2:06.57    2:08.55  \r\n    r:+0.65  28.83      1:01.32 (32.49)\r\n        1:34.73 (33.41)     2:08.55 (33.82)\r\n 16 Sim, Letitia           JR Michigan          2:07.28    2:08.56  \r\n    r:+0.66  29.17      1:01.66 (32.49)\r\n        1:35.10 (33.44)     2:08.56 (33.46)<\/pre>\n
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NCAA Women’s 200 Butterfly<\/h2>\n
Texas fifth-year Emma Sticklen<\/strong> broke the meet record to claim the top seed in the 200 fly at 1:49.90.<\/p>\n
Her time was five hundredths better than her own meet record two years ago.<\/p>\n
The NCAA record is 1:49.16 set by Alex Walsh<\/strong> at ACCs last year. She is in the field and took the fourth seed in 1:52.18.<\/p>\n
Her Virginia teammate Tess Howley<\/strong> took the second seed in 1:51.92, ahead of Stanford sophomore Caroline Bricker<\/strong> (1:52.13), who won the 400 IM on Friday.<\/p>\n
Stanford senior Lillie Nordmann<\/strong> took the fifth spot in 1:52.29, ahead of Texas sophomore Campbell Stoll<\/strong> (1:52.61), Michigan sophomore Hannah Bellard<\/strong> (1:52.86) and South Carolina senior Greta Pelzek<\/strong> (1:52.91).<\/p>\n
Event 19  Women 200 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:49.16  2\/23\/2024 Alex Walsh, Virginia\r\n         Meet: M 1:49.95  3\/18\/2023 Emma Sticklen, Texas\r\n     American: A 1:48.33  10\/20\/2023Regan Smith, Sun Devils\r\n      US Open: O 1:48.33  10\/20\/2023Regan Smith, Sun Devils\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Sticklen, Emma         5Y Texas             1:49.17    1:49.90M \r\n    r:+0.68  23.91        51.06 (27.15)\r\n        1:19.69 (28.63)     1:49.90 (30.21)\r\n  2 Howley, Tess           SO Virginia          1:52.72    1:51.92  \r\n    r:+0.66  24.97        52.90 (27.93)\r\n        1:21.78 (28.88)     1:51.92 (30.14)\r\n  3 Bricker, Caroline      SO Stanford          1:52.21    1:52.13  \r\n    r:+0.63  24.78        53.35 (28.57)\r\n        1:22.27 (28.92)     1:52.13 (29.86)\r\n  4 Walsh, Alex            5Y Virginia          1:50.43    1:52.18  \r\n    r:+0.77  25.07        53.45 (28.38)\r\n        1:22.86 (29.41)     1:52.18 (29.32)\r\n  5 Nordmann, Lillie       SR Stanford          1:51.85    1:52.29  \r\n    r:+0.67  25.09        53.15 (28.06)\r\n        1:22.29 (29.14)     1:52.29 (30.00)\r\n  6 Stoll, Campbell        SO Texas             1:51.64    1:52.61  \r\n    r:+0.65  24.69        52.82 (28.13)\r\n        1:21.72 (28.90)     1:52.61 (30.89)\r\n  7 Bellard, Hannah        SO Michigan          1:52.04    1:52.86  \r\n    r:+0.77  25.55        54.37 (28.82)\r\n        1:23.40 (29.03)     1:52.86 (29.46)\r\n  8 Pelzek, Greta          SR South Carolina    1:52.80    1:52.91  \r\n    r:+0.63  25.54        54.39 (28.85)\r\n        1:23.24 (28.85)     1:52.91 (29.67)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Bray, Olivia           5Y Texas             1:52.61    1:53.16  \r\n    r:+0.74  25.08        53.51 (28.43)\r\n        1:22.90 (29.39)     1:53.16 (30.26)\r\n 10 Polonsky, Lea          SR California        1:55.13    1:53.33  \r\n    r:+0.68  25.14        53.51 (28.37)\r\n        1:22.57 (29.06)     1:53.33 (30.76)\r\n 11 Ressencourt, Lilou     SR California        1:53.12    1:53.54  \r\n    r:+0.69  25.67        54.64 (28.97)\r\n        1:23.86 (29.22)     1:53.54 (29.68)\r\n 12 Stotler, Sara          SR Tennessee         1:52.66    1:53.86  \r\n    r:+0.66  25.05        54.38 (29.33)\r\n        1:24.30 (29.92)     1:53.86 (29.56)\r\n 13 Ulett, Tristen         5Y Louisville        1:55.76    1:53.89  \r\n    r:+0.71  25.34        54.01 (28.67)\r\n        1:23.15 (29.14)     1:53.89 (30.74)\r\n 14 Brown, Emily           FR Tennessee         1:53.31    1:54.14  \r\n    r:+0.75  25.34        53.84 (28.50)\r\n        1:23.29 (29.45)     1:54.14 (30.85)\r\n 14 Reese, Addison         FR Florida           1:55.03    1:54.14  \r\n    r:+0.60  25.71        54.50 (28.79)\r\n        1:24.04 (29.54)     1:54.14 (30.10)\r\n 16 Jernstedt, Edith       SR FSU               1:55.70    1:54.16  \r\n    r:+0.73  25.02        54.03 (29.01)\r\n        1:23.60 (29.57)     1:54.16 (30.56)<\/pre>\n
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