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NCAA women’s swimming and diving: Virginia wins record sixth straight NCAA title
Virginia has done it again, securing a sixth consecutive NCAA title in women’s swimming and diving.
The Cavaliers now hold the longest streak of national championships in Division I women’s swimming history. The exclamation point was an NCAA record in the 400 freestyle relay to close the meet, breaking their own mark set last month at the ACC championships.
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The Hoos were dominant all week and head coach Todd DeSorbo has built one of the greatest dynasties in women’s swimming history.
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Virginia won all five relays, a multitude of individual titles, and overwhelmed the rest of the field with elite depth. The Cavaliers show no signs of slowing down, and will return a plethora of talent in 2027.
Stanford and Texas battled to the end, with the Cardinal passing the Longhorns on the final day to secure national runners-up. Stanford picked up key event wins to stay in the 200 IM and 100 freestyle, defeating Texas by four points.
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After having a relay disqualified on Wednesday night, California continued to fight all week and secured a top-four finish. The Golden Bears squeezed past Tennessee by a point and a half while the Lady Vols secured fifth by 5 1/2 points over Michigan.
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Here’s how the final night of finals unfolded:
Lucy Bell closes out her senior NCAAs with a second title
Senior Lucy Bell continued her standout meet with a victory in the 200 IM, touching in 1:52.09. Bell helped lead the Cardinal past Texas on the final day of competition.
California freshman Teagan O’Dell finished second, just ahead of her teammate Mia West, who took third. The two Golden Bears helped Cal jump into the top four.
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Louisville sophomore Anastasia Gorbenko placed fourth, followed by Texas sophomore Campbell Chase in fifth.
Virginia placed two swimmers in the championship final, with Aimee Canny finishing sixth and Leah Hayes placing seventh. UCLA senior Rosie Murphy rounded out the field in eighth.
Torri Huske goes 3-for-3, bests Moesch in 100 free
Stanford senior and three-time Olympic gold medalist Torri Huske powered to another NCAA title winning the 100 freestyle in 45.17. In one of the most anticipated races of the year, Huske defeated the loaded field in pool record fashion.
A pair of Cavaliers followed as Anna Moesch placed second in 45.54 and Sara Curtis third in 45.77. Indiana freshman Liberty Clark finished fourth in 46.11, just ahead of Camille Spink (Tennessee) in fifth at 46.28.
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Mary-Ambre Moluh (California) took sixth in 46.30, followed by Cadence Vincent (Alabama) in seventh.
Julia Dennis (Louisville) finished eighth.
Stoll wins 200 butterfly title
Texas’ Campbell Stoll claimed the 200 butterfly title in 1:50.26, holding off a tight field down the stretch. The race was closely contested, but it was Stoll who got to the wall first ahead of Indiana freshman Alex Shackell and Michigan junior Hannah Bellard. Stoll out-touched Shackell by less than two tenths of a second on the final stroke.
Virginia’s Tess Howley placed fourth in 1:51.69, followed by Stanford’s Caroline Bricker, who secured fifth.
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Tennessee scored crucial points in the event as two Lady Vols competed in the championship final. Sophomores Emily Brown and Ella Jansen finished sixth and seventh respectively. Cal’s Lilou Ressencourt rounded out the top eight finishers.
Claire Curzan sweeps NCAA backstroke titles
Virginia junior Claire Curzan completed an impressive backstroke double, winning the 200 back this evening in 1:46.10. Curzan closed her week in meet record fashion, one hundredth shy of her own NCAA record.
Wisconsin’s Maggie Wanezek finished second in 1:47.73, while NC State’s Erika Pelaez took third in 1:49.08.
Claire Jansen (Pittsburgh) placed fourth, with Michigan’s Bella Sims dropping down to fifth. Teagan O’Dell completed her Saturday double with a sixth place finish and Pelaez’s teammate Leah Shackley secured seventh. Indiana’s Miranda Grana closed out the championship final.
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Stanford freshman Ellie Cole wins platform diving with meet record score
Stanford freshman Ellie Cole delivered a meet-record performance to win platform diving with 399.80.
US Olympian Daryn Wright finished second representing Purdue. She was followed by Florida State’s Kayleigh Clark in third.
Minnesota’s Viviana Del Angel placed fourth, while Texas’ Bayleigh Cranford finished fifth.
Sofia Knight (North Carolina), Mia Prusiecki (Ohio State), and Camyla Monroy (Florida) rounded out the top eight.
Virginia completes relay sweep in NCAA record
Virginia closed the meet with a statement performance, winning the 400 freestyle relay in an NCAA-record 3:05.26.
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The team of Madi Mintenko, Curzan, Moesch and Curtis re-broke the fastest time in history, closing out the meet with yet another NCAA title. Moesch had a standout 45.61 split to vault the Cavaliers to a new record.
Stanford finished second while Texas took third in 3:07.02. California’s fourth-place finish was the reason the Golden Bears finished in the top four, while Indiana placed fifth in a tightly contested final.