Atlanta Sure for NCAA’s – Stanford Cardinal

STANFORD, Calif. – No. 2 Stanford ladies’s swimming & diving heads to Atlanta to compete on the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships, concluding the 2025-26 marketing campaign at McAuley Aquatic Center.

The Cardinal has gained 13 nationwide championships in program historical past — 12 NCAA titles and an AIWA crown in 1980 — essentially the most of any program within the nation. Stanford stays the one Division I program to complete inside the highest 10 at each nationwide championship meet, a streak that dates again to the 1974-1975 season. 

This 12 months’s NCAA Championships are the primary below first-year Knowles Family Director of Women’s Swimming Chris Lindauer, who seems to be to change into the primary Cardinal coach to win an NCAA title of their debut season since Peter Tegen with ladies’s cross nation in 2005. 

Stanford brings an skilled bunch to the Peach State, combining for 5 NCAA titles and 68 All-America honors of their careers. Last season, Lucy Bell, Caroline Bricker, and Torri Huske every earned NCAA particular person gold, whereas Bricker and Kayla Wilson joined forces with alums Lillie Nordmann and Aurora Roghair to win the 800 free relay title. 

All data relating to the NCAA D1 Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. , together with meet schedule, streaming, and reside stats, will be discovered here on the NCAA’s meet central web page.

Each morning session will start at 7 a.m. PT, adopted by the finals classes at 3 p.m. PT. All meet protection shall be broadcast reside on ESPN+, with reside updates on Twitter/X at @StanfordWSwim. 

LAST TIME OUT » Three Cardinal divers earned computerized bids to the NCAA Championships, collected a pair of occasion titles on the Diving Zone E meet. Molly Gray completed high two in every of her occasions, successful the 3-meter dive, whereas Ellie Cole had a dominant exhibiting to tempo the sphere within the platform dive. Emilie Moore certified for her third nationwide meet, ending fifth in each the 3-meter and platform dives.

ACC RUNNER-UP » Stanford completed second on the ACC Championships, scoring 1039 factors over six days of competitors. Lucy Bell and Torri Huske every collected a pair of convention titles, with Bell successful the 200 breast and 400 IM crowns, whereas Huske touched first in each the 100 fly and 200 IM finals. 

BESTED THE BEARS » The Cardinal closed out the common season in thrilling vogue, defeating No. 5 California on the highway, 154-145. A back-and-forth affair from begin to end, the Cardinal overcame a quick begin by the Golden Bears to win 10 of 16 occasions. Lucy Bell was the meet’s standout performer with three race victories, together with two new career-bests within the breaststroke occasions and a brand new program file within the 200 breast.

SENIOR DAY SWEEP » Stanford celebrated Senior Day by successful every of the 15 occasions to defeat San Jose State, 226-67. Gigi Johnson and Lucy Bell led the senior contingent with a pair of victories on the day, whereas Torri Huske and Emilie Moore additionally gained occasions of their closing meet in Maples Pavilion. Emily Thompson had a powerful exhibiting of her personal, successful each the 50 free and the 200 breast.

TWO-WIN WEEKEND IN LA » Stanford loved a profitable highway journey to Los Angeles final weekend, sweeping UCLA (156-87) and No. 11 USC (208-91). Torri Huske and Caroline Bricker lead the Cardinal with 4 occasion titles over the course of the weekend, whereas Gigi Johnson collected a pair of lifetime-bests and a brand new “Stanford Top 10” time within the 100 fly.

TOP TIMES IN TEXAS » Stanford closed out the autumn slate in spectacular vogue, successful 12 of 18 occasions towards a stacked discipline on the Texas Swimming Invitational. The weekend was highlighted by a pair of college information by the relay quartet of Annam Olasewere, Torri Huske, Gigi Johnson, and Lucy Thomas, who set new program marks in each the 400 and 800 freestyle relays. Huske and Lucy Bell led the Cardinal with three particular person occasion titles every.

TRIPLE DISTANCE TRIUMPHS » No. 3 Stanford swimming & diving had a powerful exhibiting in Friday’s Triple Distance meet, successful 12 of 20 races towards No. 5 California within the non-scoring competitors. Torri Huske swept the IM occasions on the afternoon, highlighted by a lifetime-best within the 400 IM (4:04.21) to offer her a Stanford Top 10 time in a outstanding ten completely different occasions. Lucy Bell additionally improved her career-best within the 100 breast with a 58.27, shaving two-hundredths off her earlier mark to inch nearer to this system file within the occasion. The Cardinal went 1-2-3 in every of the backstroke occasions, with Levenia Sim attending to the wall first in each the 50 again (24.61) and 100 again (52.67) races. Caroline Bricker tabbed a race win within the 200 again, posting a time of 1:54.60. Bailey O’Regan earned her first two race wins of the 12 months in distance freestyle, posting a 4:48.44 within the 500 free and a 9:49.73 time within the 1000 free. Gigi Johnson rounded out the race winners for Stanford, besting the dash group within the 200 free with a race-winning time of 1:44.35. 

BEAT CAL IN BERKELEY » No. 3 Stanford ladies’s swimming & diving rolled to a pair of victories, successful 13 of 19 occasion titles in a two-day double twin towards Arizona State and No. 5 California. Caroline Bricker highlighted the weekend with occasion titles for Stanford, touching the wall first within the 200 fly (1:52.83) and 400 IM (4:04.30) on Friday, earlier than including a 200 breast occasion title with a 2:09.18 swim on Saturday. Torri Huske collected a pair of race wins, highlighted by a personal-best 51.62 within the 100 again to interrupt into the Stanford Top 10 within the occasion. Huske additionally added a victory within the 100 fly with a 51.05 mark. Lucy Bell additionally added a Stanford Top-10 time, beating her earlier lifetime finest within the 100 breast, touching the wall first with a 58.29 time. Bell stays this system’s second-fastest swimmer of all time within the occasion.

SEASON OPENER IN SAN DIEGO » No. 3 Stanford ladies’s swimming opened the 2025-26 marketing campaign with a second-place end on the UCSD Triton Invitational, totaling 898.5 factors throughout the two-day meet. The Cardinal trailed solely No. 5 California, which gained the meet with 1,202 factors, whereas UC San Diego (619.5), Hawai‘i (517) and UC Santa Barbara (454) rounded out the sphere. Torri Huske led the way in which for Stanford with three particular person victories, successful the 50 free in 22.06 seconds on Friday earlier than including titles within the 200 free (1:44.45) and 100 free (48.34) on Saturday.

2024 REVISITED » Stanford completed second on the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships with 417 factors, incomes three particular person NCAA champions and a relay nationwide title, extending the Cardinal’s 43-year streak as the one program in NCAA historical past to by no means end exterior the highest ten at a nationwide meet. Lucy Bell (200 breast), Caroline Bricker (400 IM), and Torri Huske (200 IM) every earned particular person titles, whereas the quartet of Bricker, Aurora Roghair, Lillie Nordmann, and Kayla Wilson mixed to win the 800 Free crown. Stanford made a powerful debut on the ACC Championships in 2025, successful three particular person titles and a relay crown within the nation’s best convention.

KEY RETURNERS » The Cardinal head into the 2025-26 marketing campaign with one other robust veteran core, returning 9 of its 13 All-Americans from a season in the past. The group of Lucy Bell, Caroline Bricker, Torri Huske, Gigi Johnson, Anna Lemkin, Natalie Mannion, Lucy Thomas, Emily Thompson, and Kayla Wilson accounted for 29 whole NCAA podium finishes, together with every of the three particular person titles and one-half of Stanford’s championship-winning relay.

NEW CARDINAL » Stanford additionally welcomes seven new student-athletes to The Farm this season, as Alana Berlin, Ellie Cole, Ella Detter, Molly Gray, Ella Jablonski, Annam Olasewere, and Addie Robillard make up the most recent Cardinal freshman class. The incoming group ranked second in SwimSwam’s closing Class of 2025 recruiting rankings, bringing immense nationwide and worldwide expertise each within the pool and the diving tower.

A NEW ERA BEGINS » The 2025-26 season begins a brand new period for the Cardinal ladies’s swimming & diving program, as Chris Lindauer was named the eighth Paul A. Violich Director of Women’s Swimming earlier this summer season. Lindauer arrives to The Farm with a confirmed observe file of elevating packages to new heights, teaching 10 particular person nationwide champions, 46 ladies’s NCAA All-Americans and 49 males’s NCAA All-Americans throughout his 15-year teaching profession. He additionally brings an Olympic-level teaching pedigree, mentoring a pair of gold medalists and 13 Olympic qualifiers, along with serving on the USA National Team teaching employees from 2018-20. Joining his teaching employees is 2020 Olympic bronze medalist and former Florida assistant Annie Lazor, together with Marcus Guttman, who made the leap to to the teaching employees after spending two seasons as Director of Operations.