By Laura Rosado on SwimSwam
2025 NCAA DIII Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 19-22, 2025
- Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
- Times: Prelims 10:00 AM / Finals 6:00 PM (ET)
- Defending Champs: Kenyon women (1x) & Emory men (3x)
- Psych Sheet
- Live Streaming on NCAA.com
- Live Results
- “NCAA DIII Championships” on Meet Mobile
The 2025 NCAA DIII Championships are here, and with women’s DI held on the West Coast this year, we have the site all to ourselves this morning.
The session kicks off with the 500 freestyle. Both defending champions are in their respective fields, but neither have the top seed. Instead, it’s last year’s 5th-place finishers who lead the field: Quinn Brown (Denison) and Ryan Nunez (Williams). In the women’s event, both Brown and freshman phenom Natalie Garre (Bowdoin) are seeded faster than the winning time Bengisu Caymaz (Kenyon) swam for her first NCAA title last year. That time also represents Caymaz’s personal best, so she’ll have to find about a second to stay in a position to defend. For the men, Nunez upset reigning champion Justin Finkel (Connecticut College) at NESCACs. In fact, Finkel only took bronze in that field. Finkel did set a best time leading off his team’s 800 free relay, however, so his freestyle appears to be in form. No one has been faster than the senior’s winning time from last year.
Next, we’ll move on to the 200 IM. Senior Sophia Verkleeren (Williams) leads the women’s field by over a second. She set a new best at NESCACs and is now knocking on the door of a 1:58-point swim; only four women in D3 history have done so. It’s mostly seniors at the top of this event, save for Allison Greeneway (Emory) who has already improved her best time by nearly four seconds this season. We’ll also see D3 record-holders Kate Augustyn (MIT) and Jennah Fadely (Kenyon) in action. They set records in the 100 back and 100 breast earlier this season and will be ones to watch as the meet continues.
The men will see a new champion, as record-holder Derek Maas (NYU) has graduated from swimmer to coach this season. NYU still has a strong presence in this event from first-year Maksym Nechdyuk and senior Jaeden-Hans Yburan, but it’s Carnegie Mellon sophomore Brayden Morford who holds the top seed. Morford finished 3rd last year and is the highest returning finalist. He’s the only swimmer under 1:46 this season, a strong position to take home his first national title.
The women’s 50 free looks to be all Kaley McIntyre (NYU). Though on paper she’s only six-hundredths ahead of Hannah Fathman (Albion), the junior won the event in NCAA record fashion last year, almost two-tenths faster than her seed time. McIntyre has already broken a national record this season, lowering her own 100 free record twice at UAAs, so it’s reasonable to expect another big performance here. Lurking down in 14th is 2024 runner-up Alexandra Turvey. Formerly of Pomona-Pitzer, Turvey is spending her fifth-year with MIT while pursuing an M.D.-Ph.D. If she’s on her best, she could play huge spoiler in this event, leapfrogging her former Sagehen teammates in the process.
Six men in D3 have broken 20-seconds in the 50 this season, but only five are competing here. James Schwenk (St. Mary’s-MD) is the top seed, but #2 Max Cory (Bates) threw down the fastest 50 free relay split in Division III history earlier this season. David Bajwa (Calvin) rounds out the trio of 19.6s, and #4-16 are separated by just 0.18-seconds. It will be a race you won’t want to miss. Keep an eye out for Nathaniel Taft (Hamilton), seeded down in 20th. The sophomore finished 6th last year. He hasn’t quite matched his sprint speed this season, but his best times put him in the mix for the A final.
The swimming session will close with the 400 medley relay, a schedule change from the last few years. We’ll also see prelims of men’s 3-meter diving.
Women’s 500 Yard Freestyle – Prelims
- Division III Record: 4:43.37, Kendra Stern (Amherst), 2011
- 2024 Champion: 4:48.65, Bengisu Caymaz (Kenyon)
Finals Qualifiers:
- Natalie Garre (Bowdoin) – 4:48.26
- Bengisu Caymaz (Kenyon) – 4:50.56
- Quinn Brown (Denison) – 4:51.78
- Madeline Dunne (Tufts) – 4:52.09
- Clementine Robins (Williams) – 4:52.72
- Nora Lee Brown (Kenyon) – 4:52.78
- Penelope Helm (Emory) – 4:53.05
- Aanya Wala (NYU) – 4:53.80
- Caitlin Marshall (NYU) – 4:53.81
- Molly Haag (Kenyon) – 4:54.71
- Elle Motekaitis (NYU) – 4:54.94
- Bethany Spangler (NYU) – 4:54.94
- Elodie MItchell (Emory) – 4:55.53
- Meredith Liu (Emory) – 4:57.61
- Lily Codd (Williams) – 4:58.06
- Taryn Wisner (Denison) – 4:58.09
Men’s 500 Yard Freestyle – Prelims
- Division III Record: 4:18.35, Arthur Conover (Kenyon), 2017
- 2024 Champion: 4:21.32, Justin Finkel (Connecticut College)
Women’s 200 Yard IM – Prelims
- Division III Record: 1:57.76, Crile Hart (Kenyon), 2022
- 2024 Champion: 1:59.59, Sophia Verkleeren (Williams)
Men’s 200 Yard IM – Prelims
- Division III Record: 1:42.97, Derek Maas (NYU), 2024
- 2024 Champion: 1:42.97, Derek Maas (NYU)
Women’s 50 Yard Freestyle – Prelims
- Division III Record: 22.46, Kaley McIntyre (NYU), 2024
- 2024 Champion: 22.46, Kaley McIntyre (NYU)
Men’s 50 Yard Freestyle – Prelims
- Division III Record: 19.37, Oliver Smith (Emory), 2018
- 2024 Champion: 19.66, Tobe Obochi (MIT)
Women’s 400 Yard Medley Relay – Prelims
- Division III Record: 3:38.05, Kenyon (O. Smith, J. Fadely, C. Hart, E. Mirus), 2022
- 2024 Champion: 3:39.17 Williams (S. Verkleeren, A. Wager, S. Kilcoyne, E. Dimter)
Men’s 400 Yard Medley Relay – Prelims
- Division III Record: 3:09.78, Kenyon (Y. Kosian, A. Dobric, M. Krtinic, D. Dragojlovic), 2024
- 2024 Champion: 3:09.78, Kenyon (Y. Kosian, A. Dobric, M. Krtinic, D. Dragojlovic)
Men’s 3-Meter Diving — Prelims
- Division III Record: 645.70, Connor Dignan, Denison, 2014
- 2024 Champion: 606.65, Israel Zavaleta (Kenyon)
Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2025 NCAA Division III Championships: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap
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