The Denison Big Red men's and the MIT Engineers women's teams won the DIII men's and women's swimming and diving national championships. It was Denison men's first national title since 2019 and MIT women's first-ever championship.
The Big Red scored a total of 463.5 points, a large margin between the rest of the men's competition. Runner-up Emory, who won the last three championships, scored 323.5.
On the women's side, the Engineers finished with 497 points, beating out second-place NYU, who scored 470 points.
The 2025 DIII swimming & diving championships kicked off on Feb. 26 with a selections release on vipkrikya888.com, followed by the official psych sheets release. The men's and women's championships were at Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, NC, from Wednesday, March 19, to Saturday, March 22. Find the full schedule of events below.
2025 DIII swimming & diving championships schedule, dates
*All times Eastern
- Wednesday, Feb. 26 | Selections release
- Monday, March 3 | Official psych sheets
- Wednesday, March 19 |
- Finals
- 500-yard freestyle
- Men's winner: Justin Finkel, Connecticut College (4:22.43)
- Women's winner: Natalie Garre, Bowdoin (4:44.90)
- 200-yard individual medley
- Men's winner: Brayden Morford, Carnegie Mellon (1:45.50)
- Women's winner: Sophia Verkleeren, Williams (1:59.93)
- 50-yard freestyle
- Men's winner: James Schwenk, St Mary's MD (19.53)
- Women's winner: Kaley McIntyre, NYU (22.15)
- Three-meter diving (M)
- Men's winner: Trent Makowiec, SUNY Geneseo (558.35)
- 400-yard medley relay
- Men's winner: Carnegie Mellon (3:10.84)
- Women's winner: MIT (3:38.48)
- 500-yard freestyle
- Finals
- Thursday, March 20 |
- Trials | 10 a.m.
- Finals | 6 p.m.
- 400-yard individual medley
- Men's winner: Kirill Sidorko, Kenyon (3:50.84)
- Women's winner: Sophia Verkleeren, Williams (4:11.75)
- 100-yard butterfly
- Men's winner: Cooper Costello, Chicago (45.97)
- Women's winner: Sydney Smith, MIT (53.96)
- 200-yard freestyle
- Men's winner: Colin Twiss, Coast Guard (1:35.68)
- Women's winner: Kaley McIntyre, NYU (1:44.88)
- One-meter diving (W)
- Winner: Kailee Payne, Ithaca (486.30)
- 200-yard free relay
- Men's winner: Chicago (1:18.51)
- Women's winner: MIT (1:30.00)
- 400-yard individual medley
- Friday, March 21 |
- Trials | 10 a.m.
- Finals | 6 p.m.
- 200-yard medley relay
- Co-Men's winner: Tufts and Emory (1:26.72)
- Women's winner: MIT (1:39.51)
- 200-yard butterfly
- Men's winner: Justin Finkel, Connecticut College (1:42.64)
- Women's winner: Nicole Ranile, NYU (1:57.72)
- 100-yard backstroke
- Men's winner: Brayden Morford, Carnegie Mellon (46.61)
- Women's winner: Kate Augustyn, MIT (53.41)
- 100-yard breaststroke
- Men's winner: Henri Bonnault, Emory (52.61)
- Women's winner: Jennah Fadely, Kenyon (1:00.13)
- One-meter diving (M)
- Men's winner: Trent Makowiec, SUNY Geneseo (528.70)
- 800-yard freestyle relay
- Men's winner: UChicago (6:26.98)
- Women's winner: NYU (7:13.02)
- 200-yard medley relay
- Saturday, March 22 | Watch live on vipkrikya888.com: Men's & Women's |
- Trials | 10 a.m.
- Finals | 6 p.m.
- 1650-yard freestyle
- Men's winner: Lucas Lang, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (15:18.01)
- Women's winner: Natalie Garre, Bowdoin (16:17.84)
- 100-yard freestyle
- Men's winner: Max Cory, Bates (42.88)
- Women's winner: Kaley McIntyre, NYU (48.53)
- 200-yard backstroke
- Men's winner: Kyle Wolford, Wash U (1:44.15)
- Women's winner: Kate Augustyn, MIT (1:55.85)
- 200-yard breaststroke
- Men's winner: Sun Liyang, Emory (1:56.64)
- Women's winner: Jennah Fadely, Kenyon (2:11.22)
- Three-meter diving (W)
- Women's winner: Kailee Payne, Ithaca (522.80)
- 400-yard freestyle relay
- Men's winner: UChicago (2:54.20)
- Women's winner: MIT (3:19.03)
- 1650-yard freestyle
NCAA DIII swimming and diving championship history
Kenyon claimed the DIII women's swimming and diving championship in 2024 while Emory captured its third-straight men's title. Click or tap the links below to see the full list of DIII swimming and diving champions.
➡️ 🏊♂️ DIII men's swimming and diving champions and runner-ups dating back to 1975
➡️ 🏊♀️ DIII women's swimming and diving champions and runner-ups dating back to 1982
