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Federal Way, Wash.
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No. 12 USC Women’s Swimming and Diving Headed to Federal Way for NCAA Championships
March 18, 2025 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Trojans return to familiar territory at Weyerhaeuser Aquatic Center, the former home of the Pac-12 Swim and Dive Championships.
LOS ANGELES – The No. 12 ranked USC women's swimming and diving team is headed to Federal Way, Wash. this week to compete in the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center. The four-day meet will start on Wednesday (March 19) and conclude on Saturday (March 22). All sessions will be streamed on ESPN+.
USC qualified eleven student-athletes including ten swimmers and one diver to the national championships. The Trojans were one of the most improved teams at the NCAA Championships in 2024, recording their best finish since 2016.
Wednesday will kick off the meet with two relay finals beginning at 6 p.m. ET. Thursday-Saturday will begin with prelims at 10 a.m. PT and finals at 6 p.m. PT each day.
HOW TO FOLLOW
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
*All times listed in PST
March 19 — 6 p.m. Finals
March 20 - 10 a.m. swim prelims | 6 p.m. finals
March 21 – 10 a.m. swim prelims / 12:15 p.m. dive prelims | 6 p.m. finals
March 22 — 10 a.m. swim prelims / 12 p.m. dive prelims |
3:45 p.m. early heats of 1,650y free | 6 p.m. finals
TROJANS AT THE NCAA's
Taking a look at the meet psych sheet, seven of USC's performances are in the top 16. The complete list of USC's entries can be found below.
500Y FREE
12. Claire Tuggle - 4:35.43 (A)
32. Justina Kozan - 4:39.13 (B)
200Y IM
26. Ashley McMillan - 1:56.21 (B)
37. Macky Hodges - 1:56.69 (B)
50Y FREE
23. Vasilissa Buinaia - 21.88 (B)
48. Caroline Famous - 22.11 (B)
400Y IM
14. Ashley McMillan - 4:05.20 (B)
32. Justina Kozan - 4:08.76 (B)
100Y FLY
36. Caroline Famous - 51.84 (B)
200Y FREE
3. Minna Abraham - 1:41.29 (A)
38. Macky Hodges - 1:44.77 (B)
42. Vasilissa Buinaia - 1:45.10 (B)
45. Claire Tuggle - 1:45.23 (B)
100Y BREASTSTROKE
4. Kaitlyn Dobler - 57.41 (A)
100Y BACK
24. Caroline Famous - 51.37 (B)
200Y BACK
44. Macky Hodges - 1:53.93 (B)
100Y FREE
8. Minna Abraham - 47.34 (B)
44. Vasilissa Buinaia - 48.29 (B)
72. Claire Tuggle - 49.10 (B)
200Y BREASTSTROKE
10. Kaitlyn Dobler - 2:07.22 (B)
41. Ashley McMillan - 2:10.31 (B)
200Y FLY
33. Justina Kozan - 1:55.70 (B)
Diver Kate Miller is also set to compete at the championships in both the 3-meter springboard and platform diving event.
USC'S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
USC, under third year head coach Lea Maurer, is one of only nine schools to have won an NCAA swimming and diving team title (1997 – under then head coach Mark Schubert. Since 2009, the Trojans have finished in the top 10 eleven times, and in the top-20 13 times.
This year marks the 28th anniversary of USC's 1997 National Championship swim and dive team. USC, behind Olympians Kristine Quance Julian and Lindsay (Benko) Mintenko as well as upper classmen like Hope (Gittings) Wells, Sarah Maggio and Jean Ellis Todisco, upset Stanford for the program first and only NCAA championship. The Women of Troy, under then-fourth-year head coach Mark Schubert, won the 1997 championship with 406 points, edging the Catherine Fox-led Stanford Cardinal by 11. SMU, behind three-time 1997 NCAA winner Martina Moravcova, was third (353.5), Arizona, led by NCAA champ Trina Jackson, was fourth (351.5) and Georgia (312) rounded out the top five. Arizona and Georgia later became NCAA champions. USC assistant diving coach Doerte Lindner was a member of USC's 1997 NCAA Championship team.
USC has finished third three times at the NCAAs, fourth four times and fifth three times among 31 top 10 finishes in 41 appearances since the first NCAA Championships in 1982 (including top 10s in 24 of the past 29 years). Troy owns 60 combined individual AIAW and NCAA titles (including two relays). Among those, 46 are NCAA titles. USC has more than 360 All-America honors in program history and has had at least one All-American each season since 1975 (when USC's women's records begin).
Last season, the Women of Troy finished eighth with 200 points, USC's best finish at nationals since 2016.
2024-25 SEASON:
The Women of Troy enter NCAA's as the No. 12 ranked squad according to the CSCAA. Most recently, the Women of Troy won two individual titles at the conference championships, finishing fifth overall at the Big Ten Championships.
USC qualified eleven student-athletes including ten swimmers and one diver to the national championships. The Trojans were one of the most improved teams at the NCAA Championships in 2024, recording their best finish since 2016.
Wednesday will kick off the meet with two relay finals beginning at 6 p.m. ET. Thursday-Saturday will begin with prelims at 10 a.m. PT and finals at 6 p.m. PT each day.
HOW TO FOLLOW
- All sessions will be streamed live on ESPN+ (subscription required)
- Live scoring will be available on the Meet Mobile app
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
*All times listed in PST
March 19 — 6 p.m. Finals
- 200-yard Medley relay
- 800-yard Freestyle Relay
March 20 - 10 a.m. swim prelims | 6 p.m. finals
- 500-yard Freestyle
- 200-yard Individual Medley
- 50-yard Freestyle
- One-meter Diving
- 200-yard freestyle relay
March 21 – 10 a.m. swim prelims / 12:15 p.m. dive prelims | 6 p.m. finals
- 400-yard Individual Medley
- 100-yard Butterfly
- 200-yard Freestyle
- 100-yard Breaststroke
- 100-yard Backstroke
- Three-meter Diving
3:45 p.m. early heats of 1,650y free | 6 p.m. finals
- 200-yard Backstroke
- 100-yard Freestyle
- 200-yard Breaststroke
- 200-yard Butterfly
- Platform Diving
- 1,650-yard Freestyle
- 400-yard Freestyle Relay
Taking a look at the meet psych sheet, seven of USC's performances are in the top 16. The complete list of USC's entries can be found below.
500Y FREE
12. Claire Tuggle - 4:35.43 (A)
32. Justina Kozan - 4:39.13 (B)
200Y IM
26. Ashley McMillan - 1:56.21 (B)
37. Macky Hodges - 1:56.69 (B)
50Y FREE
23. Vasilissa Buinaia - 21.88 (B)
48. Caroline Famous - 22.11 (B)
400Y IM
14. Ashley McMillan - 4:05.20 (B)
32. Justina Kozan - 4:08.76 (B)
100Y FLY
36. Caroline Famous - 51.84 (B)
200Y FREE
3. Minna Abraham - 1:41.29 (A)
38. Macky Hodges - 1:44.77 (B)
42. Vasilissa Buinaia - 1:45.10 (B)
45. Claire Tuggle - 1:45.23 (B)
100Y BREASTSTROKE
4. Kaitlyn Dobler - 57.41 (A)
100Y BACK
24. Caroline Famous - 51.37 (B)
200Y BACK
44. Macky Hodges - 1:53.93 (B)
100Y FREE
8. Minna Abraham - 47.34 (B)
44. Vasilissa Buinaia - 48.29 (B)
72. Claire Tuggle - 49.10 (B)
200Y BREASTSTROKE
10. Kaitlyn Dobler - 2:07.22 (B)
41. Ashley McMillan - 2:10.31 (B)
200Y FLY
33. Justina Kozan - 1:55.70 (B)
Diver Kate Miller is also set to compete at the championships in both the 3-meter springboard and platform diving event.
USC'S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
USC, under third year head coach Lea Maurer, is one of only nine schools to have won an NCAA swimming and diving team title (1997 – under then head coach Mark Schubert. Since 2009, the Trojans have finished in the top 10 eleven times, and in the top-20 13 times.
This year marks the 28th anniversary of USC's 1997 National Championship swim and dive team. USC, behind Olympians Kristine Quance Julian and Lindsay (Benko) Mintenko as well as upper classmen like Hope (Gittings) Wells, Sarah Maggio and Jean Ellis Todisco, upset Stanford for the program first and only NCAA championship. The Women of Troy, under then-fourth-year head coach Mark Schubert, won the 1997 championship with 406 points, edging the Catherine Fox-led Stanford Cardinal by 11. SMU, behind three-time 1997 NCAA winner Martina Moravcova, was third (353.5), Arizona, led by NCAA champ Trina Jackson, was fourth (351.5) and Georgia (312) rounded out the top five. Arizona and Georgia later became NCAA champions. USC assistant diving coach Doerte Lindner was a member of USC's 1997 NCAA Championship team.
USC has finished third three times at the NCAAs, fourth four times and fifth three times among 31 top 10 finishes in 41 appearances since the first NCAA Championships in 1982 (including top 10s in 24 of the past 29 years). Troy owns 60 combined individual AIAW and NCAA titles (including two relays). Among those, 46 are NCAA titles. USC has more than 360 All-America honors in program history and has had at least one All-American each season since 1975 (when USC's women's records begin).
Last season, the Women of Troy finished eighth with 200 points, USC's best finish at nationals since 2016.
2024-25 SEASON:
The Women of Troy enter NCAA's as the No. 12 ranked squad according to the CSCAA. Most recently, the Women of Troy won two individual titles at the conference championships, finishing fifth overall at the Big Ten Championships.
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