GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Fourteen swimmers from the fifth-ranked Florida women’s swimming and diving team qualified for the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, the organization announced Wednesday.
 
The four-day competition will be held at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington from March 19-22 and will be hosted by Washington State University.
 
Anita Bottazzo, Julie Brousseau, Catie Choate, Zoe Dixon, Lainy Kruger, Michaela Mattes, Molly Mayne, Olivia Peoples, Sofia Plaza, JoJo Ramey, Bella Sims, Emma Weyant and Mabel Zavaros are the 14 swimmers that will represent Florida in 32 different events at this year’s championships. Swimmers qualified for the championships by meeting the established minimum time for the events they entered.
 
Divers will be determined by performances at the Zone Diving Championships, held March 9-12 in Auburn, Ala. Selected divers will be announced on Thursday, March 13, with the men’s selections announced the day prior on Wednesday, March 12.
 
The Gators also qualified five relays, with the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay all hitting the qualifying standard. Relay lineups will be determined before the championships.
 
Florida’s 14 swimmers are the third-most by any school to qualify for this year’s championships, sitting only behind Texas’ 15 swimmers and the 18 individuals from four-time national champions, Virginia.
 
Eight of the 14 Gators were part of the program’s best finish in 14 years at last year’s 2024 NCAA Championships. The women placed third, totaling 34 All-American Honors en route to three national titles and four runner-up’s.  
 
Bella Sims was crowned the 500 free and 200 free national champion, while earning All-American Honors in her seven events. In addition, four of Florida’s five relay teams merited top-five finishes, as the 800 Free Relay team of Sims, Isabel Ivey, Emma Weyant and Micayla Cronk won the program’s first National Title in the event since 1989.
 
Overall, nine swimmers have NCAA Championship experience: Catie Choate, Zoe Dixon, Lainy Kruger, Molly Mayne, JoJo Ramey, Olivia Peoples, Bella Sims, Emma Weyant and Mabel Zavaros. The remaining five are making their first NCAA Championships appearance: Anita Bottazzo, Julie Brousseau, Michaela Mattes, Sofia Plaza and Addison Reese.
 
A total of 322 participants (281 swimmers and 41 divers) will compete in the championships. Swimmers qualified for the championships by meeting the established minimum time for the events in which they entered. Divers will be determined by performances achieved at the Zone Diving Championships held March 9-15. The complete lists of all swimmers (athletes by institution, official psych sheet, relays and alternates) competing in the championships is available at usaswimming.org/ncaa. Selected divers will be announced Thursday, March 13.
 
ESPN+ will provide live digital coverage for preliminary and finals sessions Wednesday through Saturday. Tape-delayed coverage of the women’s championships will be on ESPNU at 7 p.m. Eastern time, Wednesday, March 26.
 

Name	Event	Entry Time
Anita Bottazzo	200 Breaststroke	2:08.66
	100 Breaststroke	57.49
Julie Brousseau	500 Freestyle	4:34.59
	1650 Freestyle	16:00.47
	400 IM	4:04.21
Catie Choate	200 Backstroke	1:51.78
	100 Backstroke	51.54
Zoe Dixon	400 IM	4:03.99
	200 IM	1:54.57
	200 Backstroke	1:52.08
Lainy Kruger	200 IM	1:54.08
	200 Butterfly	1:55.08
	200 Freestyle	1:43.90
Michaela Mattes	500 Freestyle	4:37.95
	1650 Freestyle	15:59.38
	400 IM	4:08.01
Molly Mayne	200 Breaststroke	2:08.50
	100 Breaststroke	58.89
Olivia Peoples	100 Butterfly	50.96
Sofia Plaza	400 IM	4:07.23
JoJo Ramey	200 Backstroke	1:52.33
	200 Freestyle	1:44.57
Addison Reese	200 Butterfly	1:55.03
Bella Sims	200 Backstroke	1:48.28
	100 Backstroke	48.97
	500 Freestyle	4:31.06
Emma Weyant	500 Freestyle	4:35.58
	1650 Freestyle	15:53.23
	400 IM	3:59.24
Mabel Zavaros	200 Backstroke	1:52.24
	400 IM	4:03.93
	500 Freestyle	4:38.98

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