FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Fifth year Mabel Zavaros and freshman Julie Brousseau earned Florida’s first individual All-American honors after the Canadian duo earned top-16 finishes at the NCAA Division I Championships on Thursday at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.

Through two days of competition, Florida stands in ninth with 71 points.

The Paris Olympian (Brousseau) garnered her first-career individual All-American honor after placing 10th in the 500 free. The freshman got second in her prelim heat and was the top seed in the Consolation Final, where she dropped 0.67 off her morning time to go 4:36.58 and earn second in the B Final.

After swimming a season-best 4:38.17 in prelims, Zavaros dropped 0.81 seconds off her entry time to place 13th and enter Thursday’s Consolation Final as the fifth seed. She earned her second-career All-American honor in the event and finished fifth in the B Final, 13th overall (4:39.92).

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Florida’s 200 free relay team of freshman Addison Reese, sophomore Catie Choate and seniors Olivia Peoples and Micayla Cronk capped off Thursday’s competition. The squad finished 23rd overall with a time of 1:28.88. The underclassman opened with 22.45 and 22.50 splits, respectively, before the senior duo of Peoples (22.04) and Cronk (21.89) rounded out the last two legs.

PRELIMS

During preliminaries, the high-level competition was highlighted as several Gators narrowly missed out of securing a spot in the top-16 finals.

Bella Sims and Emma Weyant joined Brousseau in heat eight. Sims placed third with 4:38.92, but was just shy of the top-16 qualifying spots as the reigning champion finished 17th overall. Weyant, who finished runners-up at last year’s championships, came in fifth to earn 23rd overall (4:39.24).

Michaela Mattes also made her championships debut in the 500 free, swimming in the ninth and final heat. The redshirt freshman came in 45th at 4:44.08.

In the 200 IM, Zoe Dixon went 1:55.99 to narrowly miss out on a finals spot after placing 17th, while Lainy Kruger followed in 23rd at 1:56.13. Sofia Plaza made her championships debut in the second heat, going 1:59.62 for 56th overall.

ONE-METER DIVING

Coming off her NCAA Zones B first-place finish, Camyla Monroy started off her 2025 NCAA Championships with a score of 46.80. The sophomore’s second and third dive scored in the 30’s, dropping her below the advancing top-16 spots. The All-American kept the fight, scoring a 54.60 on her fourth dive and a 55.80 on her final dive to nearly make the comeback. Monroy ultimately fell short and placed 19th with a final score of 277.10. She will be back on the board tomorrow for the three-meter springboard competition.

UP NEXT

Championship action speeds up tomorrow with seven events taking place. The 400 IM opens Friday-morning prelims at 1 p.m. with the 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast and 100 back following. The three-meter springboard concludes prelim action at 3:15 p.m. before heading into 9 p.m. finals. The 400 Medley Relay will close out day three of the 2025 NCAA Division I Championships.

Top 10 TEAM STANDINGS (Following day two)

1. Virginia, 225

2. Stanford, 178

3. Texas, 152

4. Louisville, 106.5

5. Indiana, 102

6. Tennessee, 93

7. Michigan, 92

8. California, 89.5

9. Florida, 71

10. NC State, 54

FLORIDA’S FULL TALLY

First-Team All-Americans

–        200 Medley Relay – Sims, Bottazzo, Peoples, Cronk

–        800 Free Relay – Sims, Brousseau, Weyant, Kruger

Second-Team All-Americans

–        500 Free: Julie Brousseau and Mabel Zavaros

Records

–        Program

o   200 Medley Relay – Sims, Bottazzo, Peoples, Cronk – 1:33.92

Program Top-10 Times

–        200 Medley Relay – Sims, Bottazzo, Peoples, Cronk – No. 1

–        800 Free Relay – Sims, Brousseau, Weyant, Kruger – No. 2

Thursday’s Results: 

HOW TO FOLLOW

All sessions will be televised live on ESPN+ for subscribers. Links for the live stream and live results can be found on Florida women’s swimming and diving schedule page on FloridaGators.com. Live results will be available to paid subscribers on Meet Mobile or fans can follow @GatorsSwimDV on socials. Tape-delayed coverage of the women’s championships will be on ESPNU at 7 p.m. Eastern time, Wednesday, March 27.

2025 DI WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS REMAINING SCHEDULE, DATES (ALL TIMES EASTERN)

• Friday, March 21 | Watch live on ESPN+
  

  • Day three prelims | 1 p.m.
  • Three-meter diving trials | 3:15 p.m. 
  • Three-meter diving consolation finals | 8:15 p.m.
  • Day three finals | 9 p.m.

    • 400-yard individual medley
    • 100-yard butterfly 10. 200-yard freestyle
    • 100-yard breaststroke 12. 100-yard backstroke
    • 400-yard medley relay
    • Three-meter diving

• Saturday, March 22 | Watch live on ESPN+

  • Day four prelims | 1 p.m.
  • Platform diving trials | 3 p.m.
  • Day four prelims – 1650 freestyle | 6:45 p.m.
  • Platform diving consolation finals | 8:15 p.m.
  • Day four finals | 9 p.m.

    • 1,650-yard freestyle
    • 200-yard backstroke
    • 100-yard freestyle
    • 200-yard breaststroke
    • 200-yard butterfly
    • Platform diving
    • 400-yard freestyle relay

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