TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No. 25 Florida State swimming and diving team has earned six entries to the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, as the NCAA announced its swimming qualifiers on Wednesday.
 
Seniors Maddy Huggins and Edith Jernstedt will compete in individual events, and the Seminoles will be represented in the 200 and 400 medley relays and the 200 freestyle relay. Huggins qualified in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and Jernstedt punched her ticket in the 200 butterfly.
 
Florida State’s divers also look to qualify for nationals at the NCAA Zone B Championships, hosted by Auburn from March 9-12.
 
The national championship meet is set for March 19-22 in Federal Way, Washington, at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.
 
Maddy Huggins | 100 breaststroke – 59.04, 22nd | 200 breaststroke – 2:07.96, 18th
Huggins qualified for her third NCAA Championships as a Seminole with a personal best in the 200 breaststroke (2:07.96) against Miami, and the 100 breaststroke (59.04) with a season-best against Georgia. The senior had top-eight podium finishes in the 100 breaststroke, fourth, and 200 breaststroke, seventh, at the ACC Championships in February. She also was part of the record-breaking 400 medley relay. Huggins holds the school record in the 200 breaststroke and has the third-fastest time in FSU history in the 100 breaststroke.
 
Edith Jernstedt | 200 butterfly – 1:55.70, 33rd
A two-time team captain, Jernstedt qualified for her fourth NCAA Championships in the 200 butterfly (1:55.70) with a season-best performance at the ACC Championships. She finished 11th overall in the event at ACCs and holds the second-fastest time in the event in school history.
 
In addition to their individual events, Huggins and Jernstedt could compete in any of Florida State’s three relay events.
 
Relay Swimmers | 200 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
Alice Velden
In her debut collegiate season, freshman Alice Velden swam backstroke legs of the medley relays for Florida State. She led off the 400 medley relay with the second-fastest 100 backstroke in school history (52.17) at the Georgia Tech Invitational in November. She also was the leadoff swimmer on the sixth-place 200 and 400 medley relays at the ACC Championships, where the Noles broke a school record in the 400. This is Velden’s first NCAA Championships.
 
Jenny Halden
Appearing at her third NCAA’s, graduate student Jenny Halden will compete in the 200 medley and freestyle relays. She had a hand in the 200 medley as the butterfly leg at the ACC Championships, where the Noles took sixth. Individually, Halden took 16th in the 100 fly at ACCs with a 52.58.
 
Maryn McDade
A freshman, Maryn McDade led off the 200 freestyle relay for the Noles with a 22.60, and split a 49.61 in the 400 freestyle relay at the ACC Championships. She also earned personal bests in the 50 freestyle (22.57) and 100 freestyle (49.90) that week. This will be McDade’s first time competing at NCAAs.
 
Gloria Muzito
Team captain and senior Gloria Muzito will be competing at her third national championships as a relay swimmer. She was part of all three qualifying relay performances and led off the 400 freestyle relay with a personal best 48.47 at ACC Championships. Muzito will race in all three relays and owns the third- and fourth-fastest marks in FSU history in the 50 and 100 freestyle.
 
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