FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – The Florida State swimming and diving team will have eight student-athletes in competition at the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship from March 19-22 at the Weyhauser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington.
 
“I am really excited to see what we can do in the pool and on the boards,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “We have some amazing individual women and relays, so I’m hopeful for a great meet.”
 
Seniors Maddy Huggins and Edith Jernstedt will represent the Seminoles in individual swimming events, while graduate student Samantha Vear and redshirt junior Kayleigh Clark will compete in individual diving events. Also competing are graduate student Jenny Halden, senior Gloria Muzito and freshmen Alice Velden and Maryn McDade in the team’s three qualified relays.
 
Prelims begin each day at 1 p.m. ET. The top 16 finishers in every event advance to finals, earn All-America honors and score points. Relays are timed finals and will all take place during finals sessions. Diving prelims begin at 3:15 p.m. ET every day, with the top eight finishers advancing to finals. The divers who finish ninth-16th will compete in a consolation final at 8:15 p.m. ET preceding the finals sessions, which start at 9 p.m. ET.
 
All sessions will be streamed live on ESPN+. Live results can be found at Meet Mobile and online here, and additional championships info is available here. Direct links and live updates can be found by following and connecting with the Seminoles on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook.
 
The Noles will open the week with a 200-medley relay swim on Wednesday night.
 
Wednesday, March 19
9 p.m. ET – Finals 200 medley relay (Alice Velden, Maddy Huggins, Jenny Halden, Gloria Muzito)
10 p.m. ET – Finals 800 free relay
Watch Finals Day 1
 
Thursday, March 20
1 p.m. ET – Prelims: 500 free, 200 IM (Maddy Huggins, Edith Jernstedt), 50 free
3:15 p.m. ET – Prelims: 1-meter trials (Samantha Vear)
8:15 p.m. ET – 1-meter consolation finals
5:30 p.m. ET – Finals: 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, 200 free relay (Maryn McDade, Jenny Halden, Edith Jernstedt, Gloria Muzito), 1-meter finals
Watch Finals Day 2
 
Friday, March 21
1 p.m. ET – Prelims: 400 IM, 100 fly (Edith Jernstedt), 200 free, 100 breast (Maddy Huggins), 100 back
3:15 p.m. ET – Prelims: 3-meter trials (Samantha Vear, Kayleigh Clark)
8:15 p.m. ET – 3-meter consolation finals
9 p.m. ET – Finals: 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, 400 medley relay (Alice Velden, Maddy Huggins, Edith Jernstedt, Gloria Muzito), 3-meter finals
Watch Finals Day 3

Saturday, March 22

1 p.m. ET – Prelims: 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast (Maddy Huggins), 200 fly (Edith Jernstedt)

3 p.m. ET – Prelims: Platform diving trials (Kayleigh Clark)

6:45 p.m. ET – Prelims: 1650 free

8:15 p.m. ET – Platform consolation finals

9 p.m. ET – Finals: 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, platform diving, 400 free relay

Watch Finals Day 4

 

Maddy Huggins | 100 breaststroke – 59.04, 22nd | 200 breaststroke – 2:07.96, 18th | 200 IM – 1:56.76, 40th

Huggins qualified for her third NCAA Championships as a Seminole with 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.

 

Huggins will also compete in the 200 IM with a seed time of 1:56.76.

Edith Jernstedt | 100 butterfly – 52.83, 41st | 200 butterfly – 1:55.70, 33rd | 200 IM – 1:58:25, 62nd

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.

 

Jernstedt will also swim in the 100 butterfly with a seed time of 52.83 and the 200 IM with a seed time of 1:58.25.

 

Samantha Vear | 1-meter – 584.30 | 3-meter – 662.00

In her fifth year as a Seminole, Samantha Vear qualified for her third NCAAs in the 1-meter (584.30) and 3-meter (662.00) after competing at the Zone B Diving Championships in Auburn, Alabama. The graduate student has qualified in the same events in each of her NCAA appearances, her top performances coming from a tenth overall finish on 1-meter in 2023 and 15th-overall placing on 3-meter in 2024. Vear took fifth on 1-meter and sixth on 3-meter at the 2025 ACC Championships and currently holds the program record on 3-meter in six dives (380.18) in 2024.

 

Kayleigh Clark | 3-meter – 632.75 | Platform – 571.60

Kayleigh Clark earned her first NCAA appearance in the 3-meter (632.75) and platform (571.60) events after a successful Zone B Diving Championships at Auburn last week. The redshirt junior placed seventh overall on 3-meter (306.60) and eighth overall on platform (250.80) at the ACC Championships in February.

 

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. Velden 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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