The 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming Championships concluded Saturday at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tennessee with the University of Virginia claiming its third-consecutive national title.

The Cavaliers’ win makes them only the fifth program to ever win three-consecutive national championships. Texas was the runner-up for the second-consecutive year, finishing more than 100 points behind Virginia’s 541.5 points. Stanford finished in third place.

UVA won 11 national titles during the short course yards meet, including Olympian and National Team member Kate Douglass, the winner of three individual titles in Knoxville (200 individual medley, 100 butterfly and the 200 breaststroke). Douglass kicked things off by besting the American/NCAA record by 1.7 seconds in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:48.37.

The next day, Douglass lowered her own NCAA/American record with a time of 48.46 in the 100 butterfly. Douglass also set a new American/NCAA record in the 200 breaststroke with her time of 2:01.29 to notch her seventh career individual title. Douglass also scored the most individual points of any swimming athlete with 60 for her Virginia squad.

National Team member and fellow Cavalier Gretchen Walsh set an American record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 48.26. This time makes her only the second woman to ever go sub-49 seconds in the event. She also defended her 2022 national champion title in the 100 free.

Olympian and National Team member Alex Walsh also claimed an individual title in the 400 individual medley, as well as runner-up finishes in the 200 individual medley and 200 butterfly. Virginia also went on to sweep all five of the relay events.

Olympian and National Team member Lydia Jacoby (Texas) won her first NCAA individual title, tapping the wall first in the 100 breastroke (57.03).

National Team members Claire Curzan (Stanford) and Kensey McMahon (Alabama) won their first individual national titles, as well; Curzan in the 200 backstroke and McMahon in the 500 and 1650 freestyle.

Final results by event of the 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming Championships.

Of the 281 swimmers who qualified for the championships, 18 were USA Swimming National Team members. Fifty-five schools were represented from across the United States. 

Tape-delayed coverage of the women’s championships will broadcast on ESPNU March 29 at 8:30 p.m. E.T.