Colorado Springs, Colo. – The 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming Championships will take place March 15-18 at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Lady Volunteers are hosting for the first time in championships history.

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The 281 swimmers who qualified for the championships represent 55 schools from across the country. Eighteen USA Swimming National Team members are among those competing in the short course yards meet, including defending individual national champions Alex Walsh, Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Katharine Berkoff and Kaitlyn Dobler. View complete results from the 2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming Championships.

Defending national champions Virginia look to three-peat this year after besting runner-up Texas by more than 100 points in 2022. Returning on the 17-person Cavaliers roster (the most swimmers selected for this championship) will be National Team members Douglass (2022 National Champion in 200 breast, 100 fly), Alex Walsh (2022 National Champion in 200 fly, 400 IM), Gretchen Walsh (2022 National Champion in 100 free) and Anna Keating. Look for an exciting matchup as teammates Douglass and Alex Walsh square off in the 200 IM. 

Second-ranked Texas brings its own depth of stars in National Team members Lydia Jacoby, Kelly Pash and Dakota Luther, as well as previous National Team member Erica Sullivan. Pash posted top-six times in the 200 freestyle, 200 butterfly and 200 individual medley. Texas also owns the top-three qualifying times in the 200 butterfly; including Luther who holds the third-best qualifying time. Jacoby is the second seed in the 100 breaststroke and the third in the 200 breaststroke. Sophomore Sullivan owns the top time in the 500 freestyle and the No. 3 seed time in the 1650 freestyle.

Third-ranked Stanford may have lost Regan Smith to the pro ranks, but underclassmen Claire Curzan and Torri Huske are poised to earn big points for the Cardinal. Curzan, making her NCAA Championships debut, posted top-five qualifying times in the 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke. Huske, who finished second in the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly at the 2022 championships, has posted the third-highest seed time in her qualifying events: 100 butterfly, 200 individual medley and 100 freestyle. Look for an exciting race among Curzan, Huske, Douglass and Maggie MacNeil (LSU) of Canada in the 100 butterfly. In the 200 back, look for Curzan, Isabelle Stadden (California) and Rhyan White (Alabama) to make it another marquee event.

Complete schedules and heat sheets are available here.  Live coverage will be shown on ESPN for preliminary and finals sessions Wednesday through Saturday. Tape-delayed coverage of the women’s championships will be on ESPNU March 29 at 8:30 p.m. E.T.