Women's Swimming teamWomen's Swimming & Diving: 2024-25 Year in Review
Jason Redmond
Women's Swimming & Diving

Women's Swimming & Diving: 2024-25 Year in Review

Stanford remained among the nation's elite in 2024-25 with the program's 12th NCAA runner-up finish

STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford women’s swimming & diving remained among the nation’s elite this season, capping the 2024-25 season an NCAA runner-up finish. 

In the final season of the Greg Meehan era, the Cardinal captured its ninth top-three finish at the NCAA Championships in Meehan’s 13 seasons at the helm.

STORIED STREAK LIVES ON
Stanford finished second at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships with 417 points, earning three individual NCAA champions and a relay national title, extending the Cardinal’s 43-year streak as the only program in NCAA history to never finish outside the top ten at a national meet. 

The Cardinal opened the NCAA Championships with a win in the 800 freestyle relay. Seeded fourth, the quartet of Caroline Bricker, Aurora Roghair, Lillie Nordmann, and Kayla Wilson earned a dominant victory with a 6:46.98, securing the Cardinal’s 13th national title in the event. 

The following night, Torri Huske captured her first NCAA individual national title, becoming just the third woman to ever swim under 1:50.00 with a Stanford record of 1:49.87.

Caroline Bricker followed with a national title of her own in the 400 IM, as she posted a 3:57.26 to best her previous career best by over two seconds. Bricker’s swim was the ninth-fastest 400 IM time in history, putting her third all-time in the Stanford ranks.

Lucy Bell became Stanford’s final first-time champion on the final night of the NCAA Championships with a win in the 200 breast.. Bell, who held the event’s fastest time heading into the weekend, swam a lifetime-best 2:04.28 to touch the wall first and give the Cardinal its eighth first 200 breast national champion in 20 years. 

In total, 13 student-athletes combined for 42 All-America honors, with Anna Lemkin, Annika Parkhe, and Emily Thompson becoming first-time NCAA placewinners.

SUCCESSFUL START IN THE ACC
Stanford made a strong debut at the ACC Championships, winning three individual titles and a relay crown in the nation’s most competitive conference.

The Cardinal claimed its first ACC relay title in the 200 medley relay, as Levenia Sim, Lucy Thomas, Gigi Johnson, and Torri Huske rallied from third place on the anchor leg to win with a time of 1:34.05.

Huske later added a pair of individual titles in the 200 IM and 100 fly final, besting a 200 IM field that featured five Cardinal swimmers with a 1:51.46, before breaking her own program record in the 100 fly with a 48.52 time. 

Aurora Roghair continued her dominance in distance freestyle, winning her third straight conference title in the 1650 free with a 15:40.90 after previously winning back-to-back titles in the Pac-12.

On the diving side, freshman Anna Lemkin made history as Stanford’s first ACC diving champion, scoring 338.60 on platform to secure the program’s first conference title in the event since 2020.

Nine Cardinal athletes earned All-ACC honors, awarded to the top-three finishers and winning relay members. Huske led the way with four honors, followed by Caroline Bricker with three. Roghair and Lucy Bellearned two each, while Lemkin, Gigi Johnson, Lillie Nordmann, Lucy Thomas, and Levenia Sim each collected one.

ACADEMIC HONORS
Stanford’s excellence during the 2024-25 season extended to the classroom, earning a collection of both national and conference academic honors.

Aurora Roghair earned the NCAA’s highest academic honor as an Elite 90 recipient, given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA at each championship site. Boasting oasts a 4.129 GPA with a degree in Human Biology, Roghair finished her Cardinal career as one of the nation’s top distance freestylers.

Roghair also joined Lucy Bell, Caroline Bricker, and Torri Huske as CSC Academic All-Americans, marking the first time in program history that four student-athletes earned Academic All-America honors in the same season. All four Cardinal honorees are first-time Academic All-Americans, Stanford to 25 CSC All-Americans in program history.

The Cardinal also tallied 20 All-ACC Academic Team selections, with the following athletes earning academic honors from the conference: Lucy Bell, Jamie Brennan, Caroline Bricker, Lauren Burch, Torri Huske, Gigi Johnson, Anna Lemkin, Natalie Mannion, Emilie Moore, Lillie Nordmann, Annika Parkhe, Aurora Roghair, Addison Sauickie, Anna Shaw, Levenia Sim, Sam Tadder, Amy Tang, Lucy Thomas, Emily Thompson, and Kayla Wilson.

MEEHAN STEPS AWAY
Following the season, Greg Meehan stepped away from the Stanford program after 13 years to become National Team Managing Director at USA Swimming, the sport’s national governing body.

A three-time NCAA Coach of the Year, Meehan led the Cardinal to three consecutive national championships from 2017-19 and coached 33 individual national titles and 19 relay championships.

The Cardinal also won seven Pac-12 titles under Meehan, never finishing outside the top-3 of a conference meet during his tenure. A six-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year, Meehan guided his student-athletes to 67 individual conference titles, 25 relay titles, six Pac-12 Swimmers of the Year and eight Pac-12 Newcomers of the Year.

Meehan departed Stanford with an 87-7 dual meet record, finishing undefeated in nine of his 13 seasons.

A NEW ERA BEGINS
Stanford ushered in a new era for the program later in the summer, as Chris Lindauer was named the eighth Paul A. Violich Director of Women’s Swimming, taking the helm of the NCAA’s most decorated women’s swimming & diving program, which boasts 12 national titles and 25 conference championships. 

Lindauer arrives to The Farm with a proven track record of elevating programs to new heights, coaching 10 individual national champions, 46 women’s NCAA All-Americans and 49 men’s NCAA All-Americans during his 15-year coaching career.

He also brings an Olympic-level coaching pedigree, mentoring a pair of gold medalists and 13 Olympic qualifiers, in addition to serving on the USA National Team coaching staff from 2018-20.

Lindauer comes to Stanford after a three-year stint leading the Notre Dame swimming and diving programs. During his time in South Bend, he led the men’s program to back-to-back historic NCAA finishes, including a program-best 10th place in 2024.

STANFORD SIGNS SIX
Stanford will welcome six new student-athletes set to arrive on The Farm for the 2025-26 season, as Alana Berlin, Ella Detter, Molly Gray, Ella Jablonski, Annam Olasewere, and Addie Robillard make up the latest Cardinal signing class.

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

Name Honors
Lucy Bell

200 Breast NCAA Champion
Three-time NCAA All-American - 200 Breast (1st), 400 IM (3rd), 200 IM (6th)
ACC Swimmer of the Week - Feb. 4
CSC Academic All-American - Second Team
CSC Academic All-District
All-ACC Academic Team
Jamie Brennan

All-ACC Academic Team
Caroline Bricker

Two-time NCAA Champion - 400 IM and 800 Free Relay
Four-time NCAA All-American: 400 IM (1st), 800 Free Relay (1st), 200 fly (3rd), 200 IM (5th)
All-ACC Swimming & Diving Team
CSC Academic All-American - Second Team
CSC Academic All-District
All-ACC Academic Team
Lauren Burch All-ACC Academic Team
Torri Huske

200 IM NCAA Champion
Seven-time NCAA All-American - 200 IM (1st), 100 free (2), 100 fly (2), 200 medley relay (2), 200 free relay (3rd), 400 free relay (5th), 400 medley relay (6th)
Three-time ACC Champion - 100 fly, 200 IM, and 200 Medley Relay
All-ACC Swimming & Diving Team
CSC Academic All-American
CSC Academic All-District
All-ACC Academic Team
Gigi Johnson

Four-time NCAA All-American - 200 Free Relay (2nd), 200 Medley Relay (2nd), 400 Free Relay (5th), 100 fly (14th)
ACC Champion - 200 Medley Relay
All-ACC Swimming & Diving Team
All-ACC Academic Team
Anna Lemkin

NCAA All-American - Platform Dive (5th)
ACC Platform Dive Champion
All-ACC Swimming & Diving Team
All-ACC Academic Team
Natalie Mannion

NCAA All-American - 500 Free (15th)
All-ACC Academic Team
Emilie Moore

All-ACC Academic Team
Lillie Nordmann 800 Free Relay NCAA Champion
Six-time NCAA All-American - 800 Free Relay (1st), 400 Free Relay (5th), 200 Fly (6th), 400 Medley Relay (6th), 100 Fly (12th), 200 IM (15th)
All-ACC Swimming & Diving Team
All-ACC Academic Team
Annika Parkhe

Two-time NCAA All-American - 200 Medley Relay (2nd), 400 Medley Relay (6th)
Aurora Roghair

Four-time NCAA All-American - 800 Free Relay (1st), 500 Free (2nd), 1650 Free (2nd), 200 Free (11st)
ACC Champion - 1650 Free
All-ACC Swimming & Diving Team
Elite 90 Award Winner
CSC Academic All-American - First Team
CSC Academic All-District
All-ACC Academic Team
Addison Sauickie

All-ACC Academic Team
Levenia Sim

200 Medley Relay ACC Champion
All-ACC Swimming & Diving Team
All-ACC Academic Team
Sam Tadder

All-ACC Academic Team
Amy Tang

NCAA All-American - 200 Free Relay (3rd)
All-ACC Academic Team
Lucy Thomas

Four-time NCAA All-American - 200 Medley Relay (2nd), 200 Free Relay (3rd), 400 Medley Relay (6th), 100 Breast (12th)
200 Medley Relay ACC Champion
All-ACC Swimming & Diving Team
All-ACC Academic Team
Emily Thompson

Two-time NCAA All-American - 200 IM (13th) and 400 IM (14th)
All-ACC Academic Team
Kayla Wilson

800 Free Relay NCAA Champion
Three-time NCAA All-American - 800 Free Relay (1st), 400 Free Relay (5th), 200 Free (6th)
All-ACC Academic Team