Women's Swimming & Diving: 2025-26 Year in Review

STANFORD, Calif. — The 2025-26 season was a remarkable debut campaign for Paul A. Violich Director of Women’s Swimming Chris Lindauer, finishing as the national runner-up for the second consecutive year at the NCAA Championships. 

The Cardinal finished second with 380.5 points, with three individuals combining for six national titles. The effort marked the program's best NCAA finish under a first-year head coach since 1989, when Richard Quick led Stanford to a national championship in his first season on The Farm.

Lindauer, who was joined by first-year assistants Annie Lazor and Marcus Guttmann, helped Stanford extend its streak as the only Division I program to place inside the top 10 at every national championship meet, a run that now spans 44 consecutive seasons.

Torri Huske swept her three individual events, winning national titles in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, and 100 butterfly. Her championship swims in both freestyle events set new program records and made her the second-fastest woman in history in both events. Huske concluded her Stanford career as a five-time NCAA champion and one of four 28-time All-Americans in program history, earning the maximum number of All-America honors possible in a collegiate career.

Lucy Bell enjoyed the finest NCAA Championship performance of her career, capturing national titles in both the 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley. A three-time NCAA champion and 15-time All-American, Bell owns the Stanford record in the 200 breaststroke and has produced Stanford Top-10 performances in six different events during her career.

On the diving tower, Ellie Cole rewrote the NCAA record book with a historic platform performance. The freshman posted an NCAA Championship meet-record score of 399.80 and bested the field by more than 50 points to become Stanford's first diving national champion since Gracia Leydon-Mahoney in 2016.

The Cardinal finished with 14 student-athletes combining for 42 All-America honors, an increase from 13 individuals in 2025. Among that group, Cole, Emilie Moore, Annam Olasewere, Addie Robillard, and Levenia Sim became first-time NCAA place winners. 

Stanford also impressed at the ACC Championships in its second season in the conference, finishing second with five individual conference titles behind the trio of Huske, Bell, and Cole.

Huske successfully defended her conference titles in both the 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley, moving her career total to five ACC titles and 19 conference crowns overall. Bell earned the first ACC titles of her career in memorable fashion, winning the 400 individual medley with an ACC meet-record time of 3:59.11 before later capturing the conference title in the 200 breaststroke.

Cole delivered the most dominant diving performance in conference history, posting an ACC conference and meet record score of 392.40 in the finals to win the platform title by 67.6-point margin. The victory made her the second consecutive Stanford freshman to win the ACC title in the event, following Anna Lemkin’s performance in 2025.

Following the season, Huske added a handful of accolades to her decorated collegiate career by sweeping the ACC and CSCAA Swimmer of the Year honors. She was also named the program’s 11th recipient of the Honda Sport Award for Women’s Swimming & Diving, being joined by Bell as two of the award’s four finalists.

Academically, Huske was named ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and headlined a group of 15 Stanford selections to the All-ACC Academic Team. She was also one of four Cardinal to be named a CSC Academic All-American, joining Bell, Caroline Bricker, and Gigi Johnson.

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

Name	Honors
Lucy Bell	Two-time NCAA Champion Six-time NCAA All-American Two-time ACC Champion Honda Sport Award for Women's Swimming & Diving Finalist All-ACC Swimming & Diving Team CSC First Team Academic All-American All-ACC Academic Team
Caroline Bricker	Three-time NCAA All-American All-ACC Swimming & Diving Team CSC First Team Academic All-American CSC Academic All-District All-ACC Academic Team
Ellie Cole	NCAA Champion NCAA All-American ACC Champion
Sophie Duncan	All-ACC Academic Team
Molly Gray	All-ACC Swimming & Diving Team
Charlotte Hook	NCAA All-American ACC All-Academic Team
Torri Huske	Honda Sport Award Winner for Women's Swimming & Diving CSCAA Swimmer of the Year ACC Swimmer of the Year Three-time NCAA Champion Seven-time NCAA All-American Two-tme ACC Champion All-ACC Swimming & Diving Team ACC Swimmer of the Week (Nov. 25, 2025) CSC First Team Academic All-American ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year All-ACC Academic Team
Gigi Johnson	Seven-time NCAA All-American All-ACC Swimming & Diving Team CSC Second Team Academic All-American CSC Academic All-District All-ACC Academic Team
Natalie Mannion	NCAA All-American All-ACC Academic Team
Emilie Moore	Two-time NCAA All-American All-ACC Academic Team
Bailey O'Regan	All-ACC Academic Team
Annam Olasewere	Six-time NCAA All-American
Addie Robillard	NCAA All-American
Addison Sauickie	All-ACC Academic Team
Levenia Sim	NCAA All-American All-ACC Academic Team
Lucy Thomas	Three-time NCAA All-American All-ACC Academic Team
Emily Thompson	Two-time NCAA All-American All-ACC Academic Team
Kayla Wilson	NCAA All-American All-ACC Academic Team