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Women's Swimming & Diving

Year in Review: Women's Swimming

STANFORD, Calif. - A mainstay in the upper echelon of NCAA women's swimming and diving, Stanford once again found success during the 2023-24 campaign in Paul A. Violich Director of Women's Swimming Greg Meehan's 12th season at the helm. 

The Cardinal was ranked in the top-10 of the CSCAA rankings for the entirety of the season, culminating in a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships in Athens, Georgia. 

THE STREAK CONTINUES

Stanford continued its run as the only program in the nation to finish in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships in every season, a streak that dates back to the 1974-1975 season. Stanford has collected 12 national championships and 44 top-5 finishes in that span. 

In 2024, it was more of the same from the Cardinal as it closed out the NCAA meet with 250 points, finishing behind only national champion Virginia, Texas, Florida, and Tennessee. 

Aurora Roghair was Stanford's highest finisher of the weekend, posting a new career-best in the 1650 free to finish runner-up in the event. Meanwhile, Lucy Bell would finish third in the 400 IM for the highest NCAA finish of her career, while the 800 free quartet of Roghair, Natalie Mannion, Lillie Nordmann, and Kayla Wilson would also claim bronze. 

In total, 11 Stanford swimmers combined for 37 All-America honors at the 2024 Championships, with Caroline Bricker, Gigi Johnson, Anna Shaw, and Lucy Thomas becoming first-time placers at the national meet. 

FINAL PAC-12 PUSH

Competing for the final time at the Pac-12 Championships, Stanford brought home four event conference titles and posted 1,283 points to finish third in the meet behind champion Cal and USC. 

Freshman Caroline Bricker made a big splash in her first conference meet, earning Pac-12 Championships Swimmer of the Meet after collecting the 200 IM and 400 IM titles as well as a runner-up finish in the 200 breast. 

Aurora Roghair shaved 16 seconds off her 2023 Pac-12 title to repeat as the 1650 free champion with a 1:52.47, while the group of Roghair, Natalie Mannion, Lillie Nordmann, and Kayla Wilson opened the Pac-12 Championships with a conference title in the 800 free relay. 

HUSKE HEADS TO PARIS

Stanford junior Torri Huske qualified for her second Olympic Games in late June, locking in her spot in the 100 fly and 100 free at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. 

Huske extended a nearly 50-year streak of Stanford women's swimming and diving sending at least one athlete to the Olympic Games in each cycle since 1976. Huske led a group of 13 current Stanford student-athletes who posted 17 new lifetime bests and advanced beyond the prelims 22 times at the Olympic Trials. 

The Arlington, Virginia native heads to Paris looking to collect some more hardware after earning a silver medal in the 4x100 medley relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Huske joins alums Kassidy Cook, Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel, Andi Murez, and Taylor Ruck in Paris later this summer. 

Head coach Greg Meehan was also named to his third U.S. Olympic coaching staff following the conclusion of Olympic Trials. 

WILLIAMS RETURNS HOME

A cornerstone of Stanford's three-peat run from 2017-19 returned to The Farm during the offseason, as Kim Williams '19 was announced as the newest member of the Stanford coaching staff ahead of the 2024-25 season.

Decorated in her career as a student-athlete for Stanford, Williams led Stanford to three consecutive NCAA and Pac-12 Championships from 2017-19, including being named team captain of the 2019 title-winning squad. Individually, Williams was a member of two national championship 400 medley relay teams and won another NCAA title in the 200 medley relay, garnering a total of six NCAA All-America honors in her career.

Williams joins the Cardinal staff after one season with California where she helped lead the Golden Bears to their sixth Pac-12 title in program history. Prior to her time in Berkeley, Williams spent a season as a volunteer assistant at Northwestern under the tutelage of current Stanford associate head coach Katie Robinson.

STANFORD SIGNS SEVEN

Stanford will welcome seven new student-athletes set to arrive on The Farm for the 2024-25 season, as Lila Heffernan, Anna Lemkin, Bailey O'Regan, Annika Parkhe, Addision Sauickie, Levenia Sim, and Emily Thompson represent the latest Cardinal signing class. 

"We are thrilled to have these seven amazing young women join the Stanford Women's Swimming & Diving program," said Meehan, Paul A. Violich Director of Women's Swimming and Diving. "This is a talented and athletic group that competes in everything from spring events to IM to distance to diving. More importantly, this group shares the common bonds of curiosity and wanting to make an impact on something greater than themselves. Stanford is the perfect climate to fuel them in and out of the pool, and we can't wait to see what they accomplish here on The Farm."

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

Name Honors
Lucy Bell

Four-Time NCAA All-American: 400 IM (3rd), 200 IM (4th), 200 Fly (9th), 400 Medley Relay (14th)

CSCAA Scholar All-American

Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Jamie Brennan

CSCAA Scholar All-American (Second Team)
Caroline Bricker

Two-time NCAA All-American: 400 IM (4th), and 200 IM (10th)

Pac-12 Championships Swimmer of the Meet

Two-time Pac-12 Champion: 200 IM and 400 IM

CSCAA Scholar All-American
Lauren Burch Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Sophie Duncan

CSCAA Scholar All-American (Second Team)

Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Charlotte Hook

NCAA All-American: 200 Fly (13th) 

CSCAA Scholar All-American

Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Gigi Johnson

Five-time NCAA All-American: 100 fly (7th), 400 Free Relay (7th), 200 Medley Relay (8th), 200 Free Relay (11th), 100 Free (14th), 400 Medley Relay (14th)

CSCAA Scholar All-American

Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Meghan Lynch

CSCAA Scholar All-American
Natalie Mannion

Three-time NCAA All-American: 800 Free Relay (3rd), 200 Medley Relay (8th), 400 Medley Relay (14th)

Pac-12 Champion: 800 Free Relay

Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Kirsti McEnroe Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Emilie Moore Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Lillie Nordmann

Five-time NCAA All-American: 800 free relay (3rd), 400 free relay (7th), 200 fly (8th), 200 free relay (11th), 100 fly (12th)

Pac-12 Champion: 800 Free Relay

CSCAA Scholar All-American

Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Samantha Pearson Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Aurora Roghair

Four-time NCAA All-American: 1650 free (2nd), 800 free relay (3rd), 500 free (4th), 200 free (12th)

Two-time Pac-12 Champion: 1650 free and 800 free relay

CSCAA Scholar All-American

Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Janelle Rudolph

 CSCAA Scholar All-American (Second Team)

Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll 
Anna Shaw

Two-time NCAA All-American: 400 free relay (7th) and 200 free relay (11th)

CSCAA Scholar All-American

Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Sam Tadder

CSCAA Scholar All-American

Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Amy Tang

Five-time NCAA All-American: 400 free relay (7th), 200 medley relay (8th), 200 free relay (11th), 100 free (12th), 50 free (15th)

CSCAA Scholar All-American

Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Lucy Thomas

NCAA All-American: 200 Medley Relay (8th)
Kayla Wilson

Three-time All-American: 800 free relay (3rd), 200 free (6th), 400 medley relay (14th)

Pac-12 Champion: 800 free relay