12 swimmers to represent Sun Devil women at NCAA Championships Beginning Wednesday

TEMPE – A dozen swimmers representing Arizona State will compete this week at the NCAA Women's Swim and Dive Championships (March 19-22) at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way, Washington.

The full schedule of events is listed below with the 12 Sun Devils. The championships will be streamed on ESPN+. Prelims to qualify for finals will occur at 10 a.m. AZT beginning on Thursday with finals beginning at 6 p.m each night.

FULL SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, March 19
200 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay
Thursday, March 20
500 Free, 200 IM, 50 free, 200 free relay
Friday, March 21
400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 breast, 100 back, 400 medley relay
Saturday, March 22
1,650 Free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 free relay

PARTICIPANTS:
Iza Adame, Caroline Bentz, Charli Brown, Deniz Ertan, Erin Milligan, Alexa Reyna, Julia Ullmann, Sonia Vaishnani, Miriam Sheehan, Elli Straume, Grace Lindberg, Emma Gehlert.

Bentz will swim in three individual events, the 50 free, 100 back and the 200 back at the NCAA Championships. Adame will swim in the 100 breast, Brown will partake in the 400 IM, where she holds the school record. Ertan will race in the 1650 free for the second consecutive year. Milligan will compete in the 200 free and Reyna will swim in the 500 free and the 1650 free. Freshman Julia Ullmann will compete in the 100 fly and Sonia Vaishnani will compete in the 400 IM with Brown. Sheehan, Straume, Lindberg, and Gehlert will swim in the relay events along with the eight other Sun Devils.

The Sun Devils hold the most selections among Big 12 schools in individual events with eight and are sending four more Sun Devils compared to 2024.

LAST TIME OUT:
The Sun Devil women secured the Big 12 championship in their first year competing in the conference. It's the first conference championship in program history for the women's team under first-year head coach Herbie Behm.

Caroline Bentz secured women's swimmer of the meet honors winning three individual crowns and helping win three relays in Federal Way three weeks ago. She broke her own school records in the 50 free, 100 back and the 200 back.

Julia Ullmann won the 100 fly in 51.40, setting a school record and Erin Milligan won the 200 free and Ertan won the 200 fly. 

In the relays, the women kicked off Big 12 Championships with a school record in the 200 medley relay, a record which they have broken several times this season winning in 1:35.63. In the 400 medley relay, the team also set a school record in 3:20.09 garnering a conference title in the event. In the 800 free relay, Milligan, Brown, Lindberg and Reyna brought home the title in 7:04.24.

In the 400 free relay, Bentz, Milligan, Ullmann and Brown closed out the Big 12 Championships with a victory in 3:13.64 putting a stamp on the team's first conference title for the program.

WOMEN BIG 12 CHAMPIONS: (14)
50 Free: Caroline Bentz (21.77) - School Record
100 Fly: Julia Ullmann (51.40) - School Record
100 Back: Caroline Bentz (51.22) - School Record
200 Free: Erin MIlligan (1:45.41)
200 fly: Deniz Ertan (1:54.92)
200 back: Caroline Bentz (1:51.89) - School record
500 Free: Alexa Reyna (4:39.24)
200 IM: Charli Brown (1:57.84)  
400 IM: Sonia Vaishnani (4:10.28) 
200 medley relay:  Miriam Sheehan, Iza Adame, Julia Ullmann and Caroline Bentz (1:35.63) - School record
400 medley relay: Bentz, Adame, Ullmann, Milligan (3:30.09) - School Record
400 Free Relay: Bentz, Milligan, Ullmann, Brown (3:13.64)
800 free relay: Erin Milligan, Charli Brown, Grace Lindberg and Alexa Reyna (7:04.24) 
Women's platform diving: Kayden Hayes (251.60)

SUN DEVIL WOMEN'S SWIMMING POSTSEASON FINISHES LAST 10 APPEARANCES (PAC-12/BIG 12/NCAA)
2025: 1st (Big 12)/
2024: 5th/24th
2023: 5th/27th
2022: 6th/26th
2021: DNC (entire program redshirted due to COVID-19)
2020: 5th/No NCAA due to COVID-19
2019: 4th/20th
2018: 3rd/23rd
2017: 6th/29th
2016: 8th/31st
2015: 7th/34th(T)
2014: 7th/41st
2013: 6th/23rd

RECORDS SET AT BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS:
50 Free: Caroline Bentz (21.77) - School Record
100 Fly: Julia Ullmann (51.40) - School Record
100 Back: Caroline Bentz (51.22) - School Record
200 back: Caroline Bentz (1:51.89) - School record
400 medley relay: Bentz, Adame, Ullmann, Milligan (3:30.09) - School Record
200 medley relay:  Miriam Sheehan, Iza Adame, Julia Ullmann and Caroline Bentz (1:35.63) - School record

Top 5 200 Medley Relay Times (School History)
1.  Sheehan, Adame, Ullmann, Bentz – 3/25/2025 - 1:35.63
2.  Sheehan, Adame, Ullmann, Bentz – 1/3/2025 - 1:35.69
3 . Sheehan, Adame, Ullmann, Bentz – 11/21/2024 - 1:35.78
4.  Sheehan, Adame, Ullmann, Bentz – 10/24/2024 - 1:36.17
5.  Sheehan, Adame, Ullmann, Bentz – 2/8/2025 - 1:36.36

How to Follow:
Follow the meet on Meet mobile and on the team's social media accounts on Twitter/X @ASUSwimDive and on Instagram @sundevilswimdive.