Virginia wins the 2022 NCAA DI women’s swimming and diving national championship

The 2022 NCAA Division I women's swimming and diving championships will concludes today with the Day Four evening session.

Here's the complete schedule for Saturday evening's events:

6 p.m. ET:

• 200 Back Finals
• 100 Free Finals
• 200 Breast Finals
• Platform Diving
• 400 Free Relay

Click or tap here to view the complete results.  

On Day Three, North Carolina State's Katharine Berkoff set a new American record of 48.74 in the 100 Backstroke.

Watch her record-setting swim below. 

Women's 100 Backstroke - 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships

Day 3 results of the 2022 NCAA DI women's swimming and diving championships finals on Friday night. Championships conclude Saturday.

North Carolina State's Katharine Berkoff set a new American record of 48.74 at the 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships in the 100 Backstroke. See the full race below.

Women's 100 Backstroke - 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships

Here are the top finishers in each event: 

• 400 IM: Alex Walsh, Virginia: 20 points
• 100 Fly: Kate Douglass, Virginia: 20 points
• 200 Free: Taylor Ruck, Stanford: 20 points
• 100 Breast: Kaitlyn Dobler, USC: 20 points
• 100 Back: Katharine Berkoff, NC State: 20 points
• 3-meter Diving: Sarah Bacon, Minnesota: 20 points
• 400 Medley Relay: Virginia: 40 points

Click or tap here to view the complete results. 

The 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships enter their third day on Friday, March 18 before they conclude Saturday. On Day 2, Virginia's Kate Douglass set the American record in the 50-meter freestyle final, with a time of 20.87 seconds, in one of the highlights of this year's championships.

You can watch her record-setting performance below.

Women's 50 Freestyle — 2022 NCAA swimming championships

Here's the schedule for Friday:

Prelims | 10 a.m. ET

400 IM
100 Fly
200 Free
100 Breast
100 Back
3-meter diving

Finals | 6 p.m. ET

400 IM
100 Fly
200 Free
100 Breast
100 Back
3-meter diving
400 medley rellay

Click or tap here to view the day's complete schedule and results.

Women's 50 Freestyle — 2022 NCAA swimming championships

The highlight of Day 2 of the DI women's swimming and diving championships came in the 50 meter freestyle final, where Kate Douglass' time of 20.87 seconds set an American women's record. The junior took home first place by .22 seconds over her freshman teammate Gretchen Walsh. 

Another Cavalier and Gretchen's older sister, Alex Walsh, won the 200 meter individual medley event with a time of 1:50.08, nearly two seconds faster than Stanford's Torri Huske in second. Watch the final heat in full below.

Women's 200 Individual Medley — 2022 NCAA swimming championships

In the 500 meter freestyle final, Penn's Lia Thomas etched her name in the history books with a time of 4:33.24 to take home the national title, setting a new program record in the process. Watch the final in full below. 

Women's 500 Freestyle — 2022 NCAA swimming championships

Junior Mia Vallee of Miami (FL) won the 1 meter diving championship with a cumulative score of 365.75, edging senior Sarah Bacon of Minnesota by nine points.

With a combination of Douglass, the Walsh sisters and Lexi Cuomo, Virginia won the 200 yard freestyle relay national championship with a time of 1:24.96.

Women's 200 freestyle relay - 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships

The women's DI swimming and diving championships continues Friday morning at 10 a.m. on ESPN3. Click or tap here for live scores and the full schedule for day 3.

Stanford Athletics

The first two champions of the DI women's swimming and diving championships have been crowned. Virginia squeaked by NC State to break a meet record in the 200 medley relay — 1:32.16. Watch the entire race below:

Women's 200 Medley Relay — 2022 NCAA swimming championships

Stanford won the 800 free relay with a time of 6:48.30. The Cavaliers finished second. Watch the race below:

Women's 800 Freestyle Relay — 2022 NCAA swimming championships

See where each team finished on Wednesday here.

The 2022 NCAA Division I women’s swimming and diving championships continue tomorrow at 10 a.m. with a morning and evening session. Here's the schedule:

10 a.m.:

• 500 Free Prelims
• 200 IM Prelims
• 50 Free Prelims
• 1 meter Diving Prelims

6 p.m.:

• 500 Free Finals
• 200 IM Finals
• 50 Free Finals
• 1 meter Diving Finals
• 200 Free Relay

Follow the live results here. ESPN3 will provide digital broadcast coverage for preliminary and finals sessions Wednesday through Saturday. 

On Thursday, the NCAA Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Committee announced the divers who qualified for the 2022 championships. A total of 142 divers will compete in this year's championships. You can view both lists of qualifiers here. 

The 2022 DI championships are scheduled for March 16-19 at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta.

The 2022 NCAA Division I women's swimming and diving selections will be released at noon (ET) on Wednesday, March 2 via press release on NCAA.com. 

The championships are March 16-19 at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The field will consist of 205 total participants: 183 swimmers and 22 divers. 

Virginia won its first women's swimming and diving championship in school history in 2021. Stanford had won the last three titles and leads the sport with 11 championships since 1982