FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – The California women's swimming & diving team got the 2025 NCAA Championships off to a rousing start Wednesday evening, breaking the school record in the 200-yard medley relay and placing fourth in a time of 1:33.54.

The Golden Bears' quartet of Isabelle Stadden (backstroke), Leah Polonsky (breaststroke), McKenna Stone (butterfly) and Mary-Ambre Moluh (freestyle) shattered the previous Cal benchmark of 1:33.85 set in 2018 by Kathleen Baker, Abbey Weitzeil, Noemie Thomas and Amy Bilquist.

Cal's 800 freestyle relay team of Ava Chavez, Polonsky, Stadden and Lilou Ressencourt swam a season-best time of 6:55.79 to finish 10^th.

The Bears' 200 medley relay team earned First Team All-America honors while the 800 freestyle relay team was Second Team. The top eight finishers in any event are named First Team All-Americans at the NCAA Championships while 9-16 are named Second Team.

After the first night of the 2025 NCAA Championships, Cal sits in sixth place with 44 points. Virginia and Stanford are tied for the lead with 74 points each.

The first individual events of the meet take place Thursday, with the 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley and 50 free on the schedule. Moluh is the No. 6 seed in the 50 free while Polonsky is seeded seventh in the 200 IM. The 200 free relay is also on the docket Thursday night.


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