INDIANAPOLIS — BYU’s Mackenzie Miller Lung has qualified for the 2025 NCAA Women’s Swim and Dive Championships, the NCAA and USA Swimming announced on Wednesday.
Fresh off a BYU record-breaking week at Big 12 Championships at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way, Washington, Miller Lung will now return there to compete for a national title March 19-22 in three events: 200 breast, 100 breast and 200 individual medley.
"Mackenzie has truly committed herself to improving this season," said BYU head swim and dive coach Tamber McAllister. "Her unwavering consistency, dedication, and hard work have directly impacted her success."
Fans can watch Miller Lung compete at NCAAs with live coverage from Federal Way on ESPN+. Preliminary races will be streamed daily at 10 a.m. PDT with finals at 6 p.m.
Miller Lung became BYU’s first ever women’s swimmer to win a Big 12 individual championship when, on March 1, she clocked a personal best and BYU-record 2:06.53 to seize the 200 breast conference title by over three seconds. At 2:06.53, Miller Lung enters NCAA Championships ranked fifth nationally in the 200 breast.
A day prior to her 200 breast title surge, Miller Lung became the first ever BYU women’s swimmer to clock a sub-minute time in the 100 breast. With a personal-best 58.60, Miller Lung finished third in the conference in the event and now ranks 14th nationally. The only two Big 12 swimmers to finish ahead of Miller Lung in the 100 breast, Joleigh Crye of Cincinnati and Houston’s Henrietta Fangli, rank in the top 10. Miller Lung added a fourth-place finish in the 200 IM to her breaststroke podium placements.
With All-Big 12 First Team achievements in both breaststroke events and the 200 individual medley relay, Miller Lung became BYU’s first women’s swimmer to earn three All-Big 12 designations in a season and its first individual conference champion since Brynn Sproul in 2022.
Miller Lung, a junior from Clovis, California, is also the Cougars’ first NCAA entry since Katie McBratney in 2021.