INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Farida Maher concluded her monumental career in the Navy and Gold on the final day of the 2025 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships at the IU Natatorium on Saturday morning. 

Maher finished in 42nd place in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 51.44 to conclude a history-filled career as a Golden Bear. 

Luna Mertins of Lynn took home the National Championship in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 48.07 to set a new NCAA DII record. 

Maher on her second NCAA Championships, "It was a really great experience and fun to participate in the festival with the other sports. Thank you CSP for a great four years and I am eternally grateful.

The senior leaves CSP as the most decorated swimmer in program history, accumulating four NSIC Conference titles, 13 All-Conference finishes, two top-30 finishes at the NCAA Championships and countless school records broken. 

Head coach Rachel Busch on the NCAA Championships, "We had a fun experience at the National Championships and it's one for the record books to score points for the first time. Caitlyn came away with two All-American Honorable Mention awards in diving, which is also a first for our program."

Busch added, "Farida did awesome as well, swimming a season-best in the 500 free and coming very close to her seed times in the 50, 100, and 200 Freestyles. We are proud of both of their performances and grateful to be Golden Bears."

As a team, CSP finished in 31st place with seven points which marks the first NCAA Championships where points were scored for the program.