TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State swimming and diving's Claire Parsons is heading to the national stage as the rising junior swimmer joins the field at the 2025 Toyota National Championships held over June 3-7, 2025, at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Ind.
 
Parsons will take on the field in the 800-meter Freestyle event on Tuesday, June 3, as the Terre Haute native is seeded 34th overall in the field. Parsons and the rest of the field are scheduled to start with the preliminary heats in the 800-meter event at 4:17 p.m. ET.
 
Parsons heads into the event following a standout sophomore season in the water where she rewrote the Indiana State and Missouri Valley record book in the 1000-yard Freestyle posting a time of 9:46.34. She was a CSCAA A-Finals qualifier in the 500-yard Freestyle and was fifth overall in the field in the 1650-yard Freestyle event. She finished up earning All-Conference recognition and was the MVC's Champion in both the 200-yard and 1650-yard Freestyle events.
 
Through two seasons with the Sycamores, Parsons is the Indiana State school record holder in the 1000-yard and 1650-yard Freestyle events, while also sitting inside the Top 10 in the Sycamores' performance lists in the 200-yard and 500-yard Freestyles.
 
She holds the top five fastest times in program history in the 1650-yard Freestyle, seven of the top eight times in the 1000-yard Freestyle, and 12 of the top 20 times in the 500-yard Freestyle.
 
About the 2025 USA Swimming Toyota National Championships
Olympians, USA Swimming National Team Members, and the next generation of elite swimmers will be competing for coveted spots on Team USA for three 2025 international competitions. In partnership with Center Grove Aquatic Club, the Indiana University Natatorium – Indianapolis is honored to be the host of USA Swimming's most elite 2025 competition – the 2025 Toyota National Championships.  Five days of exciting racing will begin on Tuesday, June 3, and conclude on Saturday, June 7, with prelims beginning each day at 10 a.m. and finals at 7 p.m. 
 
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