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2022 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• March 16-19, 2022
• McAuley Aquatic Center, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (Eastern Daylight Time)
• Prelims 10AM /Finals 6PM
• Short Course Yards (25 yards)
• Championship Central
• Official Psych Sheets
• Live Results
• Live Video (ESPN3)

WOMEN 400 YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

• NCAA Record: 3:54.60 – Ella Eastin, Stanford (2018)
• Meet Record: 3:54.60 – Ella Eastin, Stanford (2018)
• American Record: 3:54.60 – Ella Eastin, Stanford (2018)
• US Open Record: 3:54.60 – Ella Eastin, Stanford (2018)
• Pool Record: 3:58.40 – Ella Eastin, Stanford (2016)
• 2021 Champion: Brooke Forde, Stanford – 4:01.57

Podium:

1. Alex Walsh, SO Virginia – 3:57.25
2. Brooke Forde, 5Y Stanford – 4:00.41
3. Ella Nelson, JR Virginia – 4:02.45
4. Emma Weyant, FR Virginia – 4:03.17
5. Lauren Poole, JR Kentucky – 4:04.17
6. Mabel Zavaros, SO Florida – 4:06.22
7. Bailey Bonnett, 5Y Kentucky – 4:07.09
8. Ellen Walshe, FR Tennessee – 4:09.84

Alex Walsh of Virginia earned a best time swimming a 3:57.25 to set a new pool record and win the 400 IM tonight. Walsh led the whole race. Last year’s winner, Brooke Forde of Stanford was second in a 4:00.41.

WOMEN 100 YARD BUTTERFLY

• NCAA Record: 48.89 – Maggie MacNeil, Michigan (2021)
• Meet Record: 48.89 – Maggie MacNeil, Michigan (2021)
• American Record: 49.24 – Claire Curzan, TAC Titans (2022)
• US Open Record: 48.89 – Maggie MacNeil, Michigan (2021)
• Pool Record: 49.43 – Kelsi Worrell, Louisville (2016)
• 2021 Champion: Maggie MacNeil, Michigan – 48.89

Podium:

1. Kate Douglass, JR Virginia – 49.04
2. Torri Huske, FR Stanford – 49.17
3. Maggie MacNeil, SR Michigan – 49.18
4. Emma Sticklen, SO Texas – 50.29
5. Kylee Alons, SR NC State – 50.64
6. Gabi Albiero, SO Lousiville – 50.88
7. Olivia Bray, SO Texas – 50.97
8. Ellen Walshe, FR Tennessee – 51.42

Both Kate Douglass and Torri Huske went faster than the American record tonight but the record will be under Douglass’s name as she won the event in a 49.04. Huske was not far behind touching in 49.17. NCAA record holder and last year’s champion Maggie MacNeil was third in 49.18.

WOMEN 200 YARD FREESTYLE

• NCAA Record: 1:39.10 – Missy Franklin, California (2015)
• Meet Record: 1:39.10 – Missy Franklin, California (2015)
• American Record: 1:39.10 – Missy Franklin, California (2015)
• US Open Record: 1:39.10 – Missy Franklin, California (2015)
• Pool Record: 1:41.70 – Mallory Comerford, Louisville (2017)
• 2021 Champion: Paige Madden, Virginia – 1:42.35

Podium:

1. Taylor Ruck, JR Stanford – 1:41.12
2. Isabel Ivey, SR California – 1:41.59
3. Kelly Pash, JR Texas – 1:42.38
4. Lillie Nordmann, FR Stanford – 1:42.63
5. Lia Thomas, 5Y Penn / Riley Gaines, SR Kentucky – 1:43.40
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7. Laticia-Leig Transom, SR USC – 1:43.49
8. Morgan Tankersley, SR Stanford – 1:43.78

Stanford’s Taylor Ruck dropped time off of her seed time this morning and swam even faster tonight to win the 200 freestyle in a 1:41.12. Cal’s Izzy Ivey was right next to Ruck the whole race and finished second in a 1:41.59.

WOMEN 100 YARD BREASTSTROKE

• NCAA Record: 55.73 – Lilly King, Indiana (2019)
• Meet Record: 55.73 – Lilly King, Indiana (2019)
• American Record: 55.73 – Lilly King, Indiana (2019)
• US Open Record: 55.73 – Lilly King, Indiana (2019)
• Pool Record: 56.72 – Sophie Hansson, NCSU (2022)
• 2021 Champion: Sophie Hansson, NC State – 57.23

Podium:

1. Kaitlyn Dobler, SO USC – 56.93
2. Alexis Wenger, SR Virginia – 56.97
3. Sophie Hansson, SR NCSU – 57.01
4. Mona McSharry, SO Tennessee – 57.18
5. Anna Elendt, SO Texas – 57.24
6. Hannah Bach, JR Ohio St – 57.32
7. Sophie Angus, SR Northwestern – 58.00
8. Tara Vovk, SR Northwestern – 58.31

Kaitlyn Dobler was last year’s runner up but pulled ahead on the last 25 of the race to win in a 56.93. Dobler out touched Alexis Wenger of Virginia by 0.04 as Wenger went a 56.97.

WOMEN 100 YARD BACKSTROKE

• NCAA Record: 49.18 – Beata Nelson, Wisconsin (2019)
• Meet Record: 49.18 – Beata Nelson, Wisconsin (2019)
• American Record: 49.16 – Regan Smith, Riptide (2021)
• US Open Record: 49.16 – Regan Smith, Riptide (2021)
• Pool Record: 49.41 – Katharine Berkoff, NCSU (2022)
• 2021 Champion: Katharine Berkoff, NC State – 49.74

Podium:

1. Katharine Berkoff, JR NC State – 48.74
2. Gretchen Walsh, FR Virginia – 49.00
3. Regan Smith, FR Stanford – 49.96
4. Rhyan White, SR Alabama – 50.34
5. Reilly Tiltmann, FR Virginia – 50.67
6. Grace Countie, SR North Carolina – 50.77
7. Isabelle Stadden, SO Cal – 50.81
8. Olivia Bray, SO Texas – 51.02

Katharine Berkoff swam the first sub 49 100 backstroke ever to break the NCAA and American record with a time of 48.74. Gretchen Walsh also went a best time and touched second in 49.00.

WOMEN 400 YARD MEDLEY RELAY

• NCAA Record: 3:22.34 – Virginia/ G Walsh, A Wenger, A Walsh, K Douglass (2022)
• Meet Record: 3:24.59 – NC State/ K Berkoff, S Hansson, K Alons, J Poole (2021)
• American Record: 3:22.34 – Virginia/ G Walsh, A Wenger, A Walsh, K Douglass (2022)
• US Open Record: 3:22.34 – Virginia/ G Walsh, A Wenger, A Walsh, K Douglass (2022)
• Pool Record: 3:22.34 – Virginia/ G Walsh, A Wenger, A Walsh, K Douglass (2022)
• 2021 Champion: NC State – 3:24.59

Podium:

1. Virginia – 3:22.34
2. NC State – 3:23.29
3. Stanford – 3:25.63
4. Texas – 3:26.36
5. Michigan – 3:27.20
6. Alabama – 3:27.30
7. USC – 3:27.86
8. Ohio State – 3:28.49

Virginia swam the exact same time as they did at ACCs and tied their American, NCAA, US Open, and Pool Records with another 3:22.34. NC State led through the 50 mark of the butterfly leg and finished second in 3:23.29.