2018 W. NCAAs: Mallory Comerford Swims to #2 All-Time in 100 Free

2018 WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

In her final individual event of a stellar meet, Louisville’s Mallory Comerford became the #2 performer all-time in the 100 free.

She went 46.20, splitting 22.44/23.76 — the #5 performance of all-time. Comerford took 2nd to Stanford’s Simone Manuel, who went 45.65, the #2 performance of all-time. Manuel now owns the four fastest times in history, with her #1 time standing at 45.56.

Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil was third in 46.74, .45 off her best time — she now moves down to the #3 performer of all-time.

Comerford was 45.74 on her 400 medley relay anchor leg Thursday night.

Top 10 All-Time Performers: Women’s 100 Free

Place Swimmer Time
1 Simone Manuel 45.56
2 Mallory Comerford 46.20
3 Abbey Weitzeil 46.29
4 Olivia Smoliga 46.30
5 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace 46.61
6 Missy Franklin 46.66
7 Lia Neal 46.76
8 Natalie Coughlin 46.84
9 Margo Geer 46.86
10 Megan Romano 47.01

Top 10 All-Time Performances: Women’s 100 free

Place Swimmer Time
1 Simone Manuel 45.56
2 Simone Manuel 45.65
3 Simone Manuel 46.02
4 Simone Manuel 46.09
5 Mallory Comerford 46.20
6 Abbey Weitzeil 46.29
7 Olivia Smoliga 46.30 (T-5)
8 Simone Manuel 46.30 (T-5)
9 Mallory Comerford 46.35
10 Simone Manuel 46.36
10 Simone Manuel 46.43

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AWSI DOOGER
6 years ago

Mallory vs. Simone at 150 would be intriguing

E+Gamble
6 years ago

I think a better title could have been….” Simone Manuel is still the only woman under 46.” That would have been a nice tribute to Simone and her accomplishments in her last individual swim. And her time in the second paragraph was 45.56.

samuel huntington
Reply to  E+Gamble
6 years ago

but this article is about Commerford…

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Torrey is from Oakland, CA, and majored in media studies and American studies at Claremont McKenna College, where she swam distance freestyle for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps team. Outside of SwimSwam, she has bylines at Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, SB Nation, and The Student Life newspaper.

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