2020 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 18 – Saturday, March 21, 2020
- Ramsey Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Prelims 10 AM / Finals 6 PM (U.S. Eastern Time)
- Defending champs: Stanford (3x) – results
- Championship Central
- Live stream:
- Prelims (free): Thursday / Friday / Saturday
- Finals (ESPN3)
- Psych Sheets
- Live results
As we tick down the days to the 2020 Women’s NCAA Championships, keep track of all our event-by-event previews and winner picks here.
Don’t miss a moment of our preview action and the concurrent comment section discussion – you can bookmark this page, which will be updated with links to each preview as we publish them. Disagree with our winner picks? Well, they are infallible, but if you really don’t buy it, you can leave your own picks, predictions and expectations in the comments.
Below are all of the events in their NCAA order, broken down by day. You can click on the event name and follow the link to our full preview and check out our picks for the entire top 8.
FINAL EDITION TEAM POWER RANKINGS HERE
2020 WOMEN’S NCAA PICK ‘EM CONTEST HERE (Coming Soon)
| Day | Event | Winner |
| Wednesday | 800 Free Relay | |
| Thursday | 200 Free Relay | |
| 500 Free | Brooke Forde, Stanford | |
| 200 IM | ||
| 50 Free | ||
| Friday | 400 Medley Relay | |
| 400 IM | ||
| 100 Fly | ||
| 200 Free | ||
| 100 Breast | ||
| 100 Back | Beata Nelson, Wisconsin | |
| 200 Medley Relay | ||
| Saturday | 1650 Free | |
| 200 Back | ||
| 100 Free | Erika Brown, Tennessee | |
| 200 Breast | ||
| 200 Fly | ||
| 400 Free Relay |
This meet definitely isnt happening. Schools are dropping left and right.
My guess is that it is cancelled all together.
That feels more-and-more likely by the hour.
Sad to say for the amazing athletes and coaches who work relentlessly. However we need to pull together as a sport and nation for the good of all.
I hate to say it but if the NBA, MLS & MLB postpone as well as all the major college basketball conferences with all that revenue, no way will they allow Swimming Championships. I get it, these kids work their entire life for this moment and feel bad for all of the. Life is more important and we need to get past this.
To many leagues are rushing to judgement …better to wait until the last moment for a decision. Better strategy is simply ban anyone over 60 – that’s the age group that experiences the most adverse effects, and as one over 60, I’d be understanding about being discriminated against. Why hurt all these young athletes over something that is a threat to others, not them. And if the concern is over spread of the virus, make anyone who attends agree to self quarantine themselves for 14 days after the meet’s conclusion\ – I bet most would gladly agree to such a post meet self quarantine.
Of course as a UVA fan, I’d accept a cancellation if the NCAA agreed to award… Read more »
Predictions
50 FREE
1. Abbey Weitzeil 20.97
2. Erika Brown 21.12
3. Anna Hopkin 21.21
100 FREE
1. Erika Brown 45.55 *NCAA Record*
2. Abbey Weitzeil 46.22
3. Anna Hopkin 46.26
200 FREE
1. Abbey Weitzeil 1:41.56
2. Veronica Burchill 1:42.03
3. Anna Hopkin 1:42.53
500 FREE
1. Paige Madden 4:31.73
2. Katie Drabot 4:33.35
3. Brooke Forde 4:33.39
1650 FREE
1. Kensey McMahon 15:35.55
2. Paige Madden 15:38.77
3. Sierra Schmidt 15:42.35
100 FLY
1. Maggie MacNeil 49.09 *NCAA Record*
2. Erika Brown 49.49
3. Louise Hansson 49.59
200 FLY… Read more »
1. Louise Hansson 1:50.83
I think your predictions for the sprints and specificly for Weitzel rest solely on if she can keep her elbow from hyper-extending again when she finishes so hard into the wall…