As we head into the NCAA Invite season, with the first ones set to get underway next weekend (including the Ohio State and IU Invites), I took a look back at the performances so far in this 2018-19 campaign and looked into how many swimmers have hit times that would’ve qualified them for last season’s NCAA Championships.
Using the qualifying time of the last invited swimmer in each event to the 2018 NCAAs as the standard, the results showed that a total of 32 women and 11 men have hit at least one ‘qualifying’ time. The discrepancy between the number of men and women is staggering, but it gets even more lopsided on the women’s side when you factor in that 53 swims have hit the qualifying time, and only 12 for the men.
Plenty of women, including the likes of Louise Hansson, Mallory Comerford, Siobhan Haughey, Lilly King and Beata Nelson, have hit the time in multiple events, including an incredible six for Hansson, while Minnesota freshman Max McHugh is the only male to do so with two.
Check out the full women’s numbers below:
| Women | |||
| 50 Free (22.30) | 100 Free (48.53) | 200 Free (1:44.90) | 500 Free (4:40.50) |
| Abbey Weitzeil (Cal) – 22.04 | Mallory Comerford (Louisville) – 46.96 | Siobhan Haughey (Michigan) – 1:42.63 | Ally McHugh (Penn State) – 4:39.63 |
| Maggie MacNeil (Michigan) – 22.08 | Siobhan Haughey (Michigan) – 47.09 | Mallory Comerford (Louisville) – 1:42.79 | Rose Bi (Michigan) – 4:39.79 |
| Louise Hansson (USC) – 22.10 | Louise Hansson (USC) – 47.94 | Louise Hansson (USC) – 1:44.23 | Mallory Comerford (Louisville) – 4:40.33 |
| Siobhan Haughey (Michigan) – 22.12 | Catie DeLoof (Michigan) – 48.34 | ||
| Marta Ciesla (USC) – 22.17 | Beata Nelson (Wisconsin) – 48.53 | ||
| Ky-lee Perry (NC State) – 22.23 | |||
| Anna Hopkin (Arkansas) – 22.25 | |||
| 100 Back (52.54) | 200 Back (1:53.64) | 100 Breast (1:00.11) | 200 Breast (2:10.14) |
| Beata Nelson (Wisconsin) – 50.86 | Beata Nelson (Wisconsin) – 1:51.85 | Lilly King (Indiana) – 57.85 | Lilly King (Indiana) – 2:06.81 |
| Louise Hansson (USC) – 51.84 | Louise Hansson (USC) – 1:53.10 | Lindsey Kozelsky (Minnesota) – 58.70 | Calypso Sheridan (Northwestern) – 2:08.03 |
| Elise Haan (NC State) – 51.90 | Tevyn Waddell (Minnesota) – 1:53.47 | Ida Hulkko (Florida State) – 59.03 | Riley Scott (USC) – 2:08.13 |
| Alina Kendzior (Louisville) – 52.35 | Riley Scott (USC) – 59.55 | Lindsey Kozelsky (Minnesota) – 2:08.77 | |
| Tevyn Waddell (Minnesota) – 52.48 | Andrea Podmanikova (Southern Methodist) – 59.68 | Rachel Munson (Minnesota) – 2:09.52 | |
| Jinq En Phee (Purdue) – 59.93 |
Andrea Podmanikova (Southern Methodist) – 2:09.57
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| 100 Fly (52.41) | 200 Fly (1:55.99) | 200 IM (1:56.76) | 400 IM (4:09.75) |
| Maggie MacNeil (Michigan) – 50.09 | Grace Oglesby (Louisville) – 1:53.79 | Beata Nelson (Wisconsin) – 1:54.94 | Bailey Andison (Indiana) – 4:05.56 |
| Louise Hansson (USC) – 50.40 | Caitlin Tycz (USC) – 1:54.89 | Bailey Andison (Indiana) – 1:56.04 | Emma Muzzy (NC State) – 4:05.60 |
| Grace Oglesby (Louisville) – 51.64 | Maddie Wright (USC) – 1:55.32 | Ally McHugh (Penn State) – 4:07.89 | |
| Christie Jensen (Indiana) – 51.94 | Katie McLaughlin (Cal) – 1:55.42 | ||
| Remedy Rule (Texas) – 1:55.46 | |||
| Vanessa Krause (Michigan) – 1:55.54 |
For the women, the 50 free proved to be the standard most easily attained with seven doing so, while the 100 breast, 200 breast and 200 fly all got six. The 1650 free was the only event to have no one hit the standard, mainly because it’s rarely done at dual meets and also wasn’t done at the ACC vs Big Ten College Challenge where the vast majority of these swims came from.
| Men | |||
| 100 Free (42.71) | 200 Free (1:34.44) | 500 Free (4:16.08) | 100 Back (46.14) |
| Jacob Molacek (NC State) – 42.63 | Mohamed Samy (Indiana) – 1:33.75 | Felix Auboeck (Michigan) – 4:13.06 | Coleman Stewart (NC State) – 45.04 |
| Zach Yeadon (Notre Dame) – 4:13.68 | Gabriel Fantoni (Indiana) – 46.13 | ||
| 200 Back (1:41.18) | 100 Breast (52.75) | 200 Breast (1:54.49) | 200 IM (1:44.03) |
| Patrick Mulcare (USC) – 1:40.75 | Ian Finnerty (Indiana) – 51.54 | Max McHugh (Minnesota) – 1:54.20 | Andreas Vazaios (NC State) – 1:42.44 |
| Carsten Vissering (USC) – 51.82 | |||
| Max McHugh (Minnesota) – 52.19 |
The men’s results are vastly different, with only eight of 13 events having anyone hit the time. The 100 breast was the most populated with three swimmers under, while the 500 free and 100 back had two. The events with no one making the time were the 50 and 1650 free, the 100 and 200 fly, and the 400 IM.
In terms of hitting the 2019 NCAA Automatic standards, a total of nine swimmers have done so, seven women and two men:
2019 NCAA Automatic Qualifiers
| Women | Event(s) | Men | Event |
| Mallory Comerford (Louisville) | 100/200 FR | Coleman Stewart (NC State) | 100 BK |
| Siobhan Haughey (Michigan) | 100/200 FR | Ian Finnerty (Indiana) | 100 BR |
| Beata Nelson (Wisconsin) | 100 BK | ||
| Lilly King (Indiana) | 100/200 BR | ||
| Lindsey Kozelsky (Minnesota) | 200 BR | ||
| Maggie MacNeil (Michigan) | 100 FLY | ||
| Louise Hansson (USC) | 100 FLY |
There is a lot going on here from “discussions” about the equality of college sports to the realities of making cuts now versus at Conference meets. It seems that there are just about 17 weeks from this weekend to the NCAAs. IF you have a swimmer who is close to making deep into a B cut for NCAAs and IF your conference meet is a forgone conclusion (either you win by lot or you have no shot to move up) then why not rest those fast swimmers and let them train through to NCAAs? I believe Texas has rested in past years for their early December invite for just that purpose. Or, you do a shorter rest now before winter… Read more »
Of course there will be more women than men that qualify. First off the women standards are significantly easier to hit than men.There are also far more women programs which allow more women to swim/compete on a team to begin with and thus more to qualify. Lastly, they invite decently more women than men to NCAA anyway. Because “equality”.
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Actually even though Title IX was passed in 1972, it wasn’t until 1982 that the NCAA “had to” invite women to NCAA championships because they lost a lawsuit with the Health, Education, and Welfare Congressional initiative. In 2018, there are 500,000 student-athletes. The NCAA actually had to report that out of that number, there only 44% female student-athletes, leaving 56% to be MALE. Additionally, last year, men’s athletic programs spent $234 MILLION MORE on their teams than women’s. On average, a Division 1 school will spend $45,000 more dollars on a single male student-athlete than their female counterparts. How’s that for equal?
I’m just gonna put out there that in the sport of swimming, there is far more money available to women than there is to men.
you put equality in quotes like its a bad thing?
Also the number of girls who get spots at NCAAs is higher than for the men. Interesting that the only stroke not represented for the men is butterfly…anyone have thoughts on this??
Acc and BG1 don’t have the countries top flyers and they are only ones that suited
I’m not too sure about that. The top returning flyers in the nation in both men’s fly events are from the Big Ten or ACC: Vini Lanza (100 fly) and Andreas Vazaois (who won the 200 fly last year). Vazaois, Lanza and Albiero were all top 10 in the 200 last year and Lanza and Stewart top 10 in the 100.
Your right my mistake
Unrelated but are you going to so article on Texas women and cal women
Honestly think this is pointless until the mid season invites are finished. When every has had a chance to suit up. Alot more girl teams have been suited so far. The USC, Louisville, top girls have suited twice already.
Pointless? How is it ever pointless to know which swimmers have hit NCAA qualifying times already? You don’t want to know?
In my opinion the way article is worded sounds like guys are not where they should be but most of them haven’t rested. My point is I don’t think it is fair to compare the girls and guys unless they both been rested.
Who cares. It’s an informative article. It doesn’t state that the men are behind the women. It just shows that more women have gone last year’s qualifying times. What you do with that information is up to you.
Anyone that understands college swimming understands that men usually struggle to swim near their best times in season moreso than the women do. It probably has a lot to do with the fact that men usually have more muscle and have more body hair than women do.
But who cares what the reason is? Maybe the men are way behind the women. Who cares?
“anyone who understands college swimming ” My siblings are I all swam division one on scholarship. Additionally the club I coach for has swimmer every year be scholarship athlete’s at the countries top schools.
Additionally I disagree with your statement. I don’t have statistics, but in my experience men get faster later on in their career and drop more time on average then women in college throughout the season, even at high level.
Also I was just saying in my opinion that’s how the article read to me
Honestly, it’s still pointless after midseason invites because some teams rest more than others. We shouldn’t bother looking at NCAA qualifiers until after NCAAs
I think you mean until after the Olympics, because the Texas guys honestly only rest for the Eddie Reese Invite and then the Olympics.
Coleman Stewart looking very likely to repeat his 100 bk title. Wow!
Could this be NCState’s first possible back to back individual title winner(s) in Vazaios and Stewart? In school history?
How many people have worn tech suits so far? Let’s look after invites at this stat
Will there be race videos from the acc vs big ten challenge anywhere for free? I’m interested because a good portion of these swims were from that meet.
*almost all/all of the swims were from that meet
It was on tv yesterday
W100 Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mJOTDBOsPs
M100 Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrupCOHeCRY
Love it!