2019 WOMEN’S DIVISION I NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 20th – Saturday, March 23rd
- Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center — Austin, Texas
- Prelims 9 a.m./Finals 5 p.m. (Central Time)
- Defending Champion: Stanford (2x) – 2018 results
- Championship Central
- Psych Sheet
- Live Results
- Full livestream schedule
- Day 4 Finals Heat Sheet
Reported by Lauren Neidigh.
100 FREESTYLE
- NCAA Record: Simone Manuel (Stanford) – 45.56
- American Record: Simone Manuel, 2017 – 45.56
- Meet Record: Simone Manuel (Stanford), 2017 – 45.56
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL RESULTS:
- GOLD: Mallory Comerford, Louisville, 46.24
- SILVER: Anna Hopkin, Arkansas, 46.56
- BRONZE: Siobhan Haughey, Michigan, 46.64
- Abbey Weitzeil, Cal, 46.97
- Erika Brown, Tennessee, 46.99
- Amy Bilquist, Cal, 47.42
- Ky-Lee Perry, NC State, 47.43
- Catie Deloof, Michigan, 47.59
Arkansas freshman Anna Hopkin led through the 50 in 22.03, but Louisville’s Mallory Comerfordchased her down on the final 25 with a new Pool Record time of 46.24. Comerford remains the 2nd fastest ever and put up the 6th fastest time in history. Hopkin was 2nd in 46.56, breaking her tie with Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace for 6th fastest all-time. Hopkin clipped her best by a few hundredths, while Comerford was a few hundredths off her best from 2018.
Michigan’s Siobhan Haughey moved ahead of Missy Franklin to #8 all-time as she finished 3rd in a lifetime best 46.64. Despite swimming with a taped up arm after being injured on last night’s relay finish, Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil still broke 47, taking 4th in 46.97. Tennessee’s Erika Brown, the 5th fastest ever in this event, placed 5th tonight in 46.99.
200 BUTTERFLY
- NCAA Record: Ella Eastin (Stanford), 2018, 1:49.51
- American Record: Ella Eastin (Stanford), 2018, 1:49.51
- U.S. Open Record: Ella Eastin (Stanford), 2018, 1:49.51
- Meet Record: Ella Eastin (Stanford), 2018, 1:50.01
- 2018 Champion: Ella Eastin (Stanford), 2018, 1:50.01
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL RESULTS:
- GOLD: Louise Hansson, USC, 1:50.26
- SILVER: Ella Eastin, Stanford, 1:50.46
- BRONZE: Grace Oglesby, Louisville, 1:50.80
- Katie McLaughlin, Cal, 1:51.09
- Katie Drabot, Stanford, 1:51.94
- Maddie Wright, USC, 1:52.26
- Olivia Carter, Georgia, 1:53.06
- Jing Quah, Texas A&M, 1:53.61
USC’s Louise Hansson, the 100 fly champion, stuck to her typical race plan as she was way under record pace up front in 24.42. Hansson turned in 51.81 at the 100, nearly 2 seconds under record pace. The field started to close in on the 3rd 50, but Hansson still led with a 1:20.33 and a second under record pace. Cal’s Katie McLaughlin was also under record pace at the 150, with Stanford’s defending champElla Eastin charging.
Hansson and McLaughlin were fading on the final 50 as Eastin made her move, but Hansson did enough to hold on and win it in 1:50.26 to Eastin’s 1:50.46. ACC Champion Grace Oglesby ran down McLaughlin for 3rd in 1:50.80, while McLaughlin dropped over a second to take 4th in 1:51.09. Oglesby’s time was a best by nearly 1.5 seconds. After tonight’s race, Hansson moves ahead of Kelsi Dahlia as the 3rd fastest ever. Oglesby is now the 5th fastest ever, and McLaughlin is the 7th fastest ever.
For the last three years Stanford has been NCAA champs, we tend to forget who finished second. It must be difficult to swim in the shadow of Stanford. The Cal women had several brilliant races, but Stanford being a well endowed private school May be able to offer more than a State owned school, and thus had a to leave two girls who qualified for NCAA home because they have that much talent. I’m glad that the Cal seniors feel good about their last swims for Cal. I’m also really excited about what the Stanford squad will do in the next several years. Looks like first place may belong to Stanford for a few more years.
Obviously, the Cal team didn’t win — not as if either swimmer here is saying “We beat Stanford” or “We deserved to win” or “If only …”. Bilquist and McLaughlin are on an emotional high, (rightfully so, IMO) coming off a week where the Bears exceeded many fans’/Internet commentators’ expectations of how close the meet was, set NCAA/American records, and saw each other succeed after a boatload of previous injuries and setbacks.
Downvote away if you will — again, Stanford won the team title and congratulations are in order to their own team of studs, but why are we trying to take away from two 21 y/o seniors who simply feel like they’re ending their collegiate swim careers on… Read more »
Swim swam had a prediction where Stanford would get 20 swimming points more than Cal. Stanford actually got 20.5 more points.
Then you remember you were the first loser :///
Too bad I’m not 300 pounds or living in my moms basement 🙂 I’m a college swimmer myself actually!
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I wonder if girls on Stanford “feel like they lost”
I’ll bet the Stanford women also feel like they just won.
BUT Ja diddnt