Ultra Swim Swimmer of the Month is a recurring SwimSwam feature shedding light on a U.S.-based swimmer who has proven themselves over the past month. As with any item of recognition, Swimmer of the Month is a subjective exercise meant to highlight one athlete whose work holds noteworthy context – perhaps a swimmer who was visibly outperforming other swimmers over the month, or one whose accomplishments slipped through the cracks among other high-profile swims. If your favorite athlete wasn’t selected, feel free to respectfully recognize them in our comment section.
In an NCAA Championships season largely devoid of NCAA and U.S. Open records, Maggie MacNeil‘s 100 fly was clearly the most eye-popping time.
Just a day after we christened the “week of the 49,” MacNeil upped the ante, becoming the first woman ever to go 48 in a 100-yard fly.
MacNeil broke a tie for the NCAA and U.S. Open record in the 100 fly, dropping from 49.26 to 48.89. She now owns three of the six fastest performances in history and has been 0.37 seconds faster than anyone else in history.
In the month of March, MacNeil also became just the second person ever to go 49 in both the 100 fly and 100 back. Her 49.76 backstroke leg carried Michigan’s 400 medley relay to 4th place despite having the field’s second-slowest breaststroke split and fourth-slowest freestyle split.
MacNeil also won the 100 free individually, becoming the #3 performer of all-time there at 46.02. She came within 0.04 seconds of winning all three of her individual events, hitting a 21.17 in the 50 free that ranks her #4 all-time. And she also had the field’s best 50 back leadoff on the 200 medley relay at 23.17.
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Rock Star Canadian.
My daughters biggest inspiration. There’s a great lesson to be learned here for swimmers who are haunted by ideas that you need to be 6 ft tall to be successful in swimming. Maggie is 5 ft 6 in and an absolute super-swimmer.