2022 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 16-19, 2022
- McAuley Aquatic Center, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (Eastern Daylight Time)
- Prelims 10AM /Finals 6PM
- Short Course Yards (25 yards)
- Championship Central
- Official Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Video (ESPN3)
- Saturday evening heat sheets
Reported by Anne Lepesant.
WOMEN 200 YARD BREASTSTROKE – FINALS
NCAA Record: 2:02.60 – Lilly King, Indiana (2018)Meet Record: 2:02.60 – Lilly King, Indiana (2018)American Record: 2:02.60 – Lilly King, Indiana (2018)US Open Record: 2:02.60 – Lilly King, Indiana (2018)Pool Record: 2:03.02 – Alexandra Walsh, Virginia (2022)- 2021 Champion: Sophie Hansson, NC State – 2:03.86
Podium:
- Kate Douglass, JR Virginia – 2:02.19N
- Anna Elendt, SO Texas – 2:04.31
- Sophie Hansson, SR NC State – 2:04.76
- Ella Nelson, JR Virginia – 2:05.51
- Gillian Davey, JR Kentucky – 2:06.03
- Avery Wiseman, FR Alabama – 2:06.57
- Brooke Forde, 5Y Stanford – 2:06.98
- Anna Keating, SO Virginia – 2:07.10
Virginia junior Kate Douglass broke her third American record of the weekend with a 2:02.19 in the 200 breast. She took down the 50 free record on Thursday and the 100 fly mark on Saturday.
Texas sophomore Anna Elendt turned first at the 50 wall, going 27.65 ahead of Douglass’s 27.84. Douglass was in front at the 100, though, out-splitting Elendt by nearly three-tenths on the second 50 to turn at 58.98. Douglass proceeded to split a 31.5 and a 31.6 to take .41 off Lilly King’s American and NCAA record from 2018.
Defending champion Sophie Hansson of NC State ran in third place the entire race, finishing with 2:04.76, just behind Elendt’s 2:04.31.
Virginia’s Ella Nelson moved from fifth to fourth place over the final 50 yards and finished with 2:05.51.
It may not be my favourite, but the nature of yards swimming really allows athletes to target a fascinating range of events. What an achievement, congratulations!
I like how vocal she is about her time goals.
I wish Caeleb Dressel does the same thing and say publicly that he’s going after Augusto Cielo’s furosemided fake records.
He doesn’t even need to say it for everyone to know that’s his goal.
Popovici’s is already coming for that Dressel’s 100 free WR
He has the best trajectory. I just had a look around the Romanian federation’s website and their nationals start on the 23rd and David is entered in 50/100/200/400 free.