2017 WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 15 – Saturday, March 18
- IUPUI Natatorium – Indianapolis, IN
- Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM (Eastern Time)
- Defending Champion: Georgia (results)
- Championship Central
- Psych Sheet
- Event Previews
- Live Stream: Wednesday/Thursday Prelims & Finals, Friday/Saturday Prelims / Friday/Saturday finals on ESPN3
- Live Results
100 FREESTYLE
- NCAA record: 46.09 – Simone Manuel (Stanford) – 3/21/2015
- American record: 46.09 – Simone Manuel (Stanford) – 3/21/2015
- U.S. Open Record: 46.09 – Simone Manuel (Stanford) – 3/21/2015
- 2016 NCAA Champion: Olivia Smoliga, Georgia, 46.70
- Pool: 47.17 Margo Geer
This morning in the prelims of the 100 free at the 2017 NCAA DI Women’s National Championships, Stanford’s Olympic gold medalist Simone Manuel put up the third-fastest swim in history with 46.30. She will be the top qualifier going into tonight, after coming in half a second ahead of the field.
You can see the fastest swims in history below:
- Simone Manuel (3/21/15): 46.09
- Abbey Weitzeil (12/13/14): 46.29
- Simone Manuel (3/18/17): 46.30
- Simone Manuel (2/25/17): 46.36
- Abbey Weitzeil (3/2016) – 46.47
- Abbey Weitzeil (3/2016) – 46.52
- Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (2/2012) – 46.61
- Simone Manuel (11/2014) – 46.62
- Missy Franklin (3/2015) – 46.66
- Simone Manuel (3/2015) – 46.68
Below you can see a split comparison to Manuel’s American record swim from 2015 NCAAs.
| Simone Manuel 2015 NCAAs (American record) | Simone Manuel 2017 NCAAs (prelims) |
| 22.31 | 22.44 |
| 23.78 | 23.86 |
| Time: 46.09 | 46.30 |
Georgia senior Olivia Smoliga was second with 46.87, followed by Louisville’s 200 national champion Mallory Comerford with 46.89.
With that swim, Comerford becomes the ninth-fastest performer in history.
AB
this will be the one to watch tonight
Simone is angry. That’s her baby event and she wants that 45 too. But more important the win.
But she has a great competition. Abbey is not at her best but Olivia and especially Mallory are on fire. Based on her 200 free progression since ACCs a time around 46 low looks very plausible for the Louisville girl.
Great fight in perspective. I can’t imagine Simone losing but….