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
Simone Manuel stepped up to take on a star-studded field in tonight’s 100 free final, but the Olympic gold medalist from Stanford was ready to make history. As a freshman in the NCAA, Manuel narrowly missed clearing the 46-second barrier, clocking a 46.09. Tonight she returned after taking an Olympic redshirt in 2015-16, destroying her own record. The crowd went wild as they looked up at the board and saw Manuel’s final time: 45.56.
You can see the top 10 fastest swims in history below:
- Simone Manuel (3/18/17): 45.56
- Simone Manuel (3/18/17): 46.02
- Simone Manuel (3/21/15): 46.09
- Abbey Weitzeil (12/13/14): 46.29
- Olivia Smoliga (3/18/17): 46.30 (TIE)
- Simone Manuel (3/18/17): 46.30 (TIE)
- Mallory Comerford (3/18/17): 46.35
- Simone Manuel (2/25/17): 46.36
- Abbey Weitzeil (3/2016) – 46.47
- Abbey Weitzeil (3/2016) – 46.52
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 | 21.90 |
| 23.78 | 23.66 |
| Time: 46.09 | Time: 45.56 |
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RACE VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaDSEAJnJKY
Seeing the results for this swim made me go lie down. OMG! I’ll be shaking my damn head for weeks! 45.56! She is incredible.
Anyone have a video/know where one is? I missed it live, unfortunately.
UGA Swim and Dive posted all finals from night 4 on YouTube. Thanks Dawgs.
The results say 46.02….
Jason – you’re looking at the relay leadoff. This swim was done in the individual race.
Smoliga and Comerford need to be added to the list also.
As well as Simone’s lead-off on the relay.
This is fast. Another American record.
She totally obliterated the old record. That was jaw dropping and beautiful to watch at the same time.
simone manuel is literally amazing