2018 WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 14th – Saturday, March 17th
- McCorkle Aquatic Pavillion — Columbus, OH
- Prelims 9AM/Finals 5PM (Eastern Time)
- Defending Champion: Stanford (results)
- Live stream: Wednesday/Thursday Prelims & Finals, Friday/Saturday Prelims / Friday/Saturday finals on ESPNU
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- Live Results
In her final individual event of a stellar meet, Louisville’s Mallory Comerford became the #2 performer all-time in the 100 free.
She went 46.20, splitting 22.44/23.76 — the #5 performance of all-time. Comerford took 2nd to Stanford’s Simone Manuel, who went 45.65, the #2 performance of all-time. Manuel now owns the four fastest times in history, with her #1 time standing at 45.56.
Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil was third in 46.74, .45 off her best time — she now moves down to the #3 performer of all-time.
Comerford was 45.74 on her 400 medley relay anchor leg Thursday night.
Top 10 All-Time Performers: Women’s 100 Free
| Place | Swimmer | Time |
| 1 | Simone Manuel | 45.56 |
| 2 | Mallory Comerford | 46.20 |
| 3 | Abbey Weitzeil | 46.29 |
| 4 | Olivia Smoliga | 46.30 |
| 5 | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | 46.61 |
| 6 | Missy Franklin | 46.66 |
| 7 | Lia Neal | 46.76 |
| 8 | Natalie Coughlin | 46.84 |
| 9 | Margo Geer | 46.86 |
| 10 | Megan Romano | 47.01 |
Top 10 All-Time Performances: Women’s 100 free
| Place | Swimmer | Time |
| 1 | Simone Manuel | 45.56 |
| 2 | Simone Manuel | 45.65 |
| 3 | Simone Manuel | 46.02 |
| 4 | Simone Manuel | 46.09 |
| 5 | Mallory Comerford | 46.20 |
| 6 | Abbey Weitzeil | 46.29 |
| 7 | Olivia Smoliga | 46.30 (T-5) |
| 8 | Simone Manuel | 46.30 (T-5) |
| 9 | Mallory Comerford | 46.35 |
| 10 | Simone Manuel | 46.36 |
| 10 | Simone Manuel | 46.43 |
Mallory vs. Simone at 150 would be intriguing
I think a better title could have been….” Simone Manuel is still the only woman under 46.” That would have been a nice tribute to Simone and her accomplishments in her last individual swim. And her time in the second paragraph was 45.56.
but this article is about Commerford…