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2018 W. NCAAs: Mallory Comerford Swims to #2 All-Time in 100 Free

2018 WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

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

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AWSI DOOGER
6 years ago

Mallory vs. Simone at 150 would be intriguing

E+Gamble
6 years ago

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.

samuel huntington
Reply to  E+Gamble
6 years ago

but this article is about Commerford…

About Torrey Hart

Torrey Hart

Torrey is from Oakland, CA, and majored in media studies and American studies at Claremont McKenna College, where she swam distance freestyle for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps team. Outside of SwimSwam, she has bylines at Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, SB Nation, and The Student Life newspaper.

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