Olivia Carter, Maggie MacNeil Breakdown Michigan Butterfly Sweep at 2021 NCAAs

2021 NCAA WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• When: Wednesday, March 17 – Saturday, March 20, 2021
• Where: Greensboro Aquatic Center / Greensboro, NC (Eastern Time Zone)
• Prelims 10 AM / Finals 6 PM (Local Time)
• Short course yards (SCY) format
• Defending champion: Stanford (3x) – 2019 results
• Streaming: ESPN3
• Championship Central
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results – Swimming
• Live Results – Diving

DAY 4 FINALS RECAP

200 FLY FINALS

• NCAA Record: Ella Eastin (Stanford), 2018, 1:49.51
• American Record: Ella Eastin (Stanford), 2018, 1:49.51
• U.S. Open Record: Ella Eastin (Stanford), 2018, 1:49.51
• Meet Record: Ella Eastin (Stanford), 2018, 1:50.01
• 2019 Champion: Louise Hansson (USC), 1:50.28
• 2020 Top Performer: Louise Hansson (USC), 1:51.26

Top 3

1. Olivia Carter (Michigan) – 1:51.33
2. Olivia Bray (Texas) – 1:52.87
3. Dakota Luther (Georgia) – 1:53.01

Texas was out 1-2-3 in the first 50, gunning for top finishes in the overarching team race.

But Olivia Carter of Michigan, tactical as she is, blew away the field on the back-half. Carter was 28.3 for a huge third 50 then came home in 29.3, getting to the wall at 1:51.33 to win by over a full second.

For Carter, it’s a home win– the Greensboro native, after transferring from Georgia to Michigan, wins it and wins big.

For Texas, Olivia Bray did her job, dropping a second from prelims to take silver at 1:52.87 ahead of Georgia’s Dakota Luther (1:53.01). Texas was also fourth and seventh, as Kelly Pash was just off of the podium at 1:53.42 in a tie with Texas A&M’s Taylor Pike, while Emma Sticklen finished seventh at 1:54.09.

Reported by Nick Pecoraro.