2018 WOMEN’S NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 14- Saturday, March 17
- McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion – Columbus, Ohio
- Defending champion: Stanford (1x) (results)
- Psych Sheet
- Championship Central
As we tick down the days to the 2018 Women’s NCAA Championships, keep track of all our event-by-event previews and winner picks here.
Don’t miss a moment of our preview action and the concurrent comment section discussion – you can bookmark this page, which will be updated with links to each preview as we publish them. Disagree with our winner picks? Well, they are infallible, but if you really don’t buy it, you can leave your own picks, predictions and expectations in the comments.
Below are all of the events in their NCAA order, broken down by day. You can click on the event name and follow the link to our full preview and check out our picks for the entire top 8.
| Event | Winner |
| Wednesday | |
| 800 Free Relay | Stanford |
| Thursday | |
| 200 Free Relay | California |
| 500 Free | Katie Ledecky, Stanford |
| 200 IM | Ella Eastin, Stanford |
| 50 Free | Simone Manuel, Stanford |
| Stanford | |
| Friday | |
| 400 IM | Katie Ledecky, Stanford |
| 100 Fly | Erika Brown, Tennessee |
| 200 Free | Mallory Comerford, Louisville |
| 100 Breast | Lilly King, Indiana |
| 100 Back | Kathleen Baker, California |
| California | |
| Saturday | |
| 1650 Free | Katie Ledecky, Stanford |
| 200 Back | Kathleen Baker, California |
| 100 Free | Simone Manuel, Stanford |
| 200 Breast | Lilly King, Indiana |
| 200 Fly | Ella Eastin, Stanford |
| 400 Free Relay | Stanford |
Will we have to pay to watch this year? Even though the audio and video was questionable at times last year, at least it was free.
Reporter: What’s your prediction for the distance races?
Katie Ledecky: Prediction?
R: Yes, prediction.
KL: Pain.
#36 seed Peyton Palsha (FR-Arkansas) for the win in the 1650 over Katie Ledecky! #upset #gobigorgohome
Ballsy putting Ledecky to win the 1650.