2016 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

2016 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Host cityGeorgia (U.S. state) Atlanta
Date(s)March 16–19, 2016
Venue(s)McAuley Aquatic Center
Georgia Institute of Technology
Athletes participating322
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The 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested March 16–19, 2016 at the 35th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.

This year's events were hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta.[1]

Georgia once again returned to the top of the team standings, finishing 19 points (414–395) ahead of Stanford. This was the Lady Bulldogs' seventh team title.

Lilly King of Indiana was awarded the 2016 CSCAA (College Swimming Coaches Association of America) Swimmer of the Year. King won the 100 and 200 breaststrokes in record breaking fashion, and was the first woman under 57 seconds in the 100 breast, and the first women to go under the 2:04 barrier in the 200 breaststroke. She helped the Hoosiers in the medley relay with monster splits of 56.74 and 26.05 to help Indiana to a 7th-place finish.[2]

Georgia's Jack Bauerle was awarded the 2016 CSCAA Division 1 Women's Coach of the Year after leading the Lady Dawgs to a win over the favored Stanford Cardinal, and helped Olivia Smoliga and Brittany MacLean win individual titles.[3]

Team standings

  • Note: Top 10 only
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Debut finish in the Top 10
  • Full results[4]
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Georgia 414
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stanford 395
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) California (DC) 358
4 Texas A&M 309
5 Virginia 264
6 USC 244.5
7 Indiana 228
8 Louisville 220
9 NC State 155
10 Michigan 150

Swimming results

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 freestyle Olivia Smoliga
Georgia		 21.21 Farida Osman
California		 21.46 Liz Li
Ohio State		 21.48
100 freestyle Olivia Smoliga
Georgia		 46.70 Lia Neal
Stanford		 47.00 Kasia Wilk
USC		 47.35
200 freestyle Brittany MacLean
Georgia		 1:42.42 Mallory Comerford
Louisville		 1:42.54 Lia Neal
Stanford		 1:42.58
500 freestyle Leah Smith
Virginia		 4:31.33 Brittany MacLean
Georgia		 4:33.05 Hali Flickinger
Georgia		 4:33.35
1650 freestyle Leah Smith
Virginia		 15:32.72 Brittany MacLean
Georgia		 15:39.29 Rose Bi
Michigan		 15:45.26
100 backstroke Rachel Bootsma
California		 50.28 Courtney Bartholomew
Virginia		 50.73 Ally Howe
Stanford		 50.86
200 backstroke Danielle Galyer
Kentucky		 1:49.71 Courtney Bartholomew
Virginia		 1:50.29 Kennedy Goss
Indiana		 1:50.37
100 breaststroke Lilly King
Indiana		 56.85 Sarah Haase
Stanford		 57.36 Miranda Tucker
Indiana		 58.10
200 breaststroke Lilly King
Indiana		 2:03.59 Miranda Tucker
Indiana		 2:06.27 Emily Escobedo
UMBC		 2:06.43
100 butterfly Kelsi Worrell
Louisville		 49.43 Sarah Gibson
Texas A&M		 50.61 Farida Osman
California		 50.76
200 butterfly Kelsi Worrell
Louisville		 1:50.96 Ella Eastin
Stanford		 1:51.04 Megan Kingsley
Georgia		 1:53.10
200 IM Ella Eastin
Stanford		 1:51.65 Kathleen Baker
California		 1:52.95 Kirsten Vose
USC		 1:54.27
400 IM Ella Eastin
Stanford		 3:58.40 Lindsey Clary
Ohio State		 4:03.61 Emily Cameron
Georgia		 4:03.66
200 freestyle relay California
Farida Osman (21.60)
Kristen Vredeveld (21.71)
Valerie Hull (21.85)
Amy Bilquist (21.64)		 1:26.80 Tennessee
Faith Johnson (22.13)
Harper Bruens (21.48)
Maddy Banic (21.67)
Kira Toussaint (22.14)		 1:27.42 Georgia
Olivia Smoliga (21.46)
Kylie Stewart (22.16)
Meaghan Raab (22.08)
Emily Cameron (21.83)		 1:27.53
400 freestyle relay USC
Kasia Wilk (47.60)
Kristen Vose (47.45)
Chelsea Chenault (47.85)
Anika Apostalon (46.77)		 3:09.69 Georgia
Olivia Smoliga (46.87)
Brittany MacLean (47.64)
Meaghan Raab (48.00)
Hali Flickinger (48.31)		 3:10.82 Texas A&M
Béryl Gastaldello (47.19)
Kristen Malone (48.24)
Claire Rasmus (48.77)
Sarah Gibson (47.71)		 3:11.91
800 freestyle relay Georgia
Hali Flickinger (1:42.80)
Kylie Stewart (1:43.95)
Meaghan Raab (1:43.59)
Brittany MacLean (1:41.46)		 6:51.80 USC
Kristen Vose (1:43.08)
Anika Apostalon (1:44.34)
Chelsea Chenault (1:42.69)
Kasia Wilk (1:43.73)		 6:53.84 California
Kathleen Baker (1:43.99)
Elizabeth Pelton (1:44.07)
Rachel Bootsma (1:44.23)
Amy Bilquist (1:42.89)		 6:55.18
200 medley relay Stanford
Ally Howe (24.16)
Sarah Haase (26.38)
Janet Hu (22.79)
Lia Neal (21.48)		 1:34.81 California
Rachel Bootsma (23.36)
Marina García Urzainqui (27.95)
Noemie Thomas (22.68)
Farida Osman (21.12)		 1:35.11 Louisville
Alina Kendzior (24.47)
Andrea Cottrell (26.65)
Kelsi Worrell (22.55)
Mallory Comerford (21.69)		 1:35.36
400 medley relay Stanford
Ally Howe (51.89)
Sarah Haase (57.02)
Janet Hu (50.65)
Lia Neal (46.58)		 3:26.14 Louisville
Alina Kendzior (52.71)
Andrea Cottrell (58.23)
Kelsi Worrell (49.31)
Mallory Comerford (47.33)		 3:27.58 Virginia
Courtney Bartholomew (50.95)
Laura Simon (58.30)
Kaitlyn Jones (52.34)
Ellen Thomas (47.15)		 3:28.22

Diving Results

Event Gold Silver Bronze
1 m diving Sharae Zheng
Nevada		 344.95 Eloise Belanger
UCLA		 336.00 Pei Lin
Miami (OH)		 332.20
3 m diving Sharae Zheng
Nevada		 404.70 Pei Lin
Miami (OH)		 399.40 Kahlia Warner
Florida		 387.20
Platform diving Gracia Leydon-Mahoney
Stanford		 346.15 Yu Zhou
Minnesota		 331.80 Mara Aiacoboae
Arizona State		 289.10

See also

References

  1. ^ "2014-2018 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "Lilly King Earns CSCAA Swimmer of the Year After American Records". SwimSwam. swimswam.com. 20 March 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  3. ^ "Georgia's Jack Bauerle Named CSCAA Women's Coach of the Year for 2016". 20 March 2016.
  4. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 10–12. Retrieved February 27, 2017.