2022 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

2022 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Host cityGeorgia (U.S. state) Atlanta, Georgia
Date(s)March 16–19, 2022
Venue(s)McAuley Aquatic Center
Georgia Institute of Technology
Athletes participating322
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The 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested March 16–19, 2022 at the 40th 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, Georgia.[1] Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, won the 500m freestyle gold medal, becoming the first transgender athlete awarded an NCAA Division I title.[2]

Team standings

  • Note: Top 10 only
  • (H) = Hosts
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Full results[3]
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Virginia (DC) 551.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Texas 406
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stanford 399.5
4 Alabama 288
5 NC State 279
6 Louisville 196.5
7 Michigan 184.5
8 California 180
9 Ohio State 165
10 Tennessee 127

Swimming results

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 freestyle Kate Douglass
Virginia		 20.84 Gretchen Walsh
Virginia		 20.95 Maggie MacNeil
Michigan		 21.38
100 freestyle Gretchen Walsh
Virginia		 46.05 Morgan Scott
Alabama		 46.78 Katharine Berkoff
NC State		 46.95
200 freestyle Taylor Ruck
Stanford		 1:41.12 Isabel Ivey
California		 1:41.59 Kelly Pash
Texas		 1:42.38
500 freestyle Lia Thomas
Penn		 4:33.24 Emma Weyant
Virginia		 4:34.99 Erica Sullivan
Texas		 4:35.92
1650 freestyle Paige McKenna
Wisconsin		 15:40.84 Erica Sullivan
Texas		 15:45.94 Kensey McMahon
Alabama		 15:47.60
100 backstroke Katharine Berkoff
NC State		 48.74 Gretchen Walsh
Virginia		 49.00 Regan Smith
Stanford		 49.96
200 backstroke Regan Smith
Stanford		 1:47.76 Phoebe Bacon
Wisconsin		 1:49.29 Rhyan White
Alabama		 1:49.36
100 breaststroke Kaitlyn Dobler
USC		 56.93 Alexis Wenger
Virginia		 56.97 Sophie Hansson
NC State		 57.01
200 breaststroke Kate Douglass
Virginia		 2:02.19 Anna Elendt
Texas		 2:04.31 Sophie Hansson
NC State		 2:04.76
100 butterfly Kate Douglass
Virginia		 49.04 Torri Huske
Stanford		 49.17 Maggie MacNeil
Michigan		 49.18
200 butterfly Alex Walsh
Virginia		 1:50.79 Regan Smith
Stanford
Olivia Carter
Michigan		 1:51.19 None awarded
200 IM Alex Walsh
Virginia		 1:50.08 Torri Huske
Stanford		 1:51.81 Isabel Ivey
California		 1:53.02
400 IM Alex Walsh
Virginia		 3:57.25 Brooke Forde
Stanford		 4:00.41 Ella Nelson
Virginia		 4:02.45
200 freestyle relay Virginia
Kate Douglass (21.06)
Alex Walsh (21.46)
Lexi Cuomo (21.86)
Gretchen Walsh (20.58)		 1:24.96 Alabama
Kalia Antoniou (21.64)
Morgan Scott (21.28)
Kailyn Winter (21.42)
Cora Dupre (21.13)		 1:25.47 NC State
Katharine Berkoff (21.58)
Kylee Alons (21.49)
Sophie Hansson (22.05)
Abby Arens (21.25)		 1:26.37
400 freestyle relay Virginia
Kate Douglass (46.62)
Alex Walsh (46.49)
Reilly Tiltmann (47.79)
Gretchen Walsh (46.01)		 3:06.91 Stanford
Torri Huske (46.82)
Lillie Nordmann (47.71)
Regan Smith (47.74)
Taylor Ruck (46.70)		 3:08.97 Alabama
Diana Petkova (48.35)
Morgan Scott (46.73)
Kalia Antoniou (47.49)
Cora Dupre (46.50)		 3:09.07
800 freestyle relay Stanford
Torri Huske (1:41.93)
Taylor Ruck (1:40.49)
Regan Smith (1:43.35)
Brooke Forde (1:42.53)		 6:48.30 Virginia
Reilly Tiltmann (1:43.17)
Alex Walsh (1:41.92)
Ella Nelson (1:43.58)
Emma Weyant (1:44.80)		 6:53.47 California
Isabel Ivey (1:41.35)
Ayla Spitz (1:44.37)
Mia Motekaitis (1:44.59)
Leah Polonsky (1:43.21)		 6:53.52
200 medley relay Virginia
Gretchen Walsh (22.81)
Alexis Wenger (26.08)
Lexi Cuomo (22.72)
Kate Douglass (20.55)		 1:32.16 NC State
Katharine Berkoff (22.76)
Sophie Hansson (26.05)
Abby Arens (22.93)
Kylee Alons (21.22)		 1:32.96 Ohio State
Emily Crane (23.89)
Hannah Bach (25.78)
Katherine Zenick (22.51)
Amy Fulmer (20.98)		 1:33.16
400 medley relay Virginia
Gretchen Walsh (49.44)
Alexis Wenger (57.27)
Alex Walsh (49.45)
Kate Douglass (46.18)		 3:22.34 NC State
Katharine Berkoff (49.25)
Sophie Hansson (56.67)
Kylee Alons (50.28)
Abby Arens (47.09)		 3:23.29 Stanford
Regan Smith (49.81)
Allie Raab (59.15)
Torri Huske (50.01)
Taylor Ruck (46.66)		 3:25.63

Diving results

Event Gold Silver Bronze
1 m diving Mia Vallée
Miami (Florida)		 365.75 Sarah Bacon
Minnesota		 356.60 Aranza Vázquez
North Carolina		 354.75
3 m diving Sarah Bacon
Minnesota		 409.25 Kristen Hayden
Indiana		 397.20 Tarrin Gilliland
Indiana		 382.00
Platform diving Tarrin Gilliland
Indiana		 372.95 Delaney Schnell
Arizona		 345.10 Jordan Skilken
Texas		 315.45

See also

References

  1. ^ "2021-2022 NCAA Championship Sites" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  2. ^ Levenson, Eric; Almasy, Steven (17 March 2022). "Swimmer Lia Thomas becomes first transgender athlete to win an NCAA D-I title". CNN. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  3. ^ "NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 18, 2022.