2018 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

2018 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Host cityOhio Columbus, Ohio
Date(s)March 14–17, 2018
Venue(s)McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion
Ohio State University
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The 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested March 14–17, 2018 at the 37th 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 Ohio State University at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio.[1]

Stanford went back-to-back in national titles for the first time since 1996, and their tenth overall title. They finished 220 points ahead of California. The Cardinal scored in every single event except for the 1 meter diving and the platform diving. Stanford also became the third team to sweep all five relays at an NCAA Championship.

Ella Eastin of Stanford was awarded the 2018 CSCAA Swimmer of the Year with her victories in the 200 IM, 400 IM, and 200 butterfly. Her wins in the 200 IM and 400 IM were both American records. She was also a part of two winning relays, the 800 free relay (along with Katie Ledecky, Katie Drabot, and Brooke Forde), and the 400 free relay (along with Drabot, Simone Manuel, and Janet Hu).[2]

Stanford's Greg Meehan was awarded the 2018 CSCAA Division 1 Women's Coach of the Year for the second year, coaching Simone Manuel, Ella Eastin, Katie Ledecky, and Ally Howe to individual wins.[3]

Team standings

  • Note: Top 10 only
  • (H) = Hosts
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Debut finish in the Top 10
  • Full results[4]
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Stanford (DC) 593
2nd place, silver medalist(s) California 373
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Texas A&M 299
4 Michigan 267
5 Louisville 232
6 Texas 221.5
7 Tennessee 194
8 Indiana 169
9 Virginia 161
10 Minnesota 157

Swimming Results

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 freestyle Simone Manuel
Stanford		 21.18 Erika Brown
Tennessee		 21.51 Liz Li
Ohio State		 21.59
100 freestyle Simone Manuel
Stanford		 45.65 Mallory Comerford
Louisville		 46.20 Abbey Weitzeil
California		 46.74
200 freestyle Mallory Comerford
Louisville		 1:39.80 Siobhán Haughey
Michigan		 1:40.69 Simone Manuel
Stanford		 1:41.48
500 freestyle Katie Ledecky
Stanford		 4:26.57 Katie Drabot
Stanford		 4:34.86 Kirsten Jacobsen
Arizona		 4:35.04
1650 freestyle Katie Ledecky
Stanford		 15:07.57 Ally McHugh
Penn State		 15:36.27 Hannah Moore
NC State		 15:40.68
100 backstroke Ally Howe
Stanford		 49.69 Beata Nelson
Wisconsin		 49.92 Kathleen Baker
California		 50.18
200 backstroke Kathleen Baker
California		 1:47.30 Asia Seidt
Kentucky		 1:49.24 Beata Nelson
Wisconsin		 1:49.27
100 breaststroke Lilly King
Indiana		 56.25 Miranda Tucker
Michigan		 57.98 Lindsey Kozelsky
Minnesota		 58.18
200 breaststroke Lilly King
Indiana		 2:02.60 Bethany Galat
Texas A&M		 2:03.26 Sydney Pickrem
Texas A&M		 2:05.76
100 butterfly Louise Hansson
USC		 49.80 Erika Brown
Tennessee		 50.34 Janet Hu
Stanford		 50.56
200 butterfly Ella Eastin
Stanford		 1:50.01 Katie Drabot
Stanford		 1:51.73 Louise Hansson
USC		 1:52.64
200 IM Ella Eastin
Stanford		 1:50.67 Kathleen Baker
California		 1:51.25 Sydney Pickrem
Texas A&M		 1:52.35
400 IM Ella Eastin
Stanford		 3:54.60 Katie Ledecky
Stanford		 3:58.29 Sydney Pickrem
Texas A&M		 3:59.05
200 freestyle relay Stanford
Janet Hu (21.65)
Simone Manuel (20.89)
Lauren Pitzer (21.62)
Ally Howe (21.27)		 1:25.43 California
Maddie Murphy (21.64)
Amy Bilquist (21.08)
Katie McLaughlin (21.47)
Abbey Weitzeil (21.01)		 1:25.50 Tennessee
Erika Brown (21.61)
Maddy Banic (21.86)
Stanzi Moseley (21.74)
Bailey Grinter (21.89)		 1:27.10
400 freestyle relay Stanford
Janet Hu (47.49)
Ella Eastin (47.13)
Katie Drabot (47.85)
Simone Manuel (45.47)		 3:07.94 California
Amy Bilquist (47.59)
Abbey Weitzeil (46.37)
Kathleen Baker (47.21)
Katie McLaughlin (46.88)		 3:08.05 Virginia
Morgan Hill (48.23)
Laine Reed (47.40)
Kyla Valls (47.47)
Caitlin Cooper (47.40)		 3:10.50
800 freestyle relay Stanford
Katie Drabot (1:42.99)
Ella Eastin (1:41.13)
Brooke Forde (1:42.94)
Katie Ledecky (1:39.87)		 6:46.93 Michigan
Catie Deloof (1:43.35)
Siobhán Haughey (1:40.49)
Rose Bi (1:43.88)
Gabby Deloof (1:42.31)		 6:50.03 California
Robin Neumann (1:43.78)
Kathleen Baker (1:42.78)
Katie McLaughlin (1:41.64)
Amy Bilquist (1:42.63)		 6:51.42
200 medley relay Stanford
Ally Howe (23.54)
Kim Williams (26.50)
Janet Hu (22.62)
Simone Manuel (20.45)		 1:33.11 California
Kathleen Baker (23.56)
Abbey Weitzeil (26.68)
Noemie Thomas (22.66)
Amy Bilquist (20.95)		 1:33.85 Indiana
Ally Rockett (23.54)
Lilly King (25.38)
Christine Jensen (22.66)
Grace Haskett (21.79)		 1:33.89
400 medley relay Stanford
Ally Howe (50.34)
Kim Williams (58.59)
Janet Hu (50.36)
Simone Manuel (45.80)		 3:25.09 Indiana
Ally Rockett (51.31)
Lilly King (56.02)
Christine Jensen (51.13)
Kennedy Goss (47.63)		 3:26.09 California
Kathleen Baker (50.66)
Ali Harrison (58.89)
Noemie Thomas (50.25)
Abbey Weitzeil (47.06)		 3:26.86

Diving Results

Event Gold Silver Bronze
1 m diving Sarah Bacon
Minnesota		 343.50 Julia Vincent
South Carolina		 333.50 Sharae Zheng
Nevada		 325.25
3 m diving Brooke Schultz
Arkansas		 399.45 Sharae Zheng
Nevada		 394.95 Julia Vincent
South Carolina		 361.75
Platform diving Olivia Rosendahl
Northwestern		 346.15 Murphy Bromberg
Texas		 335.30 Eloise Belanger
UCLA		 300.65

See also

References

  1. ^ "2014-2018 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "Ella Eastin Earns CSCAA Swimmer of the Year at 2018 W. NCAAs". 18 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Greg Meehan Named 2018 CSCAA Division I Women's Coach of the Year". 18 March 2018.
  4. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championship". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 3, 2017.