2022 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships explained

2022 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Hostcity: Atlanta, Georgia
Dates:March 16–19, 2022
Venues:McAuley Aquatic Center
Georgia Institute of Technology
Athletes:322
Previous:2021
Next:2023

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

Rank Team Points
Virginia (DC)551.5
Texas406
Stanford399.5
Alabama288
NC State279
Louisville196.5
Michigan184.5
California180
Ohio State165
Tennessee127

Swimming results

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

Diving results

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-2022 NCAA Championship Sites. NCAA. NCAA.org. March 17, 2022.
  2. News: Levenson . Eric . Almasy . Steven . 17 March 2022 . Swimmer Lia Thomas becomes first transgender athlete to win an NCAA D-I title . . 26 March 2022.
  3. Web site: NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship. National Collegiate Athletic Association. March 18, 2022.