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The Day 3 prelims session of the 2022 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships continued from the McAuley Aquatic Center at Georgia Tech with the 100 butterfly.
Michigan senior Maggie Mac Neil came into the event as the defending NCAA and Olympic champion in the event. She also holds the NCAA record at 48.89 set last year.
Meanwhile, Stanford freshman Torri Huske made the Olympic team for the U.S. in the event, breaking the American long-course record at the Olympic trials.
Virginia’s Kate Douglass broke the American record in the 50 freestyle on Thursday, giving the event a stunning three-way star power.
In the fifth heat, Virginia’s Kate Douglass held off a late surge to finish in 50.06, ahead of NC State’s Kylee Alons (50.94) and Rhyan White (51.27) in the first of her double. Douglass took the top seed overall. Alons took the seventh seed and White took the 10th spot.
Michigan’s Maggie Mac Neil was in the sixth heat and was bested by Texas’ Emma Sticklen (50.73). Mac Neil was second in the heat at 50.76 and had the fifth seed overall behind Sticklen.
Huske was in Lane 4 of the final heat and finished in 50.62 to hold off Tennessee’s Ellen Walshe (50.65) to win the heat. They took the seconds and third seeds, respectively, overall.
Louisville’s Gabi Albiero took the sixth seed ahead of Alons and Texas sophomore Olivia Bray (51.04).
Event 9 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 48.89 3/19/2021 Maggie MacNeil, Michigan
Meet: M 48.89 3/19/2021 Maggie MacNeil, Michigan
American: A 49.24 2/10/2022 Claire Curzan, TAC Titans
US Open: O 48.89 3/19/2021 Maggie MacNeil, Michigan
Pool: P 49.43 3/18/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Douglass, Kate JR Virginia 50.06
r:+0.68 23.47 50.06 (26.59)
2 Huske, Torri FR Stanford 50.62
r:+0.61 23.36 50.62 (27.26)
3 Walshe, Ellen FR Tennessee 50.65
r:+0.65 24.05 50.65 (26.60)
4 Sticklen, Emma SO Texas 50.73
r:+0.63 23.65 50.73 (27.08)
5 MacNeil, Maggie SR Michigan 50.76
r:+0.61 23.62 50.76 (27.14)
6 Albiero, Gabi SO Louisville 50.84
r:+0.63 23.94 50.84 (26.90)
7 Alons, Kylee SR NCSU 50.94
r:+0.66 23.59 50.94 (27.35)
8 Bray, Olivia SO Texas 51.04
r:+0.73 23.73 51.04 (27.31)
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9 Cuomo, Lexi JR Virginia 51.22
r:+0.67 23.44 51.22 (27.78)
10 White, Rhyan SR Alabama 51.27
r:+0.65 24.07 51.27 (27.20)
11 Luther, Dakota SR Georgia 51.37
r:+0.66 24.03 51.37 (27.34)
12 Carter, Olivia SR Michigan 51.43
r:+0.64 23.95 51.43 (27.48)
13 Zenick, Katherine SO Ohio St 51.64
r:+0.61 24.04 51.64 (27.60)
14 Vannote, Ellie JR UNC 51.73
r:+0.67 24.25 51.73 (27.48)
15 Nava, Jessica SR Virginia 51.79
r:+0.66 24.11 51.79 (27.68)
15 Ulett, Tristen SO Louisville 51.79
r:+0.73 24.24 51.79 (27.55)
