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The Day 3 finals 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 and some how, some way, Kate Douglass got it done again with another American record.
“I honestly didn’t even know it was that close until I rewatched the race,” Douglass said. “This morning, I was focusing on my underwaters and my stroke count. Tonight, I just wanted to focus on racing and upping my rate. I put my head down that last 25 and focused on racing to the wall.”
The setup … Coming into the meet, it looked like a three-way showdown between NCAA and Olympic champion Maggie Mac Neil of Michigan, Stanford freshman Olympian and long-course American record holder Torri Huske and Virginia’s Kate Douglass, who was runner-up last year to Mac Neil, who broke the NCAA record with a 48.89.
The prelims added some more layers to the mix as Tennessee’s Ellen Walshe took the third seed in her second event of the day after also taking the third seed in the 400 IM, an incredible double performance of back-to-back events. Emma Sticklen was also faster than Mac Neil in the prelims, while Louisville’s Gabi Albiero had a great swim to sneak into the finals with Kylee Alons and Olivia Bray.
In short, a loaded field.
The race … Huske led after 50 yards but Mac Neil touched first at the 75 mark and had the lead heading into the final 10 yards.
But Kate Douglass used a smooth finish to pass both swimmers who finished with long stroke touches, and touch first in 49.04, winning her second individual NCAA title of the meet and setting her second American record.
Huske finished second in 49.17 and Mac Neil, who needed a longer stroke to get to the wall finished third in 49.18. Huske was also under the previous American record set by Claire Curzan (49.24).
Texas sophomore Emma Sticklen was fourth in 40.29, followed by NC State’s Kylee Alons (50.64), Louisville’s Gabi Albiero (50.88), Texas‘ Olivia Bray (50.97) and Tennessee’s Ellen Walshe (51.42), who had just finished eighth in the 400 IM, the event right before this one.
Michigan’s Olivia Carter won the B final in 50.82, holding off Alabama’s Rhyan White (50.85) in an exciting finish.
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 Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Douglass, Kate JR Virginia 50.06 49.04A 20
r:+0.65 22.86 49.04 (26.18)
2 Huske, Torri FR Stanford 50.62 49.17A 17
r:+0.60 22.72 49.17 (26.45)
3 MacNeil, Maggie SR Michigan 50.76 49.18P 16
r:+0.62 22.79 49.18 (26.39)
4 Sticklen, Emma SO Texas 50.73 50.29 15
r:+0.61 23.37 50.29 (26.92)
5 Alons, Kylee SR NCSU 50.94 50.64 14
r:+0.63 23.32 50.64 (27.32)
6 Albiero, Gabi SO Louisville 50.84 50.88 13
r:+0.62 24.06 50.88 (26.82)
7 Bray, Olivia SO Texas 51.04 50.97 12
r:+0.72 23.57 50.97 (27.40)
8 Walshe, Ellen FR Tennessee 50.65 51.42 11
r:+0.66 23.58 51.42 (27.84)
=== Consolation Final ===
9 Carter, Olivia SR Michigan 51.43 50.82 9
r:+0.64 23.96 50.82 (26.86)
10 White, Rhyan SR Alabama 51.27 50.85 7
r:+0.64 23.89 50.85 (26.96)
11 Luther, Dakota SR Georgia 51.37 51.01 6
r:+0.67 23.88 51.01 (27.13)
12 Ulett, Tristen SO Louisville 51.79 51.02 5
r:+0.71 23.93 51.02 (27.09)
13 Zenick, Katherine SO Ohio St 51.64 51.48 4
r:+0.60 23.67 51.48 (27.81)
14 Nava, Jessica SR Virginia 51.79 51.88 3
r:+0.65 24.16 51.88 (27.72)
15 Cuomo, Lexi JR Virginia 51.22 51.97 2
r:+0.69 23.91 51.97 (28.06)
16 Vannote, Ellie JR UNC 51.73 52.06 1
r:+0.70 24.32 52.06 (27.74)
