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This year she didn’t need a tie to win. Louisville junior Mallory Comerford successfully defended her 200 free title she tied with Stanford’s Katie Ledecky. Comerford also became only the second swimmer to break 1:40 in the 200 free as she swam a 1:39.80.
Comerford sits second all-time behind Missy Franklin who swam a 1:39.10 in 2015. Franklin is also the last person to successfully defend the 200 free title.
Comerford had pressure early on from Siobhan Haughey of Michigan and Simone Manuel of Stanford as Haughey was second at 1:40.69 and Manuel was third at 1:41.48.
Stanford’s Katie Drabot (1:43.20), Cal’s Robin Neummann (1:43.54), Texas A&M’s Claire Rasmus (1:43.65), Virginia’s Megan Moroney (1:44.20) and Cal’s Katie McLaughlin (1:44.32) also competed in the championship final.
This was McLaughlin’s second A-final of the night as she was sixth in the 100 fly just one event prior.
This is Louisville’s second straight NCAA title in the event and is the second Louisville women’s swimmer to win an individual event at NCAA’s after Kelsi Worrell won four titles in the 100 and 200 fly.
Event 10 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
American: A 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
U.S. Open: O 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
Meet: C 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
Pool: P 1:41.17 12/1/2017 Mallory Comerford, Louisville
1:43.30 AUTO NCAA A Standard
1:47.99 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Mallory Comerfo JR Louisville 1:41.61 1:39.80P 20
r:+0.66 23.90 49.42 (25.52)
1:14.55 (25.13) 1:39.80 (25.25)
2 Siobhan Haughey JR Michigan 1:43.04 1:40.69P 17
r:+0.70 23.84 49.55 (25.71)
1:15.31 (25.76) 1:40.69 (25.38)
3 Simone Manuel SR Stanford 1:43.08 1:41.48 16
r:+0.71 23.88 49.60 (25.72)
1:15.22 (25.62) 1:41.48 (26.26)
4 Katie Drabot SO Stanford 1:43.68 1:43.20 15
r:+0.73 24.39 50.60 (26.21)
1:16.97 (26.37) 1:43.20 (26.23)
5 Robin Neumann FR California 1:43.38 1:43.54 14
r:+0.71 24.30 50.43 (26.13)
1:17.06 (26.63) 1:43.54 (26.48)
6 Claire Rasmus JR TAMU 1:43.49 1:43.65 13
r:+0.68 24.69 51.12 (26.43)
1:17.67 (26.55) 1:43.65 (25.98)
7 Megan Moroney SO Virginia 1:43.68 1:44.20 12
r:+0.56 24.61 50.84 (26.23)
1:17.16 (26.32) 1:44.20 (27.04)
8 Katie McLaughli JR California 1:43.71 1:44.32 11
r:+0.70 24.93 51.43 (26.50)
1:17.94 (26.51) 1:44.32 (26.38)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 10 1. Stanford 318 2. California 211 3. Michigan 133 4. Texas A&M 132 5. Tennessee 131.5 6. Louisville 131 7. Texas 118 8. Virginia 102 9. Minnesota 75 10. Ohio St 73 11. Georgia 62 12. Southern Cal 50 13. Auburn 49.5 14. Indiana 47 15. Arizona 45 16. Missouri 39 17. Wisconsin 33 18. Kentucky 32 19. South Carolina 28 20. UNC 25 21. NC State 22 22. Denver 20 23. Purdue 18 24. University of Nevada 16 25. Arizona St 14 26. Northwestern 11 27. Arkansas 9 27. Penn St 9 29. UCLA 8 30. Rutgers 6 31. Louisiana State University 5 31. Virginia Tech 5 33. Florida 4 33. Alabama 4 35. Duke 2 35. University of Miami 2 37. Florida St 1
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