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California’s Missy Franklin managed to capture her third individual title of the meet with a 200-yard back triumph at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Franklin raced her way to a 1:47.91, just missing teammate Elizabeth Pelton’s NCAA and American record title of 1:47.84 set in 2013.
With her 200 IM and 200 free wins, Franklin is the first woman to win three individual titles since Katinka Hosszu did it for Southern California in 2011.
That’s five total wins for Franklin this week as she also took part in the 200 medley relay and the 800 free relay.
Franklin is just the second person to ever break 1:48 as she leapfrogged Gemma Spofforth (1:48.34) into second all time.
That’s California’s sixth win in the event’s history. Previous wins:
2001 Natalie Coughlin, California, 1:51.02
2002 Natalie Coughlin, California, 1:49.52
2003 Natalie Coughlin, California, 1:50.86
2006 Helen Silver, California, 1:53.01
2013 Elizabeth Pelton, California, 1:47.84
Missy Franklin, California
Is there was a way to sum up your collegiate swimming now that you’re finished your individual events?
“Oh you know, it’s so hard, I’m so grateful for the experience that I’ve had. You know, it’s been a very emotional couple of days and I am just so proud of my team and what we’ve accomplished here and this is honestly the perfect way to end it. Like this is what I gave things up for and the best part is, is it doesn’t even feel like I gave anything up because I gained so much.”Is there anything that you could share with the young people or the parents that are out there, wondering if they should go into college swimming or where they should end up?
“Yeah, you know I would say that the experience that I’ve had even just the two years is worth so much more than anything I could have got given some opportunities I had after the Olympics. The friendships that I made and the things I’ve learned about myself, just being able to be a normal college athlete and student — for me, that’s completely priceless and I would make that decision 100 times over again.”
Virginia’s Courtney Bartholomew touched second in 1:49.35, just beating her previous personal best of 1:49.87 to move to fourth all time in the event’s history.
Denver’s Sam Corea took third in 1:50.87, while Pelton finished a surprising seventh in 1:52.08. Defending champion Brooklynn Snodgrass of Indiana wound up eighth in 1:52.23.
1 Franklin, Missy SO California-PC 1:50.32 1:47.91PD1-A 20
r:+0.66 26.26 53.73 (27.47)
1:20.86 (27.13) 1:47.91 (27.05)
2 Bartholomew, Co JR Virginia-VA 1:51.16 1:49.35PD1-A 17
r:+0.61 25.84 53.51 (27.67)
1:21.30 (27.79) 1:49.35 (28.05)
3 Corea, Sam SR Denver-CO 1:50.56 1:50.87 D1-A 16
r:+0.56 26.84 55.36 (28.52)
1:23.00 (27.64) 1:50.87 (27.87)
4 Galyer, Daniell SO Kentucky-KY 1:50.86 1:51.68 D1-A 15
r:+0.57 26.56 54.58 (28.02)
1:23.20 (28.62) 1:51.68 (28.48)
5 Stewart, Kylie FR Georgia-GA 1:51.76 1:51.70 D1-A 14
r:+0.68 26.62 54.70 (28.08)
1:23.21 (28.51) 1:51.70 (28.49)
6 Klaren, Melanie SR California-PC 1:52.25 1:51.83 D1-A 13
r:+0.62 26.36 54.84 (28.48)
1:23.46 (28.62) 1:51.83 (28.37)
7 Pelton, Elizabe JR California-PC 1:50.31 1:52.08 D1-A 12
r:+0.65 26.47 54.23 (27.76)
1:22.88 (28.65) 1:52.08 (29.20)
8 Snodgrass, Broo JR Indiana-IN 1:51.96 1:52.23 D1-A 11
r:+0.70 26.51 54.74 (28.23)
1:23.43 (28.69) 1:52.23 (28.80)
1. California 445.5 2. Georgia 349.5 3. Stanford 264 4. Virginia 206 5. Texas A&M 174.5 6. Louisville 151 7. Southern California 130 8. Texas 125 9. Tennessee 110 10. Arizona 93 10. Indiana 93 12. Missouri 90 13. Florida 89 14. Minnesota 66 15. Kentucky 63 16. Wisconsin 62 17. NC State 51 18. Penn State 50 19. UNC 45.5 20. Notre Dame 40 21. Florida Gulf Coast 37.5 22. Auburn 37 23. Denver 33 24. Florida State 30 25. Michigan 29 26. UCLA 26 26. University of Miami (Florida) 26 28. So. Methodist 25.5 29. Purdue 24 29. Miami University (Ohio) 24 31. Alabama 17 32. Nevada 16 33. Virginia Tech 13 34. Illinois State University 12 34. Oregon State 12 36. Iowa 10 37. Lsu 8 38. Ohio State 5 39. San Diego State 4 39. Kansas 4 39. Hawaii (W) 4 42. Pittsburgh 2 42. Arkansas 2 44. Cincinnati 1
2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving, Live Results – Results