NCAA Women’s Championships: Erica Sullivan Claims Top Seed in 500
NCAA Women’s Championships: Erica Sullivan Claims Top Seed in 500
The 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships continued from Knoxville, Tennessee, on Thursday with the Day 2 prelims session.
The Day 2 prelims session consists of the 500 freestyle, 200 IM and 50 freestyle.
NCAA Women’s 500 Freestyle
Texas swimmers Erica Sullivan and Olivia Bray had a duel in the final heat of the 500 free that was joined by Wisconsin’s Abby Carlson about halfway through.
It will make for an intriguing showdown in the finals.
Sullivan took the top NCAA seed in 4:36.51 to hold off Carlson (4:37.56).
A couple of swimmers from earlier heats ended up between Carlson and Bray.
Georgia’s Rachel Stege took the third seed in 4:37.72, followed by Alabama’s Kensey McMahon (4:37.81).
Bray was fifth in 4:38.48, followed by Georgia’s Dune Coetzee (4:38.54), Indiana’s Ching Hwee Gan (4:39.31) and Florida’s Emma Weyant (4:39.51).
NCAA 3 Women 500 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== NCAA: N 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford Meet: M 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford American: A 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford US Open: O 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford Pool: P 4:33.09 11/19/2020Paige Madden, Virginia Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Sullivan, Erica SO Texas 4:35.88 4:36.51 r:+0.51 25.49 52.63 (27.14) 1:20.35 (27.72) 1:48.10 (27.75) 2:16.10 (28.00) 2:44.36 (28.26) 3:12.62 (28.26) 3:40.87 (28.25) 4:08.93 (28.06) 4:36.51 (27.58) 2 Carlson, Abby SO Wisconsin 4:38.15 4:37.56 r:+0.65 25.69 53.24 (27.55) 1:21.30 (28.06) 1:49.45 (28.15) 2:17.74 (28.29) 2:46.06 (28.32) 3:14.19 (28.13) 3:42.04 (27.85) 4:09.69 (27.65) 4:37.56 (27.87) 3 Stege, Rachel SO Georgia 4:36.31 4:37.72 r:+0.58 25.29 52.77 (27.48) 1:20.65 (27.88) 1:48.57 (27.92) 2:16.77 (28.20) 2:45.17 (28.40) 3:13.35 (28.18) 3:41.70 (28.35) 4:10.20 (28.50) 4:37.72 (27.52) 4 McMahon, Kensey 5Y Alabama 4:40.03 4:37.81 25.96 53.70 (27.74) 1:21.40 (27.70) 1:49.41 (28.01) 2:17.40 (27.99) 2:45.56 (28.16) 3:13.74 (28.18) 3:41.93 (28.19) 4:10.25 (28.32) 4:37.81 (27.56) 5 Bray, Olivia JR Texas 4:37.31 4:38.48 r:+0.70 24.99 52.58 (27.59) 1:20.58 (28.00) 1:48.87 (28.29) 2:16.89 (28.02) 2:44.91 (28.02) 3:13.03 (28.12) 3:41.51 (28.48) 4:10.38 (28.87) 4:38.48 (28.10) 6 Coetzee, Dune SO Georgia 4:40.75 4:38.54 r:+0.75 25.45 52.96 (27.51) 1:20.96 (28.00) 1:49.04 (28.08) 2:17.45 (28.41) 2:45.87 (28.42) 3:14.18 (28.31) 3:42.68 (28.50) 4:10.85 (28.17) 4:38.54 (27.69) 7 Gan, Ching Hwee SO Indiana 4:38.96 4:39.21 r:+0.62 25.63 53.27 (27.64) 1:21.18 (27.91) 1:49.21 (28.03) 2:17.44 (28.23) 2:45.60 (28.16) 3:13.88 (28.28) 3:42.42 (28.54) 4:11.21 (28.79) 4:39.21 (28.00) 8 Weyant, Emma SO Florida 4:37.96 4:39.51 r:+0.75 25.81 53.14 (27.33) 1:21.18 (28.04) 1:49.29 (28.11) 2:17.50 (28.21) 2:45.46 (27.96) 3:13.88 (28.42) 3:42.53 (28.65) 4:11.27 (28.74) 4:39.51 (28.24) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Donohoe, Madelyn SR Virginia 4:39.53 4:39.58 r:+0.63 26.00 54.12 (28.12) 1:22.43 (28.31) 1:51.04 (28.61) 2:19.78 (28.74) 2:47.99 (28.21) 3:16.04 (28.05) 3:44.39 (28.35) 4:12.66 (28.27) 4:39.58 (26.92) 10 McCarville, Kate SO Tennessee 4:38.99 4:40.43 r:+0.67 26.00 53.97 (27.97) 1:22.14 (28.17) 1:50.42 (28.28) 2:18.53 (28.11) 2:46.85 (28.32) 3:15.27 (28.42) 3:43.76 (28.49) 4:12.21 (28.45) 4:40.43 (28.22) 11 Mrozinski, Julia SO Tennessee 4:40.22 4:40.53 r:+0.48 25.50 54.17 (28.67) 1:22.76 (28.59) 1:51.41 (28.65) 2:19.93 (28.52) 2:48.61 (28.68) 3:16.94 (28.33) 3:45.50 (28.56) 4:13.64 (28.14) 4:40.53 (26.89) 12 Zavaros, Mabel JR Florida 4:39.28 4:40.54 r:+0.67 25.95 53.90 (27.95) 1:21.95 (28.05) 1:50.12 (28.17) 2:18.32 (28.20) 2:46.55 (28.23) 3:15.10 (28.55) 3:43.98 (28.88) 4:12.79 (28.81) 4:40.54 (27.75) 12 Mannion, Natalie FR Stanford 4:42.95 4:40.54 r:+0.57 25.78 53.94 (28.16) 1:22.65 (28.71) 1:51.05 (28.40) 2:19.61 (28.56) 2:48.32 (28.71) 3:16.77 (28.45) 3:45.03 (28.26) 4:12.96 (27.93) 4:40.54 (27.58) 14 Mathieu, Tylor SR Florida 4:39.21 4:40.62 r:+0.78 26.61 54.70 (28.09) 1:22.99 (28.29) 1:51.70 (28.71) 2:20.15 (28.45) 2:48.65 (28.50) 3:17.08 (28.43) 3:45.47 (28.39) 4:13.41 (27.94) 4:40.62 (27.21) 15 Motekaitis, Mia SR California 4:41.11 4:40.80 r:+0.64 25.34 53.13 (27.79) 1:21.54 (28.41) 1:50.19 (28.65) 2:18.90 (28.71) 2:47.52 (28.62) 3:16.21 (28.69) 3:44.82 (28.61) 4:13.27 (28.45) 4:40.80 (27.53) 16 Looney, Lindsay SR ASU 4:38.29 4:40.81 r:+0.65 25.91 53.86 (27.95) 1:22.34 (28.48) 1:51.00 (28.66) 2:19.71 (28.71) 2:48.29 (28.58) 3:16.70 (28.41) 3:45.16 (28.46) 4:13.48 (28.32) 4:40.81 (27.33) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17 McKenna, Paige SO Wisconsin 4:40.98 4:40.82 r:+0.77 26.25 54.50 (28.25) 1:22.78 (28.28) 1:51.27 (28.49) 2:19.76 (28.49) 2:48.28 (28.52) 3:16.73 (28.45) 3:45.13 (28.40) 4:13.31 (28.18) 4:40.82 (27.51) 18 Stege, Kristen SR Tennessee 4:36.35 4:40.88 r:+0.64 26.02 53.94 (27.92) 1:22.43 (28.49) 1:50.97 (28.54) 2:19.76 (28.79) 2:47.88 (28.12) 3:16.21 (28.33) 3:44.77 (28.56) 4:13.68 (28.91) 4:40.88 (27.20)