The 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships continued with the prelims of the 100 freestyle.
Another one of the most stacked and most anticipated races of the meet, it was full of swimmers who have already had showdowns in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly.
The 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships continued with the prelims of the 100 freestyle.
Another one of the most stacked and most anticipated races of the meet, it was full of swimmers who have already had showdowns in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly.
There were a few fast times from the non-circle-seeded heats, but Stanford’s Torri Huske took the first circle-seeded heat in 47.19.
The next heat was even faster as defending champion Gretchen Walsh of Virginia, scorched a 46.66, just ahead of NC State’s Katharine Berkoff in 46.91.
The final heat saw Gabi Albiero take the win in 46.88, while LSU’s Maggie Mac Neil was next in 46.90, setting up a stellar and completely stacked top eight.
Walsh had the overall top seed in 46.66 with just seven tenths of a second separating the first and eighth seeds in the finals.
Albiero took the second seed in 46.88, followed by Mac Neil (46.90), Berkoff (46.91) and Huske (47.19).
Louisville got its other top sprinter into the finals as well with Christiana Regenauer earning the sixth seed in 47.33.
Ohio State junior Katherine Zenick was seventh (47.34), while Hawaii fifth-year Laticia-Leigh Transom earned the eighth seed (47.39) but three hundredths over Virginia’s Maxine Parker.
Event 17 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 45.56 3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
Meet: M 45.56 3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
American: A 45.56 3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
US Open: O 45.56 3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
Pool: P 46.15 11/23/2019Erika Brown, Tennessee
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Walsh, Gretchen SO Virginia 46.32 46.66
r:+0.78 22.22 46.66 (24.44)
2 Albiero, Gabi JR Louisville 46.95 46.88
r:+0.60 22.47 46.88 (24.41)
3 MacNeil, Maggie 5Y LSU 46.27 46.90
r:+0.64 22.40 46.90 (24.50)
4 Berkoff, Katharine SR NC State 47.02 46.91
r:+0.69 22.70 46.91 (24.21)
5 Huske, Torri SO Stanford 46.85 47.19
r:+0.62 22.55 47.19 (24.64)
6 Regenauer, Christiana SR Louisville 47.47 47.33
r:+0.67 22.88 47.33 (24.45)
7 Zenick, Katherine JR Ohio St 47.37 47.34
r:+0.61 22.55 47.34 (24.79)
8 Transom, Laticia-Leig 5Y Hawaii 47.86 47.39
r:+0.72 22.95 47.39 (24.44)
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9 Parker, Maxine JR Virginia 48.29 47.42
r:+0.70 22.70 47.42 (24.72)
10 Antoniou, Kalia 5Y Alabama 47.46 47.55
r:+0.69 22.75 47.55 (24.80)
11 Fulmer, Amy SR Ohio St 47.02 47.62
r:+0.69 22.68 47.62 (24.94)
12 Countie, Grace SR UNC 48.21 47.70
r:+0.70 22.66 47.70 (25.04)
13 Cuomo, Lexi SR Virginia 47.71 47.89
r:+0.69 22.70 47.89 (25.19)
14 Stepanek, Chloe JR TAMU 47.67 47.97
r:+0.65 22.98 47.97 (24.99)
15 Canny, Aimee FR Virginia 48.05 47.98
r:+0.71 22.97 47.98 (25.01)
16 Paegle, Kristina FR Indiana 48.15 47.99
r:+0.66 22.92 47.99 (25.07)
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17 Welch, Ella FR Louisville 47.99 48.00
r:+0.63 22.97 48.00 (25.03)
18 Ivan, Teresa SO Ohio St 48.23 48.08
r:+0.63 22.78 48.08 (25.30)
