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Georgia’s Olivia Smoliga swept the sprint freestyle events with a win in the women’s 100-yard free at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Smoliga, who won the 50 free earlier in the meet, raced her way to the 100 free title in 46.70. That moved her up to fifth all time in the event’s history.
All Time 100 Free Top 10:
1 46.09 Simone Manuel, Stanford, TAMU, 3/21/15
2 46.29r Abbey Weitzeil, Canyons 12/14/14
3 46.61 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Auburn 2/15/12
4 46.66r Missy Franklin, California, TAMU, 3/21/15
5 46.70 Olivia Smoliga Georgia 3/19/16
6 46.84 Natalie Coughlin California Athens, Ga. 12/4/11
7 46.84r Lia Neal, Stanford, TAMU, 3/21/15
8 46.86r Margo Geer, Arizona 3/22/14
9 47.01 Megan Romano Georgia 3/15/12
10 47.15 Amanda Weir SwimAtlanta Atlanta, Ga., 12/4/08
Smoliga pushed Georgia’s win tally in the event to eight to tie Stanford for the most wins by a program.
Previous Georgia Winners:
2000 Courtney Shealy, Georgia, 53.99 *
2002 Maritza Correia, Georgia, 47.56
2003 Maritza Correia, Georgia, 47.29
2004 Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia, 53.15 *
2005 Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia, 47.50
2006 Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia, 47.41
2007 Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia, 47.24
Stanford’s Lia Neal, the seventh-ranked swimmer all time, placed second in 47.00. USC’s Kasia Wilk earned third overall in 47.35.
Texas A&M’s Beryl Gastaldello (47.38), Michigan’s Ali Deloof (47.54), Florida’s Natalie Hinds (47.59), California’s Farida Osman (47.63) and USC’s Anika Apostalon (47.72) also competed in the championship heat.
=== A - Final ===
1 Smoliga, Olivia JR Georgia 47.20 46.70P 20
22.40 46.70 (24.30)
2 Neal, Lia JR Stanford 47.23 47.00 17
22.45 47.00 (24.55)
3 Wilk, Kasia FR USC 47.44 47.35 16
22.63 47.35 (24.72)
4 Gastaldello, Be SO Tex AM 47.83 47.38 15
22.74 47.38 (24.64)
5 Deloof, Ali SR Michigan 48.02 47.54 14
22.63 47.54 (24.91)
6 Hinds, Natalie SR Florida 47.51 47.59 13
22.58 47.59 (25.01)
7 Osman, Farida JR California 47.95 47.63 12
22.80 47.63 (24.83)
8 Apostalon, Anik JR USC 47.65 47.72 11
22.87 47.72 (24.85)
=== B - Final ===
9 Millard, Rebecc SO Texas 48.03 48.03 9
23.15 48.03 (24.88)
10 Toussaint, Kira JR Tennessee 48.31 48.06 7
23.29 48.06 (24.77)
11 Haughey, Siobha FR Michigan 48.30 48.26 6
23.36 48.26 (24.90)
12 Bootsma, Rachel SR California 48.28 48.36 5
23.39 48.36 (24.97)
13 Troskot, Leah JR LSU 48.41 48.37 4
23.01 48.37 (25.36)
14 Kinney, Chase JR Wisconsin 48.36 48.45 3
23.01 48.45 (25.44)
15 Keire, Jacqueli JR Cincinnati 48.32 48.60 2
23.28 48.60 (25.32)
16 Bruens, Harper SR Tennessee 48.38 48.91 1
23.50 48.91 (25.41)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 17 1. Georgia 336 2. California 307.5 3. Stanford 291 4. Virginia 242 5. Texas A&M 231.5 6. Southern Cali 187.5 7. Indiana 185 8. Louisville 176 9. Michigan 132 10. NC State 127 11. Missouri 107 12. Arizona 106 13. Tennessee 87 14. Ohio St 82 15. Texas 71 16. UCLA 66 17. Florida 54.5 18. Wisconsin 49 18. Nevada 49 20. UNC 47 21. Minnesota 44 22. Kentucky 40 23. Miami University (Ohio) 33 24. Purdue 32 25. Alabama 20 26. South Carolina 17 27. Penn St 13 28. Air Force (W) 11 28. Kansas 11 30. Denver 10 30. Auburn 10 32. Iowa 9 33. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 7 33. Lsu 7 35. Virginia Tech 6 35. Smu 6 35. Miami (Fl) 6 38. University of Hawaii (W) 4 38. Pittsburgh 4 40. Eastern Mich 3 41. Cincinnati 2 41. Umbc (W) 2 43. Florida Gulf 1 43. Rutgers 1
