Paige Madden seemingly does not get tired. Once the Virginia senior grabbed the lead in the 200 freestyle final, it was all over for the rest of the field as she showed no signs of slowing down or letting up as she won her second title of the meet with a 1:42.35.
Madden flipped first at the 100 at 49.73 with some pressure from Texas’ Kelly Pash (49.94) and the rest of the field in tow. But Pash had fallen off after the 150 turn, where Madden split a 25.91, faster than anyone in the field by a half second. Pash ended up getting out-touched at the finish with a 1:43.50 with Florida’s Talia Bates in second at 1:43.49.
Bates has had a big year for the Gators, who are trying to reach the top ten as a team. The two freshmen in the field, Chloe Stepanek of Texas A&M (1:43.82) and Alex Walsh of Virginia (1:44.12) finished fourth and fifth as this event could get a lot faster in the next few years. Bates and Pash are also sophomores and certainly will leave the 200 free title up for grabs next year.
Cal’s Robin Neumann (1:44.26), Kentucky’s Riley Gaines (1:44.67) and Georgia’s Courtney Harnish (1:45.52) also swam in the championship final.
This is Virginia’s first NCAA title in the 200 freestyle and the fourth straight for the Atlantic Coast Conference as Louisville’s Mallory Comerford won the last three.
Event 10 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
Meet: M 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
American: A 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
US Open: O 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
Pool: P 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Madden, Paige SR Virginia 1:43.03 1:42.35 20
r:+0.70 24.13 49.73 (25.60)
1:15.64 (25.91) 1:42.35 (26.71)
2 Bates, Talia SO Florida 1:43.28 1:43.49 17
r:+0.69 23.92 50.16 (26.24)
1:17.06 (26.90) 1:43.49 (26.43)
3 Pash, Kelly SO Texas 1:43.45 1:43.50 16
r:+0.69 23.98 49.94 (25.96)
1:16.46 (26.52) 1:43.50 (27.04)
4 Stepanek, Chloe FR Texas A&M 1:44.23 1:43.82 15
r:+0.67 24.29 50.70 (26.41)
1:17.37 (26.67) 1:43.82 (26.45)
5 Walsh, Alex FR Virginia 1:43.61 1:44.12 14
r:+0.75 24.02 50.22 (26.20)
1:17.02 (26.80) 1:44.12 (27.10)
6 Neumann, Robin SR California 1:43.73 1:44.26 13
r:+0.64 24.39 50.65 (26.26)
1:17.39 (26.74) 1:44.26 (26.87)
7 Gaines, Riley JR Kentucky 1:44.06 1:44.67 12
r:+0.67 24.48 50.67 (26.19)
1:17.45 (26.78) 1:44.67 (27.22)
8 Harnish, Courtney SR Georgia 1:44.32 1:45.52 11
r:+0.78 24.53 51.08 (26.55)
1:18.25 (27.17) 1:45.52 (27.27)
=== Consolation Final ===
9 Haebig, Autumn SR Nebraska 1:45.74 1:44.39 8
r:+0.79 25.19 51.84 (26.65)
1:18.29 (26.45) 1:44.39 (26.10)
9 Scott, Morgan JR Alabama 1:45.61 1:44.39 8
r:+0.68 24.10 50.64 (26.54)
1:17.70 (27.06) 1:44.39 (26.69)
11 Spitz, Ayla SO California 1:44.47 1:45.17 6
r:+0.73 24.54 50.96 (26.42)
1:17.76 (26.80) 1:45.17 (27.41)
12 Leehy, Mykenzie SR Houston 1:45.28 1:45.59 5
r:+0.73 24.81 51.24 (26.43)
1:18.40 (27.16) 1:45.59 (27.19)
13 Valls, Kyla SR Virginia 1:45.81 1:45.63 4
r:+0.67 24.53 51.22 (26.69)
1:18.74 (27.52) 1:45.63 (26.89)
14 Housey, Sophie FR Michigan 1:45.69 1:45.74 2.5
r:+0.70 24.67 51.08 (26.41)
1:18.43 (27.35) 1:45.74 (27.31)
14 Mortensen, Amalie FR Arizona 1:45.60 1:45.74 2.5
r:+0.70 25.15 51.52 (26.37)
1:18.56 (27.04) 1:45.74 (27.18)
16 Wheeler, Kaitlynn SO Kentucky 1:45.72 1:45.99 1
r:+0.64 25.04 52.03 (26.99)
1:18.84 (26.81) 1:45.99 (27.15)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 10 1. Virginia 274 2. Texas 167 3. California 148 4. NC State 145 5. Michigan 125.5 6. Ohio St 123.5 7. Kentucky 114 8. Alabama 112 9. Stanford 111 10. Georgia 96 11. Florida 70.5 12. Louisville 64 13. UNC 61 14. Tennessee 55 14. Missouri 55 16. Texas A&M 52 17. Indiana 45 18. Northwestern 32 19. Wisconsin 23 20. Virginia Tech 22 21. Southern California 21 22. Minnesota 20 22. Miami 20 24. Arizona 17.5 25. Arkansas 16 26. Nebraska 11 27. Houston 6 28. Notre Dame 3 28. Akron 3 30. Duke 2