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Stanford senior Simone Manuel swam the second fastest 100 free ever on Saturday night at the 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. Manuel swam a 45.65 to get just off her 45.56 American Record she set last year at NCAA’s.
Manuel, overcome with emotion, got a standing ovation during her on-deck interview where she got emotional after saying it was her last individual swim for Stanford.
Manuel is still the only swimmer to break 46 seconds in the event as Mallory Comerford of Louisville was second in the final at 46.20 and Cal junior Abbey Weitzeil was third at 46.74.
Comerford is now second all-time in the event as she moves ahead of Weitzeil in the all-time rankings. Siobhan Haughey of Michigan was fourth in the race and is now tenth all-time with a 46.91. Texas A&M senior Beryl Gastaldello became the eleventh swimmer to break 47 seconds in the event as she was fifth at 46.98.
Tennessee’s Erika Brown (47.08), Auburn’s Aly Tetzloff (47.58) and Cal’s Amy Bilquist (47.82) also competed in the championship final.
Stanford has now won ten total titles in the event. Manuel joins Jenna Johnson (1986, 1987), Jenny Thompson (1992-1995), Claudia Franco (1996) and herself as winners for the Cardinal.
This is also Manuel’s third NCAA title in the 100 free as she joins Thompson, Leigh Ann Fetter of Texas (1989-1991), Martina Moravcova (1997-1999) of SMU, and Kara Lynn Joyce (2004-2007) of Georgia as three-time winners in the event.
Event 17 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 45.56 3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
American: A 45.56 3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
U.S. Open: O 45.56 3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
Meet: C 45.56 3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
Pool: P 45.65 3/17/2018 Simone Manuel, Stanford-PC
47.53 AUTO NCAA A Standard
49.99 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Simone Manuel SR Stanford 47.08 45.65P 20
r:+0.67 21.76 45.65 (23.89)
2 Mallory Comerfo JR Louisville 46.88 46.20 17
r:+0.65 22.44 46.20 (23.76)
3 Abbey Weitzeil SO California 47.28 46.74 16
r:+0.65 22.31 46.74 (24.43)
4 Siobhan Haughey JR Michigan 47.28 46.91 15
r:+0.70 22.63 46.91 (24.28)
5 Beryl Gastaldel SR Texas A&M 47.36 46.98 14
r:+0.61 22.61 46.98 (24.37)
6 Erika Brown SO Tennessee 47.29 47.08 13
r:+0.69 22.68 47.08 (24.40)
7 Alyssa Tetzloff JR Auburn 47.17 47.58 12
r:+0.61 22.51 47.58 (25.07)
8 Amy Bilquist JR California 47.45 47.82 11
r:+0.67 22.76 47.82 (25.06)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 17 1. Stanford 509 2. California 317 3. Texas A&M 215 4. Michigan 206 5. Louisville 185 6. Texas 180.5 7. Tennessee 153.5 8. Minnesota 134 9. Indiana 133 10. Virginia 120 11. Georgia 103 12. Ohio St 93 13. Southern Cal 83 14. Wisconsin 78 15. Kentucky 76 16. Missouri 72 17. Auburn 70.5 18. NC State 68 19. Arizona 46 20. South Carolina 44 21. Purdue 36 22. University of Nevada 33 23. UNC 32 24. Arkansas 30 25. Arizona St 27 26. Penn St 26 27. Northwestern 20 27. Denver 20 29. Hawaii 16.5 30. Eastern Mich 15 30. Alabama 15 30. UCLA 15 33. Miami University 14 34. Virginia Tech 11 34. Florida 11 36. Louisiana State University 8 37. Rutgers 6 38. Florida St 3 39. University of Miami 2 39. Duke 2
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Congrats, Simone Manuel!!
It is great that your hard work continues to pay off.
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