2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: Virginia’s Kate Douglass Top Seed in 50 Free

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The 2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships continue with the first preliminary session of the meet.

The events on tap for the morning are prelims for the 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free and 1-meter diving. Relays are all timed finals and will take place during the finals sessions.

Virginia leads the meet after winning the 800 free relay on opening night of the NCAA Championships.

NCAA Championships: 50 Free

The top time in NCAA history was Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil, who went a 20.90 in 2019. She is the only woman to break 21 seconds in the event. That was during a midseason invite. Weitzeil also won the even tin 2019 in 21.02. Prior to Weitzeil, Simone Manuel won the event three of her four seasons and had a best time of 21.17, just behind Erika Brown (21.03) for third place all time. Her last title was a leading 11th all time for Stanford.

Virginia’s Kate Douglass matched the fifth-fastest time in history to earn the top seed in the event. Douglass touched in 21.21, which broke Manuel’s pool record and tied Olivia Smoliga for fifth-fastest in history.

The Cavaliers have taken the top seed in each event Thursday.

NC State’s Kylee Alons took the second seed in 21.50, just ahead of Michigan’s Maggie MacNeil (21.58).

Missouri’s Sarah Thompson took the fourth seed in 21.61, ahead of Alabama’s Kalia Antoniou (21.73).

Rounding out the NCAA finals were North Carolina’s Grace Countie (21.92), NC State’s Katharine Berkoff (21.98) and Northwestern’s Maddie Smith (22.03).

Event 5  Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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         NCAA: N 20.90  12/5/2019 Abbey Weitzeil, California
         Meet: M 21.02  3/21/2019 Abbey Weitzeil, California
     American: A 20.90  12/5/2019 Abbey Weitzeil, California
      US Open: O 20.90  12/5/2019 Abbey Weitzeil, California
         Pool: P 21.21  3/18/2021 Kate Douglass, Virginia
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Douglass, Kate         SO Virginia            21.42      21.21P 
    r:+0.71  10.31        21.21 (10.90)
  2 Alons, Kylee           JR NC State            21.70      21.50  
    r:+0.63  10.35        21.50 (11.15)
  3 MacNeil, Maggie        JR Michigan            21.44      21.58  
    r:+0.65  10.75        21.58 (10.83)
  4 Thompson, Sarah        SR Missouri            21.57      21.61  
    r:+0.68  10.41        21.61 (11.20)
  5 Antoniou, Kalia        JR Alabama             21.69      21.73  
    r:+0.70  10.72        21.73 (11.01)
  6 Countie, Grace         JR UNC                 22.08      21.92  
    r:+0.72  10.65        21.92 (11.27)
  7 Berkoff, Katharine     SO NC State            21.84      21.98  
    r:+0.69  10.74        21.98 (11.24)
  8 Smith, Maddie          SR Northwestern        21.94      22.03  
    r:+0.59  10.58        22.03 (11.45)
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  9 Dobler, Kaitlyn        FR USC                 22.24      22.11  
    r:+0.62  10.67        22.11 (11.44)
 10 Keil, Megan            JR Missouri            21.83      22.14  
    r:+0.64  10.82        22.14 (11.32)
 11 Wheal, Emma            SO Stanford            22.12      22.15  
    r:+0.71  10.63        22.15 (11.52)
 12 Parker, Maxine         FR Georgia             21.93      22.17  
    r:+0.73  10.90        22.17 (11.27)
 13 Gantriis, Emily        FR California          22.14      22.18  
    r:+0.65  10.71        22.18 (11.47)
 14 Petrak, Taylor         SR Ohio St             22.04      22.22  
    r:+0.66  10.65        22.22 (11.57)
 14 Mack, Katie            SO Florida             21.82      22.22  
    r:+0.67  10.76        22.22 (11.46)
 14 Albiero, Gabi          FR Louisville          22.03      22.22  
    r:+0.63  10.76        22.22 (11.46)
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 17 Turak, Ashley          SO Indiana             21.99      22.23  
    r:+0.67  10.87        22.23 (11.36)
 18 Scott, Morgan          JR Alabama             22.07      22.28  
    r:+0.66  10.66        22.28 (11.62)
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