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Georgia’s Brittany MacLean held off a stacked field to win the women’s 200-yard free at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
MacLean, who had to come back from the middle of the pack at the halfway mark, turned up the heat down the stretch to win in 1:42.42. That swim moved her up to 10th all time in the event’s history, and delivered Georgia an NCAA-record tying seventh victory in the event’s history.
Previous Georgia Winners:
2000 Maritza Correia, Georgia, 1:57.33 *
2006 Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia, 1:43.96
2010 Allison Schmitt, Georgia, 1:42.84
2011 Allison Schmitt, Georgia, 1:42.08
2012 Megan Romano, Georgia, 1:41.21
2013 Allison Schmitt, Georgia, 1:41.85
MacLean returned to the top of the podium for the first time since winning the 500 and 1650 free her sophomore year.
Louisville’s Mallory Comerford nearly gave the Cardinals a second title in a row with a 1:42.54 for second. That’s just .12 back of MacLean. That’s not the record for the closest 200 free in NCAA meet history, however, as North Carolina’s Jessi Perruquet and Auburn’s Heather Kemp tied for the title with 1:45.01s in 2003.
Stanford’s Lia Neal claimed third in 1:42.58 with Georgia’s Hali Flickinger picking up fourth in 1:43.32.
Michigan’s Siobhan Haughey (1:43.35), Virginia’s Leah Smith (1:43.50), Indiana’s Haley Lips (1:43.72) and Indiana’s Kennedy Goss (1:44.75) turned in the rest of the championship final finishes.
=== A - Final ===
1 MacLean, Britta SR Georgia 1:43.31 1:42.42P 20
r:+0.72 24.51 50.54 (26.03)
1:16.64 (26.10) 1:42.42 (25.78)
2 Comerford, Mall FR Louisville 1:43.63 1:42.54P 17
r:+0.74 24.37 50.26 (25.89)
1:16.45 (26.19) 1:42.54 (26.09)
3 Neal, Lia JR Stanford 1:43.56 1:42.58P 16
r:+0.76 23.36 49.00 (25.64)
1:15.40 (26.40) 1:42.58 (27.18)
4 Flickinger, Hal SR Georgia 1:43.45 1:43.32 15
r:+0.71 24.12 49.77 (25.65)
1:16.35 (26.58) 1:43.32 (26.97)
5 Haughey, Siobha FR Michigan 1:44.01 1:43.35 14
r:+0.73 24.30 50.77 (26.47)
1:17.16 (26.39) 1:43.35 (26.19)
6 Smith, Leah JR Virginia 1:43.89 1:43.50 13
r:+0.75 24.89 51.12 (26.23)
1:17.42 (26.30) 1:43.50 (26.08)
7 Lips, Haley SR Indiana 1:43.79 1:43.72 12
r:+0.68 25.01 51.30 (26.29)
1:17.81 (26.51) 1:43.72 (25.91)
8 Goss, Kennedy SO Indiana 1:44.29 1:44.75 11
r:+0.63 25.19 52.10 (26.91)
1:18.57 (26.47) 1:44.75 (26.18)
=== B - Final ===
9 Raab, Meaghan SO Georgia 1:44.91 1:44.62 9
r:+0.77 24.88 51.69 (26.81)
1:18.58 (26.89) 1:44.62 (26.04)
10 Ackman, Alyson SR Penn St 1:44.72 1:44.78 7
r:+0.69 24.83 51.29 (26.46)
1:18.09 (26.80) 1:44.78 (26.69)
11 Moroney, Megan FR Virginia 1:44.32 1:44.89 6
r:+0.63 24.93 51.73 (26.80)
1:18.28 (26.55) 1:44.89 (26.61)
12 Chenault, Chels JR USC 1:44.62 1:44.93 5
r:+0.78 24.80 51.53 (26.73)
1:18.29 (26.76) 1:44.93 (26.64)
13 Votava, Lauren SR Minnesota 1:45.13 1:45.09 4
r:+0.73 24.92 51.81 (26.89)
1:18.60 (26.79) 1:45.09 (26.49)
14 Pelton, Elizabe SR California 1:44.90 1:45.19 3
r:+0.76 24.60 51.05 (26.45)
1:18.08 (27.03) 1:45.19 (27.11)
15 Muller, Rachel JR NC State 1:45.17 1:45.34 2
24.89 51.67 (26.78)
1:18.47 (26.80) 1:45.34 (26.87)
16 Rasmus, Claire FR Tex AM 1:44.52 1:45.63 1
r:+0.73 25.34 52.81 (27.47)
1:19.41 (26.60) 1:45.63 (26.22)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 10 1. Georgia 248 2. California 194.5 3. Texas A&M 173.5 4. Stanford 166 5. Virginia 137 6. Southern Cali 133.5 7. Louisville 131 8. Indiana 92 9. Arizona 80 10. NC State 70 11. Michigan 68 12. Tennessee 62 13. Ohio St 59 14. Texas 48 15. Missouri 40 16. UCLA 37 17. UNC 36 18. Nevada 29 19. Wisconsin 25 20. Florida 19.5 21. Minnesota 19 22. South Carolina 17 23. Miami University (Ohio) 16 24. Penn St 13 24. Alabama 13 26. Kansas 11 27. Kentucky 10 27. Denver 10 29. Purdue 8 30. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 7 31. Smu 6 31. Virginia Tech 6 33. Air Force (W) 4 33. University of Hawaii (W) 4
