NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: Missy Franklin Ends NCAA Career as 2nd Fastest 200 Backstroker

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California’s Missy Franklin managed to capture her third individual title of the meet with a 200-yard back triumph at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.

Franklin raced her way to a 1:47.91, just missing teammate Elizabeth Pelton’s NCAA and American record title of 1:47.84 set in 2013.

With her 200 IM and 200 free wins, Franklin is the first woman to win three individual titles since Katinka Hosszu did it for Southern California in 2011.

That’s five total wins for Franklin this week as she also took part in the 200 medley relay and the 800 free relay.

Franklin is just the second person to ever break 1:48 as she leapfrogged Gemma Spofforth (1:48.34) into second all time.

That’s California’s sixth win in the event’s history. Previous wins:

2001 Natalie Coughlin, California, 1:51.02
2002 Natalie Coughlin, California, 1:49.52
2003 Natalie Coughlin, California, 1:50.86
2006 Helen Silver, California, 1:53.01
2013 Elizabeth Pelton, California, 1:47.84

Missy Franklin, California

Is there was a way to sum up your collegiate swimming now that you’re finished your individual events?
“Oh you know, it’s so hard, I’m so grateful for the experience that I’ve had. You know, it’s been a very emotional couple of days and I am just so proud of my team and what we’ve accomplished here and this is honestly the perfect way to end it. Like this is what I gave things up for and the best part is, is it doesn’t even feel like I gave anything up because I gained so much.”

Is there anything that you could share with the young people or the parents that are out there, wondering if they should go into college swimming or where they should end up?
“Yeah, you know I would say that the experience that I’ve had even just the two years is worth so much more than anything I could have got given some opportunities I had after the Olympics. The friendships that I made and the things I’ve learned about myself, just being able to be a normal college athlete and student — for me, that’s completely priceless and I would make that decision 100 times over again.”

Virginia’s Courtney Bartholomew touched second in 1:49.35, just beating her previous personal best of 1:49.87 to move to fourth all time in the event’s history.

Denver’s Sam Corea took third in 1:50.87, while Pelton finished a surprising seventh in 1:52.08.  Defending champion Brooklynn Snodgrass of Indiana wound up eighth in 1:52.23.

  1 Franklin, Missy  SO California-PC     1:50.32    1:47.91PD1-A    20  
    r:+0.66  26.26        53.73 (27.47)
        1:20.86 (27.13)     1:47.91 (27.05)
  2 Bartholomew, Co  JR Virginia-VA       1:51.16    1:49.35PD1-A    17  
    r:+0.61  25.84        53.51 (27.67)
        1:21.30 (27.79)     1:49.35 (28.05)
  3 Corea, Sam       SR Denver-CO         1:50.56    1:50.87 D1-A    16  
    r:+0.56  26.84        55.36 (28.52)
        1:23.00 (27.64)     1:50.87 (27.87)
  4 Galyer, Daniell  SO Kentucky-KY       1:50.86    1:51.68 D1-A    15  
    r:+0.57  26.56        54.58 (28.02)
        1:23.20 (28.62)     1:51.68 (28.48)
  5 Stewart, Kylie   FR Georgia-GA        1:51.76    1:51.70 D1-A    14  
    r:+0.68  26.62        54.70 (28.08)
        1:23.21 (28.51)     1:51.70 (28.49)
  6 Klaren, Melanie  SR California-PC     1:52.25    1:51.83 D1-A    13  
    r:+0.62  26.36        54.84 (28.48)
        1:23.46 (28.62)     1:51.83 (28.37)
  7 Pelton, Elizabe  JR California-PC     1:50.31    1:52.08 D1-A    12  
    r:+0.65  26.47        54.23 (27.76)
        1:22.88 (28.65)     1:52.08 (29.20)
  8 Snodgrass, Broo  JR Indiana-IN        1:51.96    1:52.23 D1-A    11  
    r:+0.70  26.51        54.74 (28.23)
        1:23.43 (28.69)     1:52.23 (28.80)
  1. California                      445.5   2. Georgia                         349.5
  3. Stanford                          264   4. Virginia                          206
  5. Texas A&M                       174.5   6. Louisville                        151
  7. Southern California               130   8. Texas                             125
  9. Tennessee                         110  10. Arizona                            93
 10. Indiana                            93  12. Missouri                           90
 13. Florida                            89  14. Minnesota                          66
 15. Kentucky                           63  16. Wisconsin                          62
 17. NC State                           51  18. Penn State                         50
 19. UNC                              45.5  20. Notre Dame                         40
 21. Florida Gulf Coast               37.5  22. Auburn                             37
 23. Denver                             33  24. Florida State                      30
 25. Michigan                           29  26. UCLA                               26
 26. University of Miami (Florida)      26  28. So. Methodist                    25.5
 29. Purdue                             24  29. Miami University (Ohio)            24
 31. Alabama                            17  32. Nevada                             16
 33. Virginia Tech                      13  34. Illinois State University          12
 34. Oregon State                       12  36. Iowa                               10
 37. Lsu                                 8  38. Ohio State                          5
 39. San Diego State                     4  39. Kansas                              4
 39. Hawaii (W)                          4  42. Pittsburgh                          2
 42. Arkansas                            2  44. Cincinnati                          1

2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving, Live Results – Results

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