Olivia Smoliga Sweeps Sprint Frees With 100 Free Triumph at NCAAs

2016.03.17 2016 Womens NCAA Swimming Championships_Olivia Smoliga Georgia (2)

Photo Courtesy: Reagan Lunn/Georgia Tech Athletics

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Georgia’s Olivia Smoliga swept the sprint freestyle events with a win in the women’s 100-yard free at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.

Smoliga, who won the 50 free earlier in the meet, raced her way to the 100 free title in 46.70. That moved her up to fifth all time in the event’s history.

All Time 100 Free Top 10:

1 46.09 Simone Manuel, Stanford, TAMU, 3/21/15
2 46.29r Abbey Weitzeil, Canyons 12/14/14
3 46.61 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Auburn 2/15/12
4 46.66r Missy Franklin, California, TAMU, 3/21/15
5 46.70 Olivia Smoliga Georgia 3/19/16
6 46.84 Natalie Coughlin California Athens, Ga. 12/4/11
7 46.84r Lia Neal, Stanford, TAMU, 3/21/15
8 46.86r Margo Geer, Arizona 3/22/14
9 47.01 Megan Romano Georgia 3/15/12
10 47.15 Amanda Weir SwimAtlanta Atlanta, Ga., 12/4/08

Smoliga pushed Georgia’s win tally in the event to eight to tie Stanford for the most wins by a program.

Previous Georgia Winners:

2000 Courtney Shealy, Georgia, 53.99 *
2002 Maritza Correia, Georgia, 47.56
2003 Maritza Correia, Georgia, 47.29
2004 Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia, 53.15 *
2005 Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia, 47.50
2006 Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia, 47.41
2007 Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia, 47.24

Stanford’s Lia Neal, the seventh-ranked swimmer all time, placed second in 47.00. USC’s Kasia Wilk earned third overall in 47.35.

Texas A&M’s Beryl Gastaldello (47.38), Michigan’s Ali Deloof (47.54), Florida’s Natalie Hinds (47.59), California’s Farida Osman (47.63) and USC’s Anika Apostalon (47.72) also competed in the championship heat.

                           === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Smoliga, Olivia  JR Georgia             47.20      46.70P        20  
                 22.40        46.70 (24.30)
  2 Neal, Lia        JR Stanford            47.23      47.00         17  
                 22.45        47.00 (24.55)
  3 Wilk, Kasia      FR USC                 47.44      47.35         16  
                 22.63        47.35 (24.72)
  4 Gastaldello, Be  SO Tex AM              47.83      47.38         15  
                 22.74        47.38 (24.64)
  5 Deloof, Ali      SR Michigan            48.02      47.54         14  
                 22.63        47.54 (24.91)
  6 Hinds, Natalie   SR Florida             47.51      47.59         13  
                 22.58        47.59 (25.01)
  7 Osman, Farida    JR California          47.95      47.63         12  
                 22.80        47.63 (24.83)
  8 Apostalon, Anik  JR USC                 47.65      47.72         11  
                 22.87        47.72 (24.85)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Millard, Rebecc  SO Texas               48.03      48.03          9  
                 23.15        48.03 (24.88)
 10 Toussaint, Kira  JR Tennessee           48.31      48.06          7  
                 23.29        48.06 (24.77)
 11 Haughey, Siobha  FR Michigan            48.30      48.26          6  
                 23.36        48.26 (24.90)
 12 Bootsma, Rachel  SR California          48.28      48.36          5  
                 23.39        48.36 (24.97)
 13 Troskot, Leah    JR LSU                 48.41      48.37          4  
                 23.01        48.37 (25.36)
 14 Kinney, Chase    JR Wisconsin           48.36      48.45          3  
                 23.01        48.45 (25.44)
 15 Keire, Jacqueli  JR Cincinnati          48.32      48.60          2  
                 23.28        48.60 (25.32)
 16 Bruens, Harper   SR Tennessee           48.38      48.91          1  
                 23.50        48.91 (25.41)

               Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 17                 
 
  1. Georgia                           336   2. California                      307.5
  3. Stanford                          291   4. Virginia                          242
  5. Texas A&M                       231.5   6. Southern Cali                   187.5
  7. Indiana                           185   8. Louisville                        176
  9. Michigan                          132  10. NC State                          127
 11. Missouri                          107  12. Arizona                           106
 13. Tennessee                          87  14. Ohio St                            82
 15. Texas                              71  16. UCLA                               66
 17. Florida                          54.5  18. Wisconsin                          49
 18. Nevada                             49  20. UNC                                47
 21. Minnesota                          44  22. Kentucky                           40
 23. Miami University (Ohio)            33  24. Purdue                             32
 25. Alabama                            20  26. South Carolina                     17
 27. Penn St                            13  28. Air Force (W)                      11
 28. Kansas                             11  30. Denver                             10
 30. Auburn                             10  32. Iowa                                9
 33. University of Nebraska-Lincoln      7  33. Lsu                                 7
 35. Virginia Tech                       6  35. Smu                                 6
 35. Miami (Fl)                          6  38. University of Hawaii (W)            4
 38. Pittsburgh                          4  40. Eastern Mich                        3
 41. Cincinnati                          2  41. Umbc (W)                            2
 43. Florida Gulf                        1  43. Rutgers                             1

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