2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships - (Tag)

When Amy Bilquist and Abbey Weitzeil chose Cal, they knew national-championship performances were in their future. The duo has been part of a handful of relay titles, but there was always the sense that their best was still ahead. There was always an injury or something in the way of their best indi...

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Wednesday, March 13, 2019, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: What is more likely to happen at Women's Division I NCAAs? We asked and you answered with… Here are the answers: 20 point 50 Free (43%) 48 seco...

Currently the NCAA Championship Rules do not allow for an appeal, peer confirmation, or review process on disqualifications that are classified as “judgement calls”. Judgement calls are rulings where an official has the authority to disqualify a swimmer or relay for any number of stroke infractions....

The Stanford Cardinal won their third straight team title at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships with 456.5 points. The Cardinal won in a dog fight with Pac-12 rival Cal as the Golden Bears finished in second with 419 points. Stanford has now won eleven team titles and...

The 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships will begin this week in Austin, Texas. The Stanford Cardinal are looking to win their third straight team title this week. Stanford will have its hands full with California this week as the Golden Bears are heavy favorites to win all...

Brooke Forde - Making the Extra Effort Stanford sophomore Brooke Forde had built an insurmountable lead, her closest competition almost three seconds adrift. The Cardinal had first place locked up in the 800 free relay, the first event of the NCAA Championships. And on the eighth and final lap of he...

After spending hours at the hospital the night before, Abbey Weitzeil arrived at the pool early on Saturday, knowing no matter what happened, it would be a difficult and painful day. The Cal junior was determined to push through the pain. Weitzeil did more than push through the pain of her elbow inj...

Is the women's senior class of 2015 one of the best of all-time in the sport of swimming? In the fall of 2014 when the seniors were committing (because back then, swimmers waited until they were seniors to commit), the class was definitely stacked. But nobody knew how stacked the class really was. T...

In one of the most hyped races of the meet, Louisville senior Mallory Comerford won her third straight NCAA title in the 200 free on Friday night at the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. Comerford swam a 1:40.26 to run down Stanford freshman Taylor Ruck (1:40.37) and Michiga...

Un-Beata-ble Nelson For an entire season, Beata Nelson had prepared for the end of the grueling 200 backstroke: hitting that pace in practice, holding that pace when she was tired and then working the walls every time. That meant sticking to at least 10 dolphin kicks off every wall, even when the sw...

USC junior Louise Hansson won her second NCAA title of the meet on Saturday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. Hansson swam a 1:50.28 and held off a hard charging Ella Eastin (1:50.46) of Stanford as she was going for her third straight win ...

The California Golden Bears won the 400 medley relay on Thursday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships with a 3:25.24 for their second relay win of the night. Amy Bilquist (50.84), Ema Rajic (58.53), Katie McLaughlin (50.00) and Abbey Weitzeil (45.87) won the ti...

Michigan was hoping for a fast start to the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships — some momentum that could build toward their goal of reaching third place. But when their best swimmer was disqualified in the 200 IM, they had to rally. The result was more powerful than the points Siobhan Haugh...

When Delaney Duncan finished fourth at last year’s NCAA Championships, it was a big deal for the Mid-American Conference and mid-majors across the country. But the Eastern Michigan swimmer wasn’t finished. Duncan stunningly surged to second place (57.83) behind Indiana’s Lilly King, who set the Amer...

Who were the best women's swimmers in the 2018-19 season? As the school year is winding down for most of the country, it is time to look at who were the best swimmers this season. Back in September, Swimming World ranked the best NCAA Division I women's swimmers from 1-25 as a "pre-season top 25" ty...

The final night of the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships saw two new NCAA records fall on Saturday night in Austin, Texas with Wisconsin's Beata Nelson breaking the 200 back record and Cal's 400 free relay breaking the record as well. Stanford Cardinal won their third st...

Lilly's Legacy It is tough to perform when everyone expects you to win—especially yourself. That is what Lilly King has done for four years, and her ability to handle that pressure has led to Olympic gold as well as becoming the most dominant collegiate breaststroker in history. She expects to win e...

The Tennessee Volunteers have not had the best meet at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships but showed up in a big way on Friday night with a national title in the 200 medley relay. The Volunteers won with a 1:34.10. The team was comprised of Meghan Small (24.03), Nikol...

The NCAA Swimming and Diving Rules Committee is considering a new rule that would allow officials to use video review for 15-meter violations, according to an NCAA release. If approved, the rule would be in effect in Division I in the 2019-20 school year during the regular season as well as the conf...

The 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships will begin this week in Austin, Texas. The Stanford Cardinal are looking to win their third straight team title this week with conference rival Cal nipping at their heels. The team title is expected to come down between Stanford and ...