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

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....

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...

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...

Indiana senior Lilly King won her fourth straight NCAA title in the 100 breaststroke on Friday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. King reflected on her four year journey to this moment and how much she has learned along the way. She said she...

2016 Olympian and world record holder Lilly King, the number one professional prospect coming out of this year's NCAA meet, is now eligible to pursue professional swimming. The Indiana senior just put a cap on her final NCAA meet with an American Record in the 100 breast and the second fastest time ...

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 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...

The final morning of the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships will be an intense matchup between Pac-12 rivals Cal and Stanford. The Golden Bears have 28.5 point lead over the Cardinal heading into the final day with the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly and 400 free ...

In four years of coaching Lilly King at Indiana, Ray Looze can remember two occasions when King cried. The first came a few months after King won Olympic gold in the 100 breast, when the post-Games letdown and the prospect of establishing a new normal in life became too much for the then-19-year-old...

California junior Abbey Weitzeil is on fire on Thursday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. After splitting the second fastest 50 free ever at 20.49 earlier in the night, Weitzeil swam a 21.02 to break her own American Record of 21.12 from 2016. Weitzeil also...

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...

Wisconsin junior Beata Nelson, fresh off the second fastest 200 IM ever last night, came back Friday night at the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships with a new NCAA American Record in the 100 back. Nelson swam a 49.18, lowering her NCAA record of 49.67 from the Texas Invite in...

Cal senior Amy Bilquist and junior Abbey Weitzeil swam on the Golden Bears winning relays in the 200 free and 400 medley on Thursday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. Bilquist and Weitzeil also split 20s on the end of the Golden Bears' 200 ...

Penn State senior Ally McHugh won the first ever NCAA title for the Nittany Lions on Saturday night in the 1650 with a 15:39.22 to win the fastest seeded heat in Austin, Texas at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. McHugh took control of the race early and remained ca...

By David Rieder. The time was shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday night — when Stanford was still two days away from becoming back-to-back national champions. Stanford senior Simone Manuel had given her team the lead in the 4x50 free relay. Freshman Lauren Pitzer had extended the margin, but Abbey Weitzei...

During the third evening of finals action at the 2019 women's NCAA swimming championships, the California Golden Bears opened up a 28.5-point lead on two-time defending champion Stanford. USC's Louise Hansson, Indiana's Lilly King and Wisconsin's Beata Nelson all recorded the fastest time in history...

No Ledecky... No Manuel... No Problem AUSTIN, Texas Stanford won its third straight team title at the women’s NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, March 20-23, but it was not as easy as the first two. Without the luxury of Olympians Simone Manuel and Katie Ledecky scoring boatloads of ...

When the familiar voice of swimming announcer Sam Kendrick called out that Stanford had won the NCAA title in the 800 free relay, everyone looked at the board to see their winning time of 6:47.22. Everybody except Stanford anchor Brooke Forde, who continued to swim an extra 50. Better to be safe tha...

Stanford sophomore Brooke Forde won her very first individual NCAA title in the 500 free on Thursday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships with a 4:31.34 to move up to fifth all-time in the event. Forde anchored Stanford's 800 free relay on Wednesday night in Au...

The first night of the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships only featured the 800 free relay as the Stanford Cardinal dominated the field by getting within a second and a half of the NCAA record. The Cardinal swam a 6:47.22 with Katie Drabot (1:43.99), Ella Eastin (1:41.03)...