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

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...

Stanford senior Ella Eastin won the 400 IM for the fourth consecutive year on Friday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. Eastin swam a 3:57.03 as she led after all four strokes of the race. Eastin is also the first woman to ever win this even...

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...

When Marta Ciesla and the USC Trojans are behind the blocks preparing for a relay, they act a little bit differently than other teams. Most teams are getting psyched up in a serious fashion, all business. But the Trojans are not all business. They are loose, goofy and completely take the pressure of...

Stanford won the team title with 593 points ahead of second place Cal with 373. The 220 point differential is the third highest in history. 1985: Texas 643, Florida, 200 1993: Stanford 649.5, Florida, 421 2018: Stanford, 593, Cal, 373 2002: Auburn, 536, Georgia, 373 Stanford also became the third te...

The first day of the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Championships got off to a fast start in Austin, Texas. Stanford repeated as NCAA title-winners in the 800 free relay, holding off Cal, USC and Michigan. Swimming World Chief Photographer Peter H. Bick and managing editor Dan D'Addona were on deck to...

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...

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...

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...

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved allowing the option of video review to determine whether 15-meter violations were called accurately in men’s and women’s swimming on Wednesday. The rule is optional and will go in effect in the 2019-20 school year. The rule will be used during the regu...

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 Cal Golden Bears finished the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships with a new NCAA Record in the 400 free relay on Saturday night in Austin, Texas. The team of Izzy Ivey (47.79), Katie McLaughlin (46.62), Amy Bilquist (46.48) and Abbey Weitzeil (46.07) swam a 3:06.96 to...

The Stanford women will walk through the doors of the Lee and Joe Jamail Swim Center Saturday morning at the women's NCAA swimming championships in an unusual spot—second place. Only the three seniors on the Cardinal NCAA roster, Ella Eastin, Kim Williams and Leah Stevens, have experienced that befo...

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...

Three seniors, three titles, one unique legacy — Stanford’s seniors capped their careers in spectacular fashion on Saturday in Austin. Ella Eastin, Leah Stevens and Kim Williams have been a part of some of the most historic races and team performances in NCAA swimming history. On Saturday, they won ...

It isn’t surprising that a freshman from Canada has become one of the fastest swimmers in the NCAA. After all, Stanford’s Taylor Ruck was an Olympian and Pan Pacific champion before starting college. But Ruck isn’t the only freshman phenom from Canada tearing up the NCAA lanes. Michigan’s Maggie Mac...

The 2019 NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships featured American and NCAA Records, historic ends to collegiate careers and a Stanford Cardinal three-peat as team champions. With all the glory came a series of unexpected events as well — a tough disqualification on Michigan's Siobhan Haughe...

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...

Stanford junior Ella Eastin won the CSCAA swimmer of the meet award after winning the 200 IM, 400 IM and the 200 fly, as well as swimming on the winning 800 free and 400 free relays. Eastin crushed the American and NCAA records in the 200 and 400 IM as the junior has won a total of seven individual ...