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

Nerves can be detrimental to a swimmer. There is a lot of time behind the blocks that can allow doubt or nerves to overcome even the most talented swimmers. Taylor Ruck embraces the nervousness. It is something that pushes her. “I usually get really nervous for meets, especially the bigger they get,...

Indiana senior Lilly King won her fourth straight 200 breaststroke title on Saturday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships with a 2:02.90. King just missed her NCAA and American Record of 2:02.60 that she set last season. King held off a hard charge from Texas A...

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...

Editor's Note: Swimming World Magazine's March issue featured our annual prediction. Did we get it right? The Stanford women’s swim team repeated as NCAA champions last year. It was expected, and the meet wasn’t even close. The Cardinal scored a stunning 593 points and cruised to their second consec...

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...

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 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...

The California Golden Bears crushed the 200 free relay NCAA, American and US Open Records on Thursday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. The team of Maddie Murphy (21.82), Katie McLaughlin (21.37), Amy Bilquist (20.87) and Abbey Weitzeil (20.49) swam a 1:24....

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...

Indiana senior Lilly King won her fourth straight NCAA title in the 100 breast with a new American Record of 55.73 as King became just the second woman to win four NCAA titles in the 100 breast. King lowered her American Record she set last month at Big Tens when she broke 56 for the first time in h...

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...

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...

Beata Nelson was expecting a strong NCAA Championship performance. The Wisconsin junior set the American record in the 100 back earlier this season and all signs pointed to another strong performance coming. Nelson delivered on Thursday with a national title, but it wasn’t the 100 back. She used a l...

Penn State's Ally McHugh captured her first NCAA title Saturday evening in the 1500 free, touching in 15:39.22 to beat runner-up Molly Kowal by more than five seconds. Afterwards, McHugh discussed finishing her collegiate career with that victory, and she explained in an interview why her senior yea...

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)...

The half-point difference between Stanford and Cal looked to be the big story heading into Friday’s final at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Championships — as any swim could make a title difference. It still could — but for one night, the superstars completely stole the show as the biggest names i...

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 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 ...

The pre-selection psych sheet for the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships have been released. The official psych sheet will be released on Wednesday. The line for the cut-off is usually around 36th or 37th place. Swimming World will publish the official psych sheet when it...

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...