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For full Swimming World coverage, check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2015-ncaa-womens-di-swimming-and-diving-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\">coverage\u00a0page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Minnesota\u2019s Kierra Smith demolished the field in the women\u2019s 200-yard breast at the NCAA Division I Women\u2019s Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Smith threw down a scorching time of 2:04.56 for the win. \u00a0That swim made her the third-fastest swimmer all time behind only Emma Reaney and Breeja Larson.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All Time 200 Breast<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\">\n<table class=\"easy-table easy-table-default \" border=\"0\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Rank<\/th>\n<th>Name<\/th>\n<th>Time<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Emma Reaney<\/td>\n<td>2:04.06<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Breeja Larson<\/td>\n<td>2:04.48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Kierra Smith<\/td>\n<td>2:40.56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Rebecca Soni<\/td>\n<td>2:04.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Caitlin Leverenz<\/td>\n<td>2:04.76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Smith joined Haley Spencer as the only other 200-yard breaststroke winner from Minnesota. \u00a0Spencer won in 2011 with a 2:06.12.<\/p>\n<p>Smith won the event by 2.09 seconds with Virginia\u2019s Laura Simon taking second overall with a 2:06.65.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a pretty big margin of victory, but not yet near the NCAA record. \u00a0Jeanne Childs of Hawaii clocked a 2:13.35 to beat Florida\u2019s Kathy Treible (2:16.62) by 3.27 seconds in back 1983.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Kierra Smith, Minnesota<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI just wanted to do what I did this morning. 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