﻿{"id":190672,"date":"2016-03-17T08:21:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T15:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=190672"},"modified":"2020-02-20T19:12:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T02:12:39","slug":"leah-smith-clocks-16th-fastest-500-free-during-prelims-at-ncaas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/leah-smith-clocks-16th-fastest-500-free-during-prelims-at-ncaas\/","title":{"rendered":"Leah Smith Clocks 16th-Fastest 500 Free During Prelims at NCAAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia&#8217;s <strong>Leah Smith<\/strong> unleashed the 16th-fastest time ever in the women&#8217;s 500-yard free at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women&#8217;s Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, the defending champion, blasted a time of 4:31.39 as she looks to join a long list of swimmers who have won the event multiple times. \u00a0Last year, Smith won the title with a 4:31.54 and moved to second all time in the event&#8217;s history behind <strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> (4:26.58) with a 4:30.37 during prelims of NCAAs.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia&#8217;s<strong> Brittany MacLean<\/strong> is also looking to join the multiple win list after watching Smith dethrone her last year following MacLean&#8217;s win in 2014. \u00a0MacLean qualified second in 4:34.61 with teammate <strong>Hali Flickinger<\/strong> also in the mix with a third-seeded 4:37.27. \u00a0MacLean (4:32.53) and Flickinger (4:33.90) rank seventh and 13th all time in the event&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia is looking for its sixth program victory in the event to move behind only Stanford (7) for the most NCAA 500 free wins by a single program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Multiple 500 Free Winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3 \u2013 Lindsay Benko, Southern California<br \/>\n3 \u2013 Marybeth Linzmeier, Stanford<br \/>\n3 &#8211; Allison Schmitt, Georgia<br \/>\n2 &#8211; Haley Anderson, USC<br \/>\n2 \u2013 Tami Bruce, Florida<br \/>\n2 \u2013 Janet Evans, Stanford<br \/>\n2 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