{"id":191310,"date":"2016-03-19T15:23:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T22:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=191310"},"modified":"2016-03-19T15:23:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T22:23:22","slug":"virginias-leah-smith-dominates-1650-fre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/virginias-leah-smith-dominates-1650-fre\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia&#8217;s Leah Smith Dominates 1650 Free To Defend NCAA Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia&#8217;s <strong>Leah Smith<\/strong> raced away from Georgia&#8217;s <strong>Brittany MacLean<\/strong> to defend her women&#8217;s 1650-yard freestyle title at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women&#8217;s Championships.<\/p>\n<p>While Smith wasn&#8217;t able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/leah-smith-sets-ncaa-record-in-1000-1650-frees\/\" target=\"_blank\">challenge her NCAA record time of 15:25.30<\/a>, she did pick up the victory with a time of 15:32.72 to complete the 500-1650 free double. \u00a0That&#8217;s the ninth fastest time ever.<\/p>\n<p>A<strong>ll Time 1650 Free Top 10:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 15:13.30 Katie Ledecky, NCAP, 12\/6\/14<br \/>\n2 15:15.17 Katie Ledecky, NCAP, 12\/5\/13<br \/>\n3 15:24.35 Katie Hoff NBAC Annapolis, Md. 3\/2\/08<br \/>\n4 15:25.30 Leah Smith, Virginia, ACCs 2\/20\/16<br \/>\n5 15:27.84 Brittany MacLean, Georgia, 3\/22\/14<br \/>\n6 15:28.36 Katie Ledecky NCAP 11\/29\/12<br \/>\n7 15:29.15 Kate Ziegler The Fish Fairfax, Va. 12\/6\/07<br \/>\n8 15:30.84 Lotte Friis, NBAC, 3\/7\/15<br \/>\n9 15:32.72 Leah Smith, Virginia, 3\/19\/16<br \/>\n10 15:34.46 Leah Smith, Virginia, TAMU, 3\/21\/15<\/p>\n<p>Smith became the ninth swimmer to win a pair of 1650 NCAA titles, joining fellow Cavalier <strong>Cara Lane<\/strong>, who went back-to-back in 2000 and 2001.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous Multiple Winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3 \u2013 Tami Bruce, Florida<br \/>\n3 \u2013 Marybeth Linzmeier, Stanford<br \/>\n3 \u2013 Mimosa McNerney, Florida<br \/>\n3 \u2013 Flavia Rigamonti, SMU<br \/>\n3 &#8211; Wendy Trott, Georgia<br \/>\n2 \u2013 Janet Evans, Stanford<br \/>\n2 \u2013 Trina Jackson, Arizona<br \/>\n2 \u2013 Cara Lane, Virginia<br \/>\n2 \u2013 Hayley Peirsol, Auburn<\/p>\n<p>Georgia&#8217;s <strong>Brittany MacLean<\/strong> collected a huge second-place finish for the Bulldogs with a 15:39.29. \u00a0That swim kept Georgia on pace for a close win against Stanford at the end of the night.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan&#8217;s <strong>Rose Bi<\/strong> placed third in 15:45.26 with NC State&#8217;s <strong>Hannah Moore<\/strong> earning fourth in 15:47.20.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana&#8217;s <strong>Haley Lips<\/strong> moved up to fifth with a 15:50.54 from the earlier heats, while Ohio State&#8217;s <strong>Lindsey Clary<\/strong> (15:50.66), Wisconsin&#8217;s <strong>Danielle Valley<\/strong> (16:00.43) and Minnesota&#8217;s <strong>Brooke Zeiger<\/strong> (16:00.64) closed out the top eight.<\/p>\n<pre> 1 Smith, Leah      JR Virginia         15:25.30   15:32.72P        20  \r\n                 25.66        52.98 (27.32)\r\n        1:20.69 (27.71)     1:48.91 (28.22)\r\n        2:17.01 (28.10)     2:45.40 (28.39)\r\n        3:13.72 (28.32)     3:42.03 (28.31)\r\n        4:10.52 (28.49)     4:39.03 (28.51)\r\n        5:07.46 (28.43)     5:35.94 (28.48)\r\n        6:04.57 (28.63)     6:32.98 (28.41)\r\n        7:01.39 (28.41)     7:29.88 (28.49)\r\n        7:58.19 (28.31)     8:26.78 (28.59)\r\n        8:55.29 (28.51)     9:23.87 (28.58)\r\n        9:52.29 (28.42)    10:20.70 (28.41)\r\n       10:49.02 (28.32)    11:17.47 (28.45)\r\n       11:46.01 (28.54)    12:14.55 (28.54)\r\n       12:43.18 (28.63)    13:11.70 (28.52)\r\n       13:40.30 (28.60)    14:08.77 (28.47)\r\n       14:37.28 (28.51)    15:05.47 (28.19)    15:32.72 (27.25)\r\n  2 MacLean, Britta  SR Georgia          15:36.52   15:39.29P        17  \r\n                 26.29        54.12 (27.83)\r\n        1:22.02 (27.90)     1:50.30 (28.28)\r\n        2:18.74 (28.44)     2:47.17 (28.43)\r\n        3:15.75 (28.58)     3:44.08 (28.33)\r\n        4:12.36 (28.28)     4:40.79 (28.43)\r\n        5:09.17 (28.38)     5:37.77 (28.60)\r\n        6:06.02 (28.25)     6:34.27 (28.25)\r\n        7:02.72 (28.45)     7:31.20 (28.48)\r\n        7:59.95 (28.75)     8:28.46 (28.51)\r\n        8:56.97 (28.51)     9:25.76 (28.79)\r\n        9:54.52 (28.76)    10:23.30 (28.78)\r\n       10:52.09 (28.79)    11:21.01 (28.92)\r\n       11:49.66 (28.65)    12:18.39 (28.73)\r\n       12:47.25 (28.86)    13:16.03 (28.78)\r\n       13:44.83 (28.80)    14:13.65 (28.82)\r\n       14:42.36 (28.71)    15:11.47 (29.11)    15:39.29 (27.82)\r\n  3 Bi, Rose         FR Michigan         15:50.56   15:45.26P        16  \r\n                 26.73        55.25 (28.52)\r\n        1:23.56 (28.31)     1:52.21 (28.65)\r\n        2:21.09 (28.88)     2:50.33 (29.24)\r\n        3:19.47 (29.14)     3:48.62 (29.15)\r\n        4:17.60 (28.98)     4:46.74 (29.14)\r\n        5:15.70 (28.96)     5:44.69 (28.99)\r\n        6:13.37 (28.68)     6:42.14 (28.77)\r\n        7:10.79 (28.65)     7:39.31 (28.52)\r\n        8:07.98 (28.67)     8:36.68 (28.70)\r\n        9:05.23 (28.55)     9:34.32 (29.09)\r\n       10:02.83 (28.51)    10:31.49 (28.66)\r\n       11:00.39 (28.90)    11:29.28 (28.89)\r\n       11:58.08 (28.80)    12:26.75 (28.67)\r\n       12:55.35 (28.60)    13:23.87 (28.52)\r\n       13:52.80 (28.93)    14:21.71 (28.91)\r\n       14:49.95 (28.24)    15:18.25 (28.30)    15:45.26 (27.01)\r\n  4 Moore, Hannah    SO NC State         15:50.46   15:47.20P        15  \r\n                 26.35        54.66 (28.31)\r\n        1:23.13 (28.47)     1:51.88 (28.75)\r\n        2:20.72 (28.84)     2:49.57 (28.85)\r\n        3:18.48 (28.91)     3:47.51 (29.03)\r\n        4:16.50 (28.99)     4:45.51 (29.01)\r\n        5:14.71 (29.20)     5:43.72 (29.01)\r\n        6:12.86 (29.14)     6:41.79 (28.93)\r\n        7:10.76 (28.97)     7:39.73 (28.97)\r\n        8:08.66 (28.93)     8:37.64 (28.98)\r\n        9:06.32 (28.68)     9:35.05 (28.73)\r\n       10:04.01 (28.96)    10:32.75 (28.74)\r\n       11:01.40 (28.65)    11:30.25 (28.85)\r\n       11:58.91 (28.66)    12:27.71 (28.80)\r\n       12:56.53 (28.82)    13:25.18 (28.65)\r\n       13:53.77 (28.59)    14:22.37 (28.60)\r\n       14:51.04 (28.67)    15:19.49 (28.45)    15:47.20 (27.71)\r\n  5 Lips, Haley      SR Indiana          16:01.67   15:50.54P        14  \r\n                 26.58        54.88 (28.30)\r\n        1:23.86 (28.98)     1:53.14 (29.28)\r\n        2:22.17 (29.03)     2:51.44 (29.27)\r\n        3:20.61 (29.17)     3:49.80 (29.19)\r\n        4:18.95 (29.15)     4:47.94 (28.99)\r\n        5:16.92 (28.98)     5:45.93 (29.01)\r\n        6:15.08 (29.15)     6:43.96 (28.88)\r\n        7:12.77 (28.81)     7:41.39 (28.62)\r\n        8:10.13 (28.74)     8:38.78 (28.65)\r\n        9:07.45 (28.67)     9:36.18 (28.73)\r\n       10:05.05 (28.87)    10:34.07 (29.02)\r\n       11:03.02 (28.95)    11:31.79 (28.77)\r\n       12:00.68 (28.89)    12:29.79 (29.11)\r\n       12:58.85 (29.06)    13:27.94 (29.09)\r\n       13:56.97 (29.03)    14:25.69 (28.72)\r\n       14:54.52 (28.83)    15:22.75 (28.23)    15:50.54 (27.79)\r\n  6 Clary, Lindsey   JR Ohio St          15:49.98   15:50.66P        13  \r\n                 27.19        55.68 (28.49)\r\n        1:24.57 (28.89)     1:53.36 (28.79)\r\n        2:22.02 (28.66)     2:50.77 (28.75)\r\n        3:19.76 (28.99)     3:48.51 (28.75)\r\n        4:17.43 (28.92)     4:46.47 (29.04)\r\n        5:15.46 (28.99)     5:44.35 (28.89)\r\n        6:13.31 (28.96)     6:42.41 (29.10)\r\n        7:11.30 (28.89)     7:40.27 (28.97)\r\n        8:09.32 (29.05)     8:38.18 (28.86)\r\n        9:07.27 (29.09)     9:36.26 (28.99)\r\n       10:05.31 (29.05)    10:34.33 (29.02)\r\n       11:03.20 (28.87)    11:31.91 (28.71)\r\n       12:00.78 (28.87)    12:29.82 (29.04)\r\n       12:58.75 (28.93)    13:27.67 (28.92)\r\n       13:56.65 (28.98)    14:25.62 (28.97)\r\n       14:54.68 (29.06)    15:23.04 (28.36)    15:50.66 (27.62)\r\n  7 Valley, Daniell  JR Wisconsin        16:04.18   16:00.43         12  \r\n                 26.92        55.50 (28.58)\r\n        1:24.43 (28.93)     1:53.58 (29.15)\r\n        2:22.82 (29.24)     2:51.95 (29.13)\r\n        3:21.06 (29.11)     3:50.21 (29.15)\r\n        4:19.39 (29.18)     4:48.32 (28.93)\r\n        5:17.44 (29.12)     5:46.45 (29.01)\r\n        6:15.58 (29.13)     6:44.73 (29.15)\r\n        7:13.94 (29.21)     7:43.37 (29.43)\r\n        8:12.51 (29.14)     8:42.05 (29.54)\r\n        9:11.36 (29.31)     9:40.75 (29.39)\r\n       10:10.15 (29.40)    10:39.48 (29.33)\r\n       11:08.82 (29.34)    11:38.11 (29.29)\r\n       12:07.52 (29.41)    12:36.75 (29.23)\r\n       13:06.28 (29.53)    13:35.43 (29.15)\r\n       14:04.70 (29.27)    14:33.90 (29.20)\r\n       15:03.18 (29.28)    15:32.23 (29.05)    16:00.43 (28.20)\r\n  8 Zeiger, Brooke   SO Minnesota        16:09.83   16:00.64         11  \r\n                 27.06        56.18 (29.12)\r\n        1:25.46 (29.28)     1:54.87 (29.41)\r\n        2:24.19 (29.32)     2:53.47 (29.28)\r\n        3:22.67 (29.20)     3:51.85 (29.18)\r\n        4:20.99 (29.14)     4:50.29 (29.30)\r\n        5:19.43 (29.14)     5:48.64 (29.21)\r\n        6:17.75 (29.11)     6:47.04 (29.29)\r\n        7:16.20 (29.16)     7:45.01 (28.81)\r\n        8:13.96 (28.95)     8:42.84 (28.88)\r\n        9:11.78 (28.94)     9:40.69 (28.91)\r\n       10:09.57 (28.88)    10:38.47 (28.90)\r\n       11:07.83 (29.36)    11:37.27 (29.44)\r\n       12:06.74 (29.47)    12:35.79 (29.05)\r\n       13:05.17 (29.38)    13:34.51 (29.34)\r\n       14:03.94 (29.43)    14:33.49 (29.55)\r\n       15:02.94 (29.45)    15:32.12 (29.18)    16:00.64 (28.52)\r\n  9 Ryan, Gillian    SO Michigan         15:58.54   16:01.45          9  \r\n                 26.79        55.99 (29.20)\r\n        1:25.27 (29.28)     1:53.97 (28.70)\r\n        2:23.19 (29.22)     2:52.75 (29.56)\r\n        3:22.02 (29.27)     3:51.56 (29.54)\r\n        4:20.98 (29.42)     4:50.66 (29.68)\r\n        5:19.93 (29.27)     5:49.45 (29.52)\r\n        6:18.92 (29.47)     6:48.20 (29.28)\r\n        7:17.83 (29.63)     7:47.71 (29.88)\r\n        8:17.42 (29.71)     8:47.00 (29.58)\r\n        9:16.10 (29.10)     9:45.56 (29.46)\r\n       10:14.63 (29.07)    10:43.68 (29.05)\r\n       11:12.83 (29.15)    11:42.02 (29.19)\r\n       12:11.24 (29.22)    12:40.53 (29.29)\r\n       13:09.79 (29.26)    13:39.13 (29.34)\r\n       14:08.64 (29.51)    14:37.42 (28.78)\r\n       15:06.15 (28.73)    15:34.89 (28.74)    16:01.45 (26.56)\r\n 10 Miller, Genevie  JR Air Force        16:01.39   16:02.74          7  \r\n                 26.60        55.21 (28.61)\r\n        1:24.19 (28.98)     1:53.58 (29.39)\r\n        2:23.11 (29.53)     2:52.64 (29.53)\r\n        3:22.13 (29.49)     3:51.50 (29.37)\r\n        4:21.09 (29.59)     4:50.55 (29.46)\r\n        5:20.00 (29.45)     5:49.36 (29.36)\r\n        6:18.80 (29.44)     6:48.21 (29.41)\r\n        7:17.62 (29.41)     7:47.23 (29.61)\r\n        8:16.78 (29.55)     8:46.33 (29.55)\r\n        9:15.78 (29.45)     9:45.10 (29.32)\r\n       10:14.51 (29.41)    10:43.94 (29.43)\r\n       11:13.33 (29.39)    11:42.55 (29.22)\r\n       12:11.86 (29.31)    12:41.05 (29.19)\r\n       13:10.20 (29.15)    13:39.47 (29.27)\r\n       14:08.48 (29.01)    14:37.41 (28.93)\r\n       15:06.44 (29.03)    15:35.10 (28.66)    16:02.74 (27.64)\r\n 11 Thielmann, Jess  SR Florida          15:56.32   16:03.11          6  \r\n                 26.75        55.33 (28.58)\r\n        1:23.86 (28.53)     1:52.56 (28.70)\r\n        2:21.43 (28.87)     2:50.35 (28.92)\r\n        3:19.37 (29.02)     3:48.43 (29.06)\r\n        4:17.47 (29.04)     4:46.58 (29.11)\r\n        5:15.86 (29.28)     5:44.88 (29.02)\r\n        6:14.12 (29.24)     6:43.40 (29.28)\r\n        7:12.68 (29.28)     7:41.97 (29.29)\r\n        8:11.18 (29.21)     8:40.55 (29.37)\r\n        9:09.69 (29.14)     9:39.27 (29.58)\r\n       10:08.60 (29.33)    10:37.96 (29.36)\r\n       11:07.64 (29.68)    11:36.92 (29.28)\r\n       12:06.39 (29.47)    12:35.81 (29.42)\r\n       13:05.51 (29.70)    13:35.17 (29.66)\r\n       14:04.87 (29.70)    14:34.60 (29.73)\r\n       15:04.52 (29.92)    15:34.32 (29.80)    16:03.11 (28.79)\r\n 12 Muller, Rachel   JR NC State         16:02.15   16:04.95          5  \r\n                 26.49        55.37 (28.88)\r\n        1:24.37 (29.00)     1:53.61 (29.24)\r\n        2:23.08 (29.47)     2:52.54 (29.46)\r\n        3:22.03 (29.49)     3:51.64 (29.61)\r\n        4:21.14 (29.50)     4:50.71 (29.57)\r\n        5:20.15 (29.44)     5:49.66 (29.51)\r\n        6:19.06 (29.40)     6:48.39 (29.33)\r\n        7:17.84 (29.45)     7:47.34 (29.50)\r\n        8:16.90 (29.56)     8:46.41 (29.51)\r\n        9:15.69 (29.28)     9:45.07 (29.38)\r\n       10:14.58 (29.51)    10:43.91 (29.33)\r\n       11:13.25 (29.34)    11:42.69 (29.44)\r\n       12:12.26 (29.57)    12:41.71 (29.45)\r\n       13:11.21 (29.50)    13:40.76 (29.55)\r\n       14:10.15 (29.39)    14:39.40 (29.25)\r\n       15:08.48 (29.08)    15:37.27 (28.79)    16:04.95 (27.68)\r\n 13 Stinson, Elizab  FR USC              15:59.13   16:06.60          4  \r\n                 27.03        55.90 (28.87)\r\n        1:24.95 (29.05)     1:54.08 (29.13)\r\n        2:23.26 (29.18)     2:52.53 (29.27)\r\n        3:21.77 (29.24)     3:51.27 (29.50)\r\n        4:20.67 (29.40)     4:50.08 (29.41)\r\n        5:19.32 (29.24)     5:48.75 (29.43)\r\n        6:18.18 (29.43)     6:47.54 (29.36)\r\n        7:17.08 (29.54)     7:46.46 (29.38)\r\n        8:15.77 (29.31)     8:45.02 (29.25)\r\n        9:14.32 (29.30)     9:43.70 (29.38)\r\n       10:13.25 (29.55)    10:42.64 (29.39)\r\n       11:12.14 (29.50)    11:41.36 (29.22)\r\n       12:10.94 (29.58)    12:40.50 (29.56)\r\n       13:09.89 (29.39)    13:39.49 (29.60)\r\n       14:09.10 (29.61)    14:38.68 (29.58)\r\n       15:08.12 (29.44)    15:37.71 (29.59)    16:06.60 (28.89)\r\n 14 Zilinskas, Rach  JR Georgia          16:15.81   16:06.74          3  \r\n                 27.94        57.52 (29.58)\r\n        1:27.29 (29.77)     1:57.21 (29.92)\r\n        2:27.06 (29.85)     2:56.75 (29.69)\r\n        3:26.41 (29.66)     3:56.23 (29.82)\r\n        4:26.00 (29.77)     4:55.64 (29.64)\r\n        5:25.23 (29.59)     5:54.81 (29.58)\r\n        6:24.44 (29.63)     6:53.80 (29.36)\r\n        7:23.32 (29.52)     7:52.91 (29.59)\r\n        8:22.33 (29.42)     8:51.70 (29.37)\r\n        9:21.06 (29.36)     9:50.27 (29.21)\r\n       10:19.35 (29.08)    10:48.54 (29.19)\r\n       11:17.72 (29.18)    11:46.78 (29.06)\r\n       12:16.02 (29.24)    12:44.95 (28.93)\r\n       13:14.19 (29.24)    13:43.22 (29.03)\r\n       14:12.43 (29.21)    14:41.66 (29.23)\r\n       15:10.68 (29.02)    15:39.29 (28.61)    16:06.74 (27.45)\r\n 15 Marchuk, Stepha  JR Indiana          16:13.55   16:06.96          2  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