{"id":359489,"date":"2019-03-21T15:40:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T22:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=359489"},"modified":"2020-02-23T12:05:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T19:05:30","slug":"brooke-forde-drops-huge-431-in-500-free-for-first-individual-ncaa-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/brooke-forde-drops-huge-431-in-500-free-for-first-individual-ncaa-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooke Forde Drops Huge 4:31 in 500 Free For First Individual NCAA Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stanford sophomore\u00a0Brooke Forde\u00a0<\/strong>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.<\/p>\n

Forde anchored Stanford’s 800 free relay on Wednesday night in Austin as that was her second relay national title. She was on the same winning relay in 2018. Forde also accidentally did an extra 50 last night on the end of Stanford’s 800 free relay and joked that she was excited to swim the 500 today with lap counters. She correctly counted her race tonight.<\/p>\n

Forde was in a battle with fellow sophomore\u00a0Paige Madden\u00a0<\/strong>of Virginia as those two were leading the field and distanced themselves away from the pack. The two were dead even at 400 but Forde dropped a huge last 100 at 53.52 as she pulled away from Madden, who swam a 4:32.98 for the runner-up spot. Madden moved up to 12th all-time with her swim.<\/p>\n

Minnesota’s\u00a0Mackenzie Padington\u00a0<\/strong>(4:35.21) had the fastest last 50 in the field with a 26.21 on the final 50 to steal third place from Arizona State’s Cierra Runge\u00a0<\/strong>(4:35.39), who placed fourth.<\/p>\n

Minnesota’s\u00a0Chantal Nack\u00a0<\/strong>(4:35.88), Stanford’s\u00a0Lauren Pitzer\u00a0<\/strong>(4:36.57), Texas’\u00a0Evie Pfeifer <\/strong>(4:37.09) and Georgia’s\u00a0Courtney Harnish\u00a0<\/strong>(4:37.61) also placed in the A-Final.<\/p>\n

Stanford now has 10 NCAA titles in the 500, the most of any school. Forde joins the likes of\u00a0Marybeth Linzmeier\u00a0<\/strong>(1982-84),\u00a0Janet Evans\u00a0<\/strong>(1990, 91),\u00a0Lisa Jacob\u00a0<\/strong>(1993) and\u00a0Katie Ledecky\u00a0<\/strong>(2017, 18) as winners of the event for the Cardinal.<\/p>\n

All-Time List<\/h3>\n
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  1. Katie Ledecky<\/strong>, Stanford, 4:24.06 (2017)<\/li>\n
  2. Leah Smith<\/strong>, Virginia, 4:28.90 (2017)<\/li>\n
  3. Katie Hoff<\/strong>, North Baltimore, 4:30.47 (2007)<\/li>\n
  4. Dagny Knutson<\/strong>, ASK, 4:31.18 (2009)<\/li>\n
  5. Brooke Forde<\/strong>, Stanford, 4:31.34 (2019)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Cierra Runge<\/strong>, Cal, 4:31.90 (2015)<\/li>\n
  7. Allison Schmitt<\/strong>, Pitchfork, 4:32.08 (2015)<\/li>\n
  8. Brittany MacLean<\/strong>, Georgia, 4:32.53 (2014)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n