{"id":359786,"date":"2019-03-22T15:52:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T22:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=359786"},"modified":"2020-02-18T20:32:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T03:32:54","slug":"mallory-comerford-out-touches-taylor-ruck-in-200-free-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mallory-comerford-out-touches-taylor-ruck-in-200-free-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Mallory Comerford Out-Touches Taylor Ruck in 200 Free Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

In one of the most hyped races of the meet, Louisville senior\u00a0Mallory Comerford\u00a0<\/strong>won her third straight NCAA title in the 200 free on Friday night at the NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. Comerford swam a 1:40.26 to run down Stanford freshman\u00a0Taylor Ruck\u00a0<\/strong>(1:40.37) and Michigan senior\u00a0Siobhan Haughey\u00a0<\/strong>(1:40.70) in one of the most exciting races of the meet thus far.<\/p>\n

It was expected to be a faster final with Comerford sitting second all-time and Haughey sitting sixth, but it was the race that won the day with Comerford coming out on top in a well strategized race. Ruck moved up the all-time list to a tie for fourth with fellow Cardinal\u00a0Simone Manuel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Cal had three A-Finalists pick up valuable points for the Golden Bears with\u00a0Abbey Weitzeil\u00a0<\/strong>placing fourth from lane 8 at 1:42.29. The Bears also had\u00a0Katie McLaughlin\u00a0<\/strong>(1:43.53) and\u00a0Robin Neumann\u00a0<\/strong>(1:43.72) place seventh and eighth. McLaughlin placed third in the 100 fly not long before this.<\/p>\n

Virginia’s\u00a0Paige Madden<\/strong>, who has had a quietly good meet this week in Austin, placed fifth at 1:43.03.<\/p>\n

Michigan’s\u00a0Catie DeLoof\u00a0<\/strong>(1:43.17) also swam in the final.<\/p>\n

Comerford is one of four swimmers to win the 200 free at least three times at this meet. She joins the likes of\u00a0Florida’s\u00a0Nicole Haislett\u00a0<\/strong>(1991-94), SMU’s\u00a0Martina Moravcova\u00a0<\/strong>(1996-99) and Georgia’s\u00a0Allison Schmitt\u00a0<\/strong>(2010, 11, 13) as three-time winners. All three of Louisville’s NCAA titles in this event have come from Comerford.<\/p>\n

All-Time List<\/h3>\n
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  1. Missy Franklin<\/strong>, Cal, 1:39.10 (2015)<\/li>\n
  2. Mallory Comerford<\/strong>, Louisville, 1:39.80 (2018)<\/li>\n
  3. Katie Ledecky<\/strong>, Stanford, 1:40.36 (2017)<\/li>\n
  4. Taylor Ruck<\/strong>, Stanford, 1:40.37 (2019)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Simone Manuel<\/strong>, Stanford, 1:40.37 (2017)<\/li>\n
  6. Allison Schmitt<\/strong>, Pitchfork, 1:40.62 (2015)<\/li>\n
  7. Siobhan Haughey<\/strong>, Michigan, 1:40.69 (2018)<\/li>\n
  8. Megan Romano<\/strong>, Georgia, 1:41.21 (2012)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n