{"id":499645,"date":"2022-03-17T07:51:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T14:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=499645"},"modified":"2022-03-17T11:21:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T18:21:44","slug":"2022-ncaa-womens-championships-lia-thomas-takes-top-seed-in-500-freestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2022-ncaa-womens-championships-lia-thomas-takes-top-seed-in-500-freestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 NCAA Women&#8217;s Championships: Lia Thomas Takes Top Seed in 500 Freestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>2022 NCAA Women&#8217;s Championships: Lia Thomas Takes Top Seed in 500 Freestyle<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>After months of speculation and controversy, Penn swimmer <strong>Lia Thomas<\/strong> made her debut at the 2022 NCAA Women\u2019s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas swam in the prelims of the 500-yard freestyle on Thursday morning and took the first seed in 4:33.82.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas is a transgender swimmer that has been the subject of debate in the swimming world and beyond this year, especially leading up to the championships. While Thomas has followed all NCAA rules, many believe the rules are not adequate, giving transgender athletes an unfair advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA, meet, American and U.S. Open record for the event is 4:24.06 set by Stanford&#8217;s <strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> in 2017. The pool record is 4:30.81 set by Virginia&#8217;s <strong>Leah Smith<\/strong> in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>There were eight prelims heats in the 500 freestyle. She was in Lane 4 in the eighth heat and when the heat dove in, it was unusually quiet in the aquatic center. She took the early lead in the eighth heat ahead of Stanford\u2019s <strong>Brooke Forde<\/strong>, who finished 4:38.19 to take second in the heat.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2022-ncaa-womens-championships-day-2-heat-sheets-day-2\/ncaa-college\/2022\/March\/17?rtn=%2Fresults%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Day 2 prelims heat sheets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/swimmeetresults.tech\/NCAA-Division-I-Women-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the seventh heat, <strong>Erica Sullivan<\/strong> of Texas finished in 4:36.79 to hold off Virginia\u2019s <strong>Emma Weyant<\/strong> (4:37.25) and Texas teammate <strong>Evie Pfeifer<\/strong> (4:37.39) in an extremely close heat.<\/p>\n<p>It will be a start-studded final as Sullivan took the second seed overall, ahead of Weyant, Wisconsin\u2019s<strong> Paige McKenna,<\/strong> Pfeifer, Forde, Stanford\u2019s <strong>Morgan Tankersly<\/strong> and Alabama\u2019s <strong>Kensey McMahon<\/strong>, who rounded out the finalists. The 2-3-4 seeds are all freshmen, showing the future of the event looks extremely bright for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Tech\u2019s <strong>Reka Gy\u00f6rgy<\/strong> is the first alternate after finishing 17th during prelims.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas is also slated to swim the 200 freestyle and 100 freestyle later in the NCAA Championships at Georgia Tech.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 3  Women 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 4:24.06  3\/16\/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n         Meet: M 4:24.06  3\/16\/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n     American: A 4:24.06  3\/16\/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n      US Open: O 4:24.06  3\/16\/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n         Pool: P 4:30.81  3\/17\/2016 Leah Smith, Virginia\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===  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