2023 NCAA WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Prior to the final finals session of the 2023 Women’s NCAA Championships, heats 1 to five of the ladies’s 1650 free might be raced. Unlike the opposite occasions, the place there are ‘A’ and ‘B’ finals, the 1650 free follows a timed finals format, the place swimmers are grouped into heats based mostly on their seed time Kcan win the occasion out of any warmth. In reality, at NCAAs final 12 months, the general second, fourth, and sixth place finishers all swam their races from the sooner heats.
Some huge names from these early heats embody final 12 months’s seventh-place finisher Lola Mull in warmth 3, 2022 1650 free ACC Champion Liberty Williams in addition to U.S. Olympian Emma Weyant in warmth 4, and 2023 500 free SEC champ Rachel Stege, 2022 U.S. World Champ workforce member Mariah Denigan, and 2022 high 8 finishers Abby McCulloh and Maddie Donohoe in warmth 5.
These heats happen beginning at 3:50 PM EST. The quickest warmth of the 1650 will happen at 6:00 PM EST, being the primary occasion of the finals session.
Women’s 1650 Free — Slower Heats
- NCAA Record: 15:03.31 — Katie Ledecky, Stanford (2017)
- Meet Record: 15:07.70 — Katie Ledecky, Stanford (2017)
- American Record: 15.01.41 — Katie Ledecky, Gator Swim Club (2023)
- U.S. Open Record: 15:01.41 — Katie Ledecky, Gator Swim Club (2023)
- Pool Record: 15:15.17 — Katie Ledecky, Nation’s Capital Swim Club (2013)
- 2022 Champion: Paige McKenna, Wisconsin
Top 8:
- Mariah Denigan, Indiana — 15:52.18
- Rachel Stege, Georgia — 15:54.55
- Liberty Williams, Louisville — 15:55.29
- Maddie Donohoe, Virginia — 15:56.83
- Abby McCulloh, Georgia — 15:57.34
- Emma Weyant, Florida — 16:01.59
- Maya Geringer, Ohio State — 16:01.77
- Averee Preble, Auburn — 16:02.99
After Texas’s Olivia McMurray acquired out to an early lead, Wisconsin’s Blair Stoneburg caught as much as her across the 700-yard mark and by no means turned again. Stoneburg ended up profitable the primary warmth by almost eight seconds, clocking a 16:15.44 that comes inside a second of her finest time of 16:14.60 and is a giant drop from her season-best of 16:21.38.
Auburn’s Averee Preble had a giant swim in warmth two, dominating her race and clocking a time of 16:02.99 that may probably rating. She dropped almost 4 seconds from her earlier finest time of 16:06.54, which she set three years in the past on the 2020 SEC Championships. Nebraska freshman Gena Jorgensen additionally set a finest time to complete in a transparent second, going a 16:13.34 and dropping 0.2 seconds from her earlier PB.
While Kentucky’s Megan Drumm had appreciable lead over the sphere for the primary 1000 yards of the race, it was Northwestern’s Lola Mull who received warmth three, making a comeback on the finish of her race to take the win in a time of 16:03.98. This time is a seven second drop from her entry time of 16:11.41, however slower than her time of 15:55.96 from final 12 months’s NCAAs. In second was Florida’s Anna Auld, who went 16;10.61, whereas Drumm fell to fourth and clocked a 16:12.62.
Liberty Williams was the primary lady of the day to get beneath the 16-minute barrier, going a 15:55.29 to win warmth 4. This swim marks her first time sub-16 this season. Emma Weyant swam a 16:01.59 to get second, beating out her earlier finest time of 16:02.51. The Ohio State duo of Maya Geringer and Gwen Woodbury went 3-4, going instances of 16:01.77 and 16:04.35 respectively.
Indiana’s Mariah Denigan clocked the quickest outing of the afternoon heats, profitable warmth 5 in a time of 15:52.28. This is is a 5+ second drop from her earlier finest time of 15:57.82 clocked at Big Tens. Rachel Stege (15:54.55), Maddie Donohoe (15;56.83), and Abby McCulloh (15:57.34) all acquired beneath the 16-minute barrier, and can all probably rating and probably end high 8.
