2021 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

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2021 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
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Host city Flag of North Carolina.svg Greensboro, North Carolina
Date(s)March 17-20, 2021
Venue(s) Greensboro Aquatic Center
North Carolina State University
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The 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested from March 17-20, 2021 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina at the 39th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.

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Hosted by the NC State Wolfpack of North Carolina State University and the Greensboro Sports Foundation, the meet was the first NCAA Swimming & Diving Championship to be held since 2019, after the 2020 meet was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stringent guidelines were imposed at the meet to comply with public health standards in the face of the continuing pandemic. [1]

The Virginia Cavaliers won the meet-- their first NCAA Swimming & Diving title and also the first in the Atlantic Coast Conference. [2] NC State finished second, and Texas third. Maggie MacNeil of Michigan was named the CSCAA Women's Swimmer of the Year, and Sarah Bacon of Minnesota was named Women's Diver of the Year. Todd DeSorbo of Virginia was named the CSCAA Women's Team Coach of the Year and Minnesota's Wenbo Chen was named the Women's Diving Coach of the Year. [3]

Team standings

RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Virginia 491
Silver medal icon.svg NC State (H)354
Bronze medal icon.svg Texas 344.5
4 California 290
5 Alabama 266
6 Michigan 224.5
7 Ohio State 215.5
8 Georgia 181
9 Stanford (DC)159
10 Tennessee 153

Swimming Results

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 freestyle Kate Douglass
Virginia
21.13 Maggie MacNeil
Michigan
21.17Sarah Thompson
Missouri
21.42
100 freestyle Maggie MacNeil
Michigan
46.02 Kate Douglass
Virginia
46.30Isabel Ivey
California
46.95
200 freestyle Paige Madden
Virginia
1:42.35Talia Bates
Florida
1:43.49Kelly Pash
Texas
1:43.50
500 freestyle Paige Madden
Virginia
4:33.61Evie Pfeifer
Texas
4:35.02 Brooke Forde
Stanford
4:35.22
1650 freestyle Paige Madden
Virginia
15:41.86Evie Pfeifer
Texas
15:46.41 Sierra Schmidt
Michigan
15:51.09
100 backstroke Katharine Berkoff
NC State
49.74 Rhyan White
Alabama
50.21 Phoebe Bacon
Wisconsin
50.39
200 backstroke Phoebe Bacon
Wisconsin
1:48.32 Rhyan White
Alabama
1:48.99 Isabelle Stadden
California
1:49.66
100 breaststroke Sophie Hansson
NC State
57.23 Kaitlyn Dobler
Southern Cal
57.46Alexis Wenger
Virginia
57.67
200 breaststroke Sophie Hansson
NC State
2:03.86Ella Nelson
Virginia
2:04.35 Mona McSharry
Tennessee
2:05.01
100 butterfly Maggie MacNeil
Michigan
48.89 Kate Douglass
Virginia
49.55Kylee Alons
NC State
50.35
200 butterflyOlivia Carter
Michigan
1:51.33Olivia Bray
Texas
1:52.87 Dakota Luther
Georgia
1:53.01
200 IM Alex Walsh
Virginia
1:51.87Zoie Hartman
Georgia
1:53.34 Alicia Wilson
California
1:54.51
400 IM Brooke Forde
Stanford
4:01.57Ella Nelson
Virginia
4:02.33Lauren Poole
Kentucky
4:02.73
200 freestyle relayCalifornia
Eloise Riley (22.09)
Emily Gantriis (21.23)
Elise Garcia (21.24)
Isabel Ivey (21.22)
1:25.78Virginia
Kate Douglass (21.09)
Lexi Cuomo (21.63)
Kyla Valls (21.97)
Alex Walsh (21.28)
1:25.97NC State
Katharine Berkoff (21.81)
Kylee Alons (21.27)
Sirena Rowe (21.47)
Sophie Hansson (21.72)
1:26.27
400 freestyle relayAlabama
Morgan Scott (47.78)
Kalia Antoniou (47.16)
Flora Molnar (47.94)
Cora Dupre (46.90)
3:09.78Virginia
Kate Douglass (46.76)
Paige Madden (47.98)
Alex Walsh (47.63)
Lexi Cuomo (48.08)
3:10.45California
Robin Neumann (48.40)
Emily Gantriis (48.20)
Elise Garcia (47.94)
Isabel Ivey (46.10)
3:10.64
800 freestyle relayVirginia
Kyla Valls (1:44.64)
Paige Madden (1:41.63)
Ella Nelson (1:43.11)
Alex Walsh (1:43.18)
6:52.56Kentucky
Izzy Gati (1:44.27)
Riley Gaines (1:42.81)
Sophie Sorenson (1:44.97)
Kaitlynn Wheeler (1:44.97)
6:57.02California
Robin Neumann (1:44.09)
Ayla Spitz (1:43.87)
Rachel Klinker (1:44.98)
Alicia Wilson (1:44.12)
6:57.06
200 medley relayNC State
Katharine Berkoff (23.27)
Sophie Hansson (25.92)
Sirena Rowe (22.73)
Kylee Alons (21.26)
1:33.18Virginia
Caroline Gmelich (24.13)
Alexis Wenger (26.41)
Lexi Cuomo (22.40)
Kate Douglass (21.19)
1:34.13Ohio State
Emily Crane (23.92)
Hannah Bach (26.58)
Katherine Zenick (22.95)
Taylor Petrak (21.51)
1:34.96


400 medley relayNC State
Katharine Berkoff (50.07)
Sophie Hansson (57.01)
Kylee Alons (49.29)
Julia Poole (48.22)
3:24.59Virginia
Reilly Tiltmann (50.49)
Alexis Wenger (57.71)
Lexi Cuomo (50.62)
Kate Douglass (46.31)
3:25.13Texas
Julia Cook (51.78)
Anna Elendt (58.05)
Olivia Bray (50.43)
Kelly Pash (47.57)
3:27.83

Diving Results

EventGoldSilverBronze
1-meter Sarah Bacon
Minnesota
357.20 Aranza Vazquez
North Carolina
348.45 Brooke Schultz
Arkansas
335.85
3-meter Sarah Bacon
Minnesota
408.60 Aranza Vazquez
North Carolina
384.75Camryn Hidalgo
Georgia Tech
356.40
PlatformTamin Gilliland
Indiana
338.40 Delaney Schnell
Arizona
331.80Macyey Vieta
Purdue
316.80

Modifications due to Covid-19


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