NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships

NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships

Founded	1982
Number of teams	65 (2016)
Current champions	Georgia (7)
Most successful club(s)	Stanford (8)
Television broadcasters	ESPNU
Website	NCAA.com

The NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships is an annual college championship in the United States. The meet is typically held on the second-to-last weekend (Thursday-Saturday) in March, and consists of individual and relay events for female swimmers and divers at Division I schools.

The swimming-portion of the meet takes place in a 25-yard pool, except in 2000 and 2004 which swam in a 25-meter course.

History

Swimming was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981-82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA conquered the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership.^[1]

Champions

Results table

NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships[2]
Year	Site	Host pool	Winner	Points	Runner-up	Points
1982	Gainesville, Florida	O'Connell Center	Florida	505	Stanford	383
1983	Lincoln, Nebraska	Bob Devaney Sports Center	Stanford	418½	Florida	389½
1984	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium	Texas	392	Stanford	324
1985	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Alabama Aquatics Center	Texas	643	Florida	400
1986	Fayetteville, Arkansas	Arkansas Natatorium	Texas	633	Florida	586
1987	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium	Texas	648½	Stanford	631½
1988	Austin, Texas	Texas Swimming Center	Texas	661	Florida	542½
1989	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium	Stanford	610½	Texas	547
1990	Austin, Texas	Texas Swimming Center	Texas	632	Stanford	622½
1991	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium	Texas	746	Stanford	653
1992	Austin, Texas	Texas Swimming Center	Stanford	735½	Texas	651
1993	Minneapolis	University Aquatic Center	Stanford	649½	Florida	421
1994	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium	Stanford	512	Texas	421
1995	Austin, Texas	Texas Swimming Center	Stanford	497½	Michigan	478½
1996	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Donald B. Canham Natatorium	Stanford	478	SMU	397
1997	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium	USC	406	Stanford	395
1998	Minneapolis	University Aquatic Center	Stanford	422	Arizona	378
1999	Athens, Georgia	Gabrielsen Natatorium	Georgia	504½	Stanford	441
2000	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium	Georgia	490½	Arizona	472
2001	East Meadow, New York	Nassau County Aquatic Center	Georgia	389	Stanford	387½
2002	Austin, Texas	Texas Swimming Center	Auburn	474	Georgia	386
2003	Auburn, Alabama	James E. Martin Aquatics Center	Auburn	536	Georgia	373
2004	College Station, Texas	Student Recreation Center Natatorium	Auburn	569	Georgia	431
2005	West Lafayette, Indiana	Boilermaker Aquatic Center	Georgia	609½	Auburn	492
2006	Athens, Georgia	Gabrielsen Natatorium	Auburn	518½	Georgia	515½
2007	Minneapolis	University Aquatic Center	Auburn	535	Arizona	477
2008	Columbus, Ohio	McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion	Arizona	484	Auburn	348
2009	College Station, Texas	Student Recreation Center Natatorium	California	411½	Georgia	400½
2010	West Lafayette, Indiana	Boilermaker Aquatic Center	Florida	382	Stanford	379½
2011	Austin, Texas	Texas Swimming Center	California	424	Georgia	394½
2012	Auburn, Alabama	James E. Martin Aquatics Center	California	412½	Georgia	366
2013	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium	Georgia	477	California	393
2014	Minneapolis	University Aquatic Center	Georgia	528	Stanford	402.5
2015	Greensboro, North Carolina	Greensboro Aquatic Center	California	513	Georgia	452
2016	Atlanta	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center	Georgia	414	Stanford	395
2017	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium
2018	Columbus, Ohio	McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion

Team titles

Team	Number	Years won
Stanford	8	1983, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998
Georgia	7	1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2016
Texas	7	1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991
Auburn	5	2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
California	4	2009, 2011, 2012, 2015
Florida	2	1982, 2010
Arizona	1	2008
USC	1	1997

Championship records

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Location	Ref
50y freestyle	21.21		Smoliga, OliviaOlivia Smoliga	Georgia	March 17, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia (country)	[3]
100y freestyle	46.09		Manuel, SimoneSimone Manuel	Stanford	March 21, 2015	Greensboro, North Carolina	[4]
200y freestyle	1:39.10		Franklin, MissyMissy Franklin	California	March 20, 2015	Greensboro, North Carolina	[5]
500y freestyle	4:30.37	h	Smith, LeahLeah Smith	Virginia	March 19, 2015	Greensboro, North Carolina	[6]
1650y freestyle	15:27.84		MacLean, BrittanyBrittany MacLean	Georgia	March 22, 2014	Minneapolis, Minnesota	[7]
100y backstroke	49.97		Coughlin, NatalieNatalie Coughlin	California	March 23, 2002	Austin, Texas
200y backstroke	1:47.84		Pelton, ElizabethElizabeth Pelton	California	March 23, 2013	Indianapolis, Indianapolis	[8]
100y breaststroke	56.85		King, LillyLilly King	Indiana	March 18, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia (country)	[9]
200y breaststroke	2:03.59		King, LillyLilly King	Indiana	March 19, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia (country)	[10]
100y butterfly	49.43		Worrell, KelsiKelsi Worrell	Louisville	March 18, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia (country)	[11]
200y butterfly	1:50.61	h	Worrell, KelsiKelsi Worrell	Louisville	March 19, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia (country)	[12]
200y individual medley	1:51.65		Eastin, EllaElla Eastin	Stanford	March 17, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia (country)	[13]
400y individual medely	3:56.54		Hosszú, KatinkaKatinka Hosszú	Southern Cal	March 16, 2012	Auburn, Alabama	[14]
4×50y   freestyle relay	1:26.20		Lara Jackson Lindsey Kelly Justine Schluntz Taylor Baughman	Arizona	March 19, 2009	College Station, Texas
4×100y   freestyle relay	3:08.54		(46.84) Lia Neal  (47.98) Janet Hu  (47.93) Lindsey Engel  (45.79) Simone Manuel	Stanford	March 21, 2015	Greensboro, North Carolina	[15]
4×200y   freestyle relay	6:50.99		(1:44.56) Cierra Runge  (1:43.69) Camille Cheng  (1:42.69) Elizabeth Pelton  (1:40.05) Missy Franklin	California	March 20, 2015	Greensboro, North Carolina	[16]
4×50y   medley relay	1:34.24		Cindy Tran Caitlin Leverenz Colleen Fotsch Liv Jensen	California	March 16, 2012	Auburn, Alabama	[17]
4×100y   medley relay	3:26.14		(51.89) Ally Howe  (57.02) Sarah Haase  (50.65) Janet Hu  (46.58) Lia Neal	Stanford	March 17, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia	[18]
1m Springboard	361.55		Krug, CassidyCassidy Krug	Stanford	March 8, 2007	Minneapolis, Minnesota
3m Springboard	437.75		Loukas, ChristinaChristina Loukas	Indiana	March 20, 2009	College Station, Texas
Platform	396.75		Ishimatsu, HaleyHaley Ishimatsu	Southern Cal	March 23, 2013	Indianapolis, Indiana

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by NCAA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

See also

• AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Swimming and Diving Champions
• List of college swimming and diving teams
• NCAA Women's Division II Swimming and Diving Championships
• NCAA Women's Division III Swimming and Diving Championships
• NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships

References

• NCAA Division I women's swimming and diving

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2. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/swimming_champs_records/2013-14/2013wd1_swim.pdf
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