2016 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

The 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested March 16–19, 2016 at the 35th 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.

2016 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Host city	Atlanta
Date(s)	March 16–19, 2016
Venue(s)	McAuley Aquatic Center Georgia Institute of Technology
Athletes participating	322
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This year's events were hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta.^[1]

Georgia once again returned to the top of the team standings, finishing 19 points (414–395) ahead of Stanford. This was the Lady Bulldogs' seventh team title.

Lilly King of Indiana was awarded the 2016 CSCAA (College Swimming Coaches Association of America) Swimmer of the Year. King won the 100 and 200 breaststrokes in record breaking fashion, and was the first woman under 57 seconds in the 100 breast, and the first women to go under the 2:04 barrier in the 200 breaststroke. She helped the Hoosiers in the medley relay with monster splits of 56.74 and 26.05 to help Indiana to a 7th-place finish.^[2]

Georgia's Jack Bauerle was awarded the 2016 CSCAA Division 1 Women's Coach of the Year after leading the Lady Dawgs to a win over the favored Stanford Cardinal, and helped Olivia Smoliga and Brittany MacLean win individual titles.^[3]

Team standings

• Note: Top 10 only
• ^(DC) = Defending champions
• Italics = Debut finish in the Top 10
• Full results^[4]

Rank	Team	Points
	Georgia	414
	Stanford	395
	California (DC)	358
4	Texas A&M	309
5	Virginia	264
6	USC	244.5
7	Indiana	228
8	Louisville	220
9	NC State	155
10	Michigan	150

Swimming results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 freestyle	Olivia Smoliga Georgia	21.21	Farida Osman California	21.46	Liz Li Ohio State	21.48
100 freestyle	Olivia Smoliga Georgia	46.70	Lia Neal Stanford	47.00	Kasia Wilk USC	47.35
200 freestyle	Brittany MacLean Georgia	1:42.42	Mallory Comerford Louisville	1:42.54	Lia Neal Stanford	1:42.58
500 freestyle	Leah Smith Virginia	4:31.33	Brittany MacLean Georgia	4:33.05	Hali Flickinger Georgia	4:33.35
1650 freestyle	Leah Smith Virginia	15:32.72	Brittany MacLean Georgia	15:39.29	Rose Bi Michigan	15:45.26
100 backstroke	Rachel Bootsma California	50.28	Courtney Bartholomew Virginia	50.73	Ally Howe Stanford	50.86
200 backstroke	Danielle Galyer Kentucky	1:49.71	Courtney Bartholomew Virginia	1:50.29	Kennedy Goss Indiana	1:50.37
100 breaststroke	Lilly King Indiana	56.85	Sarah Haase Stanford	57.36	Miranda Tucker Indiana	58.10
200 breaststroke	Lilly King Indiana	2:03.59	Miranda Tucker Indiana	2:06.27	Emily Escobedo UMBC	2:06.43
100 butterfly	Kelsi Worrell Louisville	49.43	Sarah Gibson Texas A&M	50.61	Farida Osman California	50.76
200 butterfly	Kelsi Worrell Louisville	1:50.96	Ella Eastin Stanford	1:51.04	Megan Kingsley Georgia	1:53.10
200 IM	Ella Eastin Stanford	1:51.65	Kathleen Baker California	1:52.95	Kirsten Vose USC	1:54.27
400 IM	Ella Eastin Stanford	3:58.40	Lindsey Clary Ohio State	4:03.61	Emily Cameron Georgia	4:03.66
200 freestyle relay	California Farida Osman (21.60) Kristen Vredeveld (21.71) Valerie Hull (21.85) Amy Bilquist (21.64)	1:26.80	Tennessee Faith Johnson (22.13) Harper Bruens (21.48) Maddy Banic (21.67) Kira Toussaint (22.14)	1:27.42	Georgia Olivia Smoliga (21.46) Kylie Stewart (22.16) Meaghan Raab (22.08) Emily Cameron (21.83)	1:27.53
400 freestyle relay	USC Kasia Wilk (47.60) Kristen Vose (47.45) Chelsea Chenault (47.85) Anika Apostalon (46.77)	3:09.69	Georgia Olivia Smoliga (46.87) Brittany MacLean (47.64) Meaghan Raab (48.00) Hali Flickinger (48.31)	3:10.82	Texas A&M Béryl Gastaldello (47.19) Kristen Malone (48.24) Claire Rasmus (48.77) Sarah Gibson (47.71)	3:11.91
800 freestyle relay	Georgia Hali Flickinger (1:42.80) Kylie Stewart (1:43.95) Meaghan Raab (1:43.59) Brittany MacLean (1:41.46)	6:51.80	USC Kristen Vose (1:43.08) Anika Apostalon (1:44.34) Chelsea Chenault (1:42.69) Kasia Wilk (1:43.73)	6:53.84	California Kathleen Baker (1:43.99) Elizabeth Pelton (1:44.07) Rachel Bootsma (1:44.23) Amy Bilquist (1:42.89)	6:55.18
200 medley relay	Stanford Ally Howe (24.16) Sarah Haase (26.38) Janet Hu (22.79) Lia Neal (21.48)	1:34.81	California Rachel Bootsma (23.36) Marina García Urzainqui (27.95) Noemie Thomas (22.68) Farida Osman (21.12)	1:35.11	Louisville Alina Kendzior (24.47) Andrea Cottrell (26.65) Kelsi Worrell (22.55) Mallory Comerford (21.69)	1:35.36
400 medley relay	Stanford Ally Howe (51.89) Sarah Haase (57.02) Janet Hu (50.65) Lia Neal (46.58)	3:26.14	Louisville Alina Kendzior (52.71) Andrea Cottrell (58.23) Kelsi Worrell (49.31) Mallory Comerford (47.33)	3:27.58	Virginia Courtney Bartholomew (50.95) Laura Simon (58.30) Kaitlyn Jones (52.34) Ellen Thomas (47.15)	3:28.22

Diving Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 m diving	Sharae Zheng Nevada	344.95	Eloise Belanger UCLA	336.00	Pei Lin Miami (OH)	332.20
3 m diving	Sharae Zheng Nevada	404.70	Pei Lin Miami (OH)	399.40	Kahlia Warner Florida	387.20
Platform diving	Gracia Leydon-Mahoney Stanford	346.15	Yu Zhou Minnesota	331.80	Mara Aiacoboae Arizona State	289.10

See also

• List of college swimming and diving teams

References

1. "2014-2018 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
2. "Lilly King Earns CSCAA Swimmer of the Year After American Records". SwimSwam. swimswam.com. 20 March 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
3. "Georgia's Jack Bauerle Named CSCAA Women's Coach of the Year for 2016". 20 March 2016.
4. "NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 10–12. Retrieved February 27, 2017.