2017 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

The 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested March 16–18, 2017 at the 36th 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.

2017 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Host city	Indianapolis, Indiana
Date(s)	March 16–18, 2017
Venue(s)	Indiana University Natatorium Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
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This year's events were hosted by Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana.^[1]

Stanford had a dominating performance to win their first NCAA title since 1998, and their ninth overall (the most of any college swim team). They finished 160.5 points ahead of the second place performer, California.

Kathleen Baker of California was awarded the 2017 CSCAA (College Swimming Coaches Association of America) Swimmer of the Year with her wins in the 100 and 200 backstrokes, as well as an upset over favorite Ella Eastin in the 200 individual medley. She was also a part of four of Cal's relays, contributing the fastest backstroke legs on both of Cal's medley relays. She also led off the 800 free relay to a 2nd-place finish, and was a part of Cal's 3rd place 400 free relay. Her leadoff in the 400 medley relay of 49.80 was an NCAA meet record, however, the relay was disqualified.^[2]

Meanwhile, Greg Meehan of Stanford was awarded the 2017 CSCAA Division 1 Women's Coach of the Year. He led the Cardinal to a spectacular win, including individual wins from Simone Manuel, Katie Ledecky, and Ella Eastin.^[3]

Team standings

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

Rank	Team	Points
	Stanford	526.5
	California	366
	Texas A&M	292.5
4	Georgia ^(DC)	252.5
5	Texas	252
6	Louisville	194.5
7	NC State	194
8	Indiana (H)	185
9	USC	176
10	Minnesota	168

Swimming Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 freestyle	Simone Manuel Stanford	21.17	Olivia Smoliga Georgia	21.27	Liz Li Ohio State	21.29
100 freestyle	Simone Manuel Stanford	45.56	Olivia Smoliga Georgia	46.30	Mallory Comerford Louisville	46.35
200 freestyle	Katie Ledecky Stanford Mallory Comerford Louisville	1:40.36	None awarded		Simone Manuel Stanford	1:40.70
500 freestyle	Katie Ledecky Stanford	4:24.06	Leah Smith Virginia	4:28.90	Kennedy Goss Indiana	4:36.13
1650 freestyle	Katie Ledecky Stanford	15:07.70	Leah Smith Virginia	15:28.89	Megan Byrnes Stanford	15:50.87
100 backstroke	Kathleen Baker California	49.84	Olivia Smoliga Georgia	50.04	Hannah Stevens Missouri	50.57
200 backstroke	Kathleen Baker California	1:48.44	Alexia Zevnik NC State	1:49.09	Asia Seidt Kentucky	1:49.63
100 breaststroke	Lilly King Indiana	56.71	Lindsey Horejsi Minnesota	58.03	Laura Simon Virginia	58.20
200 breaststroke	Lilly King Indiana	2:03.18	Kierra Smith Minnesota	2:03.55	Emily Escobedo UMBC	2:05.20
100 butterfly	Farida Osman California	50.05	Hellen Moffitt UNC	50.37	Louise Hansson USC	50.45
200 butterfly	Ella Eastin Stanford	1:51.35	Katie McLaughlin California	1:52.37	Jen Marrkand Virginia	1:53.15
200 IM	Kathleen Baker California	1:51.69	Ella Eastin Stanford	1:52.27	Madisyn Cox Texas	1:52.58
400 IM	Ella Eastin Stanford	3:57.57	Sydney Pickrem Texas A&M	3:59.46	Madisyn Cox Texas	4:00.97
200 freestyle relay	California Abbey Weitzeil (21.59) Maddie Murphy (21.83) Amy Bilquist (21.26) Farida Osman (20.91)	1:25.59	Stanford Simone Manuel (21.47) Lia Neal (21.35) Janet Hu (21.80) Ally Howe (21.29)	1:25.91	Georgia Olivia Smoliga (21.32) Veronica Burchill (21.74) Emily Cameron (22.19) Chantal Van Landeghem (21.24)	1:26.49
400 freestyle relay	Stanford Simone Manuel (46.02) Katie Ledecky (47.59) Janet Hu (47.63) Lia Neal (46.37)	3:07.61	Georgia Olivia Smoliga (46.70) Veronica Burchill (47.42) Meaghan Raab (48.12) Chantal Van Landeghem (46.73)	3:08.97	California Amy Bilquist (47.55) Kathleen Baker (47.72) Abbey Weitzeil (46.93) Farida Osman (46.88)	3:09.08
800 freestyle relay	Stanford Simone Manuel (1:41.41) Lia Neal (1:42.15) Ella Eastin (1:41.89) Katie Ledecky (1:40.46)	6:45.91	California Kathleen Baker (1:42.66) Kristen Vredeveld (1:43.97) Katie McLaughlin (1:42.08) Amy Bilquist (1:42.71)	6:51.42	Michigan Gabby Deloof (1:43.27) Rose Bi (1:43.97) Siobhán Haughey (1:41.81) G Ryan (1:44.58)	6:53.63
200 medley relay	California Kathleen Baker (23.62) Abbey Weitzeil (26.67) Noemie Thomas (22.70) Farida Osman (21.11)	1:34.10	Texas A&M Béryl Gastaldello (23.85) Jorie Caneta (26.40) Sarah Gibson (22.43) Kristen Malone (22.17)	1:34.85	Stanford Ally Howe (24.08) Kim Williams (27.12) Janet Hu (22.75) Simone Manuel (20.95)	1:34.90
400 medley relay	Stanford Ally Howe (51.42) Kim Williams (58.51) Janet Hu (50.27) Lia Neal (46.15)	3:26.35	Texas A&M Lisa Bratton (51.60) Jorie Caneta (58.60) Sarah Gibson (50.28) Béryl Gastaldello (47.12)	3:27.60	Texas Tasija Karosas (50.83) Madisyn Cox (58.30) Lauren Case (51.72) Rebecca Millard (46.89)	3:27.74

Diving Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 m diving	Alison Gibson Texas	332.60	Sarah Bacon Minnesota	326.50	Maria Polyakova UCLA	325.80
3 m diving	Yu Zhou Minnesota	392.75	Pei Lin Miami (OH)	383.50	Kassidy Cook Stanford	372.30
Platform diving	Olivia Rosendahl Northwestern	335.30	Jessica Parrato Indiana	314.45	Rebecca Quesnel Florida International	302.35

See also

• List of college swimming and diving teams

References

1. "2014-2018 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
2. "Kathleen Baker Earns CSCAA Swimmer of the Year at 2017 W. NCAAs". SwimSwam. swimswam.com. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
3. "Greg Meehan Named 2017 CSCAA Division 1 Women's Coach of the Year". SwimSwam. swimswam.com. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
4. "NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 3, 2017.