2021 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

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.

2021 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Host cityNorth Carolina Greensboro, North Carolina
Date(s)March 17-20, 2021
Venue(s)Greensboro Aquatic Center
North Carolina State University
2020
2022

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

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Rank Team Points
  Virginia 491
  NC State (H) 354
  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
  • (H) = Hosts
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Full results[4]

Swimming Results

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


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

Diving Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
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
384.75 Camryn Hidalgo
Georgia Tech
356.40
Platform Tamin Gilliland
Indiana
338.40 Delaney Schnell
Arizona
331.80 Macyey Vieta
Purdue
316.80

Modifications due to Covid-19

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  • No spectator seating was offered due to North Carolina public health restrictions (no exceptions for family/friends)
  • No athletes were permitted on deck unless they were competing or using a warmup pool
  • Team seating was socially-distanced- located in the observation stands at the Greensboro Aquatic Center
  • Relay events were conducted as timed finals with an empty lane in between each team
    • Judges were removed from the deck area to improve social distancing. A high-speed camera system was in place to review relay exchanges
  • Restrictions were tightened around alternate athletes:
    • Swimmers forced to withdraw from the meet due to a positive Covid-19 test could only be replaced within 24 hours of the selection announcement
    • Uninvited relay participants were required to swim in at least one relay in the meet, and were not permitted to fill alternate slots if a scratch occurred for any reason. Penalty for non-compliance was a disqualification of the team's final relay
  • Teams received dedicated practice times and were not permitted in the facility outside of those times
  • Teams and athletes not competing in a session were not permitted in the facility
    • Teams could identify up to two alternate athletes not competing in a session who would be permitted to enter the facility
  • Teams only received two deck passes for swim coaches, and one deck pass for dive coaches. Coaches were not permitted to be on deck unless one of their athletes was competing at that time, and were expected to leave the deck at the end of the event
  • Team recovery areas were not available within the Greensboro Aquatic Facility. Sports Medicine staff were permitted to operate within the neighboring Greensboro Coliseum
  • Teams were tested for Covid-19 every other day over the course of the competition via nasal testing
    • At the Women's meet, there were no confirmed positive tests[5]


See also

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References

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  1. ^ Keith, Braden (22 February 2021). "NCAA CONFIRMS DRAMATIC CHANGES TO D1 SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR 2021". SwimSwam News. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Virginia Captures ACC's First NCAA Swimming & Diving Title". Atlantic Coast Conference. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Virginia's DeSorbo, Minnesota's Chen Lead Top Division I Awards". College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. ^ "2021 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming & Diving Championships Results" (PDF). Virginia Sports. 20 March 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. ^ Keith, Braden (26 March 2021). "NO CONFIRMED POSITIVES FOR COVID-19 AT NCAA D1 SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS". SwimSwam News. Retrieved 2 April 2021.