It’s been a quick first time period of NCAA racing and earlier than the midseason invitationals kick off in earnest subsequent week, it’s time to take inventory of the place we’re at by trying on the prime three swimmers in every occasion main into this week.
Notice that we’re solely contemplating yards instances, which primarily impacts the Virginia and Florida girls who raced their season-opener in short-course meters.
| EVENT | Quickest | 2nd Quickest | third Quickest |
| 50 free | Gretchen Walsh (UVA), 20.84 | Torri Huske (STAN), 21.71 | Camille Spink (TENN), 21.87 |
| 100 free | Camille Spink (TENN), 47.30 | Torri Huske (STAN), 47.62 | Erika Pelaez (NCSU), 47.81 |
| 200 free | Minna Abraham (USC), 1:42.01 | Erika Pelaez (NCSU), 1:43.14 | Erin Gemmell (TEX), 1:43.22 |
| 500 free | Jillian Cox (TEX), 4:34.41 | Rachel Stege (UGA), 4:37.02 | Emma Weyant (FLOR), 4:37.85 |
| 1650 free | Rebecca Diaconescu (MICH), 16:19.43 | Maya Geringer (CAL), 16:21.89 | Marian Ploeger (MICH), 16:31.17 |
| 100 again | Leah Shackley (NCSU), 50.22 | Claire Curzan (UVA), 50.54 | Erika Pelaez (NCSU), 50.55 |
| 200 again | Miranda Grana (IU), 1:50.50 | Erika Pelaez (NCSU), 1:50.71 | Leah Shackley (NCSU), 1:50.81 |
| 100 breast | Kaelyn Gridley (DUKE), 58.68 | Emma Weber (UVA)/Mia Cheatwood (LOU), 58.77 | — |
| 200 breast | Lucy Bell (STAN), 2:06.32 | Aimee Canny (UVA), 2:07.60 | Mia Cheatwood (LOU), 2:07.74 |
| 100 fly | Gretchen Walsh (UVA), 48.43 | Emma Sticklen (TEX), 49.62 | Leah Shackley (NCSU), 51.08 |
| 200 fly | Emma Sticklen (TEX), 1:49.77 | Caroline Bricker (STAN), 1:54.02 | Tess Howley (UVA), 1:54.73 |
| 200 IM | Angie Coe (TEX), 1:54.33 | Torri Huske (STAN), 1:54.90 | Campbell Stoll (TEX), 1:55.33 |
| 400 IM | Campbell Stoll (TEX), 4:07.22 | Caroline Bricker (STAN), 4:08.42 | Emma Weyant (FLOR), 4:08.90 |
| 200 free relay | Virginia, 1:26.25 | Texas, 1:26.50 | Louisville, 1:27.20 |
| 400 free relay | Louisville, 3:12.26 | NC State, 3:13.10 | Tennessee, 3:13.19 |
| 800 free relay | Stanford, 6:58.43 | Cal, 7:05.87 | Georgia, 7:06.26 |
| 200 medley relay | Virginia, 1:33.81 | Texas, 1:34.72 | Alabama, 1:35.10 |
| 400 medley relay | Texas, 3:27.98 | Duke, 3:30.46 | Indiana, 3:31.84 |
Solely factoring in yards instances “undervalues” how briskly swimmers like Gretchen Walsh and Claire Curzan have been this season because it took Walsh off the board as soon as and Curzan twice. However, they’re two swimmers who’ve been the spine of the Virginia girls’s undefeated marketing campaign this season. They’ve solely raced as soon as in yards, however will certainly be able to drop some quick instances on the Tennessee Invite.
One of many largest takeaways from this desk is how a lot worth newcomers are including to their groups. Freshmen Erika Pelaez and Leah Shackley have helped kickstart the Wolfpack girls in what appeared like a rebuilding 12 months after dropping Katherine Berkoff and Miriam Sheehan. However each swimmers have been distinctive of their first season with NC State.
Pelaez has hit lifetime bests in 4 NCAA occasions and makes this desk in 4 occasions: the 100 free (47.81), 200 free (1:43.14), 100 again (50.55), and 200 again (1:50.71). Shackley is true behind her with three entries courtesy of her efforts within the 100 again (50.22), 200 again (1:50.81), and 100 fly (51.08). Shackley leads the 100 backstroke and is one in all three freshmen to be prime of the desk in an occasion. The others are redshirt freshman Jillian Cox along with her Texas faculty file of 4:34.41 within the 500 free and Michigan’s Rebecca Diaconescu within the 1650 freestyle (16:19.43).
Different swimmers making early impacts on their new packages are transfers Mia Cheatwood and Miranda Grana. Cheatwood transferred to Louisville this season and has already swum lifetime bests within the 100/200 breaststroke. Her 58.77 and a couple of:07.74 are quick sufficient to rank her on this desk in each occasions. In the meantime, Grana leads the NCAA with the quickest 200 backstroke yards swim, a 1:50.50.
Together with Walsh, Paris U.S. Olympians Torri Huske, Emma Weyant, Emma Weber, and Erin Gemmell all have entries on this listing. In her return to the NCAA after an Olympic redshirt, Huske presently matches Shackley with three entries on this desk, after swimming 21.71/47.62 within the 50/100 free and 1:54.90 within the 200 IM. Weyant ranks third in each the five hundred free (4:37.85) and 400 IM (4:08.90) whereas Gemmell holds third within the 200 free (1:43.22). Weber is tied with Cheatwood for second total within the 100 breaststroke.
Texas leads all packages with 5 NCAA-leading instances. Along with Cox’s 500 free, they personal the highest instances within the 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM, and 400 medley relay. That’s an offshoot of how briskly they’ve been swimming this time period, although it needs to be famous that if SCM-converted instances had been included, Virginia would lead.
