# 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.
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.
The Virginia Cavaliers won the meet-- their first NCAA Swimming & Diving title and also the first in the Atlantic Coast Conference. 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.

## Team standings

| 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

## Swimming Results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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

* 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