# 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.
This year's events were hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta.
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.
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.

## Team standings

* Note: Top 10 only
* $^{(DC)}$ = Defending champions
* Italics = Debut finish in the Top 10
* Full results
| 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 |