First Time in 35 Years, Florida Women are 800 Freestyle Relay National Champions
Bella Sims, Isabel Ivey, Emma Weyant and Micayla Cronk clock a 6:48.59 on the opening day of the 2024 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships.
Athens, Ga. – On the opening night of the 2024 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, the No. 2 Florida women finished top three in both the 200-yard medley relay and the 800-yard freestyle relay, while setting a new program and pool record on Wednesday night inside Gabriel Natatorium in Athens, Ga.
Aris Runnels, Molly Mayne, Olivia Peoples and Micayla Cronk started things off in the 200 medley relay, giving the Gators their first top-three finish since 2014 after swimming a 1:34.30 for third place to earn the first All-American honors of the night for Florida.
In the second and final relay of the night, Bella Sims, Isabel Ivey, Emma Weyant and Micayla Cronk were crowned 800 Freestyle Relay National Champions for the sixth time in program history and first title since 1989. The Gators dropped 1.06 seconds off their seed time, cruising to a 6:48.59 to set a new program and pool record.
Hear From the Winning Gators
Bella Sims On her first NCAAs…
“It’s great to be a Florida Gator. I love this team, and I’m so happy that we were able to
accomplish this together.”
Emma Weyant On the team’s mindset for this weekend…
“I think we’ve all done a great job this year of sticking to the process. We’re just trying to
keep it all together. This team has been really killing it all year, so we’re excited for the
rest of the week.”
Up Next
The 500-yard free, 200-yard IM and the 50-yard free kick off individual events tomorrow at 10 a.m. EST, followed by the 1-Meter Springboard to close out morning prelims. The Finals session will begin at 6 p.m. EST with the 200-yard freestyle relay concluding day 2 of the 2024 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship
Top 10 Standings
1. Florida – 72
2. Virginia – 70
3. Tennessee – 62
4. Stanford – 54
5. Texas — 50
6. California — 48
T7. Indiana – 36
T7. USC – 36
T7. Ohio State – 36
10. Michigan – 32
All Americans Tracker
200 Medley Relay: Aris Runnels, Molly Mayne, Olivia Peoples, Micayla Cronk
800 Free Relay: Bella Sims, Isabel Ivey, Emma Weyant, Micayla Cronk
Championship Coverage
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* The complete lists of all swimmers (athletes by institution, official psych sheet, relays and alternates) competing in the championships is available at usaswimming.org/ncaa.<https://www.usaswimming.org/times/otherorganizations/ncaa-division-i>
* A total of 322 participants (281 swimmers and 41 divers) will compete in the championships. Swimmers qualified for the championships by meeting the established minimum time for the events in which they entered.
* ESPN+ will provide live digital coverage for preliminary and finals sessions Wednesday through Saturday.
* Tape-delayed coverage of the women’s championships will be on ESPNU at 7 p.m. Eastern time, Wednesday, March 27.
Athletes Competing
Name
Event
Time
Anna Auld
400 IM
4:09.39
Catie Choate
100 Backstroke
52.13
200 Backstroke
1:51.94
Micayla Cronk
50 Freestyle
21.85
100 Freestyle
47.61
200 Freestyle
1:43.83
Zoe Dixon
200 IM
1:54.04
400 IM
4:03.03
200 Butterfly
1:54.99
Isabel Ivey
100 Freestyle
46.61
200 Freestyle
1:41.85
200 IM
1:52.50
Lainy Kruger
200 Butterfly
1:55.41
200 IM
1:56.59
200 Freestyle
1:44.35
Carina Lumia
1-Meter
3-Meter
Molly Mayne
100 Breaststroke
58.68
200 Breaststroke
2:07.72
Camyla Monroy
1-Meter
3-Meter
Platform
Caroline Pennington
1650 Freestyle
16:10.83
Olivia Peoples
100 Butterfly
50.47
Julia Podkoscielny
400 IM
4:10.32
Josephine Ramey
200 Backstroke
1:53.62
Aris Runnels
100 Backstroke
51.71
200 IM
1:56.85
Bella Sims
200 Backstroke
1:49.04
200 Freestyle
1:40.90
500 Freestyle
4:32.53
Emma Weyant
500 Freestyle
4:34.25
1650 Free
15:54.62
400 IM
4:01.20
2024 NCAA DI women’s swimming and diving championships schedule
Thursday, March 21
* Trials: 500-yard freestyle, 10 a.m. ET
* Trials: 200-yard individual medley, 10 a.m. ET
* Trials: 50-yard freestyle, 10 a.m. ET
* Trials: 1-meter diving, 10 a.m. ET
* Finals: 500-yard freestyle, 6 p.m. ET
* Finals: 200-yard individual medley, 6 p.m. ET
* Finals: 50-yard freestyle, 6 p.m. ET
* Finals: 1-meter diving, 6 p.m. ET
* Finals: 200-yard freestyle relay, 6 p.m. ET
Friday, March 22
* Trials: 400-yard individual medley, 10 a.m. ET
* Trials: 100-yard butterfly, 10 a.m. ET
* Trials: 200-yard freestyle, 10 a.m. ET
* Trials: 100-yard breaststroke, 10 a.m. ET
* Trials: 100-yard backstroke, 10 a.m. ET
* Trials: 3-meter diving, 10 a.m. ET
* Finals: 400-yard individual medley, 6 p.m. ET
* Finals: 100-yard butterfly, 6 p.m. ET
* Finals: 200-yard freestyle, 6 p.m. ET
* Finals: 100-yard breaststroke, 6 p.m. ET
* Finals: 100-yard backstroke, 6 p.m. ET
* Finals: 3-meter diving, 6 p.m. ET
* Finals: 400-yard medley relay, 6 p.m. ET
Saturday, March 23
* Trials: 1,650-yard freestyle – All but heat of time finals, 10 a.m. ET
* Trials: 100-yard freestyle, 10 a.m. ET
* Trials: 200-yard backstroke, 10 a.m. ET
* Trials: 200-yard breaststroke, 10 a.m. ET
* Trials: 200-yard butterfly, 10 a.m. ET
* Trials: Platform diving, 10 a.m. ET
* Finals: 1,650-yard freestyle – Last heat of time finals, 6 p.m. ET
* Finals: 100-yard freestyle, 6 p.m. ET
* Finals: 200-yard backstroke, 6 p.m. ET
* Finals: 200-yard breaststroke, 6 p.m. ET
* Finals: 200-yard butterfly, 6 p.m. ET
* Final: Platform diving, 6 p.m. ET
* Finals: 400-yard freestyle relay, 6 p.m. ET
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