2022 NCAA Division II Girls’s Swimming and Diving Championships
Girls’s 50 Freestyle – Finals
- NCAA DII Document: 20 – Bailee Nunn, Drury (2017)
- Meet Document: 20 – Bailee Nunn, Drury (2017)
- 2021 Champion: Danielle Melilli, Queens (NC) – 22.57
Podium:
- Danielle Melilli, Queens – 22.15
- Monica Gumina, Queens – 22.73
- Johanna Buys, Indy – 22.75
- Elizaveta Bazarova, Tampa – 22.76
- Ester Rizzetto, West Florida – 22.81
- Luna Mertins, Lynn – 22.84
- Yasmin Preusse, Drury – 22.94
- Kate Flynn, MSU Mankato – 23.19
Junior Danielle Melilli of Queens efficiently defended her NCAA nationwide title within the 50 free however this time she took a .05 chew out of the Division II and meet report. Melilli clocked a 22.15 to change into the quickest 50 freestyler within the historical past of the Division.
Final yr, she received this occasion with a lifetime-best time of twenty-two.57. This yr, she got here into the meet because the third seed with an entry time of twenty-two.65.
In prelims on Wednesday morning, she unleashed a 22.33 to enhance her PB by .25 and lead the finals qualifiers by .39. Her night time swim was .18 quicker.
Melilli was out with the sphere and flipped third on the 25 wall earlier than accelerating over the ultimate 25 yards to win by half a physique size. She improved each 25s with every successive PB:
Comparative splits:
- Earlier PB (2021): 10.93 / 11.64 = 22.57
- Prelims (2022): 10.88 / 11.45 = 22.33
- Finals (2022): 10.82 / 11.33 = 22.15
Melilli, who additionally excels in breaststroke, is entered within the 200 free, 100 breast, and 100 free on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
