Paige Madden Reflects on Individual, Relay, and Team Titles in Last NCAA Meet

1650 FREE TIMED FINAL

• NCAA Record: Katie Ledecky (Stanford), 15:03.31 – 2017
• American Record: Katie Ledecky (Stanford), 15:03.31 – 2017
• U.S. Open Record: Katie Ledecky (Stanford), 15:03.31 – 2017
• Meet Record: Katie Ledecky (Stanford), 15:07.57 – 2018
• 2019 Champion: Ally McHugh (Penn State), 15:39.22
• 2020 Top Performer: Molly Kowal (Ohio State), 15:43.17

Top 8 (final)

1. Paige Madden (Virginia) – 15:41.86
2. Evie Pfeifer (Texas) – 15:46.41
3. Sierra Schmidt (Michigan) – 15:51.09
4. Kristen Stege (Tennessee) – 15:52.07
5. Kaitlynn Sims (Michigan) – 15:57.80
6. Kensey McMahon (Alabama) – 16:00.62
7. Camryn Toney (Texas A&M) – 16:04.02
8. Lola Mull (Northwestern) – 16:04.11

Virginia’s Paige Madden let the field jump out over the first 500, but by the 1000 mark, the senior had moved into the lead. Madden kept pouring it on, though, and she made it home in 15:41.86, dropping over three seconds from her seed.

That’s Madden’s third win of the meet, and she looks favored to win swimmer of the meet, the only swimmer to claim three victories.

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