KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Lindsay Looney saved her best for last at the NCAA Championships, closing out the four-day meet with a fourth-place finish in the 200 fly on Saturday evening at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center.
Her time of 1:52.25 is a new Sun Devil Women's team record, breaking her previously held time of 1:52.68 that she set at the Pac-12 Championships in February.
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The Denison, Texas, native shaved off a full second dating back to last season when she was 10th in the 200 fly at the NCAA Championships (1:53.25). It's the first podium finish at NCAAs in her Sun Devil career.
Earlier in the week, Looney earned Second-Team All-American honors when she placed 13th in the 500 free. She scored all 19 points for the Sun Devils this week.
The Sun Devils placed 27th in the final team standings. The Virginia Women won their third consecutive national championship, outpacing runner-up Texas and third-place Stanford.
MORNING PRELIMS
Looney turned in a terrific effort on Saturday morning in the 200 fly prelims, cruising to a fifth-place finish at 1:53.19. It's the second-fastest time in school history and just .51 off from her personal-best.
Charli Brown raced in the 200 back (46th/1:55.84) and Molly Batchelor swam the 100 free (40th/48.83). Brown's time in the 200 back is a personal-best and the fifth-fastest mark in school history. Batchelor's 100 free is tied for the fourth-fastest time in program history.
Sun Devil Women's Event Records
SUN DEVIL WOMEN'S SWIMMING POSTSEASON FINISHES UNDER COACH BOWMAN (PAC-12/NCAA)
2023: 5th/27th
2022: 6th/26th
2021: DNC (entire program redshirted due to COVID-19)
2020: 5th/No NCAA due to COVID-19
2019: 4th/20th
2018: 3rd/23rd
2017: 6th/29th
2016: 8th/31st
DAY 1 RECAP
The Sun Devils didn't race on Wednesday evening, which featured just the 200 medley relay and 800 free relay. The Virginia Women swept both races, setting a new NCAA, American and US Open record in the 200 medley relay (1:31.51).
After the first night in Knoxville, the Cavaliers stood alone atop the team standings.
DAY 2 RECAP
Lindsay Looney was the top Sun Devil from Thursday evening, taking 13th in the 500 free (4:40.72) to earn Second-Team All-American status for the second time in her career.
She took fifth in the consolation final, earning four points and putting the Sun Devils on the board in Knoxville.
Looney paced teammate Molly Batchelor (29th) in the morning prelims, who finished at 4:42.21.
Charli Brown competed in the 200 IM prelims, finishing at 1:57.98.
DAY 3 RECAP
The Sun Devil trio of Lindsay Looney, Molly Batchelor and Charli Brown raced Friday morning at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center to kick off Day 3 of the NCAA Women's Swimming Championships.
Batchelor (39th/1:46.37) and Looney (41st/1:46.39) competed in the 200 free, while Brown swam the 400 IM (33rd/4:14.12). The top-16 in each event advanced to the evening final session.
UP NEXT
Though this marks the end of the Women's Swim and Dive season, all eyes will now shift to the No. 1 Sun Devil Men, who will begin their quest for the program's first national championship next week in Minneapolis (March 22-25).