Canada’s Maggie Mac Neil captured the women’s 50-metre freestyle event in record fashion Thursday night at the NCAA swimming championship.
Mac Neil, of London, Ont., won the event in an NCAA-record time of 20.79 seconds at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center. That broke the previous mark of 20.83 seconds, set by Gretchen Walsh last month.
Mac Neil’s swim was also a U.S. Open record.
However, Walsh retains the American mark at 20.83 second as Mac Neil, a three-time Olympic medallist, is Canadian.