By Jordan Shim–
In the midst of March Madness, University of Louisville swimmer Mallory Comerford won the NCAA Championship in the 200-free on Friday night at the Indiana University Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI.
The sophomore native shaved 2.63 seconds off her prelim time to tie with Olympic gold medalist, Katie Ledecky, at 1:40.36 and just ahead of Simone Manuel, another Olympic gold medalist.
The A-final was expected to be a race between Stanford’s pair of Olympians. It looked to be the case in the first 100 meters as Manuel jumped out to an early lead.