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Maggie Mac Neil captures women's 50-metre freestyle event in record fashion at NCAA meet

Canada's Maggie Mac Neil swims to a bronze medal in the women's 4 x 100m medley relay final during the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Sunday, August 1, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld) Canada's Maggie Mac Neil swims to a bronze medal in the women's 4 x 100m medley relay final during the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Sunday, August 1, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -

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.

"It feels so good," Mac Neil said. "I definitely wanted to go a best time tonight.

"The 50 free is kind of a fun event for me and I don't feel a lot of pressure. I think I just went in with a clear head and was ready to see what I could do."

Mac Neil was also part of Louisiana State's fifth-place 200-metre free relay Thursday.

Mac Neil will be looking to regain her NCAA crown in her signature 100-metre butterfly Friday. The 2021 champion took bronze at last year's event in Atlanta.

Also on Friday, Canadians Taylor Ruck and Brooklyn Douthwright will go head-to-head in the 200-metre freestyle field. Four-time Olympic medallist Ruck, of Kelowna, B.C., is the defending champion, while Douthwright, of Riverview, N.B., enters as the fastest seed fresh off her SEC title.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 16, 2023.

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