California Sets American, NCAA Record in 400 Medley Relay; Arizona Leads After Day One

By Jason Marsteller

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 8. IN the final event of a lightning fast initial day of competition at the women's NCAA Division I Championships, the California contingent of Lauren Rogers, Jessica Hardy, Dana Vollmer and Emily Silver set the second American and NCAA record of the day with a 3:30.18. That effort erased the 3:31.74 American record posted by Stanford in March 21, 2002 and the 3:31.45 NCAA standard set by Auburn on March 20, 2003.

Meanwhile, Arizona finished a close second to lock down the first-day lead with a time of 3:30.89 from Hailey Degolia, Annie Chandler, Whitney Myers and Lacey Nymeyer. Stanford's team of Julia Smit, Caroline Bruce, Elaine Breeden and Brooke Bishop closed out the top three in 3:34.86.

At the end of the day, Arizona held a slight lead, 168-155, over Auburn. Stanford is close in third with 123.5 points, while California (98) and Georgia (86) comprise the rest of the top five.

Click here to listen to Hardy talk about the American record and her team's chances the rest of the way.

Click here to listen to Arizona head coach Frank Busch talk about the first day of swimming as well as Richard Quick being named the new Auburn head coach.

NCAA Division I Champ. Meet 3/8/2007 – 19:57PM

NCAA Women's D1 Championships – 3/8/2007 to 3/10/2007

Event 6 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay

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NCAA: N 3:31.45 3/20/2003 Auburn, Auburn

K COVENTRY, M BOWEN, M HOELZER, B SHORT

American: A 3:31.74 3/21/2002 Stanford, Stanford

A WAGNER, T KIRK, S RIPPLE, L BOUTWELL

US Open: O 3:31.45 3/20/2003 Auburn, Auburn

K COVENTRY, M BOWEN, M HOELZER, B SHORT

Pool: P 3:33.61 Stanford

Fox, Austevol, Hyman, Cropper

School Prelims Finals Points

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=== A – Final ===

1 CAL 3:32.47 3:30.18N 40

1) Rogers, Lauren SO 2) Hardy, Jessica SO r:0.29

3) Vollmer, Dana SO r:0.46 4) Silver, Emily JR r:0.28

25.65 53.40 (53.40)

1:20.53 (27.13)

2:15.77 ( ) 2:42.59 ( )

3:05.19 (22.60) 3:30.18 (47.59)

2 ARIZ 3:35.11 3:30.89N 34

1) Degolia, Hailey SO 2) Chandler, Annie FR r:0.26

3) Myers, Whitney SR r:0.22 4) Nymeyer, Lacey JR r:0.12

25.05 52.53 (52.53)

1:20.30 (27.77) 1:52.23 (59.70)

2:16.33 (24.10) 2:43.87 (51.64)

3:05.88 (22.01) 3:30.89 (47.02)

3 STAN 3:34.96 3:34.86 32

1) Smit, Julia FR 2) Bruce, Caroline JR r:0.19

3) Breeden, Elaine FR r:0.26 4) Bishop, Brooke JR r:0.30

26.24 53.95 (53.95)

1:22.09 (28.14) 1:54.28 (1:00.33)

2:18.45 (24.17) 2:46.20 (51.92)

3:09.02 (22.82) 3:34.86 (48.66)

4 FLOR 3:35.29 3:35.72 30

1) Spofforth, Gemma FR 2) Burckle, Caroline JR r:0.29

3) Winter, Lauren FR r:0.47 4) Pike, Natalie JR r:0.25

25.69 53.00 (53.00)

1:20.63 (27.63) 1:52.90 (59.90)

2:17.72 (24.82) 2:47.08 (54.18)

3:10.21 (23.13) 3:35.72 (48.64)

5 TEX 3:36.77 3:35.74 28

1) Brown, Connie SR 2) Tinnon, Elizabeth SR r:0.25

3) Robinson, Katie SR r:0.12 4) Chang, Hee-Jin SO r:0.13

26.13 54.51 (54.51)

1:22.22 (27.71) 1:54.03 (59.52)

2:17.96 (23.93) 2:46.59 (52.56)

3:09.77 (23.18) 3:35.74 (49.15)

6 AUB 3:36.31 3:36.15 26

1) Goh, Rachel JR 2) Stupp, Julie JR r:+0.0

3) Bethune, Tawnie SR r:0.51 4) Denby, Kara JR r:0.24

25.43

1:21.79 ( ) 1:54.40 ( )

2:19.43 (25.03) 2:48.41 (54.01)

3:11.20 (22.79) 3:36.15 (47.74)

7 TA&M 3:37.45 3:39.30 24

1) Wilkinson, Julia SO 2) Atkinson, Alia FR r:+0.0

3) Sturdy, Rebecca SR r:0.38 4) Marshall, Christine SO r:0.

27.11 54.92 (54.92)

1:22.67 (27.75) 1:56.28 (1:01.36)

2:20.84 (24.56) 2:49.61 (53.33)

3:13.35 (23.74) 3:39.30 (49.69)

— USC 3:37.54 DQ

1) McGregory, Hayley JR 2) Soni, Rebecca SO r:0.05

3) Lahey, Kristen SO r:0.28 4) Waller, Rachael SO r:0.20

26.00 54.17 (54.17)

1:22.10 (27.93) 1:53.98 (59.81)

2:17.72 (23.74) 2:47.33 (53.35)

3:11.17 (23.84) DQ (50.14)

=== B – Final ===

9 GEO 3:38.61 3:36.06 18

1) Putra, Aleksandra SO 2) McNichols, Kelly FR r:0.22

3) Guilkey, Karen SO r:0.32 4) Cole, Jessica SO r:0.12

26.28 53.96 (53.96)

1:22.07 (28.11) 1:54.47 (1:00.51)

2:18.87 (24.40) 2:47.64 (53.17)

3:10.99 (23.35) 3:36.06 (48.42)

10 FSU 3:38.31 3:36.98 14

1) Altmann, Romy SR 2) Brick, Lauren SR r:0.33

3) Sparg, Lauren JR r:0.22 4) Raleigh, Christie SO r:0.15

26.77 54.39 (54.39)

1:22.07 (27.68) 1:54.07 (59.68)

2:18.31 (24.24) 2:47.51 (53.44)

3:10.96 (23.45) 3:36.98 (49.47)

11 TENN 3:38.11 3:38.16 12

1) Tomes, Megan SR 2) Clay, Tiffany SR r:0.37

3) Magnuson, Christine JR r:0. 4) King, Michele FR r:0.27

26.57 54.47 (54.47)

1:23.28 (28.81) 1:55.93 (1:01.46)

2:19.81 (23.88) 2:48.22 (52.29)

3:12.01 (23.79) 3:38.16 (49.94)

12 MICH 3:39.51 3:38.91 10

1) Brady, Kaitlyn SR 2) Silva, Valeria JR r:0.32

3) Kelly, Margaret FR r:0.36 4) Smith, Lindsey SR r:0.28

26.77 54.56 (54.56)

1:23.52 (28.96) 1:57.36 (1:02.80)

2:21.64 (24.28) 2:50.19 (52.83)

3:13.46 (23.27) 3:38.91 (48.72)

13 IND 3:38.69 3:38.93 8

1) Vaziri, Leila SR 2) Stockwell, Sarah SO r:0.18

3) Bard, Presley FR r:0.35 4) Lofstedt, Annica SR r:0.38

25.75

1:21.20 ( ) 1:53.49 ( )

2:18.55 (25.06) 2:49.18 (55.69)

3:12.82 (23.64) 3:38.93 (49.75)

14 SMU 3:40.62 3:40.78 6

1) Carman, Anja JR 2) Callaghan, Devon SO r:0.39

3) Clark, Justine r:0.14 4) Klosova, Petra SO r:0.08

27.22 55.91 (55.91)

1:25.18 (29.27) 1:58.63 (1:02.72)

2:23.30 (24.67) 2:52.52 (53.89)

3:15.40 (22.88) 3:40.78 (48.26)

15 ASU 3:40.10 3:41.09 4

1) Abe, Carissa SR 2) McDaniel, Sara FR r:0.31

3) Andrew, Caitlin JR r:0.33 4) Beckberger, Jennifer SO r:0

27.34 56.31 (56.31)

1:25.32 (29.01) 1:58.85 (1:02.54)

2:24.17 (25.32) 2:51.65 (52.80)

3:15.01 (23.36) 3:41.09 (49.44)

16 WISC 3:39.73 3:42.16 2

1) Johnson, Susan SR 2) Siow, YI Ting SO r:0.33

3) Imhoff-Smith, Katie JR r:0. 4) McClurg, Hannah JR r:0.41

26.34

1:23.79 ( ) 1:56.70 ( )

2:21.70 (25.00) 2:51.65 (54.95)

3:15.52 (23.87) 3:42.16 (50.51)

=== Preliminaries ===

17 WVU 3:40.77

18 UCLA 3:41.90

19 KY 3:42.88

20 ND 3:44.21

21 UNC 3:45.10

22 PSU 3:46.79

23 ORGU 3:49.01

— MINN DQ

Women – Team Rankings – Through Event 6

1. Arizona 168 2. Auburn 155

3. Stanford 123.5 4. California 98

5. Georgia 86 6. Texas A&M 82.5

7. Florida 61 8. Michigan 57

9. Texas 54 9. Kentucky 54

11. Tennessee 45 12. Indiana 36

13. Arizona State 22 14. Louisiana State 21

14. Minnesota 21 16. Miami 17

17. Princeton 16 18. Purdue 15

19. Houston 14 19. Florida State 14

21. California, Los Angeles 13 22. Wisconsin 11

23. Southern Methodist 10 24. Virginia Tech 7

25. Washington 6 25. South Carolina 6

27. Rutgers 3 28. North Carolina 2

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