Women’s Pac-12 Championships: Katie Ledecky’s American Record Highlights Day 2 Finals

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The first full night of finals at the women’s Pac-12 championships in Federal Way, Wash., featured an American record courtesy of Stanford’s Katie Ledecky in the 500 free as she crushed her previous mark set at the Ohio State Invitational in November.

Stanford has won every single event contested so far (except for men’s diving, which is being held concurrently with the women’s meet), but California’s depth has kept the Golden Bears in the contest with two full days to go.

Stanford currently has 546 points, and Cal is second with 490. Arizona is in third place with 376, but USC (351) and UCLA (336) are not far away. Rounding out the team standings are Arizona State (274), Utah (165), Washington State (148) and Oregon State (130).

Women’s 1-meter diving

Stanford’s Kassidy Cook’s impressive final dive was enough to vault her over UCLA’s Maria Polyakova for the win. Cook scored 338.35 points, while Polyakova settled for second with her score of 328.15. USC’s Naomi Gowlett took third with 328.15.

Stanford’s Haley Farnsworth finished fourth with a score of 297.75, followed by Cal’s Phoebe Lamay (286.15). The rest of the final consisted of all Arizona divers: Karolyn Loftus (276.80), Kaitlin Costello (273.65) and Sally Hackett (255.60).

1	338.35	Kassidy Cook (STAN)	7.81	56.39
2	335.75	Maria Polyakova (UCLA)	7.56	55.96
3	328.15	Naomi Gowlett (USC)	7.36	54.69
4	297.75	Haley Farnsworth (STAN)	6.72	49.63
5	286.15	Phoebe Lamay (CAL)	6.42	47.69
6	276.80	Karolyn Loftus (ARIZ)	6.72	46.13
7	273.65	Kaitlin Costello (ARIZ)	6.33	45.61
8	255.60	Sally Hackett (ARIZ)	6.06	42.60

Women’s 500 free

Stanford’s Katie Ledecky demolished her own American and NCAA records in the women’s 500 free Thursday night at the Pac-12 championships in Federal Way, Wash. Ledecky touched in 4:25.15, obliterating her previous top mark of 4:26.46 set at the Ohio State Invite in November.

Ledecky was never challenged and finished 20 meters ahead of the field. Ledecky now owns the nine fastest performances in history in the event, and no one has swum within five seconds of her new record.

Stanford’s Katie Drabot finished second in the race in a quick 4:35.69, and Cal’s Katie McLaughlin finished third in 4:36.04. Those times rank sixth and seventh in the country, respectively.

A third Stanford freshman finished in the top four as Megan Byrnes touched in 4:39.14. Arizona’s Hannah Cox made it five swimmers under 4:40 as she touched in 4:39.66.

Arizona State’s Kat Simonovic finished sixth in 4:40.53, just ahead of Stanford’s Leah Stevens (4:40.79). Taking eighth was USC’s Tatum Wade (4:41.12).

  1 Ledecky, Katie         FR STAN-PC           4:28.37    4:25.15   32  
       24.74    26.58    26.80    27.03
       27.01    26.92    26.69    26.91
       26.78    25.69                  
  2 Drabot, Katie          FR STAN-PC           4:37.49    4:35.69   28  
       25.56    28.03    28.21    28.11
       28.31    27.66    27.76    27.79
       27.39    26.87                  
  3 McLaughlin, Katie      SO CAL-PC            4:40.03    4:36.04   27  
       25.62    27.96    28.00    28.11
       27.96    28.04    27.87    27.81
       27.61    27.06                  
  4 Byrnes, Megan          FR STAN-PC           4:39.66    4:39.14   26  
       25.91    27.77    28.04    28.41
       28.34    28.30    28.30    28.37
       28.20    27.50                  
  5 Cox, Hannah            FR ARIZ-AZ           4:40.85    4:39.66   25  
       25.54    27.84    28.09    28.54
       28.31    28.23    28.31    28.18
       28.65    27.97                  
  6 Simonovic, Kat         SR ASU-AZ            4:41.22    4:40.53   24  
       25.92    28.25    28.07    28.43
       28.93    28.78    28.28    28.12
       28.37    27.38                  
  7 Stevens, Leah          SO STAN-PC           4:40.36    4:40.79   23  
       25.93    27.74    27.97    28.38
       28.37    28.54    28.48    28.39
       28.46    28.53                  
  8 Wade, Tatum            FR USC-CA            4:42.18    4:41.12   22  
       25.42    27.62    28.05    28.39
       28.59    28.70    28.75    29.04
       28.80    27.76

Women’s 200 IM

Cal’s Kathleen Baker opened up a big lead on the butterfly leg and held that lead through the breaststroke, but Stanford’s Ella Eastin exploded on the breast-to-free exchange and pulled away on the last 25. Eastin touched in 1:52.34, just ahead of Baker’s 1:52.74.

Eastin was just a half-second short of her own American record, a 1:51.65 set on the way to winning last season’s NCAA championship in the event. The two times eclipse the 1:52.82 that Texas’ Madisyn Cox put up earlier in the night at the Big 12 championships as the top swims in the country this season.

USC’s Louise Hansson was in the mix with Baker earlier in the race but ended up settling for third in 1:53.72.

Stanford’s Ally Howe finished fourth in 1:55.74, just ahead of USC’s Kirsten Vose (1:55.91). Also competing in the A-final were Stanford’s Kim Williams (1:56.81) and Cal teammates Keaton Blovad (1:58.50) and Celina Li (1:59.01).

  1 Eastin, Ella           SO STAN-PC           1:54.76    1:52.34   32  
       25.16    27.51    32.70    26.97
  2 Baker, Kathleen        SO CAL-PC            1:54.87    1:52.74   28  
       24.39    27.47    32.90    27.98
  3 Hansson, Louise        FR USC-CA            1:55.43    1:53.72   27  
       24.08    28.33    34.11    27.20
  4 Howe, Ally             JR STAN-PC           1:56.81    1:55.74   26  
       24.87    29.07    34.26    27.54
  5 Vose, Kirsten          SO USC-CA            1:56.49    1:55.91   25  
       25.56    29.37    33.16    27.82
  6 Williams, Kim          SO STAN-PC           1:56.97    1:56.81   24  
       25.58    29.44    33.20    28.59
  7 Blovad, Keaton         FR CAL-PC            1:57.92    1:58.50   23  
       25.50    28.12    35.36    29.52
  8 Li, Celina             SR CAL-PC            1:57.87    1:59.01   22  
       25.18    29.82    35.22    28.79

Women’s 50 free

Stanford’s Simone Manuel used a rocket turn and second 25 to pull ahead of Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil and win the splash-and-dash. Manuel touched in 21.29, the fastest time in the country this season and two tenths ahead of the rest of the field.

Cal’s Farida Osman touched out her teammate Weitzeil for second, 21.49 to 21.50. Weitzeil currently ranks second in the country with her prelims time of 21.40, and Osman’s time is good for fourth nationally.

UCLA’s Linnea Mack took third in 21.67, while Stanford’s Lia Neal touched out Arizona’s Katrinka Konopka, 21.70 to 21.71, for fifth. USC’s Anika Apostalon finished seventh in 21.91, and Cal’s Amy Bilquist was eighth in 22.13.

  1 Manuel, Simone         SO STAN-PC             21.60      21.29   32  
       10.48    10.81                  
  2 Osman, Farida          SR CAL-PC              21.73      21.49   28  
       10.49    11.00                  
  3 Weitzeil, Abbey        FR CAL-PC              21.40      21.50   27  
       10.34    11.16                  
  4 Mack, Linnea           SR UCLA-CA             22.03      21.67   26  
       10.46    11.21                  
  5 Neal, Lia              SR STAN-PC             22.10      21.70   25  
       10.59    11.11                  
  6 Konopka, Katrina       SO ARIZ-AZ             21.95      21.71   24  
       10.53    11.18                  
  7 Apostalon, Anika       SR USC-CA              22.19      21.91   23  
       10.74    11.17                  
  8 Bilquist, Amy          SO CAL-PC              22.04      22.13   22  
       10.75    11.38

Men’s 3-meter diving

USC earned a 1-2 finish on the men’s 3-meter board as Dashiell Enos won with a score of 428.35, and more than 20 points back was teammate Henry Fusaro, who finished with 408.15. Taking third was ASU’s Heikki Makikallio, who put up 372.50 points.

Stanford put three men into the final, and Bradley Christiensen finished fourth (370.00), Tarek Abdelghany fifth (369.75) and Theodore Miclau seventh (361.95). ASU’s Youssef Selim was sixth with 363.15, and Cal’s Connor Callahan scored 331.75 for eighth.

1	428.35	Dashiell Enos (USC)	7.53	71.39
2	408.15	Henry Fusaro (USC)	7.36	68.03
3	372.50	Heikki Makikallio (ASU)	6.94	62.08
4	370.00	Bradley Christensen (STAN)	6.47	61.67
5	369.75	Tarek Abdelghany (STAN)	6.53	61.63
6	363.15	Youssef Selim (ASU)	6.56	60.53
7	361.95	Theodore Miclau (STAN)	6.75	60.33
8	331.75	Connor Callahan (CAL)	6.14	55.29

Women’s 200 free relay

Stanford’s Simone Manuel, Lia Neal and Janet Hu delivered a lead to anchor leg Ally Howe, and Howe had just enough in the tank to hold off a charging Farida Osman. In the end, the Cardinal touched in 1:26.44, and Osman’s Cal team came in just behind at 1:26.49. Abbey Weitzeil, Amy Bilquist and Maddie Murphy swam the first three legs for the Golden Bears.

Top splits came from Manuel, who led off in a swift 21.44 (just off her 21.29 from earlier in the night), and from Osman, who anchored in 21.21.

Arizona’s team of Katrinka Konopka, Annie Ochitwa, Paige Kremer and Laura Kurki finished third in 1:27.95, and the Wildcats were followed by USC (1:28.77), UCLA (1:29.17) and Arizona State (1:29.41).

  1 STAN-PC  'A'                        1:27.72    1:26.44   64  
     1) Manuel, Simone SO             2) Neal, Lia SR                 
     3) Hu, Janet JR                  4) Howe, Ally JR                
       21.44    21.88    21.63    21.49
  2 CAL-PC  'A'                         1:26.31    1:26.49   56  
     1) Weitzeil, Abbey FR            2) Bilquist, Amy SO             
     3) Murphy, Maddie FR             4) Osman, Farida SR             
       21.68    21.85    21.75    21.21
  3 ARIZ-AZ  'A'                        1:27.67    1:27.95   54  
     1) Konopka, Katrina SO           2) Ochitwa, Annie SO            
     3) Kremer, Paige JR              4) Kurki, Laura JR              
       22.01    22.00    22.04    21.90
  4 USC-CA  'A'                         1:28.73    1:28.77   52  
     1) Apostalon, Anika SR           2) Moseley, Stanzi FR           
     3) Wade, Tatum FR                4) Vose, Kirsten SO             
       21.75    22.30    22.35    22.37
  5 UCLA-CA  'A'                        1:29.89    1:29.17   50  
     1) Mack, Linnea SR               2) Grover, Katie JR             
     3) Kaunitz, Sarah JR             4) Goldsmith, Isabella FR       
       21.90    22.45    22.52    22.30
  6 ASU-AZ  'A'                         1:30.80    1:29.41   48  
     1) Bush, Alysha SR               2) Jonsdottir, Ingibjorg SR     
     3) Fisch, Claire FR              4) Simonovic, Kat SR            
       22.54    22.14    44.73         
  7 WSU-IE  'A'                         1:32.09    1:31.63   46  
     1) Bruggman, Hannah JR           2) Bursch, Addisynn SR          
     3) Rosen, Anna SR                4) Brolin, Anna JR              
       22.86    23.03    22.90    22.84
  8 UTAH-UT  'A'                        1:32.72    1:31.66   44  
     1) Butter, Dorien JR             2) St. John, Gillian SO         
     3) Marsh, Jenna JR               4) Tadena, Julienne SO          
       23.19    23.05    22.72    22.70
  9 OSU-OR  'A'                         1:34.16    1:32.91   42  
     1) Hecker, Anni SR               2) MacEwen, Sophia SR           
     3) Isleta, Czsarina Dawn-Marie S 4) Young, Andrea SR             
       23.70    22.90    23.44    22.87

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Michael Maloney

7 years ago

If Stanfords winning all these RELAYS where they swim 100y or less..WHY did CAL have like 8 point scorers in the 50 free and Stanford had 3….thats interesting with NCAAs ..just saying

Hamad AL-Mohanna

7 years ago

??????