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Records continued to tumble down during finals of the second day at the 2017 NCAA D1 Women’s Swimming Championships.
200 Free Relay
The NCAA record that was set this morning by Stanford was expected to be short lived going into the finals session. Stanford reset their American record from this morning, but they did not touch first. California won its third straight 200 free relay title with a 1:25.59 for a new NCAA record. It will not stand as the American Record because of anchor Farida Osman, who is Egyptian.
Abbey Weitzeil, Maddie Murphy, Amy Bilquist and Osman comprised of the new record setting relay. They out-touched Stanford, who will keep their American Record title with a 1:25.91. Osman anchored the relay in a 20.91, the fastest in the field.
Simone Manuel, Lia Neal, Janet Hu and Ally Howe swam for the Cardinal. Georgia was third at 1:26.49 with Olivia Smoliga, Veronica Burchill, Emily Cameron and Chantal Van Landeghem. Smoliga had the fastest leadoff split at 21.32, faster than anyone from this morning.
NC State (1:27.25), Arizona (1:27.39), Louisville (1:27.52), Auburn (1:27.73) and Wisconsin (1:28.01) rounded out the podium.
Event 2 Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA: N 1:26.15 3/16/2017 Stanford
S Manuel, L Neal, J Hu, A Howe
Meet: C 1:26.15 3/16/2017 Stanford
S Manuel, L Neal, J Hu, A Howe
American: A 1:26.15 3/16/2017 Stanford
S Manuel, L Neal, J Hu, A Howe
U.S. Open: O 1:26.15 3/16/2017 Stanford
S Manuel, L Neal, J Hu, A Howe
Pool: P 1:26.15 3/16/2017 Stanford
S Manuel, L Neal, J Hu, A Howe
School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 California 1:26.67 1:25.59N 588 40
1) Abbey Weitzeil FR 2) r:0.25 Maddie Murphy FR
3) r:0.18 Amy Bilquist SO 4) r:0.35 Farida Osman SR
r:+0.64 10.40 21.59 (21.59)
32.15 (10.56) 43.42 (21.83)
53.53 (10.11) 1:04.68 (21.26)
1:14.73 (10.05) 1:25.59 (20.91)
2 Stanford 1:26.15 1:25.91N 582 34
1) Simone Manuel SO 2) r:0.39 Lia Neal SR
3) r:0.23 Janet Hu JR 4) r:0.15 Ally Howe JR
r:+0.69 10.49 21.47 (21.47)
31.72 (10.25) 42.82 (21.35)
53.18 (10.36) 1:04.62 (21.80)
1:14.74 (10.12) 1:25.91 (21.29)
3 Georgia 1:26.90 1:26.49 573 32
1) Olivia Smoliga SR 2) r:0.16 Veronica Burchill FR
3) r:0.27 Emily Cameron SR 4) r:0.28 Chantal Van Langhem SR
r:+0.72 10.28 21.32 (21.32)
31.52 (10.20) 43.06 (21.74)
53.52 (10.46) 1:05.25 (22.19)
1:15.33 (10.08) 1:26.49 (21.24)
4 NC STATE 1:27.32 1:27.25 561 30
1) Ky-lee Perry FR 2) r:0.33 Courtney Caldwell SO
3) r:0.02 Natalie Labonge SR 4) r:0.22 Krista Duffield JR
r:+0.68 10.66 21.90 (21.90)
32.43 (10.53) 43.75 (21.85)
53.97 (10.22) 1:05.49 (21.74)
1:15.76 (10.27) 1:27.25 (21.76)
5 Arizona 1:27.88 1:27.39 558 28
1) Katrina Konopka SO 2) r:0.27 Annie Ochitwa SO
3) r:0.14 Morgan Ginnis JR 4) r:-0.02 Taylor Garcia SO
r:+0.70 10.51 21.82 (21.82)
32.06 (10.24) 43.74 (21.92)
53.80 (10.06) 1:05.71 (21.97)
1:15.72 (10.01) 1:27.39 (21.68)
6 Louisville 1:27.65 1:27.52 558 26
1) Lainey Visscher FR 2) r:0.22 Mallory Comerford SO
3) r:0.23 Avery Braunecker FR 4) r:0.08 Casey Fanz FR
r:+0.60 10.81 22.37 (22.37)
32.41 (10.04) 43.58 (21.21)
53.97 (10.39) 1:05.71 (22.13)
1:15.99 (10.28) 1:27.52 (21.81)
7 Auburn 1:27.51 1:27.73 552 24
1) Aly Tetzloff SO 2) r:0.20 Ashton Ellzey JR
3) r:0.11 Julie Meynen FR 4) r:0.23 Allyx Purcell SR
r:+0.61 10.51 22.16 (22.16)
32.47 (10.31) 44.31 (22.15)
54.62 (10.31) 1:05.98 (21.67)
1:16.19 (10.21) 1:27.73 (21.75)
8 Wisconsin 1:27.88 1:28.01 549 22
1) Chase Kinney SR 2) r:0.23 Emmy Sehmann SO
3) r:0.15 Jess Unicomb SO 4) r:0.17 Marissa Berg JR
r:+0.71 10.60 22.06 (22.06)
32.34 (10.28) 44.03 (21.97)
54.41 (10.38) 1:06.17 (22.14)
1:16.41 (10.24) 1:28.01 (21.84)
500 Free
Katie Ledecky reset her NCAA, American and US Open Record from the Pac-12 Championships a few short weeks ago. Ledecky broke all the records at 4:24.06, a second under the old record at 4:25.15. An equally impressive swim, Leah Smith broke 4:30 for the first time with a 4:28.90, moving her up to the 11th fastest performance of all time.
Ledecky and Smith were way ahead from the rest of the field the entire way, the only question was how far they could both go under their best times. Smith had been knocking on the 4:30 barrier for two years now and she finally did it tonight while trailing one of the best swimmers in history. This is Stanford’s first title in the 500 free since 2001 when Jessica Foschi won it at 4:37.81. It is the eighth title in the 500 for Stanford as Marybeth Linzmeier won three titles from 1982-1984 and Janet Evans won two in 1990 and 1991.
The battle for third was very exciting as outside smoke, Kennedy Goss of Indiana had a monster last 50 with a 4:36.13 to out-touch Louisville’s Mallory Comerford at 4:36.16. Hannah Moore (4:36.85), Rose Bi (4:37.30), Danielle Valley (4:38.31) and G Ryan (4:40.28) rounded out the A-final.
Event 3 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 4:25.15 2/23/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
Meet: C 4:28.37 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
American: A 4:25.15 2/23/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
U.S. Open: O 4:25.15 2/23/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
Pool: P 4:28.37 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Katie Ledecky FR Stanford 4:28.37 4:24.06N 198 20
r:+0.68 24.41 50.65 (26.24)
1:16.83 (26.18) 1:43.49 (26.66)
2:10.07 (26.58) 2:37.07 (27.00)
3:04.11 (27.04) 3:31.14 (27.03)
3:58.03 (26.89) 4:24.06 (26.03)
2 Leah Smith SR Virginia 4:31.10 4:28.90 189 17
r:+0.72 24.83 51.42 (26.59)
1:18.19 (26.77) 1:45.34 (27.15)
2:12.62 (27.28) 2:39.89 (27.27)
3:07.28 (27.39) 3:34.57 (27.29)
4:02.00 (27.43) 4:28.90 (26.90)
3 Kennedy Goss JR Indiana 4:38.09 4:36.13 175 16
r:+0.65 25.53 53.56 (28.03)
1:21.73 (28.17) 1:49.93 (28.20)
2:18.08 (28.15) 2:46.06 (27.98)
3:14.37 (28.31) 3:42.44 (28.07)
4:09.87 (27.43) 4:36.13 (26.26)
4 Mallory Comerfo SO Louisville 4:36.91 4:36.16 175 15
r:+0.69 25.52 53.39 (27.87)
1:21.84 (28.45) 1:50.19 (28.35)
2:18.52 (28.33) 2:46.40 (27.88)
3:14.22 (27.82) 3:41.87 (27.65)
4:09.40 (27.53) 4:36.16 (26.76)
5 Hannah Moore JR NC STATE 4:37.12 4:36.85 173 14
r:+0.70 25.96 53.80 (27.84)
1:21.76 (27.96) 1:49.92 (28.16)
2:18.00 (28.08) 2:46.16 (28.16)
3:14.17 (28.01) 3:42.17 (28.00)
4:09.85 (27.68) 4:36.85 (27.00)
6 Rose Bi SO Michigan 4:37.81 4:37.30 172 13
r:+0.66 25.81 53.58 (27.77)
1:21.47 (27.89) 1:49.46 (27.99)
2:17.50 (28.04) 2:45.73 (28.23)
3:13.88 (28.15) 3:42.09 (28.21)
4:10.24 (28.15) 4:37.30 (27.06)
7 Danielle Valley SR Wisconsin 4:38.07 4:38.31 171 12
r:+0.75 26.15 54.00 (27.85)
1:22.00 (28.00) 1:50.18 (28.18)
2:18.25 (28.07) 2:46.42 (28.17)
3:14.48 (28.06) 3:42.46 (27.98)
4:10.73 (28.27) 4:38.31 (27.58)
8 G Ryan JR Michigan 4:36.46 4:40.28 167 11
r:+0.73 26.10 54.18 (28.08)
1:22.53 (28.35) 1:51.25 (28.72)
2:19.64 (28.39) 2:48.03 (28.39)
3:16.24 (28.21) 3:44.57 (28.33)
4:12.67 (28.10) 4:40.28 (27.61)
200 IM
In a star studded 200 IM field, there was going to be zero room for error if you were going to win the race. Kathleen Baker led the race from start to finish and just missed the records in the 200 IM with a 1:51.69 win for the Cal Golden Bears.
Last year’s runner up, Baker, won Cal’s fourth NCAA title in that event after Caitlin Leverenz won in 2012 and 2013 as well as Missy Franklin in 2015. That time will put Baker as the second fastest performer in history in the event. This is also Baker’s first NCAA title, as she was an Olympian and silver medalist last summer in the 100 backstroke. Baker held off hard charging Ella Eastin of Stanford at 1:52.27, who will keep her NCAA and American Record from last year. Texas senior Madisyn Cox finished third at 1:52.58.
Sydney Pickrem (1:53.30), Bethany Galat (1:54.16), Alexia Zevnik (1:54.74), Louise Hansson (1:54.79) and Asia Seidt (1:55.19) rounded out the top 8.
Event 4 Women 200 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 1:51.65 3/17/2016 Ella Eastin, Stanford
Meet: C 1:51.65 3/17/2016 Ella Eastin, Stanford
American: A 1:51.65 3/17/2016 Ella Eastin, Stanford
U.S. Open: O 1:51.65 3/17/2016 Ella Eastin, Stanford
Pool: P 1:53.38 3/16/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Kathleen Baker SO California 1:54.61 1:51.69P 195 20
r:+0.68 24.25 52.00 (27.75)
1:24.48 (32.48) 1:51.69 (27.21)
2 Ella Eastin SO Stanford 1:54.55 1:52.27P 192 17
r:+0.69 24.80 52.56 (27.76)
1:25.43 (32.87) 1:52.27 (26.84)
3 Madisyn Cox SR Texas 1:53.38 1:52.58P 191 16
r:+0.70 24.71 53.16 (28.45)
1:25.54 (32.38) 1:52.58 (27.04)
4 Sydney Pickrem SO Texas A&M 1:53.69 1:53.30P 187 15
r:+0.68 26.27 54.14 (27.87)
1:26.44 (32.30) 1:53.30 (26.86)
5 Bethany Galat JR Texas A&M 1:54.20 1:54.16 183 14
r:+0.60 24.77 54.04 (29.27)
1:26.32 (32.28) 1:54.16 (27.84)
6 Alexia Zevnik SR NC STATE 1:55.30 1:54.74 180 13
r:+0.70 24.98 52.76 (27.78)
1:27.75 (34.99) 1:54.74 (26.99)
7 Louise Hansson FR Southern Cali 1:55.01 1:54.79 180 12
r:+0.70 24.22 52.58 (28.36)
1:27.00 (34.42) 1:54.79 (27.79)
8 Asia Seidt FR Kentucky 1:55.59 1:55.19 178 11
r:+0.72 24.74 52.23 (27.49)
1:27.27 (35.04) 1:55.19 (27.92)
50 Free
The 50 free final was probably the most decorated A-final of the meet so far with five Olympians from Rio competing. Ultimately, it was the silver medalist in this event that out-touched the whole field. Stanford sophomore Simone Manuel won the race for her second NCAA title in the event with a 21.17 for the win, under the NCAA record set by Olivia Smoliga last year at 21.21.
Smoliga, who won the event last year, was second at 21.27 and Ohio State’s Liz Li was third at 21.29. Li had led at the turn but Manuel did what she always seems to do, coming out of nowhere to get her hand on the wall first. Manuel is now the second fastest performer all time in the event and it is Stanford’s 10th title in the event. Manuel last won it in 2015. The last Stanford winners were Catherine Fox (1997, 1998, 1999), Jenny Thompson (1992, 1993), Jenna Johnson (1986, 1987) and Krissie Bush (1984).
Farida Osman (21.38), Abbey Weitzeil (21.58), Maddie Murphy (21.76), Caroline Baldwin (21.82) and Chantal Van Landeghem (21.85) also swam in the A-final.
Event 5 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 21.21 3/17/2016 Olivia Smoliga, Georgia
Meet: C 21.21 3/17/2016 Olivia Smoliga, Georgia
American: A 21.12 3/5/2016 Abbey Weitzeil, Canyons Aquatics
U.S. Open: O 21.12 3/5/2016 Abbey Weitzeil, Canyons Aquatics
Pool: P 21.52 3/16/2017 Liz Li, Ohio State
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Simone Manuel SO Stanford 21.57 21.17N 192 20
r:+0.69 10.29 21.17 (10.88)
2 Olivia Smoliga SR Georgia 21.56 21.27P 190 17
r:+0.73 10.36 21.27 (10.91)
3 Liz Li JR Ohio St 21.52 21.29P 190 16
r:+0.67 10.25 21.29 (11.04)
4 Farida Osman SR California 21.83 21.38P 187 15
r:+0.66 10.39 21.38 (10.99)
5 Abbey Weitzeil FR California 21.62 21.58 183 14
r:+0.65 10.35 21.58 (11.23)
6 Maddie Murphy FR California 21.84 21.76 179 13
r:+0.69 10.50 21.76 (11.26)
7 Caroline Baldwi JR UNC 21.80 21.82 177 12
r:+0.69 10.62 21.82 (11.20)
8 Chantal Van Lan SR Georgia 21.81 21.85 177 11
r:+0.72 10.62 21.85 (11.23)
1-Meter Diving
Texas’ Alison Gibson won the 1m diving title for the first time in her career and won Texas’ first diving title since Nicole Pohorenec won the platform event in 2004. It is also the first 1m title for Texas since 1998 when Vera Ilyina won back to back titles in 97 and 98.
The Texas freshman won the competition ahead of last year’s diver of the year in Sharae Zhang of Nevada and Olympian Kassidy Cook of Stanford. Gibson scored 332.60 to win.
Minnesota’s Sarah Bacon (326.50), Cal’s Maria Polyakov (325.80), Minnesota’s Yu Zhou (317.95), LSU’s Elizabeth Cui (315.35), Nevada’s Zhang (315.00), Miami’s Pei Lin (312.00) and Stanford’s Cook (305.65) rounded out the A-Final.
Event 6 Women 1 mtr Diving
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NCAA: N 361.55 3/2007 Cassidy Krug, Stanford
Meet: C 361.55 3/2007 Cassidy Krug, Stanford
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Alison Gibson FR Texas 287.45 332.60 166 20
2 Sarah Bacon FR Minnesota 292.40 326.50 164 17
3 Maria Polyakova JR UCLA 301.90 325.80 164 16
4 YU Zhou SR Minnesota 307.70 317.95 161 15
5 Elizabeth Cui SO LSU 292.05 315.35 160 14
6 Sharae Zheng NEV 316.70 315.00 160 13
7 Pei Lin SR Miami (OH) 296.30 312.00 159 12
8 Kassidy Cook FR Stanford 308.95 305.65 157 11
400 Medley Relay
In a huge turn of events, Stanford will stand on top of the podium of the 400 medley relay after a disqualification to the first place team Cal. This is the fourth straight year that Stanford has won the 400 medley relay NCAA title. Cal originally touched first at 3:26.18 after leading the whole way, thanks to a stellar lead off from Kathleen Baker at 49.80 to become the second fastest performer in history in the 100 back.
Stanford had Ally Howe (51.42), Kim Williams (58.51), Janet Hu (50.27) and Lia Neal (46.15) swimming on the relay that won at 3:26.35. Texas A&M moved up to third with Lisa Bratton (51.60), Jorie Caneta (58.60), Sarah Gibson (50.28) and Beryl Gastaldello (47.12) at 3:27.60. Third went to Texas at 3:27.74 with Tasija Karosas (50.83), Madisyn Cox (58.30), Lauren Case (51.72) and Rebecca Millard (46.89).
Lilly King uncorked a huge 56.17 breaststroke split for Indiana, putting them in the lead at the halfway point while Gia Dalesandro held on to the lead at the 300 with a 50.99 split. Indiana fell to fifth at the end of the race. The fastest butterfly split in the field was Louise Hansson of USC at 49.78 and the fastest anchor split was Louisville’s Mallory Comerford at 46.13. The fastest freestyle split was originally Abbey Weitzeil of Cal at 45.96, but she jumped early on Noemie Thomas’ fly leg after her 50.69 split.
This is Stanford’s fourth straight title in the relay and their 13th overall. Louisville, Indiana, Georgia and USC also swam in the A-final.
Event 7 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 3:26.14 3/17/2016 Stanford
A Howe, S Haase, J Hu, L Neal
Meet: C 3:26.14 3/17/2016 Stanford
A Howe, S Haase, J Hu, L Neal
American: A 3:25.60 11/12/2016USA
A Deloof, A Cottrell, K Worrell, A Weir
U.S. Open: O 3:25.60 11/12/2016USA
A Deloof, A Cottrell, K Worrell, A Weir
Pool: P 3:25.60 11/12/2016USA
A Deloof, A Cottrell, K Worrell, A Weir
School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Stanford 3:29.14 3:26.35 40
1) Ally Howe JR 2) r:-0.62 Kim Williams SO
3) r:0.16 Janet Hu JR 4) r:0.26 Lia Neal SR
r:+0.74 24.56 51.42 (51.42)
1:17.94 (26.52) 1:49.93 (58.51)
2:12.91 (22.98) 2:40.20 (50.27)
3:02.25 (22.05) 3:26.35 (46.15)
2 Texas A&M 3:28.26 3:27.60 34
1) Lisa Bratton JR 2) r:0.24 Jorie Caneta JR
3) r:0.17 Sarah Gibson SR 4) r:0.17 Beryl Gastaldello JR
r:+0.56 25.33 51.60 (51.60)
1:18.97 (27.37) 1:50.20 (58.60)
2:13.26 (23.06) 2:40.48 (50.28)
3:02.93 (22.45) 3:27.60 (47.12)
3 Texas 3:29.50 3:27.74 32
1) Tasija Karosas SR 2) r:0.22 Madisyn Cox SR
3) r:0.28 Lauren Case FR 4) r:0.27 Rebecca Millard JR
r:+0.60 24.68 50.83 (50.83)
1:18.15 (27.32) 1:49.13 (58.30)
2:12.96 (23.83) 2:40.85 (51.72)
3:02.97 (22.12) 3:27.74 (46.89)
4 Louisville 3:28.24 3:28.05 30
1) Alina Kendzior SO 2) r:0.26 Andrea Cottrell SR
3) r:0.33 Grace Oglesby FR 4) r:0.32 Mallory Comerford SO
r:+0.55 25.29 52.06 (52.06)
1:18.99 (26.93) 1:50.26 (58.20)
2:14.02 (23.76) 2:41.92 (51.66)
3:04.04 (22.12) 3:28.05 (46.13)
5 Indiana 3:30.18 3:28.58 28
1) Kennedy Goss JR 2) r:0.24 Lilly King SO
3) r:0.28 Gia Dalesandro SR 4) r:0.09 Holly Spears JR
r:+0.57 25.55 52.77 (52.77)
1:18.57 (25.80) 1:48.94 (56.17)
2:12.53 (23.59) 2:39.93 (50.99)
3:02.80 (22.87) 3:28.58 (48.65)
6 Georgia 3:28.00 3:29.10 26
1) Olivia Smoliga SR 2) r:0.24 Emily Cameron SR
3) r:0.18 Chelsea Britt JR 4) r:0.31 Chantal Van Langhem SR
r:+0.63 24.47 50.69 (50.69)
1:18.74 (28.05) 1:50.85 (1:00.16)
2:13.89 (23.04) 2:41.64 (50.79)
3:04.24 (22.60) 3:29.10 (47.46)
7 Southern Cali 3:29.77 3:29.46 24
1) Hanni Leach SO 2) r:0.29 Riley Scott SO
3) r:0.24 Louise Hansson FR 4) r:0.27 Anika Apostalon SR
r:+0.55 25.23 52.21 (52.21)
1:19.66 (27.45) 1:52.03 (59.82)
2:14.86 (22.83) 2:41.81 (49.78)
3:04.17 (22.36) 3:29.46 (47.65)
-- California 3:27.97 DQ
Early take-off swimmer #4
1) Kathleen Baker SO 2) r:0.33 Marina Garcia Unqui SR
3) r:0.19 Noemie Thomas JR 4) r:-0.13 Abbey Weitzeil FR
r:+0.62 24.18 49.80 (49.80)
1:17.37 (27.57) 1:49.53 (59.73)
2:12.54 (23.01) 2:40.22 (50.69)
3:01.80 (21.58) DQ (45.96)
2017 NCAA Women’s Division 1 Championships Day 2 Results – Results
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FASTEST FREE SPLIT ON RELAY AGAIN !!! MALLORY Comerford U of Louisville
Michael didn’t your mom teach you “if you do not have anything nice to say, be quiet” ? This would be a better world if people would try that.
AWESOME LOUISVILLE GIRLS TEAM !!!!
Shouldn’t Stanford be DQ as well? Kim Williams registered a -0.62 reaction