2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: Runge, Eastin, Weitzeil Post Top Seeds

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The second morning of the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas, will have the heats of the 200 free relay, 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free and 400 medley relay. Stanford has the lead in the team standings after winning the 800 free relay on Wednesday night.

Stanford and Cal had the best mornings on Thursday in Austin, Texas as the Cardinal had five A-Finalists advance to tonight and Cal had four.

Cal is on top of the prelims in the 200 free relay and Michigan is on top of the 400 medley relay.

Arizona State’s Cierra Runge, Stanford’s Ella Eastin and Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil are on top in the individual events.

200 Free Relay

The Cal Golden Bears used a second-half surge to take the top seed in the 200 free relay, as Maddie Murphy, Katie McLaughlin, Amy Bilquist and Abbey Weitzeil finished in 1:26.25.

Michigan took the early lead in the final heat with a 21.70 split by Maggie MacNeil, finishing just ahead of USC’s leadoff Marta Ciesla (21.90).

But after a 21.37 split by McLaughlin, the back-half of Bilquist (21.57) and Weitzeil (21.11) was too much for the field as Cal finished ahead of the pack.

The NCAA and American record was set by Stanford last year at 1:25.43, and Cal will look to go even faster to chase down that mark.

But a stunning split by Mallory Comerford (20.94) gave Louisville (1:26.72) the second seed and Tennessee (1:26.89) took the third seed, from the second prelims heat, behind an anchor split of 21.13 by Erika Brown.

Stanford took the fourth seed (1:26.91), followed by Michigan (1:26.92), NC State (1:27.12), Texas (1:27.33) and Auburn (1:27.40).

Despite a fast start by Ciesla, USC just missed the finals, taking the ninth seed in 1:28.02. Missouri (1:28.13), Duke (1:28.64), Ohio State (1:28.61), Texas A&M (1:28.82), Arizona (1:28.97), North Carolina (1:29.12) and Georgia 1:29.14) rounded out the top 16.

Arkansas swimmer Anna Hopkin clocked a 20.97 split, but the Razorbacks did not reach the top 16 (1:29.96).

 Event 2  Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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         NCAA: I 1:25.43  15-Mar-18 Stanford
                          J. Hu, S. Manuel, L. Pitzer, A. Howe
         Meet: M 1:25.43  15-Mar-18 Stanford
                          J Hu, S Manuel, L Pitzer, A Howe
     American: A 1:25.43  15-Mar-18 Stanford
                          J. Hu, S. Manuel, L. Pitzer, A. Howe
      US Open: O 1:25.43  15-Mar-18 Stanford
                          J. Hu, S. Manuel, L. Pitzer, A. Howe
         Pool: P 1:26.84  29-Nov-18 Texas
                          G Ariola, J Cook, A Diener, C Adams
                 1:28.61  AUTO NCAA A Standard
                 1:29.36  CONS NCAA B Standard
    School                           Seed    Prelims              
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                       === Preliminaries ===                        
 
  1 California                    1:26.00    1:26.25Pq      
     1) Maddie Murphy JR              2) r:0.21 Katie McLaughlin SR   
     3) r:0.27 Amy Bilquist SR        4) r:0.24 Abbey Weitzeil JR     
    r:+0.64  10.63        22.20 (22.20)
          32.35 (10.15)       43.57 (21.37)
          53.69 (10.12)     1:05.14 (21.57)
         1:14.92 (9.78)     1:26.25 (21.11)
  2 Louisville                    1:27.47    1:26.72Pq      
     1) Lainey Visscher JR            2) r:0.04 Mallory Comerford SR  
     3) r:0.22 Avery Braunecker JR    4) r:0.27 Casey Fanz JR         
    r:+0.66  10.61        22.19 (22.19)
           31.82 (9.63)       43.13 (20.94)
           52.99 (9.86)     1:04.93 (21.80)
        1:15.07 (10.14)     1:26.72 (21.79)
  3 Tennessee                     1:26.51    1:26.89 q      
     1) Madeline Banic SR             2) r:0.26 Stanzi Moseley JR     
     3) r:0.29 Bailey Grinter SO      4) r:0.27 Erika Brown JR        
    r:+0.65  10.69        22.09 (22.09)
          32.56 (10.47)       44.04 (21.95)
          54.31 (10.27)     1:05.76 (21.72)
        1:15.88 (10.12)     1:26.89 (21.13)
  4 Stanford                      1:27.42    1:26.91 q      
     1) Taylor Ruck FR                2) r:0.31 Lauren Pitzer SO      
     3) r:0.30 Amalie Fackenthal FR   4) r:0.12 Anya Goeders FR       
    r:+0.67  10.47        21.70 (21.70)
          31.70 (10.00)       43.27 (21.57)
          53.66 (10.39)     1:05.18 (21.91)
        1:15.34 (10.16)     1:26.91 (21.73)
  5 Michigan                      1:26.84    1:26.92 q      
     1) Maggie MacNeil FR             2) r:0.22 Catie DeLoof SR       
     3) r:0.39 Daria Pyshnenko SO     4) r:0.30 Siobhan Haughey SR    
    r:+0.65  10.68        21.70 (21.70)
          31.93 (10.23)       43.31 (21.61)
          53.98 (10.67)     1:05.52 (22.21)
        1:15.81 (10.29)     1:26.92 (21.40)
  6 NC State                      1:26.15    1:27.12 q      
     1) Ky-lee Perry JR               2) r:0.13 Kylee Alons FR        
     3) r:0.28 Sirena Rowe SO         4) r:0.13 Olivia Calegan SO     
    r:+0.65  10.49        21.79 (21.79)
          31.90 (10.11)       43.24 (21.45)
          53.31 (10.07)     1:04.97 (21.73)
        1:15.32 (10.35)     1:27.12 (22.15)
  7 Texas                         1:26.84    1:27.33 q      
     1) Grace Ariola FR               2) r:0.14 Julia Cook FR         
     3) r:0.36 Anelise Diener SR      4) r:0.20 Claire Adams JR       
    r:+0.62  10.60        22.07 (22.07)
          32.47 (10.40)       43.93 (21.86)
          54.23 (10.30)     1:05.80 (21.87)
        1:15.93 (10.13)     1:27.33 (21.53)
  8 Auburn                        1:27.05    1:27.40 q      
     1) Claire Fisch JR               2) r:0.16 Aly Tetzloff SR       
     3) r:0.32 Julie Meynen JR        4) r:0.04 Robyn Clevenger JR    
    r:+0.67  10.53        21.72 (21.72)
          31.86 (10.14)       43.41 (21.69)
          53.73 (10.32)     1:05.30 (21.89)
        1:15.53 (10.23)     1:27.40 (22.10)
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  9 Southern Cali                 1:28.63    1:28.02 q      
     1) Marta Ciesla SO               2) r:0.27 Jemma Schlicht SO     
     3) r:0.17 Laticia-Leigh Tnsom FR 4) r:-0.02 Tatum Wade JR        
    r:+0.67  10.59        21.90 (21.90)
          32.48 (10.58)       44.19 (22.29)
          54.68 (10.49)     1:06.24 (22.05)
        1:16.44 (10.20)     1:28.02 (21.78)
 10 Missouri                      1:28.09    1:28.13 q      
     1) Annie Ochitwa SR              2) r:0.29 Sarah Thompson SO     
     3) r:0.23 Megan Keil FR          4) r:0.36 Haley Hynes JR        
    r:+0.72  10.76        22.13 (22.13)
          32.55 (10.42)       44.09 (21.96)
          54.55 (10.46)     1:06.12 (22.03)
        1:16.79 (10.67)     1:28.13 (22.01)
 11 Duke                          1:28.93    1:28.54 q      
     1) Madeline Hess SR              2) r:0.14 Alyssa Marsh JR       
     3) r:0.23 Shayna Hollander FR    4) r:0.16 Hunter Aitchison SR   
    r:+0.67  10.64        22.26 (22.26)
           32.22 (9.96)       43.68 (21.42)
          54.18 (10.50)     1:06.12 (22.44)
        1:16.72 (10.60)     1:28.54 (22.42)
 12 Ohio St                       1:28.12    1:28.61 q      
     1) Freya Rayner SO               2) r:0.08 Rebekah Bradley JR    
     3) r:0.28 Maria Coy SR           4) r:0.06 Taylor Petrak SO      
    r:+0.65  10.96        22.49 (22.49)
          32.67 (10.18)       44.40 (21.91)
          54.92 (10.52)     1:06.65 (22.25)
        1:16.86 (10.21)     1:28.61 (21.96)
 13 Texas A&M                     1:28.99    1:28.82 q      
     1) Emma Carlton FR               2) r:0.06 Raena Eldridge JR     
     3) r:0.07 Golf Sapianchai JR     4) r:0.20 Sydney Pickrem SR     
    r:+0.58  10.68        22.58 (22.58)
          32.68 (10.10)       44.43 (21.85)
          54.85 (10.42)     1:06.68 (22.25)
        1:17.16 (10.48)     1:28.82 (22.14)
 14 Arizona                       1:28.43    1:28.97 q      
     1) Ashley Sutherland SR          2) r:0.28 Katrina Konopka SR    
     3) r:0.29 Kayla Filipek SO       4) r:0.26 Jamie Stone SO        
    r:+0.63  10.96        22.72 (22.72)
          33.03 (10.31)       44.58 (21.86)
          54.95 (10.37)     1:06.63 (22.05)
        1:17.25 (10.62)     1:28.97 (22.34)
 15 UNC                           1:27.36    1:29.12 q      
     1) Zhada Fields SR               2) r:0.15 Brooke Bauer JR       
     3) r:0.25 Caroline Hauder SO     4) r:0.19 Grace Countie FR      
    r:+0.60  10.92        22.55 (22.55)
          32.88 (10.33)       44.61 (22.06)
          55.09 (10.48)     1:06.90 (22.29)
        1:17.21 (10.31)     1:29.12 (22.22)
 16 Georgia                       1:28.79    1:29.14 q      
     1) Gabi Fa'Amausili SO           2) r:0.38 Veronica Burchill JR  
     3) r:0.15 Katherine Aikins JR    4) r:0.15 Olivia Carter FR      
    r:+0.68  11.05        22.49 (22.49)
          33.04 (10.55)       44.63 (22.14)
          55.19 (10.56)     1:06.87 (22.24)
        1:17.45 (10.58)     1:29.14 (22.27)

500 Free

Arizona State’s Cierra Runge had plenty left in the tank for a strong finish in the 500 free prelims. The junior had a final split of 27.07 to take the top seed for tonight’s final in 4:34.64.

No one is expected to approach Katie Ledecky’s record time of 4:24.06, set at the 2017 NCAA championships.

But there are two Stanford swimmers in the final. Brooke Forde took the second seed in 4:34.97 and Lauren Pitzer heads to the finals with the sixth seed in 4:35.80.

Minnesota has two in the final with Chantal Nack taking the third spot (4:35.47) and Mackenzie Padington taking the fifth (4:35.70).

Virginia’s Paige Madden took the fourth spot in 4:35.65. Texas sophomore Evie Pfeifer was seventh (4:36.04) and Georgia’s Courtney Harnish took the eighth seed (4:37.30) .

Last year’s runner-up Katie Drabot took the 15th seed in 4:39.07.

Event 3  Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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         NCAA: I 4:24.06  16-Mar-17 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
         Meet: M 4:24.06  16-Mar-17 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
     American: A 4:24.06  16-Mar-17 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
      US Open: O 4:24.06  16-Mar-17 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
         Pool: P 4:32.08  05-Mar-15 Allison Schmitt
                 4:36.30  AUTO NCAA A Standard
                 4:47.20  CONS NCAA B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Cierra Runge     JR Arizona St        4:35.13    4:34.64 q      
    r:+0.77  25.09        52.46 (27.37)
        1:20.36 (27.90)     1:48.60 (28.24)
        2:16.40 (27.80)     2:44.24 (27.84)
        3:11.96 (27.72)     3:39.90 (27.94)
        4:07.57 (27.67)     4:34.64 (27.07)
  2 Brooke Forde     SO Stanford          4:38.40    4:34.97 q      
    r:+0.72  25.20        52.67 (27.47)
        1:20.76 (28.09)     1:48.41 (27.65)
        2:16.37 (27.96)     2:44.15 (27.78)
        3:12.07 (27.92)     3:39.93 (27.86)
        4:07.70 (27.77)     4:34.97 (27.27)
  3 Chantal Nack     SR Minnesota         4:36.55    4:35.47 q      
    r:+0.70  25.43        53.04 (27.61)
        1:21.08 (28.04)     1:49.44 (28.36)
        2:17.45 (28.01)     2:45.42 (27.97)
        3:13.04 (27.62)     3:40.73 (27.69)
        4:08.36 (27.63)     4:35.47 (27.11)
  4 Paige Madden     SO Virginia          4:38.13    4:35.65 q      
    r:+0.71  25.44        52.82 (27.38)
        1:20.25 (27.43)     1:48.29 (28.04)
        2:16.40 (28.11)     2:44.42 (28.02)
        3:12.35 (27.93)     3:39.94 (27.59)
        4:07.91 (27.97)     4:35.65 (27.74)
  5 Mackenzie Padin  SO Minnesota         4:37.01    4:35.70 q      
    r:+0.74  25.44        52.98 (27.54)
        1:20.98 (28.00)     1:49.38 (28.40)
        2:17.65 (28.27)     2:45.87 (28.22)
        3:14.29 (28.42)     3:42.24 (27.95)
        4:09.51 (27.27)     4:35.70 (26.19)
  6 Lauren Pitzer    SO Stanford          4:34.30    4:35.80 q      
    r:+0.70  25.07        52.40 (27.33)
        1:20.41 (28.01)     1:48.93 (28.52)
        2:16.94 (28.01)     2:44.87 (27.93)
        3:12.54 (27.67)     3:40.50 (27.96)
        4:08.24 (27.74)     4:35.80 (27.56)
  7 Evie Pfeifer     SO Texas             4:40.00    4:36.04 q      
    r:+0.77  25.45        52.59 (27.14)
        1:20.31 (27.72)     1:48.10 (27.79)
        2:16.04 (27.94)     2:44.02 (27.98)
        3:11.95 (27.93)     3:40.00 (28.05)
        4:08.37 (28.37)     4:36.04 (27.67)
  8 Courtney Harnis  SO Georgia           4:35.52    4:37.30 q      
    r:+0.83  25.92        53.89 (27.97)
        1:22.19 (28.30)     1:50.78 (28.59)
        2:19.02 (28.24)     2:46.93 (27.91)
        3:14.78 (27.85)     3:42.61 (27.83)
        4:10.26 (27.65)     4:37.30 (27.04)
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  9 Joanna Evans     SR Texas             4:35.76    4:37.44 q      
    r:+0.72  25.32        52.76 (27.44)
        1:20.41 (27.65)     1:48.56 (28.15)
        2:16.62 (28.06)     2:44.51 (27.89)
        3:12.54 (28.03)     3:40.79 (28.25)
        4:09.54 (28.75)     4:37.44 (27.90)
 10 Hannah Cox       JR Arizona           4:38.18    4:37.79 q      
    r:+0.75  25.78        53.49 (27.71)
        1:21.45 (27.96)     1:49.46 (28.01)
        2:17.50 (28.04)     2:45.59 (28.09)
        3:13.65 (28.06)     3:41.82 (28.17)
        4:09.94 (28.12)     4:37.79 (27.85)
 11 Morgan Tankersl  FR Stanford          4:37.00    4:38.12 q      
    r:+0.73  25.78        53.45 (27.67)
        1:21.51 (28.06)     1:49.77 (28.26)
        2:17.95 (28.18)     2:45.94 (27.99)
        3:14.06 (28.12)     3:42.31 (28.25)
        4:10.58 (28.27)     4:38.12 (27.54)
 12 Kate Moore       SO NC State          4:39.10    4:38.47 q      
    r:+0.71  25.82        53.52 (27.70)
        1:21.70 (28.18)     1:50.14 (28.44)
        2:18.22 (28.08)     2:46.47 (28.25)
        3:14.87 (28.40)     3:43.09 (28.22)
        4:11.27 (28.18)     4:38.47 (27.20)
 13 Kirsten Jacobse  JR Arizona           4:36.81    4:38.55 q      
    r:+0.78  25.26        52.49 (27.23)
        1:20.40 (27.91)     1:48.78 (28.38)
        2:17.20 (28.42)     2:45.46 (28.26)
        3:13.79 (28.33)     3:42.30 (28.51)
        4:10.69 (28.39)     4:38.55 (27.86)
 14 Rose Bi          SR Michigan          4:37.24    4:39.06 q      
    r:+0.65  26.02        53.68 (27.66)
        1:21.34 (27.66)     1:49.53 (28.19)
        2:17.86 (28.33)     2:45.87 (28.01)
        3:14.10 (28.23)     3:42.35 (28.25)
        4:10.76 (28.41)     4:39.06 (28.30)
 15 Katie Drabot     JR Stanford          4:41.06    4:39.07 q      
    r:+0.73  25.44        53.06 (27.62)
        1:20.91 (27.85)     1:49.34 (28.43)
        2:17.92 (28.58)     2:46.04 (28.12)
        3:14.50 (28.46)     3:42.91 (28.41)
        4:11.18 (28.27)     4:39.07 (27.89)
 16 Sierra Schmidt   SO Michigan          4:38.91    4:39.15 q      
    r:+0.74  25.38        52.82 (27.44)
        1:20.70 (27.88)     1:48.73 (28.03)
        2:16.88 (28.15)     2:45.10 (28.22)
        3:13.28 (28.18)     3:42.02 (28.74)
        4:10.87 (28.85)     4:39.15 (28.28)

200 IM

Stanford’s Ella Eastin broke the pool record to take the top seed in the 200 IM.

No surprise there.

But there were a couple of surprises.

Michigan’s Siobhan Haughey was disqualified for multiple butterfly kicks during her breaststroke pullout. Her time was fast enough to make the finals.

The other surprise was that Lilly King did not make the top 16. Though not her top event, King has scored in the IM in previous years. She finished 21st (1:56.83).

Behind Eastin was Texas A&M’s Sydney Pickrem, second in 1:52.75.

Wisconsin’s Beata Nelson took the third seed in 1:52.83, followed by USC’s Louise Hansson (1:53.50), Kentucky’s Asia Seidt (1:5351), South Carolina’s Emma Barksdale (1:53.52), Tennessee’s Meghan Small (1:54.54) and Indiana’s Bailey Anderson (1:54.75).

 Event 4  Women 200 Yard IM
==================================================================
         NCAA: I 1:50.67  15-Mar-18 Ella Eastin, Stanford
         Meet: M 1:50.67  15-Mar-18 Ella Eastin, Stanford
     American: A 1:50.67  15-Mar-18 Ella Eastin, Stanford
      US Open: O 1:50.67  15-Mar-18 Ella Eastin, Stanford
         Pool: P 1:52.71  01-Dec-11 Katinka Hosszu
                 1:54.31  AUTO NCAA A Standard
                 1:59.94  CONS NCAA B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Ella Eastin      SR Stanford          1:53.41    1:52.46Pq      
    r:+0.72  25.05        52.71 (27.66)
        1:25.29 (32.58)     1:52.46 (27.17)
  2 Sydney Pickrem   SR Texas A&M         1:51.66    1:52.75 q      
    r:+0.66  25.06        53.30 (28.24)
        1:25.46 (32.16)     1:52.75 (27.29)
  3 Beata Nelson     JR Wisconsin         1:52.27    1:52.83 q      
    r:+0.74  23.71        52.49 (28.78)
        1:25.21 (32.72)     1:52.83 (27.62)
  4 Louise Hansson   JR Southern Cali     1:52.50    1:53.50 q      
    r:+0.71  24.18        52.11 (27.93)
        1:26.30 (34.19)     1:53.50 (27.20)
  5 Asia Seidt       JR Kentucky          1:54.37    1:53.51 q      
    r:+0.68  24.71        51.92 (27.21)
        1:26.34 (34.42)     1:53.51 (27.17)
  6 Emma Barksdale   SR South Carolina    1:53.27    1:53.52 q      
    r:+0.65  25.00        53.98 (28.98)
        1:25.91 (31.93)     1:53.52 (27.61)
  7 Meghan Small     JR Tennessee         1:51.62    1:54.54 q      
    r:+0.72  24.75        53.38 (28.63)
        1:26.98 (33.60)     1:54.54 (27.56)
  8 Bailey Andison   SR Indiana           1:53.27    1:54.75 q      
    r:+0.68  25.31        54.45 (29.14)
        1:27.40 (32.95)     1:54.75 (27.35)
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  9 Izzy Ivey        FR California        1:54.31    1:55.10 q      
    r:+0.74  24.12        52.08 (27.96)
        1:26.62 (34.54)     1:55.10 (28.48)
 10 Bailey Nero      SR Auburn            1:55.13    1:55.57 q      
    r:+0.66  24.57        53.36 (28.79)
        1:27.63 (34.27)     1:55.57 (27.94)
 11 Julia Poole      SO NC State          1:55.13    1:55.85 q      
    r:+0.69  25.49        54.90 (29.41)
        1:28.09 (33.19)     1:55.85 (27.76)
 12 Tess Cieplucha   JR Tennessee         1:55.74    1:55.91 q      
    r:+0.72  25.22        54.75 (29.53)
        1:28.32 (33.57)     1:55.91 (27.59)
 13 Abby Richter     SO Virginia          1:55.92    1:55.94 q      
    r:+0.75  24.89        53.49 (28.60)
        1:28.43 (34.94)     1:55.94 (27.51)
 14 Keaton Blovad    JR California        1:55.62    1:56.16 q      
    r:+0.72  24.77        52.76 (27.99)
        1:27.79 (35.03)     1:56.16 (28.37)
 15 Monika Gonzalez  SR Texas A&M         1:55.82    1:56.38 q      
    r:+0.71  25.27        54.58 (29.31)
        1:28.25 (33.67)     1:56.38 (28.13)
 16 Vanessa Pearl    FR Florida           1:53.98    1:56.52 q      
    r:+0.69  25.35        54.93 (29.58)
        1:28.21 (33.28)     1:56.52 (28.31)

50 Free

Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil was close to her American record in the prelims of the 50 free, but finished in 21.14 to take the top seed.

Her American record is 21.12 and the NCAA record is 21.15, set by Erika Brown at the SEC Championships.

Brown took the second seed in 21.30.

Michigan freshman Maggie MacNeil took the third seed in 21.49, followed by Cal’s Amy Bilquist (21.60).

Arkansas freshman Anna Hopkin clocked a 21.63 to take the fifth seed, ahead of Louisville’s Mallory Comerford (21.64).

NC State got two in the final as Ky-lee Perry took the seventh seed (21.66) and Kylee Alons was eighth (21.87).

Event 5  Women 50 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
         NCAA: I 21.15  20-Feb-19 Erika Brown, Tennessee
         Meet: M 21.17  16-Mar-17 Simone Manuel, Stanford
     American: A 21.12  05-Mar-16 Abbey Weitzel, Canyons Aquatics
      US Open: O 21.12  05-Mar-16 Abbey Weitzel, Canyons Aquatics
         Pool: P 21.12  05-Mar-16 Abbey Weitzeil
                 21.74  AUTO NCAA A Standard
                 22.76  CONS NCAA B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Abbey Weitzeil   JR California          21.16      21.24 q      
    r:+0.63  10.18        21.24 (11.06)
  2 Erika Brown      JR Tennessee           21.15      21.30 q      
    r:+0.65  10.41        21.30 (10.89)
  3 Maggie MacNeil   FR Michigan            21.65      21.49 q      
    r:+0.66  10.42        21.49 (11.07)
  4 Amy Bilquist     SR California          21.64      21.60 q      
    r:+0.71  10.41        21.60 (11.19)
  5 Anna Hopkin      FR Arkansas            21.47      21.63 q      
    r:+0.67  10.35        21.63 (11.28)
  6 Mallory Comerfo  SR Louisville          21.58      21.64 q      
    r:+0.66  10.52        21.64 (11.12)
  7 Ky-lee Perry     JR NC State            21.58      21.66 q      
    r:+0.65  10.42        21.66 (11.24)
  8 Kylee Alons      FR NC State            21.81      21.87 q      
    r:+0.62  10.59        21.87 (11.28)
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  9 Alyssa Marsh     JR Duke                22.07      21.92 q      
    r:+0.65  10.56        21.92 (11.36)
 10 Claire Fisch     JR Auburn              21.65      21.95 q      
    r:+0.69  10.48        21.95 (11.47)
 10 Morgan Hill      JR Virginia            21.68      21.95 q      
    r:+0.67  10.58        21.95 (11.37)
 12 Catie DeLoof     SR Michigan            21.88      21.96 q      
    r:+0.68  10.72        21.96 (11.24)
 13 Anya Goeders     FR Stanford            22.11      21.98 q      
    r:+0.70  10.63        21.98 (11.35)
 14 Grace Ariola     FR Texas               21.73      22.02 q      
    r:+0.64  10.60        22.02 (11.42)
 15 Maddie Murphy    JR California          22.08      22.05 q      
    r:+0.62  10.61        22.05 (11.44)
 16 Julie Meynen     JR Auburn              22.05      22.09 q      
    r:+0.62  10.82        22.09 (11.27)

400 Medley Relay

The Michigan Wolverines are on top of the 400 medley relay heats with a 3:27.17 as Taylor Garcia (52.44), Miranda Tucker (58.19), Maggie MacNeil (49.94) and Siobhan Haughey (46.60) are on top of a tightly packed field. They are ahead of Big Ten rival Indiana (3:27.89) as the Hoosiers, who defeated Michigan at Big Tens, placed second this morning. The Indiana women have never won a relay at NCAAs and this could be their best shot.

Morgan Scott (52.01), Lilly King (56.47), Christie Jensen (51.46) and Shelby Koontz (47.95) swam for the Hoosiers as they will have lane five in the final.

Cal is the third seed with a 3:28.03 this morning from Austin, Texas with Keaton Blovad (52.26), Ema Rajic (58.74), Katie McLaughlin (50.26) and Abbey Weitzeil (46.77) swimming for them.

NC State (3:28.20), Louisville (3:28.47), Virginia (3:29.71), Minnesota (3:29.93) and Stanford (3:30.19) also qualified for the A-Final as the race could come down between four or five teams for the national title. Stanford has won the last five NCAA titles in this relay.

The quickest splits outside the top three teams came from Texas’ Claire Adams (51.44), Virginia’s Alexis Wenger (57.62), Wisconsin’s Beata Nelson (50.54) and Louisville’s Mallory Comerford (45.98). Other notable splits came from Florida State’s Ida Hulkko (57.67) on breaststroke and Louisville’s Grace Oglesby (50.92) on butterfly.

 Event 7  Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
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         NCAA: I 3:25.09  05-Mar-18 Stanford
                          A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
         Meet: M 3:25.09  15-Mar-18 Stanford
                          A. Howe, K. Williams, J. Hu, S. Manuel
     American: A 3:25.09  15-Mar-18 Stanford
                          A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
      US Open: O 3:25.09  15-Mar-18 Stanford
                          A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
         Pool: P 3:28.53  17-Mar-11 California
                          C Tran, C Leverenz, A Sims, L Jensen
                 3:32.20  AUTO NCAA A Standard
                 3:34.35  CONS NCAA B Standard
    School                           Seed    Prelims              
====================================================================
                       === Preliminaries ===                        
 
  1 Michigan                      3:26.92    3:27.17Pq      
     1) Taylor Garcia SR              2) r:0.14 Miranda Tucker JR     
     3) r:0.43 Maggie MacNeil FR      4) r:0.42 Siobhan Haughey SR    
    r:+0.62  25.27        52.44 (52.44)
        1:19.35 (26.91)     1:50.63 (58.19)
        2:14.31 (23.68)     2:40.57 (49.94)
        3:02.94 (22.37)     3:27.17 (46.60)
  2 Indiana                       3:26.60    3:27.89Pq      
     1) Morgan Scott FR               2) r:0.24 Lilly King SR         
     3) r:0.34 Christie Jensen SR     4) r:0.19 Shelby Koontz JR      
    r:+0.75  24.75        52.01 (52.01)
        1:18.29 (26.28)     1:48.48 (56.47)
        2:12.36 (23.88)     2:39.94 (51.46)
        3:02.37 (22.43)     3:27.89 (47.95)
  3 California                    3:26.41    3:28.03Pq      
     1) Keaton Blovad JR              2) r:0.24 Ema Rajic FR          
     3) r:0.27 Katie McLaughlin SR    4) r:0.39 Abbey Weitzeil JR     
    r:+0.69  25.40        52.26 (52.26)
        1:19.66 (27.40)     1:51.00 (58.74)
        2:14.19 (23.19)     2:41.26 (50.26)
        3:03.59 (22.33)     3:28.03 (46.77)
  4 NC State                      3:27.81    3:28.20Pq      
     1) Elise Haan SR                 2) r:0.24 Sophie Hansson FR     
     3) r:0.15 Kylee Alons FR         4) r:0.30 Ky-lee Perry JR       
    r:+0.72  25.17        51.97 (51.97)
        1:19.20 (27.23)     1:49.90 (57.93)
        2:13.51 (23.61)     2:41.10 (51.20)
        3:03.38 (22.28)     3:28.20 (47.10)
  5 Louisville                    3:29.02    3:28.47Pq      
     1) Alina Kendzior SR             2) r:0.33 Mariia Astashkina SO  
     3) r:0.42 Grace Oglesby JR       4) r:0.28 Mallory Comerford SR  
    r:+0.66  24.88        51.89 (51.89)
        1:19.47 (27.58)     1:51.57 (59.68)
        2:15.31 (23.74)     2:42.49 (50.92)
        3:04.46 (21.97)     3:28.47 (45.98)
  6 Virginia                      3:29.54    3:29.71 q      
     1) Megan Moroney JR              2) r:0.14 Alexis Wenger FR      
     3) r:0.24 Morgan Hill JR         4) r:0.49 Kyla Valls SO         
    r:+0.65  24.94        52.56 (52.56)
        1:19.30 (26.74)     1:50.18 (57.62)
        2:14.02 (23.84)     2:41.31 (51.13)
        3:04.61 (23.30)     3:29.71 (48.40)
  7 Minnesota                     3:32.06    3:29.93 q      
     1) Emily Cook SO                 2) r:0.22 Lindsey Kozelsky JR   
     3) r:0.34 Tevyn Waddell JR       4) r:0.28 Zoe Avestruz SR       
    r:+0.75  25.39        52.02 (52.02)
        1:18.68 (26.66)     1:49.83 (57.81)
        2:13.86 (24.03)     2:41.67 (51.84)
        3:04.73 (23.06)     3:29.93 (48.26)
  8 Stanford                      3:30.24    3:30.19 q      
     1) Lucie Nordmann FR             2) r:0.27 Zoe Bartel FR         
     3) r:0.46 Katie Drabot JR        4) r:0.31 Taylor Ruck FR        
    r:+0.75  25.15        52.01 (52.01)
        1:19.85 (27.84)     1:51.59 (59.58)
        2:15.89 (24.30)     2:43.75 (52.16)
        3:05.90 (22.15)     3:30.19 (46.44)
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  9 Arizona                       3:32.68    3:31.14 q      
     1) Aria Bernal FR                2) r:0.09 Mallory Korenwinder JR
     3) r:0.39 Mackenzie Rumrill SR   4) r:0.24 Katrina Konopka SR    
    r:+0.70  25.21        52.51 (52.51)
        1:19.90 (27.39)     1:51.51 (59.00)
        2:15.08 (23.57)     2:42.70 (51.19)
        3:05.40 (22.70)     3:31.14 (48.44)
 10 Florida                       3:31.91    3:31.32 q      
     1) Sherridon Dressel JR          2) r:0.16 Vanessa Pearl FR      
     3) r:0.11 Georgia Marris SR      4) r:0.25 Isabella Garofalo JR  
    r:+0.69  25.27        51.49 (51.49)
        1:18.98 (27.49)     1:50.82 (59.33)
        2:14.70 (23.88)     2:42.84 (52.02)
        3:05.85 (23.01)     3:31.32 (48.48)
 11 Texas A&M                     3:31.68    3:31.41 q      
     1) Sydney Pickrem SR             2) r:0.15 Anna Belousova JR     
     3) r:0.18 Jing Quah SO           4) r:0.16 Claire Rasmus SR      
    r:+0.74  25.96        52.70 (52.70)
        1:19.66 (26.96)     1:50.96 (58.26)
        2:14.79 (23.83)     2:42.76 (51.80)
        3:06.03 (23.27)     3:31.41 (48.65)
 12 Texas                         3:29.99    3:31.43 q      
     1) Claire Adams JR               2) r:0.23 Kennedy Lohman JR     
     3) r:0.17 Remedy Rule SR         4) r:0.24 Grace Ariola FR       
    r:+0.74  24.97        51.44 (51.44)
        1:19.44 (28.00)   1:51.60 (1:00.16)
        2:15.51 (23.91)     2:43.21 (51.61)
        3:06.19 (22.98)     3:31.43 (48.22)
 12 Southern Cali                 3:29.83    3:31.43 q      
     1) Louise Hansson JR             2) r:0.23 Riley Scott SR        
     3) r:0.29 Jemma Schlicht SO      4) r:0.39 Laticia-Leigh Tnsom FR
    r:+0.76  24.92        51.59 (51.59)
        1:19.05 (27.46)     1:51.18 (59.59)
        2:15.08 (23.90)     2:43.63 (52.45)
        3:06.46 (22.83)     3:31.43 (47.80)
 14 Tennessee                     3:28.43    3:31.88 q      
     1) Meghan Small JR               2) r:0.21 Nikol Popov SO        
     3) r:0.25 Madeline Banic SR      4) r:0.15 Stanzi Moseley JR     
    r:+0.73  25.36        52.29 (52.29)
        1:19.15 (26.86)     1:51.09 (58.80)
        2:15.47 (24.38)     2:43.11 (52.02)
        3:06.20 (23.09)     3:31.88 (48.77)
 15 Auburn                        3:29.06    3:32.16 q      
     1) Erin Falconer SR              2) r:0.44 Carly Cummings SO     
     3) r:0.16 Aly Tetzloff SR        4) r:0.14 Claire Fisch JR       
    r:+0.69  25.38        52.28 (52.28)
        1:20.67 (28.39)   1:53.24 (1:00.96)
        2:16.63 (23.39)     2:44.73 (51.49)
        3:06.84 (22.11)     3:32.16 (47.43)
 16 Kentucky                      3:31.27    3:32.17 q      
     1) Ali Galyer JR                 2) r:0.31 Bailey Bonnett SO     
     3) r:0.24 Asia Seidt JR          4) r:0.13 Geena Freriks SR      
    r:+0.70  25.55        52.65 (52.65)
        1:20.54 (27.89)     1:52.29 (59.64)
        2:16.31 (24.02)     2:43.61 (51.32)
        3:06.75 (23.14)     3:32.17 (48.56)

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D Scott

5 years ago

ASU had three morning swims:
Top qualifier:
Runge in 500 free;
17th:
Emma Nordin in 500;
Fanny Tejonsalo in 50.

Life can be cruel, eh?