Cal leads the 2019 Women’s Pac-12 Championship by 16 points heading into day two, followed closely by Stanford and USC. Arizona hopes Kirsten Jacobsen and Hannah Cox, the top two 500 free seeds, help them get into one of the top three team scores.
Arizona has their work cut out for them as they compete against USC’s Louise Hansson in the 200 IM, and Cal is predicted to remain strong with swimmers Robin Neumann seeded third in the 500 free, Alicia Wilson seeded second and Keaton Blovad seeded third in the 200 IM, and finally with Abbey Weitzeil seeded first going into the 50 free.
Up-Mid-Down
A look at how many swimmers each team put in the A, B and C finals:
Stanford-8-7-2
Cal- 7-1-5
USC- 3-5-4
ASU- 3-4-3
Arizona- 2-3-5
UCLA- 1-2-3
U of Utah- 0-2-1
Washington State- 0-0-1
Oregon State- 0-0-0
Order of events
500 Free
200 IM
50 Free
500 Free
Stanford made a comeback this morning in the 500 free when Lauren Pitzer took first with a time of 4:36.18 and Ella Eastin took second with a time of 4:36.28.
Cierra Runge from ASU took third with a time of 4:36.91.
The surprise of the morning was when Arizona’s Hannah Cox, who was originally seeded second, got disqualified for a false start.
In first was Lauren Pitzer of Stanford with a time of 4:36.18, in second was Ella Eastin of Stanford with a time of 4:36.28, in third was Cierra Runge of ASU with a time of 4:36.91, in fourth was Kirsten Jacobsen of Arizona with a time of 4:38.37, in fifth was Morgan Tankersley of Stanford with a time of 4:38.68, in sixth was Erin Voss of Stanford with a time of 4:38.69, in seventh was Emma Nordin of ASU with a time of 4:39.84, and in eighth was Robin Neumann of Cal with a time of 4:39.84.
Event 4 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
Pac-12: M 4:24.06 2017 Katie Ledecky, STAN
Pac-12 Champ: P 4:25.15 2017 Katie Ledecky, STAN
4:36.30 A Standard
4:47.20 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Pitzer, Lauren SO STAN-PC 4:41.68 4:36.18 qA
25.60 53.36 (27.76)
1:21.41 (28.05) 1:49.79 (28.38)
2:17.80 (28.01) 2:45.62 (27.82)
3:13.25 (27.63) 3:41.13 (27.88)
4:09.06 (27.93) 4:36.18 (27.12)
2 Eastin, Ella SR STAN-PC 4:46.04 4:36.28 qA
25.43 53.61 (28.18)
1:21.84 (28.23) 1:50.06 (28.22)
2:18.23 (28.17) 2:46.22 (27.99)
3:14.14 (27.92) 3:41.73 (27.59)
4:09.33 (27.60) 4:36.28 (26.95)
3 Runge, Cierra JR ASU-AZ 4:41.80 4:36.91 qB
25.54 53.20 (27.66)
1:21.49 (28.29) 1:49.86 (28.37)
2:18.22 (28.36) 2:46.25 (28.03)
3:14.08 (27.83) 3:42.08 (28.00)
4:09.76 (27.68) 4:36.91 (27.15)
4 Jacobsen, Kirst JR UA-AZ 4:36.81 4:38.37 qB
25.36 52.97 (27.61)
1:21.30 (28.33) 1:49.58 (28.28)
2:18.02 (28.44) 2:45.89 (27.87)
3:13.91 (28.02) 3:42.00 (28.09)
4:10.42 (28.42) 4:38.37 (27.95)
5 Tankersley, Mor FR STAN-PC 4:43.58 4:38.68 qB
26.08 54.12 (28.04)
1:22.13 (28.01) 1:50.35 (28.22)
2:18.57 (28.22) 2:46.92 (28.35)
3:15.01 (28.09) 3:43.18 (28.17)
4:11.18 (28.00) 4:38.68 (27.50)
6 Voss, Erin JR STAN-PC 4:44.24 4:38.69 qB
25.77 53.28 (27.51)
1:21.20 (27.92) 1:49.34 (28.14)
2:17.73 (28.39) 2:46.22 (28.49)
3:14.62 (28.40) 3:42.83 (28.21)
4:11.12 (28.29) 4:38.69 (27.57)
7 Nordin, Emma SO ASU-AZ 4:44.53 4:39.81 qB
25.95 53.69 (27.74)
1:21.72 (28.03) 1:50.14 (28.42)
2:18.37 (28.23) 2:46.47 (28.10)
3:14.62 (28.15) 3:43.07 (28.45)
4:11.84 (28.77) 4:39.81 (27.97)
8 Neumann, Robin SO CAL-PC 4:39.90 4:39.84 qB
25.27 53.30 (28.03)
1:21.66 (28.36) 1:50.15 (28.49)
2:18.53 (28.38) 2:46.71 (28.18)
3:15.17 (28.46) 3:43.50 (28.33)
4:11.79 (28.29) 4:39.84 (28.05)
200 IM
USC’s Louise Hansson held onto first this morning in the 200 IM with a time of 1:54.97.
Allie Raab of Stanford came in second with a time of 1:55.75.
Stanford’s Brooke Forde came in slightly behind Allie Raab, taking third in prelims with a time of 1:55.93.
In first was Louise Hansson of USC with a time of 1:54.97, in second was Allie Raab of Stanford with a time of 1:55.75, in third was Brooke Forde of Stanford with a time of 1:55.93, in fourth was Sarah Darcel of Cal with a time of 1:56.09, in fifth was Izzy Ivey of Cal with a time of 1:56.14, in sixth was Katie Drabot of Stanford with a time of 1:56.69, in seventh was Keaton Blovad of Cal with a time of 1:56.70, and in eighth was Kirsten Vose of USC with a time of 1:56.79.
Event 5 Women 200 Yard IM
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Hansson, Louise JR USC-CA 1:55.49 1:54.97
2 Raab, Allie FR STAN-PC 1:58.21 1:55.75
3 Forde, Brooke SO STAN-PC 1:56.42 1:55.93
4 Darcel, Sarah SO CAL-PC 1:56.51 1:56.09
5 Ivey, Izzy FR CAL-PC 2:03.51 1:56.14
6 Drabot, Katie JR STAN-PC 1:56.79 1:56.69
7 Blovad, Keaton JR CAL-PC 1:56.41 1:56.70
8 Vose, Kirsten JR USC-CA 1:57.91 1:56.79
50 Free
The top three seeds for the 50 free all managed to break 22 seconds in this morning’s prelims.
Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil took first with a 21.36, dropping .10 from her season’s best time.
Amy Bilquist, another Cal swimmer, came in second with a time of 21.77.
In third was USC’s Marta Ciesia with a time of 21.98.
In first was Abbey Weitzeil of Cal with a time of 21.36, in second was Amy Bilquist of Cal with a time of 21.77, in third was Marta Ciesia of USC with a time of 21.98, in fourth was Claire Grover of UCLA with a time of 22.09, in fifth was Taylor Ruck of Stanford with a time of 22.10, in sixth was Maddie Murphy of Cal with a time of 22.11, in seventh was Katrina Konopka of Arizona with a time of 22.13, and in eighth was Fanny Teijonsalo of ASU with a time of 22.19.
Event 6 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Weitzeil, Abbey JR CAL-PC 21.46 21.36
2 Bilquist, Amy SR CAL-PC 22.35 21.77
3 Ciesla, Marta SO USC-CA 21.85 21.98
4 Grover, Claire FR UCLA-CA 22.44 22.09
5 Ruck, Taylor FR STAN-PC 22.12 22.10
6 Murphy, Maddie JR CAL-PC 22.50 22.11
7 Konopka, Katrina SR UA-AZ 22.19 22.13
8 Teijonsalo, Fanny SR ASU-AZ 22.87 22.19