2019 Women’s Pac-12 Championship Day 2 Prelims: Stanford, Cal Load Finals

Photo Courtesy: McKenna Ehrmantraut

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.

Day 2 Results

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

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