2019 Women’s Pac-12 Championship Day 4 Prelims: Stanford Remains Strong Heading Into Finals

Stanford leads the 2019 Women’s Pac-12 Championship by nearly 200 points heading into day four of the meet, followed by Cal in second and USC in third.

Stanford is by no means slacking off with their line-up this morning despite their huge lead. Swimmers Taylor Ruck, Ella Eastin, Erin Voss, and Lucie Nordmann hold the top four spots heading into the 200 back.

Abbey Weitzeil of Cal is seeded to win the 100 free by over a second in prelims, but USC swimmer Marta Ciesla and Cal swimmer Robin Neumann aren’t out of the question for who will be seeded first going into finals.

The 200 breast should be a close race, with USC’s Riley Scott, Stanford’s Zoe Bartel, and USC’s Maggie Aroesty all seeded within a second of each other.

The 200 fly will be the race to watch this morning as the new NCAA record holder of the 100 fly, Louise Hansson of USC, currently holds the top seed.

Day 4 Results

Up-Mid-Down

A look at how many swimmers each team put in the A, B and C finals:

Cal 7-6-5

Stanford 11-5-1

USC 9-4-1 -14

UCLA 2-6-4

Arizona 1-3-6

Utah 0-4-6

ASU 1-4-3

Washington State 1-0-3

Oregon State 0-0-3

Order of Events

200 Back

100 Free

200 Breast

200 Fly

200 Back

As predicted, Stanford swimmers took five of the eight slots going into tonights A final’s.

Taylor Ruck of Stanford captured the win this morning when she dropped nearly two full seconds, going a 1:49.89.

In second was Ella Eastin of Stanford with a time of 1:51.13, in third was Lucie Nordmann of Stanford with a time of 1:51.63, in fourth was Erin Voss of Stanford with a time of 1:51.72, in fifth was Keaton Blovad of Cal with a time of 1:53.42, in sixth was Allie Szekely of Stanford with a time of 1:53.51, in seventh was Mara Newman of UCLA with a time of 1:53.88, and in eighth was Alicia Wilson of Cal with a time of 1:54.96.

 Event 16  Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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         NCAA: N 1:47.30  3/17/2018 Kathleen Baker, California
       Pac-12: M 1:47.30  2018      Kathleen Bake, CAL
 Pac-12 Champ: P 1:48.27  2018      Kathleen Baker, CAL
                 1:50.50  A Standard
                 1:57.11  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Ruck, Taylor     FR STAN-PC           1:51.83    1:49.89 qA     
                 25.38        52.24 (26.86)
        1:20.15 (27.91)     1:49.89 (29.74)
  2 Eastin, Ella     SR STAN-PC           1:52.01    1:51.13 qB     
                 26.84        54.85 (28.01)
        1:22.87 (28.02)     1:51.13 (28.26)
  3 Nordmann, Lucie  FR STAN-PC           1:53.14    1:51.63 qB     
                 26.53        54.65 (28.12)
        1:23.08 (28.43)     1:51.63 (28.55)
  4 Voss, Erin       JR STAN-PC           1:52.79    1:51.72 qB     
                 26.65        54.88 (28.23)
        1:23.29 (28.41)     1:51.72 (28.43)
  5 Blovad, Keaton   JR CAL-PC            1:53.79    1:53.42 qB     
                 26.56        54.91 (28.35)
        1:23.84 (28.93)     1:53.42 (29.58)
  6 Szekely, Allie   JR STAN-PC           1:53.83    1:53.51 qB     
                 26.95        55.30 (28.35)
        1:23.99 (28.69)     1:53.51 (29.52)
  7 Newman, Mara     FR UCLA-CA           1:55.43    1:53.88 qB     
                 27.03        55.86 (28.83)
        1:24.82 (28.96)     1:53.88 (29.06)
  8 Wilson, Alicia   FR CAL-PC            1:56.64    1:54.96 qB     
                 26.90        55.93 (29.03)
        1:25.45 (29.52)     1:54.96 (29.51)

100 Free

With a surprising twist to this mornings 100 free, Amy Bilquist of Cal went a time of 47.49, seeding her first for finals, ahead of Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil with a time of 47.53.

Following closely behind her teammates was Cal swimmer Robin Neumann with a time of 48.17.

In fourth was Lauren Pitzer of Stanford with a time of 48.19, in fifth was Laticia Transom of USC with a time of 48.46, in sixth was Marta Ciesla of USC with a time of 48.48, in seventh was Kenisha Liu of UCLA with a time of 48.62, and in eighth was Jemma Schlicht of USC with a time of 48.70.

 Event 17  Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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         NCAA: N 45.56  3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
       Pac-12: M 45.56  2017      Simone Manuel, STAN
 Pac-12 Champ: P 46.36  2017      Simone Manuel, STAN
                 47.35  A Standard
                 49.51  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Bilquist, Amy    SR CAL-PC              49.35      47.49 qB     
                 10.67        22.57 (11.90)
          35.11 (12.54)       47.49 (12.38)
  2 Weitzeil, Abbey  JR CAL-PC              46.49      47.53 qB     
                 10.59        22.50 (11.91)
          34.95 (12.45)       47.53 (12.58)
  3 Neumann, Robin   SO CAL-PC              48.09      48.17 qB     
                 11.17        23.41 (12.24)
          35.95 (12.54)       48.17 (12.22)
  4 Pitzer, Lauren   SO STAN-PC             48.97      48.19 qB     
                 11.24        23.38 (12.14)
          35.90 (12.52)       48.19 (12.29)
  5 Transom, Latici  FR USC-CA              50.55      48.46 qB     
                 11.37        23.62 (12.25)
          36.19 (12.57)       48.46 (12.27)
  6 Ciesla, Marta    SO USC-CA              47.89      48.48 qB     
                 11.09        23.25 (12.16)
          36.01 (12.76)       48.48 (12.47)
  7 Liu, Kenisha     JR UCLA-CA             48.56      48.62 qB     
                 11.35        23.59 (12.24)
          36.21 (12.62)       48.62 (12.41)
  8 Schlicht, Jemma  SO USC-CA              51.63      48.70 qB     
                 11.30        23.55 (12.25)
          36.26 (12.71)       48.70 (12.44)

200 Breast

Grace Zhao of Stanford went a 2:08.13 seeding her in first going into tonight’s finals.

Mackenzie Duarte races into second place with a time of 2:09.47, and is the first Washington State swimmer to make into the A finals.

Silja Kansakoski of ASU, follows closely in third with a time of 2:09.67.

In fourth was Allie Raab of Stanford with a time of 2:09.71, in fifth was Zoe Bartel of Stanford with a time of 2:09.94, in sixth was Riley Scott of USC with a time of 2:10.36, in seventh was Isa Odgers of USC with a time of 2:10.52, and in eighth was Kirsten Vose of USC with a time of 2:10.63.

200 Fly

Louise Hansson of USC wins the 200 fly prelims with a time 1:52.26.

Stanford swimmer Katie Drabot touches the wall slightly behind Louise Hansson with a time of 1:53.41.

Taking third in this mornings prelims was Madison Wright of USC with a time of 1:53.80.

In fourth was Brooke Forde of Stanford with a time of 1:54.63, in fifth was Mackenzie Rumrill of Arizona with a time of 1:55.10, in sixth was Cassidy Bayer of Cal with a time of 1:55.90, in seventh was Catherine Sanchez of USC with a time of 1:56.33, and in eighth was Sarah Darcel of Cal with a time of 1:56.44.

 Event 19  Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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         NCAA: N 1:49.51  2/24/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
       Pac-12: M 1:49.51  2018      Ella Eastin, STAN
 Pac-12 Champ: P 1:49.51  2018      Ella Eastin, STAN
                 1:53.48  A Standard
                 1:59.23  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Hansson, Louise  JR USC-CA            1:51.52    1:52.26 qA     
                 24.73        53.36 (28.63)
        1:22.76 (29.40)     1:52.26 (29.50)
  2 Drabot, Katie    JR STAN-PC           1:53.38    1:53.41 qA     
                 25.28        54.01 (28.73)
        1:23.17 (29.16)     1:53.41 (30.24)
  3 Wright, Madison  SR USC-CA            1:52.48    1:53.80 qB     
                 25.49        54.40 (28.91)
        1:24.08 (29.68)     1:53.80 (29.72)
  4 Forde, Brooke    SO STAN-PC           1:55.85    1:54.63 qB     
                 25.66        54.38 (28.72)
        1:23.87 (29.49)     1:54.63 (30.76)
  5 Rumrill, Macken  SR UA-AZ             1:55.75    1:55.10 qB     
                 25.84        55.15 (29.31)
        1:24.87 (29.72)     1:55.10 (30.23)
  6 Bayer, Cassidy   FR CAL-PC            1:57.29    1:55.90 qB     
                 25.59        54.52 (28.93)
        1:24.46 (29.94)     1:55.90 (31.44)
  7 Sanchez, Cather  JR USC-CA            1:55.57    1:56.33 qB     
                 25.82        55.06 (29.24)
        1:25.16 (30.10)     1:56.33 (31.17)
  8 Darcel, Sarah    SO CAL-PC            1:57.63    1:56.44 qB     
                 25.26        53.86 (28.60)
        1:24.22 (30.36)     1:56.44 (32.22)

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