2022 Pac-12 Women’s Championships Day 3 Prelims: Kaitlyn Dobler Breaks Meet Record in 100 Breaststroke; Smith-Huske Showdown Looms

pac-12-ncaa-kaitlyn-dobler-GREENSBORO, NC - MARCH 19: Swimmers compete in the 100 Breastroke Prelims on day three during the Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center on March 19, 2021 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Carlos Morales/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

Kaitlyn Dobler. Photo Courtesy: Carlos Morales

The 2022 Pac-12 Women’s Championship continued with the Day 3 prelims session from Federal Way, Washington.

The session includes platform diving, the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke.

Stanford took the early lead on Wednesday night by winning the 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay and continued that by winning the 200 free relay, plus the 200 IM and a tie for the 50 free.

Stanford comes into the day with 648.5 points. But USC is in second place after two days (549.5), ahead of Cal (486.5).

Regan Smith and Torri Huske set up an epic showdown in the 100 butterfly as the Cardinal continue to roll, while Smith and Brooke Forde also claimed top seeds.

Meanwhile, USC’s Kaitlyn Dobler broke the meet record in the 100 breaststroke as she continues her stellar season.

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• Day 1 Recap

• Day 2 Recap

Pac-12 Women’s 400 IM

Brooke Forde continued her and Stanford’s dominance in the 400 IM. Forde was actually three second slower than her seed time from the midseason, but still took the top seed by a stunning five seconds as she touched the wall in 4:06.40.

UCLA’s Paige McEachern took the second seed in 4:11.48, followed by the Cal trio of Annika McEnroe (4:11.93), Leah Polonsky (4:12.36) and Alicia Wilson (4:13.02).

Meanwhile, USC’s Calypso Sheridan was also six seconds slower than her seed time and took the sixth seed in 4:13.68. If she held enough back in the tank for the finals, she could make things extremely interesting, as could Wilson.

Event 10  Women 400 Yard IM
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         NCAA: N 3:54.60  3/16/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
       PAC-12: M 3:54.60  2018      Ella Eastin, Stanford
 PAC-12 Champ: P 3:56.53  2018      Katie Ledecky, Stanford
                 4:03.62  A Standard
                 4:17.30  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Forde, Brooke    SR STAN              4:03.72    4:06.40 B      
     r:+0.59  26.16    29.54    32.02    31.01
       34.05    34.59    30.15    28.88
  2 Maceachern, Pai  FR UCLA              4:12.35    4:11.48 B      
     r:+0.70  26.71    31.07    32.30    31.35
       35.56    36.22    29.82    28.45
  3 McEnroe, Annika  FR CAL               4:12.66    4:11.93 B      
     r:+0.71  26.27    29.70    31.76    31.60
       35.86    36.44    30.51    29.79
  4 Polonsky, Leah   FR CAL               4:07.93    4:12.36 B      
     r:+0.66  26.14    29.73    31.54    31.36
       35.24    36.31    31.54    30.50
  5 Wilson, Alicia   SR CAL               4:06.43    4:13.02 B      
     r:+0.56  25.84    30.15    32.17    32.04
       35.55    37.07    30.85    29.35
  6 Sheridan, Calyp  5Y USC               4:07.52    4:13.68 B      
     r:+0.55  25.73    30.34    32.49    31.97
       35.86    36.85    31.39    29.05
  7 McCoy, Taylor    SR WSU               4:14.58    4:15.07 B      
     r:+0.54  27.76    32.11    32.26    30.51
       36.77    36.84    29.97    28.85
  8 Looney, Lindsay  SO ASU                    NT    4:15.41 B      
     r:+0.69  26.10    29.62    34.23    32.65
       36.81    37.20    30.03    28.77
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  9 DiMeco, Sarah    JR CAL               4:15.41    4:16.09 B      
     r:+0.68  27.01    29.91    32.35    31.58
       37.64    38.63    29.99    28.98
 10 Brown, Charli    FR ASU               4:14.23    4:16.48 B      
     r:+0.56  26.82    30.79    32.38    32.87
       36.12    37.75    30.44    29.31
 11 Tadder, Sam      FR STAN              4:17.14    4:16.52 B      
     r:+0.57  26.73    30.62    33.37    32.72
       36.22    36.60    30.28    29.98
 12 Lindsay, Tia     SO Arizona           4:30.74    4:16.93 B      
     r:+0.59  26.37    30.73    33.01    31.83
       37.67    38.04    30.18    29.10
 13 Deleske, Nora    SR ASU               4:12.84    4:17.36        
     r:+0.51  26.49    30.45    33.30    32.24
       35.95    37.47    31.03    30.43
 14 Pittard, Charit  JR Utah              4:20.92    4:17.58        
     r:+0.67  28.33    32.26    32.92    32.26
       34.95    35.88    31.43    29.55
 15 Merckx, Axana    JR Arizona           4:24.05    4:18.46        
     r:+0.63  27.40    30.57    32.23    31.30
       38.25    38.22    30.84    29.65
 16 Kirschke, Ella   SR UCLA              4:15.74    4:18.49        
     r:+0.62  26.83    30.43    33.99    32.68
       35.64    37.12    31.91    29.89

Pac-12 Women’s 100 Butterfly

The anticipated showdown between Stanford freshmen Regan Smith and Torri Huske int eh 100 butterfly did not disappoint in the prelims session.

Smith used a strong back-half of the race to get to the wall in 50.32, while Huske was faster in the first half of the race, and touched just behind in 50.50.

It should be an incredibly fast final as Huske was near her seed time and Smith was two seconds faster than her speed time. If either one of them has more in the tank, the pac-12 record of 49.26 by Louise Hansson is in jeopardy and perhaps even the NCAA record of 48.49 set by Maggie Mac Neil last year.

Cal junior Rachel Klinker took the third seed in 52.33, followed by Arizona sophomore Julia Heimstead (52.37), UCLA’s Gabby Dang (52.39), USC’s Anicka Delgado (52.42), Stanford’s Emma Wheal (52.45) and UCLA’s Sam Baron (52.50).

Event 11  Women 100 Yard Butterfly
==================================================================
         NCAA: N 48.89  3/19/2021 Maggie MacNeil, Michigan
       PAC-12: M 49.26  2019      Louise Hansson, USC
 PAC-12 Champ: P 49.34  2019      Louise Hansson, USC
                 50.92  A Standard
                 53.76  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Smith, Regan     FR STAN                52.43      50.32 A      
     r:+0.66  10.90    12.67    13.39    13.36
  2 Huske, Torri     FR STAN                50.30      50.50 A      
     r:+0.49  10.41    12.97    13.20    13.92
  3 Klinker, Rachel  JR CAL                 52.96      52.33 B      
     r:+0.67  11.37    13.34    13.91    13.71
  4 Heimstead, Juli  SO Arizona             52.42      52.37 B      
     r:+0.70  11.12    13.38    13.88    13.99
  5 Dang, Gabby      JR UCLA                52.35      52.39 B      
     r:+0.55  11.27    13.40    13.85    13.87
  6 Delgado, Anicka  SO USC                 52.38      52.42 B      
     r:+0.52  11.17    13.55    13.64    14.06
  7 Wheal, Emma      JR STAN                52.72      52.45 B      
     r:+0.63  11.00    12.78    13.80    14.87
  8 Baron, Sam       SO UCLA                52.72      52.50 B      
     r:+0.65  11.29    13.40    13.61    14.20
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  9 Kragh, Mia       FR CAL                 52.55      52.76 B      
     r:+0.74  11.08    13.01    14.01    14.66
 10 Lawless, Emma    SR Utah                53.74      53.04 B      
     r:+0.53  11.59    13.64    13.90    13.91
 11 Goeders, Anya    SR STAN                55.14      53.15 B      
     r:+0.68  10.92    13.07    14.07    15.09
 12 Foelske, Jade    SO ASU                 52.92      53.16 B      
     r:+0.52  11.54    13.33    13.99    14.30
 13 Passon, Felicit  SR Arizona             53.47      53.23 B      
     r:+0.67  11.26    13.55    13.87    14.55
 14 Kinsey, Hallie   SR USC                 53.43      53.29 B      
     r:+0.66  11.46    13.78    13.62    14.43
 15 Stone, Mckenna   FR CAL                 53.85      53.33 B      
     r:+0.66  11.19    13.64    13.85    14.65
 16 Sasseville, Gen  FR USC                 53.77      53.58 B      
     r:+0.67  11.30    13.47    14.04    14.77

Pac-12 Women’s 200 Freestyle

USC senior Laticia Transom dropped a half second from her seed time to take the top spot in the 200 freestyle heading into finals. She touched the wall in 1:42.58, an NCAA “A” cut.

Cal took the next three spots behind Isabel Ivey (1:43.41), Mia Motekaitis (1:45.19), and Ayla Spitz (1:45.38). Cal also got an eighth spot from fifth-year Robin Neumann (1:46.50), giving the Bears four in the final.

Stanford’s Morgan Tankersley took the fifth seed (1:45.63), followed by teammate Lillie Norman (1:45.69) and Arizona State senior Erica Laning (1:45.94).

Event 12  Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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         NCAA: N 1:39.10  3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, CAL
       PAC-12: M 1:39.10  2015      Missy Franklin, CAL
 PAC-12 Champ: P 1:40.37  2017      Simone Manuel, Stanford
                 1:42.98  A Standard
                 1:47.12  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Transom, Latici  SR USC               1:43.10    1:42.58 A      
     r:+0.60  23.69    25.94    26.41    26.54
  2 Ivey, Isabel     SR CAL               1:43.13    1:43.41 B      
     r:+0.59  23.79    26.00    26.50    27.12
  3 Motekaitis, Mia  JR CAL               1:46.02    1:45.19 B      
     r:+0.59  24.36    26.68    27.15    27.00
  4 Spitz, Ayla      JR CAL               1:45.37    1:45.38 B      
     r:+0.72  24.55    26.35    26.97    27.51
  5 Tankersley, Mor  SR STAN              1:46.56    1:45.63 B      
     r:+0.66  25.37    26.61    26.79    26.86
  6 Nordmann, Lilli  FR STAN              1:45.58    1:45.69 B      
     r:+0.66  24.81    26.86    26.98    27.04
  7 Laning, Erica    SR ASU               1:45.17    1:45.94 B      
     r:+0.74  25.00    26.58    27.25    27.11
  8 Neumann, Robin   5Y CAL               1:45.74    1:46.50 B      
     r:+0.63  24.67    26.79    27.46    27.58
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  9 Roghair, Aurora  FR STAN              1:47.88    1:46.57 B      
     r:+0.73  25.12    26.78    27.31    27.36
 10 Nordin, Emma     SR ASU               1:43.76    1:46.75 B      
     r:+0.59  25.07    26.77    27.48    27.43
 11 Davidson, Emma   JR CAL               1:47.18    1:46.94 B      
     r:+0.59  24.83    26.95    27.69    27.47
 12 Cook, Lizzy      FR CAL               1:47.50    1:47.03 B      
     r:+0.62  24.82    26.75    27.82    27.64
 13 Pearson, Samant  FR STAN              1:47.78    1:47.09 B      
     r:+0.55  24.84    26.89    27.55    27.81
 14 Shaw, Anna       FR STAN              1:48.30    1:47.10 B      
     r:+0.73  24.61    27.27    27.68    27.54
 15 Sand, Adair      SO USC               1:47.79    1:47.32        
     r:+0.65  24.74    26.82    27.48    28.28
 16 Gantriis, Emily  SO CAL               1:47.49    1:47.57        
     r:+0.68  24.27    26.83    27.67    28.80

Pac-12 Women’s 100 Breaststroke

USC sophomore Kaitlyn Dobler broke the Pac-12 meet record in the 100 breaststroke, touching the wall in 57.68. It broke her own mark of 57.80 set last year.

It is close to the overall Pac-12 conference record of 57.36 set by Sarah Haase of Stanford, set in 2016.

USC got the second seed as well as Isabelle Odgers touched the wall in 1:00.01.

UCLA’s Claire Grover took the third seed (1:00.12), just ahead of Stanford’s Allie Raab (1:00.14) and UCLA’s Eva Carlson (1:00.17).

Event 13  Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
==================================================================
         NCAA: N 55.73  3/22/2019 Lilly King, Indiana
       PAC-12: M 57.36  2016      Sarah Haase, Stanford
 PAC-12 Champ: P 57.80  2021      Kaitlyn Dobler, USC
                 58.46  A Standard
               1:01.84  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Dobler, Kaitlyn  SO USC                 57.95      57.68PA      
     r:+0.51  12.26    14.93    15.03    15.46
  2 Odgers, Isabell  SR USC               1:00.17    1:00.01 B      
     r:+0.72  13.16    15.45    15.61    15.79
  3 Grover, Claire   SR UCLA                   NT    1:00.12 B      
     r:+0.65  12.58    15.49    15.80    16.25
  4 Raab, Allie      SR STAN              1:02.00    1:00.14 B      
     r:+0.57  13.04    15.41    15.59    16.10
  5 Carlson, Eva     FR UCLA              1:00.76    1:00.17 B      
     r:+0.57  12.95    15.56    15.45    16.21
  6 Pavlopoulou, Ni  JR USC               1:00.48    1:00.30 B      
     r:+0.68  13.06    15.36    16.02    15.86
  7 Rajic, Ema       SR CAL                 59.72    1:00.42 B      
     r:+0.57  13.09    15.48    15.68    16.17
  8 Neser, Jade      JR Arizona             59.63    1:00.50 B      
     r:+0.48  12.69    15.37    16.01    16.43
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  9 Adame, Iza       FR ASU               1:00.43    1:00.55 B      
     r:+0.68  13.07    15.35    15.76    16.37
 10 Henry, Alicia    FR CAL               1:01.19    1:01.15 B      
     r:+0.54  13.12    15.39    15.88    16.76
 11 Ward, Maddie     5Y CAL               1:01.32    1:01.21 B      
     r:+0.68  13.09    15.63    15.98    16.51
 12 Jih-Schiff, Ana  FR UCLA              1:01.83    1:01.46 B      
     r:+0.67  13.20    15.67    16.04    16.55
 13 Herbert, Bailey  SO UCLA              1:00.85    1:01.88        
     r:+0.70  13.05    15.69    16.00    17.14
 14 Grotte, Hailey   SO WSU               1:02.53    1:02.01        
     r:+0.55  12.83    15.64    16.37    17.17
 15 Vartiainen, Ale  SO WSU               1:03.22    1:02.24        
     r:+0.70  13.55    16.03    16.29    16.37
 16 Kijkanakorn, Ni  FR USC               1:02.94    1:02.43        
     r:+0.68  13.29    15.77    16.34    17.03

Pac-12 Women’s 100 Backstroke

Stanford’s Regan Smith completed her prelims double and took the top seed in the 100 backstroke. She finished in 49.76, an NCAA “A” cut and seven hundredths off the Pacs-12 conference and meet record of 49.69 set by Ally Howe I 2017.

She is also a little more than half a second from the NCAA record of 49.18 set by Beata Nelson in 2019.

Stanford teammate Taylor Ruck took the second seed in 51.50 and Lucie Norman too the fourth spot in 51.94, giving the Cardinal three of the top four seeds.

Cal sophomore Isabelle Stadden took the third seed in 51.62.

Event 14  Women 100 Yard Backstroke
==================================================================
         NCAA: N 49.18  3/22/2019 Beata Nelson, Wisconsin
       PAC-12: M 49.69  2017      Ally Howe, Stanford
 PAC-12 Champ: P 49.69  2017      Ally Howe, Stanford
                 50.93  A Standard
                 53.94  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Smith, Regan     FR STAN                49.97      49.76 A      
     r:+0.67  11.81    12.50    12.81    12.64
  2 Ruck, Taylor     JR STAN                52.74      51.50 B      
     r:+0.93  12.18    12.78    13.34    13.20
  3 Stadden, Isabel  SO CAL                 51.00      51.62 B      
     r:+0.66  12.23    12.76    13.32    13.31
  4 Nordmann, Lucie  JR STAN                51.93      51.94 B      
     r:+0.77  12.30    12.82    13.50    13.32
  5 Bernal, Aria     SR Arizona             51.83      52.05 B      
     r:+0.70  12.21    12.70    13.47    13.67
  6 Kosturos, Sophi  JR UCLA                53.03      52.52 B      
     r:+0.61  12.24    12.70    13.35    14.23
  7 Crisera, Alex    JR STAN                53.30      52.90 B      
     r:+0.63  12.51    13.16    13.63    13.60
  8 Famous, Carolin  SO USC                 53.40      53.07 B      
     r:+0.62  12.43    13.06    13.73    13.85
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  9 Lawless, Emma    SR Utah                53.88      53.17 B      
     r:+0.69  12.86    13.38    13.68    13.25
 10 Tang, Amy        FR STAN                53.16      53.26 B      
     r:+0.63  12.31    13.43    13.78    13.74
 11 Hannah, Jade     SO USC                 52.66      53.32 B      
     r:+0.88  12.39    13.17    13.86    13.90
 12 Passon, Felicit  SR Arizona             54.28      53.34 B      
     r:+0.76  12.55    13.19    13.74    13.86
 13 Rudolph, Janell  SO STAN                53.42      53.35 B      
     r:+0.61  12.54    13.21    13.72    13.88
 14 Henderson, Hann  SO USC                 54.09      53.64 B      
     r:+0.71  12.55    13.36    13.85    13.88
 15 Gebhart, Mandy   SR Utah                54.70      54.02        
     r:+0.73  12.90    13.28    13.89    13.95
 16 Janvier, Aela    JR USC                 53.45      54.09        
     r:+0.67  12.90    13.19    14.06    13.94

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