Ally Howe Wins First Individual NCAA Title in 100 Back

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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Stanford senior Ally Howe won her first individual NCAA title in her career after she was on a number of winning relays. Last night, Howe led off the winning 400 medley relay team for the fourth straight year, but she had yet to win an individual title. Howe won the 100 back final with a 49.70 to just miss her NCAA and American Record of 49.69. Howe did break the meet record that was a 49.84 by Kathleen Baker from last year.

Howe stated after the race that this was her last 100 back of her career, so this is assuming she has already decided to hang up the goggles and not pursue a pro career.

Howe finished ahead of Wisconsin sophomore Beata Nelson (49.92) and Baker (50.18).

NC State’s Elise Haan (50.42), Stanford’s Janet Hu (50.63), Indiana’s Ally Rockett (51.11), Texas’ Claire Adams (51.38) and Missouri’s Hannah Stevens (51.74).

This is Stanford’s seventh NCAA title in the 100 back as Howe joins Lea Loveless (1992-1994), Jessica Tong (1996) and Catherine Fox (1997-1998) as winners for the Cardinal.

 Event 12  Women 100 Yard Backstroke
=========================================================================
         NCAA: N 49.69  2/23/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford
     American: A 49.69  2/23/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford
    U.S. Open: O 49.69  2/23/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford
         Meet: C 49.84  3/16/2017 Kathleen Baker, California
         Pool: P 50.61  3/16/2018 Beata Nelson, Wisconsin-WI
                 51.16  AUTO NCAA A Standard
                 55.09  CONS NCAA B Standard
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Ally Howe        SR Stanford            50.64      49.70C        20  
    r:+0.71  24.14        49.70 (25.56)
  2 Beata Nelson     SO Wisconsin           50.61      49.92P        17  
    r:+0.67  24.13        49.92 (25.79)
  3 Kathleen Baker   JR California          50.77      50.18P        16  
    r:+0.63  24.02        50.18 (26.16)
  4 Elise Haan       JR NCState             50.75      50.42P        15  
    r:+0.68  24.63        50.42 (25.79)
  5 Janet Hu         SR Stanford            50.82      50.63         14  
    r:+0.58  24.79        50.63 (25.84)
  6 Ally Rockett     SR Indiana             51.25      51.11         13  
    r:+0.71  24.45        51.11 (26.66)
  7 Claire Adams     SO Texas               51.27      51.38         12  
    r:+0.66  25.09        51.38 (26.29)
  8 Hannah Stevens   SR Missouri            51.23      51.74         11  
    r:+0.67  24.86        51.74 (26.88)

      Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 12                 
 
  1. Stanford                          359   2. California                        234
  3. Texas A&M                         156   4. Michigan                          150
  5. Louisville                        140   6. Tennessee                       137.5
  7. Texas                             130   8. Virginia                          102
  9. Minnesota                          92  10. Indiana                            80
 11. Ohio St                            73  12. Georgia                            68
 13. Southern Cal                       59  14. Missouri                           54
 15. Auburn                           51.5  16. Wisconsin                          50
 17. Arizona                            45  18. Kentucky                           41
 19. NC State                           37  20. Purdue                             29
 21. South Carolina                     28  22. Arizona St                         27
 23. UNC                                25  24. Denver                             20
 25. University of Nevada               16  26. Eastern Mich                       15
 27. Hawaii                             12  28. Northwestern                       11
 29. Penn St                             9  29. Arkansas                            9
 31. UCLA                                8  32. Florida                             7
 33. Rutgers                             6  34. Alabama                             5
 34. Virginia Tech                       5  34. Louisiana State University          5
 37. University of Miami                 2  37. Duke                                2
 39. Florida St                          1

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