FEDERAL WAY – The California Golden Bears continued marching towards the Pac 12 Women’s Championship title with a monster preliminary day of qualifying that included 15 A final spots.
Up/Downs for Feb. 27
[table “” not found /]400 IM
California continued on its roll from last night with a 1-2-8 to start the day.
Kelly Naze (4:09.50) and Celina Li (4:09.77) both cleared 4:10, while Alicia Grima touched eighth with a 4:16.75.
Stanford picked up two A finalists with Tara Halsted (4:12.11) and Allison Brown (4:14.46) each making the top eight.
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[table “” not found /]100 fly
California’s Farida Osman, who has been on fire this weekend including an upset of Stanford’s Simone Manuel in the 50 free, led the way with a 51.53.
USC’s Kendyl Stewart touched just behind with a second-seeded effort of 51.57 with California’s Rachel Bootsma taking third in 51.90.
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[table “” not found /]200 free
An astounding five California Golden Bears made the A final as Cal is running away with the team title.
American record holder Missy Franklin led the way with a 1:43.08, while 500 free victor Cierra Runge (1:43.71), Camille Cheng (1:44.19) and Elizabeth Pelton (1:44.40) went 4-5-6. Caroline Piehl also made the A final with an eighth-place 1:44.74.
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[table “” not found /]100 breast
A trio of swimmers cleared the 1:00 mark in prelims to lead the way into finals.
Stanford’s Sarah Haase (59.27) and Heidi Poppe (59.75) went 1-3, while UCLA’s Allison Wine split the difference with a second-place 59.46.
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[table “” not found /]100 back
California’s Rachel Bootsma (51.54) and Missy Franklin (51.75) went 1-2 in the 100 back this morning with both clearing 52 seconds.
Franklin, however, along with Elizabeth Pelton (52.46) swam the event as exhibition swimmers.
Stanford’s Ally Howe produced a second-seeded 52.00, while California’s Melanie Klaren put up a third-seeded 52.36.
Jasmine Mau (53.26) also made the A final for California at the end of a productive Golden Bear day.
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[table “” not found /]2015 Pac-12 Women’s Championships, Live Results – Results