California, Stanford Battling During Thursday Prelims at Pac 12s

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr

FEDERAL WAY – California and Stanford set up what should be a ferocious finals session as the two put up some seriously strong qualifying efforts at the Pac 12 Women’s Championships.

500 free

Freshman Cierra Runge, after being part of an American record relay last night, nearly tracked down Missy Franklin’s meet record with a sizzling 4:35.92 in prelims.

That swim is just a bit off Franklin’s 4:35.73 from 2013 and within striking distance of Runge’s seed time of 4:34.81 that puts her in line for the Pac 12 Conference record of 4:34.48 set by Haley Anderson in 2012.

USC’s Chelsea Chenault (4:40.01) and Arizona’s Bonnie Brandon (4:40.57) placed second and third this morning with Franklin electing to swim the 200 IM instead of the 500 free this year.

California collected four qualifiers, two in the A final and two in the B final, while Arizona went 1-1-2 for four qualifiers.

Up/Downs (Pac 12s is scoring through the top 24. The # of A, B, C finalists are listed below):

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200 IM

Bypassing the 500 free that was on her championship schedule as a freshman, California sophomore Missy Franklin hit the wall in 1:55.46 to pace qualifying in the 200 IM.

That was part of a ridiculous 1-2-3-4 effort from California. Elizabeth Pelton (1:55.82), Kelly Naze (1:56.80) and Celina Li (1:56.97) picked up the next three qualifying spots for the Golden Bears

Up/Downs (Pac 12s is scoring through the top 24. The # of A, B, C finalists are listed below):

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50 free

Stanford’s Simone Manuel crushed the 50 free prelims with a sizzling time of 21.90, while California’s Farida Osman also joined her under 22 seconds with a 21.95.

USC’s Katarzyna Wilk and California’s Kristen Vredeveld set up a swimoff for eighth with matching 22.60s.

Up/Downs (Pac 12s is scoring through the top 24. The # of A, B, C finalists are listed below):

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Total Up/Downs for Feb. 26

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