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By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern
Federal Way, WA saw some blisteringly fast times tonight on the second evening of finals swimming at the Women’s Pac-12 Championship. It’s been quite a meet between No. 1 Stanford, No. 4 USC, and No. 6 California, with these three teams vying for a convincing lead. At the end of day two, USC has a two point lead over Stanford.
500 Freestyle
The night opened up with a fantastic showing in the 500 free. USC junior Chelsea Chenault took the title with a scorching 4:38.13, over a second faster than what she posted this morning. Second place was secured by the Arizona senior Bonnie Brandon (4:41.77), who just out-touched the Oregon State senior Sammy Harrison (4:41.85). With four women in the A final, USC accumulated a whopping 105 points to their team score.
Event 3 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Chenault, Chelsea JR USC-CA 4:39.32 4:38.13 32
25.42 27.68 28.11 27.74
27.93 28.13 28.53 28.29
28.12 28.18
2 Brandon, Bonnie SR ARIZ-AZ 4:43.19 4:41.77 28
25.59 27.94 28.54 28.76
28.77 28.80 28.74 28.74
28.59 27.30
3 Harrison, Sammy SR ORGU-OR 4:42.74 4:41.85 27
25.74 27.76 28.49 28.62
28.44 28.52 28.66 28.84
29.00 27.78
4 Stinson, Elizabeth FR USC-CA 4:44.28 4:42.93 26
26.02 27.94 28.57 28.55
28.75 28.83 28.82 28.91
28.73 27.81
5 Stenkvist, Henriette SR USC-CA 4:44.05 4:42.98 25
26.09 27.89 28.26 28.71
29.12 29.20 28.94 28.75
28.29 27.73
6 Brown, Allison SR STAN-PC 4:44.11 4:43.12 24
26.70 28.39 28.65 28.83
28.84 28.68 28.45 28.71
28.15 27.72
7 Stevens, Leah FR STAN-PC 4:43.94 4:45.36 23
26.09 28.41 28.76 29.16
29.10 28.99 28.72 28.88
28.72 28.53
8 Wooden, Allie FR USC-CA 4:44.20 4:46.02 22
26.09 28.17 28.49 28.63
29.21 29.15 29.17 29.34
29.17 28.60
200 IM
Not to be outdone, the Stanford freshman Ella Eastin claimed the victory in the 200 IM with a time of 1:52.77, just three one-hundredths ahead of California’s freshman Kathleen Baker, who was in with a 1:52.80. The pair was over two seconds ahead of everyone else in the field, including the third place finisher Kirsten Vose, a freshman from USC (1:55.65). Both Stanford and California made up some ground on USC in this event.
Event 4 Women 200 Yard IM
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Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Eastin, Ella FR STAN-PC 1:53.33 1:52.77 32
24.46 27.43 33.40 27.48
2 Baker, Kathleen FR CAL-PC 1:54.69 1:52.80 28
24.50 27.54 33.22 27.54
3 Vose, Kirsten FR USC-CA 1:57.41 1:55.65 27
25.44 28.91 33.82 27.48
4 Li, Celina JR CAL-PC 1:56.19 1:55.79 26
24.90 28.73 34.09 28.07
5 Naze, Kelly SR CAL-PC 1:56.83 1:55.98 25
24.81 28.73 34.67 27.77
6 Pelton, Elizabeth SR CAL-PC 1:55.98 1:56.19 24
25.05 28.69 34.77 27.68
7 Howe, Ally SO STAN-PC 1:57.34 1:56.28 23
24.89 28.84 35.17 27.38
8 Scott, Riley FR USC-CA 1:56.76 1:56.80 22
25.59 30.20 33.08 27.93
50 Freestyle
California’s junior Farida Osman became one of the fastest women in history to swim the 50 freestyle tonight when she tied for the second fastest time ever with Simone Manuel. Her 21.32 is only slower than Lara Jackson‘s swim from 2009, which was in a relay. What’s more, Osman almost even split the race–she was out in a 10.49 and back in a10.83. Stanford junior Lia Neal was second in the event with a 21.88, while USC’s junior Anika Apostalon was third with a 21.94.
Event 5 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Osman, Farida JR CAL-PC 21.56 21.32 32
10.49 10.83
2 Neal, Lia JR STAN-PC 22.01 21.88 28
10.66 11.22
3 Apostalon, Anika JR USC-CA 21.89 21.94 27
10.77 11.17
4 Mack, Linnea JR UCLA-CA 22.09 22.06 26
10.65 11.41
5 Konopka, Katrina FR ARIZ-AZ 22.19 22.13 24.5
10.74 11.39
5 Wilk, Katarzyna SR USC-CA 22.22 22.13 24.5
10.79 11.34
7 Bilquist, Amy FR CAL-PC 22.10 22.14 23
10.69 11.45
8 Hu, Janet SO STAN-PC 22.11 22.27 22
10.76 11.51
3-Meter Diving
Stanford made up some major ground in the diving events tonight when they took the top two spots and scored another woman into sixth. The conference title went to the sophomore Gracie Leydon-Mahoney with a final score of 379.55. Her senior teammate Alex Clay was second with a score of 362.95, while USC freshman Madison Will was third (344.35). Stanford’s point accumulation from the top eight divers was 84.
Event 13 Women 3 mtr Diving
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Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Finals ===
1 Leydon-Mahoney, Graci SO STAN-PC 324.45 379.55 32
2 Clay, Alex SR STAN-PC 340.45 362.95 28
3 Will, Madison FR USC-CA 318.60 344.35 27
4 Belanger, Eloise FR UCLA-CA 322.95 338.95 26
5 Aiacoboae, Mara SO ASU-AZ 322.50 317.85 25
6 Hinrichs, Lilly SR STAN-PC 294.05 315.40 24
7 Lenz, Annika JR UCLA-CA 303.00 286.95 23
8 Loftus, Karolyn SR ARIZ-AZ 286.55 254.75 22
200 Freestyle Relay
California made one final push of the night with a convincing victory in the 200 free relay. A team of Osman (21.78), Kirsten Vredeveld (21.70), Rachel Bootsma (21.83), and Amy Bilquist (21.46) clocked a final time of 1:26.77, over a second ahead of the Stanford team of Janet Hu (22.27), Neal (21.62), Ally Howe (21.58), and Lindsey Engel (22.45), who took second with a 1:27.92. The Arizona team of Katrina Konopka (22.33), Annie Ochitwa (21.88), Paige Kremer (22.25), and Taylor Schick (21.72), nabbed third with a 1:28.18.
Event 7 Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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School Seed Finals Points
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1 CAL-PC 'A' 1:31.05 1:26.77 64
1) Osman, Farida JR 2) Vredeveld, Kristen JR
3) Bootsma, Rachel SR 4) Bilquist, Amy FR
21.78 21.70 21.83 21.46
2 STAN-PC 'A' 1:28.06 1:27.92 56
1) Hu, Janet SO 2) Neal, Lia JR
3) Howe, Ally SO 4) Engel, Lindsey SO
22.27 21.62 21.58 22.45
3 ARIZ-AZ 'A' 1:28.95 1:28.18 54
1) Konopka, Katrina FR 2) Ochitwa, Annie FR
3) Kremer, Paige SO 4) Schick, Taylor SR
22.33 21.88 22.25 21.72
4 USC-CA 'A' 1:29.13 1:28.57 52
1) Apostalon, Anika JR 2) Vose, Kirsten FR
3) Swenson, Evan JR 4) Wilk, Katarzyna SR
22.15 22.51 22.34 21.57
5 UCLA-CA 'A' 1:30.83 1:30.01 50
1) Mack, Linnea JR 2) White, Madison JR
3) Kinnear, Katie SR 4) Grover, Katie SO
22.18 22.31 22.75 22.77
6 ASU-AZ 'A' 1:31.47 1:31.09 48
1) Bush, Alysha JR 2) Spadoni, Marina SR
3) Jonsdottir, Ingibjorg JR 4) Simonovic, Kat JR
23.22 22.64 22.48 22.75
7 WSU-IE 'A' 1:31.73 1:31.34 46
1) Love, Haley JR 2) Bursch, Addisynn JR
3) Johnson, Hailey JR 4) Bruggman, Hannah SO
23.42 22.99 22.91 22.02
8 UTAH-UT 'A' 1:32.43 1:31.70 44
1) Marsh, Jenna SO 2) St. John, Gillian FR
3) Williams, Rhianna JR 4) Butter, Dorien SO
23.24 22.68 22.77 23.01
9 ORGU-OR 'A' 1:33.79 1:34.41 42
1) McLaggan, Claire SR 2) Hecker, Anni JR
3) Toulemonde, Constance SR 4) MacEwan, Sophie JR
23.82 23.70 23.22 23.67
-- CAL-PC 'B' 1:33.84 x1:30.24
1) Hull, Valerie SO 2) Thomas, Noemie SO
3) Acker, Rachael SR 4) Ladd, Catherine SO
22.24 22.34 22.57 23.09
-- ARIZ-AZ 'B' 1:33.81 x1:31.22
1) Sutherland, Ashley FR 2) McHugh, Cameron SO
3) Kurki, Laura SO 4) Powell, Aly FR
23.07 22.55 22.48 23.12
-- WSU-IE 'B' 1:34.64 x1:33.36
1) Kelly, Ciera FR 2) Nichols, Penny FR
3) Brolin, Anna SO 4) Rosen, Anna JR
23.76 23.48 23.00 23.12
-- USC-CA 'B' 1:33.82 x1:33.52
1) Toris, Victoria FR 2) Dubroff, Lily FR
3) Ontjes, Olivia FR 4) Chang, Diana JR
23.28 23.34 23.62 23.28
-- STAN-PC 'B' 1:33.80 x1:33.76
1) Meyers, Alex SO 2) Pulte, Jaynie SR
3) Poppe, Heidi SO 4) Anderson, Julia SR
23.19 22.86 24.23 23.48
-- UCLA-CA 'B' 1:33.83 x1:33.77
1) Kaunitz, Sarah SO 2) Burnham, Maddy SO
3) Steffen, Savannah JR 4) Hubel, Alex FR
23.34 23.36 23.37 23.70
-- UCLA-CA 'C' 1:34.99 x1:34.66
1) Applegate, Madison SR 2) Owen, Rachel JR
3) Reid, Carly SO 4) Walker, Hayden JR
23.39 23.61 23.70 23.96
-- UTAH-UT 'B' 1:34.21 x1:35.16
1) Wayner, Darby FR 2) Tadena, Julienne FR
3) Pataray, Kristine JR 4) Stein, Alex FR
23.69 23.48 23.76 24.23
-- ORGU-OR 'B' 1:35.72 x1:35.62
1) Young, Andrea JR 2) Meyer, Brooke JR
3) Amr, Amani SR 4) Isleta, Czsarina JR
23.97 24.03 23.93 23.69
-- ORGU-OR 'C' 1:39.68 x1:40.22
1) Shigeta, Corrine SO 2) Bennett, Alyssa FR
3) Cavanaugh, Jesikah JR 4) Maimon, Tair JR
24.62 25.59 25.17 24.84
Scores through Day 2:
1. University of Southern Calif 471 2. Stanford University 469 3. University of California, Berk 436.5 4. Arizona, University of 363 5. University of California - LA 338 6. Arizona State University 187.5 7. Utah, University of 186 8. Washington State University 168 9. Oregon State University 155
Full results here.
Competition will resume for Day 3 at 11:00 PST.
