Swimming World’s Female NCAA Performance of the Year goes to Stanford’s Ella Eastin for her dominating performance in the 400-yard IM.
Eastin crushed the American and NCAA records in the 200 and 400 IM as the junior has won a total of seven individual NCAA titles in her three years.
The 200 IM was great, but the 400 IM was stunning.
Original race report:
Stanford junior Ella Eastin destroyed all the records in the 400 IM on Friday night at the 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. Eastin led from the start and swam a monster 3:54.60 in the 400 IM final to break Katie Ledecky’s NCAA and American Record of 3:56.53.
Eastin was one of three Stanford swimmers in the final as she went 1-2-4 with Ledecky (3:58.29) and Brooke Forde (3:59.34).
Texas A&M’s Sydney Pickrem broke up the Stanford party and finished third with a 3:59.05 in the final.
Texas A&M’s Bethany Galat (4:02.19), Missouri’s Sharli Brady (4:04.12), Ohio State’s Meg Bailey (4:04.26) and Cal’s Sarah Darcel (4:04.44) also swam in the championship final.
This is Eastin’s third straight NCAA title in the 400 IM and Stanford’s eleventh overall. Eastin joins Tracy Caulkins (1982-1984), Maggie Bowen (2001-2003) and fellow Cardinal Julia Smit (2008-2010) as three time winners in the event.
Eastin also joins Michelle Griglione (1989), Janet Evans (1990), Summer Sanders (1991, 1992), Smit and Maya DiRado (2014) as winners for the Cardinal.
Event 8 Women 400 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 3:56.53 2/23/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
American: A 3:56.53 2/23/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
U.S. Open: O 3:56.53 2/23/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
Meet: C 3:56.54 3/17/2012 Katinka Hosszu, Southern Cal
Pool: P 4:00.03 12/2/2010 Katinka Hosszu, Southern Calif
4:04.70 AUTO NCAA A Standard
4:19.39 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ella Eastin JR Stanford 4:01.49 3:54.60N 20
r:+0.70 25.78 54.80 (29.02)
1:24.65 (29.85) 1:53.55 (28.90)
2:26.90 (33.35) 3:00.12 (33.22)
3:27.34 (27.22) 3:54.60 (27.26)
2 Katie Ledecky SO Stanford 4:01.72 3:58.29P 17
r:+0.69 25.90 54.55 (28.65)
1:24.76 (30.21) 1:54.13 (29.37)
2:28.98 (34.85) 3:04.12 (35.14)
3:31.77 (27.65) 3:58.29 (26.52)
3 Sydney Pickrem JR TAMU 4:03.09 3:59.05P 16
r:+0.71 26.02 56.03 (30.01)
1:26.20 (30.17) 1:56.13 (29.93)
2:29.83 (33.70) 3:03.75 (33.92)
3:32.18 (28.43) 3:59.05 (26.87)
4 Brooke Forde FR Stanford 4:04.95 3:59.34P 15
r:+0.69 26.01 55.69 (29.68)
1:26.85 (31.16) 1:57.31 (30.46)
2:30.63 (33.32) 3:04.52 (33.89)
3:32.29 (27.77) 3:59.34 (27.05)
5 Bethany Galat SR TAMU 4:04.98 4:02.19 14
r:+0.59 25.57 54.64 (29.07)
1:26.53 (31.89) 1:57.33 (30.80)
2:30.45 (33.12) 3:04.33 (33.88)
3:33.80 (29.47) 4:02.19 (28.39)
6 Sharli Brady SR Missouri 4:04.96 4:04.12 13
r:+0.77 26.27 55.69 (29.42)
1:26.71 (31.02) 1:57.15 (30.44)
2:31.81 (34.66) 3:06.98 (35.17)
3:36.02 (29.04) 4:04.12 (28.10)
7 Meg Bailey SR OSU 4:03.96 4:04.26 12
r:+0.75 25.94 55.81 (29.87)
1:27.10 (31.29) 1:57.36 (30.26)
2:31.70 (34.34) 3:07.04 (35.34)
3:36.44 (29.40) 4:04.26 (27.82)
8 Sarah Darcel FR California 4:05.09 4:04.44 11
r:+0.62 25.56 55.14 (29.58)
1:26.22 (31.08) 1:56.69 (30.47)
2:31.57 (34.88) 3:06.76 (35.19)
3:35.88 (29.12) 4:04.44 (28.56)
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Truly a race of the titans! Respect ✊?