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Tonight, Georgia picked up its NCAA record-tying 8th victory in the women’s 800-yard free relay and Georgia Tech’s Reagan Lunn was there to pick up all the podium shots.
Here’s a quick gallery of all the celebrations.
Georgia Tech Athletics Podium Gallery
Original 800 free relay report:
The women’s 800-yard freestyle relay kicked off the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships with Georgia winning its NCAA record-tying 8th team title in the event.
Georgia’s Hali Flickinger (1:42.80), Kylie Stewart (1:43.95), Meaghan Raab (1:43.59) and Brittany MacLean (1:41.46) raced their way to victory in 6:51.80.
That performance lowered the pool record of 6:58.83 that Texas A&M had just set the previous heat. A&M had downed the 2015 mark of 7:00.93 set by Virginia.
That’s Georgia’s eighth team title in the event, tying them with Stanford at the top of the event’s history.
Georgia’s Previous Wins:
2001 Georgia (Stefanie Williams, Kim Black, Julie Hardt, Maritza Correia), 7:06.48
2005 Georgia (Mary DeScenza, Kara Lynn Joyce, Elizabeth Hill, Amanda Weir), 7:01.03
2006 Georgia (Mary DeScenza, Jessica Cole, Claire Maust, Kara Lynn Joyce), 7:03.75
2010 Georgia (Morgan Scroggy, Megan Romano, Chelsea Nauta, Allison Schmitt), 6:55.61
2011 Georgia (Morgan Scroggy, Megan Romano, Shannon Vreeland, Allison Schmitt), 6:55.40
2012 Georgia (Shannon Vreeland, Jordan Mattern, Amber McDermott, Megan Romano), 6:55.96
2013 Georgia (Shannon Vreeland, Megan Romano, Brittany MacLean, Allison Schmitt), 6:54.43
Stanford’s Previous Wins:
1982 Stanford (Stephanie Elkins, Anne Tweedy, Sherri Hanna, Marybeth Linzmeier), 7:16.10
1983 Stanford (Isabel Reuss, Diana Zock, Sherri Hanna, Marybeth Linzmeier), 7:16.50
1990 Stanford (Karen Kraemer, Janel Jorgensen, Jody Smith, Janet Evans), 7:07.58
1991 Stanford (Janel Jorgensen, Karen Kraemer, Eva Mortensen, Janet Evans), 7:09.48
1992 Stanford (Karen Kraemer, Lea Loveless, Janel Jorgensen, Jenny Thompson), 7:04.06
1993 Stanford (Lisa Jacob, Jane Skillman, Janel Jorgensen, Jenny Thompson), 7:07.47
1996 Stanford (Michelle Jesperson, Lisa Jacob, Amy Oberhelman, Elin Austevoll), 7:11.28
1999 Stanford (Misty Hyman, Gabrielle Rose, Sylvia Bereknyei, Catherine Fox), 7:06.22
Tonight’s victory for Georgia is its fifth win in the last seven years after California broke UGA’s four-year streak with a pair of wins.
USC’s Kirsten Vose (1:43.08), Anika Apostalon (1:44.34), Chelsea Chenault (1:42.69) and Kasia Wilk (1:43.73) picked up second overall in 6:53.84 as the team was in place to compete with Georgia before MacLean unleashed her anchor leg.
Although a two-second victory is a pretty wide margin, it’s not the biggest ever in the event at NCAAs. Florida owns that NCAA record with a 7.96-second win in 1984 against Southern California (7:06.98 to 7:14.94).
California’s Kathleen Baker (1:43.99), Elizabeth Pelton (1:44.07), Rachel Bootsma (1:44.23) and Amy Bilquist (1:42.89) claimed third tonight in the timed final event with a 6:55.18.
Virginia (6:55.25), Texas A&M (6:58.83), Stanford (6:59.19), Louisville (6:59.58) and Indiana (6:59.82) also made their way into the top eight in the event.
Go Dawgs!