NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: California Edges Louisville for 200 Medley Relay

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California kicked off the night with a sizzling performance in the 200 medley relay at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championship.

California, which DQed this event last year to likely cost them an NCAA championship, put up a 1:35.15 for the win from Rachel Bootsma, Marina Garcia, Noemie Thomas and Farida Osman.

That’s California’s fourth victory in the event ever.

Other California wins:

2000 California (Haley Cope, Staciana Stitts, Waen Minpraphal, Joscelin Yeo), 1:49.23 *SCM
2011 California (Cindy Tran, Caitlin Leverenz, Colleen Fotsch, Liv Jensen), 1:35.03
2012 California (Cindy Tran, Caitlin Leverenz, Colleen Fotsch, Liv Jensen), 1:34.24

Farida Osman, California

On how big the win was for Cal
“Yeah, with this relay we just really wanted to get after it. We all swam really well, so I’m happy with that.”

Kelsi Worrell, who popped a 22.07 butterfly split this morning and broke the 100-yard fly NCAA and American record with a 49.89, went even faster for the Cardinals tonight with a 21.96 split as Tanja Kylliainen, Andee Cottrell, Worrell and Andrea Kneppers took second in 1:35.75. Worrell now has the top two butterfly splits all time with her 21.96 and 22.07.

Tennessee’s Amanda Carner, Molly Hannis, Harper Bruens and Faith Johnson placed third in 1:36.29.

In the team hunt, Georgia’s Olivia Smoliga, Meaghan Raab, Kylie Stewart and Chantal Van Landeghem took fifth in 1:36.90.

The stunner of the morning proved to be defending champion Stanford missing the A final. Ally Howe, Sarah Haase, Janet Hu and Lia Neal put up the top time of the night with a 1:35.10, but settled for ninth-place points.

  1 California-PC  'A'            1:36.18    1:35.15PD1-A    40  
     1) Bootsma, Rachel JR            2) r:0.13 Garcia, Marina SO     
     3) r:0.30 Thomas, Noemie FR      4) r:0.35 Osman, Farida SO      
    r:+0.56  11.58        23.39 (23.39)
          35.76 (12.37)       50.85 (27.46)
        1:01.26 (10.41)     1:14.06 (23.21)
        1:24.21 (10.15)     1:35.15 (21.09)
  2 Louisville-KY  'A'            1:35.56    1:35.75 D1-A    34  
     1) Kylliainen, Tanja SR          2) r:0.34 Cottrell, Andee SO    
     3) r:0.14 Worrell, Kelsi JR      4) r:0.25 Kneppers, Andrea SO   
    r:+0.53  12.25        24.81 (24.81)
          36.64 (11.83)       51.36 (26.55)
         1:01.00 (9.64)     1:13.32 (21.96)
        1:23.93 (10.61)     1:35.75 (22.43)
  3 Tennessee-SE  'A'             1:36.84    1:36.29 D1-A    32  
     1) Carner, Amanda JR             2) r:0.22 Hannis, Molly SR      
     3) r:0.12 Bruens, Harper JR      4) r:0.32 Johnson, Faith JR     
    r:+0.59  12.71        25.12 (25.12)
          36.80 (11.68)       51.54 (26.42)
        1:01.79 (10.25)     1:14.52 (22.98)
        1:24.83 (10.31)     1:36.29 (21.77)
  4 Virginia-VA  'A'              1:36.59    1:36.84 D1-A    30  
     1) Bartholomew, Courtney JR      2) r:0.33 Simon, Laura SO       
     3) r:0.42 Williamson, Ellen SR   4) r:0.15 Thomas, Ellen SO      
    r:+0.63  12.11        23.91 (23.91)
          36.50 (12.59)       51.09 (27.18)
        1:02.09 (11.00)     1:14.95 (23.86)
        1:25.31 (10.36)     1:36.84 (21.89)
  5 Georgia-GA  'A'               1:36.55    1:36.90 D1-A    28  
     1) Smoliga, Olivia SO            2) r:0.32 Raab, Meaghan FR      
     3) r:0.29 Stewart, Kylie FR      4) r:0.27 Van Landeghem, ntal JR
    r:+0.67  12.33        24.60 (24.60)
          37.25 (12.65)       52.47 (27.87)
        1:02.90 (10.43)     1:15.63 (23.16)
        1:25.70 (10.07)     1:36.90 (21.27)
  6 Texas-ST  'A'                 1:37.17    1:36.93 D1-A    26  
     1) Denninghoff, Sarah SR         2) r:0.18 Jaques, Gretchen SR   
     3) r:0.26 Wong, Brynne SO        4) r:0.14 Millard, Rebecca FR   
    r:+0.61  12.28        24.75 (24.75)
          36.93 (12.18)       51.53 (26.78)
        1:02.17 (10.64)     1:15.16 (23.63)
        1:25.43 (10.27)     1:36.93 (21.77)
  7 Missouri-MV  'A'              1:37.08    1:37.35 D1-A    24  
     1) Stevens, Hannah FR            2) r:0.41 Ross, Katharine SO    
     3) r:0.24 Barbiea, Dani SR       4) r:0.13 Patterson, Anna JR    
    r:+0.63  12.43        24.70 (24.70)
          37.36 (12.66)       52.29 (27.59)
        1:02.69 (10.40)     1:15.19 (22.90)
        1:25.81 (10.62)     1:37.35 (22.16)
  8 Florida Gulf-FL  'A'          1:37.05    1:37.55 D1-A    22  
     1) Toussaint, Kira SO            2) r:0.35 Armitage, Katie FR    
     3) r:0.46 Svensson, Emma SR      4) r:0.20 Julien, Kristin FR    
    r:+3.84  12.06        24.24 (24.24)
          36.62 (12.38)       51.69 (27.45)
        1:02.03 (10.34)     1:14.91 (23.22)
        1:25.73 (10.82)     1:37.55 (22.64)
 
                                === B - Final ===                                 
 
  9 Stanford-PC  'A'              1:37.30    1:35.10PD1-A    18  
     1) Howe, Ally FR                 2) r:0.30 Haase, Sarah JR       
     3) r:0.24 Hu, Janet FR           4) r:0.05 Neal, Lia SO          
    r:+3.39  12.13        24.35 (24.35)
          36.46 (12.11)       50.90 (26.55)
        1:01.17 (10.27)     1:13.80 (22.90)
        1:23.85 (10.05)     1:35.10 (21.30)

  1. California                        202   2. Georgia                           200
  3. Stanford                          129   4. Louisville                        110
  5. Virginia                          106   6. Texas A&M                        94.5
  7. Tennessee                          84   8. Texas                              68
  9. Southern California                60  10. Wisconsin                          58
 11. Missouri                           54  12. NC State                           51
 13. Arizona                            44  14. Auburn                             34
 15. Florida                            27  16. Florida Gulf Coast               26.5
 17. Notre Dame                         24  17. UNC                                24
 19. Kentucky                           21  20. Florida State                      19
 20. Minnesota                          19  20. Penn State                         19
 23. Purdue                             14  24. Illinois State University          12
 25. So. Methodist                       8  26. Indiana                             7
 26. Miami University (Ohio)             7  28. University of Miami (Florida)       6
 28. UCLA                                6  30. San Diego State                     4
 30. Iowa                                4  32. Michigan                            3
 32. Hawaii (W)                          3  34. Ohio State                          2

2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving, Live Results – Results

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