NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: Farida Osman Delivers California 200 Free Relay

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With Stanford looking like it was going to easily defend its 200 free relay title heading into the anchor leg at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships, California’s Farida Osman turned in a stunning split of 21.17 on the anchor leg as the Golden Bears won the title.

The foursome of Kaylin Bing (22.36), Missy Franklin (21.28), Rachel Bootsma (21.60) and Osman (21.17) clocked a top time of 1:26.41 for the victory.

That’s California’s first win in the event since 2011, and just the third victory for the Golden Bears in the event all time. Previously, Cal won the short course meter event in 2000.

Kaylin Bing, California

On winning the national title
“It was my first individual national title, so it felt awesome. The team really stepped up, and it’s a phenomenal experience to have that.”

Team started out behind. What was it like to watch teammates come back?
“Being the first leg and making a couple of mistakes here and there… Having Missy and Farida behind me was such a confidence booster and I wouldn’t want to have anyone else behind me on a relay.”

Stanford finished just .11 seconds behind Cal with a 1:26.52 from Simone Manuel (21.68), Lia Neal (21.34), Janet Hu (21.59) and Ally Howe (21.91).

That’s not the closest finish in the event’s history at NCAAs. Georgia owns that record with a .08 second triumph against Auburn, 1:28.96-1:29.04, in 2003.

Georgia’s Madeline Locus (22.05), Chantal Van Landeghem (21.42), Olivia Smoliga (21.61) and Lauren Harrington (21.85) touched third in 1:26.93.

1 California-PC  'A'            1:27.60    1:26.41PD1-A    40  
     1) Bing, Kaylin SR               2) r:0.28 Franklin, Missy SO    
     3) r:0.31 Bootsma, Rachel JR     4) r:0.28 Osman, Farida SO      
    r:+4.00  10.69        22.36 (22.36)
          32.52 (10.16)       43.64 (21.28)
          53.86 (10.22)     1:05.24 (21.60)
        1:15.37 (10.13)     1:26.41 (21.17)
  2 Stanford-PC  'A'              1:27.24    1:26.52PD1-A    34  
     1) Manuel, Simone FR             2) r:0.23 Neal, Lia SO          
     3) r:0.25 Hu, Janet FR           4) r:0.30 Howe, Ally FR         
    r:+3.93  10.62        21.68 (21.68)
          31.78 (10.10)       43.02 (21.34)
          53.20 (10.18)     1:04.61 (21.59)
        1:14.91 (10.30)     1:26.52 (21.91)
  3 Georgia-GA  'A'               1:26.94    1:26.93 D1-A    32  
     1) Locus, Madeline SR            2) r:0.23 Van Landeghem, ntal JR
     3) r:0.31 Smoliga, Olivia SO     4) r:0.37 Harrington, Lauren SR 
    r:+3.19  10.73        22.05 (22.05)
          32.21 (10.16)       43.47 (21.42)
          53.74 (10.27)     1:05.08 (21.61)
        1:15.59 (10.51)     1:26.93 (21.85)
  4 Wisconsin-WI  'A'             1:26.86    1:26.98 D1-A    30  
     1) Martin, Ivy SR                2) r:0.16 Kinney, Chase SO      
     3) r:0.06 Van Hout, Aja SR       4) r:0.11 Tamblyn, Anne JR      
    r:+2.51  10.41        21.61 (21.61)
           31.60 (9.99)       43.16 (21.55)
          53.36 (10.20)     1:04.91 (21.75)
        1:15.36 (10.45)     1:26.98 (22.07)
  5 Texas A&M-GU  'A'             1:27.85    1:27.85 D1-A    28  
     1) Gastaldello, Beryl FR         2) r:0.31 Ibanez, Lili SR       
     3) r:0.30 Galat, Bethany FR      4) r:0.16 Bosma, Sammie SR      
    r:+4.34  10.71        21.76 (21.76)
          32.37 (10.61)       43.84 (22.08)
          54.32 (10.48)     1:06.00 (22.16)
        1:16.41 (10.41)     1:27.85 (21.85)
  6 Auburn-SE  'A'                1:27.72    1:27.88 D1-A    26  
     1) Purcell, Allyx SO             2) r:0.20 Fonteno, Megan SR     
     3) r:0.20 Ellzey, Ashton FR      4) r:0.11 Hull, Valerie FR      
    r:+0.71  10.84        22.33 (22.33)
          32.66 (10.33)       44.26 (21.93)
          54.62 (10.36)     1:06.42 (22.16)
        1:16.48 (10.06)     1:27.88 (21.46)
  7 NC State-NC  'A'              1:27.98    1:28.13 D1-A    24  
     1) Poli, Lauren SR               2) r:0.19 Koletic, Ashlyn JR    
     3) r:0.27 Duffield, Krista FR    4) r:0.25 Bonnema, Riki JR      
    r:+1.95  10.96        22.68 (22.68)
          32.87 (10.19)       44.63 (21.95)
          54.88 (10.25)     1:06.56 (21.93)
        1:16.65 (10.09)     1:28.13 (21.57)
  8 Louisville-KY  'A'            1:28.05    1:28.90 D1-A    22  
     1) Kneppers, Andrea SO           2) r:0.29 Worrell, Kelsi JR     
     3) r:0.15 Patterson, Maggie      4) r:0.26 Kylliainen, Tanja SR  
    r:+0.79  11.10        22.71 (22.71)
           32.66 (9.95)       43.96 (21.25)
          54.65 (10.69)     1:06.60 (22.64)
        1:16.99 (10.39)     1:28.90 (22.30)

  1. California                         40   2. Stanford                           34
  3. Georgia                            32   4. Wisconsin                          30
  5. Texas A&M                          28   6. Auburn                             26
  7. NC State                           24   8. Louisville                         22
  9. Tennessee                          18  10. Southern California                14
 11. Arizona                            12  12. Penn State                         10
 13. Texas                               8  14. Virginia                            6
 15. UNC                                 4  16. San Diego State                     2

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

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