Pac-12 Women’s Championships Day 2: Torri Huske, Taylor Ruck Surge to Sub-22 50s as Stanford Builds Lead

taylor-ruck-pac-12
Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Left Sidebar

The 2023 Pac-12 Women’s Championships continued with the Day 2 finals on Thursday night from Federal Way, Wash.

The evening  session consisted of the 500 freestyle, 200 IM and 50 freestyle as well as 1-meter diving and the 200 free relay.

Stanford won the 200 free relay and went 1-2 in the 50 free to built its lead heading into the third day of the meet.

     Combined Team Scores - Through Event 8                      
 
  1. Stanford University               540   2. University of California -berk    454
  3. University of Southern Calif      428   4. University of California - LA     330
  5. Arizona State University          312   6. University of Arizona             242
  7. Utah, University of               184   8. Washington State University       153

Here is a look at the day-two action:

Live Results

Pac-12 Conference Coverage

Pac-12 Women’s 1-Meter Diving

Arizona’s Delaney Schnell won the 1-meter diving with 355.50 points.

USC fifth year Carolina Sculti took second with 324.34, followed by Utah’s Holly Waxman (311.15) and USC’s Nike Agunbiade (306.80).

Event 1  Women 1 mtr Diving
=========================================================================
         NCAA: N 361.55  3/18/2007 Cassidy Krug, Stanford
       PAC-12: M 366.75  2011      Victoria Ishimatsu, USC
 PAC-12 Champ: P 366.75  2011      Victoria Ishimatsu, USC
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Schnell, Delaney       SR Arizona            356.10     355.50   32  
  2 Sculti, Carolina       SR Southern Cali      308.70     324.35   28  
  3 Waxman, Holly          SO Utah               300.15     311.15   27  
  4 Agunbiade, Nike        SR Southern Cali      268.95     306.80   26  
  5 Gariepy-Regan, Quinn   SO Arizona            271.60     298.05   25  
  6 Burch, Lauren          SO Stanford           274.65     290.95   24  
  7 Grant, Kathryn         FR Utah               268.75     288.10   23  
  8 Butler, Hannah         SR UCLA               265.40     271.00   22  
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Jespergaard, Zoe       SO UCLA               244.90     279.95   20  
 10 Sleeman, Gracie        SR Arizona            258.95     278.80   17  
 11 Ayazi, Zara            FR Arizona            260.75     267.75   16  
 12 Lee, Grace             SO Southern Cali      246.45     263.95   15  
 13 Cheng, Eden            FR UCLA               236.45     260.40   14  
 14 Wortman, Julia         SR Stanford           241.95     248.60   13  
 15 Salvitti, Maya         SO UCLA               236.65     238.80   12  
 16 Kowalski, Sydney       SO Utah               224.75     194.75   11

Pac-12 Women’s 500 Free

Arizona State senior Lindsay Looney dropped three seconds from her prelims time to win the conference title in the 500 freestyle, winning in 4:38.29.

She held off Stanford senior Morgan Tankersley by seven hundredths of a second thanks to a 26.73 final split.

Tankersley took second in 4:38.36.

Meanwhile, Molly Batchelor gave the Sun Devils a 1-3 finish with her time of 4:39.54.

Stanford had three more scorers in the event with sophomore Aurora Roghari taking fourth (4:39.77), freshman Kayla Wilson taking seventh (4:42.78) and freshman Natalie Mannion finishing eighth (4:43.27).

Cal seniors Ayla Spitz (4:39.93) and Mia Motekaitis (4:41.44) went 5-6 for the Golden Bears.

Event 5  Women 500 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
         NCAA: N 4:24.06  3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
       PAC-12: M 4:24.06  2017      Katie Ledecky, Stanford
 PAC-12 Champ: P 4:25.15  2017      Katie Ledecky, Stanford
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Looney, Lindsay        SR ASU               4:41.03    4:38.29   32  
                 25.53        53.35 (27.82)
        1:21.42 (28.07)     1:49.84 (28.42)
        2:18.34 (28.50)     2:46.76 (28.42)
        3:15.12 (28.36)     3:43.44 (28.32)
        4:11.56 (28.12)     4:38.29 (26.73)
  2 Tankersley, Morgan     SR Stanford          4:42.92    4:38.36   28  
                 25.97        53.86 (27.89)
        1:22.33 (28.47)     1:50.95 (28.62)
        2:19.32 (28.37)     2:47.51 (28.19)
        3:15.63 (28.12)     3:43.68 (28.05)
        4:11.37 (27.69)     4:38.36 (26.99)
  3 Batchelor, Molly       SR ASU               4:41.82    4:39.54   27  
                 25.56        53.36 (27.80)
        1:21.64 (28.28)     1:49.92 (28.28)
        2:18.40 (28.48)     2:46.94 (28.54)
        3:15.48 (28.54)     3:44.00 (28.52)
        4:12.21 (28.21)     4:39.54 (27.33)
  4 Roghair, Aurora        SO Stanford          4:40.95    4:39.77   26  
                 25.83        53.68 (27.85)
        1:21.63 (27.95)     1:49.90 (28.27)
        2:18.15 (28.25)     2:46.48 (28.33)
        3:14.93 (28.45)     3:43.42 (28.49)
        4:11.75 (28.33)     4:39.77 (28.02)
  5 Spitz, Ayla            SR CAL               4:40.93    4:39.93   25  
                 25.89        53.94 (28.05)
        1:22.38 (28.44)     1:51.00 (28.62)
        2:19.42 (28.42)     2:48.05 (28.63)
        3:16.34 (28.29)     3:44.56 (28.22)
        4:12.48 (27.92)     4:39.93 (27.45)
  6 Motekaitis, Mia        SR CAL               4:41.11    4:41.44   24  
                 25.36        53.05 (27.69)
        1:21.16 (28.11)     1:49.68 (28.52)
        2:18.24 (28.56)     2:46.59 (28.35)
        3:15.24 (28.65)     3:43.96 (28.72)
        4:12.94 (28.98)     4:41.44 (28.50)
  7 Wilson, Kayla          FR Stanford          4:43.10    4:42.78   23  
                 25.96        53.70 (27.74)
        1:22.14 (28.44)     1:50.80 (28.66)
        2:19.35 (28.55)     2:48.24 (28.89)
        3:17.12 (28.88)     3:46.09 (28.97)
        4:15.09 (29.00)     4:42.78 (27.69)
  8 Mannion, Natalie       FR Stanford          4:43.48    4:43.27   22  
                 25.98        54.26 (28.28)
        1:22.86 (28.60)     1:51.46 (28.60)
        2:20.21 (28.75)     2:48.99 (28.78)
        3:17.81 (28.82)     3:46.66 (28.85)
        4:15.50 (28.84)     4:43.27 (27.77)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Klinker, Rachel        SR CAL               4:44.13    4:41.76   20  
                 26.06        54.20 (28.14)
        1:22.78 (28.58)     1:51.35 (28.57)
        2:19.43 (28.08)     2:48.11 (28.68)
        3:16.47 (28.36)     3:44.92 (28.45)
        4:13.57 (28.65)     4:41.76 (28.19)
 10 Kahler, Marlene        SO Southern Cali     4:44.06    4:42.87   17  
                 25.58        53.17 (27.59)
        1:21.23 (28.06)     1:49.69 (28.46)
        2:18.13 (28.44)     2:46.61 (28.48)
        3:15.43 (28.82)     3:44.71 (29.28)
        4:13.96 (29.25)     4:42.87 (28.91)
 11 Bellio, Katrina        FR UCLA              4:44.42    4:43.18   16  
                 26.52        54.56 (28.04)
        1:23.16 (28.60)     1:51.92 (28.76)
        2:20.75 (28.83)     2:49.54 (28.79)
        3:18.17 (28.63)     3:46.66 (28.49)
        4:15.53 (28.87)     4:43.18 (27.65)
 12 Fabian, Fanni          SO CAL               4:48.87    4:43.19   15  
                 25.99        54.19 (28.20)
        1:22.60 (28.41)     1:51.27 (28.67)
        2:19.75 (28.48)     2:47.78 (28.03)
        3:16.20 (28.42)     3:45.26 (29.06)
        4:14.72 (29.46)     4:43.19 (28.47)
 13 Maceachern, Paige      SO UCLA              4:44.43    4:43.21   14  
                 26.33        54.90 (28.57)
        1:23.54 (28.64)     1:52.20 (28.66)
        2:20.86 (28.66)     2:49.83 (28.97)
        3:18.32 (28.49)     3:47.08 (28.76)
        4:15.54 (28.46)     4:43.21 (27.67)
 14 Nordmann, Lillie       SO Stanford          4:46.48    4:44.21   13  
                 26.10        54.71 (28.61)
        1:23.67 (28.96)     1:52.89 (29.22)
        2:21.74 (28.85)     2:50.33 (28.59)
        3:18.93 (28.60)     3:47.57 (28.64)
        4:16.09 (28.52)     4:44.21 (28.12)
 15 Straume, Elli          JR ASU               4:47.71    4:46.41   12  
                 26.13        54.55 (28.42)
        1:23.30 (28.75)     1:51.96 (28.66)
        2:21.00 (29.04)     2:49.85 (28.85)
        3:18.74 (28.89)     3:47.99 (29.25)
        4:17.41 (29.42)     4:46.41 (29.00)
 16 DiMeco, Sarah          SR CAL               4:46.24    4:47.45   11  
                 26.01        54.04 (28.03)
        1:22.70 (28.66)     1:51.63 (28.93)
        2:20.72 (29.09)     2:49.73 (29.01)
        3:19.11 (29.38)     3:48.53 (29.42)
        4:18.18 (29.65)     4:47.45 (29.27)

Pac-12 Women’s 200 IM

The Cal Golden Bears put together a 1-2 finish in the 200 IM. Sophomore Leah Polonsky dropped three seconds from her prelim time to touch the wall in 1:54.02, a dominating performance.

Junior teammate Isabelle Stadden was second in 1:55.52, a second and a half behind, despite dropping a half second from her prelim time. It was a 60-point performance for Cal.

USC took the next two spots with senior Isabelle Odgers taking third in 1:55.68, followed by freshman Justina Kozan (1:56.62).

Stanford took three of the next four spots with freshmen Lucy Bell (1:56.64), Charlotte Hook (1:57.49) and Gigi Johnson (2:00.08) going 5-7-8. Arizona State’s Ieva Maluka was sixth in 1:57.37.

Event 6  Women 200 Yard IM
=========================================================================
         NCAA: N 1:50.08  3/17/2022 Alex Walsh, Virginia
       PAC-12: M 1:50.67  2018      Ella Eastin, Stanford
 PAC-12 Champ: P 1:52.26  2012      Katinka Kosszu, USC
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Polonsky, Leah         SO CAL               1:57.05    1:54.02   32  
                 25.26        53.44 (28.18)
        1:26.51 (33.07)     1:54.02 (27.51)
  2 Stadden, Isabelle      JR CAL               1:56.08    1:55.52   28  
                 25.09        52.93 (27.84)
        1:27.86 (34.93)     1:55.52 (27.66)
  3 Odgers, Isabelle       SR Southern Cali     1:56.41    1:55.68   27  
                 25.35        54.76 (29.41)
        1:27.67 (32.91)     1:55.68 (28.01)
  4 Kozan, Justina         FR Southern Cali     1:57.56    1:56.62   26  
                 25.76        55.47 (29.71)
        1:30.10 (34.63)     1:56.62 (26.52)
  5 Bell, Lucy             FR Stanford          1:56.47    1:56.64   25  
                 25.35        55.49 (30.14)
        1:28.97 (33.48)     1:56.64 (27.67)
  6 Maluka, Ieva           FR ASU               1:58.31    1:57.37   24  
                 25.73        54.21 (28.48)
        1:29.17 (34.96)     1:57.37 (28.20)
  7 Hook, Charlotte        FR Stanford          1:58.14    1:57.49   23  
                 26.07        55.97 (29.90)
        1:30.13 (34.16)     1:57.49 (27.36)
  8 Johnson, Gigi          FR Stanford          1:58.11    2:00.08   22  
                 25.95        55.59 (29.64)
        1:31.38 (35.79)     2:00.08 (28.70)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Brown, Charli          SO ASU               1:59.14    1:57.85   20  
                 25.37        54.40 (29.03)
        1:29.51 (35.11)     1:57.85 (28.34)
 10 McEnroe, Annika        SO CAL               1:58.56    1:58.01   17  
                 25.75        53.91 (28.16)
        1:28.65 (34.74)     1:58.01 (29.36)
 11 Foelske, Jade          SR ASU               1:58.92    1:58.59   16  
                 25.08        55.15 (30.07)
        1:30.27 (35.12)     1:58.59 (28.32)
 12 Adams, Katherine       FR Southern Cali     1:59.58    1:58.99   15  
                 26.54        57.18 (30.64)
        1:31.05 (33.87)     1:58.99 (27.94)
 13 Murphy, Rosie          FR UCLA              1:58.62    1:59.12   14  
                 25.69        56.13 (30.44)
        1:30.69 (34.56)     1:59.12 (28.43)
 14 McMillan, Ashley       FR Southern Cali     1:58.45    1:59.35   13  
                 25.47        54.99 (29.52)
        1:30.10 (35.11)     1:59.35 (29.25)
 15 Stanfield, Summer      SR Utah              2:00.12    2:00.12   12  
                 26.03        56.17 (30.14)
        1:32.29 (36.12)     2:00.12 (27.83)
 16 Rudolph, Janelle       JR Stanford          1:59.59    2:00.87   11  
                 26.09        55.97 (29.88)
        1:31.64 (35.67)     2:00.87 (29.23)

Pac-12 Women’s 50 Free

Stanford built its lead with a stellar 1-2 performance in the 50 freestyle.

Despite not being the main event for either swimmer, Stanford’s Torri Huske and Taylor Ruck put together some incredible speed to take the top two spots and earn a combined 60 points for the team.

Huske matched her prelims time to win in 21.67. Ruck was just two tenths behind in 21.87, the only two in the field to break 22 seconds.

UCLA took the next two spots with senior Claire Grover finishing third in 22.13, followed by senior Rachel Rhee touching in 22.21.

USC juniors Anicka Delgado and Hanna Henderson tied for fifth in 22.30.

Stanford sophomore Amy Tang finished seventh in 22.33 and Cal sophomore Stephanie Akakabota was eighth (22.61).

Event 7  Women 50 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
         NCAA: N 20.84  3/22/2022 Kat Douglas, Virginia
       PAC-12: M 20.90  2019      Abbey Weitzeil, CAL
 PAC-12 Champ: P 21.03  2020      Abbey Weitzeil, CAL
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Huske, Torri           SO Stanford            21.67      21.67   32  
                 10.37        21.67 (11.30)
  2 Ruck, Taylor           SR Stanford            22.17      21.87   28  
                 10.64        21.87 (11.23)
  3 Grover, Claire         SR UCLA                22.22      22.13   27  
                 10.63        22.13 (11.50)
  4 Rhee, Rachel           SR UCLA                22.38      22.21   26  
                 10.87        22.21 (11.34)
  5 Delgado, Anicka        JR Southern Cali       22.26      22.30   24.5
                 10.80        22.30 (11.50)
  5 Henderson, Hanna       JR Southern Cali       22.13      22.30   24.5
                 10.86        22.30 (11.44)
  7 Tang, Amy              SO Stanford            22.41      22.33   23  
                 10.79        22.33 (11.54)
  8 Akakabota, Stephanie   SO CAL                 22.33      22.61   22  
                 10.86        22.61 (11.75)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Davidson, Emma         SR CAL                 22.55      22.21   20  
                 10.73        22.21 (11.48)
 10 Wheal, Emma            SR Stanford            22.42      22.52   17  
                 10.86        22.52 (11.66)
 11 Stone, Mckenna         SO CAL                 22.69      22.54   16  
                 10.91        22.54 (11.63)
 12 Gantriis, Emily        JR CAL                 22.41      22.55   15  
                 10.78        22.55 (11.77)
 13 Mazurek, Ella          SO CAL                 22.46      22.57   14  
                 10.90        22.57 (11.67)
 14 Dobler, Kaitlyn        JR Southern Cali       22.55      22.60   13  
                 10.95        22.60 (11.65)
 15 Garcia, Elise          SR Southern Cali       22.64      22.64   12  
                 11.06        22.64 (11.58)
 16 Shaw, Anna             SO Stanford            22.63      22.71   11  
                 11.02        22.71 (11.69)

Pac-12 Women’s 200 Free Relay

After going 1-2 in the 50 free, the Stanford Cardinal kept the springtime momentum going in the 200 free relay.

Placing the top two from the 50 (Huske and Ruck) in the middle of the relay, Stanford won the event in 1:25.98.

Claire Curzan led off with a 21.59, followed by Torri Huske (21.33), Taylor Ruck (21.45) and Amy Tang (21.61), who was seventh in the 50 free.

Cal’s Emma Davidson, Isabelle Stadden, McKenna Stone and Eloise Riley took second in 1:28.14.

USC’s Anicka Delgado, Kaitlyn Dobler, Elise Garcia and Hanna Henderson took third in 1:28.19.

Event 8  Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
==================================================================================
         NCAA: N 1:24.47  2/16/2022 Virginia
                          K. Douglas, A. Walsh, L. Cuomo, G. Walsh
       PAC-12: M 1:24.55  2019      University of California-Berk
                          M Murphy, K McLaughlin, A Bliquist, A Weitzeil
 PAC-12 Champ: P 1:25.87  2018      University of California-Berk
                          M Murphy, A Bilquist, K McLaughlin, A Weitzeil
    School                                 Seed     Finals Points 
==================================================================================
  1 Stanford  'A'                       1:25.90    1:25.98   64  
     1) Curzan, Claire FR             2) Huske, Torri SO              
     3) Ruck, Taylor SR               4) Tang, Amy SO                 
                 21.59        42.92 (21.33)
        1:04.37 (21.45)     1:25.98 (21.61)
  2 CAL  'A'                            1:28.51    1:28.14   56  
     1) Davidson, Emma SR             2) Stadden, Isabelle JR         
     3) Stone, Mckenna SO             4) Riley, Eloise SR             
                 22.27        44.16 (21.89)
        1:06.01 (21.85)     1:28.14 (22.13)
  3 Southern Cali  'A'                  1:27.38    1:28.19   54  
     1) Delgado, Anicka JR            2) Dobler, Kaitlyn JR           
     3) Garcia, Elise SR              4) Henderson, Hanna JR          
                 22.43        44.67 (22.24)
        1:06.50 (21.83)     1:28.19 (21.69)
  4 Arizona  'A'                        1:29.01    1:29.50   52  
     1) Heimstead, Julia JR           2) Schwengel, Alyssa SO         
     3) Burt, Maddy SR                4) Wozniak, Julia FR            
                 22.66        44.66 (22.00)
        1:07.43 (22.77)     1:29.50 (22.07)
  5 UCLA  'A'                           1:29.39    1:29.98   50  
     1) Rhee, Rachel SR               2) Kosturos, Sophia SR          
     3) Wright, Madeleine JR          4) Grover, Claire SR            
                 22.40        45.07 (22.67)
        1:07.70 (22.63)     1:29.98 (22.28)
  6 ASU  'A'                            1:31.99    1:30.57   48  
     1) Looney, Lindsay SR            2) Milligan, Erin JR            
     3) Batchelor, Molly SR           4) Maluka, Ieva FR              
                 22.91        45.79 (22.88)
        1:08.03 (22.24)     1:30.57 (22.54)
  7 Washington St.  'A'                 1:30.59    1:31.83   46  
     1) Harvey, Noelle SO             2) de Goede, Kirsten FR         
     3) Di Palo, Angela SO            4) Duran, Selena SO             
                 23.09        46.23 (23.14)
        1:09.23 (23.00)     1:31.83 (22.60)
  8 Utah  'A'                           1:32.20    1:31.86   44  
     1) Palmer, Erin FR               2) Miller, Kayla SR             
     3) Hale, Katie SR                4) Cathcart, Reagan JR          
                 23.47        46.59 (23.12)
        1:09.23 (22.64)     1:31.86 (22.63)
Subscribe
Notify of
guest

Welcome to our community. We invite you to join our discussion. Our community guidelines are simple: be respectful and constructive, keep on topic, and support your fellow commenters. Commenting signifies that you agree to our Terms of Use

1 Comment
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
James Gatzke
James Gatzke
1 year ago

The story here is an ASU program that was dead in the water (pun completely intended) a few years ago, and now, with a reserving women’s team and the men ranked number one in the country, IS BACK! Congratulations to Lindsay Looney and the Devils. Forks Up!!!

0
Reply
1
0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x