Pac-12 Women’s Championships Day 4 Prelims: Isabelle Stadden, Natalie Mannion Tie for 200 Backstroke Top Seed

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The 2024 Pac-12 Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the Day 3 prelims from Federal Way, Washington.

The Day 3 events are the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly.

Live Results

More College Coverage

Pac-12 Women’s 200 Backstroke

While it was no surprise that Isabelle Stadden claimed the top seed in in the 200 backstroke, the surprise was the Cal senior was not alone.

Stadden and Stanford sophomore Natalie Mannion tied for the top seed in the 200 backstroke, both getting to the wall in 1:52.80.

They were both NCAA B cuts, though Stadden has swam an A cut earlier this season. Her best time of the year is 1:49.21.

Mannion’s best time going into this race was 1:52.42, but it will be interesting to see who has the most left in the tank after a long meet.

UCLA sophomore Rosie Murphy took the third seed in 1:53.45, ahead of Cal’s Mia Motekaitis (1:53.99) and USC freshman Macky Hodges (1:54.51).

Utah landed two in the finals with Norah Hay taking sixth (1:55.42) ahead of Summer Stanfield (1:56.27). Washington State’s Kiana Swain grabbed the eighth spot to round out the finalists.

 Event 17  Women 200 Yard Backstroke
==================================================================
         NCAA: N 1:47.24  3/23/2019 Beata Nelson, Wisconsin
       PAC-12: M 1:47.30  2018      Kathleen Baker, CAL
 PAC-12 Champ: P 1:47.43  2023      Claire Curzan, CAL
                 1:50.50  A Standard
                 1:57.07  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Stadden, Isabel  SR CAL               1:49.21    1:52.80 B      
                 26.31        54.81 (28.50)
        1:23.90 (29.09)     1:52.80 (28.90)
  1 Mannion, Natali  SO STAN              1:52.42    1:52.80 B      
                 26.96        55.47 (28.51)
        1:24.10 (28.63)     1:52.80 (28.70)
  3 Murphy, Rosie    SO UCLA              1:53.25    1:53.45 B      
                 26.78        55.15 (28.37)
        1:24.09 (28.94)     1:53.45 (29.36)
  4 Motekaitis, Mia  GS CAL               1:53.97    1:53.99 B      
                 26.56        55.23 (28.67)
        1:24.64 (29.41)     1:53.99 (29.35)
  5 Hodges, Macky    FR USC               1:53.75    1:54.51 B      
                 27.14        55.66 (28.52)
        1:24.85 (29.19)     1:54.51 (29.66)
  6 Hay, Norah       JR UTAH              1:54.70    1:55.42 B      
                 27.50        56.52 (29.02)
        1:26.31 (29.79)     1:55.42 (29.11)
  7 Stanfield, Summ  GS UTAH              1:55.90    1:56.27 B      
                 27.84        56.74 (28.90)
        1:26.03 (29.29)     1:56.27 (30.24)
  8 Swain, Kiana     SR WSU               1:57.20    1:56.52 B      
                 27.39        56.91 (29.52)
        1:26.81 (29.90)     1:56.52 (29.71)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  9 Brown, Charli    SO ASU               1:55.23    1:56.89 B      
                 26.95        56.32 (29.37)
        1:26.29 (29.97)     1:56.89 (30.60)
 10 Armstrong, Paig  SO ARIZ              1:56.97    1:57.21        
                 27.39        56.79 (29.40)
        1:26.88 (30.09)     1:57.21 (30.33)
 11 Barnes, Lindsay  FR USC               1:56.17    1:57.35        
                 27.51        56.86 (29.35)
        1:27.07 (30.21)     1:57.35 (30.28)
 12 Lustria, Fay     SO UCLA              1:58.44    1:57.52        
                 27.71        57.41 (29.70)
        1:27.50 (30.09)     1:57.52 (30.02)
 13 Edwards, Hana    JR ASU               1:57.09    1:57.53        
                 27.41        57.00 (29.59)
        1:27.28 (30.28)     1:57.53 (30.25)
 14 Clayson, Athena  SR ASU               1:57.29    1:57.80        
                 28.04        58.19 (30.15)
        1:28.24 (30.05)     1:57.80 (29.56)
 15 Waldow, Alice    JR USC               1:56.15    1:57.86        
                 27.73        57.29 (29.56)
        1:27.07 (29.78)     1:57.86 (30.79)
 16 Chang, Mia       JR UCLA              1:57.57    1:57.92        
                 27.17        56.67 (29.50)
        1:26.59 (29.92)     1:57.92 (31.33)

Pac-12 Women’s 100 Freestyle

Stanford junior Amy Tang was the fastest of a loaded sprinting field in the 100 freestyle.

Tang got tot he wall in 48.05, a B cut, and was just four hundredths of as second ahead of Cal grad student Eloise Riley (48.09).

Stanford sophomore Gigi Johnson took the third spot in finals with a 48.24, just ahead of USC’s quad of Vasilia Buinaia (48.27), Minna Abraham (48.29), Claire Tuggle (48.41) and 50 free champ Anicka Delgado (48.42).

Stanford’s Kayla Wilson rounded out the top eight at 48.73.

Event 18  Women 100 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
         NCAA: N 45.56  3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
       PAC-12: M 46.46  2023      Tori Huske, Stanford
 PAC-12 Champ: P 46.35  2019      Abbey Weitzeil, CAL
                 47.18  A Standard
                 49.36  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Tang, Amy        JR STAN                48.16      48.05 B      
                 10.98        23.12 (12.14)
          35.66 (12.54)       48.05 (12.39)
  2 Riley, Eloise    GS CAL                 48.47      48.09 B      
                 11.02        22.98 (11.96)
          35.60 (12.62)       48.09 (12.49)
  3 Johnson, Gigi    SO STAN                48.61      48.24 B      
                 11.01        23.25 (12.24)
          35.64 (12.39)       48.24 (12.60)
  4 Buinaia, Vasili  GS USC                 47.40      48.27 B      
                 10.92        22.99 (12.07)
          35.65 (12.66)       48.27 (12.62)
  5 Abraham, Minna   FR USC                 47.90      48.29 B      
                 10.95        23.19 (12.24)
          36.00 (12.81)       48.29 (12.29)
  6 Tuggle, Claire   SO USC                 48.94      48.41 B      
                 11.15        23.39 (12.24)
          35.91 (12.52)       48.41 (12.50)
  7 Delgado, Anicka  SR USC                 48.44      48.42 B      
                 11.12        23.54 (12.42)
          36.11 (12.57)       48.42 (12.31)
  8 Wilson, Kayla    SO STAN                48.41      48.73 B      
                 11.33        23.52 (12.19)
          36.34 (12.82)       48.73 (12.39)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  9 Wilson, Maya     SR UCLA                48.84      48.78 B      
                 11.39        23.64 (12.25)
          36.31 (12.67)       48.78 (12.47)
 10 Maluka, Ieva     SO ASU                 48.85      48.81 B      
                 11.29        23.43 (12.14)
          36.13 (12.70)       48.81 (12.68)
 11 Shaw, Anna       JR STAN                48.49      48.83 B      
                 11.18        23.43 (12.25)
          35.95 (12.52)       48.83 (12.88)
 12 Milligan, Erin   JR ASU                 48.71      48.85 B      
                 11.15        23.41 (12.26)
          36.09 (12.68)       48.85 (12.76)
 13 Hoppenbrouwer,   FR CAL                 49.63      48.86 B      
                 11.27        23.61 (12.34)
          36.34 (12.73)       48.86 (12.52)
 14 Brophy, Morgan   JR CAL                 49.29      48.93 B      
                 11.03        23.45 (12.42)
          36.26 (12.81)       48.93 (12.67)
 15 Schaffer, Brook  GS UCLA                48.93      48.99 B      
                 11.04        23.44 (12.40)
          36.07 (12.63)       48.99 (12.92)
 16 Kuechler, Hanna  SO USC                 48.78      49.05 B      
                 11.09        23.46 (12.37)
          36.35 (12.89)       49.05 (12.70)

Pac-12 Women’s 200 Breaststroke

Stanford freshman Caroline Bricker continued her strong meet with a top seed in the 200 breaststroke. She got to the wall in 2:08.84.

USC senior Kaitlyn Dobler, the 100 breaststroke winner, took the second seed in 2:09.09, setting up what could be a stellar duel in the finals.

Cal took the next three spots with Alicia Henry (2:09.52), Hannah Brunzell (2:09.76) and Abigail Herscu (2:09.94).

Washington State’s Emily Lundgren grabbed the sixth seed with a swim of 2:10.39, followed by UCLA’s Eva Carlson (2:11.61) and Ana Jih-Schiff (2:11.87).

Event 19  Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
==================================================================
         NCAA: N 2:01.87  11/19/2022Kate Douglass, Virgnia
       PAC-12: M 2:04.75  2009      Rebecca Soni, USC
 PAC-12 Champ: P 2:04.75  2009      Rebecca Soni, USC
                 2:05.73  A Standard
                 2:13.86  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Bricker, Caroli  FR STAN              2:06.85    2:08.84 B      
                 29.57      1:02.75 (33.18)
        1:35.78 (33.03)     2:08.84 (33.06)
  2 Dobler, Kaitlyn  SR USC               2:06.28    2:09.09 B      
                 29.14      1:02.27 (33.13)
        1:35.32 (33.05)     2:09.09 (33.77)
  3 Henry, Alicia    JR CAL               2:08.84    2:09.52 B      
                 29.57      1:02.18 (32.61)
        1:35.58 (33.40)     2:09.52 (33.94)
  4 Brunzell, Hanna  GS CAL               2:08.65    2:09.76 B      
                 29.41      1:01.50 (32.09)
        1:34.78 (33.28)     2:09.76 (34.98)
  5 Herscu, Abigail  SO CAL               2:10.75    2:09.94 B      
                 29.95      1:03.17 (33.22)
        1:36.30 (33.13)     2:09.94 (33.64)
  6 Lundgren, Emily  SO WSU               2:09.37    2:10.39 B      
                 29.56      1:02.76 (33.20)
        1:36.27 (33.51)     2:10.39 (34.12)
  7 Carlson, Eva     JR UCLA              2:12.69    2:11.61 B      
                 29.96      1:03.70 (33.74)
        1:37.75 (34.05)     2:11.61 (33.86)
  8 Jih-Schiff, Ana  JR UCLA              2:09.81    2:11.87 B      
                 30.05      1:03.10 (33.05)
        1:37.11 (34.01)     2:11.87 (34.76)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  9 Gehlert, Emma    SO ASU               2:10.11    2:11.91 B      
                 29.64      1:02.18 (32.54)
        1:36.23 (34.05)     2:11.91 (35.68)
 10 Neser, Jade      GS CAL               2:11.54    2:12.13 B      
                 28.96      1:01.98 (33.02)
        1:35.97 (33.99)     2:12.13 (36.16)
 11 Thomas, Lucy     FR STAN              2:12.13    2:12.67 B      
                 29.62      1:02.97 (33.35)
        1:37.68 (34.71)     2:12.67 (34.99)
 12 Tadder, Samanth  JR STAN              2:11.42    2:12.77 B      
                 29.87      1:03.08 (33.21)
        1:37.49 (34.41)     2:12.77 (35.28)
 13 Summar, Zoe      SO ASU               2:09.41    2:12.86 B      
                 29.41      1:02.49 (33.08)
        1:36.55 (34.06)     2:12.86 (36.31)
 14 Bennetts, Sarah  FR UCLA              2:12.11    2:13.36 B      
                 29.24      1:02.54 (33.30)
        1:36.85 (34.31)     2:13.36 (36.51)
 15 Flowers, Ella    SO USC               2:13.24    2:13.49 B      
                 30.56      1:04.14 (33.58)
        1:38.80 (34.66)     2:13.49 (34.69)
 16 Hedges, Anelise  JR UTAH              2:14.75    2:14.11        
                 30.54      1:04.05 (33.51)
        1:38.81 (34.76)     2:14.11 (35.30)

Pac-12 Women’s 200 Butterfly

Arizona State senior Lindsay Looney claimed the top seed in the 200 butterfly as three swimmers broke 1:54 in the morning.

Looney got to the wall in 1:53.37 to finish ahead of Cal grad student Rachel Klinker (1:53.51) and Stanford sophomore Charlotte Hook (1:53.97).

Stanford junior Lillie Nordmann was fourth in 1:54.54, followed by Arizona’s Julia Heimstead (1:54.92), Stanford’s Lucy Bell (1:55.00), Washington State’s Dori Hathazi (1:55.5) and Cal’s Leah Polonsky (1:55.56).

Event 20  Women 200 Yard Butterfly
==================================================================
         NCAA: N 1:49.16  2/23/2024 Alex Walsh, Virginia
       PAC-12: M 1:49.51  2018      Ella Eastin, Stanford
 PAC-12 Champ: P 1:49.51  2018      Ella Eastin, Stanford
                 1:52.86  A Standard
                 1:59.23  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Looney, Lindsay  SR ASU               1:52.61    1:53.37 B      
                 25.47        54.24 (28.77)
        1:23.43 (29.19)     1:53.37 (29.94)
  2 Klinker, Rachel  GS CAL               1:52.33    1:53.51 B      
                 26.00        54.67 (28.67)
        1:23.69 (29.02)     1:53.51 (29.82)
  3 Hook, Charlotte  SO STAN              1:53.96    1:53.97 B      
                 26.17        55.05 (28.88)
        1:24.48 (29.43)     1:53.97 (29.49)
  4 Nordmann, Lilli  JR STAN              1:52.41    1:54.64 B      
                 25.86        54.90 (29.04)
        1:24.59 (29.69)     1:54.64 (30.05)
  5 Heimstead, Juli  SR ARIZ              1:55.14    1:54.92 B      
                 26.02        55.17 (29.15)
        1:24.77 (29.60)     1:54.92 (30.15)
  6 Bell, Lucy       SO STAN              1:52.62    1:55.00 B      
                 25.81        54.94 (29.13)
        1:24.66 (29.72)     1:55.00 (30.34)
  7 Hathazi, Dori    SO WSU               1:55.74    1:55.55 B      
                 25.99        54.63 (28.64)
        1:24.53 (29.90)     1:55.55 (31.02)
  8 Polonsky, Leah   JR CAL               1:53.89    1:55.56 B      
                 25.99        55.45 (29.46)
        1:24.95 (29.50)     1:55.56 (30.61)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  9 Cook, Lizzy      JR CAL               1:55.41    1:56.86 B      
                 26.25        55.63 (29.38)
        1:25.95 (30.32)     1:56.86 (30.91)
 10 Foelske, Jade    SR ASU               1:57.59    1:57.24 B      
                 26.47        56.39 (29.92)
        1:26.48 (30.09)     1:57.24 (30.76)
 11 Sasseville, Gen  JR USC               1:57.97    1:57.43 B      
                 26.14        56.03 (29.89)
        1:26.51 (30.48)     1:57.43 (30.92)
 12 Maceachern, Pai  JR UCLA              1:57.08    1:57.71 B      
                 26.13        55.87 (29.74)
        1:26.14 (30.27)     1:57.71 (31.57)
 13 Marty, Katrina   SR ASU               1:59.48    1:58.80 B      
                 26.78        56.52 (29.74)
        1:26.65 (30.13)     1:58.80 (32.15)
 14 Kolessar, Ashle  SO UCLA              1:58.26    1:59.16 B      
                 27.19        57.17 (29.98)
        1:27.89 (30.72)     1:59.16 (31.27)
 15 Fiorilli, Ashly  SR CAL               2:00.45    1:59.19 B      
                 27.06        56.83 (29.77)
        1:27.77 (30.94)     1:59.19 (31.42)
 16 Vaishnani, Soni  FR ASU               1:58.75    1:59.53        
                 26.06        56.08 (30.02)
        1:27.31 (31.23)     1:59.53 (32.22)

Name*

Email*

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