Simone Manuel Successfully Defends 100 Free Title at Santa Clara Pro Series

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Women’s 100 Free

Stanford sprint stars Simone Manuel and Lia Neal topped the competition in finals of the women’s 100 free. The two Olympians posted times of 54.31 and 54.64 for first and second respectively. Today’s 100 free victory marks the third straight stop of the 2017 arena Pro Swim Series that Manuel has topped the competition.

Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey grabbed third overall with a 54.84, followed by Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil and her time of 55.47.

Rebecca Millard finished fifth overall with a 55.64, just ahead of Kelsi Worrell’s 55.80.

Cal teammates Amy Bilquist (55.86) and Katie McLaughlin (55.86), along with Sarah Fournier (56.00) completed the top heat.

                        === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 Manuel, Simone A       20 Un-Stanford-PC-     54.90      54.31  
                 26.45        54.31 (27.86)
  2 Neal, Lia M            22 Un-Stanford-PC-     55.04      54.64  
                 26.79        54.64 (27.85)
  3 Haughey, Siobhan       19 Hong Kong-          55.17      54.84  
                 26.85        54.84 (27.99)
  4 Weitzeil, Abbey R      20 Cal-PC-             55.05      55.47  
                 26.59        55.47 (28.88)
  5 Millard, Rebecca A     22 Una Txla-ST-        55.51      55.64  
                 26.99        55.64 (28.65)
  6 Worrell, Kelsi E       22 Cardinal Aquatic    55.50      55.80  
                 27.15        55.80 (28.65)
  7 McLaughlin, Katie A    19 Cal-PC-             55.81      55.86  
                 27.29        55.86 (28.57)
  7 Bilquist, Amy M        19 Cal-PC-             55.76      55.86  
                 26.90        55.86 (28.96)
  9 Fournier, Sarah        20 ©club de Natatio    55.76      56.00  
                 27.29        56.00 (28.71)

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Tim Farrell

6 years ago

great to hear!!

Thomas A. Small

6 years ago

Congratulations