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The Stanford Cardinal, California Golden Bears and the Indiana Hoosiers swam the three fastest 200 medley relays in history as the Cardinal touched first at 1:33.11. Cal was second at 1:33.85 and Indiana was third at 1:33.89. All three schools swam faster than the fastest time ever that Cal set at 1:34.10 from the 2017 NCAA’s.
Ally Howe (23.54), Kim Williams (26.50), Janet Hu (22.62) and Simone Manuel (20.45) swam for Stanford as Manuel had the fastest freestyle split in history with her 20.45 anchor leg.
Cal was second with Kathleen Baker (23.56), Abbey Weitzeil (26.68), Noemie Thomas (22.66) and Amy Bilquist (20.95) to move to second fastest in history.
Indiana swam Ally Rockett (23.54), Lilly King (25.38), Christie Jensen (23.18) and Grace Haskett (21.79) for third place as King had the fastest breaststroke split ever with her time.
Texas A&M (1:35.57), Louisville (1:35.70), Minnesota (1:36.03), Southern California (1:36.44) and Texas (1:36.49) also swam in the championship final.
All of the fastest splits came from the top three schools except USC’s Louise Hansson who swam a 22.33 butterfly split.
This is Stanford’s 14th overall 200 medley relay title. They previously won titles in 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2014 and 2016.
Event 14 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 1:34.10 3/17/2017 California
K Baker, A Weitzeil, N Thomas, F Osman
American: A 1:34.15 2/24/2016 Stanford
A Howe, S Haase, J Hu, L Neal
U.S. Open: O 1:34.10 3/17/2017 California
K Baker, A Weitzeil, N Thomas, F Osman
Meet: C 1:34.10 3/17/2017 California
K Baker, A Weitzeil, N Thomas, F Osman
Pool: P 1:35.12 3/16/2018 Indiana, Indiana-IN
A Rockett, L King, C Jensen, G Haskett
1:36.89 AUTO NCAA A Standard
1:37.51 CONS NCAA B Standard
School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Stanford 1:36.02 1:33.11N 40
1) Ally Howe SR 2) r:0.00 Kim Williams JR
3) r:0.29 Janet Hu SR 4) r:0.18 Simone Manuel SR
r:+0.68 23.54 50.04 (26.50)
1:12.66 (22.62) 1:33.11 (20.45)
2 California 1:35.55 1:33.85N 34
1) Kathleen Baker JR 2) r:0.14 Abbey Weitzeil SO
3) r:0.26 Noemie Thomas SR 4) r:0.17 Amy Bilquist JR
r:+0.64 23.56 50.24 (26.68)
1:12.90 (22.66) 1:33.85 (20.95)
3 Indiana 1:35.12 1:33.89N 32
1) Ally Rockett SR 2) r:0.32 Lilly King JR
3) r:0.16 Christie Jensen JR 4) r:-0.02 Grace Haskett FR
r:+0.73 23.54 48.92 (25.38)
1:12.10 (23.18) 1:33.89 (21.79)
4 TAMU 1:36.28 1:35.57 30
1) Lisa Bratton SR 2) r:0.14 Jorie Caneta SR
3) r:0.09 Jing Quah FR 4) r:0.17 Beryl Gastaldello SR
r:+0.69 24.29 51.21 (26.92)
1:14.55 (23.34) 1:35.57 (21.02)
5 Louisville 1:37.01 1:35.70 28
1) Alina Kendzior JR 2) r:0.03 Mariia Astashkina FR
3) r:0.03 Grace Oglesby SO 4) r:0.05 Lainey Visscher SO
r:+0.60 24.36 51.37 (27.01)
1:14.13 (22.76) 1:35.70 (21.57)
6 Minnesota 1:36.05 1:36.03 26
1) Tevyn Waddell SO 2) r:0.23 Lindsey Kozelsky SO
3) r:0.34 Danielle Nack SR 4) r:0.29 Zoe Avestruz JR
r:+0.60 24.52 51.02 (26.50)
1:14.02 (23.00) 1:36.03 (22.01)
7 USC 1:36.20 1:36.44 24
1) Hannah Weiss SR 2) r:0.37 Riley Scott JR
3) r:0.18 Louise Hansson SO 4) r:0.21 Marta Ciesla FR
r:+0.58 24.54 52.05 (27.51)
1:14.38 (22.33) 1:36.44 (22.06)
8 Texas 1:37.04 1:36.49 22
1) Claire Adams SO 2) r:0.20 Kennedy Lohman SO
3) r:0.17 Remedy Rule JR 4) r:0.21 Rebecca Millard SR
r:+0.66 24.12 51.40 (27.28)
1:15.01 (23.61) 1:36.49 (21.48)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 14 1. Stanford 414 2. California 268 3. Texas A&M 186 4. Texas 171 5. Louisville 168 6. Michigan 150 7. Tennessee 137.5 8. Minnesota 134 9. Indiana 124 10. Virginia 106 11. Southern Cal 83 12. Georgia 82 13. Ohio St 81 14. Missouri 72 15. Wisconsin 62 16. Auburn 51.5 17. Arizona 45 18. South Carolina 44 19. Kentucky 41 20. NC State 37 21. University of Nevada 33 22. Arkansas 30 23. Purdue 29 24. Arizona St 27 25. UNC 25 26. Northwestern 20 26. Denver 20 28. UCLA 15 28. Alabama 15 28. Eastern Mich 15 31. Miami University 14 32. Hawaii 12 33. Virginia Tech 11 33. Florida 11 35. Penn St 9 36. Louisiana State University 8 37. Rutgers 6 38. Florida St 3 39. Duke 2 39. University of Miami 2
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Unbelievable.
Stanford is speedy in their Speedo suits.