Stanford’s Ella Eastin Snags 200 IM American, NCAA, U.S. Open Record in 1:51.65

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Stanford’s Ella Eastin provided the Cardinal with some salve to mend its wounds from the 200-yard free relay disqualification by throwing down an American and NCAA record in the women’s 200-yard IM at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.

Eastin unleashed a time of 1:51.65, downing the American, U.S. Open and NCAA record of 1:51.77 set by Caitlin Leverenz for California back in 2012.

That’s Stanford’s NCAA record ninth victory in the event’s history.

Previous Stanford Winners:

1986 Susie Rapp, Stanford, 2:01.80
1990 Janel Jorgensen, Stanford, 1:58.17
1991 Summer Sanders, Stanford, 1:57.02
1992 Summer Sanders, Stanford, 1:55.54
1995 Jenny Thompson, Stanford, 1:57.63
2009 Julia Smit, Stanford, 1:52.79
2010 Julia Smit, Stanford, 1:53.56
2014 Maya DiRado, Stanford 1:52.50

Eastin moved up from seventh in the all-time rankings with a 1:52.77 at Pac 12s last month.

California’s Kathleen Baker threw down a swift time of 1:52.95, just off her eighth-ranked lifetime best of 1:52.80 also from Pac 12s.

USC’s Kirsten Vose picked up third-place overall in 1:54.27, while Texas’ Madisyn Cox snared fourth in 1:54.80.

Texas A&M’s Lisa Bratton (1:55.89), California’s Kelly Naze (1:55.89), Texas A&M’s Sydney Pickrem (1:56.13) and California’s Celina Li (1:56.16) rounded out the top eight.

It was a huge event for California, moving past Georgia into the lead 113.5-112.

Leverenz’ Splits:

24.75, 53.22, 1:24.34, 1:51.77

                          === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Eastin, Ella     FR Stanford          1:54.20    1:51.65N        20  
    r:+0.67  24.81        52.19 (27.38)
        1:24.71 (32.52)     1:51.65 (26.94)
  2 Baker, Kathleen  FR California        1:54.62    1:52.95P        17  
    r:+0.72  24.27        52.00 (27.73)
        1:25.21 (33.21)     1:52.95 (27.74)
  3 Vose, Kirsten    FR USC               1:55.39    1:54.27         16  
    r:+0.78  25.10        54.63 (29.53)
        1:27.94 (33.31)     1:54.27 (26.33)
  4 Cox, Madisyn     JR Texas             1:54.11    1:54.80         15  
    r:+0.71  25.46        54.67 (29.21)
        1:27.27 (32.60)     1:54.80 (27.53)
  5 Bratton, Lisa    SO Tex AM            1:55.41    1:55.89         13.5
    r:+0.72  25.63        54.51 (28.88)
        1:28.59 (34.08)     1:55.89 (27.30)
  5 Naze, Kelly      SR California        1:55.75    1:55.89         13.5
    r:+0.79  24.50        53.63 (29.13)
        1:28.25 (34.62)     1:55.89 (27.64)
  7 *Pickrem, Sydne  FR Tex AM            1:55.90    1:56.13         12  
    r:+0.72  26.19        55.47 (29.28)
        1:29.06 (33.59)     1:56.13 (27.07)
  8 Li, Celina       JR California        1:55.75    1:56.16         11  
    r:+0.66  25.28        54.82 (29.54)
        1:28.50 (33.68)     1:56.16 (27.66)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Galat, Bethany   SO Tex AM            1:56.84    1:55.26          9  
    r:+0.64  24.72        54.95 (30.23)
        1:27.67 (32.72)     1:55.26 (27.59)
 10 Bartholomew, Co  SR Virginia          1:56.37    1:55.44          7  
    r:+0.77  25.18        53.39 (28.21)
        1:27.75 (34.36)     1:55.44 (27.69)
 11 Cameron, Emily   JR Georgia           1:56.76    1:55.50          6  
    r:+0.67  25.47        55.81 (30.34)
        1:28.59 (32.78)     1:55.50 (26.91)
 12 *Haughey, Siobh  FR Michigan          1:56.41    1:56.01          5  
    r:+0.75  25.11        54.17 (29.06)
        1:28.56 (34.39)     1:56.01 (27.45)
 13 Carner, Amanda   SR Tennessee         1:56.50    1:56.71          4  
    r:+0.74  25.80        54.39 (28.59)
        1:29.33 (34.94)     1:56.71 (27.38)
 14 *Andison, Baile  FR Denver            1:56.51    1:56.87          3  
    r:+0.67  25.53        55.36 (29.83)
        1:29.25 (33.89)     1:56.87 (27.62)
 15 Jones, Kaitlyn   JR Virginia          1:56.51    1:56.91          2  
    r:+0.68  24.84        53.90 (29.06)
        1:28.68 (34.78)     1:56.91 (28.23)
 16 Marrkand, Jen    SO Virginia          1:56.48    1:57.05          1  
    r:+0.67  24.56        53.01 (28.45)
        1:29.11 (36.10)     1:57.05 (27.94)

                Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 4                 
 
  1. California                      113.5   2. Georgia                           112
  3. Virginia                           86   4. Southern Cali                      80
  5. Texas A&M                        77.5   6. NC State                           53
  7. Arizona                            46   7. Stanford                           46
  9. Louisville                         45  10. Indiana                            42
 10. Michigan                           42  12. Tennessee                          38
 13. Texas                              35  14. Ohio St                            24
 15. Wisconsin                          18  16. Missouri                           14
 17. UNC                                12  18. Penn St                             6
 19. Kentucky                            4  19. Air Force (W)                       4
 21. Denver                              3  21. Purdue                              3
 23. Florida                             2  23. Minnesota                           2

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Mark Tierney

8 years ago

Wow! Congrats Ella!

Albert Alejo

8 years ago

Go stanford!!

Dena Kennedy

8 years ago

Way to go Ella!!