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Friday night’s session of the 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving was one of the fastest nights of swimming ever. In six pool events, three of the events were won in the fastest time ever. The other three? The second fastest time ever stood on the podium.
Ella Eastin and Lilly King broke the American Records in the 400 IM and 100 breast respectively while Ally Howe, Kim Williams, Janet Hu and Simone Manuel smashed the record in the 200 medley relay.
Louise Hansson, Mallory Comerford and Howe won their individual events in the second fastest time ever.
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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
400 IM
Stanford junior Ella Eastin destroyed all the records in the 400 IM on Friday night at the 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. Eastin led from the start and swam a monster 3:54.60 in the 400 IM final to break Katie Ledecky’s NCAA and American Record of 3:56.53.
Eastin was one of three Stanford swimmers in the final as she went 1-2-4 with Ledecky (3:58.29) and Brooke Forde (3:59.34).
Texas A&M’s Sydney Pickrem broke up the Stanford party and finished third with a 3:59.05 in the final.
Texas A&M’s Bethany Galat (4:02.19), Missouri’s Sharli Brady (4:04.12), Ohio State’s Meg Bailey (4:04.26) and Cal’s Sarah Darcel (4:04.44) also swam in the championship final.
This is Eastin’s third straight NCAA title in the 400 IM and Stanford’s eleventh overall. Eastin joins Tracy Caulkins (1982-1984), Maggie Bowen (2001-2003) and fellow Cardinal Julia Smit (2008-2010) as three time winners in the event.
Eastin also joins Michelle Griglione (1989), Janet Evans (1990), Summer Sanders (1991, 1992), Smit and Maya DiRado (2014) as winners for the Cardinal.
And, oh yeah, Stanford still is undefeated in swimming events.
Event 8 Women 400 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 3:56.53 2/23/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
American: A 3:56.53 2/23/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
U.S. Open: O 3:56.53 2/23/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
Meet: C 3:56.54 3/17/2012 Katinka Hosszu, Southern Cal
Pool: P 4:00.03 12/2/2010 Katinka Hosszu, Southern Calif
4:04.70 AUTO NCAA A Standard
4:19.39 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ella Eastin JR Stanford 4:01.49 3:54.60N 20
r:+0.70 25.78 54.80 (29.02)
1:24.65 (29.85) 1:53.55 (28.90)
2:26.90 (33.35) 3:00.12 (33.22)
3:27.34 (27.22) 3:54.60 (27.26)
2 Katie Ledecky SO Stanford 4:01.72 3:58.29P 17
r:+0.69 25.90 54.55 (28.65)
1:24.76 (30.21) 1:54.13 (29.37)
2:28.98 (34.85) 3:04.12 (35.14)
3:31.77 (27.65) 3:58.29 (26.52)
3 Sydney Pickrem JR TAMU 4:03.09 3:59.05P 16
r:+0.71 26.02 56.03 (30.01)
1:26.20 (30.17) 1:56.13 (29.93)
2:29.83 (33.70) 3:03.75 (33.92)
3:32.18 (28.43) 3:59.05 (26.87)
4 Brooke Forde FR Stanford 4:04.95 3:59.34P 15
r:+0.69 26.01 55.69 (29.68)
1:26.85 (31.16) 1:57.31 (30.46)
2:30.63 (33.32) 3:04.52 (33.89)
3:32.29 (27.77) 3:59.34 (27.05)
5 Bethany Galat SR TAMU 4:04.98 4:02.19 14
r:+0.59 25.57 54.64 (29.07)
1:26.53 (31.89) 1:57.33 (30.80)
2:30.45 (33.12) 3:04.33 (33.88)
3:33.80 (29.47) 4:02.19 (28.39)
6 Sharli Brady SR Missouri 4:04.96 4:04.12 13
r:+0.77 26.27 55.69 (29.42)
1:26.71 (31.02) 1:57.15 (30.44)
2:31.81 (34.66) 3:06.98 (35.17)
3:36.02 (29.04) 4:04.12 (28.10)
7 Meg Bailey SR OSU 4:03.96 4:04.26 12
r:+0.75 25.94 55.81 (29.87)
1:27.10 (31.29) 1:57.36 (30.26)
2:31.70 (34.34) 3:07.04 (35.34)
3:36.44 (29.40) 4:04.26 (27.82)
8 Sarah Darcel FR California 4:05.09 4:04.44 11
r:+0.62 25.56 55.14 (29.58)
1:26.22 (31.08) 1:56.69 (30.47)
2:31.57 (34.88) 3:06.76 (35.19)
3:35.88 (29.12) 4:04.44 (28.56)
100 Fly
Well, it finally happened. Stanford’s winning streak at the 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships ended at the 100 fly, but the streak stayed in the Pac-12 as Southern California sophomore Louise Hansson won the final at 49.80 to move to second all-time. Hansson only sits behind Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell at 49.43 from 2016.
Hansson won ahead of Tennessee sophomore Erika Brown (50.34) and Stanford senior Janet Hu (50.56).
Cal’s Noemie Thomas (50.92), Ohio State’s Liz Li (50.94), Cal’s Katie McLaughlin (51.20), Louisville’s Grace Oglesby (51.25) and Missouri’s Annie Ochitwa (51.35) also swam in the championship final.
This is Southern Cal’s first overall NCAA title in the 100 fly.
Event 9 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 49.43 3/18/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
American: A 49.43 3/18/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
U.S. Open: O 49.43 3/18/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
Meet: C 49.43 3/18/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
Pool: P 49.80 3/16/2018 Louise Hansson, USC-CA
51.19 AUTO NCAA A Standard
54.49 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Louise Hansson SO USC 49.90 49.80P 20
r:+0.74 23.36 49.80 (26.44)
2 Erika Brown SO Tennessee 50.83 50.34 17
r:+0.68 23.42 50.34 (26.92)
3 Janet Hu SR Stanford 51.09 50.56 16
r:+0.60 23.37 50.56 (27.19)
4 Noemie Thomas SR California 50.76 50.92 15
r:+0.57 23.59 50.92 (27.33)
5 Liz Li SR OSU 51.25 50.94 14
r:+0.66 23.58 50.94 (27.36)
6 Katie McLaughli JR California 51.24 51.20 13
r:+0.72 24.48 51.20 (26.72)
7 Grace Oglesby SO Louisville 51.07 51.25 12
r:+0.65 24.13 51.25 (27.12)
8 Annie Ochitwa JR Missouri 51.57 51.35 11
r:+0.72 23.80 51.35 (27.55)
200 Free
This year she didn’t need a tie to win. Louisville junior Mallory Comerford successfully defended her 200 free title she tied with Stanford’s Katie Ledecky. Comerford also became only the second swimmer to break 1:40 in the 200 free as she swam a 1:39.80.
Comerford sits second all-time behind Missy Franklin who swam a 1:39.10 in 2015. Franklin is also the last person to successfully defend the 200 free title.
Comerford had pressure early on from Siobhan Haughey of Michigan and Simone Manuel of Stanford as Haughey was second at 1:40.69 and Manuel was third at 1:41.48.
Stanford’s Katie Drabot (1:43.20), Cal’s Robin Neummann (1:43.54), Texas A&M’s Claire Rasmus (1:43.65), Virginia’s Megan Moroney (1:44.20) and Cal’s Katie McLaughlin (1:44.32) also competed in the championship final.
This was McLaughlin’s second A-final of the night as she was sixth in the 100 fly just one event prior.
This is Louisville’s second straight NCAA title in the event and is the second Louisville women’s swimmer to win an individual event at NCAA’s after Kelsi Worrell won four titles in the 100 and 200 fly.
Event 10 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
American: A 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
U.S. Open: O 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
Meet: C 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
Pool: P 1:41.17 12/1/2017 Mallory Comerford, Louisville
1:43.30 AUTO NCAA A Standard
1:47.99 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Mallory Comerfo JR Louisville 1:41.61 1:39.80P 20
r:+0.66 23.90 49.42 (25.52)
1:14.55 (25.13) 1:39.80 (25.25)
2 Siobhan Haughey JR Michigan 1:43.04 1:40.69P 17
r:+0.70 23.84 49.55 (25.71)
1:15.31 (25.76) 1:40.69 (25.38)
3 Simone Manuel SR Stanford 1:43.08 1:41.48 16
r:+0.71 23.88 49.60 (25.72)
1:15.22 (25.62) 1:41.48 (26.26)
4 Katie Drabot SO Stanford 1:43.68 1:43.20 15
r:+0.73 24.39 50.60 (26.21)
1:16.97 (26.37) 1:43.20 (26.23)
5 Robin Neumann FR California 1:43.38 1:43.54 14
r:+0.71 24.30 50.43 (26.13)
1:17.06 (26.63) 1:43.54 (26.48)
6 Claire Rasmus JR TAMU 1:43.49 1:43.65 13
r:+0.68 24.69 51.12 (26.43)
1:17.67 (26.55) 1:43.65 (25.98)
7 Megan Moroney SO Virginia 1:43.68 1:44.20 12
r:+0.56 24.61 50.84 (26.23)
1:17.16 (26.32) 1:44.20 (27.04)
8 Katie McLaughli JR California 1:43.71 1:44.32 11
r:+0.70 24.93 51.43 (26.50)
1:17.94 (26.51) 1:44.32 (26.38)
100 breast
Indiana junior Lilly King remained undefeated with a win in the 100 breast on Friday night at the 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Columbus, Ohio. King won her third straight NCAA title in the event and also broke the American and NCAA record at 56.25.
King was the only swimmer under 30 seconds on the second 50 as she won the race by over a second and a half over Michigan sophomore Miranda Tucker (57.98). Minnesota’s Lindsey Kozelsky was third at 58.13 to complete the Big Ten 1-2-3 sweep.
Eastern Michigan’s Delaney Duncan (58.36), Texas A&M’s Anna Belousova (58.97), Arizona State’s Silja Kansakoski (58.98), Hawaii’s Franziska Weidner (59.12) and Purdue’s Jinq En Phee (59.99) also swam in the championship final.
This is King’s third straight NCAA title in the event as she joins Kristy Kowal (1998-2000) of Georgia, Tara Kirk (2001-2004) of Stanford and Breeja Larson of Texas A&M (2012-2014) as three time winners in the event. Only Kirk has completed the sweep as King has the chance to do it next year.
Event 11 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 56.30 2/17/2017 Lilly King, Indiana
American: A 56.30 2/17/2017 Lilly King, Indiana
U.S. Open: O 56.30 2/17/2017 Lilly King, Indiana
Meet: C 56.71 3/17/2017 Lilly King, Indiana
Pool: P 57.35 3/16/2018 Lilly King, Indiana-IN
58.85 AUTO NCAA A Standard
1:02.49 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Lilly King JR Indiana 57.35 56.25N 20
r:+0.67 26.32 56.25 (29.93)
2 Miranda Tucker SO Michigan 59.25 57.98 17
r:+0.64 27.32 57.98 (30.66)
3 Lindsey Kozelsk SO Minnesota 58.41 58.18 16
r:+0.70 27.03 58.18 (31.15)
4 Delaney Duncan JR Eastern Michigan 58.36 58.36 15
r:+0.68 27.69 58.36 (30.67)
5 Anna Belousova SO TAMU 59.07 58.97 14
r:+0.66 28.54 58.97 (30.43)
6 Silja Kansakosk SO ASU 59.34 58.98 13
r:+0.72 28.05 58.98 (30.93)
7 Franziska Weidn SR Hawaii 59.35 59.12 12
r:+0.77 27.86 59.12 (31.26)
8 Jinq En Phee SO Purdue 59.32 59.99 11
r:+0.70 28.11 59.99 (31.88)
100 back
Stanford senior Ally Howe won her first individual NCAA title in her career after she was on a number of winning relays. Last night, Howe led off the winning 400 medley relay team for the fourth straight year, but she had yet to win an individual title. Howe won the 100 back final with a 49.70 to just miss her NCAA and American Record of 49.69. Howe did break the meet record that was a 49.84 by Kathleen Baker from last year.
Howe stated after the race that this was her last 100 back of her career, so this is assuming she has already decided to hang up the goggles and not pursue a pro career.
Howe finished ahead of Wisconsin sophomore Beata Nelson (49.92) and Baker (50.18).
NC State’s Elise Haan (50.42), Stanford’s Janet Hu (50.63), Indiana’s Ally Rockett (51.11), Texas’ Claire Adams (51.38) and Missouri’s Hannah Stevens (51.74).
This is Stanford’s seventh NCAA title in the 100 back as Howe joins Lea Loveless (1992-1994), Jessica Tong (1996) and Catherine Fox (1997-1998) as winners for the Cardinal.
Event 12 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 49.69 2/23/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford
American: A 49.69 2/23/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford
U.S. Open: O 49.69 2/23/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford
Meet: C 49.84 3/16/2017 Kathleen Baker, California
Pool: P 50.61 3/16/2018 Beata Nelson, Wisconsin-WI
51.16 AUTO NCAA A Standard
55.09 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ally Howe SR Stanford 50.64 49.70C 20
r:+0.71 24.14 49.70 (25.56)
2 Beata Nelson SO Wisconsin 50.61 49.92P 17
r:+0.67 24.13 49.92 (25.79)
3 Kathleen Baker JR California 50.77 50.18P 16
r:+0.63 24.02 50.18 (26.16)
4 Elise Haan JR NCState 50.75 50.42P 15
r:+0.68 24.63 50.42 (25.79)
5 Janet Hu SR Stanford 50.82 50.63 14
r:+0.58 24.79 50.63 (25.84)
6 Ally Rockett SR Indiana 51.25 51.11 13
r:+0.71 24.45 51.11 (26.66)
7 Claire Adams SO Texas 51.27 51.38 12
r:+0.66 25.09 51.38 (26.29)
8 Hannah Stevens SR Missouri 51.23 51.74 11
r:+0.67 24.86 51.74 (26.88)
3m Diving
The Arkansas Razorbacks got to celebrate a national title on Friday night at the 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships with a win from freshman Brooke Schultz in the 3m diving event. Schultz scored 399.45 points as she finished ahead of Nevada senior Sharae Zheng (394.95) and South Carolina senior Julia Vincent (361.75).
Stanford’s Kassidy Cook (359.85), Miami, Ohio’s Pei Lin (335.55), Texas’ Samantha Bromberg (334.80), Indiana’s Jessica Parratto (331.35) and Minnesota’s Sarah Bacon (329.05) also competed in the A-final.
This is the Razorbacks’ second overall 3m diving title as Robin Ford won for Arkansas in 1985.
Event 13 Women 3 mtr Diving
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NCAA: N 437.75 3/20/2009 Christina Loukas, Indiana
Meet: C 437.75 3/20/2009 Christina Loukas, Indiana
280.00 AUTO NCAA A Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Brooke Schultz FR Arkansas 384.60 399.45 20
2 Sharae Zheng SR Nevada 363.60 394.95 17
3 Julia Vincent SR SCAR 350.50 361.75 16
4 Kassidy Cook SR Stanford 337.75 359.85 15
5 Pei Lin SR MU 350.85 335.55 14
6 Samantha Brombe JR Texas 359.40 334.80 13
7 Jessica Parratt JR Indiana 342.30 331.35 12
8 Sarah Bacon SO Minnesota 369.90 329.05 11
200 medley relay
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)
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