USC Wins 2nd NCAA Relay Title Ever; Georgia Clinches 7th NCAA Team Title

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USC raced its way to the program’s second NCAA relay title ever, while Georgia delivered Jack Bauerle his seventh NCAA team title with a second-place finish at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.

USC’s Kasia Wilk, Kirsten Vose, Chelsea Chenault and Anika Apostalon back-loaded their relay en route to winning in 3:09.69.

That’s USC’s second NCAA relay title ever, and first since USC’s 1994 800-yard free relay won in 7:11.89:

1994 Southern California (Jennifer Stephen, Kristine Quance, Ulrika Reinholdt, Ayako Nakano), 7:11.89

Georgia’s Olivia Smoliga, Brittany MacLean, Meaghan Raab and Hali Flickinger finished second in 3:10.82 as they did what they needed to do to hold off a final-day charge from Stanford to win Georgia’s seventh NCAA title. That’s Jack Bauerle’s seventh in 37 years at the helm of the Bulldogs, tying him with Richard Quick for the most titles at a single school. Quick won a total of 12 women’s NCAA titles, but did so between Stanford (7) and Texas (5).

Texas A&M’s Beryl Gastaldello, Kristin Malone, Claire Rasmus and Sarah Gibson took third in 3:11.91.

Stanford, needing to win the event and have Georgia finish seventh or worse to win the NCAA title, finished fourth with a 3:12.08.

                             === A - Final ===                                 
 
  1 USC                           3:10.97    3:09.69P        40  
     1) Wilk, Kasia FR                2) Vose, Kirsten FR             
     3) Chenault, Chelsea JR          4) Apostalon, Anika JR          
                 22.89        47.60 (47.60)
        1:10.24 (22.64)     1:35.05 (47.45)
        1:57.99 (22.94)     2:22.92 (47.87)
        2:44.97 (22.05)     3:09.69 (46.77)
  2 Georgia                       3:12.38    3:10.82P        34  
     1) Smoliga, Olivia JR            2) MacLean, Brittany SR         
     3) Raab, Meaghan SO              4) Flickinger, Hali SR          
                 22.35        46.87 (46.87)
        1:09.83 (22.96)     1:34.51 (47.64)
        1:57.57 (23.06)     2:22.51 (48.00)
        2:45.54 (23.03)     3:10.82 (48.31)
  3 Tex AM                        3:13.57    3:11.91         32  
     1) Gastaldello, Beryl SO         2) Malone, Kristin SO           
     3) Rasmus, Claire FR             4) Gibson, Sarah JR             
                 22.61        47.19 (47.19)
        1:10.24 (23.05)     1:35.43 (48.24)
        1:58.87 (23.44)     2:24.20 (48.77)
        2:46.95 (22.75)     3:11.91 (47.71)
  4 Stanford                      3:12.21    3:12.08         30  
     1) Hu, Janet SO                  2) Eastin, Ella FR              
     3) Engel, Lindsey SO             4) Neal, Lia JR                 
                 23.03        48.31 (48.31)
        1:11.60 (23.29)     1:36.37 (48.06)
        1:59.22 (22.85)     2:24.91 (48.54)
        2:47.53 (22.62)     3:12.08 (47.17)
  5 NC State                      3:14.07    3:12.61         28  
     1) Zevnik, Alexia JR             2) Bonnema, Riki SR             
     3) Duffield, Krista SO           4) Caldwell, Courtney FR        
                 23.25        47.91 (47.91)
        1:10.72 (22.81)     1:36.49 (48.58)
        1:59.36 (22.87)     2:25.08 (48.59)
        2:47.75 (22.67)     3:12.61 (47.53)
  6 California                    3:12.39    3:12.84         26  
     1) Bilquist, Amy FR              2) Bootsma, Rachel SR           
     3) Baker, Kathleen FR            4) Osman, Farida JR             
                 23.25        48.61 (48.61)
        1:11.34 (22.73)     1:36.44 (47.83)
        1:59.63 (23.19)     2:25.31 (48.87)
        2:47.84 (22.53)     3:12.84 (47.53)
  7 Louisville                    3:13.37    3:13.21         24  
     1) Worrell, Kelsi SR             2) Kneppers, Andrea SR          
     3) Comerford, Mallory FR         4) Sellers, Alex JR             
                 22.80        47.33 (47.33)
        1:10.60 (23.27)     1:36.21 (48.88)
        1:59.10 (22.89)     2:23.97 (47.76)
        2:47.21 (23.24)     3:13.21 (49.24)
  8 Tennessee                     3:12.84    3:13.42         22  
     1) Toussaint, Kira JR            2) Bruens, Harper SR            
     3) Bohon, Micah SO               4) Johnson, Faith SR            
                 22.97        48.28 (48.28)
        1:11.07 (22.79)     1:36.65 (48.37)
        1:59.69 (23.04)     2:25.56 (48.91)
        2:48.44 (22.88)     3:13.42 (47.86)
 
                                === B - Final ===                                 
 
  9 Michigan                      3:15.66    3:12.98         18  
     1) Haughey, Siobhan FR           2) Postoll, Becca FR            
     3) Deloof, Ali SR                4) Deloof, Gabby SO             
                 23.31        48.10 (48.10)
        1:10.95 (22.85)     1:36.66 (48.56)
        1:59.04 (22.38)     2:24.00 (47.34)
        2:47.17 (23.17)     3:12.98 (48.98)
 10 Virginia                      3:14.08    3:13.79         14  
     1) Moroney, Megan FR             2) Thomas, Ellen JR             
     3) Cooper, Caitlin SO            4) Eddy, Eryn FR                
                 23.42        48.69 (48.69)
        1:11.63 (22.94)     1:36.61 (47.92)
        1:59.48 (22.87)     2:25.18 (48.57)
        2:48.19 (23.01)     3:13.79 (48.61)
 11 Arizona                       3:14.21    3:14.13         12  
     1) Konopka, Katrina FR           2) Ochitwa, Annie FR            
     3) Kremer, Paige SO              4) Schick, Taylor SR            
                 23.07        48.56 (48.56)
        1:11.37 (22.81)     1:36.86 (48.30)
        2:00.23 (23.37)     2:26.19 (49.33)
        2:48.98 (22.79)     3:14.13 (47.94)
 12 UNC                           3:14.75    3:14.42         10  
     1) Hardesty, Allyn SR            2) Baldwin, Caroline SO         
     3) Hitchens, Sarah JR            4) Earp, Lauren SR              
                 23.30        48.83 (48.83)
        1:11.53 (22.70)     1:37.50 (48.67)
        2:00.32 (22.82)     2:25.92 (48.42)
        2:49.16 (23.24)     3:14.42 (48.50)
 13 Texas                         3:15.21    3:14.84          8  
     1) Millard, Rebecca SO           2) Hansen, Brooke FR            
     3) Schneider, Mimi SO            4) Karosas, Tasija JR           
                 22.98        48.05 (48.05)
        1:11.33 (23.28)     1:36.90 (48.85)
        2:00.15 (23.25)     2:26.09 (49.19)
        2:49.33 (23.24)     3:14.84 (48.75)
 14 Florida                       3:15.34    3:15.07          6  
     1) Maughan, Amelia SO            2) Hinds, Natalie SR            
     3) Linn, Ashlee SR               4) McKnight, Lindsey SR         
                 23.85        49.43 (49.43)
        1:11.72 (22.29)     1:36.38 (46.95)
        1:59.69 (23.31)     2:25.49 (49.11)
        2:48.94 (23.45)     3:15.07 (49.58)
 15 Penn St                       3:15.45    3:15.87          4  
     1) Ackman, Alyson SR             2) Price, Niki SO               
     3) Sinatro, Haley SR             4) Jones, Kaitlin SR            
                 23.44        48.59 (48.59)
        1:11.90 (23.31)     1:37.43 (48.84)
        2:00.58 (23.15)     2:26.75 (49.32)
        2:50.15 (23.40)     3:15.87 (49.12)
 16 Ohio St                       3:15.69    3:16.22          2  
     1) Li, Liz SO                    2) Jongekrijg, Annie SR         
     3) Dzierzak, Rachael SR          4) McNichols, Macie SO          
                 22.74        48.05 (48.05)
        1:11.11 (23.06)     1:37.15 (49.10)
        2:00.49 (23.34)     2:26.79 (49.64)
        2:50.40 (23.61)     3:16.22 (49.43)

                   Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 21                     
 
  1. Georgia                           414   2. Stanford                          395
  3. California                        358   4. Texas A&M                         309
  5. Virginia                          264   6. Southern Cali                   244.5
  7. Indiana                           228   8. Louisville                        220
  9. NC State                          155  10. Michigan                          150
 11. Missouri                          139  12. Arizona                           120
 13. Tennessee                         111  14. Ohio St                            84
 15. Texas                              79  16. Minnesota                          70
 17. UCLA                               68  18. UNC                                66
 19. Florida                          63.5  20. Nevada                             56
 21. Wisconsin                          49  22. Kentucky                           40
 23. Purdue                             35  24. Miami University (Ohio)            33
 25. Virginia Tech                      23  25. Penn St                            23
 27. Lsu                                21  28. Alabama                            20
 29. South Carolina                     18  29. Umbc (W)                           18
 31. Arizona St                         16  32. Northwestern University            15
 33. Auburn                             14  34. Harvard                            11
 34. Kansas                             11  34. Air Force (W)                      11
 37. Denver                             10  38. Iowa                                9
 39. University of Nebraska-Lincoln      7  40. Miami (Fl)                          6
 40. Smu                                 6  42. Pittsburgh                          4
 42. University of Hawaii (W)            4  44. Wyoming (W)                         3
 44. Eastern Mich                        3  46. Cincinnati                          2
 47. Florida Gulf                        1  47. Rutgers                             1

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