{"id":127567,"date":"2015-03-19T09:36:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T16:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=127567"},"modified":"2016-02-23T09:20:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T16:20:13","slug":"2015-ncaa-division-i-womens-championships-georgia-california-setup-night-1-duel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2015-ncaa-division-i-womens-championships-georgia-california-setup-night-1-duel\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: Georgia, California Setup Night 1 Duel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editorial content for the NCAA Division I Championships is sponsored by Nike Swim<\/a>. For full Swimming World coverage, check out our coverage\u00a0page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

The NCAA Division I Women’s Championships\u00a0concluded an incredible morning of action with Georgia and California definitely setting up a fun night this evening.<\/p>\n

Virginia’s Leah Smith turned in a scorching NCAA record in the 500-yard free for the top swim of the morning<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Georgia Bulldogs should be in the lead after night one as Jack Bauerle’s squad demonstrated it is the deepest freestyle squad in the nation with a total of 13 scoring swims setup for tonight, including 10 A finals.<\/p>\n

California, the early favorite with the most overall qualifiers coming into the meet, set themselves up with seven A finalists and two B finalists.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M had a really strong morning as well with two A finalists and five B finalists.<\/p>\n

Total A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Women’s 200 free relay<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a high likelihood that the NCAA record of 1:26.20 set by Arizona in 2009 is going to fall this evening as a pair of squads hit the wall in 1:26 this morning.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin’s Ivy Martin (21.62), Chase Kinney (21.60), Aja Van Hout (21.74) and Anne Tamblyn (21.90) paced qualifying with a sizzling 1:26.86. Wisconsin is looking for its first win in the 200 free relay ever.<\/p>\n

Georgia’s Madeline Locus (21.93), Chantal Van Landeghem (21.23), Olivia Smoliga (21.72) and Lauren Harrington (22.06) put up a second-seeded time of 1:26.94. Georgia has won the title five times as a program, but not for 10 years with the last win coming in 2005.<\/p>\n

Stanford’s Simone Manuel (21.87), Lia Neal (21.57), Janet Hu (22.00) and Ally Howe (21.80) rounded out the top three qualifiers in 1:27.24. Stanford is the defending champion with a 1:26.23 to top the event last year.<\/p>\n

Notably, Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell absolutely destroyed her leg for the Cardinals with a 21.04, which was good enough to get the team into the A final with an eighth-place 1:28.05.<\/p>\n

  1 Wisconsin-WI  'A'             1:27.70    1:26.86PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Martin, Ivy SR                2) r:0.28 Kinney, Chase SO      \r\n     3) r:0.17 Van Hout, Aja SR       4) r:0.30 Tamblyn, Anne JR      \r\n    r:+0.67  10.46        21.62 (21.62)\r\n          31.77 (10.15)       43.22 (21.60)\r\n          53.51 (10.29)     1:04.96 (21.74)\r\n        1:15.33 (10.37)     1:26.86 (21.90)\r\n  2 Georgia-GA  'A'               1:27.55    1:26.94PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Locus, Madeline SR            2) r:0.28 Van Landeghem, ntal JR\r\n     3) r:0.30 Smoliga, Olivia SO     4) r:0.35 Harrington, Lauren SR \r\n             10.71        21.93 (21.93)\r\n          32.00 (10.07)       43.16 (21.23)\r\n          53.48 (10.32)     1:04.88 (21.72)\r\n        1:15.49 (10.61)     1:26.94 (22.06)\r\n  3 Stanford-PC  'A'              1:27.25    1:27.24PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Manuel, Simone FR             2) r:0.34 Neal, Lia SO          \r\n     3) r:0.24 Hu, Janet FR           4) r:0.20 Howe, Ally FR         \r\n    r:+4.25  10.70        21.87 (21.87)\r\n          32.20 (10.33)       43.44 (21.57)\r\n          53.99 (10.55)     1:05.44 (22.00)\r\n        1:15.69 (10.25)     1:27.24 (21.80)\r\n  4 California-PC  'A'            1:27.18    1:27.60PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Bing, Kaylin SR               2) r:0.31 Vredeveld, Kristen SO \r\n     3) r:0.34 Bootsma, Rachel JR     4) r:0.43 Franklin, Missy SO    \r\n    r:+3.81  10.68        22.08 (22.08)\r\n          32.49 (10.41)       44.03 (21.95)\r\n          54.44 (10.41)     1:05.92 (21.89)\r\n        1:16.35 (10.43)     1:27.60 (21.68)\r\n  5 Auburn-SE  'A'                1:28.05    1:27.72PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Purcell, Allyx SO             2) r:0.20 Fonteno, Megan SR     \r\n     3) r:0.19 Ellzey, Ashton FR      4) r:0.15 Hull, Valerie FR      \r\n    r:+0.68  10.72        22.07 (22.07)\r\n          32.46 (10.39)       44.09 (22.02)\r\n          54.29 (10.20)     1:06.22 (22.13)\r\n        1:16.31 (10.09)     1:27.72 (21.50)\r\n  6 Texas A&M-GU  'A'             1:29.01    1:27.85PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Gastaldello, Beryl FR         2) r:0.33 Ibanez, Lili SR       \r\n     3) r:0.17 Galat, Bethany FR      4) r:0.34 Bosma, Sammie SR      \r\n             10.84        21.96 (21.96)\r\n          32.54 (10.58)       44.01 (22.05)\r\n          54.47 (10.46)     1:06.14 (22.13)\r\n        1:16.50 (10.36)     1:27.85 (21.71)\r\n  7 NC State-NC  'A'              1:28.18    1:27.98PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Poli, Lauren SR               2) r:+0.0 Koletic, Ashlyn JR    \r\n     3) r:+0.0 Duffield, Krista FR    4) r:+0.0 Bonnema, Riki JR      \r\n             11.03        22.56 (22.56)\r\n          32.80 (10.24)       44.50 (21.94)\r\n          54.68 (10.18)     1:06.41 (21.91)\r\n        1:16.63 (10.22)     1:27.98 (21.57)\r\n  8 Louisville-KY  'A'            1:29.98    1:28.05PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Kneppers, Andrea SO           2) r:0.13 Worrell, Kelsi JR     \r\n     3) r:0.15 Patterson, Maggie      4) r:0.09 Kylliainen, Tanja SR  \r\n    r:+0.77  11.08        22.55 (22.55)\r\n           32.31 (9.76)       43.59 (21.04)\r\n          54.11 (10.52)     1:05.96 (22.37)\r\n        1:16.12 (10.16)     1:28.05 (22.09)\r\n -------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Tennessee-SE  'A'             1:28.92    1:28.52PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Bruens, Harper JR             2) r:0.17 Johnson, Faith JR     \r\n     3) r:0.19 Thompson, Cherelle SR  4) r:0.21 Lubawy, Amy FR        \r\n    r:+0.76  10.84        22.56 (22.56)\r\n          32.68 (10.12)       44.08 (21.52)\r\n          54.55 (10.47)     1:06.18 (22.10)\r\n        1:16.73 (10.55)     1:28.52 (22.34)\r\n 10 Southern Cali-CA  'A'         1:29.68    1:28.55PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Wilk, Kasia JR                2) r:0.27 Swenson, Evan SO      \r\n     3) r:0.16 Stewart, Kendyl JR     4) r:0.24 Chenault, Chelsea SO  \r\n             11.10        22.65 (22.65)\r\n          33.07 (10.42)       44.63 (21.98)\r\n          54.88 (10.25)     1:06.45 (21.82)\r\n        1:16.94 (10.49)     1:28.55 (22.10)\r\n 11 Texas-ST  'A'                 1:29.05    1:28.58PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Jaques, Gretchen SR           2) r:0.01 Schneider, Mimi FR    \r\n     3) r:0.38 Wong, Brynne SO        4) r:0.18 Millard, Rebecca FR   \r\n    r:+0.70  10.88        22.35 (22.35)\r\n          32.44 (10.09)       44.25 (21.90)\r\n          54.88 (10.63)     1:06.72 (22.47)\r\n        1:17.24 (10.52)     1:28.58 (21.86)\r\n 12 Penn State-MA  'A'            1:28.50    1:28.59PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Ackman, Alyson JR             2) r:0.26 Fittin, Carolyn SR    \r\n     3) r:0.23 Saloky, Kaitlin SO     4) r:0.13 Miller, Katelyn SR    \r\n    r:+0.69  10.90        22.38 (22.38)\r\n          32.57 (10.19)       43.88 (21.50)\r\n          54.39 (10.51)     1:06.42 (22.54)\r\n        1:16.91 (10.49)     1:28.59 (22.17)\r\n 13 UNC-NC  'A'                   1:29.40    1:28.62PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Baldwin, Caroline FR          2) r:-0.06 Lincoln, Hannah JR   \r\n     3) r:0.29 Hitchens, Sarah SO     4) r:0.37 Hardesty, Allyn JR    \r\n    r:+0.72  10.97        22.40 (22.40)\r\n          32.75 (10.35)       44.29 (21.89)\r\n          54.73 (10.44)     1:06.22 (21.93)\r\n        1:16.90 (10.68)     1:28.62 (22.40)\r\n 14 Virginia-VA  'A'              1:28.54    1:28.74 qD1-A  \r\n     1) Cooper, Caitlin FR            2) r:0.30 Thomas, Ellen SO      \r\n     3) r:0.39 Bartholomew, Cotney JR 4) r:0.28 Williamson, Ellen SR  \r\n    r:+3.46  11.17        22.74 (22.74)\r\n          32.95 (10.21)       44.29 (21.55)\r\n          54.93 (10.64)     1:06.45 (22.16)\r\n        1:17.10 (10.65)     1:28.74 (22.29)\r\n 15 Arizona-AZ  'A'               1:29.99    1:28.76 qD1-A  \r\n     1) Schick, Taylor JR             2) r:+0.0 Brandon, Bonnie JR    \r\n     3) r:+0.0 Kremer, Paige FR       4) r:+0.0 Kurki, Laura FR       \r\n    r:+0.65  10.72        22.24 (22.24)\r\n          32.68 (10.44)       44.18 (21.94)\r\n          54.94 (10.76)     1:06.61 (22.43)\r\n        1:17.15 (10.54)     1:28.76 (22.15)\r\n 16 San Diego State-SI  'A'       1:28.72    1:28.79 qD1-A  \r\n     1) Apostalon, Anika SO           2) r:0.26 Bailey, Chelsea SR    \r\n     3) r:0.24 Johnson, Taylor JR     4) r:0.22 Weisz, Whitney JR     \r\n    r:+0.68  10.62        22.04 (22.04)\r\n          32.42 (10.38)       44.07 (22.03)\r\n          54.65 (10.58)     1:06.42 (22.35)\r\n        1:16.95 (10.53)     1:28.79 (22.37)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Women’s 500 free<\/strong><\/p>\n
Virginia’s Leah Smith unleashed an NCAA record in the women’s 500-yard free at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.<\/p>\n
Smith threw down an epic time of 4:30.37 for the top time in her heat in qualifying.<\/p>\n
Smith’s splits:<\/strong><\/p>\n
24.86, 51.35 (26.49), 1:18.49 (27.14), 1:45.73 (27.24), 2:13.24 (27.51), 2:40.76 (27.52), 3:08.45 (27.69), 3:36.08 (27.63), 4:03.69 (27.61), 4:30.37 (26.68).<\/p>\n
That time lowered the previous NCAA record of 4:31.90 set by California’s Cierra Runge last\u00a0month at the Pacific 12 Championships.<\/p>\n
Runge’s splits:<\/strong><\/p>\n
24.91, 51.63 (26.72), 1:18.81 (27.19), 1:46.04 (27.22), 2:13.64 (27.60), 2:41.33 (27.69), 3:09.36 (28.03), 3:36.98 (27.62), 4:04.80 (27.82), 4:31.90 (27.10)<\/p>\n
Smith now stands second all time behind only Katie Ledecky’s American and U.S. Open record of 4:26.58 from last month while swimming for Stone Ridge High School.<\/p>\n
Ledecky’s splits:<\/strong><\/p>\n
24.94, 51.74 (26.80), 1:18.70 (26.96), 1:45.77 (27.07), 2:12.96 (27.19), 2:39.80 (26.84), 3:06.63 (26.83), 3:33.76 (27.13), 4:00.63\u00a0(26.87), 4:26.58 (25.95)<\/p>\n
Smith had been the sixth-fastest swimmer all time with a 4:32.61 from December for Virginia, but definitely dropped the hammer today.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Smith’s time this morning stands fifth all time in the performances list behind four different Ledecky performances from the last year.<\/p>\n
Georgia’s Amber McDermott qualified second this morning in 4:35.17 with Runge putting up a smooth 4:35.28 to set up an epic battle tonight as the third seed.<\/p>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Women’s 200 IM<\/strong><\/p>\n
California countered Georgia’s body blow in the 500-yard free with a huge 200 IM. \u00a0The Golden Bears not only went 1-2-3 in qualifying, they picked up another B finalist.<\/p>\n
Missy Franklin, in the first swim of her final collegiate meet before turning pro on Saturday night, qualified first in 1:53.62. \u00a0Elizabeth Pelton earned second in 1:54.08 with Celina Li clocking in a 1:54.84 for third overall.<\/p>\n
The trio will be vying for Caitlin Leverenz’s NCAA and American record of 1:51.77 set for California in 2012.<\/p>\n
A\u00a0swimoff for eighth place happened with Georgia’s Annie Zhu tying\u00a0Ohio State’s Ashley Vance with 1:56.16s. \u00a0Zhu’s breaststroke delivered her the win, 1:56.71-1:57.01.<\/p>\n
  1 Franklin, Missy  SO California-PC     1:52.99    1:53.62PqD1-A  \r\n    r:+0.80  24.82        52.72 (27.90)\r\n        1:26.62 (33.90)     1:53.62 (27.00)\r\n  2 Pelton, Elizabe  JR California-PC     1:52.93    1:54.08PqD1-A  \r\n    r:+0.78  24.72        52.27 (27.55)\r\n        1:26.52 (34.25)     1:54.08 (27.56)\r\n  3 Li, Celina       SO California-PC     1:55.52    1:54.84 qD1-A  \r\n    r:+0.67  24.73        52.87 (28.14)\r\n        1:26.70 (33.83)     1:54.84 (28.14)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Women’s 50 free<\/strong><\/p>\n
Georgia felt California’s power in the IM and returned fire as the Bulldogs are proving they are the deepest freestyle team in the country. \u00a0On top of four A finalists in the 500 free, Georgia also grabbed three A finalists in the 50 free.<\/p>\n
Stanford’s Simone Manuel put up a personal best time of 21.54 for the top seed. \u00a0That moved her into a tie with Georgia’s Olivia Smoliga for seventh all time.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin’s Ivy Martin clipped a bit off her lifetime best with a second-seeded 21.57. \u00a0She now stands ninth all time with Manuel leapfrogging her in the rankings.<\/p>\n
California’s Farida Osman popped a third-seeded time of 21.63 to move to 12th all time.<\/p>\n
Chantal Van Landeghem (21.78), Madeline Locus (21.92) and Smoliga (21.96) each made the finale for Georgia.<\/p>\n
  1 Manuel, Simone   FR Stanford-PC         21.59      21.54PqD1-A  \r\n    r:+0.73  10.58        21.54 (10.96)\r\n  2 Martin, Ivy      SR Wisconsin-WI        21.65      21.57PqD1-A  \r\n    r:+0.69  10.43        21.57 (11.14)\r\n  3 Osman, Farida    SO California-PC       21.65      21.63PqD1-A  \r\n    r:+0.73  10.71        21.63 (10.92)\r\n  4 Worrell, Kelsi   JR Louisville-KY       22.01      21.70PqD1-A  \r\n    r:+0.65  10.42        21.70 (11.28)\r\n  5 Van Landeghem,   JR Georgia-GA          21.74      21.78PqD1-A  \r\n    r:+0.71  10.68        21.78 (11.10)\r\n  6 Locus, Madeline  SR Georgia-GA          21.77      21.92PqD1-B  \r\n    r:+0.70  10.67        21.92 (11.25)\r\n  7 Smoliga, Olivia  SO Georgia-GA          21.96      21.96PqD1-B  \r\n    r:+0.82  10.73        21.96 (11.23)\r\n  8 Bonnema, Riki    JR NC State-NC         21.87      21.97PqD1-B  \r\n    r:+0.74  10.74        21.97 (11.23)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Women’s 400 medley relay<\/strong><\/p>\n
Virginia’s Courtney Bartholomew (50.88), Laura Simon (57.33), Jen Marrkand (51.61) and Shannon Rauth (48.45) blasted the preliminary heats with a 3:28.27. \u00a0The swim was under NCAA and American record pace, currently held by Stanford with a 3:27.51 last year.<\/p>\n
Virginia could be looking at its just its third NCAA title ever if they can pull off the upset this evening.<\/p>\n
Another upstart, Louisville, took the second seed with Tanja Kylliainen (52.89), Andee Cottrell (58.58), Kelsi Worrell (49.56) and Andrea Kneppers (47.87) putting up a 3:28.90.<\/p>\n
Stanford’s Janet Hu (52.10), Katie Olsen (58.36), Lindsey Engel (51.71) and Simone Manuel (47.72) qualified third in 3:29.89.<\/p>\n
  1 Virginia-VA  'A'              3:27.84    3:28.27PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Bartholomew, Courtney JR      2) r:0.38 Simon, Laura SO       \r\n     3) r:0.11 Marrkand, Jen FR       4) r:0.53 Rauth, Shannon SO     \r\n    r:+0.63  25.05        50.88 (50.88)\r\n        1:17.79 (26.91)     1:48.21 (57.33)\r\n        2:11.93 (23.72)     2:39.82 (51.61)\r\n        3:02.85 (23.03)     3:28.27 (48.45)\r\n  2 Louisville-KY  'A'            3:31.58    3:28.90PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Kylliainen, Tanja SR          2) r:0.15 Cottrell, Andee SO    \r\n     3) r:0.12 Worrell, Kelsi JR      4) r:0.33 Kneppers, Andrea SO   \r\n    r:+0.55  25.72        52.89 (52.89)\r\n        1:20.17 (27.28)     1:51.47 (58.58)\r\n        2:14.40 (22.93)     2:41.03 (49.56)\r\n        3:03.71 (22.68)     3:28.90 (47.87)\r\n  3 Stanford-PC  'A'              3:28.87    3:29.89PqD1-A  \r\n     1) Hu, Janet FR                  2) r:0.39 Olsen, Katie SR       \r\n     3) r:0.30 Engel, Lindsey FR      4) r:0.34 Manuel, Simone FR     \r\n    r:+0.51  25.30        52.10 (52.10)\r\n        1:19.56 (27.46)     1:50.46 (58.36)\r\n        2:14.45 (23.99)     2:42.17 (51.71)\r\n        3:05.23 (23.06)     3:29.89 (47.72)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Women’s one-meter diving still left to go.<\/b><\/p>\n
SCHEDULED EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n