{"id":127706,"date":"2015-03-19T18:12:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T01:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=127706"},"modified":"2016-02-22T16:14:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T23:14:39","slug":"ncaa-division-i-womens-championships-simone-manuel-lezaks-stanford-to-400-medley-relay-ncaaamerican-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-i-womens-championships-simone-manuel-lezaks-stanford-to-400-medley-relay-ncaaamerican-record\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: Simone Manuel “Lezaks” Virginia for 400 Medley Relay NCAA\/American Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Through three legs, it looked like Virginia was well on its way to a banner night with the women\u2019s 400-yard medley relay well in hand \u2013 until Stanford\u2019s Simone Manuel entered the water.<\/p>\n

Manuel showed her big-time anchor ability, first demonstrated with a huge victory for Team USA at the Duel in the Pool in 2013, as she pulled off a Lezakesque anchor of 45.45.<\/p>\n

Virginia led Stanford by more than two seconds, 2:38.73 to 2:40.96, heading into the anchor leg.<\/p>\n

In the end, Stanford\u2019s Ally Howe (52.00), Katie Olsen (58.07), Janet Hu (50.89) and Manuel (45.45) finished the finale with an NCAA, U.S. Open and American record time of 3:26.41.<\/p>\n

Just a hundredth behind, Virginia\u2019s Courtney Bartholomew (50.19), Laura Simon (57.52), Ellen Williamson (51.02) and Ellen Thomas (47.69) collected second overall with 3:26.42.<\/p>\n

California\u2019s Rachel Bootsma (50.84), Marina Garcia (59.28), Farida Osman (51.07) and Missy Franklin (45.98) also cleared the previous NCAA and American record of 3:27.51 set by Stanford last year as California clocked a 3:27.17 tonight.<\/p>\n

Those are the three fastest relays in history.<\/p>\n

That’s Stanford’s NCAA record 11th win in the 400-yard medley relay:<\/p>\n

1987<\/strong> Stanford (Michelle Donahue, Susie Rapp, Jenna Johnson, Aimee Berzins), 3:38.17
\n1990<\/strong> Stanford (Dede Trimble, Lori Heisick, Suzy Buckovich, Janel Jorgensen), 3:38.84
\n1991<\/strong> Stanford (Janel Jorgensen, Lori Heisick, Summer Sanders, Suzy Buckovich),\u00a03:39.51
\n1992<\/strong> Stanford (Lea Loveless, Lori Heisick, Summer Sanders, Janel Jorgensen), 3:35.64
\n1993<\/strong> Stanford (Lea Loveless, Lori Heisick, Janel Jorgensen, Lisa Jacob), 3:37.27
\n1998<\/strong> Stanford (Catherine Fox, Elin Austevoll, Misty Hyman, Siobhan Cropper), 3:33.61
\n1999<\/strong> Stanford (Shelly Ripple, Elin Austevoll, Misty Hyman, Catherine Fox), 3:33.75
\n2001<\/strong> Stanford (Shelly Ripple, Tara Kirk, Misty Hyman, Siobhan Cropper), 3:32.43
\n2002<\/strong> Stanford (Amy Wagner, Tara Kirk, Shelly Ripple, Lacey Boutwell), 3:31.74
\n2014<\/strong> Stanford (Maya DiRado, Katie Olsen, Felicia Lee, Lia Neal) 3:27.51<\/p>\n

  1 Stanford-PC  'A'              3:29.89    3:26.41ND1-A    40  \r\n     1) Howe, Ally FR                 2) r:0.24 Olsen, Katie SR       \r\n     3) r:0.19 Hu, Janet FR           4) r:0.19 Manuel, Simone FR     \r\n    r:+0.63  25.40        52.00 (52.00)\r\n        1:19.25 (27.25)     1:50.07 (58.07)\r\n        2:13.43 (23.36)     2:40.96 (50.89)\r\n        3:02.74 (21.78)     3:26.41 (45.45)\r\n  2 Virginia-VA  'A'              3:28.27    3:26.42ND1-A    34  \r\n     1) Bartholomew, Courtney JR      2) r:0.35 Simon, Laura SO       \r\n     3) r:0.26 Williamson, Ellen SR   4) r:0.24 Thomas, Ellen SO      \r\n    r:+0.59  24.45        50.19 (50.19)\r\n        1:17.22 (27.03)     1:47.71 (57.52)\r\n        2:11.20 (23.49)     2:38.73 (51.02)\r\n        3:00.88 (22.15)     3:26.42 (47.69)\r\n  3 California-PC  'A'            3:30.63    3:27.17ND1-A    32  \r\n     1) Bootsma, Rachel JR            2) r:0.04 Garcia, Marina SO     \r\n     3) r:0.17 Osman, Farida SO       4) r:0.36 Franklin, Missy SO    \r\n    r:+0.55  24.59        50.84 (50.84)\r\n        1:18.44 (27.60)     1:50.12 (59.28)\r\n        2:13.44 (23.32)     2:41.19 (51.07)\r\n        3:03.32 (22.13)     3:27.17 (45.98)<\/pre>\n
 1. Georgia                           172   2. California                        162\r\n  3. Stanford                          111   4. Texas A&M                        82.5\r\n  5. Virginia                           76   5. Louisville                         76\r\n  7. Wisconsin                          54   8. Tennessee                          52\r\n  9. Southern California                46  10. Arizona                            44\r\n 11. Texas                              42  12. NC State                           41\r\n 13. Auburn                             32  14. Missouri                           30\r\n 15. Florida                            27  16. UNC                                24\r\n 16. Notre Dame                         24  18. Kentucky                           21\r\n 19. Penn State                         19  19. Minnesota                          19\r\n 21. Purdue                             14  22. Illinois State University          12\r\n 23. Florida State                      11  24. So. Methodist                       8\r\n 25. Miami University (Ohio)             7  25. Indiana                             7\r\n 27. University of Miami (Florida)       6  28. Florida Gulf Coast                4.5\r\n 29. Iowa                                4  29. San Diego State                     4\r\n 31. Hawaii (W)                          3  31. Michigan                            3\r\n 33. Ohio State                          2<\/pre>\n
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