{"id":181186,"date":"2016-02-01T08:24:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T15:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=181186"},"modified":"2016-02-01T09:00:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T16:00:27","slug":"5-pac-12-headlines-from-this-past-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-pac-12-headlines-from-this-past-week\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Pac-12 Headlines From This Past Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

This was a busy week for the Pac-12 teams, from senior days, ranked match ups, and upsets, here are the top 5 stories from the teams out west.<\/p>\n

Top Stories This Week:<\/h2>\n
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  1. The No. 7 USC women upset the No. 3 California women on Friday. Maybe California had an off day, maybe USC had a really good day, maybe it was a combination of the two, but it was definitely a shock to the system for California. With really strong swims from USC freshman\u00a0Riley Scott<\/strong> and junior\u00a0Anika Apostalon<\/strong>, the Trojan women could pose a major threat to some of the established hierarchy of Pac-12 swimming at the conference championship.<\/li>\n
  2. The No. 2 Stanford women are still undefeated, but that’s not really a surprise at this point. Ranked second in the country behind the Georgia women, Stanford is looking strong going into the final stretch of their season.\u00a0Janet<\/strong> Hu<\/strong> and\u00a0Lia Neal\u00a0<\/strong>among others, are going to play major rolls for this team come championship season.<\/li>\n
  3. B cuts on B cuts on B cuts. More than a dozen women from the Pac-12 put their names into the selection pool for the NCAA Championship this weekend. By the time a shave and taper meet comes around, we should see that number increase dramatically, as well as those women with B cuts already edge closer to A cuts or jump atop the selection group.<\/li>\n
  4. Barriers. The number of women under the barriers in events–the 50.00 barrier in the 100 free, the 10:00 barrier in the 1000 free–is impressive, especially considering that these women are not shaved, tapered, or suited. There have been a few women–Apostalon for one–that have even been under 49.00 (Apostalon was a 48.85 in the 100 free in the dual against California).<\/li>\n
  5. The No. 15 Arizona men have some good sprinters–good enough to sweep the event against the No. 1 Texas men. Two of the three men in the event were under 21, the third being just over 21 with a 21.01, which bodes really well for a good showing at the conference championship in three weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Weekly Meet Schedule Recap:<\/h2>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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    Featured Meets This Week:<\/h2>\n
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    No. 2 Stanford Women Remain Undefeated With Victory Over UCLA<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n