{"id":187342,"date":"2016-02-24T19:36:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T02:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=187342"},"modified":"2016-02-25T12:03:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T19:03:37","slug":"stanford-clips-american-record-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/stanford-clips-american-record-women\/","title":{"rendered":"(Race Highlight) Stanford Clips NCAA, American Record in Women’s 200 Yard Medley Relay at Pac 12s"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you aren’t watching the first night of the women’s Pac 12 Championships each year, you could be missing something big. \u00a0Tonight, Stanford took down the NCAA and American record in the women’s 200-yard medley relay.<\/p>\n

The foursome of Ally Howe<\/strong> (23.62), Sarah Haase<\/strong> (26.20), Janet Hu<\/strong> (22.82) and Lia Neal<\/strong> (21.51) unleashed a sizzling 1:34.15 in the finale.<\/p>\n

That swim eclipsed the 2012 record set by California when Cindy Tran, Caitlin Leverenz, Colleen Fotsch and Liv Jensen<\/strong> put up a 1:34.24 at the NCAA Championships held in Auburn, Ala.<\/p>\n

The Stanford foursome had an interesting year last year. \u00a0At the 2015 NCAA Women’s Championships<\/a>, Stanford had a subpar preliminary session in the 200-yard medley relay and missed the A final. \u00a0The team, swimming in the same order, put up a 1:35.10 to set the pool record with the fastest time of the night out of the B final, ahead of event champion California’s 1:35.15 in the A final.<\/p>\n

California’s Rachel Bootsma<\/strong> (23.46), Marina Garcia Urzainqui<\/strong> (27.62), Janet Hu<\/strong> (23.26) and Farida Osman<\/strong> (21.11) took second in 1:35.45. \u00a0USC’s Hannah Weis<\/strong>s (24.63), Riley Scott<\/strong> (26.80), Kendyl Stewart<\/strong> (22.72) and Katarzyna Wilk<\/strong> (21.75) finished third in 1:35.90.<\/p>\n

15 Second Highlight:<\/strong><\/p>\n