{"id":243238,"date":"2017-02-26T12:26:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T19:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=243238"},"modified":"2017-02-26T14:16:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T21:16:21","slug":"for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"For Stanford Women, Pac-12 Title Just a Step Towards the Ultimate Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"

By David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

Stanford coaches Greg Meehan<\/strong> and Tracy Slusser<\/strong> had won a Pac-12 championship before, but it came in their first season on the Farm, in 2013. That one had been a validation, a breakthrough moment for the new coaching staff.<\/p>\n

But even though the Cardinal had finished second each of the previous three seasons and thus none of the women on the current roster had ever won a conference or national team championship, the team still seemed somewhat reserved after wrapping up this year’s conference title late Saturday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTotally different experience with a totally different group,\u201d Meehan said.\u201d Both very special but for different reasons. I think at that point it was the end of the first year, and it was just really exciting to get that Pac-12 championship. This year it\u2019s kind of a byproduct of how strong our group is, how great our coaching staff is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stanford finished\u00a0the 18th and final swimming event of the meet just as it had 13 of the previous 17\u2014with a win. Simone Manuel<\/strong>, Katie Ledecky<\/strong>, Janet<\/strong> Hu<\/strong> and Lia Neal<\/strong> pulled away from USC and Cal to win the 400 free relay in 3:08.51, a new American record<\/a>\u2014the fifth set by Stanford swimmers over the four-day meet.<\/p>\n

Even though the meet was secured well before the relay, Meehan wanted Neal, a senior in her final Pac-12s, to be the one on the anchor leg.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe like to put her last,\u201d Meehan said. \u201cShe\u2019s one of the best relay swimmers in the world. She\u2019s just done some amazing anchor legs for us, and that\u2019s the relay order we\u2019ve had all year. I think there\u2019s a lot to be said for having a senior on the end of the last relay, on the last day.”<\/p>\n

Neal avoided getting sentimental, but the opportunity toswim the last leg was one she relished and one she believes she can thrive in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it kind of brings it full circle because when I was growing up, doing age group swimming, I always anchored relays,\u201d she said. \u201cI do tend to really like anchoring relays because I don\u2019t overthink like I normally do\u2014I\u2019m just trying to get my hand on the wall for my team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neal remains an important piece to what the Cardinal pulled off over the weekend in Federal Way, Wash., and what they hope to accomplish moving forward, but what Meehan believes was one of her biggest contributions to the program came years ago.<\/p>\n

In the fall of 2012, Meehan inherited a good group that included future NCAA champions Maya DiRado<\/strong> and Felicia<\/strong> Lee<\/strong>\u2014the core that would lead Stanford to a conference title in year one. But then, within the first couple months, he secured the commitment of Neal, just months after she swam the third leg on the Olympic bronze medal-winning U.S. 400 free relay in London.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen she made that decision, she really legitimized us as coaches and as a program, to say \u2018This is an option for people,\u2019\u201d Meehan said. \u201cAnd we\u2019re so grateful that she did that because then she made it okay for the Allys and the Janets and the Simones and the Katies and the Katies and the Megans\u2014just everyone to follow along. She really put us on this path.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cardinal program gets so much attention for the Olympian stars\u2014in particular, Simone Manuel<\/strong> and Katie Ledecky<\/strong>\u2014but the program is so much more than just that dynamic duo. Stanford will enter the NCAA championships with the top time in the country in 10 of 13 individual swimming events and in three of five relays.<\/p>\n

The only events where a Stanford swimmer will not be ranked No. 1 when the psych sheets for the NCAA championships come out this week? The 100 and 200 breast, where Olympic gold medalist Lilly King is predictably ranked first in both, and in the 200 back, where Kathleen Baker\u2019s 1:48.33 is just over a second ahead of Stanford\u2019s Janet Hu (1:49.36).<\/p>\n

Ledecky will have to choose to swim either the 400 IM or the 200 free at the NCAA championships, but she can hardly make a wrong decision since Stanford finished 1-2-3 in both events at Pac-12s. Ledecky sat out the 1650 free Saturday night and watched from the sidelines as teammates Megan Byrnes<\/strong> and Leah Stevens<\/strong> swept the top two spots.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can point to one person or two people, but the reality is we were great this weekend because of A to Z,\u201d Meehan said. \u201cIt didn\u2019t really matter what distance event or sprint event. I\u2019m really proud of the group but just knowing that we\u2019re continuing on here in a couple weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

But for all the big moments the Cardinal women experienced this week, the one that tops Neal\u2019s list\u2014and plenty others\u2014was watching Ally Howe<\/strong> smash the American and NCAA record in the 100 back<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen she touched, when I saw she went 49.6, pretty far under the American record, such an insane record after 15 years, I just thought back to the beginning of the season when we all talked about our goals, and she stood up and said that she wanted to break the American record,\u201d Neal said. \u201cI was just like, \u2018She said she wanted to break the American record, and she did it!\u2019 That\u2019s just so baller.\u201d<\/p>\n

But there comes a next step, in just over two weeks\u2019 time when the Cardinal fly to Indianapolis in hopes of winning the team\u2019s first national championship since 1998.<\/p>\n

Every Stanford swimmer and coach I spoke to in Federal Way insisted that the team did not fully taper for Pac-12s, but more importantly, the team refused to consider the conference meet as anything but the last box to check off before heading to the big one.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the beginning of the year, Greg talked about NCAAs being our team goal, and I think we\u2019re just kind of using this meet to really prep for that,\u201d Howe said. \u201cWhile focusing on things in the moment and doing well here, he keeps reminding us that NCAAs is the focus, and we need to find ways to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Already heavily favored to win this year\u2019s NCAA title, Stanford did nothing this weekend to change that perception. And if Stanford can improve from the conference meet to the national championships, that\u2019s a scary thought for the rest of the country.<\/p>\n

All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By David Rieder. Stanford coaches Greg Meehan and Tracy Slusser had won a Pac-12 championship before, but it came in their first season on the Farm, in 2013. That one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":243239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,6,17],"tags":[58789,60258,36913,25272,26710,27847,26466,25418,25031,25504,26700,42783,26699,25426,25400,21656,60558],"class_list":["post-243238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-college","category-commentary","tag-2016-17-pac-12-conference-swimming-and-diving-coverage","tag-2017-ncaa-division-i-womens-championships","tag-ally-howe","tag-david-rieder","tag-felicia-lee","tag-greg-meehan","tag-janet-hu","tag-kathleen-baker","tag-katie-ledecky","tag-leah-stevens","tag-lia-neal","tag-lilly-king","tag-maya-dirado","tag-megan-byrnes","tag-simone-manuel","tag-tracy-duchac","tag-tracy-slusser"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nFor Stanford Women, Pac-12 Title Just a Step Towards the Ultimate Goal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Stanford women dominated the Pac-12 championships, but the big prize remains three weeks and a cross-country flight away.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"For Stanford Women, Pac-12 Title Just a Step Towards the Ultimate Goal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Stanford women dominated the Pac-12 championships, but the big prize remains three weeks and a cross-country flight away.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-02-26T19:26:44+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-02-26T21:16:21+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stanford-pac-12-championship-celebration-1.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1220\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@David_Rieder\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af\"},\"headline\":\"For Stanford Women, Pac-12 Title Just a Step Towards the Ultimate Goal\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-26T19:26:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-26T21:16:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/\"},\"wordCount\":1108,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stanford-pac-12-championship-celebration-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2016-17 Pac 12 Conference Swimming & Diving Coverage\",\"2017 NCAA Division I Women's Championships\",\"Ally Howe\",\"David Rieder\",\"Felicia Lee\",\"Greg Meehan\",\"Janet Hu\",\"Kathleen Baker\",\"Katie Ledecky\",\"Leah Stevens\",\"Lia Neal\",\"Lilly King\",\"Maya DiRado\",\"Megan Byrnes\",\"Simone Manuel\",\"Tracy Duchac\",\"Tracy Slusser\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"College\",\"Commentary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/\",\"name\":\"For Stanford Women, Pac-12 Title Just a Step Towards the Ultimate Goal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stanford-pac-12-championship-celebration-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-26T19:26:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-26T21:16:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Stanford women dominated the Pac-12 championships, but the big prize remains three weeks and a cross-country flight away.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stanford-pac-12-championship-celebration-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stanford-pac-12-championship-celebration-1.jpg\",\"width\":1220,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Chuckarelei \/ Pac-12\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"For Stanford Women, Pac-12 Title Just a Step Towards the Ultimate Goal\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af\",\"name\":\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\"},\"description\":\"David Rieder is a staff writer for Swimming World. He has contributed to the magazine and website since 2009, and he has covered the NCAA Championships, U.S. Nationals, Olympic Trials as well as the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and the 2017 World Championships in Budapest. He is a native of Charleston, S.C., and a 2016 graduate of Duke University.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/David_Rieder\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/davidr\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"For Stanford Women, Pac-12 Title Just a Step Towards the Ultimate Goal","description":"The Stanford women dominated the Pac-12 championships, but the big prize remains three weeks and a cross-country flight away.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"For Stanford Women, Pac-12 Title Just a Step Towards the Ultimate Goal","og_description":"The Stanford women dominated the Pac-12 championships, but the big prize remains three weeks and a cross-country flight away.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2017-02-26T19:26:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-02-26T21:16:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1220,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stanford-pac-12-championship-celebration-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@David_Rieder","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/"},"author":{"name":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af"},"headline":"For Stanford Women, Pac-12 Title Just a Step Towards the Ultimate Goal","datePublished":"2017-02-26T19:26:44+00:00","dateModified":"2017-02-26T21:16:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/"},"wordCount":1108,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stanford-pac-12-championship-celebration-1.jpg","keywords":["2016-17 Pac 12 Conference Swimming & Diving Coverage","2017 NCAA Division I Women's Championships","Ally Howe","David Rieder","Felicia Lee","Greg Meehan","Janet Hu","Kathleen Baker","Katie Ledecky","Leah Stevens","Lia Neal","Lilly King","Maya DiRado","Megan Byrnes","Simone Manuel","Tracy Duchac","Tracy Slusser"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","College","Commentary"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/","name":"For Stanford Women, Pac-12 Title Just a Step Towards the Ultimate Goal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stanford-pac-12-championship-celebration-1.jpg","datePublished":"2017-02-26T19:26:44+00:00","dateModified":"2017-02-26T21:16:21+00:00","description":"The Stanford women dominated the Pac-12 championships, but the big prize remains three weeks and a cross-country flight away.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stanford-pac-12-championship-celebration-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stanford-pac-12-championship-celebration-1.jpg","width":1220,"height":800,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Chuckarelei \/ Pac-12"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/for-stanford-women-pac-12-title-just-a-step-towards-the-ultimate-goal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"For Stanford Women, Pac-12 Title Just a Step Towards the Ultimate Goal"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af","name":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"David Rieder - Senior Writer"},"description":"David Rieder is a staff writer for Swimming World. He has contributed to the magazine and website since 2009, and he has covered the NCAA Championships, U.S. Nationals, Olympic Trials as well as the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and the 2017 World Championships in Budapest. He is a native of Charleston, S.C., and a 2016 graduate of Duke University.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/David_Rieder"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/davidr\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: Chuckarelei \/ Pac-12","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stanford-pac-12-championship-celebration-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-11hc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}