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Now Stanford leads by 119.5 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is special. Breaking an American record is pretty cool. To know that it was one that was Katie\u2019s from a couple of weeks ago is something I am proud of knowing how incredible of a swimmer she is,\u201d Eastin said. \u201cIt was a goal for me, at some point in my career, break that record, but I didn\u2019t necessarily expect to do that tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Especially after swimming a 4:03.47 during Friday\u2019s preliminaries and getting touched out by Cal\u2019s Kathleen Baker for the 200 IM title on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was not in the best mood coming into the finals, knowing my body was really tired and not having a super comfortable prelim swim, but I think a lot of words of encouragement I got from my coaches and my teammates really helped me push myself along,\u201d Eastin said. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the field gave her quite a push, too, as Texas A&amp;M\u2019s <strong>Sydney Pickrem<\/strong> also went faster than 4 minutes, finishing runner-up in 3:59.36.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt like the hard work for the season has paid off, but to break a barrier like 4 minutes is definitely more rewarding than just going a best time,\u201d Pickrem said. \u201cI was pretty excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eastin and Pickrem held off Texas senior <strong>Madisyn Cox<\/strong> (4:00.97), and A&amp;M\u2019s <strong>Bethany Galat<\/strong> (4:01.06).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinning for my team is something that I take a lot of pride in. That is a lot of the reason I was upset last night. I knew getting my hand on the wall first was something I really wanted to do,\u201d Eastin said. \u201cI felt really pushed in the first 200, knowing I did need to be ahead. Once I caught my stride, I think I was pretty confident and didn\u2019t really look back. But I knew that people were going to be coming for me until the very last second. It was easy to be motivated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew going into it I was going to have to be ahead at the breaststroke, knowing we had some strong breaststrokers. Going out quick but smooth is how <strong>Greg (Meehan)<\/strong> and I talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pickrem swam a best-time and the eighth-fastest in history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really swim the same way they do, so I have to have my own strategy and not panic, because I have done that in the past,\u201d Pickrem said.<\/p>\n<p>Eastin\u2019s time was the second-fastest ever behind Hungary\u2019s <strong>Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> (USC), who went 3:56.54 in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year, I think I wanted to prove myself to everybody, although a lot of that was for my team. I definitely wanted to make a statement coming out as a freshman. This year, I was making sure I was doing everything I wanted to, therefore benefiting my team,\u201d Eastin said. \u201cKatinka swim really fast when she did that. It might not happen any time soon, or ever, but that is the next thing to push for.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dan D\u2019Addona. 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