{"id":281350,"date":"2017-10-22T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=281350"},"modified":"2017-10-22T13:10:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T20:10:11","slug":"pac-12-edges-team-usa-in-second-ever-usa-swimming-college-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pac-12-edges-team-usa-in-second-ever-usa-swimming-college-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Pac-12 Edges Team USA in Second Ever USA Swimming College Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pac-12\u00a0won the second ever USA Swimming College Challenge as they beat Team USA 326.5-286.5. The Pac-12 all-stars won the women&#8217;s side of the meet pretty handily thanks to wins from\u00a0<strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Kathleen Baker\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Louise Hansson<\/strong>. Team USA came out on top on the men&#8217;s side, but it did not prove enough for them even with wins from\u00a0<strong>Tom Shields\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Nic Fink<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA is now 1-1 in the College Challenge after they beat the Big Ten last year in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2017-usa-college-challenge\/usa-senior-national\/2017\/October\/21\" target=\"_blank\">Live Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mixed 200 Medley Relay<\/li>\n<li>1000 Free<\/li>\n<li>200 Free<\/li>\n<li>100 Back<\/li>\n<li>100 Breast<\/li>\n<li>200 Fly<\/li>\n<li>50 Free<\/li>\n<li>200 IM<\/li>\n<li>400 Free Relay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Mixed 200 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n<p>The Pac-12 started off the Sunday session with a win in the mixed medley relay as they held off the USA team. The Pac-12 touched first at 1:28.87 to hold off a hard charging USA team at 1:28.99. Utah&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Catalin Ungur\u00a0<\/strong>(21.06),\u00a0Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Connor Hoppe\u00a0<\/strong>(23.53), Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Janet Hu\u00a0<\/strong>(23.02) and Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Abbey Weitzeil\u00a0<\/strong>(21.26) won the relay for the conference.<\/p>\n<p>The USA team almost caught the Pac-12 team on the final leg as\u00a0<strong>Michael Andrew\u00a0<\/strong>came up just short with a 18.83 anchor leg.\u00a0<strong>Matt Grevers\u00a0<\/strong>(21.46),\u00a0<strong>Molly Hannis\u00a0<\/strong>(25.51),\u00a0<strong>Amanda Kendall\u00a0<\/strong>(23.19) and Andrew swam for them. Team USA finished in third at 1:30.21 and the Pac-12 finished in fourth at 1:32.15.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 19  Mixed 200 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n====================================================================\r\n    School                                 Seed     Finals        \r\n====================================================================\r\n  1 PAC12  'A'                               NT    1:28.87  \r\n     1) Ungur, Catalin P M23          2) Hoppe, Connor L M22          \r\n     3) Hu, Janet Y W21               4) Weitzeil, Abbey R W20        \r\n                 21.06        44.59 (23.53)\r\n        1:07.61 (23.02)     1:28.87 (21.26)\r\n  2 USAS  'B'                                NT    1:28.99  \r\n     1) Grevers, Matt C M32           2) Hannis, Molly C W25          \r\n     3) Kendall, Amanda E W26         4) Andrew, Michael C M18        \r\n                 21.46        46.97 (25.51)\r\n        1:10.16 (23.19)     1:28.99 (18.83)\r\n  3 USAS  'A'                                NT    1:30.21  \r\n     1) Murphy, Ryan F M22            2) Miller, Cody W M25           \r\n     3) Moffitt, Hellen S W22         4) Neal, Lia M W22              \r\n                 21.24        45.15 (23.91)\r\n        1:08.24 (23.09)     1:30.21 (21.97)\r\n  4 PAC12  'B'                               NT    1:32.15  \r\n     1) Tribuntsov, Ralf M23          2) Selikar, Andrew H M21        \r\n     3) Murphy, Maddie A W19          4) Konopka, Katrina M W20       \r\n                 22.89        47.35 (24.46)\r\n        1:10.54 (23.19)     1:32.15 (21.61)<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 1000 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> casually swam the fastest 1000 in the country this year with a 9:11.68 to win the race here in Los Angeles for the Pac-12 by over 20 seconds. Ledecky is well ahead of the nation in that event as she moves past NC State senior\u00a0<strong>Hannah Moore\u00a0<\/strong>(9:39.67). <strong>Hannah Cox<\/strong> of Arizona finished second here for the Pac-12 at 9:32.24 to move to second in the national rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Madison Homovich\u00a0<\/strong>finished third at 9:37.78 as she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/madison-homovich-gives-verbal-commitment-georgia-bulldogs\/\" target=\"_blank\">will be<\/a> a freshman at Georgia next fall.<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 1000 Free<\/h3>\n<p>Team USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Zane Grothe\u00a0<\/strong>won the 1000 with an 8:45.71 to lead a 1-2-3 finish with fellow World Championship member\u00a0<strong>Clark Smith\u00a0<\/strong>(8:46.34).\u00a0<strong>Mitch D&#8217;Arrigo\u00a0<\/strong>(8:55.18) completed the sweep to give Team USA valuable points in the event. The Pac-12 got points from Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>True Sweetser\u00a0<\/strong>(8:59.78) and Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Sean Grieshop\u00a0<\/strong>(9:06.35). Sweetser now sits at second in the national rankings behind Michigan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ricardo Vargas\u00a0<\/strong>(8:58.22).<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 18  Men 1000 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School               Seed     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n  1 Grothe, Zane G         25 USAS                   NT    8:45.71  \r\n                 23.75        49.81 (26.06)\r\n        1:16.10 (26.29)     1:42.60 (26.50)\r\n        2:09.14 (26.54)     2:35.63 (26.49)\r\n        3:02.38 (26.75)     3:29.09 (26.71)\r\n        3:55.90 (26.81)     4:22.59 (26.69)\r\n        4:49.04 (26.45)     5:15.48 (26.44)\r\n        5:41.84 (26.36)     6:08.09 (26.25)\r\n        6:34.55 (26.46)     7:00.98 (26.43)\r\n        7:27.51 (26.53)     7:54.07 (26.56)\r\n        8:20.41 (26.34)     8:45.71 (25.30)\r\n  2 Smith, Clark P         22 USAS                   NT    8:46.34  \r\n                 24.00        50.02 (26.02)\r\n        1:16.44 (26.42)     1:42.98 (26.54)\r\n        2:09.49 (26.51)     2:36.02 (26.53)\r\n        3:02.74 (26.72)     3:29.45 (26.71)\r\n        3:56.20 (26.75)     4:22.87 (26.67)\r\n        4:49.50 (26.63)     5:16.16 (26.66)\r\n        5:42.86 (26.70)     6:09.64 (26.78)\r\n        6:36.31 (26.67)     7:02.85 (26.54)\r\n        7:21.18 (18.33)     7:55.81 (34.63)\r\n        8:22.18 (26.37)     8:46.34 (24.16)\r\n  3 D'Arrigo, Mitch M      23 USAS                   NT    8:55.18  \r\n                 24.46        50.80 (26.34)\r\n        1:17.63 (26.83)     1:44.63 (27.00)\r\n        2:11.58 (26.95)     2:38.64 (27.06)\r\n        3:05.62 (26.98)     3:32.62 (27.00)\r\n        3:59.66 (27.04)     4:26.83 (27.17)\r\n        4:54.02 (27.19)     5:20.98 (26.96)\r\n        5:47.92 (26.94)     6:14.83 (26.91)\r\n        6:41.63 (26.80)     7:08.49 (26.86)\r\n        7:35.74 (27.25)     8:02.30 (26.56)\r\n        8:28.80 (26.50)     8:55.18 (26.38)\r\n  4 Sweetser, True         20 PAC12                  NT    8:59.78  \r\n                 24.59        51.34 (26.75)\r\n        1:18.38 (27.04)     1:45.45 (27.07)\r\n        2:12.34 (26.89)     2:39.44 (27.10)\r\n        3:06.71 (27.27)     3:33.67 (26.96)\r\n        4:00.60 (26.93)     4:27.89 (27.29)\r\n        4:55.10 (27.21)     5:22.13 (27.03)\r\n        5:49.43 (27.30)     6:17.14 (27.71)\r\n        6:44.64 (27.50)     7:11.95 (27.31)\r\n        7:39.45 (27.50)     8:06.68 (27.23)\r\n        8:33.82 (27.14)     8:59.78 (25.96)\r\n  5 Grieshop, Sean T       18 PAC12                  NT    9:06.35  \r\n                 24.44        51.21 (26.77)\r\n        1:18.50 (27.29)     1:45.88 (27.38)\r\n        2:13.12 (27.24)     2:40.32 (27.20)\r\n        3:07.55 (27.23)     3:34.90 (27.35)\r\n        4:01.73 (26.83)     4:30.31 (28.58)\r\n        4:53.44 (23.13)     5:23.38 (29.94)\r\n        5:52.89 (29.51)     6:20.56 (27.67)\r\n        6:43.70 (23.14)     7:16.19 (32.49)\r\n        7:38.01 (21.82)     8:11.62 (33.61)\r\n        8:39.50 (27.88)     9:06.35 (26.85)\r\n  6 Shoults, Grant M       20 PAC12                  NT    9:11.62  \r\n                 24.53        51.30 (26.77)\r\n        1:18.35 (27.05)     1:45.93 (27.58)\r\n        2:13.96 (28.03)     2:41.84 (27.88)\r\n        3:09.71 (27.87)     3:37.86 (28.15)\r\n        4:05.97 (28.11)     4:34.02 (28.05)\r\n        5:01.93 (27.91)     5:29.88 (27.95)\r\n        5:58.26 (28.38)     6:26.22 (27.96)\r\n        6:54.23 (28.01)     7:22.14 (27.91)\r\n        7:49.99 (27.85)     8:17.53 (27.54)\r\n        8:44.96 (27.43)     9:11.62 (26.66)<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Katie Ledecky\u00a0<\/strong>picked up her second win of the day with a 1:41.60 in the 200 free to get more points for the Pac-12. Ledecky moves just past Louisville&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Mallory Comerford\u00a0<\/strong>in the national rankings (1:41.70). Ledecky tied Comerford for the NCAA titles in that event last year.<\/p>\n<p>USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Melanie Margalis\u00a0<\/strong>and Pac-12&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Louise Hansson\u00a0<\/strong>tied for second at 1:43.19 as the Pac-12 picked up big points in that event. Stanford sophomore\u00a0<strong>Katie Drabot\u00a0<\/strong>finished in fourth at 1:45.44 to out-touch\u00a0<strong>Madisyn Cox\u00a0<\/strong>(1:45.68) at the finish.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 20  Women 200 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School               Seed     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n  1 Ledecky, Katie G       20 PAC12                  NT    1:41.60  \r\n                 24.35        49.96 (25.61)\r\n        1:15.89 (25.93)     1:41.60 (25.71)\r\n  2 Margalis, Melanie A    25 USAS                   NT    1:43.19  \r\n                 24.94        51.21 (26.27)\r\n        1:17.30 (26.09)     1:43.19 (25.89)\r\n  2 Hansson, Louise M      20 PAC12                  NT    1:43.19  \r\n                 24.40        50.65 (26.25)\r\n        1:16.98 (26.33)     1:43.19 (26.21)\r\n  4 Drabot, Katie G        20 PAC12                  NT    1:45.44  \r\n                 25.19        52.08 (26.89)\r\n        1:18.82 (26.74)     1:45.44 (26.62)\r\n  5 Cox, Madisyn L         22 USAS                   NT    1:45.68  \r\n                 25.03        51.95 (26.92)\r\n        1:18.95 (27.00)     1:45.68 (26.73)\r\n  6 Grover, Katie R        21 PAC12                  NT   x1:46.83  \r\n                 25.07        52.44 (27.37)\r\n        1:19.88 (27.44)     1:46.83 (26.95)\r\n  7 Luther, Dakota L       17 USAS                   NT    1:47.09  \r\n                 25.25        52.66 (27.41)\r\n        1:20.00 (27.34)     1:47.09 (27.09)<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 Free<\/h3>\n<p>Team USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Tom Shields\u00a0<\/strong>had a big win in the 200 free with an outside smoke swim of 1:33.70 on Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles. Shields took the lead early and held off USC&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Dylan Carter\u00a0<\/strong>(1:34.16) in his home pool. The Pac-12 finished second through fourth as Arizona State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Cameron Craig\u00a0<\/strong>(1:35.13) and Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Michael Jensen\u00a0<\/strong>(1:35.80) picked up big points for the conference.<\/p>\n<p>Carter is now second in the NCAA rankings behind Indiana senior\u00a0<strong>Blake Pieroni\u00a0<\/strong>(1:34.10) from yesterday&#8217;s win at Florida.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 21  Men 200 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School               Seed     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n  1 Shields, Tom A         26 USAS                   NT    1:33.70  \r\n                 21.34        45.01 (23.67)\r\n        1:09.64 (24.63)     1:33.70 (24.06)\r\n  2 Carter, Dylan J        21 PAC12                  NT    1:34.16  \r\n                 21.86        45.78 (23.92)\r\n        1:09.91 (24.13)     1:34.16 (24.25)\r\n  3 Craig, Cameron A       19 PAC12                  NT    1:35.13  \r\n                 22.08        46.18 (24.10)\r\n        1:10.59 (24.41)     1:35.13 (24.54)\r\n  4 Jensen, Michael A      19 PAC12                  NT    1:35.80  \r\n                 21.95        46.16 (24.21)\r\n        1:10.97 (24.81)     1:35.80 (24.83)\r\n  5 Smith, Kieran S        17 USAS                   NT    1:36.04  \r\n                 22.41        46.77 (24.36)\r\n        1:11.53 (24.76)     1:36.04 (24.51)\r\n  6 Grothe, Zane G         25 USAS                   NT    1:37.07  \r\n                 22.83        47.98 (25.15)\r\n        1:13.55 (25.57)     1:37.07 (23.52)\r\n  7 Conger, Jack P         23 USAS                   NT   x1:37.27  \r\n                 22.54        47.17 (24.63)\r\n        1:12.11 (24.94)     1:37.27 (25.16)\r\n  8 Phillips, Austin W     21 PAC12                  NT   x1:39.64  \r\n                 22.83        47.68 (24.85)\r\n        1:13.54 (25.86)     1:39.64 (26.10)<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100 Back<\/h3>\n<p>Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Kathleen Baker\u00a0<\/strong>had a big swim on Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles at the 2017 USA Swimming College Challenge with a 50.62 in the 100 back. She finished ahead of Team USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Regan Smith\u00a0<\/strong>(51.30) and Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Janet Hu\u00a0<\/strong>(51.61) of the Pac-12. Smith is still a sophomore in high school and will have plenty of time to make a college decision.<\/p>\n<p>USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Lucie Nordmann\u00a0<\/strong>will be swimming in the Pac-12 next season but she is representing Team USA now as she placed fourth at 52.64 while USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Hellen Moffitt\u00a0<\/strong>finished fifth at 52.81.<\/p>\n<p>Baker moves further ahead in the national rankings as her and Hu are leading the rankings ahead of Georgia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Kylie Stewart\u00a0<\/strong>(52.48).<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 22  Women 100 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School               Seed     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n  1 Baker, Kathleen S      20 PAC12                  NT      50.62  \r\n                 24.53        50.62 (26.09)\r\n  2 Smith, Regan E         15 USAS                   NT      51.30  \r\n                 25.07        51.30 (26.23)\r\n  3 Hu, Janet Y            21 PAC12                  NT      51.61  \r\n                 25.26        51.61 (26.35)\r\n  4 Nordmann, Lucie M      17 USAS                   NT      52.64  \r\n                 25.69        52.64 (26.95)\r\n  5 Moffitt, Hellen S      22 USAS                   NT      52.81  \r\n                 25.54        52.81 (27.27)\r\n  6 Margetts, Jasmine N    21 PAC12                  NT      55.40  \r\n                 26.95        55.40 (28.45)<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100 Back<\/h3>\n<p>The Pac-12 had another upset in the men&#8217;s backstroke events with a win from USC freshman\u00a0<strong>Robert Glinta\u00a0<\/strong>in the 100 with a 45.97. Glinta was a finalist in the 100 back in Rio for Romania, but he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/romanian-olympian-robert-glinta-out-of-pool-indefinitely\/\" target=\"_blank\">did not compete<\/a> in Budapest this past summer.<\/p>\n<p>Glinta out-touched the last two Olympic champions in this event in\u00a0<strong>Matt Grevers\u00a0<\/strong>(46.10) and\u00a0<strong>Ryan Murphy\u00a0<\/strong>(46.15). Utah&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Catalin Ungur\u00a0<\/strong>(46.24) and USC&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Patrick Mulcare <\/strong>(46.29)\u00a0were also right there ahead of USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jacob Pebley\u00a0<\/strong>(46.50) in that race.<\/p>\n<p>Glinta, Ungur and Mulcare now lead the NCAA rankings in that event.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 23  Men 100 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School               Seed     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n  1 Glinta, Robert         20 PAC12                  NT      45.97  \r\n                 22.26        45.97 (23.71)\r\n  2 Grevers, Matt C        32 USAS                   NT      46.10  \r\n                 22.53        46.10 (23.57)\r\n  3 Murphy, Ryan F         22 USAS                   NT      46.15  \r\n                 22.34        46.15 (23.81)\r\n  4 Ungur, Catalin P       23 PAC12                  NT      46.24  \r\n                 22.10        46.24 (24.14)\r\n  5 Mulcare, Patrick J     21 PAC12                  NT      46.29  \r\n                 22.27        46.29 (24.02)\r\n  6 Pebley, Jacob M        24 USAS                   NT      46.50  \r\n                 22.56        46.50 (23.94)\r\n  7 Tribuntsov, Ralf       23 PAC12                  NT     x46.56  \r\n                 22.48        46.56 (24.08)<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100 Breast<\/h3>\n<p>Team USA answered with its first individual win in a women&#8217;s race as\u00a0<strong>Molly Hannis\u00a0<\/strong>(57.69) led a 1-2-3 sweep for Team USA with\u00a0<strong>Andrea Cottrell\u00a0<\/strong>(59.33) and\u00a0<strong>Melanie Margalis\u00a0<\/strong>(59.37). The Pac-12 could only manage the bottom half as USC&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Maggie Aroesty\u00a0<\/strong>(59.98) and\u00a0<strong>Riley Scott\u00a0<\/strong>(1:00.16) finished fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA picked up valuable points as they closed the gap with that 1-2-3 sweep on the Pac-12. Aroesty is now third in the NCAA rankings behind Indiana&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Lilly King\u00a0<\/strong>(59.46) and Scott (59.56).<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 24  Women 100 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School               Seed     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n  1 Hannis, Molly C        25 USAS                   NT      57.69  \r\n                 26.91        57.69 (30.78)\r\n  2 Cotrell, Andrea M      22 USAS                   NT      59.33  \r\n                 28.10        59.33 (31.23)\r\n  3 Margalis, Melanie A    25 USAS                   NT      59.37  \r\n                 28.26        59.37 (31.11)\r\n  4 Aroesty, Maggie A      18 PAC12                  NT      59.98  \r\n                 28.36        59.98 (31.62)\r\n  5 Scott, Riley O         20 PAC12                  NT    1:00.16  \r\n                 28.04      1:00.16 (32.12)\r\n  6 Kansakoski, Silja H    20 PAC12                  NT    1:00.43  \r\n                 28.64      1:00.43 (31.79)\r\n  7 Robertson, Genny       21 PAC12                  NT   x1:01.97  \r\n                 29.16      1:01.97 (32.81)<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100 Breast<\/h3>\n<p>Team USA continued its breaststroke dominance with another 1-2-3 finish in the men&#8217;s version with\u00a0<strong>Nic Fink\u00a0<\/strong>leading the charge at 52.10. He teamed with\u00a0<strong>Cody Miller\u00a0<\/strong>(52.79) and\u00a0<strong>Josh Prenot\u00a0<\/strong>(52.87) to lead another 1-2-3 finish to close the gap even more for Team USA as the Pac-12 got points from Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Connor Hoppe\u00a0<\/strong>(53.34) and Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Matthew Anderson\u00a0<\/strong>(53.42).<\/p>\n<p>Hoppe now sits first in the national rankings\u00a0ahead of Indiana&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ian Finnerty\u00a0<\/strong>(53.38) as Anderson sits behind both of them in third.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 25  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School               Seed     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n  1 Fink, Nic K            24 USAS                   NT      52.10  \r\n                 24.43        52.10 (27.67)\r\n  2 Miller, Cody W         25 USAS                   NT      52.79  \r\n                 24.72        52.79 (28.07)\r\n  3 Prenot, Josh C         24 USAS                   NT      52.87  \r\n                 25.04        52.87 (27.83)\r\n  4 Hoppe, Connor L        22 PAC12                  NT      53.34  \r\n                 25.21        53.34 (28.13)\r\n  5 Anderson, Matthew J    20 PAC12                  NT      53.42  \r\n                 25.05        53.42 (28.37)\r\n  6 Lorenz, Christian L    21 PAC12                  NT      54.09  \r\n                 25.48        54.09 (28.61)\r\n  7 Burton, Jack D         21 PAC12                  NT     x55.24  \r\n                 25.60        55.24 (29.64)<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Fly<\/h3>\n<p>Stanford junior\u00a0<strong>Ella Eastin\u00a0<\/strong>snapped Team USA&#8217;s momentum as she won the 200 fly with a 1:52.83 win. Team USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Regan Smith\u00a0<\/strong>had a strong finish to get second with a 1:55.02 as she ran down USC&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Maddie Wright\u00a0<\/strong>(1:55.09) in her home pool. Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Katie McLaughlin\u00a0<\/strong>(1:55.94) finished in fourth to get more points for the Pac-12. World Championship team member\u00a0<strong>Dakota Luther\u00a0<\/strong>(1:56.85) finished in fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Eastin is now well ahead of the NCAA rankings in this event as she moves past USC&#8217;s Wright (1:54.97).<\/p>\n<p>Luther and\u00a0<strong>Ruby Martin\u00a0<\/strong>will be freshman next fall as Luther will move to SEC country in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/texas-high-school-record-holder-dakota-luther-gives-verbal-commit-to-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia<\/a> and Martin will join the Pac-12 foe&#8217;s in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-trials-finalist-ruby-martin-verbally-commits-to-arizona-state-university\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona State<\/a>.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 26  Women 200 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School               Seed     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n  1 Eastin, Ella F         20 PAC12                  NT    1:52.83  \r\n                 25.94        54.68 (28.74)\r\n        1:23.78 (29.10)     1:52.83 (29.05)\r\n  2 Smith, Regan E         15 USAS                   NT    1:55.02  \r\n                 26.44        55.93 (29.49)\r\n        1:25.62 (29.69)     1:55.02 (29.40)\r\n  3 Wright, Maddie E       20 PAC12                  NT    1:55.09  \r\n                 25.96        55.28 (29.32)\r\n        1:25.11 (29.83)     1:55.09 (29.98)\r\n  4 McLaughlin, Katie A    20 PAC12                  NT    1:55.94  \r\n                 26.00        55.58 (29.58)\r\n        1:25.58 (30.00)     1:55.94 (30.36)\r\n  5 Luther, Dakota L       17 USAS                   NT    1:56.85  \r\n                 26.13        55.53 (29.40)\r\n        1:26.06 (30.53)     1:56.85 (30.79)\r\n  6 Martin, Ruby F         17 USAS                   NT    1:57.31  \r\n                 26.37        56.00 (29.63)\r\n        1:26.27 (30.27)     1:57.31 (31.04)\r\n  7 Letrari, Arianna       22 PAC12                  NT   x1:59.16  \r\n                 26.22        55.74 (29.52)\r\n        1:26.77 (31.03)     1:59.16 (32.39)<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 Fly<\/h3>\n<p>USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Tom Shields\u00a0<\/strong>won another event from the outside as he won the 200 fly with a 1:41.59 from lane 1. Shields used his spectacular turns to hold off his Cal teammate in\u00a0<strong>Zheng Quah\u00a0<\/strong>from the Pac-12. Quah finished second at 1:42.08 as Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Justin Lynch\u00a0<\/strong>finished third at 1:43.28 for the Pac-12. USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Pace Clark\u00a0<\/strong>finished fourth at 1:44.00.<\/p>\n<p>The Pac-12 now leads 259.5 to USA&#8217;s 243.5 in the overall team standings.<\/p>\n<p>Zheng, Lynch and\u00a0Arizona&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Justin Wright\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.86) move to the top three in the NCAA rankings in this event moving past Florida&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jan Switkowski\u00a0<\/strong>(1:45.24) who swam that yesterday against Texas and Indiana.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 27  Men 200 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School               Seed     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n  1 Shields, Tom A         26 USAS                   NT    1:41.59  \r\n                 22.25        48.79 (26.54)\r\n        1:15.89 (27.10)     1:41.59 (25.70)\r\n  2 Quah, Zheng W          21 PAC12                  NT    1:42.08  \r\n                 23.28        49.73 (26.45)\r\n        1:15.85 (26.12)     1:42.08 (26.23)\r\n  3 Lynch, Justin J        21 PAC12                  NT    1:43.28  \r\n                 23.14        49.87 (26.73)\r\n        1:16.44 (26.57)     1:43.28 (26.84)\r\n  4 Clark, Pace T          23 USAS                   NT    1:44.00  \r\n                 23.50        50.20 (26.70)\r\n        1:17.05 (26.85)     1:44.00 (26.95)\r\n  5 Wright, Justin C       21 PAC12                  NT    1:44.86  \r\n                 23.99        50.43 (26.44)\r\n        1:18.18 (27.75)     1:44.86 (26.68)\r\n  6 Thorne, Nick P         22 PAC12                  NT   x1:45.65  \r\n                 23.76        50.69 (26.93)\r\n        1:18.27 (27.58)     1:45.65 (27.38)\r\n -- Conger, Jack P         23 USAS                   NT         DQ<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 50 Free<\/h3>\n<p>Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Abbey Weitzeil\u00a0<\/strong>is back on track after a relatively disappointing freshman campaign as she won the 50 free on Sunday in Los Angeles with a 21.63. Weitzeil was the only swimmer under 22 seconds as Arizona&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Katrina Konopka\u00a0<\/strong>(22.34) finished in second for the Pac-12. Team USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Amanda Kendall\u00a0<\/strong>(22.41) and\u00a0<strong>Lia Neal\u00a0<\/strong>(22.43) as well as\u00a0<strong>Lucie Nordmann\u00a0<\/strong>(22.44) finished behind them in third, fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Weitzeil is the only swimmer who has broken 22 seconds in the NCAA this season as she moves past Louisville junior\u00a0<strong>Mallory Comerford\u00a0<\/strong>(22.04) in the national rankings.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 28  Women 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School               Seed     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n  1 Weitzeil, Abbey R      20 PAC12                  NT      21.63  \r\n  2 Konopka, Katrina M     20 PAC12                  NT      22.34  \r\n  3 Kendall, Amanda E      26 USAS                   NT      22.41  \r\n  4 Neal, Lia M            22 USAS                   NT      22.43  \r\n  5 Nordmann, Lucie M      17 USAS                   NT      22.44  \r\n  6 Moffitt, Hellen S      22 USAS                   NT     x22.45  \r\n  7 Murphy, Maddie A       19 PAC12                  NT      22.57<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 50 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Michael Andrew\u00a0<\/strong>won another event for Team USA on the outside lane as he swam a 19.23 to finish comfortably ahead of Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Michael Jensen\u00a0<\/strong>(19.83) and Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Sam Perry\u00a0<\/strong>(19.89). USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Daniel Krueger<\/strong>, who will swim at Texas next season, finished fourth at 20.00.<\/p>\n<p>The Pac-12 leads 280.5-260.5 over Team USA. They need 307 to automatically win.<\/p>\n<p>Jensen is now third in the national rankings behind Florida&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Caeleb Dressel\u00a0<\/strong>(19.10) and Indiana&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ali Khalafalla\u00a0<\/strong>(19.82).<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 29  Men 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School               Seed     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n  1 Andrew, Michael C      18 USAS                   NT      19.23  \r\n  2 Jensen, Michael A      19 PAC12                  NT      19.83  \r\n  3 Perry, Samuel J        22 PAC12                  NT      19.89  \r\n  4 Krueger, Daniel S      18 USAS                   NT      20.00  \r\n  5 Tribuntsov, Ralf       23 PAC12                  NT      20.04  \r\n  6 Grevers, Matt C        32 USAS                   NT      20.07  \r\n  7 Carter, Dylan J        21 PAC12                  NT     x20.16<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 IM<\/h3>\n<p>The last two NCAA champions in the 200 IM,\u00a0<strong>Kathleen Baker\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Ella Eastin\u00a0<\/strong>went toe to toe on the same team on Sunday at the 2017 USA Swimming College Challenge in Los Angeles as they tied for first with a 1:53.24. They finished ahead of Team USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Melanie Margalis\u00a0<\/strong>(1:53.89) as she came up just short at the end.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Madisyn Cox\u00a0<\/strong>got fourth (1:56.00) just ahead of Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Brooke Forde\u00a0<\/strong>(1:56.26) of the Pac-12.<\/p>\n<p>Baker and Eastin are now well ahead of the national rankings in this event as they moved well ahead of USC&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Louise Hansson\u00a0<\/strong>(1:55.80) from the SMU Classic.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 30  Women 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School               Seed     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n  1 Eastin, Ella F         20 PAC12                  NT    1:53.24  \r\n                 25.31        53.79 (28.48)\r\n        1:26.80 (33.01)     1:53.24 (26.44)\r\n  1 Baker, Kathleen S      20 PAC12                  NT    1:53.24  \r\n                 25.37        53.35 (27.98)\r\n        1:26.32 (32.97)     1:53.24 (26.92)\r\n  3 Margalis, Melanie A    25 USAS                   NT    1:53.89  \r\n                 25.44        54.60 (29.16)\r\n        1:27.37 (32.77)     1:53.89 (26.52)\r\n  4 Cox, Madisyn L         22 USAS                   NT    1:56.00  \r\n                 25.76        55.89 (30.13)\r\n        1:29.10 (33.21)     1:56.00 (26.90)\r\n  5 Forde, Brooke E        18 PAC12                  NT    1:56.26  \r\n                 25.79        54.91 (29.12)\r\n        1:28.87 (33.96)     1:56.26 (27.39)\r\n  6 Liu, Kenisha R         19 PAC12                  NT   x2:00.54  \r\n                 26.07        57.81 (31.74)\r\n        1:32.43 (34.62)     2:00.54 (28.11)\r\n  7 Cotrell, Andrea M      22 USAS                   NT    2:01.07  \r\n                 26.91        58.84 (31.93)\r\n        1:32.60 (33.76)     2:01.07 (28.47)\r\n  8 Homovich, Madison L    17 USAS                   NT   x2:02.79  \r\n                 26.38        56.76 (30.38)\r\n        1:34.12 (37.36)     2:02.79 (28.67)<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 IM<\/h3>\n<p>USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Josh Prenot\u00a0<\/strong>gave USA another breath of life as he won the 200 IM with a 1:42.78 for the win. The Pac-12&#8217;s depth proved too much as Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Abrahm DeVine\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.02) and Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Matthew Josa\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.51) finished second and third. Team USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Michael Andrew\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.83) and Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Andrew Seliskar\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.88) fell off the pace on the freestyle as they faded out of the top three.<\/p>\n<p>DeVine, Josa and Seliskar are now leading the NCAA rankings in the event ahead of Indiana&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Vini Lanza\u00a0<\/strong>(1:46.56).<\/p>\n<p>The Pac-12 has not clinched yet as they are six points away from officially clinching the meet but they lead 302.5-276.5 heading into the final relays.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 31  Men 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School               Seed     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n  1 Prenot, Josh C         24 USAS                   NT    1:42.78  \r\n                 22.10        48.54 (26.44)\r\n        1:17.52 (28.98)     1:42.78 (25.26)\r\n  2 DeVine, Abrahm D       21 PAC12                  NT    1:44.02  \r\n                 22.21        47.88 (25.67)\r\n        1:18.48 (30.60)     1:44.02 (25.54)\r\n  3 Josa, Matthew A        22 PAC12                  NT    1:44.51  \r\n                 22.05        48.97 (26.92)\r\n        1:19.19 (30.22)     1:44.51 (25.32)\r\n  4 Andrew, Michael C      18 USAS                   NT    1:44.83  \r\n                 22.45        49.21 (26.76)\r\n        1:19.12 (29.91)     1:44.83 (25.71)\r\n  5 Selikar, Andrew H      21 PAC12                  NT    1:44.88  \r\n                 20.01        48.74 (28.73)\r\n        1:19.86 (31.12)     1:44.88 (25.02)\r\n  6 Mulcare, Patrick J     21 PAC12                  NT   x1:46.57  \r\n                 22.89        49.15 (26.26)\r\n        1:20.99 (31.84)     1:46.57 (25.58)\r\n  7 Smith, Kieran S        17 USAS                   NT    1:46.58  \r\n                 22.88        49.42 (26.54)\r\n        1:21.22 (31.80)     1:46.58 (25.36)\r\n  8 Fink, Nic K            24 USAS                   NT   x1:46.62  \r\n                 23.60        51.87 (28.27)\r\n        1:21.00 (29.13)     1:46.62 (25.62)<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 400 Free Relay<\/h3>\n<p>The Pac-12 officially clinched the USA Swimming College Challenge with a win from the Pac-12 in the women&#8217;s 400 free relay at 3:11.28. USC&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Louise Hansson\u00a0<\/strong>(47.58), Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Janet Hu\u00a0<\/strong>(48.32),\u00a0<strong>Katie Ledecky\u00a0<\/strong>(48.35) and Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Abbey Weitzeil\u00a0<\/strong>(47.03) beat the Team USA swimmers who finished second at 3:12.75.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucie Nordmann\u00a0<\/strong>(48.89),\u00a0<strong>Amanda Kendall\u00a0<\/strong>(48.10),\u00a0<strong>Lia Neal\u00a0<\/strong>(47.71)\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Melanie Margalis\u00a0<\/strong>(48.05) finished second but their team came up just short as the Pac-12 officially clinched the meet.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 32  Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n====================================================================\r\n    School                                 Seed     Finals        \r\n====================================================================\r\n  1 PAC12  'A'                               NT    3:11.28  \r\n     1) Hansson, Louise M 20          2) Hu, Janet Y 21               \r\n     3) Ledecky, Katie G 20           4) Weitzeil, Abbey R 20         \r\n                 22.90        47.58 (47.58)\r\n        1:10.64 (23.06)     1:35.90 (48.32)\r\n        1:59.48 (23.58)     2:24.25 (48.35)\r\n        2:46.41 (22.16)     3:11.28 (47.03)\r\n  2 USAS  'A'                                NT    3:12.75  \r\n     1) Nordmann, Lucie M 17          2) Kendall, Amanda E 26         \r\n     3) Neal, Lia M 22                4) Margalis, Melanie A 25       \r\n                 23.48        48.89 (48.89)\r\n        1:11.89 (23.00)     1:36.99 (48.10)\r\n        1:59.82 (22.83)     2:24.70 (47.71)\r\n        2:47.88 (23.18)     3:12.75 (48.05)\r\n  3 PAC12  'B'                               NT    3:16.08  \r\n     1) Drabot, Katie G 20            2) McLaughlin, Katie A 20       \r\n     3) Neumann, Robin 19             4) Konopka, Katrina M 20        \r\n                 23.88        49.60 (49.60)\r\n        1:12.99 (23.39)     1:38.11 (48.51)\r\n        2:01.60 (23.49)     2:27.12 (49.01)\r\n        2:50.42 (23.30)     3:16.08 (48.96)\r\n  4 PAC12  'C'                               NT   x3:22.12  \r\n     1) Grover, Katie R 21            2) Cox, Hannah 19               \r\n     3) Soe, Sandra E 20              4) Dawson, Kendall K 20         \r\n                 23.78        49.16 (49.16)\r\n        1:13.10 (23.94)     1:39.13 (49.97)\r\n        2:03.84 (24.71)     2:31.11 (51.98)\r\n        2:55.61 (24.50)     3:22.12 (51.01)<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 400 Free Relay<\/h3>\n<p>The Pac-12 finished its good weekend with a win in the men&#8217;s 400 free relay to close it out with a 2:51.58 to out-touch Team USA at 2:51.77. Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Sam Perry\u00a0<\/strong>(43.26), USC&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Dylan Carter\u00a0<\/strong>(43.72), Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Michael Jensen\u00a0<\/strong>(42.68) and Arizona State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Cameron Craig\u00a0<\/strong>(41.92) closed out the USA Swimming College Challenge with a victory for the Pac-12. Team USA had\u00a0<strong>Tom Shields\u00a0<\/strong>(43.06),\u00a0<strong>Matt Grevers\u00a0<\/strong>(42.61),\u00a0<strong>Jack Conger\u00a0<\/strong>(43.53) and\u00a0<strong>Daniel Krueger\u00a0<\/strong>(42.57) swimming for them.<\/p>\n<p>The Pac-12 won the College Challenge 326.5-286.5 in the second overall version of the meet. Team USA beat the Big Ten last year in Indianapolis in the inaugural meet.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 33  Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n====================================================================\r\n    School                                 Seed     Finals        \r\n====================================================================\r\n  1 PAC12  'A'                               NT    2:51.58  \r\n     1) Perry, Samuel J 22            2) Carter, Dylan J 21           \r\n     3) Jensen, Michael A 19          4) Craig, Cameron A 19          \r\n                 20.69        43.26 (43.26)\r\n        1:03.97 (20.71)     1:26.98 (43.72)\r\n        1:47.64 (20.66)     2:09.66 (42.68)\r\n        2:29.51 (19.85)     2:51.58 (41.92)\r\n  2 USAS  'B'                                NT    2:51.77  \r\n     1) Shields, Tom A 26             2) Grevers, Matt C 32           \r\n     3) Conger, Jack P 23             4) Krueger, Daniel S 18         \r\n                 20.73        43.06 (43.06)\r\n        1:03.02 (19.96)     1:25.67 (42.61)\r\n        1:46.49 (20.82)     2:09.20 (43.53)\r\n        2:29.73 (20.53)     2:51.77 (42.57)\r\n  3 USAS  'A'                                NT    2:54.09  \r\n     1) Murphy, Ryan F 22             2) Smith, Kieran S 17           \r\n     3) Pebley, Jacob M 24            4) Andrew, Michael C 18         \r\n                 20.76        43.52 (43.52)\r\n        1:04.30 (20.78)     1:27.32 (43.80)\r\n        1:48.15 (20.83)     2:10.77 (43.45)\r\n        2:31.14 (20.37)     2:54.09 (43.32)\r\n  4 PAC12  'B'                               NT    2:55.18  \r\n     1) Lynch, Justin J 21            2) Quah, Zheng W 21             \r\n     3) Shoults, Grant M 20           4) Phillips, Austin W 21        \r\n                 20.39        42.65 (42.65)\r\n        1:02.86 (20.21)     1:25.80 (43.15)\r\n        1:47.07 (21.27)     2:10.50 (44.70)\r\n        2:31.65 (21.15)     2:55.18 (44.68)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pac-12\u00a0won the second ever USA Swimming College Challenge as they beat Team USA 326.5-286.5. 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