{"id":301297,"date":"2018-03-19T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=301297"},"modified":"2018-03-19T10:43:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T17:43:44","slug":"the-week-that-was-stanford-powers-to-second-straight-ncaa-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-stanford-powers-to-second-straight-ncaa-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Stanford Powers to Second Straight NCAA Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week, the Stanford women\u2019s team dominated the NCAA championships and claimed a second straight title, breaking several American and NCAA records along the way. Get a recap from that meet and all the biggest stories of the week in The Week That Was!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Week That Was -- March 19, 2018\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/waa_Oq4VA2k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #5 &#8211; Paralympic Champion Wenpan Huang Dies Unexpectedly In Car Accident<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_270528\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/generic-lane-rope-lane-line-water-glimmer-outside\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-270528\" data-attachment-id=\"270528\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-stanford-powers-to-second-straight-ncaa-championship\/generic-lane-rope-lane-line-water-glimmer-outside\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/generic-lane-rope-lane-line-water-glimmer-outside.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1501591285&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004040404040404&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"generic-lane-rope-lane-line-water-glimmer-outside\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8\/2\/23&lt;br \/&gt;\n8\/11\/21&lt;br \/&gt;\n2\/8\/18 &#038; 3\/8\/18 &#038; 4\/5\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\n8\/15\/17 &#038; 10\/4\/17 &#038; 12\/12\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\ngeneric-lane-rope-lane-line-water-glimmer-outside&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Cathleen Pruden&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/generic-lane-rope-lane-line-water-glimmer-outside-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/generic-lane-rope-lane-line-water-glimmer-outside-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-270528\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/generic-lane-rope-lane-line-water-glimmer-outside-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"generic-lane-rope-lane-line-water-glimmer-outside\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-270528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Cathleen Pruden<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Six-time Paralympic Games medalist <\/span><b>Wenpan Huang<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of China <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/five-time-paralympic-gold-medalist-wenpan-huang-dies-in-car-accident\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">died unexpectedly earlier this week in a car accident<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hongya County, China. In a statement provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), President <\/span><b>Andrew Parsons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said, \u201cIt is absolutely devastating news that one of the world\u2019s best Para swimmers has been killed in a car accident. The thoughts of the whole Paralympic Movement are with his family, friends and teammates.\u201d The 22-year-old won five golds and one silver medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games and most recently won five golds and one bronze medal at the most recent World Para Swimming Championships in Mexico City in December. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #4 &#8211;<\/b> <b>North Allegheny Takes Down Two National High School Records<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_254214\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/competitor-extends-role-as-official-lane-line-of-usa-swimming\/competitor-lane-lines\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-254214\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-254214\" data-attachment-id=\"254214\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/competitor-extends-role-as-official-lane-line-of-usa-swimming\/competitor-lane-lines\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/competitor-lane-lines.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"competitor-lane-lines\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2-12-20&lt;br \/&gt;\n3\/17\/19&lt;br \/&gt;\n5\/31\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\n3\/24\/2018&lt;br \/&gt;\n2\/9\/2018&lt;br \/&gt;\n6\/16\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\n5\/4\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\ncompetitor-lane-lines&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Competitor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/competitor-lane-lines-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/competitor-lane-lines-1024x427.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-254214\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/competitor-lane-lines-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"competitor-lane-lines\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-254214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Competitor<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The North Allegheny High School boys <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/north-allegheny-boys-dominate-pennsylvania-3a-championships\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were dominant last week at the 2018 Pennsylvania 3A High School Swimming and Diving Championships<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, winning the meet and sweeping all three relay events, with two huge National High School records <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/north-allegheny-boys-take-down-200-free-and-400-free-relay-national-hs-records\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the 4&#215;50 and 4&#215;100 freestyle relays<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In the 4&#215;50 free relay, the team of <\/span><b>Jack Wright<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> Joel Songer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Rick Mihm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and <\/span><b>Mason Gonzalez <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">touched in 1:19.60 to win by more than three seconds and break their own National Public School record of 1:20.46 from December. In the 4&#215;100 free relay, Wright, Mihm and Gonzalez were joined by <\/span><b>Andrew Zhang <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to set a new National High School record of 2:52.81. That puts them past the old Private School record from Bolles in 2012 that featured future Olympians <\/span><b>Ryan Murphy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Joseph Schooling\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Santo Condorelli<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can see full results of the meet <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2018-pennsylvania-boys-3a-hs-states-results-high-school-2018-03-15.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #3 &#8211; Claire Tuggle Impresses at NCSA Junior Nationals<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_300585\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/thirteen-year-old-claire-tuggle-swims-144-200-free\/screen-shot-2018-03-15-at-7-51-03-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-300585\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300585\" data-attachment-id=\"300585\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/thirteen-year-old-claire-tuggle-swims-144-200-free\/screen-shot-2018-03-15-at-7-51-03-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-15-at-7.51.03-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"910,1204\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"claire-tuggle\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-03-15 at 7.51.03 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Clovis Swim Club&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-15-at-7.51.03-PM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-15-at-7.51.03-PM-774x1024.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-300585\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-15-at-7.51.03-PM-700x500.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-03-15 at 7.51.03 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-300585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Clovis Swim Club<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13-year-old <\/span><b>Claire Tuggle <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was a standout at the NCSA Junior National Championships in Orlando, putting up some of the top times in history for her age group. The Clovis Swim Club swimmer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/thirteen-year-old-claire-tuggle-swims-144-200-free\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the 200 free in a quick 1:44.96<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, second all-time for 13-14 year olds behind <\/span><b>Missy Franklin\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1:44.55 from 2010. Tuggle also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/13-year-old-claire-tuggle-blasts-441-36-500-freestyle\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the 500 free (4:41.36)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, good for fifth-fastest all-time in her age group. Nation\u2019s Capital won the combined team score with 2388 points while also taking the boys and girls meets with 1159 points and 1229 points, respectively. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Isabelle Stadden<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0won the high point award on the girl\u2019s side with a total of 234 points, while <\/span><b>David Madej<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> took home the men\u2019s high point award with a total of 198 points. Stadden was also awarded Performance of the Meet for her 100 back (51.30) win that was just .03 of the NAG record in the event. You can catch up on all of the swims from the 2018 NCSA Junior National Championships <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2018-ncsa-junior-national-championships\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><\/b><b>The Week That Was #2 &#8211; Queens Men and Women Defend D2 Titles<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_301304\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?attachment_id=301304\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-301304\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-301304\" data-attachment-id=\"301304\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-stanford-powers-to-second-straight-ncaa-championship\/aj3a1701rdz\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AJ3A1701rDZ-e1549770117322.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1100,701\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"queens\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;10-22-20&lt;br \/&gt;\n7\/24\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\nQueens-Division-II-NCAA-Championship&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Queens Athletics&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AJ3A1701rDZ-e1532441600796-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AJ3A1701rDZ-e1532441600796-1024x652.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-301304\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AJ3A1701rDZ-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"AJ3A1701rDZ\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-301304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Queens Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Queens University of Charlotte men and women defended their titles this week at the NCAA Division II Swimming &amp; Diving Championships, giving both teams four straight NCAA titles. The Royals set seven new Division II records and won 17 events over the course of the meet. Queens junior <\/span><b>Marius Kusch <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was a standout from the men\u2019s meet, winning four individual titles (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-one-finals-live-recap\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 IM<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-two-finals-live-recap\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 free<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-three-finals-live-recap\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 fly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/queens-marius-kusch-breaks-100-free-record-at-ncaa-division-ii-championships\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 free<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and as a part of four relay wins. His times in the 200 IM (1:41.61) and the 100 free (42.42) were both Division II records. Teammates <\/span><b>Paul Pijulet <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>McKenzie Stevens <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also set new Division II records in the 100 back (45.88) and 200 fly (1:56.98), respectively. You can see full recaps and results from the 2018 Division II Swimming &amp; Diving Championships on our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2018-ncaa-division-ii-championships\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Event Landing Page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #1 &#8211; Stanford Posts Dominating Victory At NCAA Championships<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_301232\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/stanford-19\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-301232\" data-attachment-id=\"301232\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-stanford-powers-to-second-straight-ncaa-championship\/stanford-19\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/stanford-_PB30854.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;E-M1MarkII&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;stanford-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1521320465&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;stanford-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"stanford-_PB30854\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3\/19\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\nstanford- 2018, Swim Teams, Womens NCAA S&amp;amp;D&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/stanford-_PB30854-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/stanford-_PB30854-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-301232\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/stanford-_PB30854-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"stanford-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-301232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Stanford women\u2019s swimming and diving team came away with their second straight NCAA Championship Title this week at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships. Junior <\/span><b>Ella Eastin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ella-eastin-named-cscaa-swimmer-of-the-meet\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">named the CSCAA Swimmer of the Meet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was a standout for the Cardinal, winning the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ella-eastin-smashes-ncaa-american-record-in-200-im-kathleen-baker-also-under\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 IM (1:50.67)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ella-eastin-defeats-katie-ledecky-in-400-im-destroys-ncaa-and-american-record\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">400 IM (3:54.60)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in American and NCAA records while also adding titles in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ella-eastin-katie-drabot-go-1-2-for-stanford-in-200-fly-final\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 fly (1:50.01)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as part of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-pulls-away-for-stanford-win-in-4x200-free-relay-to-open-ncaas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4&#215;200<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/stanford-becomes-third-womens-team-to-sweep-ncaa-relays-with-400-free-relay-win\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4&#215;100<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> free relays. Sophomore <\/span><b>Katie Ledecky <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was also part of that winning 4&#215;200 free relay and set a new meet record in winning <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-scares-american-record-in-1650-wins-in-1507\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the 1650 (15:07.57)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-repeats-500-ncaa-title-leads-1-2-with-katie-drabot\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">repeated in the 500 free (4:26.57)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as was senior <\/span><b>Simone Manuel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who defended her titles in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simone-manuel-gets-oh-so-close-to-ncaa-and-american-record-in-50-free\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">50 (21.18)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simone-manuel-swims-second-fastest-100-free-ever-wins-third-title-in-event\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 (45.65) free<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Other notable performances from the meet included <\/span><b>Kathleen Baker\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCAA and American record win in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kathleen-baker-breaks-elizabeth-peltons-200-back-american-record\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 back (1:47.30)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Lilly King\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pair of NCAA and American records in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lilly-king-breaks-100-breast-american-record-wins-third-straight\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 (56.25)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lilly-king-smashes-through-a-202-200-breast-bethany-galat-moves-to-second-all-time\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 (2:02.60) breast<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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