{"id":359485,"date":"2019-03-21T16:30:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T23:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=359485"},"modified":"2019-03-21T17:50:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T00:50:01","slug":"2019-ncaa-division-i-womens-swimming-championships-thursday-night-finals-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-ncaa-division-i-womens-swimming-championships-thursday-night-finals-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 NCAA Division I Women&#8217;s Swimming Championships: Stanford Leads Cal by Half Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday&#8217;s night session of the 2019 NCAA Division I Women&#8217;s Swimming and Diving Championships was an intense one with two American Records falling from the pool in Austin, Texas. Cal got the night started with a new American Record in the 200 free relay, lowering it by almost a full second. Junior <strong>Abbey Weitzeil\u00a0<\/strong>anchored the Golden Bears with a 20.49, the second fastest split ever.<\/p>\n<p>Weitzeil continued her momentum with a 21.02 in the individual 50 for a new American Record, almost breaking 21 seconds in the process. She broke her own American Record in the process that she set before she came to college.<\/p>\n<p>Weitzeil anchored Cal&#8217;s 400 medley relay to finish the night as the Golden Bears swam a 3:25.24 to win the 400 medley relay ahead of Big Ten schools Indiana and Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the Big Ten, Wisconsin&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Beata Nelson\u00a0<\/strong>nearly broke the American Record in the 200 IM with a 1:50.79, the second fastest time of all-time.<\/p>\n<p>Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Brooke Forde\u00a0<\/strong>won the 500 free with a 4:31.34 to win Stanford&#8217;s third straight NCAA title in the event.<\/p>\n<p>Stanford is clinging to a 0.5 point lead over Pac-12 rival Cal with Michigan and Louisville rounding out the top four.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2019-ncaa-division-i-womens-day-two-finals-heat-sheets-day-2-ncaa-college-2019-03-21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heat Sheets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/_\/id\/3492316\/ncaa-womens-swimming-and-diving-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Live Stream (Finals)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sidearmstats.com\/ncaa\/swimming\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre>Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 7                      \r\n \r\n  1. Stanford                        173.5   2. California                        173\r\n  3. Michigan                          129   4. Louisville                        100\r\n  5. Texas                              87   6. NC State                           86\r\n  7. Southern Cali                      83   8. Minnesota                          76\r\n  9. Tennessee                          69  10. Virginia                           66\r\n 11. Indiana                            54  12. Auburn                             52\r\n 13. Arizona                          48.5  14. Texas A&amp;M                          44\r\n 14. Wisconsin                          44  16. Kentucky                         31.5\r\n 17. UCLA                               31  18. Arkansas                           29\r\n 19. Georgia                            28  20. Arizona St                         25\r\n 21. Florida                            21  22. Ohio St                            18\r\n 23. Duke                               16  24. Missouri                           14\r\n 25. South Carolina                   13.5  26. Lsu                                13\r\n 27. Kansas                             11  28. Purdue                              7\r\n 29. University of Miami                 3  30. UNC                                 2<\/pre>\n<h3>200 Free Relay<\/h3>\n<p>The California Golden Bears crushed the 200 free relay NCAA, American and US Open Records on Thursday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women&#8217;s Swimming and Diving Championships. The team of\u00a0<strong>Maddie Murphy\u00a0<\/strong>(21.82),\u00a0<strong>Katie McLaughlin\u00a0<\/strong>(21.37),\u00a0<strong>Amy Bilquist\u00a0<\/strong>(20.87) and\u00a0<strong>Abbey Weitzeil\u00a0<\/strong>(20.49) swam a 1:24.55 to take almost a full second off the 1:25.43 record that Stanford set last year.<\/p>\n<p>Weitzeil&#8217;s split was the second fastest split ever as\u00a0<strong>Simone Manuel\u00a0<\/strong>was a 20.45 last year on the end of Stanford&#8217;s 200 medley relay. Cal won the race by almost two full seconds as Michigan (1:26.25) and Stanford (1:26.50) finished in second and third.<\/p>\n<p>It was a very tight battle the front half with NC State leading the way as the Wolfpack ended up in fifth place at 1:26.73. Louisville out-touched them for fourth at 1:26.71.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Maggie MacNeil\u00a0<\/strong>(21.57),\u00a0<strong>Catie DeLoof\u00a0<\/strong>(21.59),\u00a0<strong>Siobhan Haughey\u00a0<\/strong>(21.44) and\u00a0<strong>Daria Pyshnenko\u00a0<\/strong>(21.65) finished in second as the Wolverines got the night started in a big, big way. Stanford was rather excited after freshman\u00a0<strong>Anya Goeders\u00a0<\/strong>(21.66) touched the wall in third for the Cardinal.\u00a0<strong>Taylor Ruck\u00a0<\/strong>(21.73),\u00a0<strong>Lauren Pitzer\u00a0<\/strong>(21.66) and\u00a0<strong>Amalie Fackenthal\u00a0<\/strong>(21.45) swam on the youngest relay in the top eight.<\/p>\n<p>The quickest splits outside the top three came from Louisville&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Mallory Comerford\u00a0<\/strong>(21.00), Tennessee&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Erika Brown\u00a0<\/strong>(21.35), NC State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Kylee Alons\u00a0<\/strong>(21.37) and Auburn&#8217;s <strong>Aly Tetzloff\u00a0<\/strong>(21.55).<\/p>\n<p>Cal now six NCAA titles in the 200 free relay. The 2019 team joins the teams from 2000, 11, 15-17 as NCAA Champions in the event.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 2  Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n         NCAA: I 1:25.43  15-Mar-18 Stanford\r\n                          J. Hu, S. Manuel, L. Pitzer, A. Howe\r\n         Meet: M 1:25.43  15-Mar-18 Stanford\r\n                          J Hu, S Manuel, L Pitzer, A Howe\r\n     American: A 1:25.43  15-Mar-18 Stanford\r\n                          J. Hu, S. Manuel, L. Pitzer, A. Howe\r\n      US Open: O 1:25.43  15-Mar-18 Stanford\r\n                          J. Hu, S. Manuel, L. Pitzer, A. Howe\r\n         Pool: P 1:26.84  29-Nov-18 Texas\r\n                          G Ariola, J Cook, A Diener, C Adams\r\n                 1:28.61  AUTO NCAA A Standard\r\n                 1:29.36  CONS NCAA B Standard\r\n    School                        Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n<b>                                === A - Final ===                                 <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 California                    1:26.25    1:24.55I        40  \r\n     1) Maddie Murphy JR              2) r:0.26 Katie McLaughlin SR   \r\n     3) r:0.14 Amy Bilquist SR        4) r:0.25 Abbey Weitzeil JR     \r\n    r:+0.63  10.45        21.82 (21.82)\r\n          31.98 (10.16)       43.19 (21.37)\r\n           52.97 (9.78)     1:04.06 (20.87)\r\n         1:13.66 (9.60)     1:24.55 (20.49)\r\n  2 Michigan                      1:26.92    1:26.25P        34  \r\n     1) Maggie MacNeil FR             2) r:0.28 Catie DeLoof SR       \r\n     3) r:0.40 Siobhan Haughey SR     4) r:0.21 Daria Pyshnenko SO    \r\n    r:+0.67  10.57        21.57 (21.57)\r\n          31.76 (10.19)       43.16 (21.59)\r\n          53.43 (10.27)     1:04.60 (21.44)\r\n        1:14.79 (10.19)     1:26.25 (21.65)\r\n  3 Stanford                      1:26.91    1:26.50P        32  \r\n     1) Taylor Ruck FR                2) r:0.24 Lauren Pitzer SO      \r\n     3) r:0.24 Amalie Fackenthal FR   4) r:0.24 Anya Goeders FR       \r\n    r:+0.67  10.62        21.73 (21.73)\r\n          31.99 (10.26)       43.39 (21.66)\r\n          53.59 (10.20)     1:04.84 (21.45)\r\n        1:15.06 (10.22)     1:26.50 (21.66)\r\n  4 Louisville                    1:26.72    1:26.71P        30  \r\n     1) Lainey Visscher JR            2) r:0.25 Mallory Comerford SR  \r\n     3) r:0.14 Avery Braunecker JR    4) r:0.20 Casey Fanz JR         \r\n    r:+0.63  10.75        22.27 (22.27)\r\n           32.20 (9.93)       43.27 (21.00)\r\n          53.39 (10.12)     1:05.07 (21.80)\r\n        1:15.21 (10.14)     1:26.71 (21.64)\r\n  5 NC State                      1:27.12    1:26.73P        28  \r\n     1) Ky-lee Perry JR               2) r:0.23 Kylee Alons FR        \r\n     3) r:0.18 Sirena Rowe SO         4) r:0.14 Elise Haan SR         \r\n    r:+0.65  10.46        21.62 (21.62)\r\n          31.82 (10.20)       42.99 (21.37)\r\n          53.18 (10.19)     1:04.72 (21.73)\r\n        1:15.26 (10.54)     1:26.73 (22.01)\r\n  6 Tennessee                     1:26.89    1:27.31         26  \r\n     1) Erika Brown JR                2) r:0.20 Stanzi Moseley JR     \r\n     3) r:0.37 Bailey Grinter SO      4) r:0.40 Madeline Banic SR     \r\n    r:+0.68  10.34        21.35 (21.35)\r\n          31.84 (10.49)       43.61 (22.26)\r\n          53.92 (10.31)     1:05.49 (21.88)\r\n        1:15.81 (10.32)     1:27.31 (21.82)\r\n  7 Auburn                        1:27.40    1:27.56         24  \r\n     1) Claire Fisch JR               2) r:0.21 Aly Tetzloff SR       \r\n     3) r:0.37 Julie Meynen JR        4) r:0.21 Robyn Clevenger JR    \r\n    r:+0.70  10.63        22.02 (22.02)\r\n          32.11 (10.09)       43.57 (21.55)\r\n          54.03 (10.46)     1:05.49 (21.92)\r\n        1:15.89 (10.40)     1:27.56 (22.07)\r\n  8 Texas                         1:27.33    1:27.72         22  \r\n     1) Grace Ariola FR               2) r:0.20 Julia Cook FR         \r\n     3) r:0.25 Anelise Diener SR      4) r:0.19 Claire Adams JR       \r\n    r:+0.63  10.57        22.10 (22.10)\r\n          32.30 (10.20)       43.75 (21.65)\r\n          54.20 (10.45)     1:05.99 (22.24)\r\n        1:16.09 (10.10)     1:27.72 (21.73)<\/pre>\n<h3>500 Free<\/h3>\n<p>Stanford sophomore\u00a0<strong>Brooke Forde\u00a0<\/strong>won her very first individual NCAA title in the 500 free on Thursday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women&#8217;s Swimming and Diving Championships with a 4:31.34 to move up to fifth all-time in the event.<\/p>\n<p>Forde also accidentally did an extra 50 last night on the end of Stanford&#8217;s 800 free relay and joked that she was excited to swim the 500 today with lap counters.<\/p>\n<p>Forde was in a battle with fellow sophomore\u00a0<strong>Paige Madden\u00a0<\/strong>of Virginia as those two were leading the field and distanced themselves away from the pack. Forde dropped a huge last 100 at 53.52 as she pulled away from Madden, who swam a 4:32.98 for the runner-up spot. Madden moved up to 12th all-time with her swim.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Mackenzie Padington\u00a0<\/strong>(4:35.21) had the fastest last 50 in the field as she split a 26.21 on the final 50 to steal third place from Arizona State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Cierra Runge\u00a0<\/strong>(4:35.39), who placed fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Chantal Nack\u00a0<\/strong>(4:35.88), Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Lauren Pitzer\u00a0<\/strong>(4:36.57), Texas&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Evie Pfeifer <\/strong>(4:37.09) and Georgia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Courtney Harnish\u00a0<\/strong>(4:37.61) also placed in the A-Final.<\/p>\n<p>Stanford now has 10 NCAA titles in the 500, the most of any school. Forde joins the likes of\u00a0<strong>Marybeth Linzmeier\u00a0<\/strong>(1982-84),\u00a0<strong>Janet Evans\u00a0<\/strong>(1990, 91),\u00a0<strong>Lisa Jacob\u00a0<\/strong>(1993) and\u00a0<strong>Katie Ledecky\u00a0<\/strong>(2017, 18) as winners of the event for the Cardinal.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 3  Women 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         NCAA: I 4:24.06  16-Mar-17 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n         Meet: M 4:24.06  16-Mar-17 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n     American: A 4:24.06  16-Mar-17 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n      US Open: O 4:24.06  16-Mar-17 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n         Pool: P 4:32.08  05-Mar-15 Allison Schmitt\r\n                 4:36.30  AUTO NCAA A Standard\r\n                 4:47.20  CONS NCAA B Standard\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Brooke Forde     SO Stanford          4:34.97    4:31.34P        20  \r\n    r:+0.73  25.48        52.92 (27.44)\r\n        1:20.61 (27.69)     1:48.30 (27.69)\r\n        2:15.99 (27.69)     2:43.54 (27.55)\r\n        3:10.89 (27.35)     3:37.82 (26.93)\r\n        4:04.65 (26.83)     4:31.34 (26.69)\r\n  2 Paige Madden     SO Virginia          4:35.65    4:32.98         17  \r\n    r:+0.72  25.54        52.94 (27.40)\r\n        1:20.51 (27.57)     1:48.23 (27.72)\r\n        2:15.85 (27.62)     2:43.35 (27.50)\r\n        3:10.57 (27.22)     3:37.58 (27.01)\r\n        4:05.19 (27.61)     4:32.98 (27.79)\r\n  3 Mackenzie Padin  SO Minnesota         4:35.70    4:35.21         16  \r\n    r:+0.75  25.19        52.86 (27.67)\r\n        1:21.06 (28.20)     1:49.39 (28.33)\r\n        2:17.68 (28.29)     2:45.88 (28.20)\r\n        3:14.03 (28.15)     3:41.60 (27.57)\r\n        4:09.00 (27.40)     4:35.21 (26.21)\r\n  4 Cierra Runge     JR Arizona St        4:34.64    4:35.39         15  \r\n    r:+0.79  25.20        52.78 (27.58)\r\n        1:20.58 (27.80)     1:48.59 (28.01)\r\n        2:16.70 (28.11)     2:44.53 (27.83)\r\n        3:12.59 (28.06)     3:40.37 (27.78)\r\n        4:08.37 (28.00)     4:35.39 (27.02)\r\n  5 Chantal Nack     SR Minnesota         4:35.47    4:35.88         14  \r\n    r:+0.67  25.42        53.15 (27.73)\r\n        1:21.25 (28.10)     1:49.51 (28.26)\r\n        2:17.79 (28.28)     2:45.93 (28.14)\r\n        3:14.16 (28.23)     3:42.05 (27.89)\r\n        4:09.53 (27.48)     4:35.88 (26.35)\r\n  6 Lauren Pitzer    SO Stanford          4:35.80    4:36.57         13  \r\n    r:+0.72  25.72        53.43 (27.71)\r\n        1:21.50 (28.07)     1:49.63 (28.13)\r\n        2:17.98 (28.35)     2:45.86 (27.88)\r\n        3:13.91 (28.05)     3:41.89 (27.98)\r\n        4:09.80 (27.91)     4:36.57 (26.77)\r\n  7 Evie Pfeifer     SO Texas             4:36.04    4:37.09         12  \r\n    r:+0.75  25.38        52.94 (27.56)\r\n        1:21.08 (28.14)     1:49.18 (28.10)\r\n        2:17.24 (28.06)     2:45.52 (28.28)\r\n        3:13.75 (28.23)     3:41.86 (28.11)\r\n        4:09.71 (27.85)     4:37.09 (27.38)\r\n  8 Courtney Harnis  SO Georgia           4:37.30    4:37.61         11  \r\n    r:+0.79  25.76        53.54 (27.78)\r\n        1:21.95 (28.41)     1:50.01 (28.06)\r\n        2:18.08 (28.07)     2:46.33 (28.25)\r\n        3:14.08 (27.75)     3:42.06 (27.98)\r\n        4:10.07 (28.01)     4:37.61 (27.54)<\/pre>\n<h3>200 IM<\/h3>\n<p>Wisconsin junior\u00a0<strong>Beata Nelson\u00a0<\/strong>stunned the field in the 200 IM final on Thursday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women&#8217;s Swimming and Diving Championships with a 1:50.79. Nelson moved up to second all-time in the 200 IM as she narrowly missed\u00a0<strong>Ella Eastin&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>American Record she set in 2018. Eastin finished in second at 1:51.81 as she held off a hard charge from Texas A&amp;M senior\u00a0<strong>Sydney Pickrem\u00a0<\/strong>(1:51.84).<\/p>\n<p>Eastin was going for a third title in this event as she won in 2016 and 2018, but she did finish in the top two all four years of her career. Eastin will keep her American Record as Nelson has one more year of college swimming to chase it down.<\/p>\n<p>USC&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Louise Hansson\u00a0<\/strong>was the early leader in the race as she split a 23.86 on the fly. She placed fourth for the Trojans with a 1:52.14.<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Asia Seidt\u00a0<\/strong>(1:53.54), South Carolina&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Emma Barksdale\u00a0<\/strong>(1:53.54), Tennessee&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Meghan Small\u00a0<\/strong>(1:53.57) and Indiana&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Bailey Andison\u00a0<\/strong>(1:54.17) also swam in the A-Final.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson is just the second swimmer from Wisconsin to win an NCAA title as she joins\u00a0<strong>Maggie Meyer\u00a0<\/strong>as winners for the Badgers. Meyer won the 200 back in 2011 in this same pool at the University of Texas.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 4  Women 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         NCAA: I 1:50.67  15-Mar-18 Ella Eastin, Stanford\r\n         Meet: M 1:50.67  15-Mar-18 Ella Eastin, Stanford\r\n     American: A 1:50.67  15-Mar-18 Ella Eastin, Stanford\r\n      US Open: O 1:50.67  15-Mar-18 Ella Eastin, Stanford\r\n         Pool: P 1:52.46  21-Mar-19 Ella Eastin, Stanford-PC\r\n                 1:54.31  AUTO NCAA A Standard\r\n                 1:59.94  CONS NCAA B Standard\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Beata Nelson     JR Wisconsin         1:52.83    1:50.79P        20  \r\n    r:+0.77  23.94        51.61 (27.67)\r\n        1:23.94 (32.33)     1:50.79 (26.85)\r\n  2 Ella Eastin      SR Stanford          1:52.46    1:51.81P        17  \r\n    r:+0.71  24.60        51.67 (27.07)\r\n        1:24.27 (32.60)     1:51.81 (27.54)\r\n  3 Sydney Pickrem   SR Texas A&amp;M         1:52.75    1:51.84P        16  \r\n    r:+0.67  25.22        53.02 (27.80)\r\n        1:25.10 (32.08)     1:51.84 (26.74)\r\n  4 Louise Hansson   JR USC               1:53.50    1:52.14P        15  \r\n    r:+0.71  23.86        51.79 (27.93)\r\n        1:25.35 (33.56)     1:52.14 (26.79)\r\n  5 Emma Barksdale   SR South Carolina    1:53.52    1:53.54         13.5\r\n    r:+0.66  25.03        54.18 (29.15)\r\n        1:26.11 (31.93)     1:53.54 (27.43)\r\n  5 Asia Seidt       JR Kentucky          1:53.51    1:53.54         13.5\r\n    r:+0.70  24.66        51.84 (27.18)\r\n        1:26.00 (34.16)     1:53.54 (27.54)\r\n  7 Meghan Small     JR Tennessee         1:54.54    1:53.57         12  \r\n    r:+0.70  24.42        52.64 (28.22)\r\n        1:26.25 (33.61)     1:53.57 (27.32)\r\n  8 Bailey Andison   SR Indiana           1:54.75    1:54.17         11  \r\n    r:+0.63  24.71        54.00 (29.29)\r\n        1:26.70 (32.70)     1:54.17 (27.47)<\/pre>\n<h3>50 Free<\/h3>\n<p>California junior\u00a0<strong>Abbey Weitzeil\u00a0<\/strong>is on fire on Thursday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women&#8217;s Swimming and Diving Championships. After splitting the second fastest 50 free ever at 20.49 earlier in the night, Weitzeil swam a 21.02 to break her own American Record of 21.12 from 2016. Weitzeil also broke\u00a0<strong>Erika Brown&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>NCAA Record in the process as the latter was a 21.15 at SECs last month.<\/p>\n<p>Weitzeil had held the American and US Open Record from the 2016 American Short Course Championships in this pool at the University of Texas as she finally beat that time three years later. This is Weitzeil&#8217;s first NCAA title individually as she sat behind\u00a0<strong>Simone Manuel\u00a0<\/strong>at the last two NCAAs in this event.<\/p>\n<p>Weitzeil was able to beat Tennessee&#8217;s Brown as she placed second at 21.23 for the Lady Vols. The two swimmers will have one more year to go head to head at NCAAs in this event. Louisville&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Mallory Comerford<\/strong>, swimming in the 50 free for the first time at NCAAs, placed third at 21.49. Comerford just out-touched Michigan freshman\u00a0<strong>Maggie MacNeil\u00a0<\/strong>(21.50).<\/p>\n<p>Comerford moved up to 12th all-time in a tie with MacNeil. Arkansas&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Anna Hopkin\u00a0<\/strong>(21.51) also moved up to 14th all-time with Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Amy Bilquist<\/strong> (21.52) in 15th.<\/p>\n<p>NC State&#8217;s <strong>Ky-lee Perry\u00a0<\/strong>(21.57) and <strong>Kylee Alons\u00a0<\/strong>(21.89) also swam in the A-Final.<\/p>\n<p>Cal now has four NCAA titles in the 50 free. Weitzeil joins the likes of\u00a0<strong>Conny Van Bentum\u00a0<\/strong>(1985) and\u00a0<strong>Liv Jensen\u00a0<\/strong>(2010, 12) as winners of the event for the Golden Bears.<\/p>\n<h3>All-Time List<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Abbey Weitzeil<\/strong>, Cal, 21.02 (2019)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Erika Brown<\/strong>, Tennessee, 21.15 (2019)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Simone Manuel<\/strong>, Stanford, 21.17 (2017)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Olivia Smoliga<\/strong>, Georgia, 21.21 (2016)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lara Jackson<\/strong>, Arizona, 21.27 (2009)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Liz Li<\/strong>, Ohio State, 21.28 (2018)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Farida Osman<\/strong>, Cal, 21.32 (2016)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ariana Vanderpool-Wallace<\/strong>, Auburn, 21.34 (2011)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre><b> Event 5  Women 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         NCAA: I 21.15  20-Feb-19 Erika Brown, Tennessee\r\n         Meet: M 21.17  16-Mar-17 Simone Manuel, Stanford\r\n     American: A 21.12  05-Mar-16 Abbey Weitzel, Canyons Aquatics\r\n      US Open: O 21.12  05-Mar-16 Abbey Weitzel, Canyons Aquatics\r\n         Pool: P 21.12  05-Mar-16 Abbey Weitzeil\r\n                 21.74  AUTO NCAA A Standard\r\n                 22.76  CONS NCAA B Standard\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Abbey Weitzeil   JR California          21.24      21.02A        20  \r\n    r:+0.61  10.08        21.02 (10.94)\r\n  2 Erika Brown      JR Tennessee           21.30      21.23         17  \r\n    r:+0.67  10.36        21.23 (10.87)\r\n  3 Mallory Comerfo  SR Louisville          21.64      21.49         16  \r\n    r:+0.63  10.41        21.49 (11.08)\r\n  4 Maggie MacNeil   FR Michigan            21.49      21.50         15  \r\n    r:+0.65  10.41        21.50 (11.09)\r\n  5 Anna Hopkin      FR Arkansas            21.63      21.51         14  \r\n    r:+0.65  10.40        21.51 (11.11)\r\n  6 Amy Bilquist     SR California          21.60      21.52         13  \r\n    r:+0.66  10.41        21.52 (11.11)\r\n  7 Ky-lee Perry     JR NC State            21.66      21.57         12  \r\n    r:+0.67  10.36        21.57 (11.21)\r\n  8 Kylee Alons      FR NC State            21.87      21.89         11  \r\n    r:+0.63  10.57        21.89 (11.32)<\/pre>\n<h3>1m Diving<\/h3>\n<p>Minnesota&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Sarah Bacon\u00a0<\/strong>successfully defended her 1m diving title on Thursday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women&#8217;s Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. The junior broke the meet record with 363.20 points, taking down\u00a0<strong>Cassidy Krug&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>361.55 mark from 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Bacon is the first woman to defend this title in back-to-back years since Houston&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Anastasia Pozdniakova\u00a0<\/strong>won in 2009 and 2010. Arizona&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Samantha Pickens\u00a0<\/strong>won two titles but not consecutively, taking the 1m crown in 2013 and 15.<\/p>\n<p>UCLA senior\u00a0<strong>Maria Polyakova\u00a0<\/strong>finished in second for the Bruins (346.90) with Texas junior\u00a0<strong>Alison Gibson\u00a0<\/strong>(338.65) in third in her home pool.<\/p>\n<p>2018 3m champion\u00a0<strong>Brooke Schultz\u00a0<\/strong>of Arkansas was fourth at 334.35 while UCLA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Eloise Belanger\u00a0<\/strong>(320.80) was fifth.<\/p>\n<p>LSU&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Elizabeth Cui\u00a0<\/strong>(317.80), Florida&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Brooke Madden\u00a0<\/strong>(314.55) and Kansas&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Vicky Xu\u00a0<\/strong>(284.60) also competed in the championship final.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota now has three 1m NCAA titles as Bacon joins herself (2018) and\u00a0<strong>Kelci Bryant\u00a0<\/strong>(2011) as winners of the event for the Golden Gophers.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 6  Women 1 mtr Diving<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         Meet: M 361.55  3-2007    Cassidy Krug, Stanford\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Sarah Bacon      JR Minnesota          346.05     363.20M        20  \r\n  2 Maria Polyakova  SR UCLA               321.55     346.90         17  \r\n  3 Alison Gibson    JR Texas              324.60     338.65         16  \r\n  4 Brooke Schultz   SO Arkansas           331.70     334.35         15  \r\n  5 Eloise Belanger  SR UCLA               299.05     320.80         14  \r\n  6 Elizabeth Cui    SR LSU                300.30     317.80         13  \r\n  7 Brooke Madden    JR Florida            300.05     314.55         12  \r\n  8 Vicky Xu         SR KANS               299.25     284.60         11<\/pre>\n<h3>400 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n<p>The California Golden Bears won the 400 medley relay on Thursday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women&#8217;s Swimming and Diving Championships with a 3:25.24 for their second relay win of the night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amy Bilquist\u00a0<\/strong>(50.84),\u00a0<strong>Ema Rajic\u00a0<\/strong>(58.53),\u00a0<strong>Katie McLaughlin\u00a0<\/strong>(50.00) and\u00a0<strong>Abbey Weitzeil\u00a0<\/strong>(45.87) won the title for the Golden Bears as Bilquist got them off to a lead on the first leg. Indiana&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Lilly King\u00a0<\/strong>(55.67) pulled the Hoosiers within the lead at the halfway point and fellow senior\u00a0<strong>Christie Jensen\u00a0<\/strong>(51.47) hung on to that lead through 300, but it was not enough for junior\u00a0<strong>Shelby Koontz\u00a0<\/strong>(47.68) on the anchor leg. The Hoosiers finished in second place for the second straight year with that swim.<\/p>\n<p>Top seed Michigan was in seventh place at the halfway point and crawled its way back into contention with\u00a0<strong>Maggie MacNeil\u00a0<\/strong>(50.34) and\u00a0<strong>Siobhan Haughey\u00a0<\/strong>(46.51) on the back half for the Wolverines.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana&#8217;s team of\u00a0<strong>Morgan Scott\u00a0<\/strong>(52.19), King (55.67), Jensen (51.47) and Koontz (47.68) finished in second at 3:27.01 as Big Ten rival Michigan was third at 3:27.49. The Wolverines had\u00a0<strong>Taylor Garcia\u00a0<\/strong>(52.50),\u00a0<strong>Miranda Tucker\u00a0<\/strong>(58.14), MacNeil (50.34) and Haughey (46.51) swimming for them.<\/p>\n<p>Cal&#8217;s win tonight also ends Stanford&#8217;s five-year winning streak in the event as the Cardinal placed sixth at 3:28.45.<\/p>\n<p>The quickest splits outside the top three came from Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ella Eastin\u00a0<\/strong>(51.43), Minnesota&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Lindsey Kozelsky\u00a0<\/strong>(57.25), Virginia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Morgan Hill\u00a0<\/strong>(50.67) and Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Taylor Ruck\u00a0<\/strong>(45.80). NC State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Sophie Hansson\u00a0<\/strong>(57.37) and Louisville&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Mallory Comerford\u00a0<\/strong>(45.96) also had impressive splits on the breaststroke and freestyle legs.<\/p>\n<p>NC State (3:27.86), Louisville (3:28.22), Stanford (3:28.45), Minnesota (3:29.94) and Virginia (3:30.01) also placed in the top eight.<\/p>\n<p>Cal now has four NCAA titles in the 400 medley relay. The 2019 team joins the likes of the teams from 2007, 2011 and 2012 as winners of the event for the Golden Bears.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 7  Women 400 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n         NCAA: I 3:25.09  05-Mar-18 Stanford\r\n                          A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel\r\n         Meet: M 3:25.09  15-Mar-18 Stanford\r\n                          A. Howe, K. Williams, J. Hu, S. Manuel\r\n     American: A 3:25.09  15-Mar-18 Stanford\r\n                          A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel\r\n      US Open: O 3:25.09  15-Mar-18 Stanford\r\n                          A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel\r\n         Pool: P 3:27.17  21-Mar-19 Michigan, Michigan-MI\r\n                          T Garcia, M Tucker, M MacNeil, S Haughey\r\n                 3:32.20  AUTO NCAA A Standard\r\n                 3:34.35  CONS NCAA B Standard\r\n    School                        Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n<b>                                === A - Final ===                                 <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 California                    3:28.03    3:25.24P        40  \r\n     1) Amy Bilquist SR               2) r:0.25 Ema Rajic FR          \r\n     3) r:0.34 Katie McLaughlin SR    4) r:0.24 Abbey Weitzeil JR     \r\n    r:+0.77  24.76        50.84 (50.84)\r\n        1:17.98 (27.14)     1:49.37 (58.53)\r\n        2:12.31 (22.94)     2:39.37 (50.00)\r\n        3:00.86 (21.49)     3:25.24 (45.87)\r\n  2 Indiana                       3:27.89    3:27.01P        34  \r\n     1) Morgan Scott FR               2) r:0.24 Lilly King SR         \r\n     3) r:0.28 Christie Jensen SR     4) r:0.19 Shelby Koontz JR      \r\n    r:+0.71  24.97        52.19 (52.19)\r\n        1:17.94 (25.75)     1:47.86 (55.67)\r\n        2:11.51 (23.65)     2:39.33 (51.47)\r\n        3:01.71 (22.38)     3:27.01 (47.68)\r\n  3 Michigan                      3:27.17    3:27.49         32  \r\n     1) Taylor Garcia SR              2) r:0.09 Miranda Tucker JR     \r\n     3) r:0.37 Maggie MacNeil FR      4) r:0.47 Siobhan Haughey SR    \r\n    r:+0.60  25.00        52.50 (52.50)\r\n        1:19.32 (26.82)     1:50.64 (58.14)\r\n        2:13.88 (23.24)     2:40.98 (50.34)\r\n        3:03.41 (22.43)     3:27.49 (46.51)\r\n  4 NC State                      3:28.20    3:27.86         30  \r\n     1) Elise Haan SR                 2) r:0.31 Sophie Hansson FR     \r\n     3) r:0.15 Kylee Alons FR         4) r:0.30 Ky-lee Perry JR       \r\n    r:+0.74  24.86        51.53 (51.53)\r\n        1:18.27 (26.74)     1:48.90 (57.37)\r\n        2:12.34 (23.44)     2:40.35 (51.45)\r\n        3:02.79 (22.44)     3:27.86 (47.51)\r\n  5 Louisville                    3:28.47    3:28.22         28  \r\n     1) Alina Kendzior SR             2) r:0.18 Mariia Astashkina SO  \r\n     3) r:0.34 Grace Oglesby JR       4) r:0.20 Mallory Comerford SR  \r\n    r:+0.66  25.00        51.71 (51.71)\r\n        1:19.09 (27.38)     1:51.16 (59.45)\r\n        2:14.85 (23.69)     2:42.26 (51.10)\r\n        3:04.07 (21.81)     3:28.22 (45.96)\r\n  6 Stanford                      3:30.19    3:28.45         26  \r\n     1) Ella Eastin SR                2) r:0.37 Allie Raab FR         \r\n     3) r:0.15 Amalie Fackenthal FR   4) r:0.15 Taylor Ruck FR        \r\n    r:+0.78  25.40        51.43 (51.43)\r\n        1:18.95 (27.52)     1:50.49 (59.06)\r\n        2:14.46 (23.97)     2:42.65 (52.16)\r\n        3:04.39 (21.74)     3:28.45 (45.80)\r\n  7 Minnesota                     3:29.93    3:29.94         24  \r\n     1) Emily Cook SO                 2) r:0.13 Lindsey Kozelsky JR   \r\n     3) r:0.35 Tevyn Waddell JR       4) r:0.29 Zoe Avestruz SR       \r\n    r:+0.74  25.27        52.31 (52.31)\r\n        1:18.72 (26.41)     1:49.56 (57.25)\r\n        2:13.39 (23.83)     2:41.20 (51.64)\r\n        3:04.40 (23.20)     3:29.94 (48.74)\r\n  8 Virginia                      3:29.71    3:30.01         22  \r\n     1) Megan Moroney JR              2) r:0.21 Alexis Wenger FR      \r\n     3) r:0.00 Morgan Hill JR         4) r:0.50 Kyla Valls SO         \r\n    r:+0.62  25.41        52.47 (52.47)\r\n        1:19.34 (26.87)     1:50.51 (58.04)\r\n        2:13.88 (23.37)     2:41.18 (50.67)\r\n        3:04.54 (23.36)     3:30.01 (48.83)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday&#8217;s night session of the 2019 NCAA Division I Women&#8217;s Swimming and Diving Championships was an intense one with two American Records falling from the pool in Austin, Texas. 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