NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: California Golden Bears Claim 4th NCAA Women’s Title
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California won its fourth NCAA women’s team championship with a dominant three days of competition at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
The Golden Bears delivered head coach Teri McKeever her fourth career coaching title with a 513-452 victory against defending champion Georgia, and sent Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin off to professional swimming as a winner.
McKeever now stands fourth all time for the most career women’s coaching titles. Richard Quick (12), Jack Bauerle (6) and David Marsh (5) are the only coaches ahead of her. She broke a tie with Mark Schubert, who had three.
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Georgia, meanwhile, became the highest finishing team to not win an individual event at the women’s NCAA championships.
That broke a seven-way tie for the previous NCAA record of third-place held by 1985 Stanford, 1988 Stanford, 1993 Texas, 1995 Texas, 1996 Michigan, 2000 Stanford and 2003 Southern California.
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Stanford wound up taking third overall with 363 points, while Texas A&M clipped Virginia for fourth, 231-229.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 21 1. California 513 2. Georgia 452 3. Stanford 363 4. Texas A&M 231 5. Virginia 229 6. Louisville 197 7. Texas 164 8. Southern California 163 9. Florida 129 10. Indiana 126 11. Tennessee 125 12. Minnesota 118 13. Wisconsin 103 14. Missouri 100 15. Arizona 99.5 16. Kentucky 95 17. NC State 79 18. Auburn 66 19. UNC 56.5 20. Penn State 56 21. Notre Dame 55 22. Michigan 49 23. UCLA 47 24. Florida State 45 25. University of Miami (Florida) 42 26. Florida Gulf Coast 37.5 27. Virginia Tech 36 28. Denver 33 29. Alabama 31 30. Purdue 29 31. So. Methodist 27 32. Miami University (Ohio) 24 33. Nevada 16 34. Lsu 15 34. Arizona St 15 36. Oregon State 12 36. Illinois State University 12 38. Iowa 10 39. San Diego State 9 40. Ohio State 5 41. Kansas 4 41. Hawaii (W) 4 43. Umbc (W) 2.5 44. Arkansas 2 44. Pittsburgh 2 46. Cincinnati 1
Women’s 1650 free
Virginia’s Leah Smith added the 1650-yard freestyle title to her win in the 500-yard free at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Smith uncorked a dominant time of 15:34.46 for the victory. That’s Virginia’s third title in the mile with Cara Lane going back to back in 2000 and 2001. Before Smith’s 500-yard free title, those had been the only NCAA titles for the female Cavaliers.
Smith vaulted to fifth all time in the event’s history. She had been 11th all time with a 15:42.04 last year.
All Time 1650 Free
[table “” not found /]Smith won the title by exactly 12 seconds as California’s Cierra Runge finished second in 15:46.66. Florida’s Jessica Thielmann managed to take third in 15:46.68 in what proved to be a close battle for second.
Smith’s 12-second victory is pretty impressive, but doesn’t come close to Janet Evans’ NCAA record for the largest margin of victory.
In 1990, Evans of Stanford threw down a 15:39.14, still ranking her eighth all time, to beat Texas’ Andrea Hayes (16:04.08) by 24.94 seconds.
Surprisingly, defending NCAA champion and NCAA record holder Brittany MacLean wound up taking ninth overall in 15:59.12.
California held the team lead 400.5-335.5 over Georgia following the 1650.
1 Smith, Leah SO Virginia-VA 15:42.75 15:34.46 D1-A 20 r:+0.81 25.61 53.20 (27.59) 1:21.34 (28.14) 1:49.58 (28.24) 2:17.89 (28.31) 2:46.31 (28.42) 3:14.55 (28.24) 3:43.10 (28.55) 4:11.45 (28.35) 4:39.99 (28.54) 5:08.33 (28.34) 5:36.73 (28.40) 6:05.19 (28.46) 6:33.85 (28.66) 7:02.59 (28.74) 7:31.37 (28.78) 8:00.08 (28.71) 8:28.53 (28.45) 8:57.33 (28.80) 9:26.06 (28.73) 9:54.87 (28.81) 10:23.68 (28.81) 10:52.41 (28.73) 11:21.18 (28.77) 11:49.82 (28.64) 12:18.51 (28.69) 12:46.97 (28.46) 13:15.33 (28.36) 13:43.71 (28.38) 14:12.16 (28.45) 14:40.43 (28.27) 15:08.32 (27.89) 15:34.46 (26.14) 2 Runge, Cierra FR California-PC 15:40.17 15:46.46 D1-A 17 r:+0.82 25.96 54.17 (28.21) 1:22.64 (28.47) 1:51.12 (28.48) 2:19.59 (28.47) 2:48.14 (28.55) 3:16.67 (28.53) 3:45.33 (28.66) 4:14.00 (28.67) 4:42.71 (28.71) 5:11.30 (28.59) 5:39.85 (28.55) 6:08.43 (28.58) 6:37.18 (28.75) 7:05.85 (28.67) 7:34.55 (28.70) 8:03.44 (28.89) 8:32.40 (28.96) 9:01.12 (28.72) 9:30.18 (29.06) 9:59.26 (29.08) 10:28.32 (29.06) 10:57.20 (28.88) 11:26.25 (29.05) 11:55.18 (28.93) 12:24.20 (29.02) 12:53.31 (29.11) 13:22.63 (29.32) 13:51.97 (29.34) 14:21.18 (29.21) 14:50.23 (29.05) 15:19.09 (28.86) 15:46.46 (27.37) 3 Thielmann, Jess JR Florida-FL 15:47.95 15:46.68 D1-A 16 r:+0.77 26.75 55.10 (28.35) 1:23.76 (28.66) 1:52.40 (28.64) 2:21.20 (28.80) 2:50.11 (28.91) 3:19.01 (28.90) 3:47.93 (28.92) 4:16.62 (28.69) 4:45.37 (28.75) 5:14.24 (28.87) 5:43.02 (28.78) 6:11.80 (28.78) 6:40.57 (28.77) 7:09.50 (28.93) 7:38.26 (28.76) 8:06.99 (28.73) 8:35.99 (29.00) 9:04.78 (28.79) 9:33.60 (28.82) 10:02.28 (28.68) 10:30.89 (28.61) 10:59.79 (28.90) 11:28.40 (28.61) 11:57.38 (28.98) 12:26.03 (28.65) 12:54.71 (28.68) 13:23.59 (28.88) 13:52.62 (29.03) 14:21.66 (29.04) 14:50.71 (29.05) 15:19.66 (28.95) 15:46.68 (27.02) 4 Henry, Sarah SR Texas A&M-GU 15:53.43 15:46.83 D1-A 15 r:+0.83 26.85 55.30 (28.45) 1:23.97 (28.67) 1:52.84 (28.87) 2:21.66 (28.82) 2:50.67 (29.01) 3:19.55 (28.88) 3:48.45 (28.90) 4:17.41 (28.96) 4:46.29 (28.88) 5:15.06 (28.77) 5:44.01 (28.95) 6:12.71 (28.70) 6:41.36 (28.65) 7:10.28 (28.92) 7:39.41 (29.13) 8:08.29 (28.88) 8:37.31 (29.02) 9:06.29 (28.98) 9:35.39 (29.10) 10:04.40 (29.01) 10:33.44 (29.04) 11:02.56 (29.12) 11:31.41 (28.85) 12:00.31 (28.90) 12:29.31 (29.00) 12:58.03 (28.72) 13:26.67 (28.64) 13:55.28 (28.61) 14:24.12 (28.84) 14:52.81 (28.69) 15:20.29 (27.48) 15:46.83 (26.54) 5 McDermott, Ambe SR Georgia-GA 15:49.79 15:53.19 D1-A 14 r:+0.92 25.69 53.97 (28.28) 1:22.39 (28.42) 1:51.19 (28.80) 2:19.80 (28.61) 2:48.58 (28.78) 3:17.32 (28.74) 3:46.03 (28.71) 4:14.75 (28.72) 4:43.57 (28.82) 5:12.46 (28.89) 5:41.31 (28.85) 6:10.13 (28.82) 6:39.21 (29.08) 7:08.19 (28.98) 7:37.09 (28.90) 8:06.30 (29.21) 8:35.62 (29.32) 9:04.73 (29.11) 9:33.90 (29.17) 10:03.07 (29.17) 10:32.22 (29.15) 11:01.48 (29.26) 11:30.68 (29.20) 11:59.87 (29.19) 12:29.16 (29.29) 12:58.48 (29.32) 13:27.80 (29.32) 13:57.15 (29.35) 14:26.41 (29.26) 14:55.55 (29.14) 15:24.83 (29.28) 15:53.19 (28.36) 6 Zilinskas, Rach SO Georgia-GA 16:08.58 15:55.22 D1-A 13 r:+0.81 27.20 56.22 (29.02) 1:25.19 (28.97) 1:54.23 (29.04) 2:23.30 (29.07) 2:52.39 (29.09) 3:21.49 (29.10) 3:50.42 (28.93) 4:19.44 (29.02) 4:48.26 (28.82) 5:17.26 (29.00) 5:46.31 (29.05) 6:15.35 (29.04) 6:44.34 (28.99) 7:13.36 (29.02) 7:42.21 (28.85) 8:11.22 (29.01) 8:40.17 (28.95) 9:09.10 (28.93) 9:37.84 (28.74) 10:06.68 (28.84) 10:35.30 (28.62) 11:03.96 (28.66) 11:32.76 (28.80) 12:01.51 (28.75) 12:30.65 (29.14) 12:59.73 (29.08) 13:28.99 (29.26) 13:58.22 (29.23) 14:27.58 (29.36) 14:57.03 (29.45) 15:26.47 (29.44) 15:55.22 (28.75) 7 Harrison, Sammy JR Oregon State-OR 15:54.61 15:56.01 D1-A 12 r:+0.76 26.33 54.90 (28.57) 1:23.86 (28.96) 1:53.01 (29.15) 2:21.92 (28.91) 2:50.87 (28.95) 3:19.93 (29.06) 3:49.10 (29.17) 4:18.14 (29.04) 4:47.26 (29.12) 5:16.31 (29.05) 5:45.48 (29.17) 6:14.74 (29.26) 6:43.81 (29.07) 7:12.94 (29.13) 7:41.93 (28.99) 8:11.14 (29.21) 8:40.48 (29.34) 9:09.49 (29.01) 9:38.80 (29.31) 10:07.79 (28.99) 10:36.60 (28.81) 11:05.59 (28.99) 11:34.44 (28.85) 12:03.58 (29.14) 12:32.41 (28.83) 13:01.54 (29.13) 13:30.90 (29.36) 14:00.32 (29.42) 14:29.75 (29.43) 14:59.13 (29.38) 15:28.09 (28.96) 15:56.01 (27.92) 8 Brandon, Bonnie JR Arizona-AZ 15:48.35 15:56.60 D1-B 11 r:+0.79 25.76 54.21 (28.45) 1:22.97 (28.76) 1:51.70 (28.73) 2:20.67 (28.97) 2:49.64 (28.97) 3:18.73 (29.09) 3:47.62 (28.89) 4:16.70 (29.08) 4:45.75 (29.05) 5:14.80 (29.05) 5:43.82 (29.02) 6:12.92 (29.10) 6:42.25 (29.33) 7:11.57 (29.32) 7:40.96 (29.39) 8:10.27 (29.31) 8:39.76 (29.49) 9:08.93 (29.17) 9:38.18 (29.25) 10:07.26 (29.08) 10:36.24 (28.98) 11:05.35 (29.11) 11:34.41 (29.06) 12:03.63 (29.22) 12:32.71 (29.08) 13:01.82 (29.11) 13:31.23 (29.41) 14:00.63 (29.40) 14:29.66 (29.03) 14:58.95 (29.29) 15:28.17 (29.22) 15:56.60 (28.43)
1. California 400.5 2. Georgia 335.5 3. Stanford 264 4. Virginia 188 5. Texas A&M 168.5 6. Louisville 151 7. Southern California 128 8. Texas 120 9. Tennessee 110 10. Arizona 93 11. Missouri 90 12. Indiana 82 12. Florida 82 14. Minnesota 66 15. Wisconsin 62 16. NC State 51 17. Penn State 50 18. UNC 45.5 19. Kentucky 44 20. Notre Dame 40 21. Florida Gulf Coast 37.5 22. Auburn 34 23. Florida State 30 24. University of Miami (Florida) 26 24. UCLA 26 26. So. Methodist 25.5 27. Purdue 24 27. Miami University (Ohio) 24 29. Michigan 20 30. Denver 17 30. Alabama 17 32. Nevada 16 33. Virginia Tech 13 34. Oregon State 12 34. Illinois State University 12 36. Iowa 10 37. Lsu 8 38. Ohio State 5 39. San Diego State 4 39. Kansas 4 39. Hawaii (W) 4 42. Arkansas 2 42. Pittsburgh 2 44. Cincinnati 1
Women’s 200 back
California’s Missy Franklin managed to capture her third individual title of the meet with a 200-yard back triumph at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Franklin raced her way to a 1:47.91, just missing teammate Elizabeth Pelton’s NCAA and American record title of 1:47.84 set in 2013.
With her 200 IM and 200 free wins, Franklin is the first woman to win three individual titles since Katinka Hosszu did it for Southern California in 2011.
Franklin is just the second person to ever break 1:48 as she leapfrogged Gemma Spofforth (1:48.34) into second all time.
That’s California’s sixth win in the event’s history. Previous wins:
2001 Natalie Coughlin, California, 1:51.02
2002 Natalie Coughlin, California, 1:49.52
2003 Natalie Coughlin, California, 1:50.86
2006 Helen Silver, California, 1:53.01
2013 Elizabeth Pelton, California, 1:47.84
Virginia’s Courtney Bartholomew touched second in 1:49.35, just beating her previous personal best of 1:49.87 to move to fourth all time in the event’s history.
Denver’s Sam Corea took third in 1:50.87, while Pelton finished a surprising seventh in 1:52.08. Defending champion Brooklynn Snodgrass of Indiana wound up eighth in 1:52.23.
1 Franklin, Missy SO California-PC 1:50.32 1:47.91PD1-A 20 r:+0.66 26.26 53.73 (27.47) 1:20.86 (27.13) 1:47.91 (27.05) 2 Bartholomew, Co JR Virginia-VA 1:51.16 1:49.35PD1-A 17 r:+0.61 25.84 53.51 (27.67) 1:21.30 (27.79) 1:49.35 (28.05) 3 Corea, Sam SR Denver-CO 1:50.56 1:50.87 D1-A 16 r:+0.56 26.84 55.36 (28.52) 1:23.00 (27.64) 1:50.87 (27.87) 4 Galyer, Daniell SO Kentucky-KY 1:50.86 1:51.68 D1-A 15 r:+0.57 26.56 54.58 (28.02) 1:23.20 (28.62) 1:51.68 (28.48) 5 Stewart, Kylie FR Georgia-GA 1:51.76 1:51.70 D1-A 14 r:+0.68 26.62 54.70 (28.08) 1:23.21 (28.51) 1:51.70 (28.49) 6 Klaren, Melanie SR California-PC 1:52.25 1:51.83 D1-A 13 r:+0.62 26.36 54.84 (28.48) 1:23.46 (28.62) 1:51.83 (28.37) 7 Pelton, Elizabe JR California-PC 1:50.31 1:52.08 D1-A 12 r:+0.65 26.47 54.23 (27.76) 1:22.88 (28.65) 1:52.08 (29.20) 8 Snodgrass, Broo JR Indiana-IN 1:51.96 1:52.23 D1-A 11 r:+0.70 26.51 54.74 (28.23) 1:23.43 (28.69) 1:52.23 (28.80)
1. California 445.5 2. Georgia 349.5 3. Stanford 264 4. Virginia 206 5. Texas A&M 174.5 6. Louisville 151 7. Southern California 130 8. Texas 125 9. Tennessee 110 10. Arizona 93 10. Indiana 93 12. Missouri 90 13. Florida 89 14. Minnesota 66 15. Kentucky 63 16. Wisconsin 62 17. NC State 51 18. Penn State 50 19. UNC 45.5 20. Notre Dame 40 21. Florida Gulf Coast 37.5 22. Auburn 37 23. Denver 33 24. Florida State 30 25. Michigan 29 26. UCLA 26 26. University of Miami (Florida) 26 28. So. Methodist 25.5 29. Purdue 24 29. Miami University (Ohio) 24 31. Alabama 17 32. Nevada 16 33. Virginia Tech 13 34. Illinois State University 12 34. Oregon State 12 36. Iowa 10 37. Lsu 8 38. Ohio State 5 39. San Diego State 4 39. Kansas 4 39. Hawaii (W) 4 42. Pittsburgh 2 42. Arkansas 2 44. Cincinnati 1
Women’s 100 free
Stanford’s Simone Manuel reclaimed the 100-yard freestyle American record at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Manuel blasted her way to a stunning 46.09 for the win to match her victory in the 50-yard freestyle earlier this week.
Her time beat Abbey Weitzeil’s American record of 46.29 set as a relay leadoff for Canyons Aquatics in December, while also downing Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace’s 2012 NCAA record of 46.61.
Manuel’s teammate Lia Neal claimed second tonight in 47.13 to move to seventh all time, while Florida’s Natalie Hinds picked up third in 47.19 to jump to 11th all time.
That’s Stanford’s eighth victory in the 100 freestyle all time, but first since 1996. Here are the Stanford wins:
1986 Jenna Johnson, Stanford, 49.03
1987 Jenna Johnson, Stanford, 48.82
1992 Jenny Thompson, Stanford, 47.61
1993 Jenny Thompson, Stanford, 48.03
1994 Jenny Thompson, Stanford, 47.74
1995 Jenny Thompson, Stanford, 48.38
1996 Claudia Franco, Stanford, 49.04
1 Manuel, Simone FR Stanford-PC 46.68 46.09AD1-A 20 r:+0.69 22.31 46.09 (23.78) 2 Neal, Lia SO Stanford-PC 47.62 47.13 D1-A 17 r:+0.73 22.92 47.13 (24.21) 3 Hinds, Natalie JR Florida-FL 47.24 47.19 D1-A 16 r:+0.69 22.47 47.19 (24.72) 4 Martin, Ivy SR Wisconsin-WI 47.53 47.24 D1-A 15 r:+0.70 22.48 47.24 (24.76) 5 Van Landeghem, JR Georgia-GA 47.58 47.48 D1-A 14 r:+0.69 22.88 47.48 (24.60) 6 Gastaldello, Be FR Texas A&M-GU 47.81 47.73 D1-A 13 r:+0.68 23.08 47.73 (24.65) 7 Osman, Farida SO California-PC 47.79 47.88 D1-B 11.5 r:+0.77 23.08 47.88 (24.80) 7 Locus, Madeline SR Georgia-GA 47.75 47.88 D1-B 11.5 r:+0.79 23.13 47.88 (24.75)
1. California 460 2. Georgia 384 3. Stanford 301 4. Virginia 206 5. Texas A&M 189 6. Louisville 151 7. Southern California 137 8. Texas 125 9. Tennessee 110 10. Florida 105 11. Arizona 93 11. Indiana 93 13. Missouri 90 14. Wisconsin 77 15. Minnesota 66 16. Kentucky 63 17. Penn State 56 18. NC State 51 19. UNC 45.5 20. Notre Dame 40 21. Florida Gulf Coast 37.5 22. Auburn 37 23. Florida State 34 24. Denver 33 25. Michigan 29 26. So. Methodist 27 27. University of Miami (Florida) 26 27. UCLA 26 29. Purdue 24 29. Miami University (Ohio) 24 31. Alabama 17 32. Nevada 16 33. Virginia Tech 13 34. Illinois State University 12 34. Oregon State 12 36. Iowa 10 37. San Diego State 9 38. Lsu 8 39. Ohio State 5 40. Kansas 4 40. Hawaii (W) 4 42. Pittsburgh 2 42. Arkansas 2 44. Cincinnati 1
Women’s 200 breast
Minnesota’s Kierra Smith demolished the field in the women’s 200-yard breast at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Smith threw down a scorching time of 2:04.56 for the win. That swim made her the third-fastest swimmer all time behind only Emma Reaney and Breeja Larson.
All Time 200 Breast
[table “” not found /]Smith joined Haley Spencer as the only other 200-yard breaststroke winner from Minnesota. Spencer won in 2011 with a 2:06.12.
Smith won the event by 2.09 seconds with Virginia’s Laura Simon taking second overall with a 2:06.65.
That’s a pretty big margin of victory, but not yet near the NCAA record. Jeanne Childs of Hawaii clocked a 2:13.35 to beat Florida’s Kathy Treible (2:16.62) by 3.27 seconds in back 1983.
Stanford’s Katie Olsen finished third tonight in 2:07.07 with defending champion Reaney placing fourth in 2:07.10.
1 Smith, Kierra JR Minnesota-MN 2:04.95 2:04.56 D1-A 20 r:+0.82 28.50 1:00.05 (31.55) 1:32.24 (32.19) 2:04.56 (32.32) 2 Simon, Laura SO Virginia-VA 2:07.18 2:06.65 D1-A 17 r:+0.78 28.92 1:00.41 (31.49) 1:32.93 (32.52) 2:06.65 (33.72) 3 Olsen, Katie SR Stanford-PC 2:07.38 2:07.06 D1-A 16 r:+0.83 29.01 1:00.94 (31.93) 1:33.64 (32.70) 2:07.06 (33.42) 4 Reaney, Emma SR Notre Dame-IN 2:07.18 2:07.10 D1-A 15 r:+0.73 28.57 1:00.61 (32.04) 1:33.42 (32.81) 2:07.10 (33.68) 5 Burchell, Kayli SR Alabama-SE 2:08.56 2:07.75 D1-B 14 r:+0.66 29.22 1:01.72 (32.50) 1:34.88 (33.16) 2:07.75 (32.87) 6 Hannis, Molly SR Tennessee-SE 2:08.66 2:07.90 D1-B 13 r:+0.69 28.89 1:01.13 (32.24) 1:34.45 (33.32) 2:07.90 (33.45) 7 McGregor, Ashle JR Texas A&M-GU 2:08.79 2:08.67 D1-B 12 r:+0.73 29.86 1:02.04 (32.18) 1:35.17 (33.13) 2:08.67 (33.50) 8 Paluszek, Weron JR Virginia Tech-VA 2:07.83 2:08.95 D1-B 11 r:+0.77 30.01 1:02.76 (32.75) 1:35.82 (33.06) 2:08.95 (33.13)
1. California 461 2. Georgia 388 3. Stanford 317 4. Virginia 223 5. Texas A&M 201 6. Louisville 151 7. Southern California 137 8. Texas 130 9. Tennessee 123 10. Florida 105 11. Missouri 96 12. Arizona 95.5 13. Indiana 93 14. Minnesota 86 15. Wisconsin 77 16. Kentucky 63 17. Penn State 56 18. Notre Dame 55 19. NC State 51 20. UNC 45.5 21. Auburn 44 22. Michigan 38 23. Florida Gulf Coast 37.5 24. Florida State 34 25. Denver 33 26. Alabama 31 27. So. Methodist 27 28. University of Miami (Florida) 26 28. UCLA 26 30. Virginia Tech 24 30. Purdue 24 30. Miami University (Ohio) 24 33. Nevada 16 34. Oregon State 12 34. Illinois State University 12 36. Iowa 10 37. San Diego State 9 38. Lsu 8 39. Ohio State 5 40. Kansas 4 40. Hawaii (W) 4 42. Umbc (W) 2.5 43. Arkansas 2 43. Pittsburgh 2 45. Cincinnati 1
Women’s 200 fly
Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell is now Louisville’s first two-time NCAA champion after sweeping the butterfly events with a 200-yard fly victory at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Worrell uncorked a smoking time of 1:51.11 for the win. That swim vaulted her to third ever in the 200-yard fly.
All Time 200 Fly
[table “” not found /]Entering the meet, Louisville had never had a female NCAA champion, and now Worrell is a two-time victor after becoming the first person to break 50 seconds in the 100-yard fly.
Kentucky’s Christina Bechtel hit the wall second in 1:52.08 to jump to seventh in the all time history, while Georgia’s Hali Flickinger placed third in 1:52.73.
Notably, even though prelims basically clinched it anyway, California officially clinched its fourth NCAA team title after the 200 fly as Georgia cannot make up the 479-420 gap in diving or with a 400 free relay disqualification.
1 Worrell, Kelsi JR Louisville-KY 1:53.24 1:51.11PD1-A 20 r:+0.70 24.99 53.55 (28.56) 1:21.92 (28.37) 1:51.11 (29.19) 2 Bechtel, Christ SR Kentucky-KY 1:53.49 1:52.08PD1-A 17 r:+0.79 25.86 53.99 (28.13) 1:22.87 (28.88) 1:52.08 (29.21) 3 Flickinger, Hal JR Georgia-GA 1:52.97 1:52.73PD1-A 16 r:+0.80 25.94 54.60 (28.66) 1:23.51 (28.91) 1:52.73 (29.22) 4 Harrington, Lau SR Georgia-GA 1:53.76 1:53.92 D1-A 15 r:+0.71 25.94 55.11 (29.17) 1:24.45 (29.34) 1:53.92 (29.47) 5 Kylliainen, Tan SR Louisville-KY 1:54.18 1:54.62 D1-B 14 r:+0.65 25.63 54.95 (29.32) 1:24.24 (29.29) 1:54.62 (30.38) 6 Dalesandro, Gia SO Indiana-IN 1:54.93 1:54.66 D1-B 13 r:+0.69 25.60 54.43 (28.83) 1:24.37 (29.94) 1:54.66 (30.29) 7 Thomas, Noemie FR California-PC 1:54.80 1:54.94 D1-B 12 r:+0.68 25.79 54.84 (29.05) 1:24.26 (29.42) 1:54.94 (30.68) 8 Britt, Chelsea SO Florida State-FL 1:54.49 1:55.98 D1-B 11 r:+0.67 24.76 53.37 (28.61) 1:23.35 (29.98) 1:55.98 (32.63)
1. California 479 2. Georgia 420 3. Stanford 319 4. Virginia 223 5. Texas A&M 201 6. Louisville 185 7. Southern California 146 8. Texas 130 9. Tennessee 123 10. Indiana 106 11. Florida 105 12. Missouri 100 13. Arizona 95.5 14. Minnesota 86 15. Kentucky 80 16. Wisconsin 77 17. Penn State 56 18. Notre Dame 55 19. NC State 51 20. UNC 45.5 21. Florida State 45 22. Auburn 44 23. Michigan 38 24. Florida Gulf Coast 37.5 25. Denver 33 25. UCLA 33 27. Alabama 31 28. Virginia Tech 27 28. So. Methodist 27 30. University of Miami (Florida) 26 31. Miami University (Ohio) 24 31. Purdue 24 33. Nevada 16 34. Lsu 13 35. Illinois State University 12 35. Oregon State 12 37. Iowa 10 38. San Diego State 9 39. Ohio State 5 40. Kansas 4 40. Hawaii (W) 4 42. Umbc (W) 2.5 43. Pittsburgh 2 43. Arkansas 2 45. Cincinnati 1
Platform Diving
Indiana’s Jessica Parratto dominated the women’s platform diving title at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Parratto is the first Hoosier to win the title in 10 years, joining the only other Hoosier to win the title – Cassandra Cardinell.
Parratto tallied 367.00 points to unseat two-time defending champion Haley Ishimatsu of Southern California. Ishimatsu took second with 339.65 points.
It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Indiana has won a platform title with Drew Johansen now the head diving coach at IU. He came over from Duke where he led Nick McCrory to four titles on the 10-meter.
Miami of Florida’s Cheyenne Cousineau claimed third overall tonight with 318.05 points.
1 Parratto, Jessi FR Indiana-IN 347.95 367.00 20 2 Ishimatsu, Hale SR Southern Cali-CA 309.85 339.65 17 3 Cousineau, Chey SR Miami (Fl)-FL 282.75 318.05 16 4 Aiacoboae, Mara FR Arizona St-AZ 316.20 313.50 15 5 Zhou, Yu SO Minnesota-MN 328.20 301.70 14 6 Bromberg, Saman SO Texas-ST 332.15 297.55 13 7 Hamperian, Rebe SO Kentucky-KY 285.45 296.40 12 8 Chen, Carey SR Michigan-MI 282.80 251.05 11 === B - Final === 9 Arnett, Kaylea SR Virginia Tech-VA 281.70 296.25 9 10 Ivory-Ganja, Em SR Texas-ST 279.50 296.20 7 11 Lenz, Annika SO UCLA-CA 279.90 294.30 6 12 MacKenzie, Twea SR Purdue-IN 282.05 294.15 5 13 Hinrichs, Lilli JR Stanford-PC 282.45 287.25 4 14 Cabot, Christa SR Kentucky-KY 271.25 279.60 3 15 Sthamann, Madis FR LSU-LA 261.80 279.00 2 16 Dawson, Elissa FR UNC-NC 267.05 274.40 1
1. California 479 2. Georgia 420 3. Stanford 323 4. Virginia 223 5. Texas A&M 201 6. Louisville 185 7. Southern California 163 8. Texas 150 9. Indiana 126 10. Tennessee 123 11. Florida 105 12. Missouri 100 12. Minnesota 100 14. Arizona 95.5 15. Kentucky 95 16. Wisconsin 77 17. Penn State 56 18. Notre Dame 55 19. NC State 51 20. Michigan 49 21. UNC 46.5 22. Florida State 45 23. Auburn 44 24. University of Miami (Florida) 42 25. UCLA 39 26. Florida Gulf Coast 37.5 27. Virginia Tech 36 28. Denver 33 29. Alabama 31 30. Purdue 29 31. So. Methodist 27 32. Miami University (Ohio) 24 33. Nevada 16 34. Arizona St 15 34. Lsu 15 36. Illinois State University 12 36. Oregon State 12 38. Iowa 10 39. San Diego State 9 40. Ohio State 5 41. Kansas 4 41. Hawaii (W) 4 43. Umbc (W) 2.5 44. Pittsburgh 2 44. Arkansas 2 46. Cincinnati 1
Women’s 400 free relay
Stanford’s Simone Manuel delivered another NCAA and American record with a scorching anchor during the 400-yard free relay at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Manuel threw down a 45.79 anchor as Lia Neal, Janet Hu, Lindsey Engel and Manuel turned in a stunning time of 3:08.54 for the NCAA and American record and the title.
That swim crushed the NCAA record of 3:09.40 set by Georgia in 2013 as well as the American record of 3:10.63 set by Arizona also in 2013.
That’s Stanford’s NCAA record 11th victory in the 400 free relay:
1982 Stanford (Marybeth Linzmeier, Isabel Reuss, Kelly Asplund, Barb Major), 3:20.98
1987 Stanford (Jenna Johnson, Laurie McLean, Susie Rapp, Aimee Berzins), 3:17.69
1992 Stanford (Mary Edwards, Summer Sanders, Janel Jorgensen, Jenny Thompson), 3:16.41
1994 Stanford (Michelle Jesperson, Mary Edwards, Jessica Tong, Jenny Thompson), 3:15.80
1995 Stanford (Claudia Franco, Becky Bicknell, Jessica Tong, Jenny Thompson), 3:17.17
1996 Stanford (Jessica Tong, Elin Austevoll, Lisa Jacob, Claudia Franco), 3:18.28
1997 Stanford (Gabrielle Rose, Jessica Amey, Claudia Franco, Catherine Fox), 3:16.72
2010 Stanford (Kate Dwelley, Samantha Woodward, Elizabeth Webb, Julia Smit), 3:12.32
2012 Stanford (Samantha Woodward, Madeline Schaefer, Andrea Murez, Elizabeth Webb) 3:10.77
2014 Stanford (Maddy Schaefer, Felicia Lee, Maya DiRado, Lia Neal) 3:10.83
California, with Missy Franklin swimming her final time collegiately, leadoff Cal with a 46.66 as Franklin, Rachel Bootsma, Camille Cheng and Farida Osman took second in 3:09.76.
Georgia’s Madeline Locus, Olivia Smoliga, Lauren Harrington and Chantal Van Landeghem placed third in 3:12.08.
1 Stanford-PC 'A' 3:11.96 3:08.54ND1-A 40 1) Neal, Lia SO 2) r:0.23 Hu, Janet FR 3) r:0.12 Engel, Lindsey FR 4) r:0.35 Manuel, Simone FR r:+0.72 22.62 46.84 (46.84) 1:09.44 (22.60) 1:34.82 (47.98) 1:57.29 (22.47) 2:22.75 (47.93) 2:44.50 (21.75) 3:08.54 (45.79) 2 California-PC 'A' 3:12.98 3:09.76PD1-A 34 1) Franklin, Missy SO 2) r:0.29 Bootsma, Rachel JR 3) r:0.17 Cheng, Camille SR 4) r:0.21 Osman, Farida SO r:+0.78 22.66 46.66 (46.66) 1:09.00 (22.34) 1:34.05 (47.39) 1:56.73 (22.68) 2:22.26 (48.21) 2:44.66 (22.40) 3:09.76 (47.50) 3 Georgia-GA 'A' 3:12.76 3:12.08 D1-A 32 1) Locus, Madeline SR 2) r:0.34 Smoliga, Olivia SO 3) r:0.43 Harrington, Lauren SR 4) r:0.17 Van Landeghem, ntal JR r:+0.74 23.08 48.23 (48.23) 1:10.86 (22.63) 1:35.89 (47.66) 1:59.06 (23.17) 2:24.24 (48.35) 2:46.81 (22.57) 3:12.08 (47.84) 4 Texas A&M-GU 'A' 3:14.41 3:13.20 D1-A 30 1) Gastaldello, Beryl FR 2) r:0.42 Ibanez, Lili SR 3) r:0.29 Malone, Kristin FR 4) r:0.09 Bosma, Sammie SR r:+2.67 23.44 48.25 (48.25) 1:11.59 (23.34) 1:36.73 (48.48) 1:59.90 (23.17) 2:25.20 (48.47) 2:47.78 (22.58) 3:13.20 (48.00) 5 NC State-NC 'A' 3:13.87 3:13.21 D1-A 28 1) Zevnik, Alexia SO 2) r:0.42 Bonnema, Riki JR 3) r:0.37 Labonge, Natalie SO 4) r:0.24 Duffield, Krista FR r:+0.73 23.28 48.14 (48.14) 1:10.69 (22.55) 1:36.19 (48.05) 1:59.57 (23.38) 2:24.89 (48.70) 2:47.60 (22.71) 3:13.21 (48.32) 6 Wisconsin-WI 'A' 3:13.00 3:13.84 D1-A 26 1) Martin, Ivy SR 2) r:0.20 Kinney, Chase SO 3) r:0.26 Van Hout, Aja SR 4) r:0.28 Tamblyn, Anne JR r:+2.47 22.58 47.89 (47.89) 1:10.68 (22.79) 1:36.16 (48.27) 1:59.02 (22.86) 2:24.53 (48.37) 2:47.88 (23.35) 3:13.84 (49.31) 7 Florida-FL 'A' 3:13.53 3:14.27 D1-A 24 1) Maughan, Amelia FR 2) r:0.27 Hinds, Natalie JR 3) r:0.31 Linn, Ashlee JR 4) r:0.33 McKnight, Lindsey JR r:+0.76 23.85 49.69 (49.69) 1:11.70 (22.01) 1:36.63 (46.94) 1:59.82 (23.19) 2:25.45 (48.82) 2:48.43 (22.98) 3:14.27 (48.82) 8 Auburn-SE 'A' 3:15.56 3:15.49 D1-A 22 1) Purcell, Allyx SO 2) r:0.20 Fonteno, Megan SR 3) r:0.42 Merritt, Alexandria JR 4) r:0.31 Hull, Valerie FR r:+0.72 23.16 48.98 (48.98) 1:11.84 (22.86) 1:37.72 (48.74) 2:01.14 (23.42) 2:26.63 (48.91) 2:49.60 (22.97) 3:15.49 (48.86)
1. California 513 2. Georgia 452 3. Stanford 363 4. Texas A&M 231 5. Virginia 229 6. Louisville 197 7. Texas 164 8. Southern California 163 9. Florida 129 10. Indiana 126 11. Tennessee 125 12. Minnesota 118 13. Wisconsin 103 14. Missouri 100 15. Arizona 99.5 16. Kentucky 95 17. NC State 79 18. Auburn 66 19. UNC 56.5 20. Penn State 56 21. Notre Dame 55 22. Michigan 49 23. UCLA 47 24. Florida State 45 25. University of Miami (Florida) 42 26. Florida Gulf Coast 37.5 27. Virginia Tech 36 28. Denver 33 29. Alabama 31 30. Purdue 29 31. So. Methodist 27 32. Miami University (Ohio) 24 33. Nevada 16 34. Lsu 15 34. Arizona St 15 36. Oregon State 12 36. Illinois State University 12 38. Iowa 10 39. San Diego State 9 40. Ohio State 5 41. Kansas 4 41. Hawaii (W) 4 43. Umbc (W) 2.5 44. Arkansas 2 44. Pittsburgh 2 46. Cincinnati 1
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 1650 free
- Women’s 200 back
- Women’s 100 free
- Women’s 200 breast
- Women’s 200 fly
- Women’s platform diving
- Women’s 400 free relay
Hey everyone, is there any race video anywhere? The live stream seemed to get stuck on day two