NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: California Leads By Nearly 100 Points After Day Two
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The California Golden Bears took a huge lead after day two of the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships after an amazing day that featured several NCAA and American records.
California leads Georgia by a whopping 383.5-299.5 margin following the second day of competition.
Stanford (264), Virginia (168) and Texas A&M (153.5) comprise the rest of the top five.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 14 1. California 383.5 2. Georgia 299.5 3. Stanford 264 4. Virginia 168 5. Texas A&M 153.5 6. Louisville 151 7. Southern California 128 8. Texas 115 9. Tennessee 110 10. Missouri 90 11. Indiana 82 12. Arizona 81 13. Florida 66 13. Minnesota 66 15. Wisconsin 59 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 25. So. Methodist 25.5 26. Miami University (Ohio) 24 26. Purdue 24 28. UCLA 22 29. Alabama 17 29. Denver 17 31. Nevada 16 32. Michigan 13 32. Virginia Tech 13 34. Illinois State University 12 35. Lsu 8 36. Ohio State 5 37. Hawaii (W) 4 37. Kansas 4 37. Iowa 4 37. San Diego State 4 41. Arkansas 2 42. Cincinnati 1
Women’s 200 medley relay
California kicked off the night with a sizzling performance in the 200 medley relay at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championship.
California, which DQed this event last year to likely cost them an NCAA championship, put up a 1:35.15 for the win from Rachel Bootsma, Marina Garcia, Noemie Thomas and Farida Osman.
That’s California’s fourth victory in the event ever.
Other California wins:
2000 California (Haley Cope, Staciana Stitts, Waen Minpraphal, Joscelin Yeo), 1:49.23 *SCM
2011 California (Cindy Tran, Caitlin Leverenz, Colleen Fotsch, Liv Jensen), 1:35.03
2012 California (Cindy Tran, Caitlin Leverenz, Colleen Fotsch, Liv Jensen), 1:34.24
Kelsi Worrell, who popped a 22.07 butterfly split this morning and broke the 100-yard fly NCAA and American record with a 49.89, went even faster for the Cardinals tonight with a 21.96 split as Tanja Kylliainen, Andee Cottrell, Worrell and Andrea Kneppers took second in 1:35.75.
Tennessee’s Amanda Carner, Molly Hannis, Harper Bruens and Faith Johnson placed third in 1:36.29.
In the team hunt, Georgia’s Olivia Smoliga, Meaghan Raab, Kylie Stewart and Chantal Van Landeghem took fifth in 1:36.90.
The stunner of the morning proved to be defending champion Stanford missing the A final. Ally Howe, Sarah Haase, Janet Hu and Lia Neal put up the top time of the night with a 1:35.10, but settled for ninth-place points.
1 California-PC 'A' 1:36.18 1:35.15PD1-A 40 1) Bootsma, Rachel JR 2) r:0.13 Garcia, Marina SO 3) r:0.30 Thomas, Noemie FR 4) r:0.35 Osman, Farida SO r:+0.56 11.58 23.39 (23.39) 35.76 (12.37) 50.85 (27.46) 1:01.26 (10.41) 1:14.06 (23.21) 1:24.21 (10.15) 1:35.15 (21.09) 2 Louisville-KY 'A' 1:35.56 1:35.75 D1-A 34 1) Kylliainen, Tanja SR 2) r:0.34 Cottrell, Andee SO 3) r:0.14 Worrell, Kelsi JR 4) r:0.25 Kneppers, Andrea SO r:+0.53 12.25 24.81 (24.81) 36.64 (11.83) 51.36 (26.55) 1:01.00 (9.64) 1:13.32 (21.96) 1:23.93 (10.61) 1:35.75 (22.43) 3 Tennessee-SE 'A' 1:36.84 1:36.29 D1-A 32 1) Carner, Amanda JR 2) r:0.22 Hannis, Molly SR 3) r:0.12 Bruens, Harper JR 4) r:0.32 Johnson, Faith JR r:+0.59 12.71 25.12 (25.12) 36.80 (11.68) 51.54 (26.42) 1:01.79 (10.25) 1:14.52 (22.98) 1:24.83 (10.31) 1:36.29 (21.77) 4 Virginia-VA 'A' 1:36.59 1:36.84 D1-A 30 1) Bartholomew, Courtney JR 2) r:0.33 Simon, Laura SO 3) r:0.42 Williamson, Ellen SR 4) r:0.15 Thomas, Ellen SO r:+0.63 12.11 23.91 (23.91) 36.50 (12.59) 51.09 (27.18) 1:02.09 (11.00) 1:14.95 (23.86) 1:25.31 (10.36) 1:36.84 (21.89) 5 Georgia-GA 'A' 1:36.55 1:36.90 D1-A 28 1) Smoliga, Olivia SO 2) r:0.32 Raab, Meaghan FR 3) r:0.29 Stewart, Kylie FR 4) r:0.27 Van Landeghem, ntal JR r:+0.67 12.33 24.60 (24.60) 37.25 (12.65) 52.47 (27.87) 1:02.90 (10.43) 1:15.63 (23.16) 1:25.70 (10.07) 1:36.90 (21.27) 6 Texas-ST 'A' 1:37.17 1:36.93 D1-A 26 1) Denninghoff, Sarah SR 2) r:0.18 Jaques, Gretchen SR 3) r:0.26 Wong, Brynne SO 4) r:0.14 Millard, Rebecca FR r:+0.61 12.28 24.75 (24.75) 36.93 (12.18) 51.53 (26.78) 1:02.17 (10.64) 1:15.16 (23.63) 1:25.43 (10.27) 1:36.93 (21.77) 7 Missouri-MV 'A' 1:37.08 1:37.35 D1-A 24 1) Stevens, Hannah FR 2) r:0.41 Ross, Katharine SO 3) r:0.24 Barbiea, Dani SR 4) r:0.13 Patterson, Anna JR r:+0.63 12.43 24.70 (24.70) 37.36 (12.66) 52.29 (27.59) 1:02.69 (10.40) 1:15.19 (22.90) 1:25.81 (10.62) 1:37.35 (22.16) 8 Florida Gulf-FL 'A' 1:37.05 1:37.55 D1-A 22 1) Toussaint, Kira SO 2) r:0.35 Armitage, Katie FR 3) r:0.46 Svensson, Emma SR 4) r:0.20 Julien, Kristin FR r:+3.84 12.06 24.24 (24.24) 36.62 (12.38) 51.69 (27.45) 1:02.03 (10.34) 1:14.91 (23.22) 1:25.73 (10.82) 1:37.55 (22.64) === B - Final === 9 Stanford-PC 'A' 1:37.30 1:35.10PD1-A 18 1) Howe, Ally FR 2) r:0.30 Haase, Sarah JR 3) r:0.24 Hu, Janet FR 4) r:0.05 Neal, Lia SO r:+3.39 12.13 24.35 (24.35) 36.46 (12.11) 50.90 (26.55) 1:01.17 (10.27) 1:13.80 (22.90) 1:23.85 (10.05) 1:35.10 (21.30)
1. California 202 2. Georgia 200 3. Stanford 129 4. Louisville 110 5. Virginia 106 6. Texas A&M 94.5 7. Tennessee 84 8. Texas 68 9. Southern California 60 10. Wisconsin 58 11. Missouri 54 12. NC State 51 13. Arizona 44 14. Auburn 34 15. Florida 27 16. Florida Gulf Coast 26.5 17. Notre Dame 24 17. UNC 24 19. Kentucky 21 20. Florida State 19 20. Minnesota 19 20. Penn State 19 23. Purdue 14 24. Illinois State University 12 25. So. Methodist 8 26. Indiana 7 26. Miami University (Ohio) 7 28. University of Miami (Florida) 6 28. UCLA 6 30. San Diego State 4 30. Iowa 4 32. Michigan 3 32. Hawaii (W) 3 34. Ohio State 2
Women’s 400 IM
Texas A&M’s Sarah Henry put an exclamation mark on her oft-injured career by joining a handful of other Aggie NCAA champions with a 400-yard IM victory at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Henry, a senior who has battled through multiple ACL tears in her career, overtook the field with a 4:02.47 to win the NCAA title this evening.
That swim tied her with Alecia Aemisegger of Princeton for 13th all time in the event’s history.
Henry also joined Julia Wilkinson, Alia Atkinson, Breeja Larson and Paige Miller as an NCAA titlist from Texas A&M.
Georgia had a really strong final with Hali Flickinger (4:02.73) and Amber McDermott (4:03.34) placing second and third. Flickinger moved up to 15th all time in the event’s history with that second-place swim.
Henry’s .26 second margin of victory is the closest ever in NCAA history.
The previous record had been held by Texas’ Patty Sabo with a 4:16.58 to 4:16.87 (.29 second difference) victory against Florida’s Mary Wayte in 1986.
Georgia moved back into the lead, 239-209, against California following the event.
1 Henry, Sarah SR Texas A&M-GU 4:02.98 4:02.47PD1-A 20 r:+0.77 26.47 56.25 (29.78) 1:27.23 (30.98) 1:57.69 (30.46) 2:32.34 (34.65) 3:07.05 (34.71) 3:34.73 (27.68) 4:02.47 (27.74) 2 Flickinger, Hal JR Georgia-GA 4:04.32 4:02.73PD1-A 17 r:+0.75 26.07 55.56 (29.49) 1:26.60 (31.04) 1:56.97 (30.37) 2:32.68 (35.71) 3:08.63 (35.95) 3:36.21 (27.58) 4:02.73 (26.52) 3 McDermott, Ambe SR Georgia-GA 4:05.62 4:03.34 D1-A 16 r:+0.92 26.27 56.00 (29.73) 1:26.00 (30.00) 1:55.61 (29.61) 2:31.31 (35.70) 3:06.92 (35.61) 3:35.36 (28.44) 4:03.34 (27.98)
1. Georgia 239 2. California 209 3. Stanford 129 4. Louisville 125 5. Texas A&M 116.5 6. Virginia 106 7. Tennessee 96 8. Texas 82 9. Southern California 60 10. Wisconsin 59 10. Missouri 59 12. NC State 51 13. Arizona 44 14. Florida 38 15. Auburn 34 16. Minnesota 32 17. Florida Gulf Coast 26.5 18. Notre Dame 24 18. UNC 24 20. Kentucky 21 21. Florida State 19 21. Penn State 19 23. Purdue 14 24. Illinois State University 12 25. Nevada 9 26. So. Methodist 8 27. Indiana 7 27. Miami University (Ohio) 7 29. UCLA 6 29. University of Miami (Florida) 6 31. Ohio State 5 32. San Diego State 4 32. Kansas 4 32. Iowa 4 35. Michigan 3 35. Hawaii (W) 3
Women’s 100 fly
Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell lowered her own NCAA and American record from prelims in the women’s 100-yard fly at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Worrell, who broke the 13-year-old record of 50.01 set by Natalie Coughlin back in 2002 with a 49.89 this morning, took even more time off the record with a smoking effort of 49.81.
With the win, she’s the first female swimmer to ever win an NCAA title for Arthur Albiero’s Louisville Cardinals.
Worrell beat Denver’s Sam Corea by 1.05 seconds in a dominating victory. Corea hit the wall second in 50.86 to move to seventh all time in the event’s history.
That’s not the most dominant win ever in the 100 fly in NCAA history. Mistyfly herself, Misty Hyman of Stanford took the 1998 title with a 1.35-second victory. Hyman clocked a 51.34, ahead of North Carolina’s Richelle Fox (52.69).
USC’s Kendyl Stewart put up a third-place time of 50.92 to take 11th all time, while California’s Farida Osman also broke 51-seconds for the first time with a fourth-place 50.94.
1 Worrell, Kelsi JR Louisville-KY 49.89 49.81ND1-A 20 r:+0.65 23.58 49.81 (26.23) 2 Corea, Sam SR Denver-CO 51.01 50.86 D1-A 17 r:+0.63 24.06 50.86 (26.80) 3 Stewart, Kendyl JR Southern Cali-CA 51.03 50.92 D1-A 16 r:+0.82 24.14 50.92 (26.78) 4 Osman, Farida SO California-PC 51.00 50.94 D1-A 15 r:+0.78 24.11 50.94 (26.83) 5 Hinds, Natalie JR Florida-FL 51.46 51.30 D1-A 14 r:+0.72 23.94 51.30 (27.36) 6 Bechtel, Christ SR Kentucky-KY 51.24 51.68 D1-A 13 r:+0.75 24.26 51.68 (27.42) 7 Barbiea, Dani SR Missouri-MV 51.77 51.73 D1-B 12 r:+0.69 24.18 51.73 (27.55) 8 Britt, Chelsea SO Florida State-FL 51.86 52.49 D1-B 11 r:+0.70 24.30 52.49 (28.19)
1. Georgia 246 2. California 237 3. Louisville 145 4. Stanford 140 5. Texas A&M 116.5 6. Virginia 106 7. Tennessee 96 8. Texas 82 9. Southern California 76 10. Missouri 71 11. Wisconsin 59 12. Florida 52 13. NC State 51 14. Arizona 44 15. Auburn 34 15. Kentucky 34 17. Minnesota 32 18. Florida State 30 19. Florida Gulf Coast 26.5 20. UNC 25.5 21. Notre Dame 24 22. Penn State 19 23. Denver 17 24. Purdue 14 25. Illinois State University 12 26. So. Methodist 9.5 27. Nevada 9 28. Indiana 7 28. Miami University (Ohio) 7 30. University of Miami (Florida) 6 30. UCLA 6 32. Ohio State 5 33. Kansas 4 33. Iowa 4 33. San Diego State 4 36. Michigan 3 36. Lsu 3 36. Hawaii (W) 3
Women’s 200 free
California’s Missy Franklin absolutely demolished her NCAA, U.S. Open and American record in the women’s 200-yard free at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Franklin put on what ESPNU commentator Rowdy Gaines said was the most impressive yards swim of all time as she obliterated her record of 1:40.31 with a ridiculous time of 1:39.10.
Not only did Franklin blow through the 1:40 barrier, she broke her record by a full 1.21 seconds and nearly jumped into the 1:38 range.
That’s California’s fourth title ever in the 200 free:
1986 Conny Van Bentum, California, 1:46.45
2009 Dana Vollmer, California, 1:42.01
2014 Missy Franklin, California, 1:40.31
Franklin led a huge scoring event for the Golden Bears with Cierra Runge (1:43.23) and Caroline Piehl (1:44.30) going fourth and eighth as California took a 294-252 lead over Georgia after the race.
Stanford’s Simone Manuel, who had been touted as a potential challenger for Franklin after clocking a 1:41.15 at the Pacific 12 Championships, wound up taking second tonight in 1:41.45.
Stanford’s Lia Neal finished third overall in 1:42.65 to move to 15th all time in the event’s history.
1 Franklin, Missy SO California-PC 1:41.92 1:39.10ND1-A 20 r:+0.77 22.98 47.74 (24.76) 1:12.91 (25.17) 1:39.10 (26.19) 2 Manuel, Simone FR Stanford-PC 1:41.93 1:41.45PD1-A 17 r:+0.73 23.70 49.12 (25.42) 1:15.03 (25.91) 1:41.45 (26.42) 3 Neal, Lia SO Stanford-PC 1:43.77 1:42.65 D1-A 16 r:+0.74 24.31 50.02 (25.71) 1:16.37 (26.35) 1:42.65 (26.28) 4 Runge, Cierra FR California-PC 1:43.71 1:43.23 D1-A 15 r:+0.81 24.53 50.68 (26.15) 1:17.24 (26.56) 1:43.23 (25.99) 5 Goss, Kennedy FR Indiana-IN 1:43.37 1:43.52 D1-A 14 r:+0.64 24.61 50.90 (26.29) 1:17.32 (26.42) 1:43.52 (26.20) 6 Chenault, Chels SO Southern Cali-CA 1:42.53 1:43.90 D1-A 13 r:+0.82 24.12 50.38 (26.26) 1:16.72 (26.34) 1:43.90 (27.18) 7 Smith, Leah SO Virginia-VA 1:43.80 1:44.00 D1-B 12 r:+0.79 24.67 50.96 (26.29) 1:17.51 (26.55) 1:44.00 (26.49) 8 Piehl, Caroline SR California-PC 1:43.78 1:44.30 D1-B 11 r:+0.75 24.82 51.66 (26.84) 1:18.00 (26.34) 1:44.30 (26.30)
1. California 294 2. Georgia 252 3. Stanford 173 4. Louisville 145 5. Virginia 118 6. Texas A&M 116.5 7. Tennessee 96 8. Southern California 89 9. Texas 82 10. Missouri 71 11. Wisconsin 59 12. Florida 52 13. NC State 51 14. Arizona 48 15. Auburn 34 15. Kentucky 34 17. Minnesota 32 18. UNC 30.5 19. Florida State 30 20. Florida Gulf Coast 26.5 21. Penn State 26 22. Indiana 24 22. Notre Dame 24 24. Denver 17 25. Purdue 14 26. Illinois State University 12 27. So. Methodist 9.5 28. Nevada 9 29. Miami University (Ohio) 7 30. UCLA 6 30. University of Miami (Florida) 6 32. Ohio State 5 33. San Diego State 4 33. Kansas 4 33. Iowa 4 36. Michigan 3 36. Hawaii (W) 3 36. Lsu 3 39. Cincinnati 1
Women’s 100 breast
In one of the closest NCAA 100-yard breast finishes ever, Stanford’s Sarah Haase touched out Alabama’s Kaylin Burchell at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Haase earned Stanford’s seventh 100-yard breast title of all time with a 58.32-58.38 victory over Burchell. That’s a .06 second triumph, just off the NCAA record for the smallest margin of victory.
SMU’s Susan Lipscomb downed Texas’ Dorsey Tierney, 1:01.28 to 1:01.31, back in 1992.
Haase put up a lifetime best of 58.19 this morning to stand ninth all time, but still had enough in the tank for the win this evening.
Previous Stanford wins:
1991 Lori Heisick, Stanford, 1:01.37
2001 Tara Kirk, Stanford, 59.18
2002 Tara Kirk, Stanford, 59.03
2003 Tara Kirk, Stanford, 58.62
2004 Tara Kirk, Stanford, 1:04.79 *
2005 Caroline Bruce, Stanford, 59.55
Burchell’s time moved her to 13th all time in the event’s history, while Notre Dame’s Emma Reaney, the 200-yard breast American record holder, took third in 58.43.
California held a 294-252 lead over Georgia following the race.
1 Haase, Sarah JR Stanford-PC 58.19 58.32 D1-A 20 r:+0.71 27.66 58.32 (30.66) 2 Burchell, Kayli SR Alabama-SE 58.72 58.38 D1-A 17 r:+0.67 27.75 58.38 (30.63) 3 Reaney, Emma SR Notre Dame-IN 59.30 58.43 D1-A 16 r:+0.69 27.74 58.43 (30.69) 4 Simon, Laura SO Virginia-VA 58.69 58.53 D1-A 15 r:+0.76 27.70 58.53 (30.83) 5 Hannis, Molly SR Tennessee-SE 58.49 58.77 D1-A 14 r:+0.71 27.95 58.77 (30.82) 6 Jaques, Gretche SR Texas-ST 58.86 58.81 D1-A 13 r:+0.70 27.74 58.81 (31.07) 7 Smith, Kierra JR Minnesota-MN 59.00 59.02 D1-A 12 r:+0.81 28.03 59.02 (30.99) 8 Nicol, Rachel SR So. Methodist-NT 59.49 59.89 D1-B 11 r:+0.74 28.28 59.89 (31.61)
1. California 294 2. Georgia 252 3. Stanford 202 4. Louisville 151 5. Virginia 133 6. Texas A&M 123.5 7. Tennessee 110 8. Texas 95 9. Southern California 89 10. Missouri 78 11. Wisconsin 59 12. Florida 52 13. NC State 51 14. Arizona 48 15. Minnesota 44 16. Notre Dame 40 17. Kentucky 34 17. Auburn 34 19. UNC 30.5 20. Florida State 30 21. Florida Gulf Coast 26.5 22. Penn State 26 23. So. Methodist 25.5 24. Indiana 24 25. Denver 17 25. Alabama 17 27. Purdue 14 28. Illinois State University 12 29. Nevada 9 30. Miami University (Ohio) 7 30. UCLA 7 32. University of Miami (Florida) 6 33. Ohio State 5 34. San Diego State 4 34. Kansas 4 34. Iowa 4 37. Hawaii (W) 3 37. Lsu 3 37. Michigan 3 40. Arkansas 2 41. Cincinnati 1
Women’s 100 back
California’s Rachel Bootsma reclaimed her NCAA title in the women’s 100-yard back at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Bootsma threw down the third-fastest time ever in the event with a time of 50.03. That beat her previous personal best of 50.13 she used to win the 2013 NCAA title.
Last year, Bootsma was unseated as the NCAA champion by Texas A&M’s Paige Miller, but Bootsma came back this year with a vengeance for California’s NCAA record ninth 100 back title.
All Time 100 Back
[table “” not found /]Previous California wins:
1999 Marylyn Chiang, California, 52.36
2000 Courtney Shealy, Georgia, 58.66 *SCM
2001 Natalie Coughlin, California, 51.23
2002 Natalie Coughlin, California, 49.97
2003 Natalie Coughlin, California, 50.92
2004 Natalie Coughlin, California, 57.51 *SCM
2011 Cindy Tran, California, 51.30
2012 Cindy Tran, California, 50.31
2013 Rachel Bootsma, California, 50.13
Virginia’s Courtney Bartholomew managed to put up a 50.51 to take second tonight. That’s the 10th-fastest time ever.
California dropped the hammer in the 100 back as Melanie Klaren (51.31) and Elizabeth Pelton (51.67) took third and fifth as the Golden Bears jumped out to a 343.5-267.5 lead.
1 Bootsma, Rachel JR California-PC 50.96 50.03PD1-A 20 r:+0.56 24.59 50.03 (25.44) 2 Bartholomew, Co JR Virginia-VA 50.67 50.51PD1-A 17 r:+0.60 24.91 50.51 (25.60) 3 Klaren, Melanie SR California-PC 51.62 51.31 D1-A 16 r:+0.62 24.91 51.31 (26.40) 4 Snodgrass, Broo JR Indiana-IN 51.63 51.39 D1-A 15 r:+0.68 24.95 51.39 (26.44) 5 Smoliga, Olivia SO Georgia-GA 51.45 51.67 D1-B 13.5 r:+0.69 25.07 51.67 (26.60) 5 Pelton, Elizabe JR California-PC 51.65 51.67 D1-B 13.5 r:+0.62 25.44 51.67 (26.23) 7 Howe, Ally FR Stanford-PC 51.63 51.69 D1-B 12 r:+0.63 25.24 51.69 (26.45) 8 Toussaint, Kira SO Florida Gulf-FL 51.73 52.92 D1-B 11 r:+0.59 25.61 52.92 (27.31)
1. California 343.5 2. Georgia 267.5 3. Stanford 214 4. Louisville 151 5. Virginia 150 6. Texas A&M 123.5 7. Tennessee 110 8. Texas 103 9. Southern California 98 10. Missouri 81 11. Wisconsin 59 12. Florida 52 13. NC State 51 14. Arizona 48 15. Indiana 44 15. Minnesota 44 17. Notre Dame 40 17. Kentucky 40 19. Florida Gulf Coast 37.5 20. Auburn 34 21. UNC 30.5 22. Florida State 30 23. Penn State 26 24. So. Methodist 25.5 25. Denver 17 25. Alabama 17 27. Purdue 14 28. Illinois State University 12 29. Nevada 9 30. Miami University (Ohio) 7 30. UCLA 7 30. Michigan 7 33. University of Miami (Florida) 6 34. Ohio State 5 35. Kansas 4 35. Iowa 4 35. San Diego State 4 38. Hawaii (W) 3 38. Lsu 3 40. Arkansas 2 41. Cincinnati 1
Women’s three-meter diving
Minnesota claimed its first three-meter title since 2010 as Zhou Yu picked up the win at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Zhou put up a total tally of 410.25 for the win, Minnesota’s second win in the event all time. She joins Kelci Bryant (415.50), who captured the title for the Golden Gophers in 2010.
Miami-Ohio’s Lin Pei claimed second tonight with 409.70 points, while Stanford’s Kassidy Cook snared third overall with 393.25 points.
1 Zhou, Yu SO Minnesota-MN 348.15 410.25 20 2 Lin, Pei SO Miami (Ohio)-OH 366.85 409.70 17 3 Cook, Kassidy SO Stanford-PC 368.70 393.25 16 4 Polyakova, Mari FR UCLA-CA 380.60 392.00 15 5 Vock, Thea SR Miami (Fl)-FL 348.30 371.20 14 6 Arnett, Kaylea SR Virginia Tech-VA 370.50 360.60 13 7 Parratto, Jessi FR Indiana-IN 348.15 340.95 12 8 Pickens, Samant SR Arizona-AZ 369.70 318.00 11
1. California 343.5 2. Georgia 267.5 3. Stanford 230 4. Louisville 151 5. Virginia 150 6. Texas A&M 123.5 7. Tennessee 110 8. Texas 107 9. Southern California 100 10. Missouri 90 11. Minnesota 64 12. Wisconsin 59 12. Arizona 59 14. Indiana 56 15. Florida 52 16. NC State 51 17. Kentucky 40 17. Notre Dame 40 19. Florida Gulf Coast 37.5 20. Auburn 34 21. UNC 33.5 22. Florida State 30 23. University of Miami (Florida) 26 23. Penn State 26 25. So. Methodist 25.5 26. Miami University (Ohio) 24 27. UCLA 22 28. Alabama 17 28. Denver 17 30. Nevada 16 31. Purdue 14 32. Virginia Tech 13 33. Illinois State University 12 34. Lsu 8 35. Michigan 7 36. Ohio State 5 37. Iowa 4 37. Kansas 4 37. Hawaii (W) 4 37. San Diego State 4 41. Arkansas 2 42. Cincinnati 1
Women’s 800 free relay
California ended the night with a bang as the Golden Bears defending the 800-yard free relay with an NCAA meet record at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Cal’s Cierra Runge (1:44.56), Camille Cheng (1:43.69), Elizabeth Pelton (1:42.69) and Missy Franklin (1:40.05) put up a time of 6:50.99 for the win.
That swim crushed the meet record of 6:52.69 set by California back in 2009, but came up a bit short of Cal’s NCAA record of 6:50.18 from the Pacific 12 Championships last month.
That’s the fifth time that the Golden Bears have hoisted the 800-yard free relay trophy.
Previous California wins:
2004 California (Natalie Coughlin, Erin Reilly, Ashley Chandler, Lauren Medina), 7:50.94*
2007 California (Dana Vollmer, Emily Silver, Blake Hayter, Erin Reilly), 7:00.89
2009 California (Sara Isakovic, Hannah Wilson, Liv Jensen, Dana Vollmer), 6:52.69
2014 California (Rachael Acker, Caroline Piehl, Elizabeth Pelton, Missy Franklin) 6:54.94
Stanford’s Lia Neal, Grace Carlson, Simone Manuel and Nicole Stafford took second overall in 6:54.68.
That’s a 3.69-second victory for California, but that’s not even close to the largest margin of victory in the 800-yard free relay at NCAAs.
Florida owns that record with a 7:06.98-7:14.94 (7.96-seconds) victory against Southern California back in 1984.
Georgia’s Jordan Mattern, Amber McDermott, Brittany MacLean and Hali Flickinger placed third in 7:00.39.
1 California-PC 'A' 6:50.18 6:50.99CD1-A 40 1) Runge, Cierra FR 2) r:0.34 Cheng, Camille SR 3) r:0.44 Pelton, Elizabeth JR 4) r:0.43 Franklin, Missy SO r:+0.82 24.56 50.78 (50.78) 1:17.74 (1:17.74) 1:44.56 (1:44.56) 2:08.30 (23.74) 2:34.35 (49.79) 3:01.13 (1:16.57) 3:28.25 (1:43.69) 3:52.05 (23.80) 4:18.06 (49.81) 4:44.36 (1:16.11) 5:10.94 (1:42.69) 5:33.46 (22.52) 5:58.55 (47.61) 6:24.60 (1:13.66) 6:50.99 (1:40.05) 2 Stanford-PC 'A' 6:56.94 6:54.68PD1-A 34 1) Neal, Lia SO 2) r:0.54 Carlson, Grace SO 3) r:0.39 Manuel, Simone FR 4) r:0.34 Stafford, Nicole SO r:+3.75 23.97 50.03 (50.03) 1:16.52 (1:16.52) 1:42.89 (1:42.89) 2:07.30 (24.41) 2:34.28 (51.39) 3:01.40 (1:18.51) 3:28.89 (1:46.00) 3:52.11 (23.22) 4:17.65 (48.76) 4:43.70 (1:14.81) 5:10.50 (1:41.61) 5:34.48 (23.98) 6:00.52 (50.02) 6:27.30 (1:16.80) 6:54.68 (1:44.18) 3 Georgia-GA 'A' 6:55.69 7:00.39PD1-A 32 1) Mattern, Jordan SR 2) r:0.57 McDermott, Amber SR 3) r:0.38 MacLean, Brittany JR 4) r:0.35 Flickinger, Hali JR r:+0.72 25.10 51.80 (51.80) 1:18.42 (1:18.42) 1:44.85 (1:44.85) 2:09.11 (24.26) 2:35.72 (50.87) 3:03.08 (1:18.23) 3:30.58 (1:45.73) 3:55.35 (24.77) 4:22.30 (51.72) 4:49.61 (1:19.03) 5:16.42 (1:45.84) 5:40.56 (24.14) 6:07.05 (50.63) 6:33.91 (1:17.49) 7:00.39 (1:43.97)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 14 1. California 383.5 2. Georgia 299.5 3. Stanford 264 4. Virginia 168 5. Texas A&M 153.5 6. Louisville 151 7. Southern California 128 8. Texas 115 9. Tennessee 110 10. Missouri 90 11. Indiana 82 12. Arizona 81 13. Florida 66 13. Minnesota 66 15. Wisconsin 59 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 25. So. Methodist 25.5 26. Miami University (Ohio) 24 26. Purdue 24 28. UCLA 22 29. Alabama 17 29. Denver 17 31. Nevada 16 32. Michigan 13 32. Virginia Tech 13 34. Illinois State University 12 35. Lsu 8 36. Ohio State 5 37. Hawaii (W) 4 37. Kansas 4 37. Iowa 4 37. San Diego State 4 41. Arkansas 2 42. Cincinnati 1
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 200 medley relay
- Women’s 400 IM
- Women’s 100 fly
- Women’s 200 free
- Women’s 100 breast
- Women’s 100 back
- Women’s three-meter diving
- Women’s 800 free relay