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For the fifth straight year, the Stanford Cardinal have won the 400 medley at the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. The Cardinal won the title with a new American and NCAA Record in the process at 3:25.09. Stanford remains undefeated in the swimming pool as the team has won every single swimming event through Thursday night.
Ally Howe (50.34), Kim Williams (58.59), Janet Hu (50.36) and Simone Manuel (45.80) broke the NCAA Record at 3:25.09 as they got everything they could handle from Indiana in the race, who placed second at 3:26.09. The Hoosiers were second thanks to Ally Rockett (51.31), Lilly King (56.02), Christie Jensen (51.13) and Kennedy Goss (47.63). King’s split is the fastest breaststroke split ever.
California (3:26.86), Louisville (3:26.93), Minnesota (3:28.34), Texas (3:30.61) and Texas A&M (3:30.80) placed in the top eight.
The top splits were from Howe, King, Noemie Thomas (50.25) and Mallory Comerford (45.74).
Tennessee was originally sixth with a 3:29.17, but was disqualified for their freestyle leg kicking on her back.
There were also some solid splits from Beata Nelson (49.83) and Louise Hansson (49.24) in the B-Final as Nelson swam backstroke and Hansson swam butterfly.
This is Stanford’s fifth straight NCAA title in the event as Howe and Hu have been on the last four of the winning relays. It is also Stanford’s 14th overall title in the event. They previously won the relay at NCAA’s in 1987, 1990-1993, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2002.
Event 7 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 3:25.15 2/24/2018 Stanford
A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
American: A 3:25.15 2/24/2018 Stanford
A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
U.S. Open: O 3:25.15 2/24/2018 Stanford
A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
Meet: C 3:26.14 3/17/2016 Stanford
A Howe, S Haase, J Hu, L Neal
Pool: P 3:27.81 2/15/2018 Indiana University
A Rockett, L King, C Jensen, G Haskett
3:32.67 AUTO NCAA A Standard
3:34.48 CONS NCAA B Standard
School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Stanford 3:27.58 3:25.09N 40
1) Ally Howe SR 2) r:0.19 Kim Williams JR
3) r:0.29 Janet Hu SR 4) r:0.21 Simone Manuel SR
r:+0.68 24.45 50.34 (50.34)
1:17.59 (27.25) 1:48.93 (58.59)
2:11.82 (22.89) 2:39.29 (50.36)
3:01.07 (21.78) 3:25.09 (45.80)
2 Indiana 3:28.19 3:26.09C 34
1) Ally Rockett SR 2) r:0.28 Lilly King JR
3) r:0.17 Christie Jensen JR 4) r:0.16 Kennedy Goss SR
r:+0.75 24.90 51.31 (51.31)
1:17.19 (25.88) 1:47.33 (56.02)
2:11.08 (23.75) 2:38.46 (51.13)
3:01.31 (22.85) 3:26.09 (47.63)
3 California 3:30.25 3:26.86P 32
1) Kathleen Baker JR 2) r:0.31 Ali Harrison FR
3) r:0.17 Noemie Thomas SR 4) r:0.20 Abbey Weitzeil SO
r:+0.60 24.46 50.66 (50.66)
1:17.96 (27.30) 1:49.55 (58.89)
2:12.52 (22.97) 2:39.80 (50.25)
3:01.81 (22.01) 3:26.86 (47.06)
4 Louisville 3:28.50 3:26.93P 30
1) Alina Kendzior JR 2) r:0.03 Mariia Astashkina FR
3) r:0.00 Grace Oglesby SO 4) r:0.11 Mallory Comerford JR
r:+0.66 25.06 52.11 (52.11)
1:19.33 (27.22) 1:50.53 (58.42)
2:14.10 (23.57) 2:41.19 (50.66)
3:03.06 (21.87) 3:26.93 (45.74)
5 Minnesota 3:28.81 3:28.34 28
1) Tevyn Waddell SO 2) r:0.16 Lindsey Kozelsky SO
3) r:0.37 Danielle Nack SR 4) r:0.31 Zoe Avestruz JR
r:+0.65 25.01 51.76 (51.76)
1:18.35 (26.59) 1:49.25 (57.49)
2:12.74 (23.49) 2:40.58 (51.33)
3:03.33 (22.75) 3:28.34 (47.76)
6 Texas 3:30.60 3:30.61 26
1) Claire Adams SO 2) r:0.19 Kennedy Lohman SO
3) r:0.17 Lauren Case SO 4) r:0.33 Rebecca Millard SR
r:+0.66 24.89 51.40 (51.40)
1:19.01 (27.61) 1:50.62 (59.22)
2:14.95 (24.33) 2:42.72 (52.10)
3:05.59 (22.87) 3:30.61 (47.89)
7 TAMU 3:28.92 3:30.80 24
1) Lisa Bratton SR 2) r:0.20 Jorie Caneta SR
3) r:0.38 Jing Quah FR 4) r:0.38 Beryl Gastaldello SR
r:+0.68 25.38 52.01 (52.01)
1:19.58 (27.57) 1:50.73 (58.72)
2:14.76 (24.03) 2:42.99 (52.26)
3:05.72 (22.73) 3:30.80 (47.81)
-- Tennessee 3:28.49 DQ
Stroke Infraction swimmer #4: Other - Misc
1) Meghan Small SO 2) r:0.30 Katie Armitage SR
3) r:0.20 Maddie Banic JR 4) r:0.23 Stanzi Moseley SO
r:+0.72 24.76 51.43 (51.43)
1:18.95 (27.52) 1:50.24 (58.81)
2:13.26 (23.02) 2:41.67 (51.43)
3:04.22 (22.55) DQ (47.50)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 7 1. Stanford 211 2. California 147 3. Texas 109 4. Tennessee 108.5 5. Michigan 101 6. Louisville 99 7. Texas A&M 89 8. Virginia 86 9. Minnesota 70 10. Indiana 46 11. Georgia 45 11. Arizona 45 13. Ohio St 40 14. Auburn 34.5 15. Wisconsin 33 16. Kentucky 32 17. Southern Cal 30 18. UNC 25 19. South Carolina 23 20. Purdue 18 20. NC State 18 22. University of Nevada 16 23. Missouri 15 24. Arizona St 14 25. Northwestern 11 25. Denver 11 27. Arkansas 9 27. Penn St 9 29. UCLA 6 29. Rutgers 6 31. Louisiana State University 5 32. Alabama 4 32. Florida 4 32. Virginia Tech 4 35. University of Miami 2
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