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Stanford is looking for its first team championship since Richard Quick’s squad won the title in 1998. If Stanford holds on, it will be the school’s 9th NCAA title in women’s swimming and head coach Greg Meehan’s first overall title as coach. Cal is solidly in second and Texas A&M is in third. The big battle tonight will be between Georgia and Texas heading into the final session, as only one of them will likely walk away with a team trophy. The top four receive trophies. Below are the team scores after last night.
Combined Team Scores - Through Event 14 1. Stanford 374.5 2. California 255 3. Texas A&M 209 4. Georgia 170 5. Texas 168 6. Louisville 141.5 7. Minnesota 134 8. Indiana 125 9. Southern Cali 117 9. NC State 117 11. Missouri 116 12. Michigan 111 13. Virginia 88 14. Arizona 78.5 15. Kentucky 61 16. Wisconsin 59 17. UNC 53 18. Ohio St 52 19. Auburn 38 20. UCLA 36 21. Miami (Oh) 29 22. Tennessee 27 23. Nevada 25 24. Florida St 21 25. Denver 18 26. Virginia Tech 17 27. Lsu 14 27. Umbc (W) 14 29. Iowa 13 30. Cincinnati 12 31. Northwestern 11 32. Boise St 10 33. Purdue 7 34. Arizona St 6 35. Miami (Fl) 5 36. Florida Gulf 4 36. South Carolina 4 36. Pittsburgh 4 39. Alabama 3.5 40. Penn St 3 41. Massachusetts 2 41. Notre Dame 2 41. San Diego State University 2 44. Rutgers 1 44. Drexel 1 44. Air Force (W) 1
Today’s Events:
- 200 Back
- 100 Free
- 200 Breast
- 200 Fly
- 400 Free Relay
- Platform Diving
- 1650 Free
200 Back
It was expected to be a tight race amongst the top swimmers in the 200 back. NC State senior Alexia Zevnik swam the fastest time of the qualifiers with a 1:49.71 ahead of defending champion Danielle Galyer of Kentucky and Kathleen Baker of California. Kentucky was the big winner of the morning with three swimmers in the championship final with Galyer, Asia Seidt and Ali Galyer. Kennedy Goss, Tasija Karosas and Clara Smiddy will also swim in the championship final.
Event 16 Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 1:47.84 3/21/2013 Elizabeth Pelton, California
Meet: C 1:47.84 3/23/2013 Elizabeth Pelton, California
American: A 1:47.84 3/21/2013 Elizabeth Pelton, California
U.S. Open: O 1:47.84 3/21/2013 Elizabeth Pelton, California
Pool: P 1:47.84 Elizbeth Pelton, California
Name Year School Seed Prelims NISCA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Alexia Zevnik SR NC STATE 1:49.61 1:49.71 q
r:+0.60 26.09 53.87 (27.78)
1:21.89 (28.02) 1:49.71 (27.82)
2 Danielle Galyer SR Kentucky 1:51.17 1:49.73 q
r:+0.55 25.99 53.65 (27.66)
1:21.61 (27.96) 1:49.73 (28.12)
3 Kathleen Baker SO California 1:48.33 1:49.96 q
r:+0.64 25.64 53.46 (27.82)
1:21.73 (28.27) 1:49.96 (28.23)
4 Ali Galyer FR Kentucky 1:51.82 1:50.53 q
r:+0.59 26.09 53.93 (27.84)
1:22.21 (28.28) 1:50.53 (28.32)
5 Kennedy Goss JR Indiana 1:50.95 1:50.62 q
r:+0.60 26.99 54.84 (27.85)
1:22.62 (27.78) 1:50.62 (28.00)
6 Tasija Karosas SR Texas 1:51.11 1:50.85 q
r:+0.62 26.15 54.36 (28.21)
1:22.47 (28.11) 1:50.85 (28.38)
7 Clara Smiddy JR Michigan 1:51.39 1:50.86 q
r:+0.66 26.83 54.67 (27.84)
1:22.76 (28.09) 1:50.86 (28.10)
7 Asia Seidt FR Kentucky 1:50.22 1:50.86 q
r:+0.62 26.21 54.06 (27.85)
1:22.52 (28.46) 1:50.86 (28.34)
100 Free
The 100 free was a very fast race this morning as a 47 low was 8th. Simone Manuel leads the qualifiers with a very fast 46.30 this morning. Olivia Smoliga and Mallory Comerford joined Manuel under 47 this morning. It is expected to come down to those three for the title tonight, but the rest of the field is no slouch.
100 fly champ Farida Osman, Lia Neal, Abbey Weitzeil, Beryl Gastaldello and Chantal Van Landeghem will all swim in the A-final tonight. The team race for fourth is intriguing this morning as Georgia placed two up in the 100, while Texas place one in the B-Final. Texas already had one up in the 200 back as well as another in the consol. Georgia also placed a girl in the B-Final in the backstroke.
Event 17 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 46.09 3/21/2015 Simone Manuel, Stanford
Meet: C 46.09 3/21/2015 Simone Manuel, Stanford
American: A 46.09 3/21/2015 Simone Manuel, Stanford
U.S. Open: O 46.09 3/21/2015 Simone Manuel, Stanford
Pool: P 47.17 Margo Geer, Arizona
Name Year School Seed Prelims NISCA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Simone Manuel SO Stanford 46.36 46.30P q191
r:+0.66 22.44 46.30 (23.86)
2 Olivia Smoliga SR Georgia 46.95 46.87P q184
r:+0.70 22.58 46.87 (24.29)
3 Mallory Comerfo SO Louisville 46.75 46.89P q184
r:+0.64 22.87 46.89 (24.02)
4 Farida Osman SR California 47.36 47.18 q181
r:+0.67 22.76 47.18 (24.42)
5 Lia Neal SR Stanford 46.97 47.22 q181
r:+0.65 22.62 47.22 (24.60)
6 Abbey Weitzeil FR California 47.22 47.28 q180
r:+0.63 22.53 47.28 (24.75)
7 Beryl Gastaldel JR TAMU 48.02 47.34 q179
r:+0.64 22.71 47.34 (24.63)
8 Chantal Van Lan SR Georgia 47.74 47.37 q179
r:+0.74 22.86 47.37 (24.51)
200 Breast
It was a heavily hyped race and the final is set for tonight, and the crowd will be in for a good show tonight. Minnesota’s Kierra Smith leads the qualifiers with a 2:05.59 followed by Texas A&M’s Sydney Pickrem. Defending champion and American Record holder Lilly King is seeded fourth, but she should definitely be considered the favorite. She has not lost a race at the NCAA level since entering college, and don’t think she will go down easy in the 200.
UMBC’s Emily Escobedo, NC State’s Kayla Brumbaum, Texas’ Madisyn Cox, Texas A&M’s Ashley McGregor and Louisville’s Andrea Cottrell will swim in the A-final. Texas picked up another A-final spot to match Georgia’s two so far.
Event 18 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 2:03.59 3/19/2016 Lilly King, Indiana
Meet: C 2:03.59 3/19/2016 Lilly King, Indiana
American: A 2:03.59 3/19/2016 Lilly King, Indiana
U.S. Open: O 2:03.59 3/19/2016 Lilly King, Indiana
Pool: P 2:05.41 Laura Sogar, Texas
Name Year School Seed Prelims NISCA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Kierra Smith FR Minnesota 2:04.37 2:05.50 q
r:+0.73 29.14 1:00.75 (31.61)
1:33.04 (32.29) 2:05.50 (32.46)
2 Sydney Pickrem SO TAMU 2:06.65 2:05.69 q
r:+0.70 28.84 1:00.82 (31.98)
1:33.13 (32.31) 2:05.69 (32.56)
3 Emily Escobedo SR UMBC (W) 2:06.20 2:05.72 q
r:+0.68 29.21 1:00.78 (31.57)
1:32.43 (31.65) 2:05.72 (33.29)
4 Lilly King SO Indiana 2:04.03 2:05.90 q
r:+0.65 27.41 59.08 (31.67)
1:32.42 (33.34) 2:05.90 (33.48)
5 Kayla Brumbaum SR NC STATE 2:07.53 2:06.23 q
r:+0.70 29.05 1:00.78 (31.73)
1:33.25 (32.47) 2:06.23 (32.98)
6 Madisyn Cox SR Texas 2:07.21 2:06.45 q
r:+0.72 28.91 1:00.96 (32.05)
1:33.52 (32.56) 2:06.45 (32.93)
7 Ashley McGregor SR TAMU 2:07.16 2:06.86 q
r:+0.69 28.91 1:01.15 (32.24)
1:33.70 (32.55) 2:06.86 (33.16)
8 Andrea Cottrell SR Louisville 2:06.90 2:07.45 q
r:+0.65 28.69 1:01.01 (32.32)
1:33.89 (32.88) 2:07.45 (33.56)
200 Fly
Ella Eastin of Stanford will be looking for her second title of the meet in the 200 fly after winning the 400 IM last night. Eastin finished second last year in the event. Sarah Gibson of Texas A&M is the second seed and USC sophomore Maddie Wright is the third seed.
Event 19 Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: 1:49.92 2/25/2009 Elaine Breeden, Stanford
Meet: 1:50.61 3/19/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
American: 1:49.92 2/25/2009 Elaine Breeden, Stanford
U.S. Open: 1:49.92 2/25/2009 Elaine Breeden, Stanford
Pool: 1:52.61 Camille Adams, Texas A&M
1:54.01 A AUTO
1:59.59 B CONS
Name Year School
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1 Ella Eastin SO Stanford 1:51.85
2 Sarah Gibson SR Texas A&M 1:52.64
3 Maddie Wright SO Southern Cali 1:52.67
4 Chelsea Britt JR Georgia 1:52.72
5 Kaitlyn Jones SR Virginia 1:52.93
6 Katie McLaughlin SO California 1:53.29
7 Gia Dalesandro SR Indiana 1:53.67
8 Jen Marrkand JR Virginia 1:53.75
9 Noemie Thomas JR California 1:53.77
10 Lauren Case FR Texas 1:53.85
11 Remedy Rule SO Texas 1:53.97
12 Sarah Koucheki SR UNC 1:54.27
13 Klaudia Nazieblo JR Virginia Tech 1:54.68
14 Megan Kingsley JR Georgia 1:54.80
15 Lindsey Engel JR Stanford 1:55.16
16 Grace Oglesby FR Louisville 1:55.24
17 Kara Kopcso SR LSU 1:55.66
18 Alyssa Yambor-Maul SR Florida 1:55.68
19 Vanessa Krause FR Michigan 1:55.74
20 Katie Grover JR UCLA 1:55.76
21 Chelsea Tatlow JR Arkansas 1:55.82
22 Caitln Casazza SO Georgia 1:55.88
23 Katelyn Sowinski SR Penn St 1:55.97
24 Astrid Swensen SO Michigan 1:56.02
25 Tatum Wade FR Southern Cali 1:56.03
26 Caty Hulsey SR UNC 1:56.04
27 Meg Bailey JR Ohio St 1:56.10
28 Alicia Finnigan SO Liberty Universi 1:56.15
29 Michelle Cefal SR Tennessee 1:56.18
30 Francesca Stoppa SO Rutgers 1:56.20
31 Christina Kaas Elmgreen SO Florida Gulf Coa 1:56.24
32 Abbie Houck SR Louisville 1:56.25
33 Sharli Brady JR Missouri 1:56.27
34 Celina Li SR California 1:56.35
35 Emily Cameron SR Georgia 1:56.41
36 Danielle Nack JR Minnesota 1:56.46
37 Bailey Nero SO Auburn 1:56.49
38 Dana Grindall SR Wisconsin 1:56.49
39 Taite Kitchel SO Purdue 1:56.54
40 Catherine Sanchez FR Southern Cali 1:56.60
41 Nicole Stafford SR Stanford 1:56.92
42 Bailey Pressey SR Indiana 1:56.93
43 Erin Sheehan FR Notre Dame 1:57.11
44 Marne Erasmus SR SMU 1:57.36
45 Angela Algee SR Miami (FL) 1:58.38
46 Tayla Lovemore JR Florida St 1:58.53
47 Nora McCullagh SO Texas 1:58.80
48 Kathryn Painter SO Kentucky 1:59.08 Scr
49 Valerie Gruest Slowing FR Northwestern 1:59.27 Scr
50 Kay Sargent FR Florida 1:59.31
51 Haley Black JR Auburn 1:59.56
400 Free Relay
Stanford broke its own NCAA, American and US Open Record at the Pac-12’s last month and sit as the top seed with their 3:08.51 record. USC is the second seed as the defending champions in the relay and California is third. Relay names have not been available yet, but Stanford is expected to swim Manuel, Katie Ledecky, Janet Hu and Lia Neal as those four swam on the relay at Pac-12’s.
Event 21 Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA: 3:08.51 2/25/2017 Stanford
S Manuel, K Ledecky, J Hu, L Neal
Meet: 3:08.54 3/21/2015 Stanford
L Neal, J Hu, L Engel, S Manuel
American: 3:08.51 2/25/2017 Stanford
S Manuel, K Ledecky, J Hu, L Neal
U.S. Open: 3:08.51 2/25/2017 Stanford
S Manuel, K Ledecky, J Hu, L Neal
Pool: 3:09.40 Georgia
3:15.78 A AUTO
3:17.11 B CONS
School
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1 Stanford 3:08.51
2 Southern Cali 3:09.57
3 California 3:10.15
4 NC State 3:10.31
5 Georgia 3:11.19
6 Louisville 3:12.12
7 Texas 3:12.29
8 Wisconsin 3:13.33
9 Texas A&M 3:13.37
10 UNC 3:13.49
11 Michigan 3:13.59
12 Arizona 3:13.63
13 Auburn 3:14.84
14 Virginia 3:15.04
15 Florida Int'l 3:15.23
16 Boise St 3:15.85
17 UCLA 3:15.89
18 Minnesota 3:15.91
19 Notre Dame 3:16.13
20 Duke 3:16.60
21 Arizona St 3:16.61
22 Kentucky 3:16.70
23 Missouri 3:16.91
24 Tennessee 3:16.93
25 Ohio St 3:16.99
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Stanford, BRING IT HOME!
It sure would be nice to have a team score at this point.
Besides a few stellar swims from Ledecky, Baker, and Mallory, the majority of swimmers are off this meet. Bilquist, Runge, Weitzeil, Celina Li, Chantal, and many others having let down year after Olympics.