2022 Pac-12 Women’s Championship Day 4: Stanford Claims Conference Title; Regan Smith, Torri Huske Shine

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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The 2022 Pac-12 Women’s Championship concluded with the Day 4 finals session from Federal Way, Washington, as the Stanford Cardinal claimed the conference championship.

The session included the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly before moving to the early heats of the 1650 freestyle and the 400 freestyle relay.

Regan Smith and Torri Huske claimed victories for Stanford, which swept the relays. Cal’s Isabelle Stadden and USC’s Isabelle Odgers also claimed victories on the final night.

Huske won all three of her individual events and was on four winning relays, earning Swimmer of the Meet honors by the Pac-12.

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 21                     
 
  1. Stanford University            1671.5   2. University of California- Berk 1400.5
  3. University of Southern Calif   1373.5   4. UC Los Angeles                    898
  5. University of Arizona           750.5   6. Arizona State University          669
  7. Utah, University of               608   8. Washington State University       372

Full Results

• Day 1 Recap

• Day 2 Recap

• Day 3 Recap

 

Pac-12 Women’s 1650 Freestyle

USC freshman Caroline Pennington dropped 12 seconds from her seed time to dominate the mile.

Her time of 15:48.59 was an NCAA “A” cut and was 13 seconds faster than the rest of the field.

Stanford freshman Aurora Roghair was second in 16:01.55, a “B” cut.

Event 16  Women 1650 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
         NCAA: N 15:03.31  11/18/2017Katie Ledecky, Stanford
       PAC-12: M 15:03.31  2016      Katie Ledecky, Stanford
 PAC-12 Champ: P 15:40.17  2015      Cierra Runge, CAL
                 15:52.41  A Standard
                 16:30.59  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
  1 Pennington, Car  FR USC              16:00.73   15:48.69 A       32  
     r:+0.76  25.98    27.98    28.33    28.61
       28.66    28.58    28.85    28.72
       28.87    28.90    28.87    29.09
       28.85    28.79    28.66    28.62
       28.80    28.89    28.90    29.06
       29.04    28.89    29.04    28.91
       28.98    28.93    29.10    28.98
       29.24    29.24    29.29    29.19    27.85
  2 Roghair, Aurora  FR STAN             16:10.55   16:01.55 B       28  
     r:+0.66  27.19    28.90    29.14    29.48
       29.56    29.39    29.54    29.50
       29.31    29.14    29.34    29.33
       29.20    29.28    29.17    29.12
       29.15    29.59    29.38    29.00
       28.90    29.27    29.01    29.32
       29.17    29.17    29.16    29.06
       29.09    29.37    29.00    29.04    28.28
  3 Nordin, Emma     SR ASU              15:47.15   16:11.20 B       27  
     r:+0.58  27.07    29.30    29.41    29.39
       29.41    29.39    29.41    29.39
       29.50    29.22    29.17    29.24
       29.48    29.32    29.23    29.42
       29.62    29.27    29.29    29.31
       29.41    29.70    29.46    29.64
       29.80    29.70    29.86    30.22
       29.67    29.92    30.19    29.67    29.12
  4 Laning, Erica    SR ASU                    NT   16:11.32 B       26  
     r:+0.77  27.04    29.17    29.55    30.01
       30.16    29.72    29.92    29.96
       29.81    29.62    29.67    29.55
       29.44    29.69    29.65    29.61
       29.49    29.47    29.34    29.40
       29.56    29.38    29.36    29.37
       29.44    29.75    29.21    29.50
       29.26    29.84    29.28    29.06    28.04
  5 Tankersley, Mor  SR STAN             16:41.45   16:17.82 B       25  
              27.93    30.06    29.78    29.68
       29.98    30.07    29.72    29.63
       29.95    29.95    29.35    29.60
       29.67    29.46    29.58    29.50
       29.69    29.84    29.31    29.59
       29.62    29.78    29.67    29.50
       29.80    29.76    29.84    29.34
       29.90    29.72    29.83    29.94    28.78
  6 Kahler, Marlene  FR USC              16:22.30   16:19.02 B       24  
     r:+0.75  26.98    29.04    29.27    29.44
       29.63    29.53    29.29    29.50
       29.44    29.24    29.25    29.34
       29.37    29.60    29.38    29.63
       29.79    29.91    30.07    29.95
       30.03    30.00    30.38    30.33
       30.46    30.50    30.64    30.75
       30.61    30.05    29.54    29.41    28.67
  7 Fabian, Fanni    FR CAL              16:34.96   16:19.56 B       23  
     r:+0.58  26.73    28.89    29.14    29.21
       29.28    29.35    29.33    29.18
       29.42    29.45    29.75    29.57
       29.95    29.72    29.99    30.02
       29.87    29.91    30.13    29.98
       30.03    30.15    30.14    30.80
       30.64    30.18    30.36    30.35
       30.20    30.30    30.34    29.46    27.74
  8 DiMeco, Sarah    JR CAL              16:16.47   16:21.45 B       22  
     r:+0.65  26.49    28.77    29.32    29.75
       29.72    29.66    29.66    29.75
       29.63    29.72    29.70    29.73
       29.70    29.81    30.01    29.77
       29.71    29.70    29.70    29.74
       30.10    29.94    29.84    29.84
       30.39    30.18    30.20    30.44
       30.25    30.40    30.37    30.06    29.40

Pac-12 Women’s 200 Backstroke

Cal sophomore Isabelle Stadden held on to her top seed and held off a surging Taylor Ruck to claim the Pac-12 title in the 200 backstroke.

Stadden touched the wall in 1:49.51, an NCAA “A” cut.

She held off Ruck by two tenths as the Stanford junior finished in 1:49.73, also an “A” cut.

Stanford went 2-3-4-5 in the event with Ruck, Lucie Nordmann (1:52.51), Samantha Pearson (1:53.67) and Alex Crisera (1:53.81).

Event 17  Women 200 Yard Backstroke
=========================================================================
         NCAA: N 1:47.24  3/23/2019 Beata Nelson, Wisconsin
       PAC-12: M 1:47.30  2018      Kathleen Baker, CAL
 PAC-12 Champ: P 1:48.27  2018      Kathleen Baker, CAL
                 1:50.50  A Standard
                 1:57.11  B Standard
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Stadden, Isabel  SO CAL               1:51.17    1:49.51 A       32  
     r:+0.72  25.94    27.99    27.71    27.87
  2 Ruck, Taylor     JR STAN              1:52.01    1:49.73 A       28  
     r:+0.96  25.66    27.76    27.84    28.47
  3 Nordmann, Lucie  JR STAN              1:52.37    1:52.51 B       27  
     r:+0.74  26.29    28.43    29.08    28.71
  4 Pearson, Samant  FR STAN              1:54.21    1:53.67 B       26  
     r:+0.70  26.48    28.44    29.33    29.42
  5 Crisera, Alex    JR STAN              1:54.41    1:53.81 B       25  
     r:+0.63  26.91    28.21    28.92    29.77
  6 Bernal, Aria     SR Arizona           1:54.43    1:54.67 B       24  
     r:+0.70  26.73    29.35    29.23    29.36
  7 Passon, Felicit  SR Arizona           1:54.30    1:55.67 B       23  
     r:+0.75  27.02    29.04    29.63    29.98
  8 Hannah, Jade     SO USC               1:54.98    1:55.82 B       22  
     r:+0.74  26.71    29.00    29.77    30.34
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Spitz, Ayla      JR CAL               1:55.81    1:53.38 B       20  
              26.90    28.65    28.84    28.99
 10 McEnroe, Annika  FR CAL               1:55.02    1:54.05 B       17  
     r:+0.76  26.56    29.03    28.98    29.48
 11 Stanfield, Summ  JR Utah              1:56.26    1:55.54 B       16  
     r:+0.64  27.40    29.33    29.38    29.43
 12 Lawless, Emma    SR Utah              1:55.97    1:55.87 B       15  
     r:+0.66  27.86    29.26    29.60    29.15
 13 Hay, Norah       FR Utah              1:56.50    1:56.91 B       14  
     r:+0.71  27.59    28.94    29.90    30.48
 14 Smith, Delaney   SR UCLA              1:56.93    1:57.35         13  
     r:+0.67  28.00    29.74    29.81    29.80
 15 Wilson, Alicia   SR CAL               1:56.87    1:57.56         12  
     r:+0.67  26.85    29.22    30.53    30.96
 16 Motekaitis, Mia  JR CAL               1:55.95    1:58.57         11  
     r:+0.77  27.34    29.58    30.70    30.95

Pac-12 Women’s 100 Freestyle

Stanford freshman Torri Huske claimed another Pac-12 title, this time in the 100 freestyle. Huske was out in 10.50 and closed in 12.35 to finish in 47.04, an NCAA “A” cut.

USC senior Laticia Transom finished second in 47.34, a “B” cut, followed by Cal senior Isabel Ivey (46.53) in the star-studded event.

Another Stanford freshman, Anna Shaw, finished fourth in 48.24.

 Event 18  Women 100 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
         NCAA: N 45.56  3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
       PAC-12: M 45.56  2017      Simone Manuel, Stanford
 PAC-12 Champ: P 46.35  2019      Abbey Weitzeil, CAL
                 47.18  A Standard
                 49.51  B Standard
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Huske, Torri     FR STAN                47.64      47.07 A       32  
     r:+0.49  10.50    11.99    12.23    12.35
  2 Transom, Latici  SR USC                 47.92      47.34 B       28  
     r:+0.73  11.01    11.78    12.31    12.24
  3 Ivey, Isabel     SR CAL                 48.10      47.53 B       27  
     r:+0.62  10.85    11.89    12.40    12.39
  4 Shaw, Anna       FR STAN                48.37      48.24 B       26  
     r:+0.71  11.10    11.96    12.50    12.68
  5 Henderson, Hann  SO USC                 48.58      48.44 B       25  
     r:+0.66  11.18    12.21    12.52    12.53
  6 Grover, Claire   SR UCLA                48.74      48.52 B       24  
     r:+0.67  10.82    12.22    12.83    12.65
  7 Goeders, Anya    SR STAN                48.61      48.53 B       23  
     r:+0.65  10.77    12.20    12.81    12.75
  8 Davidson, Emma   JR CAL                 48.73      48.91 B       22  
     r:+0.65  11.07    12.36    12.76    12.72
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Delgado, Anicka  SO USC                 49.00      48.56 B       20  
     r:+0.64  11.14    12.26    12.73    12.43
 10 Wheal, Emma      JR STAN                48.85      48.81 B       17  
     r:+0.65  11.00    12.36    12.72    12.73
 11 Casarin, Leyre   SR Utah                49.12      48.88 B       16  
     r:+0.64  11.07    12.34    12.72    12.75
 12 Kosturos, Sophi  JR UCLA                48.89      49.08 B       15  
     r:+0.54  10.99    12.25    12.60    13.24
 13 Garcia, Elise    SR CAL                 49.03      49.09 B       14  
     r:+0.61  11.19    12.47    12.65    12.78
 14 Gantriis, Emily  SO CAL                 48.80      49.23 B       13  
     r:+0.50  11.13    12.33    12.65    13.12
 15 Riley, Eloise    JR CAL                 48.94      49.24 B       12  
     r:+0.71  11.14    12.27    12.83    13.00
 16 Mazurek, Ella    FR CAL                 48.92      49.35 B       11  
     r:+0.59  11.22    12.40    12.94    12.79

 

Pac-12 Women’s 200 Breaststroke

USC surged to a stunning 1-2-3 finish in the 200 breaststroke.

Senior Isabelle Odgers won the title in 2:06.42, an NCAA “A” cut, dropping three seconds from her prelims time.

Sophomore Kaitlyn Dobler, who won the 100 breaststroke, took second in 2:06.65, followed by fifth-year Calypso Sheridan (2:06.97).

Stanford seniors Allie Raab took fourth (2:08.20) and Brooke Forde was fifth (2:08.35).

Event 19  Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
=========================================================================
         NCAA: N 2:02.60  3/17/2018 Lilly King, Indiana
       PAC-12: M 2:04.75  2009      Rebecca Soni, USC
 PAC-12 Champ: P 2:04.75  2009      Rebecca Soni, USC
                 2:06.58  A Standard
                 2:13.97  B Standard
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Odgers, Isabell  SR USC               2:09.20    2:06.42 A       32  
     r:+0.61  29.15    31.62    32.41    33.24
  2 Dobler, Kaitlyn  SO USC               2:09.64    2:06.65 B       28  
     r:+0.67  29.07    32.92    32.64    32.02
  3 Sheridan, Calyp  5Y USC               2:08.79    2:06.97 B       27  
     r:+0.58  28.89    32.31    32.76    33.01
  4 Raab, Allie      SR STAN              2:08.85    2:08.20 B       26  
     r:+0.68  29.43    32.32    32.98    33.47
  5 Forde, Brooke    SR STAN              2:09.06    2:08.35 B       25  
     r:+0.62  29.38    32.66    32.92    33.39
  6 Pavlopoulou, Ni  JR USC               2:10.30    2:09.12 B       24  
     r:+0.68  29.00    32.63    33.33    34.16
  7 Polonsky, Leah   FR CAL               2:10.98    2:09.93 B       23  
     r:+0.66  29.52    33.05    33.47    33.89
  8 Deleske, Nora    SR ASU               2:12.54    2:12.45 B       22  
     r:+0.64  29.84    33.55    34.28    34.78
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Rajic, Ema       SR CAL               2:12.70    2:11.98 B       20  
     r:+0.56  29.39    33.39    34.42    34.78
 10 Pittard, Charit  JR Utah              2:13.17    2:12.72 B       17  
     r:+0.69  30.09    33.37    34.10    35.16
 11 Carlson, Eva     FR UCLA              2:13.52    2:13.10 B       16  
     r:+0.58  30.21    34.19    33.79    34.91
 12 Herbert, Bailey  SO UCLA              2:14.48    2:14.37         15  
     r:+0.72  30.05    33.52    34.36    36.44
 13 Duarte, Mackenz  SR WSU               2:14.01    2:14.58         14  
     r:+0.57  29.92    33.63    34.64    36.39
 14 Jih-Schiff, Ana  FR UCLA              2:15.36    2:14.76         13  
     r:+0.67  29.98    32.97    35.11    36.70
 15 Neser, Jade      JR Arizona           2:14.73    2:15.41         12  
     r:+0.65  29.42    33.59    35.38    37.02
 16 Gehlert, Emma    FR ASU               2:15.19    2:15.67         11  
     r:+0.63  29.75    33.61    35.24    37.07

Pac-12 Women’s 200 Butterfly

Stanford freshman Regan Smith dominated to win the 200 butterfly. She touched the wall in 1:50.99, dropping three seconds from her prelims time.

Cal junior Rachel Klinker took second in 1:53.30, followed by Stanford freshman Lillie Nordmann (1:53.92) and Arizona State sophomore Lindsay Looney (1:54.26).

Event 20  Women 200 Yard Butterfly
=========================================================================
         NCAA: N 1:49.51  2/24/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
       PAC-12: M 1:49.51  2018      Ella Eastin, Stanford
 PAC-12 Champ: P 1:49.51  2018      Ella Eastin, Stanford
                 1:53.20  A Standard
                 1:59.23  B Standard
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Smith, Regan     FR STAN              1:53.16    1:50.99 A       32  
              24.94    27.69    28.59    29.77
  2 Klinker, Rachel  JR CAL               1:54.10    1:53.30 B       28  
     r:+0.69  25.65    28.09    29.24    30.32
  3 Nordmann, Lilli  FR STAN              1:55.14    1:53.92 B       27  
     r:+0.66  25.50    28.59    29.54    30.29
  4 Looney, Lindsay  SO ASU               1:55.43    1:54.26 B       26  
     r:+0.56  25.65    28.94    29.41    30.26
  5 Foelske, Jade    SO ASU               1:56.27    1:54.50 B       25  
     r:+0.61  25.90    28.95    29.68    29.97
  6 Heimstead, Juli  SO Arizona           1:56.67    1:54.90 B       24  
     r:+0.62  25.67    28.63    29.96    30.64
  7 Cook, Lizzy      FR CAL               1:55.44    1:55.64 B       23  
     r:+0.62  26.26    29.17    29.82    30.39
  8 Baron, Sam       SO UCLA              1:57.64    1:57.63 B       22  
     r:+0.66  25.81    28.62    30.40    32.80
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Kinsey, Hallie   SR USC               1:58.07    1:57.49 B       20  
     r:+0.55  26.00    29.55    30.93    31.01
 10 Kragh, Mia       FR CAL               2:01.41    1:59.11 B       17  
     r:+0.76  25.67    29.29    30.67    33.48
 11 Burt, Maddy      SO Arizona           2:01.97    1:59.63         16  
     r:+0.67  26.06    30.03    31.16    32.38
 12 Fabian, Fanni    FR CAL               2:00.79    1:59.73         15  
     r:+0.65  26.89    30.33    30.90    31.61
 13 Sasseville, Gen  FR USC               2:01.60    2:01.17         14  
     r:+0.70  26.39    30.30    31.56    32.92
 14 Murphy, Crystal  SO UCLA              2:01.16    2:01.50         13  
     r:+0.55  26.87    30.26    31.13    33.24
 15 Dang, Gabby      JR UCLA              2:01.69    2:02.00         12  
     r:+0.66  27.06    30.71    31.43    32.80
 16 Waldow, Alice    FR USC               2:01.62    2:03.97         11  
     r:+0.48  26.90    30.67    31.71    34.69

Pac-12 Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay

Stanford finished the meet by sweeping all of the relays, claiming the Pac-12 title in the 400 freestyle relay to close the final night.

Taylor Ruck, Anna Shaw, Regan Smith and Torri Huske won in a time of 3:09.06, an NCAA “A” cut.

USC’s Laticia Transom, Anicka Delgado, Hanna Henderson and Kaitlyn Dobler took second in 3:11.82.

Cal’s Emma Davidson, Isabel Ivey, Elise Garcia and Isabelle Stadden finished third in 3:12.41.

 Event 21  Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
==================================================================================
         NCAA: N 3:06.96  3/23/2019 University of California-Berk
                          I. Ivey, K. McLaughlin, A. Bilquist, A. Weitzeil
       PAC-12: M 3:06.96  2019      University of California-Berk
                          I. Ivey, K. McLaughlin, A. Bilquist, A. Weitzeil
 PAC-12 Champ: P 3:07.41  2019      University of California-Berk
                          R Neumann, K McLaughlin, A Bilquist, A Weitzeil
                 3:14.50  A Standard
                 3:16.35  B Standard
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
==================================================================================
  1 STAN  'A'                     3:10.72    3:09.06 A       64  
     1) Ruck, Taylor JR               2) Shaw, Anna FR                
     3) Smith, Regan FR               4) Huske, Torri FR              
       22.71    47.13    22.50    47.80
       22.58    47.41    22.20    46.72
  2 USC  'A'                      3:15.10    3:11.82 A       56  
     1) Transom, Laticia-Leigh SR     2) Delgado, Anicka SO           
     3) Henderson, Hanna SO           4) Dobler, Kaitlyn SO           
       22.66    47.21    23.03    48.29
       22.84    47.96    22.97    48.36
  3 CAL  'A'                      3:12.36    3:12.41 A       54  
     1) Davidson, Emma JR             2) Ivey, Isabel SR              
     3) Garcia, Elise SR              4) Stadden, Isabelle SO         
       23.27    48.70    22.08    46.74
       23.16    48.66    22.81    48.31
  4 ASU  'A'                      3:18.23    3:16.60         52  
     1) Milligan, Erin FR             2) Looney, Lindsay SO           
     3) Batchelor, Molly SO           4) Laning, Erica SR             
       23.61    49.17    23.36    49.20
       23.55    49.51    23.54    48.72
  5 UCLA  'A'                     3:16.08    3:16.84         50  
     1) Kosturos, Sophia JR           2) Kirschke, Ella SR            
     3) Rhee, Rachel JR               4) Grover, Claire SR            
       23.08    49.16    23.41    49.88
       23.44    49.48    22.66    48.32
  6 WSU  'A'                      3:19.23    3:18.27         48  
     1) Larson, Chloe SR              2) Di Palo, Angela FR           
     3) Barrier, Emily SR             4) Harvey, Noelle FR            
       23.62    49.74    23.52    49.60
       23.37    49.79    23.23    49.14
  7 Utah  'A'                     3:20.88    3:20.08         46  
     1) Casarin, Leyre SR             2) Hale, Katie SR               
     3) Woznick, Madeline JR          4) Lawless, Emma SR             
       23.46    49.21    23.71    49.87
       23.37    49.82    24.55    51.18
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