2022 Pac-12 Women’s Championships Day 2 Prelims: Calypso Sheridan Sets Up 200 IM Showdown with Huske, Forde, Ivey

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Calypso Sheridan. Photo Courtesy: USC Athletics

The 2022 Pac-12 Women’s Championship continued with the Day 2 prelims session from Federal Way, Washington.

The session includes 3-meter diving, the 500 freestyle, 200 IM and 50 freestyle.

Stanford took the early lead on Wednesday night by winning the 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay.

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Pac-12 Women’s 500 Freestyle

Stanford’s Brooke Forde opted out of the 500 freestyle, but the Cardinal still took the top seed in the event.

Senior Morgan Tankersley put together a strong race to take the first seed for finals at 4:40.99, an NCAA “B” cut.

Arizona State seniors Erica Laning (4:41.11) and Emma Nordin (4:41.16) took the second and third seeds, respectively.

USC freshman Caroline Pennington took the fourth seed (4:43.05), followed by Cal’s Ayla Spitz (4:43.57), Stanford freshman Aurora Roghair (4:43.62), Cal freshman Fanni Fabian (4;43.77) and Cal junior Mia Motekaitis (4:44.56).

Event 5  Women 500 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
         NCAA: N 4:24.06  3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
       PAC-12: M 4:24.06  2017      Katie Ledecky, Stanford
 PAC-12 Champ: P 4:25.15  2017      Katie Ledecky, Stanford
                 4:35.76  A Standard
                 4:47.20  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Tankersley, Mor  SR STAN              4:45.10    4:40.99 B      
     r:+0.72  26.40    27.90    28.43    28.51
       28.68    28.77    28.69    28.12
       27.84    27.65                  
  2 Laning, Erica    SR ASU               4:39.96    4:41.11 B      
     r:+0.61  26.06    27.73    28.07    28.46
       28.70    28.59    28.62    28.54
       28.32    28.02                  
  3 Nordin, Emma     SR ASU               4:34.87    4:41.16 B      
     r:+0.56  25.58    27.66    28.20    28.49
       28.20    28.34    28.48    28.87
       28.81    28.53                  
  4 Pennington, Car  FR USC               4:44.01    4:43.05 B      
     r:+0.61  26.05    27.73    28.35    28.54
       28.89    28.49    28.68    28.94
       29.22    28.16                  
  5 Spitz, Ayla      JR CAL               4:41.36    4:43.57 B      
     r:+0.74  25.51    27.78    28.35    28.76
       28.84    28.83    29.07    29.15
       28.92    28.36                  
  6 Roghair, Aurora  FR STAN              4:45.01    4:43.62 B      
     r:+0.76  26.44    28.38    28.27    28.46
       28.57    28.58    28.67    28.85
       28.90    28.50                  
  7 Fabian, Fanni    FR CAL               4:44.18    4:43.77 B      
     r:+0.59  26.05    27.95    28.48    28.76
       28.77    28.87    28.90    28.91
       29.17    27.91                  
  8 Motekaitis, Mia  JR CAL               4:42.72    4:44.56 B      
     r:+0.67  24.97    27.60    28.42    28.72
       29.32    28.98    29.29    29.47
       29.45    28.34                  
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  9 Klinker, Rachel  JR CAL               4:44.63    4:45.72 B      
     r:+0.68  25.98    28.17    28.66    28.43
       28.41    28.78    29.24    29.38
       29.60    29.07                  
 10 DiMeco, Sarah    JR CAL               4:43.56    4:45.80 B      
     r:+0.63  25.79    27.69    28.51    28.61
       28.92    28.89    29.46    29.41
       29.55    28.97                  
 11 Kahler, Marlene  FR USC               4:43.35    4:45.87 B      
     r:+0.73  25.89    27.73    28.19    28.64
       28.75    28.88    29.34    29.93
       29.46    29.06                  
 12 Maceachern, Pai  FR UCLA              4:46.59    4:46.44 B      
     r:+0.70  26.14    28.01    28.74    28.81
       29.10    29.50    29.31    29.23
       29.26    28.34                  
 13 Nordmann, Lilli  FR STAN              4:43.43    4:47.13 B      
     r:+0.65  26.17    28.10    28.45    28.43
       28.53    28.96    29.52    29.41
       29.72    29.84                  
 14 Neumann, Robin   5Y CAL               4:47.02    4:48.62        
     r:+0.63  25.96    28.43    28.91    28.87
       28.83    29.03    29.30    29.65
       30.14    29.50                  
 15 Looney, Lindsay  SO ASU               4:49.83    4:49.28        
     r:+0.59  26.32    28.75    29.36    29.40
       29.54    29.64    29.31    29.30
       29.36    28.30                  
 16 Lindsay, Tia     SO Arizona           4:49.72    4:50.90        
     r:+0.67  25.79    28.33    28.77    29.31
       29.80    29.87    30.15    30.06
       29.78    29.04

Pac-12 Women’s 200 IM

The 200 IM will be completely stacked with big names, led by a quartet within about two tenths of a second of each other.

USC graduate transfer Calypso Sheridan took the top seed in 1:55.65, an NCAA “B” cut.

Just eight hundredths behind was Stanford freshman Torri Huske, who finished in 1:55.72.

Fellow Stanford star Brooke Forde, who opted for this event instead of the 500 free, took the third seed in 1:55.80, just eight hundredths behind Huske and 16 behind Sheridan.

Cal’s Isabel Ivey is looming as well, taking the fourth seed in 1:55.86 as all four are within milliseconds of each other.

Cal senior Alicia Wilson took the fifth seed in 1:56.41, followed by sophomore teammate Isabelle Stadden, while freshman teammate Leah Polonsky took the eighth seed (1:57.75), giving Cal four in the final.

USC senior Isabelle Odgers took the seventh seed in 1:57.33.

Event 6  Women 200 Yard IM
==================================================================
         NCAA: N 1:50.67  3/15/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
       PAC-12: M 1:50.67  2018      Ella Eastin, Stanford
 PAC-12 Champ: P 1:52.26  2012      Katinka Kosszu, USC
                 1:53.66  A Standard
                 1:59.94  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Sheridan, Calyp  5Y USC               1:55.76    1:55.64 B      
     r:+0.54  24.45    28.83    33.45    28.91
  2 Huske, Torri     FR STAN              1:52.82    1:55.72 B      
     r:+0.49  24.04    28.93    34.03    28.72
  3 Forde, Brooke    SR STAN              1:58.15    1:55.80 B      
     r:+0.69  25.06    29.69    33.38    27.67
  4 Ivey, Isabel     SR CAL               1:53.90    1:55.86 B      
     r:+0.58  24.08    28.16    35.24    28.38
  5 Wilson, Alicia   SR CAL               1:57.46    1:56.41 B      
     r:+0.54  24.91    28.74    34.25    28.51
  6 Stadden, Isabel  SO CAL               1:57.32    1:56.85 B      
     r:+0.64  25.13    27.62    35.72    28.38
  7 Odgers, Isabell  SR USC               1:55.89    1:57.33 B      
     r:+0.72  25.29    29.63    33.64    28.77
  8 Polonsky, Leah   FR CAL               1:56.48    1:57.75 B      
     r:+0.67  25.21    29.50    33.90    29.14
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  9 Baron, Sam       SO UCLA              1:58.33    1:58.57 B      
     r:+0.65  24.95    29.68    34.64    29.30
 10 Smith, Delaney   SR UCLA              1:58.51    1:59.01 B      
     r:+0.54  26.83    29.32    33.40    29.46
 11 McEnroe, Annika  FR CAL               1:58.31    1:59.04 B      
     r:+0.51  25.57    28.72    35.32    29.43
 12 Pavlopoulou, Ni  JR USC               1:58.30    1:59.29 B      
     r:+0.71  25.84    30.75    33.94    28.76
 13 Kirschke, Ella   SR UCLA              1:59.20    1:59.39 B      
     r:+0.68  25.49    29.90    34.93    29.07
 14 Pearson, Samant  FR STAN              2:00.03    1:59.40 B      
     r:+0.56  25.62    28.79    36.74    28.25
 15 Heimstead, Juli  SO Arizona                NT    1:59.63 B      
     r:+0.60  24.84    28.92    37.38    28.49
 16 Janvier, Aela    JR USC               1:59.01    1:59.83 B      
     r:+0.69  25.61    29.81    35.67    28.74

Pac-12 Women’s 50 Freestyle

Stanford made a move in the sprint, claiming four finalist spots, including three of the top four.

Junior Taylor Ruck took the top spot at 22.10, just ahead of senior teammate Anya Goeders (22.16). Freshman Amy Tang was fourth (22.24), tied with UCLA’s Claire Grover and just behind USC’s Anicka Delgado (22.19).

USC sophomore Hannah Henderson took the sixth seed (22.28), followed Cal sophomore Emily Gantriis (22.29) and Stanford freshman Anna Shaw (22.30).

Event 7  Women 50 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
         NCAA: N 20.90  12/5/2019 Abbey Weitzeil, CAL
       PAC-12: M 20.90  2019      Abbey Weitzeil, CAL
 PAC-12 Champ: P 21.03  2020      Abbey Weitzeil, CAL
                 21.66  A Standard
                 22.76  B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Ruck, Taylor     JR STAN                22.38      22.10 B      
     r:+0.66  10.82    11.28                  
  2 Goeders, Anya    SR STAN                22.52      22.16 B      
     r:+0.65  10.60    11.56                  
  3 Delgado, Anicka  SO USC                 22.19      22.19 B      
     r:+0.66  10.82    11.37                  
  4 Tang, Amy        FR STAN                23.23      22.24 B      
     r:+0.67  10.75    11.49                  
  4 Grover, Claire   SR UCLA                22.13      22.24 B      
     r:+0.54  10.57    11.67                  
  6 Henderson, Hann  SO USC                 22.56      22.28 B      
     r:+0.64  10.84    11.44                  
  7 Gantriis, Emily  SO CAL                 22.22      22.29 B      
     r:+0.62  10.75    11.54                  
  8 Shaw, Anna       FR STAN                22.59      22.30 B      
     r:+0.69  10.65    11.65                  
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  9 Davidson, Emma   JR CAL                 22.51      22.39 B      
     r:+0.61  10.89    11.50                  
 10 Dobler, Kaitlyn  SO USC                 22.09      22.40 B      
     r:+0.52  10.85    11.55                  
 11 Casarin, Leyre   SR Utah                22.72      22.45 B      
     r:+0.62  10.80    11.65                  
 12 Garcia, Elise    SR CAL                 22.20      22.46 B      
     r:+0.63  10.90    11.56                  
 13 Kosturos, Sophi  JR UCLA                22.60      22.47 B      
     r:+0.64  10.68    11.79                  
 14 Larson, Chloe    SR WSU                 22.13      22.48 B      
     r:+0.55  10.91    11.57                  
 15 Riley, Eloise    JR CAL                 22.55      22.50 B      
     r:+0.68  10.76    11.74                  
 16 Wheal, Emma      JR STAN                22.54      22.55 B      
     r:+0.64  10.90    11.65
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