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Stanford senior Ally Howe won her first individual NCAA title in her career after she was on a number of winning relays. Last night, Howe led off the winning 400 medley relay team for the fourth straight year, but she had yet to win an individual title. Howe won the 100 back final with a 49.70 to just miss her NCAA and American Record of 49.69. Howe did break the meet record that was a 49.84 by Kathleen Baker from last year.
Howe stated after the race that this was her last 100 back of her career, so this is assuming she has already decided to hang up the goggles and not pursue a pro career.
Howe finished ahead of Wisconsin sophomore Beata Nelson (49.92) and Baker (50.18).
NC State’s Elise Haan (50.42), Stanford’s Janet Hu (50.63), Indiana’s Ally Rockett (51.11), Texas’ Claire Adams (51.38) and Missouri’s Hannah Stevens (51.74).
This is Stanford’s seventh NCAA title in the 100 back as Howe joins Lea Loveless (1992-1994), Jessica Tong (1996) and Catherine Fox (1997-1998) as winners for the Cardinal.
Event 12 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 49.69 2/23/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford
American: A 49.69 2/23/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford
U.S. Open: O 49.69 2/23/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford
Meet: C 49.84 3/16/2017 Kathleen Baker, California
Pool: P 50.61 3/16/2018 Beata Nelson, Wisconsin-WI
51.16 AUTO NCAA A Standard
55.09 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ally Howe SR Stanford 50.64 49.70C 20
r:+0.71 24.14 49.70 (25.56)
2 Beata Nelson SO Wisconsin 50.61 49.92P 17
r:+0.67 24.13 49.92 (25.79)
3 Kathleen Baker JR California 50.77 50.18P 16
r:+0.63 24.02 50.18 (26.16)
4 Elise Haan JR NCState 50.75 50.42P 15
r:+0.68 24.63 50.42 (25.79)
5 Janet Hu SR Stanford 50.82 50.63 14
r:+0.58 24.79 50.63 (25.84)
6 Ally Rockett SR Indiana 51.25 51.11 13
r:+0.71 24.45 51.11 (26.66)
7 Claire Adams SO Texas 51.27 51.38 12
r:+0.66 25.09 51.38 (26.29)
8 Hannah Stevens SR Missouri 51.23 51.74 11
r:+0.67 24.86 51.74 (26.88)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 12 1. Stanford 359 2. California 234 3. Texas A&M 156 4. Michigan 150 5. Louisville 140 6. Tennessee 137.5 7. Texas 130 8. Virginia 102 9. Minnesota 92 10. Indiana 80 11. Ohio St 73 12. Georgia 68 13. Southern Cal 59 14. Missouri 54 15. Auburn 51.5 16. Wisconsin 50 17. Arizona 45 18. Kentucky 41 19. NC State 37 20. Purdue 29 21. South Carolina 28 22. Arizona St 27 23. UNC 25 24. Denver 20 25. University of Nevada 16 26. Eastern Mich 15 27. Hawaii 12 28. Northwestern 11 29. Penn St 9 29. Arkansas 9 31. UCLA 8 32. Florida 7 33. Rutgers 6 34. Alabama 5 34. Virginia Tech 5 34. Louisiana State University 5 37. University of Miami 2 37. Duke 2 39. Florida St 1
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