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The California Golden Bears won the 400 medley relay on Thursday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships with a 3:25.24 for their second relay win of the night.
Amy Bilquist (50.84), Ema Rajic (58.53), Katie McLaughlin (50.00) and Abbey Weitzeil (45.87) won the title for the Golden Bears as Bilquist got them off to a lead on the first leg. Indiana’s Lilly King (55.67) pulled the Hoosiers within the lead at the halfway point and fellow senior Christie Jensen (51.47) hung on to that lead through 300, but it was not enough for junior Shelby Koontz (47.68) on the anchor leg. The Hoosiers finished in second place for the second straight year with that swim.
King’s breaststroke split was the second fastest split of all-time after her 55.66 from Big Tens last month.
Top seed Michigan was in seventh place at the halfway point and crawled its way back into contention with Maggie MacNeil (50.34) and Siobhan Haughey (46.51) on the back half for the Wolverines.
Indiana’s team of Morgan Scott (52.19), King (55.67), Jensen (51.47) and Koontz (47.68) finished in second at 3:27.01 as Big Ten rival Michigan was third at 3:27.49. The Wolverines had Taylor Garcia (52.50), Miranda Tucker (58.14), MacNeil (50.34) and Haughey (46.51) swimming for them.
Cal’s win tonight also ends Stanford’s five-year winning streak in the event as the Cardinal placed sixth at 3:28.45.
The quickest splits outside the top three came from Stanford’s Ella Eastin (51.43), Minnesota’s Lindsey Kozelsky (57.25), Virginia’s Morgan Hill (50.67) and Stanford’s Taylor Ruck (45.80). NC State’s Sophie Hansson (57.37) and Louisville’s Mallory Comerford (45.96) also had impressive splits on the breaststroke and freestyle legs.
NC State (3:27.86), Louisville (3:28.22), Stanford (3:28.45), Minnesota (3:29.94) and Virginia (3:30.01) also placed in the top eight.
Cal now has four NCAA titles in the 400 medley relay. The 2019 team joins the likes of the teams from 2007, 2011 and 2012 as winners of the event for the Golden Bears.
Event 7 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: I 3:25.09 05-Mar-18 Stanford
A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
Meet: M 3:25.09 15-Mar-18 Stanford
A. Howe, K. Williams, J. Hu, S. Manuel
American: A 3:25.09 15-Mar-18 Stanford
A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
US Open: O 3:25.09 15-Mar-18 Stanford
A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
Pool: P 3:27.17 21-Mar-19 Michigan, Michigan-MI
T Garcia, M Tucker, M MacNeil, S Haughey
3:32.20 AUTO NCAA A Standard
3:34.35 CONS NCAA B Standard
School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 California 3:28.03 3:25.24P 40
1) Amy Bilquist SR 2) r:0.25 Ema Rajic FR
3) r:0.34 Katie McLaughlin SR 4) r:0.24 Abbey Weitzeil JR
r:+0.77 24.76 50.84 (50.84)
1:17.98 (27.14) 1:49.37 (58.53)
2:12.31 (22.94) 2:39.37 (50.00)
3:00.86 (21.49) 3:25.24 (45.87)
2 Indiana 3:27.89 3:27.01P 34
1) Morgan Scott FR 2) r:0.24 Lilly King SR
3) r:0.28 Christie Jensen SR 4) r:0.19 Shelby Koontz JR
r:+0.71 24.97 52.19 (52.19)
1:17.94 (25.75) 1:47.86 (55.67)
2:11.51 (23.65) 2:39.33 (51.47)
3:01.71 (22.38) 3:27.01 (47.68)
3 Michigan 3:27.17 3:27.49 32
1) Taylor Garcia SR 2) r:0.09 Miranda Tucker JR
3) r:0.37 Maggie MacNeil FR 4) r:0.47 Siobhan Haughey SR
r:+0.60 25.00 52.50 (52.50)
1:19.32 (26.82) 1:50.64 (58.14)
2:13.88 (23.24) 2:40.98 (50.34)
3:03.41 (22.43) 3:27.49 (46.51)
4 NC State 3:28.20 3:27.86 30
1) Elise Haan SR 2) r:0.31 Sophie Hansson FR
3) r:0.15 Kylee Alons FR 4) r:0.30 Ky-lee Perry JR
r:+0.74 24.86 51.53 (51.53)
1:18.27 (26.74) 1:48.90 (57.37)
2:12.34 (23.44) 2:40.35 (51.45)
3:02.79 (22.44) 3:27.86 (47.51)
5 Louisville 3:28.47 3:28.22 28
1) Alina Kendzior SR 2) r:0.18 Mariia Astashkina SO
3) r:0.34 Grace Oglesby JR 4) r:0.20 Mallory Comerford SR
r:+0.66 25.00 51.71 (51.71)
1:19.09 (27.38) 1:51.16 (59.45)
2:14.85 (23.69) 2:42.26 (51.10)
3:04.07 (21.81) 3:28.22 (45.96)
6 Stanford 3:30.19 3:28.45 26
1) Ella Eastin SR 2) r:0.37 Allie Raab FR
3) r:0.15 Amalie Fackenthal FR 4) r:0.15 Taylor Ruck FR
r:+0.78 25.40 51.43 (51.43)
1:18.95 (27.52) 1:50.49 (59.06)
2:14.46 (23.97) 2:42.65 (52.16)
3:04.39 (21.74) 3:28.45 (45.80)
7 Minnesota 3:29.93 3:29.94 24
1) Emily Cook SO 2) r:0.13 Lindsey Kozelsky JR
3) r:0.35 Tevyn Waddell JR 4) r:0.29 Zoe Avestruz SR
r:+0.74 25.27 52.31 (52.31)
1:18.72 (26.41) 1:49.56 (57.25)
2:13.39 (23.83) 2:41.20 (51.64)
3:04.40 (23.20) 3:29.94 (48.74)
8 Virginia 3:29.71 3:30.01 22
1) Megan Moroney JR 2) r:0.21 Alexis Wenger FR
3) r:0.00 Morgan Hill JR 4) r:0.50 Kyla Valls SO
r:+0.62 25.41 52.47 (52.47)
1:19.34 (26.87) 1:50.51 (58.04)
2:13.88 (23.37) 2:41.18 (50.67)
3:04.54 (23.36) 3:30.01 (48.83)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 7 1. Stanford 173.5 2. California 173 3. Michigan 129 4. Louisville 100 5. Texas 87 6. NC State 86 7. Southern Cali 83 8. Minnesota 76 9. Tennessee 69 10. Virginia 66 11. Indiana 54 12. Auburn 52 13. Arizona 48.5 14. Texas A&M 44 14. Wisconsin 44 16. Kentucky 31.5 17. UCLA 31 18. Arkansas 29 19. Georgia 28 20. Arizona St 25 21. Florida 21 22. Ohio St 18 23. Duke 16 24. Missouri 14 25. South Carolina 13.5 26. Lsu 13 27. Kansas 11 28. Purdue 7 29. University of Miami 3 30. UNC 2
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