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By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern
The last day of prelims at the 2016 Pac-12 Women’s Championship has been another exciting session. Stanford freshman Ella Eastin continues to make a lasting impression on the swimming world and she’s set up for another individual win of the meet–her third in as many events. Eastin also became the seventh woman ever to go sub-1:52 in the 200 fly. Going into tonight, No. 1 Stanford trails No. 4 USC by just five points.
200 Backstroke
The top seed going into tonight’s final is Stanford’s sophomore Janet Hu. Her 1:50.48 is well ahead of the rest of the field and over a second faster than her entry time. Second seed was grabbed by California’s freshman Amy Bilquist with an impressive 1:52.25 and her freshman teammate Kathleen Baker nabbed the third seed just behind her with a 1:52.37. California brings three to this A final, Stanford and USC two, UCLA, one.
Event 16 Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Hu, Janet SO STAN-PC 1:52.17 1:50.48
25.92 28.17 28.15 28.24
2 Bilquist, Amy FR CAL-PC 1:53.80 1:52.25
26.81 28.15 28.58 28.71
3 Baker, Kathleen FR CAL-PC 1:54.83 1:52.37
25.83 28.02 29.12 29.40
4 Pelton, Elizabeth SR CAL-PC 1:52.12 1:52.46
26.83 28.40 28.56 28.67
5 Howe, Ally SO STAN-PC 1:54.05 1:52.99
26.83 28.78 28.83 28.55
6 Stewart, Kendyl SR USC-CA NT 1:53.90
26.59 28.61 29.28 29.42
7 White, Madison JR UCLA-CA 1:53.75 1:54.21
27.39 28.95 29.12 28.75
8 Weiss, Hannah SO USC-CA 1:53.88 1:54.51
26.51 28.41 29.41 30.18
100 Freestyle
The fight for top seed in the 100 freestyle took place between the two women who have been battling it out in the sprints the whole meet. California junior Farida Osman won this battle for the top seed with a quick 47.34, just ahead of Stanford’s junior Lia Neal (57.46). USC senior Katarzyna Wilk rounded out the top three with another sub-48 time of 47.61. California, USC, and Arizona each swim two in the final, Stanford and UCLA, one.
Event 17 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Osman, Farida JR CAL-PC 49.74 47.34
10.74 11.95 12.48 12.17
2 Neal, Lia JR STAN-PC 47.76 47.46
10.95 11.81 12.49 12.21
3 Wilk, Katarzyna SR USC-CA 48.71 47.61
10.91 12.06 12.39 12.25
4 Apostalon, Anika JR USC-CA 48.11 47.92
10.96 11.94 12.53 12.49
5 Bootsma, Rachel SR CAL-PC 52.44 48.28
11.05 12.21 12.51 12.51
6 Mack, Linnea JR UCLA-CA 49.10 48.62
11.08 12.12 12.81 12.61
6 Konopka, Katrina FR ARIZ-AZ 48.55 48.62
11.17 12.14 12.69 12.62
8 Kremer, Paige SO ARIZ-AZ 48.57 48.73
11.34 12.18 12.56 12.65
200 Breaststroke
Stanford’s senior Sarah Haase continued her domination of the breaststroke events this morning with a touch out for first seed. Haase’s 2:08.80 came in just ahead of Arizona’s senior Emma Schoettmer (2:08.88). Riley Scott, the freshman from USC earned third seed with a 2:09.12. USC fields two in the top heat, Arizona, Stanford, UCLA, California, Washington State, and Utah each have one.
Event 18 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Haase, Sarah SR STAN-PC 2:07.64 2:08.80
29.49 32.72 32.87 33.72
2 Schoettmer, Emma SR ARIZ-AZ 2:09.74 2:08.88
29.08 32.39 33.02 34.39
3 Scott, Riley FR USC-CA 2:09.77 2:09.12
29.22 32.84 32.88 34.18
4 Vose, Kirsten FR USC-CA 2:07.46 2:09.68
29.00 32.72 33.77 34.19
5 Schanz, Emma FR UCLA-CA 2:09.76 2:10.43
30.00 32.72 33.34 34.37
6 Garcia Urzainqui, Mar JR CAL-PC 2:16.36 2:10.49
29.25 32.81 33.79 34.64
7 Wetterstrom, Presley SR WSU-IE 2:11.24 2:11.52
30.15 33.20 33.86 34.31
8 Colleou, Stina JR UTAH-UT 2:10.11 2:11.58
30.37 32.76 33.30 35.15
200 Butterfly
Ella Eastin continues to make history at this meet when she became only the seventh woman ever to go under 1:52 in the 200 fly. She easily earned top seed with a time of 1:51.96, which puts her in the company of Katinka Hosszu, Natalie Coughlin, Kelsey Worrell, Kathleen Hersey, Elaine Breeden, Mary Mohler, and Christina Bechtel. A distant second seed went to California sophomore Noemie Thomas (1:54.43), third went to her senior teammate Kelly Naze (1:54.67). California and USC field three each in the top heat, Stanford two.
Event 19 Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Eastin, Ella FR STAN-PC 1:53.34 1:51.96
25.27 28.71 28.80 29.18
2 Thomas, Noemie SO CAL-PC 1:54.98 1:54.43
25.61 28.76 29.52 30.54
3 Naze, Kelly SR CAL-PC 1:56.23 1:54.67
25.18 28.96 29.79 30.74
4 Engel, Lindsey SO STAN-PC 1:57.02 1:55.85
25.64 29.28 29.60 31.33
5 Chenault, Chelsea JR USC-CA 1:55.58 1:56.41
26.40 29.68 29.87 30.46
6 Wright, Madison FR USC-CA 1:56.67 1:56.74
25.85 29.47 30.00 31.42
7 Li, Celina JR CAL-PC 1:58.04 1:57.13
26.11 29.68 30.01 31.33
8 Worrall, Lucy SR USC-CA 1:58.94 1:57.24
26.01 28.42 29.91 32.90
Finals Swims
| Team | Up | Middle | Down |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Arizona State | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| UCLA | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| USC | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| California | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Stanford | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Washington State | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Oregon State | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Utah | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Full results here.
