By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern
The Pac-12 Women’s Championship resumed for the prelims session of day three this morning and the competition is as stiff as ever. Stanford teammate junior Lia Neal and freshman Ella Eastin and California junior Farida Osman, among others, put up good showings. All three women are in good position to take a second individual title of the meet tonight at finals.
400 IM
Ella Eastin cruised to an easy top seed this morning in the 400 IM with a time of 4:03.82. The time is almost three seconds off of her seed of 4:01.04, but she was still about five seconds ahead of California junior Celina Li, who qualified second with a time of 4:08.53, just four one-hundredths of her senior teammate Kelly Naze, who rounded out the top three with a 4:08.57. The entire top heat is seeded under 4:15 going into tonight. Stanford will have three in the top eight tonight, California two. Arizona State, Utah, and UCLA each have one.
Event 8 Women 400 Yard IM
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Eastin, Ella FR STAN-PC 4:01.04 4:03.82
25.43 29.43 30.39 30.18
34.55 35.33 29.62 28.89
2 Li, Celina JR CAL-PC 4:15.03 4:08.53
25.71 29.66 31.39 30.92
35.36 36.31 30.04 29.14
3 Naze, Kelly SR CAL-PC 4:11.30 4:08.57
25.49 29.40 31.32 30.09
36.45 37.07 30.22 28.53
4 Stevens, Leah FR STAN-PC 4:14.84 4:11.32
27.28 31.35 32.45 31.41
35.47 35.97 29.04 28.35
5 Upshaw, Arlyn SR UCLA-CA 4:12.04 4:12.64
26.92 30.54 32.26 31.20
36.38 36.80 29.61 28.93
6 Ross, Marlies FR ASU-AZ 4:11.72 4:12.87
26.99 30.28 31.54 31.81
35.59 35.81 31.23 29.62
7 Anderson, Jordan FR UTAH-UT 4:14.86 4:13.85
26.55 29.95 32.66 32.32
36.56 36.82 29.94 29.05
8 Williams, Kim FR STAN-PC 4:18.67 4:14.26
26.93 30.84 32.33 31.62
35.79 37.06 30.37 29.32
100 Butterfly
A pair of California women grabbed the top two spots in the 100 fly. Sophomore Noemie Thomas out touched junior teammate Farida Osman by three one-hundredths of a second. Thomas as a 51.15, Osman was a 51.18, which puts her in a good position going into tonight to possibly take her second individual title of the meet. Third seed went to USC senior Kendyl Stewart (51.96). All of the women in the top eight go into finals tonight seeded under 53. California brings three into the A final, with USC and Arizona qualifying two. Stanford has one.
Event 9 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Thomas, Noemie SO CAL-PC 52.25 51.15
11.02 12.68 13.40 14.05
2 Osman, Farida JR CAL-PC 53.91 51.18
10.93 12.92 13.56 13.77
3 Stewart, Kendyl SR USC-CA 51.83 51.96
10.91 13.26 13.49 14.30
4 Bootsma, Rachel SR CAL-PC 53.88 52.09
11.18 13.21 13.69 14.01
4 Ochitwa, Annie FR ARIZ-AZ 51.35 52.09
11.02 12.93 13.78 14.36
6 Rumrill, Mackenzie FR ARIZ-AZ 52.52 52.41
11.24 13.01 13.70 14.46
7 Worrall, Lucy SR USC-CA 52.95 52.57
11.03 13.05 13.52 14.97
8 Engel, Lindsey SO STAN-PC 52.00 52.72
11.39 12.93 13.83 14.57
200 Freestyle
The 200 free is full of the usual suspects–Stanford’s Lia Neal is the only sub-1:44 seed of the event with a 1:43.98. USC freshman Kirsten Vose is seeded second going into tonight with a 1:44.54, while the California senior Liz Pelton nabbed the third seed with a 1:44.83. The rest of the field is all under 1:46. USC qualified three into the top heat, Stanford and California each have two, and Arizona brings one.
Event 10 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Neal, Lia JR STAN-PC 1:44.87 1:43.98
24.14 26.14 26.70 27.00
2 Vose, Kirsten FR USC-CA 1:44.07 1:44.54
24.31 26.19 26.96 27.08
3 Pelton, Elizabeth SR CAL-PC 1:48.07 1:44.83
24.73 26.69 26.69 26.72
4 Stafford, Nicole JR STAN-PC 1:46.24 1:45.22
24.99 26.67 26.68 26.88
5 Chenault, Chelsea JR USC-CA 1:44.62 1:45.37
24.94 26.40 26.98 27.05
6 Schick, Taylor SR ARIZ-AZ 1:45.72 1:45.39
24.81 26.42 26.86 27.30
7 Stenkvist, Henriette SR USC-CA 1:47.21 1:45.62
24.70 26.56 27.12 27.24
8 Acker, Rachael SR CAL-PC 1:47.95 1:45.84
25.36 27.06 26.73 26.69
100 Breaststroke
Stanford’s senior Sarah Haase obliterated the field in the 100 breaststroke, taking the top qualifying spot by more than a second with a 58.25. USC’s freshman Riley Scott was the only other sub-1:00 swim of the morning with a second seed time of 59.44. Emma Schoettmer, the senior from Arizona, rounded out the top three with a 1:00.35. The entire top heat is seeded under 1:02. USC has three in the top heat, Arizona has two, Stanford, California, and UCLA each have one.
Event 11 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Haase, Sarah SR STAN-PC 58.27 58.25
12.70 15.08 14.98 15.49
2 Scott, Riley FR USC-CA 59.79 59.44
12.62 15.28 15.58 15.96
3 Schoettmer, Emma SR ARIZ-AZ 1:00.52 1:00.35
13.29 15.27 15.73 16.06
4 Garcia Urzainqui, Mar JR CAL-PC 1:03.05 1:00.90
13.16 15.54 15.93 16.27
5 Hayward, Riley JR USC-CA 1:01.67 1:01.44
13.17 15.66 16.04 16.57
6 Kafka, Kelsey JR USC-CA 1:00.86 1:01.66
13.39 15.55 16.07 16.65
7 Martelle, Alexandra SO ARIZ-AZ 1:01.80 1:01.70
13.21 15.66 16.23 16.60
8 Schanz, Emma FR UCLA-CA 1:01.64 1:01.84
13.52 15.71 16.04 16.57
100 Backstroke
California freshman Amy Bilquist qualified first in the field with the only swim under 51 of the morning (50.50). A pair of Stanford sophomores followed her–Janet Hu and Ally Howe were just one one-hundredth of a second apart. Hu grabbed the second seed with a 51.18, while Howe was third with a 51.19. California has three in the top heat, Stanford and UCLA each have two. The remaining spot went to USC.
Bilquist’s time puts her sixth all time in the event’s history.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Bilquist, Amy FR CAL-PC 52.59 50.50
12.19 12.57 12.97 12.77
2 Hu, Janet SO STAN-PC 51.45 51.18
12.00 12.54 13.22 13.42
3 Howe, Ally SO STAN-PC 52.56 51.19
12.25 12.67 13.29 12.98
4 Bootsma, Rachel SR CAL-PC 51.70 51.21
11.95 12.67 13.39 13.20
5 Baker, Kathleen FR CAL-PC 52.95 51.47
12.03 12.63 13.41 13.40
6 Mack, Linnea JR UCLA-CA 52.16 52.14
11.99 12.79 13.63 13.73
7 Weiss, Hannah SO USC-CA 52.20 52.51
12.24 12.84 13.68 13.75
8 White, Madison JR UCLA-CA 52.98 52.67
39.37 41.73
| Team | Up | Middle | Down |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Arizona State | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| UCLA | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| USC | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| California | 11 | 2 | 6 |
| Stanford | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| Oregon State | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Washington State | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Utah | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Finals will be swum tonight at 6:00 PST.
Results here.
