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Stanford junior Ella Eastin destroyed all the records in the 400 IM on Friday night at the 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. Eastin led from the start and swam a monster 3:54.60 in the 400 IM final to break Katie Ledecky’s NCAA and American Record of 3:56.53.
Eastin was one of three Stanford swimmers in the final as she went 1-2-4 with Ledecky (3:58.29) and Brooke Forde (3:59.34).
Texas A&M’s Sydney Pickrem broke up the Stanford party and finished third with a 3:59.05 in the final.
Texas A&M’s Bethany Galat (4:02.19), Missouri’s Sharli Brady (4:04.12), Ohio State’s Meg Bailey (4:04.26) and Cal’s Sarah Darcel (4:04.44) also swam in the championship final.
This is Eastin’s third straight NCAA title in the 400 IM and Stanford’s eleventh overall. Eastin joins Tracy Caulkins (1982-1984), Maggie Bowen (2001-2003) and fellow Cardinal Julia Smit (2008-2010) as three time winners in the event.
Eastin also joins Michelle Griglione (1989), Janet Evans (1990), Summer Sanders (1991, 1992), Smit and Maya DiRado (2014) as winners for the Cardinal.
And, oh yeah, Stanford still is undefeated in swimming events.
Event 8 Women 400 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 3:56.53 2/23/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
American: A 3:56.53 2/23/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
U.S. Open: O 3:56.53 2/23/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
Meet: C 3:56.54 3/17/2012 Katinka Hosszu, Southern Cal
Pool: P 4:00.03 12/2/2010 Katinka Hosszu, Southern Calif
4:04.70 AUTO NCAA A Standard
4:19.39 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ella Eastin JR Stanford 4:01.49 3:54.60N 20
r:+0.70 25.78 54.80 (29.02)
1:24.65 (29.85) 1:53.55 (28.90)
2:26.90 (33.35) 3:00.12 (33.22)
3:27.34 (27.22) 3:54.60 (27.26)
2 Katie Ledecky SO Stanford 4:01.72 3:58.29P 17
r:+0.69 25.90 54.55 (28.65)
1:24.76 (30.21) 1:54.13 (29.37)
2:28.98 (34.85) 3:04.12 (35.14)
3:31.77 (27.65) 3:58.29 (26.52)
3 Sydney Pickrem JR TAMU 4:03.09 3:59.05P 16
r:+0.71 26.02 56.03 (30.01)
1:26.20 (30.17) 1:56.13 (29.93)
2:29.83 (33.70) 3:03.75 (33.92)
3:32.18 (28.43) 3:59.05 (26.87)
4 Brooke Forde FR Stanford 4:04.95 3:59.34P 15
r:+0.69 26.01 55.69 (29.68)
1:26.85 (31.16) 1:57.31 (30.46)
2:30.63 (33.32) 3:04.52 (33.89)
3:32.29 (27.77) 3:59.34 (27.05)
5 Bethany Galat SR TAMU 4:04.98 4:02.19 14
r:+0.59 25.57 54.64 (29.07)
1:26.53 (31.89) 1:57.33 (30.80)
2:30.45 (33.12) 3:04.33 (33.88)
3:33.80 (29.47) 4:02.19 (28.39)
6 Sharli Brady SR Missouri 4:04.96 4:04.12 13
r:+0.77 26.27 55.69 (29.42)
1:26.71 (31.02) 1:57.15 (30.44)
2:31.81 (34.66) 3:06.98 (35.17)
3:36.02 (29.04) 4:04.12 (28.10)
7 Meg Bailey SR OSU 4:03.96 4:04.26 12
r:+0.75 25.94 55.81 (29.87)
1:27.10 (31.29) 1:57.36 (30.26)
2:31.70 (34.34) 3:07.04 (35.34)
3:36.44 (29.40) 4:04.26 (27.82)
8 Sarah Darcel FR California 4:05.09 4:04.44 11
r:+0.62 25.56 55.14 (29.58)
1:26.22 (31.08) 1:56.69 (30.47)
2:31.57 (34.88) 3:06.76 (35.19)
3:35.88 (29.12) 4:04.44 (28.56)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 8 1. Stanford 266 2. California 158 3. Texas A&M 119 4. Texas 115 5. Tennessee 110.5 6. Michigan 101 7. Louisville 99 8. Virginia 86 9. Minnesota 70 10. Ohio St 59 11. Indiana 46 12. Georgia 45 12. Arizona 45 14. Auburn 34.5 15. Wisconsin 33 16. Kentucky 32 17. Southern Cal 30 18. South Carolina 28 18. Missouri 28 20. UNC 25 21. NC State 22 22. Denver 20 23. Purdue 18 24. University of Nevada 16 25. Arizona St 14 26. Northwestern 11 27. Arkansas 9 27. Penn St 9 29. Rutgers 6 29. UCLA 6 31. Louisiana State University 5 31. Virginia Tech 5 33. Florida 4 33. Alabama 4 35. University of Miami 2
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Erin Marie show Abby. Looks like we may have a new role model in town.
Abby Dudash
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Bel Hernández
Hjörtur Már Ingvarsson
Hvað er að gerast… ?
Hjörtur Már Ingvarsson nkl!!
Shit sko
Patrick Harmon!!
Gooo Ella!!!!
You are seriously stroking if you beat Katie. Nice
Let’s not be negative at all about Katie L, best freestyler overall?
Go Ella!!! Her time is coming!!! Rooting for Ella 2020 Omaha❤️
And Stanford goes 1-2! Great job! ??
Awesome job Ella!!!
Great swims. Team points 1-2 or 2-1.
Redemption swim!
We all love Katie…but that was a lights out ass wuppin Ella Eastin put on the ENTIRE history of the 400 IM scy/ncaa record…..just saying good job all but Ella DESERVES this moment in the SUN