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Stanford continued its dominating meet at the 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships with a win and an American Record in the 200 IM by Stanford junior Ella Eastin. Eastin smashed her own NCAA and American Record with a 1:50.67. Eastin’s record was a 1:51.65 from the 2016 NCAA’s where she won as a freshman.
Cal junior and defending champion Kathleen Baker was second in the race and also under Eastin’s record at 1:51.25. Those two are both juniors and will be back next season for one more duel. They have traded wins the last two years and have been 1-2 three years in a row now.
Sydney Pickrem (1:52.35), Bethany Galat (1:53.17), Meghan Small (1:53.18), Beata Nelson (1:53.54), Asia Seidt (1:53.78) and Bailey Andison (1:55.22) also competed in the championship final.
The win is Stanford’s tenth in the event and most overall. Eastin joins Susie Rapp (1986), Janel Jorgensen (1990), Summer Sanders (1991, 1992), Jenny Thompson (1995), Julia Smit (2009, 2010) and Maya DiRado (2014) as winners for the Cardinal in the 200 IM at the NCAA Championships.
Event 4 Women 200 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 1:51.65 3/17/2016 Ella Eastin, Stanford
American: A 1:51.65 3/17/2016 Ella Eastin, Stanford
U.S. Open: O 1:51.65 3/17/2016 Ella Eastin, Stanford
Meet: C 1:51.65 3/17/2016 Ella Eastin, Stanford
Pool: P 1:52.63 11/30/2017Melanie Margalis, Saint Petersburg
1:55.00 AUTO NCAA A Standard
2:01.59 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ella Eastin JR Stanford 1:53.74 1:50.67N 20
r:+0.70 24.59 52.04 (27.45)
1:24.32 (32.28) 1:50.67 (26.35)
2 Kathleen Baker JR California 1:54.22 1:51.25N 17
r:+0.65 24.23 51.56 (27.33)
1:23.65 (32.09) 1:51.25 (27.60)
3 Sydney Pickrem JR TAMU 1:53.48 1:52.35P 16
r:+0.72 25.22 53.28 (28.06)
1:25.59 (32.31) 1:52.35 (26.76)
4 Bethany Galat SR TAMU 1:54.20 1:53.17 15
r:+0.60 24.70 54.32 (29.62)
1:25.87 (31.55) 1:53.17 (27.30)
5 Meghan Small SO Tennessee 1:54.04 1:53.18 14
r:+0.74 24.67 52.88 (28.21)
1:26.09 (33.21) 1:53.18 (27.09)
6 Beata Nelson SO Wisconsin 1:53.82 1:53.54 13
r:+0.73 24.88 53.47 (28.59)
1:26.59 (33.12) 1:53.54 (26.95)
7 Asia Seidt SO Kentucky 1:54.78 1:53.78 12
r:+0.72 24.72 52.01 (27.29)
1:26.35 (34.34) 1:53.78 (27.43)
8 Bailey Andison JR Denver 1:54.44 1:55.22 11
r:+0.62 25.19 54.45 (29.26)
1:27.48 (33.03) 1:55.22 (27.74)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 4 1. Stanford 151 2. Michigan 87 3. California 84 4. Tennessee 76 5. Virginia 69 6. Texas 63 6. Louisville 63 8. Texas A&M 51 9. Georgia 39 10. Arizona 30 11. Kentucky 24 11. Ohio St 24 13. Minnesota 22 14. Wisconsin 21 15. Southern Cal 20 16. NC State 18 17. Missouri 15 18. UNC 14 18. Purdue 14 20. Denver 11 21. Penn St 9 22. South Carolina 6 22. UCLA 6 24. Indiana 5 25. Auburn 4 25. Alabama 4
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