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Kathleen Baker won her third event of the meet in the 200 backstroke on Saturday night at the NCAA DI Championships. Baker had already won the 200 IM and 100 backstroke and finished the trifecta with a win in the 200 at 1:48.44. The Olympic silver medalist in the 100 missed Elizabeth Pelton’s NCAA, American and US Open record from 2013 that was a 1:47.84.
NC State senior Alexia Zevnik placed second after pushing Baker the whole way at 1:49.09. Zevnik is now fifth all time in the event. Kentucky freshman Asia Seidt placed third at 1:49.63 and is now 9th all time. Kentucky had two other swimmers in the A-final with Danielle and Ali Galyer placing fifth and eighth. Kentucky also had Bridgette Alexander place 13th in the consolation final for a whopping total of 45 points, putting them in 13th place. Tasija Karosas of Texas, Clara Smiddy of Michigan and Kennedy Goss of Indiana also placed in the top eight.
California has now won seven NCAA titles in the 200 back. Baker joins Missy Franklin (2015), Pelton (2013), Helen Silver (2006) and Natalie Coughlin (2001-2003) as 200 back winners for the Golden Bears.
Event 16 Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 1:47.84 3/21/2013 Elizabeth Pelton, California
Meet: C 1:47.84 3/23/2013 Elizabeth Pelton, California
American: A 1:47.84 3/21/2013 Elizabeth Pelton, California
U.S. Open: O 1:47.84 3/21/2013 Elizabeth Pelton, California
Pool: P 1:47.84 Elizbeth Pelton, California
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Kathleen Baker SO California 1:49.96 1:48.44 20
r:+0.62 25.59 53.22 (27.63)
1:20.87 (27.65) 1:48.44 (27.57)
2 Alexia Zevnik SR NC STATE 1:49.71 1:49.09 17
r:+0.57 25.78 53.48 (27.70)
1:21.52 (28.04) 1:49.09 (27.57)
3 Asia Seidt FR Kentucky 1:50.86 1:49.63 16
r:+0.59 26.09 53.78 (27.69)
1:21.56 (27.78) 1:49.63 (28.07)
4 Tasija Karosas SR Texas 1:50.85 1:49.91 15
r:+0.63 26.20 53.87 (27.67)
1:21.70 (27.83) 1:49.91 (28.21)
5 Danielle Galyer SR Kentucky 1:49.73 1:50.49 14
r:+0.54 26.08 53.93 (27.85)
1:22.35 (28.42) 1:50.49 (28.14)
6 Clara Smiddy JR Michigan 1:50.86 1:50.71 13
r:+0.61 26.22 54.10 (27.88)
1:22.33 (28.23) 1:50.71 (28.38)
7 Kennedy Goss JR Indiana 1:50.62 1:50.94 12
r:+0.72 26.49 54.53 (28.04)
1:22.70 (28.17) 1:50.94 (28.24)
8 Ali Galyer FR Kentucky 1:50.53 1:51.05 11
r:+0.66 26.17 54.23 (28.06)
1:22.77 (28.54) 1:51.05 (28.28)
Combined Team Scores - Through Event 16 1. Stanford 427.5 2. California 278 3. Texas A&M 210 4. Texas 202 5. Georgia 175 6. NC State 148 7. Indiana 142 8. Louisville 141.5 9. Minnesota 134 10. Missouri 131 11. Michigan 130 12. Southern Cali 117 13. Kentucky 106 14. Virginia 105 15. Arizona 84.5 16. Wisconsin 72 17. UNC 53 18. Ohio St 52 19. Auburn 49 20. UCLA 36 21. Miami (Oh) 29 22. Tennessee 27 23. Nevada 25 24. Florida St 21 25. Northwestern 20 26. Denver 18 27. Virginia Tech 17 28. Umbc (W) 14 28. Lsu 14 30. Iowa 13 31. Cincinnati 12 32. Penn St 10 32. Boise St 10 34. Purdue 7 35. Arizona St 6 36. Miami (Fl) 5 36. Air Force (W) 5 38. Florida Gulf 4 38. South Carolina 4 38. Pittsburgh 4 41. Alabama 3.5 42. San Diego State University 2 42. Notre Dame 2 42. Massachusetts 2 45. Drexel 1 45. Rutgers 1
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