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The 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships got heated up on Friday morning on the campus of the Ohio State University. The pool will be on NCAA and American Record watch as almost every individual record has a chance of falling at finals tonight.
Ella Eastin, Louise Hansson, Mallory Comerford, Lilly King and Beata Nelson all showed they have plenty more in the tank so records could be falling like October leaves on Friday night.
The ups and downs are available below. Stanford had clearly the best morning with 9 A-finalists and 4 B-finalists. Cal was second with 7 A-finalists and Texas A&M was third with 5.
They are in order below of team scores after last night.
Ups, Downs:
- Stanford, 9, 4
- Cal, 7, 1
- Texas, 2, 2
- Tennessee, 1, 3
- Michigan, 2, 2
- Louisville, 3, 2
- Texas A&M, 5, 2
- Virginia, 1, 2
- Minnesota, 2, 2
- Indiana, 3, 1
- Georgia, 0, 5
- Ohio State, 2, 2
- Auburn, 0, 3
- Wisconsin, 1, 1
- Kentucky, 0, 1
- USC, 2, 1
- South Carolina, 0, 1
- Purdue, 1, 0
- NC State, 1, 2
- Mizzou, 3, 2
- Arizona State, 1, 0
- Denver, 0, 1
- UCLA, 0, 1
- Alabama, 0, 2
- Florida, 0, 1
- Virginia Tech 0, 2
- Eastern Michigan, 1, 0
- Hawaii, 1, 0
- Florida State, 0, 1
- Duke, 0, 1
400 IM
Stanford junior Ella Eastin, fresh off an American Record in the 200 IM last night, swam the fastest 400 IM on Friday morning with a comfortable 4:01.49. She is just ahead of Stanford teammate Katie Ledecky who swam a 4:01.72 for second. Ledecky broke the NCAA and American Record last month with a 3:56.53, and it could be in danger of falling tonight.
Texas A&M’s Sydney Pickrem was also lurking with a 4:03.09 for the third seed. Ohio State’s Meg Bailey is fourth in her home pool at 4:03.96.
Stanford’s Brooke Forde (4:04.95), Missouri’s Sharli Brady (4:04.96), Texas A&M’s Bethany Galat (4:04.98) and Cal’s Sarah Darcel (4:05.09) will also swim in the championship final.
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 Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Ella Eastin JR Stanford 3:57.32 4:01.49 q
r:+0.72 25.70 54.62 (28.92)
1:25.06 (30.44) 1:54.84 (29.78)
2:29.11 (34.27) 3:04.16 (35.05)
3:32.91 (28.75) 4:01.49 (28.58)
2 Katie Ledecky SO Stanford 3:56.53 4:01.72 q
r:+0.70 26.11 55.07 (28.96)
1:26.10 (31.03) 1:56.04 (29.94)
2:30.88 (34.84) 3:06.12 (35.24)
3:34.30 (28.18) 4:01.72 (27.42)
3 Sydney Pickrem JR TAMU 3:59.30 4:03.09 q
r:+0.73 26.35 55.92 (29.57)
1:26.55 (30.63) 1:56.86 (30.31)
2:30.99 (34.13) 3:05.52 (34.53)
3:34.96 (29.44) 4:03.09 (28.13)
4 Meg Bailey SR OSU 4:04.85 4:03.96 q
r:+0.72 26.21 55.83 (29.62)
1:27.24 (31.41) 1:57.83 (30.59)
2:31.92 (34.09) 3:06.70 (34.78)
3:35.81 (29.11) 4:03.96 (28.15)
5 Brooke Forde FR Stanford 4:01.04 4:04.95 q
r:+0.71 26.57 56.28 (29.71)
1:28.15 (31.87) 1:58.92 (30.77)
2:34.26 (35.34) 3:09.34 (35.08)
3:37.85 (28.51) 4:04.95 (27.10)
6 Sharli Brady SR Missouri 4:04.37 4:04.96 q
r:+0.76 26.43 56.40 (29.97)
1:27.56 (31.16) 1:57.88 (30.32)
2:32.23 (34.35) 3:07.46 (35.23)
3:36.69 (29.23) 4:04.96 (28.27)
7 Bethany Galat SR TAMU 4:02.85 4:04.98 q
r:+0.61 25.81 55.28 (29.47)
1:27.22 (31.94) 1:58.51 (31.29)
2:32.13 (33.62) 3:06.02 (33.89)
3:35.93 (29.91) 4:04.98 (29.05)
8 Sarah Darcel FR California 4:03.00 4:05.09 q
r:+0.60 25.88 55.52 (29.64)
1:26.80 (31.28) 1:57.24 (30.44)
2:32.26 (35.02) 3:07.80 (35.54)
3:36.79 (28.99) 4:05.09 (28.30)
100 Fly
Southern Cal sophomore Louise Hansson swam the top time of the morning with a blistering 49.90 in the 100 fly prelims. Hansson was the only swimmer under 50 seconds and could challenge the 49.43 NCAA record by Kelsi Worrell of Louisville from 2016.
Hansson moved up to third all-time in the event behind Worrell and Erika Brown.
Hansson is in front of Cal senior Noemie Thomas (50.76) and Tennessee sophomore Erika Brown (50.83).
Louisville’s Grace Oglesby (51.07), Stanford’s Janet Hu (51.09), Cal’s Katie McLaughlin (51.24), Ohio State’s Liz Li (51.25) and Missouri’s Annie Ochitwa (51.57) will also swim in the championship final.
Event 9 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 49.43 3/18/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
American: A 49.43 3/18/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
U.S. Open: O 49.43 3/18/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
Meet: C 49.43 3/18/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
Pool: P 49.87 12/1/2017 Kelsi Worrell, Cardinal Aquatic
51.19 AUTO NCAA A Standard
54.49 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Louise Hansson SO USC 50.17 49.90 q
r:+0.73 23.20 49.90 (26.70)
2 Noemie Thomas SR California 50.77 50.76 q
r:+0.58 23.70 50.76 (27.06)
3 Erika Brown SO Tennessee 49.85 50.83 q
r:+0.72 23.60 50.83 (27.23)
4 Grace Oglesby SO Louisville 51.11 51.07 q
r:+0.64 24.15 51.07 (26.92)
5 Janet Hu SR Stanford 51.27 51.09 q
r:+0.60 23.47 51.09 (27.62)
6 Katie McLaughli JR California 51.17 51.24 q
r:+0.70 24.07 51.24 (27.17)
7 Liz Li SR OSU 50.48 51.25 q
r:+0.67 23.78 51.25 (27.47)
8 Annie Ochitwa JR Missouri 51.86 51.57 q
r:+0.70 24.03 51.57 (27.54)
200 Free
Louisville junior Mallory Comerford cruised to an easy 1:41.61 in the 200 free heats as she could challenge the 1:40 barrier tonight in finals after he 1:39 relay split the other night. Comerford is the defending champion and is the top seed ahead of Michigan junior Siobhan Haughey (1:43.04) and Stanford senior Simone Manuel (1:43.08).
Cal’s Robin Neumann (1:43.38), Texas A&M’s Claire Rasmus (1:43.49), Stanford’s Katie Drabot (1:43.68), Virginia’s Megan Moroney (1:43.68) and Cal’s Katie McLaughlin (1:43.71) will also swim in the championship final.
Big story here is McLaughlin who swam the 100 fly and 200 free back to back and made the championship final in both events. That is a double that is rarely seen in swimming, but is no stranger to Berkeley as Tom Shields and Dana Vollmer have both swam the double at NCAA’s.
Event 10 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
American: A 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
U.S. Open: O 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
Meet: C 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
Pool: P 1:41.17 12/1/2017 Mallory Comerford, Louisville
1:43.30 AUTO NCAA A Standard
1:47.99 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Mallory Comerfo JR Louisville 1:41.17 1:41.61 q
r:+0.65 24.32 50.21 (25.89)
1:15.71 (25.50) 1:41.61 (25.90)
2 Siobhan Haughey JR Michigan 1:41.66 1:43.04 q
r:+0.69 23.85 49.83 (25.98)
1:16.34 (26.51) 1:43.04 (26.70)
3 Simone Manuel SR Stanford 1:40.78 1:43.08 q
r:+0.71 23.63 49.90 (26.27)
1:16.62 (26.72) 1:43.08 (26.46)
4 Robin Neumann FR California 1:43.38 1:43.38 q
r:+0.71 24.43 50.55 (26.12)
1:16.99 (26.44) 1:43.38 (26.39)
5 Claire Rasmus JR TAMU 1:43.62 1:43.49 q
r:+0.69 24.61 51.03 (26.42)
1:17.43 (26.40) 1:43.49 (26.06)
6 Katie Drabot SO Stanford 1:43.92 1:43.68 q
r:+0.72 24.52 50.85 (26.33)
1:17.41 (26.56) 1:43.68 (26.27)
6 Megan Moroney SO Virginia 1:43.60 1:43.68 q
r:+0.66 24.47 50.66 (26.19)
1:16.96 (26.30) 1:43.68 (26.72)
8 Katie McLaughli JR California 1:44.42 1:43.71 q
r:+0.67 24.49 50.84 (26.35)
1:17.30 (26.46) 1:43.71 (26.41)
100 Breast
Indiana junior Lilly King continued to make it look easy with a 57.35 in the 100 breast prelims as she came back in a very strong 29.32 as the only swimmer to come home in under 30 seconds. Her 56.30 American and NCAA Record is under serious threat tonight as she could be the first woman to break 56 in the event.
King also split a 56.0 last night in the 400 medley relay so she has a legitimate chance to break 56 in the individual if she puts together the perfect race.
Eastern Michigan’s Delaney Duncan (58.36) and Minnesota’s Lindsey Kozelsky (58.41) are the second and third seeds going into tonight.
Texas A&M’s Anna Belousova (59.07), Michigan’s Miranda Tucker (59.25), Purdue’s Jinq En Phee (59.32), Arizona State’s Silja Kansakoski (59.34) and Hawaii’s Franziska Weidner (59.35) will also swim in the championship final.
Event 11 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 56.30 2/17/2017 Lilly King, Indiana
American: A 56.30 2/17/2017 Lilly King, Indiana
U.S. Open: O 56.30 2/17/2017 Lilly King, Indiana
Meet: C 56.71 3/17/2017 Lilly King, Indiana
Pool: P 58.41 12/4/2010 Jessica Hardy, Trojan
58.85 AUTO NCAA A Standard
1:02.49 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Lilly King JR Indiana 56.46 57.35Pq
r:+0.67 28.03 57.35 (29.32)
2 Delaney Duncan JR Eastern Michigan 58.37 58.36Pq
r:+0.67 27.51 58.36 (30.85)
3 Lindsey Kozelsk SO Minnesota 57.91 58.41Pq
r:+0.76 27.25 58.41 (31.16)
4 Anna Belousova SO TAMU 58.40 59.07 q
r:+0.67 28.61 59.07 (30.46)
5 Miranda Tucker SO Michigan 57.93 59.25 q
r:+0.63 27.86 59.25 (31.39)
6 Jinq En Phee SO Purdue 59.66 59.32 q
r:+0.71 27.93 59.32 (31.39)
7 Silja Kansakosk SO ASU 58.96 59.34 q
r:+0.71 28.11 59.34 (31.23)
8 Franziska Weidn SR Hawaii 59.41 59.35 q
r:+0.77 28.47 59.35 (30.88)
100 Back
There were five swimmers all separated by two tenths of a second in the heats of the 100 back as Wisconsin sophomore Beata Nelson leads the way with a 50.61. She is slightly ahead of Stanford’s Ally Howe (50.64), NC State’s Elise Haan (50.75), Cal’s Kathleen Baker (50.77) and Stanford’s Janet Hu (50.82).
It will be a very tight race as all five girls excluding Baker are looking for their first individual NCAA title. The American Record that Howe holds at 49.69 could be under threat tonight.
Missouri’s Hannah Stevens (51.23), Indiana’s Ally Rockett (51.25) and Texas’ Claire Adams (51.27) will also swim in the championship final.
Event 12 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 49.69 2/23/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford
American: A 49.69 2/23/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford
U.S. Open: O 49.69 2/23/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford
Meet: C 49.84 3/16/2017 Kathleen Baker, California
Pool: P 50.73 11/23/2013Courtney Bartholomew, Virginia
51.16 AUTO NCAA A Standard
55.09 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Beata Nelson SO Wisconsin 49.78 50.61Pq
r:+0.70 24.35 50.61 (26.26)
2 Ally Howe SR Stanford 50.21 50.64Pq
r:+0.74 24.62 50.64 (26.02)
3 Elise Haan JR NCState 50.75 50.75 q
r:+0.64 24.80 50.75 (25.95)
4 Kathleen Baker JR California 50.13 50.77 q
r:+0.67 24.35 50.77 (26.42)
5 Janet Hu SR Stanford 49.93 50.82 q
r:+0.57 24.62 50.82 (26.20)
6 Hannah Stevens SR Missouri 50.91 51.23 q
r:+0.71 24.84 51.23 (26.39)
7 Ally Rockett SR Indiana 51.25 51.25 q
r:+0.75 24.84 51.25 (26.41)
8 Claire Adams SO Texas 51.13 51.27 q
r:+0.65 25.00 51.27 (26.27)
200 Medley Relay
The Indiana Hoosiers swam to the top seed in the 200 medley relay with a 1:35.12 on Friday morning at the 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. The Hoosiers swam Ally Rockett (23.64), Lilly King (26.08), Christie Jensen (23.23) and Grace Haskett (22.17) and have the top time ahead of Cal (1:35.55) and Stanford (1:36.02).
The top splits from this morning came from Rockett, Kathleen Baker (23.64), King, Louise Hansson (22.36) and Beryl Gastaldello (21.36).
Minnesota (1:36.05), Southern Cal (1:36.20), Texas A&M (1:36.28), Louisville (1:37.01) and Texas (1:37.04) will also swim in the championship final.
Virginia Tech was ninth with a 1:37.13 after they re-swam the event 20 minutes after the original event concluded. No word yet on why they had to re-swim.
Event 14 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 1:34.10 3/17/2017 California
K Baker, A Weitzeil, N Thomas, F Osman
American: A 1:34.15 2/24/2016 Stanford
A Howe, S Haase, J Hu, L Neal
U.S. Open: O 1:34.10 3/17/2017 California
K Baker, A Weitzeil, N Thomas, F Osman
Meet: C 1:34.10 3/17/2017 California
K Baker, A Weitzeil, N Thomas, F Osman
Pool: P 1:35.29 3/16/2008 Arizona
H DeGolia, A Chandler, L Jackson, A Turner
1:36.89 AUTO NCAA A Standard
1:37.51 CONS NCAA B Standard
School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Indiana 1:34.16 1:35.12Pq
1) Ally Rockett SR 2) r:0.28 Lilly King JR
3) r:0.14 Christie Jensen JR 4) r:0.25 Grace Haskett FR
r:+0.75 23.64 49.72 (26.08)
1:12.95 (23.23) 1:35.12 (22.17)
2 California 1:34.13 1:35.55 q
1) Kathleen Baker JR 2) r:0.20 Abbey Weitzeil SO
3) r:0.16 Noemie Thomas SR 4) r:0.30 Amy Bilquist JR
r:+0.66 23.64 50.72 (27.08)
1:13.50 (22.78) 1:35.55 (22.05)
3 Stanford 1:34.79 1:36.02 q
1) Ally Howe SR 2) r:0.05 Grace Zhao FR
3) r:0.40 Janet Hu SR 4) r:0.27 Lauren Pitzer FR
r:+0.69 23.78 50.97 (27.19)
1:14.04 (23.07) 1:36.02 (21.98)
4 Minnesota 1:35.06 1:36.05 q
1) Tevyn Waddell SO 2) r:0.23 Lindsey Kozelsky SO
3) r:0.28 Danielle Nack SR 4) r:0.32 Zoe Avestruz JR
r:+0.59 24.46 51.06 (26.60)
1:14.01 (22.95) 1:36.05 (22.04)
5 USC 1:35.36 1:36.20 q
1) Hannah Weiss SR 2) r:0.26 Riley Scott JR
3) r:0.28 Louise Hansson SO 4) r:0.15 Marta Ciesla FR
r:+0.57 24.61 51.94 (27.33)
1:14.30 (22.36) 1:36.20 (21.90)
6 TAMU 1:35.54 1:36.28 q
1) Lisa Bratton SR 2) r:0.30 Anna Belousova SO
3) r:0.17 Jing Quah FR 4) r:0.25 Beryl Gastaldello SR
r:+0.65 24.47 51.47 (27.00)
1:14.92 (23.45) 1:36.28 (21.36)
7 Louisville 1:36.86 1:37.01 q
1) Alina Kendzior JR 2) r:0.20 Mariia Astashkina FR
3) r:0.11 Grace Oglesby SO 4) r:0.16 Casey Fanz SO
r:+0.61 24.23 51.73 (27.50)
1:15.10 (23.37) 1:37.01 (21.91)
8 Texas 1:36.87 1:37.04 q
1) Claire Adams SO 2) r:0.24 Kennedy Lohman SO
3) r:0.00 Remedy Rule JR 4) r:0.13 Rebecca Millard SR
r:+0.68 24.26 52.14 (27.88)
1:15.60 (23.46) 1:37.04 (21.44)
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