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California ended the night with a bang as the Golden Bears defending the 800-yard free relay with an NCAA meet record at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Cal’s Cierra Runge (1:44.56), Camille Cheng (1:43.69), Elizabeth Pelton (1:42.69) and Missy Franklin (1:40.05) put up a time of 6:50.99 for the win.
That swim crushed the meet record of 6:52.69 set by California back in 2009, but came up a bit short of Cal’s NCAA record of 6:50.18 from the Pacific 12 Championships last month.
That’s the fifth time that the Golden Bears have hoisted the 800-yard free relay trophy.
Previous California wins:
2004 California (Natalie Coughlin, Erin Reilly, Ashley Chandler, Lauren Medina), 7:50.94*
2007 California (Dana Vollmer, Emily Silver, Blake Hayter, Erin Reilly), 7:00.89
2009 California (Sara Isakovic, Hannah Wilson, Liv Jensen, Dana Vollmer), 6:52.69
2014 California (Rachael Acker, Caroline Piehl, Elizabeth Pelton, Missy Franklin) 6:54.94
Stanford’s Lia Neal, Grace Carlson, Simone Manuel and Nicole Stafford took second overall in 6:54.68.
That’s a 3.69-second victory for California, but that’s not even close to the largest margin of victory in the 800-yard free relay at NCAAs.
Florida owns that record with a 7:06.98-7:14.94 (7.96-seconds) victory against Southern California back in 1984.
Georgia’s Jordan Mattern, Amber McDermott, Brittany MacLean and Hali Flickinger placed third in 7:00.39.
1 California-PC 'A' 6:50.18 6:50.99CD1-A 40
1) Runge, Cierra FR 2) r:0.34 Cheng, Camille SR
3) r:0.44 Pelton, Elizabeth JR 4) r:0.43 Franklin, Missy SO
r:+0.82 24.56 50.78 (50.78)
1:17.74 (1:17.74) 1:44.56 (1:44.56)
2:08.30 (23.74) 2:34.35 (49.79)
3:01.13 (1:16.57) 3:28.25 (1:43.69)
3:52.05 (23.80) 4:18.06 (49.81)
4:44.36 (1:16.11) 5:10.94 (1:42.69)
5:33.46 (22.52) 5:58.55 (47.61)
6:24.60 (1:13.66) 6:50.99 (1:40.05)
2 Stanford-PC 'A' 6:56.94 6:54.68PD1-A 34
1) Neal, Lia SO 2) r:0.54 Carlson, Grace SO
3) r:0.39 Manuel, Simone FR 4) r:0.34 Stafford, Nicole SO
r:+3.75 23.97 50.03 (50.03)
1:16.52 (1:16.52) 1:42.89 (1:42.89)
2:07.30 (24.41) 2:34.28 (51.39)
3:01.40 (1:18.51) 3:28.89 (1:46.00)
3:52.11 (23.22) 4:17.65 (48.76)
4:43.70 (1:14.81) 5:10.50 (1:41.61)
5:34.48 (23.98) 6:00.52 (50.02)
6:27.30 (1:16.80) 6:54.68 (1:44.18)
3 Georgia-GA 'A' 6:55.69 7:00.39PD1-A 32
1) Mattern, Jordan SR 2) r:0.57 McDermott, Amber SR
3) r:0.38 MacLean, Brittany JR 4) r:0.35 Flickinger, Hali JR
r:+0.72 25.10 51.80 (51.80)
1:18.42 (1:18.42) 1:44.85 (1:44.85)
2:09.11 (24.26) 2:35.72 (50.87)
3:03.08 (1:18.23) 3:30.58 (1:45.73)
3:55.35 (24.77) 4:22.30 (51.72)
4:49.61 (1:19.03) 5:16.42 (1:45.84)
5:40.56 (24.14) 6:07.05 (50.63)
6:33.91 (1:17.49) 7:00.39 (1:43.97)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 14 1. California 383.5 2. Georgia 299.5 3. Stanford 264 4. Virginia 168 5. Texas A&M 153.5 6. Louisville 151 7. Southern California 128 8. Texas 115 9. Tennessee 110 10. Missouri 90 11. Indiana 82 12. Arizona 81 13. Florida 66 13. Minnesota 66 15. Wisconsin 59 16. NC State 51 17. Penn State 50 18. UNC 45.5 19. Kentucky 44 20. Notre Dame 40 21. Florida Gulf Coast 37.5 22. Auburn 34 23. Florida State 30 24. University of Miami (Florida) 26 25. So. Methodist 25.5 26. Miami University (Ohio) 24 26. Purdue 24 28. UCLA 22 29. Alabama 17 29. Denver 17 31. Nevada 16 32. Michigan 13 32. Virginia Tech 13 34. Illinois State University 12 35. Lsu 8 36. Ohio State 5 37. Hawaii (W) 4 37. Kansas 4 37. Iowa 4 37. San Diego State 4 41. Arkansas 2 42. Cincinnati 1
2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, Day Two Results – Results
