NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: Sarah Haase Touches Out Kaylin Burchell for 100 Breast Title
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In one of the closest NCAA 100-yard breast finishes ever, Stanford’s Sarah Haase touched out Alabama’s Kaylin Burchell at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Haase earned Stanford’s seventh 100-yard breast title of all time with a 58.32-58.38 victory over Burchell. That’s a .06 second triumph, just off the NCAA record for the smallest margin of victory.
SMU’s Susan Lipscomb downed Texas’ Dorsey Tierney, 1:01.28 to 1:01.31, back in 1992.
Sarah Haase, Stanford
On the tight finish
“I had no idea.. I mean, I saw we were all pretty close in that last 25 and actually, I looked over at my teammates and saw they went crazy before I even looked at the time so I was like, maybe that’s a good thing? But, I mean I couldn’t be more happy.”What do you think makes a difference in a race like this that is so tightly bunched?
“Yeah, I mean I think it’s mainly sticking to your own race plan. A lot of times people can get in your head and there’s so many fast people up there that you just want to go after it, but keeping some kind of calmness and control, that at least just really helped me.”
Haase put up a lifetime best of 58.19 this morning to stand ninth all time, but still had enough in the tank for the win this evening.
Previous Stanford wins:
1991 Lori Heisick, Stanford, 1:01.37
2001 Tara Kirk, Stanford, 59.18
2002 Tara Kirk, Stanford, 59.03
2003 Tara Kirk, Stanford, 58.62
2004 Tara Kirk, Stanford, 1:04.79 *
2005 Caroline Bruce, Stanford, 59.55
Burchell’s time moved her to 13th all time in the event’s history, while Notre Dame’s Emma Reaney, the 200-yard breast American record holder, took third in 58.43.
California held a 294-252 lead over Georgia following the race.
1 Haase, Sarah JR Stanford-PC 58.19 58.32 D1-A 20 r:+0.71 27.66 58.32 (30.66) 2 Burchell, Kayli SR Alabama-SE 58.72 58.38 D1-A 17 r:+0.67 27.75 58.38 (30.63) 3 Reaney, Emma SR Notre Dame-IN 59.30 58.43 D1-A 16 r:+0.69 27.74 58.43 (30.69) 4 Simon, Laura SO Virginia-VA 58.69 58.53 D1-A 15 r:+0.76 27.70 58.53 (30.83) 5 Hannis, Molly SR Tennessee-SE 58.49 58.77 D1-A 14 r:+0.71 27.95 58.77 (30.82) 6 Jaques, Gretche SR Texas-ST 58.86 58.81 D1-A 13 r:+0.70 27.74 58.81 (31.07) 7 Smith, Kierra JR Minnesota-MN 59.00 59.02 D1-A 12 r:+0.81 28.03 59.02 (30.99) 8 Nicol, Rachel SR So. Methodist-NT 59.49 59.89 D1-B 11 r:+0.74 28.28 59.89 (31.61)
1. California 294 2. Georgia 252 3. Stanford 202 4. Louisville 151 5. Virginia 133 6. Texas A&M 123.5 7. Tennessee 110 8. Texas 95 9. Southern California 89 10. Missouri 78 11. Wisconsin 59 12. Florida 52 13. NC State 51 14. Arizona 48 15. Minnesota 44 16. Notre Dame 40 17. Kentucky 34 17. Auburn 34 19. UNC 30.5 20. Florida State 30 21. Florida Gulf Coast 26.5 22. Penn State 26 23. So. Methodist 25.5 24. Indiana 24 25. Denver 17 25. Alabama 17 27. Purdue 14 28. Illinois State University 12 29. Nevada 9 30. Miami University (Ohio) 7 30. UCLA 7 32. University of Miami (Florida) 6 33. Ohio State 5 34. San Diego State 4 34. Kansas 4 34. Iowa 4 37. Hawaii (W) 3 37. Lsu 3 37. Michigan 3 40. Arkansas 2 41. Cincinnati 1
2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving, Live Results – Results
And Haase won PC-12s too.
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