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Through three legs, it looked like Virginia was well on its way to a banner night with the women’s 400-yard medley relay well in hand – until Stanford’s Simone Manuel entered the water.
Manuel showed her big-time anchor ability, first demonstrated with a huge victory for Team USA at the Duel in the Pool in 2013, as she pulled off a Lezakesque anchor of 45.45.
Virginia led Stanford by more than two seconds, 2:38.73 to 2:40.96, heading into the anchor leg.
In the end, Stanford’s Ally Howe (52.00), Katie Olsen (58.07), Janet Hu (50.89) and Manuel (45.45) finished the finale with an NCAA, U.S. Open and American record time of 3:26.41.
Just a hundredth behind, Virginia’s Courtney Bartholomew (50.19), Laura Simon (57.52), Ellen Williamson (51.02) and Ellen Thomas (47.69) collected second overall with 3:26.42.
California’s Rachel Bootsma (50.84), Marina Garcia (59.28), Farida Osman (51.07) and Missy Franklin (45.98) also cleared the previous NCAA and American record of 3:27.51 set by Stanford last year as California clocked a 3:27.17 tonight.
Those are the three fastest relays in history.
That’s Stanford’s NCAA record 11th win in the 400-yard medley relay:
1987 Stanford (Michelle Donahue, Susie Rapp, Jenna Johnson, Aimee Berzins), 3:38.17
1990 Stanford (Dede Trimble, Lori Heisick, Suzy Buckovich, Janel Jorgensen), 3:38.84
1991 Stanford (Janel Jorgensen, Lori Heisick, Summer Sanders, Suzy Buckovich), 3:39.51
1992 Stanford (Lea Loveless, Lori Heisick, Summer Sanders, Janel Jorgensen), 3:35.64
1993 Stanford (Lea Loveless, Lori Heisick, Janel Jorgensen, Lisa Jacob), 3:37.27
1998 Stanford (Catherine Fox, Elin Austevoll, Misty Hyman, Siobhan Cropper), 3:33.61
1999 Stanford (Shelly Ripple, Elin Austevoll, Misty Hyman, Catherine Fox), 3:33.75
2001 Stanford (Shelly Ripple, Tara Kirk, Misty Hyman, Siobhan Cropper), 3:32.43
2002 Stanford (Amy Wagner, Tara Kirk, Shelly Ripple, Lacey Boutwell), 3:31.74
2014 Stanford (Maya DiRado, Katie Olsen, Felicia Lee, Lia Neal) 3:27.51
1 Stanford-PC 'A' 3:29.89 3:26.41ND1-A 40
1) Howe, Ally FR 2) r:0.24 Olsen, Katie SR
3) r:0.19 Hu, Janet FR 4) r:0.19 Manuel, Simone FR
r:+0.63 25.40 52.00 (52.00)
1:19.25 (27.25) 1:50.07 (58.07)
2:13.43 (23.36) 2:40.96 (50.89)
3:02.74 (21.78) 3:26.41 (45.45)
2 Virginia-VA 'A' 3:28.27 3:26.42ND1-A 34
1) Bartholomew, Courtney JR 2) r:0.35 Simon, Laura SO
3) r:0.26 Williamson, Ellen SR 4) r:0.24 Thomas, Ellen SO
r:+0.59 24.45 50.19 (50.19)
1:17.22 (27.03) 1:47.71 (57.52)
2:11.20 (23.49) 2:38.73 (51.02)
3:00.88 (22.15) 3:26.42 (47.69)
3 California-PC 'A' 3:30.63 3:27.17ND1-A 32
1) Bootsma, Rachel JR 2) r:0.04 Garcia, Marina SO
3) r:0.17 Osman, Farida SO 4) r:0.36 Franklin, Missy SO
r:+0.55 24.59 50.84 (50.84)
1:18.44 (27.60) 1:50.12 (59.28)
2:13.44 (23.32) 2:41.19 (51.07)
3:03.32 (22.13) 3:27.17 (45.98)
1. Georgia 172 2. California 162 3. Stanford 111 4. Texas A&M 82.5 5. Virginia 76 5. Louisville 76 7. Wisconsin 54 8. Tennessee 52 9. Southern California 46 10. Arizona 44 11. Texas 42 12. NC State 41 13. Auburn 32 14. Missouri 30 15. Florida 27 16. UNC 24 16. Notre Dame 24 18. Kentucky 21 19. Penn State 19 19. Minnesota 19 21. Purdue 14 22. Illinois State University 12 23. Florida State 11 24. So. Methodist 8 25. Miami University (Ohio) 7 25. Indiana 7 27. University of Miami (Florida) 6 28. Florida Gulf Coast 4.5 29. Iowa 4 29. San Diego State 4 31. Hawaii (W) 3 31. Michigan 3 33. Ohio State 2
Duel in the Pool Anchor
2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, Day One Results – Results
Amazing!
I support this use of the verb Lezak.
SO much better verb than that stupid “twerk”, lol! And Simone truly did “Lezak” UVA. Remarkable and inspiring swim! Putting on quite a show for her hometown fans! Have watched her progress since she was 12, amazing talent and really nice person.
check out the relays listed at the bottom of the article for some familiar names!! 🙂