FEDERAL WAY, Washington, February 27. DURING the third evening of swimming at the Pacific 10 Championships, Stanford's Julia Smit added the women's 400-yard IM NCAA record to her coffers.
After setting the NCAA and American record in the women's 200-yard IM with a 1:53.11 earlier in the meet, Smit blazed to a 4:01.56 in the longer distance medley for an NCAA record.
The readout eclipsed the 4:02.28 set by the legendary Summer Sanders back at the 1992 NCAA Championships held in Austin, Texas.
The mark came up a bit short of Dagny Knutson's blistering fast American record of 4:00.62 set last December at the USA Swimming Short Course Championships in Atlanta, Ga.
Event 8 Women 400 Yard IM
=============================================================== Pac 10: P 4:02.28 1992 Summer Sanders, Stanford
Pac 10 Meet: M 4:04.02 2007 Julia Smit, Stanford
NCAA: N 4:02.28 3/20/1992 Summer Sanders, Stanford
4:07.33 NCAA
4:17.22 CONS
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
=============================================================== === A – Final ===
1 Smit, Julia E JR STAN 4:07.33 4:01.56PNCAA 32