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The Stanford Cardinal had history on the line as they had a chance to become only the third team to win all five relays at an NCAA Championships, as well as become the third school to win 13 total titles in a single NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships.
Stanford joins 2005 Georgia and 2008 Arizona as winners of all five relays, and joins Florida (1982-1988) and Stanford (1993) to win 13 total titles in a single meet.
The Stanford Cardinal capped off the historic meet with a 3:07.94 and a 45.47 anchor from Simone Manuel. They were a little off the record they set last year at 3:07.61. Janet Hu (47.49), Ella Eastin (47.13), Katie Drabot (47.85) and Manuel (45.47) swam for the Cardinal.
It wasn’t easy though as Cal gave them everything they could handle as they were second at 3:08.05.
Amy Bilquist (47.59), Abbey Weitzeil (46.37), Kathleen Baker (47.21) and Katie McLaughlin (46.88) swam for the Golden Bears.
There was a big race for third in the relay that eventually went to Virginia at 3:10.50. They out-touched Louisville (3:10.53) and Michigan (3:10.73) in the end.
Tennessee (3:11.89), Texas (3:12.50) and Texas A&M (3:13.10) also swam in the championship final.
The fastest splits in the field came from Manuel, Weitzeil, McLaughlin and Mallory Comerford (46.67).
Event 21 Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA: N 3:07.61 3/18/2017 Stanford
S Manuel, K Ledecky, J Hu, L Neal
American: A 3:07.61 3/18/2017 Stanford
S Manuel, K Ledecky, J Hu, L Neal
U.S. Open: O 3:07.61 3/18/2017 Stanford
S Manuel, K Ledecky, J Hu, L Neal
Meet: C 3:07.61 3/17/2017 Stanford
S Manuel, K Ledecky, J Hu, L Neal
Pool: P 3:10.96 2/17/2018 Michigan
C Deloof, S Haughey, D Pyshnenko, G Deloof
3:15.43 AUTO NCAA A Standard
3:16.93 CONS NCAA B Standard
School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Stanford 3:11.15 3:07.94P 40
1) Janet Hu SR 2) r:0.12 Ella Eastin JR
3) r:0.27 Katie Drabot SO 4) r:0.39 Simone Manuel SR
r:+0.57 22.75 47.49 (47.49)
1:10.14 (22.65) 1:34.62 (47.13)
1:57.57 (22.95) 2:22.47 (47.85)
2:44.09 (21.62) 3:07.94 (45.47)
2 California 3:11.23 3:08.05P 34
1) Amy Bilquist JR 2) r:0.26 Abbey Weitzeil SO
3) r:0.25 Kathleen Baker JR 4) r:0.26 Katie McLaughlin JR
r:+0.67 22.68 47.59 (47.59)
1:09.09 (21.50) 1:33.96 (46.37)
1:56.32 (22.36) 2:21.17 (47.21)
2:43.23 (22.06) 3:08.05 (46.88)
3 Virginia 3:12.41 3:10.50P 32
1) Morgan Hill SO 2) r:0.42 Laine Reed SR
3) r:0.15 Kyla Valls FR 4) r:0.02 Caitlin Cooper SR
r:+0.65 23.23 48.23 (48.23)
1:11.00 (22.77) 1:35.63 (47.40)
1:58.08 (22.45) 2:23.10 (47.47)
2:45.30 (22.20) 3:10.50 (47.40)
4 Louisville 3:11.51 3:10.53P 30
1) Mallory Comerford JR 2) r:0.11 Lainey Visscher SO
3) r:0.10 Arina Openysheva FR 4) r:0.33 Casey Fanz SO
r:+0.65 22.53 46.67 (46.67)
1:09.15 (22.48) 1:34.81 (48.14)
1:57.38 (22.57) 2:22.60 (47.79)
2:45.38 (22.78) 3:10.53 (47.93)
5 Michigan 3:11.88 3:10.73P 28
1) Gabby Deloof SR 2) r:0.30 Catie Deloof JR
3) r:0.44 Siobhan Haughey JR 4) r:0.34 Daria Pyshnenko FR
r:+0.70 23.01 47.91 (47.91)
1:10.74 (22.83) 1:35.66 (47.75)
1:58.30 (22.64) 2:22.72 (47.06)
2:45.27 (22.55) 3:10.73 (48.01)
6 Tennessee 3:12.46 3:11.89 26
1) Erika Brown SO 2) r:0.28 Meghan Small SO
3) r:0.30 Bailey Grinter FR 4) r:0.37 Stanzi Moseley SO
r:+0.68 22.85 47.79 (47.79)
1:10.44 (22.65) 1:35.61 (47.82)
1:58.73 (23.12) 2:23.99 (48.38)
2:46.99 (23.00) 3:11.89 (47.90)
7 Texas 3:12.63 3:12.50 24
1) Claire Adams SO 2) r:0.14 Rebecca Millard SR
3) r:0.24 Brooke Hansen JR 4) r:0.32 Anelise Diener JR
r:+0.74 23.00 47.67 (47.67)
1:10.05 (22.38) 1:35.36 (47.69)
1:58.45 (23.09) 2:23.99 (48.63)
2:46.80 (22.81) 3:12.50 (48.51)
8 Texas A&M 3:12.66 3:13.10 22
1) Beryl Gastaldello SR 2) r:0.26 Claire Rasmus JR
3) r:0.42 Katie Portz SO 4) r:0.26 Kristin Malone SR
r:+0.64 22.80 47.11 (47.11)
1:10.43 (23.32) 1:35.42 (48.31)
1:59.01 (23.59) 2:24.49 (49.07)
2:47.36 (22.87) 3:13.10 (48.61)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 21 1. Stanford 593 2. California 373 3. Texas A&M 299 4. Michigan 267 5. Louisville 232 6. Texas 221.5 7. Tennessee 180.5 8. Indiana 169 9. Virginia 161 10. Minnesota 157 11. Georgia 135 12. Southern Cal 127 13. Ohio St 123 14. Kentucky 97 15. Missouri 86 16. Auburn 82.5 17. Wisconsin 78 18. NC State 70 19. Purdue 51 20. Arizona 46 20. South Carolina 46 22. Northwestern 40 23. Arizona St 34 24. University of Nevada 33 25. UNC 32 26. UCLA 31 27. Arkansas 30 28. Hawaii 29.5 29. Penn St 26 30. Alabama 23 31. Denver 20 32. Eastern Mich 18 33. Virginia Tech 14 33. Miami University 14 35. Nebraska 11 35. Florida 11 37. Wyoming 9 38. Louisiana State University 8 39. Akron 6 39. Rutgers 6 41. Notre Dame 4 42. Duke 3 42. Florida St 3 44. West Virginia 2 44. University of Miami 2
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I didn’t realize that Great Britain was competing at NCAAs. ?