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Stanford’s Ella Eastin provided the Cardinal with some salve to mend its wounds from the 200-yard free relay disqualification by throwing down an American and NCAA record in the women’s 200-yard IM at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Eastin unleashed a time of 1:51.65, downing the American, U.S. Open and NCAA record of 1:51.77 set by Caitlin Leverenz for California back in 2012.
That’s Stanford’s NCAA record ninth victory in the event’s history.
Previous Stanford Winners:
1986 Susie Rapp, Stanford, 2:01.80
1990 Janel Jorgensen, Stanford, 1:58.17
1991 Summer Sanders, Stanford, 1:57.02
1992 Summer Sanders, Stanford, 1:55.54
1995 Jenny Thompson, Stanford, 1:57.63
2009 Julia Smit, Stanford, 1:52.79
2010 Julia Smit, Stanford, 1:53.56
2014 Maya DiRado, Stanford 1:52.50
Eastin moved up from seventh in the all-time rankings with a 1:52.77 at Pac 12s last month.
California’s Kathleen Baker threw down a swift time of 1:52.95, just off her eighth-ranked lifetime best of 1:52.80 also from Pac 12s.
USC’s Kirsten Vose picked up third-place overall in 1:54.27, while Texas’ Madisyn Cox snared fourth in 1:54.80.
Texas A&M’s Lisa Bratton (1:55.89), California’s Kelly Naze (1:55.89), Texas A&M’s Sydney Pickrem (1:56.13) and California’s Celina Li (1:56.16) rounded out the top eight.
It was a huge event for California, moving past Georgia into the lead 113.5-112.
Leverenz’ Splits:
24.75, 53.22, 1:24.34, 1:51.77
=== A - Final ===
1 Eastin, Ella FR Stanford 1:54.20 1:51.65N 20
r:+0.67 24.81 52.19 (27.38)
1:24.71 (32.52) 1:51.65 (26.94)
2 Baker, Kathleen FR California 1:54.62 1:52.95P 17
r:+0.72 24.27 52.00 (27.73)
1:25.21 (33.21) 1:52.95 (27.74)
3 Vose, Kirsten FR USC 1:55.39 1:54.27 16
r:+0.78 25.10 54.63 (29.53)
1:27.94 (33.31) 1:54.27 (26.33)
4 Cox, Madisyn JR Texas 1:54.11 1:54.80 15
r:+0.71 25.46 54.67 (29.21)
1:27.27 (32.60) 1:54.80 (27.53)
5 Bratton, Lisa SO Tex AM 1:55.41 1:55.89 13.5
r:+0.72 25.63 54.51 (28.88)
1:28.59 (34.08) 1:55.89 (27.30)
5 Naze, Kelly SR California 1:55.75 1:55.89 13.5
r:+0.79 24.50 53.63 (29.13)
1:28.25 (34.62) 1:55.89 (27.64)
7 *Pickrem, Sydne FR Tex AM 1:55.90 1:56.13 12
r:+0.72 26.19 55.47 (29.28)
1:29.06 (33.59) 1:56.13 (27.07)
8 Li, Celina JR California 1:55.75 1:56.16 11
r:+0.66 25.28 54.82 (29.54)
1:28.50 (33.68) 1:56.16 (27.66)
=== B - Final ===
9 Galat, Bethany SO Tex AM 1:56.84 1:55.26 9
r:+0.64 24.72 54.95 (30.23)
1:27.67 (32.72) 1:55.26 (27.59)
10 Bartholomew, Co SR Virginia 1:56.37 1:55.44 7
r:+0.77 25.18 53.39 (28.21)
1:27.75 (34.36) 1:55.44 (27.69)
11 Cameron, Emily JR Georgia 1:56.76 1:55.50 6
r:+0.67 25.47 55.81 (30.34)
1:28.59 (32.78) 1:55.50 (26.91)
12 *Haughey, Siobh FR Michigan 1:56.41 1:56.01 5
r:+0.75 25.11 54.17 (29.06)
1:28.56 (34.39) 1:56.01 (27.45)
13 Carner, Amanda SR Tennessee 1:56.50 1:56.71 4
r:+0.74 25.80 54.39 (28.59)
1:29.33 (34.94) 1:56.71 (27.38)
14 *Andison, Baile FR Denver 1:56.51 1:56.87 3
r:+0.67 25.53 55.36 (29.83)
1:29.25 (33.89) 1:56.87 (27.62)
15 Jones, Kaitlyn JR Virginia 1:56.51 1:56.91 2
r:+0.68 24.84 53.90 (29.06)
1:28.68 (34.78) 1:56.91 (28.23)
16 Marrkand, Jen SO Virginia 1:56.48 1:57.05 1
r:+0.67 24.56 53.01 (28.45)
1:29.11 (36.10) 1:57.05 (27.94)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 4 1. California 113.5 2. Georgia 112 3. Virginia 86 4. Southern Cali 80 5. Texas A&M 77.5 6. NC State 53 7. Arizona 46 7. Stanford 46 9. Louisville 45 10. Indiana 42 10. Michigan 42 12. Tennessee 38 13. Texas 35 14. Ohio St 24 15. Wisconsin 18 16. Missouri 14 17. UNC 12 18. Penn St 6 19. Kentucky 4 19. Air Force (W) 4 21. Denver 3 21. Purdue 3 23. Florida 2 23. Minnesota 2
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Wow! Congrats Ella!
Go stanford!!
Way to go Ella!!