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USC raced its way to the program’s second NCAA relay title ever, while Georgia delivered Jack Bauerle his seventh NCAA team title with a second-place finish at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
USC’s Kasia Wilk, Kirsten Vose, Chelsea Chenault and Anika Apostalon back-loaded their relay en route to winning in 3:09.69.
That’s USC’s second NCAA relay title ever, and first since USC’s 1994 800-yard free relay won in 7:11.89:
1994 Southern California (Jennifer Stephen, Kristine Quance, Ulrika Reinholdt, Ayako Nakano), 7:11.89
Georgia’s Olivia Smoliga, Brittany MacLean, Meaghan Raab and Hali Flickinger finished second in 3:10.82 as they did what they needed to do to hold off a final-day charge from Stanford to win Georgia’s seventh NCAA title. That’s Jack Bauerle’s seventh in 37 years at the helm of the Bulldogs, tying him with Richard Quick for the most titles at a single school. Quick won a total of 12 women’s NCAA titles, but did so between Stanford (7) and Texas (5).
Texas A&M’s Beryl Gastaldello, Kristin Malone, Claire Rasmus and Sarah Gibson took third in 3:11.91.
Stanford, needing to win the event and have Georgia finish seventh or worse to win the NCAA title, finished fourth with a 3:12.08.
=== A - Final ===
1 USC 3:10.97 3:09.69P 40
1) Wilk, Kasia FR 2) Vose, Kirsten FR
3) Chenault, Chelsea JR 4) Apostalon, Anika JR
22.89 47.60 (47.60)
1:10.24 (22.64) 1:35.05 (47.45)
1:57.99 (22.94) 2:22.92 (47.87)
2:44.97 (22.05) 3:09.69 (46.77)
2 Georgia 3:12.38 3:10.82P 34
1) Smoliga, Olivia JR 2) MacLean, Brittany SR
3) Raab, Meaghan SO 4) Flickinger, Hali SR
22.35 46.87 (46.87)
1:09.83 (22.96) 1:34.51 (47.64)
1:57.57 (23.06) 2:22.51 (48.00)
2:45.54 (23.03) 3:10.82 (48.31)
3 Tex AM 3:13.57 3:11.91 32
1) Gastaldello, Beryl SO 2) Malone, Kristin SO
3) Rasmus, Claire FR 4) Gibson, Sarah JR
22.61 47.19 (47.19)
1:10.24 (23.05) 1:35.43 (48.24)
1:58.87 (23.44) 2:24.20 (48.77)
2:46.95 (22.75) 3:11.91 (47.71)
4 Stanford 3:12.21 3:12.08 30
1) Hu, Janet SO 2) Eastin, Ella FR
3) Engel, Lindsey SO 4) Neal, Lia JR
23.03 48.31 (48.31)
1:11.60 (23.29) 1:36.37 (48.06)
1:59.22 (22.85) 2:24.91 (48.54)
2:47.53 (22.62) 3:12.08 (47.17)
5 NC State 3:14.07 3:12.61 28
1) Zevnik, Alexia JR 2) Bonnema, Riki SR
3) Duffield, Krista SO 4) Caldwell, Courtney FR
23.25 47.91 (47.91)
1:10.72 (22.81) 1:36.49 (48.58)
1:59.36 (22.87) 2:25.08 (48.59)
2:47.75 (22.67) 3:12.61 (47.53)
6 California 3:12.39 3:12.84 26
1) Bilquist, Amy FR 2) Bootsma, Rachel SR
3) Baker, Kathleen FR 4) Osman, Farida JR
23.25 48.61 (48.61)
1:11.34 (22.73) 1:36.44 (47.83)
1:59.63 (23.19) 2:25.31 (48.87)
2:47.84 (22.53) 3:12.84 (47.53)
7 Louisville 3:13.37 3:13.21 24
1) Worrell, Kelsi SR 2) Kneppers, Andrea SR
3) Comerford, Mallory FR 4) Sellers, Alex JR
22.80 47.33 (47.33)
1:10.60 (23.27) 1:36.21 (48.88)
1:59.10 (22.89) 2:23.97 (47.76)
2:47.21 (23.24) 3:13.21 (49.24)
8 Tennessee 3:12.84 3:13.42 22
1) Toussaint, Kira JR 2) Bruens, Harper SR
3) Bohon, Micah SO 4) Johnson, Faith SR
22.97 48.28 (48.28)
1:11.07 (22.79) 1:36.65 (48.37)
1:59.69 (23.04) 2:25.56 (48.91)
2:48.44 (22.88) 3:13.42 (47.86)
=== B - Final ===
9 Michigan 3:15.66 3:12.98 18
1) Haughey, Siobhan FR 2) Postoll, Becca FR
3) Deloof, Ali SR 4) Deloof, Gabby SO
23.31 48.10 (48.10)
1:10.95 (22.85) 1:36.66 (48.56)
1:59.04 (22.38) 2:24.00 (47.34)
2:47.17 (23.17) 3:12.98 (48.98)
10 Virginia 3:14.08 3:13.79 14
1) Moroney, Megan FR 2) Thomas, Ellen JR
3) Cooper, Caitlin SO 4) Eddy, Eryn FR
23.42 48.69 (48.69)
1:11.63 (22.94) 1:36.61 (47.92)
1:59.48 (22.87) 2:25.18 (48.57)
2:48.19 (23.01) 3:13.79 (48.61)
11 Arizona 3:14.21 3:14.13 12
1) Konopka, Katrina FR 2) Ochitwa, Annie FR
3) Kremer, Paige SO 4) Schick, Taylor SR
23.07 48.56 (48.56)
1:11.37 (22.81) 1:36.86 (48.30)
2:00.23 (23.37) 2:26.19 (49.33)
2:48.98 (22.79) 3:14.13 (47.94)
12 UNC 3:14.75 3:14.42 10
1) Hardesty, Allyn SR 2) Baldwin, Caroline SO
3) Hitchens, Sarah JR 4) Earp, Lauren SR
23.30 48.83 (48.83)
1:11.53 (22.70) 1:37.50 (48.67)
2:00.32 (22.82) 2:25.92 (48.42)
2:49.16 (23.24) 3:14.42 (48.50)
13 Texas 3:15.21 3:14.84 8
1) Millard, Rebecca SO 2) Hansen, Brooke FR
3) Schneider, Mimi SO 4) Karosas, Tasija JR
22.98 48.05 (48.05)
1:11.33 (23.28) 1:36.90 (48.85)
2:00.15 (23.25) 2:26.09 (49.19)
2:49.33 (23.24) 3:14.84 (48.75)
14 Florida 3:15.34 3:15.07 6
1) Maughan, Amelia SO 2) Hinds, Natalie SR
3) Linn, Ashlee SR 4) McKnight, Lindsey SR
23.85 49.43 (49.43)
1:11.72 (22.29) 1:36.38 (46.95)
1:59.69 (23.31) 2:25.49 (49.11)
2:48.94 (23.45) 3:15.07 (49.58)
15 Penn St 3:15.45 3:15.87 4
1) Ackman, Alyson SR 2) Price, Niki SO
3) Sinatro, Haley SR 4) Jones, Kaitlin SR
23.44 48.59 (48.59)
1:11.90 (23.31) 1:37.43 (48.84)
2:00.58 (23.15) 2:26.75 (49.32)
2:50.15 (23.40) 3:15.87 (49.12)
16 Ohio St 3:15.69 3:16.22 2
1) Li, Liz SO 2) Jongekrijg, Annie SR
3) Dzierzak, Rachael SR 4) McNichols, Macie SO
22.74 48.05 (48.05)
1:11.11 (23.06) 1:37.15 (49.10)
2:00.49 (23.34) 2:26.79 (49.64)
2:50.40 (23.61) 3:16.22 (49.43)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 21 1. Georgia 414 2. Stanford 395 3. California 358 4. Texas A&M 309 5. Virginia 264 6. Southern Cali 244.5 7. Indiana 228 8. Louisville 220 9. NC State 155 10. Michigan 150 11. Missouri 139 12. Arizona 120 13. Tennessee 111 14. Ohio St 84 15. Texas 79 16. Minnesota 70 17. UCLA 68 18. UNC 66 19. Florida 63.5 20. Nevada 56 21. Wisconsin 49 22. Kentucky 40 23. Purdue 35 24. Miami University (Ohio) 33 25. Virginia Tech 23 25. Penn St 23 27. Lsu 21 28. Alabama 20 29. South Carolina 18 29. Umbc (W) 18 31. Arizona St 16 32. Northwestern University 15 33. Auburn 14 34. Harvard 11 34. Kansas 11 34. Air Force (W) 11 37. Denver 10 38. Iowa 9 39. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 7 40. Miami (Fl) 6 40. Smu 6 42. Pittsburgh 4 42. University of Hawaii (W) 4 44. Wyoming (W) 3 44. Eastern Mich 3 46. Cincinnati 2 47. Florida Gulf 1 47. Rutgers 1
