Live recap of the finals of day 4

Live recap of the finals of day 4

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2021 PAC-12 FEMALE SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP

CURRENT TEAM SCORE

  1. Stanford, 1091
  2. Cal, 1074.5
  3. UCLA, 789
  4. USC, 732.5
  5. Utah, 657
  6. Arizona, 633
  7. Washington State, 355

Heat sheet from the end of day 4

The team race for the 2021 Pac-12 Women’s Championships will be held here in Houston, with Cal just 16.5 points behind the four-time Pac-12 champion, Stanford. In the race for third place, UCLA surpassed the USC by 56.5 points. Meanwhile, Utah is 24 points ahead of Arizona for 5th place. The end of the competition will be the seeded 1650 free heat, followed by the finals of the 200 back, 100 free, 200 chest, 200 fly and 400 timed free relay finals.

Stanford Junior Morgan Tankersley arrives as the current Pac-12 champion in 1650 for free, with Cal in his second year Sarah Dimecosowing time just 4 seconds from Tankersley. On the other hand, Cal freshman Isabelle Stadden will fight for her first Pac-12 title in the 200 coasts, where she leads for a second over junior teammate Alicia Wilson.

The final of the 100 free championship will feature four Cal Bears in the middle lanes, led by 2021 Pac-12 junior champion duo Izzy Ivey and 200 senior champion free Robin Neumann. Chest 200 is a different story, as a freshman from USC Kaitlyn Dobler leads the long breast event coming out of second place among the 50 free and surpassing 100 breasts last night. She will be accompanied by a USC teammate Isa Odgers, Stanford juniors Allie Raab and Zoe Barteland Cal Júnior Ema Rajic.

The last individual event, the 200 fly, will have the presence of the top seed Cal from the second year Rachel Klinker, Junior USC Hallie Kinsey, Stanford Senior Hannah Kukurugya, and freshman from UCLA Sam Baron. In the 400 free relay, Cal is sown four tenths ahead of Stanford, while UCLA is sown two tenths ahead of the USC.

WOMEN’S 1650 FREE – FINALS WITH TIME

  • Pac-12 Meet Record: 15: 40.17 – Cierra Runge (Cal) – 2015
  • Pac-12 Record: 15: 03.31 – Katie Ledecky (Stanford) – 2016
  • NCAA cut “A”: 15: 52,41
  • 2020 Champion: Morgan Tankersley (Stanford) – 15: 50.81
  1. Morgan Tankersley (Stanford) – 16: 03.27
  2. Sarah Dimeco (Cal) – 16: 06.45
  3. Isabel Gormley (Stanford) – 16: 11,44

The defense of his Pac-12 title was that of Stanford Morgan Tankersley, winning with the best time of 16: 03.27. Second place was with Cal Sarah Dimeco, playing at 16: 06.45. Tankersley is now 6th in the NCAA this season, while Dimeco is now 11th. Giving the Cardinals a 1-3 finish was Stanford Isabel Gormley, playing at 16: 11,44.

From the first battery that happened about two hours before the main battery, the Utah freshman Taylor Kabacy swam the 7th overall time with 16: 42.88. That beats the best mark of her life at 16: 49.72 in the WA 2017 senior state meeting in 7 seconds when she was 16. Daniella Hawkins (16: 48.21) came in second in the heat, which is 9th overall, followed by another freshman from Utah Cameron Daniell (16: 56.29, 11th).

UCLA and Utah had a solid display in the 1650 free-timed finals, with UCLA gaining 108 points and Utah gaining 105 miles of points. The team’s scores are now Stanford with 1,150 points, followed by Cal (1,102.5), UCLA (897), Utah (762), USC (732,5), Arizona (633) and Washington State (369).

200 WOMEN BACK – FINAL

  • Pac-12 Meet Record: 1: 48,27 – Kathleen Baker (Cal) – 2018
  • Registration Pac-12: 1: 47,30 – Kathleen Baker (Cal) – 2018
  • Cut NCAA “A”: 1: 50.50
  • 2020 Champion: Erin Voss (Stanford) – 1: 51.37
  1. Isabelle Stadden (Cal) – 1: 50.83
  2. Alicia Wilson (Cal) – 1: 52.67
  3. Audrey Reimer (Utah) – 1: 52.91

Winning his first Pac-12 title after being second in the 200 IM and second again in the 100 backs was Cal Freshman Isabelle Stadden, scoring with a dominant 1: 50.83. Stadden still holds the second time in the NCAA at 1: 49.77, behind Alabama only Rhyan White (1: 48.55). The Bears finished 1-2 with Cal junior Alicia Wilson stopping the clock at 1: 52.67.

Utah’s Audrey Reimer continued the momentum of the team after a great achievement in 1650 free with their third place in 1: 52.91, just four tenths of their best career record. Meanwhile, earning 4th place points for Cal was in his second year Ayla Spitz (1: 53,21). Freshman lime Tea Laughlin got 20 points with his victory in the final B at 1: 54.11.

Cal now leads Stanford by 5.5 points in the team’s standings.

100 FREE WOMEN – FINALS

  • Pac-12 Meet Record: 46.35 – Abbey Weitzeil (Cal) – 2019
  • Registration Pac-12: 45,56 – Simone Manuel (Stanford) – 2017
  • NCAA cut “A”: 47.18
  • 2020 Champion: Laticia Transom (USC) – 47.85
  1. Izzy Ivey (Cal) – 47.54
  2. Robin Neumann (Cal) – 47.94
  3. Anicka Delgado (USC) – 48.44

Winning his third Pac-12 title this week was Cal Júnior Izzy Ivey, winning the final of 100 free with 47.54. The best of her life at 47.24 was swam almost 2 weeks ago in the 2021 Cal / Stanford double encounter. Approaching Ivey for a tight second was the senior teammate Robin Neumann (47.94), giving the Bears another 1-2 finish.

In the preliminaries, Cal placed the 4 main seeds. During tonight’s final, junior Elise Garcia (48.73) and second year Eloise Riley (48.77) came in 4th and 5th, respectively, giving Cal 111 points only in Final A. Sandwiched between Cal Bears was the freshman from USC Anicka Delgado, stopping the clock at 48.44.

Winning the final B was the senior of the State of Washington Chloe Larson, punching the wall at 48.74, breaking 49 seconds for the first time in his career.

Cal now has a 45.5 point advantage over Stanford, with only three events to go.

200 WOMEN BREASTFEEDING – FINAL

  • Pac-12 Meet Record: 2: 04,75 – Rebecca Soni (USC) – 2009
  • Record Pac-12: 2: 04,75 – Rebecca Soni (USC) – 2009
  • Cut NCAA “A”: 2: 06.84
  • 2020 Champion: Brooke Forde (Stanford) – 2: 07.35
  1. Kaitlyn Dobler (USC) – 2: 06.53
  2. Ema Rajic (Cal) – 2: 07.19
  3. Allie Raab (Stanford) – 2: 07.31

The rapture of the breaststroke events in Houston was that of the USC Kaitlyn Dobler, winning the breast 200 with a 2: 06,53. This swim took two seconds from its 2: 08.42 preliminary swim and came in 8th place in the NCAA this season. Cal’s Ema Rajic won the race in a fast 1: 00.12 and remained in 2nd place with 2: 07.19. Rajic swam his best life time 2: 07.16 at Stanford Invite 2020 last November.

Stanford’s Allie Raab ranked third at 2: 07.31 as a teammate Zoe Bartel finished fourth at 2: 08.26. USC junior Isa Odgers came in 5th place at 2: 09.28, putting all of the top 5 below 2:10.

The USC Dobler and Odgers 1-5 result regained the Trojans’ 4th place in the Utah standings by 40.5 points. Cal remains ahead of Stanford for the 2021 team title.

WOMEN 200 FLIGHTS – FINAL

  • Pac-12 Meet Record: 1: 49.51 – Ella Eastin (Stanford) – 2018
  • Record Pac-12: 1: 49,51 – Ella Eastin (Stanford) – 2018
  • Cut NCAA “A”: 1: 53.20
  • 2020 Champion: Louise Hansson (USC) – 1: 51.26
  1. Rachel Klinker (Cal) – 1: 52.82
  2. Hallie Kinsey (USC) – 1: 56.25
  3. Hannah Kukurugya (Stanford) – 1: 56,29

For the last 50 of the race, Cal’s Rachel Klinker had already established itself as the clear winner. Taking home the last 50 half a second faster than the rest of the field, Klinker sealed his Pac-12 title with 1: 52.82, beating half a second from his best 1: 53.51 mark at the end of January. His timing also makes Klinker the 19th fastest American artist on the 200-yard fly.

Playing Stanford’s Hannah Kukurugya by 0.04s for second place was USC’s Hallie Kinsey, touching the wall at 1: 56.25, taking two tenths of his morning dip.

Cal now extends his lead to 62.5 points over Stanford for the Pac-12 team title. UCLA is now 165 points ahead of USC for third place.

WOMEN 400 FREE RELAY – TIMED FINALS

  • Pac-12 Meet Record: 3: 07.41 – Cal – 2019
  • Registration Pac-12: 3: 06,96 – Cal – 2019
  • Cut NCAA “A”: 3: 14.61
  • 2020 Champion: USC – 3: 10.76
  1. Cal- 3: 11.27
  2. USC- 3: 14.18
  3. UCLA- 3: 15.28

Sweeping all five relays was Cal, sealing the 400 free relay title and the team title with his winning time of 3: 11.27, now # 3 on the NCAA this season. Contributing to the relay were Riley (48.40), Neumann (47.96), Garcia (48.10) and Ivey (46.81).

Second came USC, scoring 3: 14.18, highlighting the senior Jemma Schlicht (48.37). In third place was UCLA, whose time of 3: 15.28 was just 0.05s ahead of the time of Stanford’s 4th place (3: 15.33). UCLA junior Claire Grover anchored Bruins at 48.17, which was more than half a second faster than any Stanford swimmer.

Cal’s team title win here in Houston marks Bears ‘first Pac-12 victory since 2015, breaking the Stanford Cardinals’ winning streak for 4 years. UCLA also finished in a historic 3rd place, the team’s best result since 2006. Behind USC for 5th place was Utah, becoming the program’s best result since joining the Pac-12s in 2012 and defeating Arizona by first time.

Final team scores

  1. Cal, 1519.5
  2. Stanford, 1445
  3. UCLA, 1169
  4. USC, 1006
  5. Utah, 951.5
  6. Arizona, 827
  7. Washington State, 533

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