Cal wins first Pac-12 title since 2015, Stanford’s Snaps 4 years in a row

Cal wins first Pac-12 title since 2015, Stanford’s Snaps 4 years in a row

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2021 PAC-12 FEMALE SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP

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

The 2021 Pac-12 Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships came to an end in Houston, with the last two days a fierce team title bout between Cal and four-time champion Stanford. On the final day of the competition, Cal stepped away from Stanford to win the 2021 team title and break the Cardinals’ four-year streak. This is now the fifth title of the Cal team championship in the history of the conference, the second most titles.

Cal had a dominant encounter winning 7 individual events, placing second in 10 events and winning all 5 relays. Junior Izzy Ivey won the Swimmer of the Meet thanks to the three individual Pac-12 titles won during the competition: 100 fly (50.87), 100 back (51.13), 100 free (47.54). Freshman Isabelle Stadden and junior Alicia Wilson both finished second and won an individual event, worth 88 points each. Stadden won the 200 back (1: 50.83) on the last day, while Wilson kicked off the first day with his 200 IM win.

Senior Robin Neumann he had an extraordinary performance in the 200 free finals, winning his first Pac-12 title (1: 43.40) after 11 A finals and five finals in third place over his four years in this match. Second year Rachel Klinker won the last individual event, the 200 fly (1: 52.82), to distance the Bears from the rest of the teams.

Second year Ayla Spitzsenior diver Briana Thai, second year Eloise Riley, 1650 runner-up free Sarah Dimeco, and junior runner-up in double breast stroke Ema Rajic all scored more than 75 points for the team’s total of 1,519.50 points for Cal.

LIME SCORE DISSOLUTION

Scoring analysis provided by Andrew Mering.

YEAR SPOTS EVENT PLACE, PLACE TIME POWER EVENT PLACE, PLACE TIME POWER EVENT PLACE, PLACE TIME POWER
Ivey, Izzy JR 96 100 Fly 1 50.87 837 100 Back 1 51.13 797 100 free 1 47.54 828
Stadden, Isabelle FR 88 200 IM two 1: 55.80 766 100 Back two 51.17 794 200 Back 1 1: 50.83 797
Wilson, Alicia JR 88 200 IM 1 1: 53.65 840 400 IM two 4: 04,22 785 200 Back two 1: 52.67 743
Neumann, Robin SR 86 500 free 4 4: 39.96 739 200 free 1 1: 43.4 803 100 free two 47.94 790
Klinker, Rachel THEN 82 500 free 7 4: 42.99 696 100 Fly 3 51.79 768 200 Fly 1 1: 52.82 832
Spitz, Ayla THEN 81 500 free 3 4: 38.05 766 200 free two 1: 44.1 772 200 Back 4 1: 53.21 728
Thai, briana SR 78 1 mtr of diving 3 312.05 3 meter dive 4 315.45 Platform diving 5 270.15
Riley, Eloise THEN 76.5 50 free two 22.24 742 200 free 6 1: 47.56 635 100 free 5 48.77 717
Dimeco, Sarah THEN 76 500 free 6 4: 41.91 711 400 IM 6 4: 12.67 655 1650 free two 16: 06.45 676
Rajic, Ema JR 73 200 IM 10 1: 58.93 671 100 breasts two 58.45 824 200 breasts two 2: 07.19 786
Garcia, Elise JR 68.5 50 free 7 22.32 728 100 Fly 9 52.78 700 100 free 4 48.73 721
Harrison, Ali SR 61 100 Fly 14 53.9 627 100 breast 6 1: 00.4 703 200 breasts 6 2: 11.38 679
Laughlin, Tea FR 55 200 IM 17 2: 00.4 627 100 Back 4 52.51 711 200 Back 9 1: 54.11 704
Gantriis, Emily FR 45 50 free 17 22.23 744 200 free 7 1: 47.61 633 100 free 14 49.38 668
Haigh, Kayla FR 26 1 mtr of diving 14 244.55 3 meter dive 18 217.35 Platform diving 19 171.8
Tuck, Natalie SR 25 200 IM 18 2: 01.65 588 100 breast 20 1: 03.08 546 200 breasts 14 2: 16.75 540
Allen, Mara FR 22 500 free 17 4: 49.47 607 200 free 14 1: 49.05 575 100 free 32 51.24 507
Skorus-Neely, Alexa SR 22 200 IM 15 2: 01,21 602 100 breasts 24 1: 04.53 449 200 breasts 17 2: 18.08 500
Graham, Cassie THEN 21 1 mtr of diving 21 204.15 3 meter dive 20 193.25 Platform diving 15 187.35
Bailey, Elizabeth SR 19 100 Fly 22 55.4 520 100 Back 23 56.65 447 200 Fly 13 2: 02.68 494
Riley, Isabella FR 8 50 free 44 24.29 350 100 Back 20 55.99 495 200 Back 22 2:00.96 504
Davidson, Emma THEN 3 50 free 34 23.53 509 100 breast 22 1: 03.89 493 100 free 30 51.03 527

Stanford still holds the highest number of team titles, with 23, while Arizona remains with the third largest, with four. In 2021, Stanford came in second with 74.5 points. Stanford’s last runner-up as a team came from the 2016 Pac-12, where the USC won its first Pac-12 team title.

Championship titles by Pac-12 teams of all time

  • 1st: Stanford – 23
  • 2nd: Cal – 5
  • 3rd: Arizona – 4
  • 4th: UCLA – 2
  • 5th: USC – 1

Winning third place by 63 points were UCLA Bruins, breaking the first three teams for the first time since 2006. Junior Claire Grover it was part of a tie for three for the second place in the 50 free, along with the conquest of a 4th place in the 100 chest. Freshman Sam Baron he was also runner-up in the event on 100 flights, as well as swimming for fourth place on 200 flights. USC took fourth place this year with just 15 athletes scoring, while UCLA had 25, contributing to the submission of the Bruins team.

Looking at the history of UCLA in the Pac-12 championships, the Bruins came in third from 1987-1991, followed by runners-up in 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1996. The Bruins did not make it into the top three again until 2001 and Titles of teams in 2003 and his runner-up finish in 2004. UCLA finished second as a team in 2006.

Utah ranked 5th as a team over Arizona by 124.5 points, another noteworthy result. Utah was not competing in the Pac-12s until 2012. His best team ranking was 6th place for three 2014-2016 teams. At the 2021 meeting, Utah beat Arizona for the first time in this meeting.

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