Results (PDF)
Federal Way, Wash.
- Stanford took the lead after day two of competition at the Pac-12 Womens Swimming and Diving and Mens Diving Championships, held at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash. The Cardinal took podium spots in all five events of the day, including a sweep of the 500-yard freestyle.
CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
Womens One-Meter
UCLAs
Eloise Belanger
kicked off womens diving with a win in the 1-meter in a score of 324.30.
The Canadian junior beat the 2016 Pac-12 Champion in the event, Stanfords
Kassidy Cook
, by just under four points.
Cook was second in the event with a score of 320.90.
Rounding out the top three was Arizona State freshman
Frida Kaellgren
with a score of 302.90.
500-yard Freestyle
Stanfords
Katie Ledecky
defended her Pac-12 title by winning the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 4:26.09, just one second shy of the Pac-12 Championship record she set in 2017 (4:25.15).
The sophomore also led the way for a Stanford sweep of the podium.
Stanford junior
Ella Eastin
took second in a time of 4:34.04 and her teammate freshman
Lauren Pitzer
took third in a time of 4:36.61.
Ledecky and Eastin clocked times fast enough for NCAA A standards, while Pitzer swam an NCAA B standard.
200-yard Individual Medley
Following Stanfords dominance in the 500-yard freestyle, California responded by taking the top two spots in the 200-yard individual medley.
California junior
Kathleen Baker
won in a time of 1:52.70 with freshman teammate
Sarah Darcel
following closely for second in 1:54.50.
Stanford freshman
Brooke Forde
was third in a time of 1:54.98.
All three times were fast enough for NCAA A standards.
50-yard Freestyle
Stanford senior
Simone Manuel
defended her Pac-12 title and broke her Pac-12 Championship record with a time of 21.20 to win the 50-yard freestyle.
Sophomore
Abbey Weitzeil
of California was second in a time of 21.41 and her teammate junior
Amy Bilquist
took third in a time of 21.74.
All three podium times were good enough for the NCAA A standard in the event.
Mens Three-Meter
USC took two of three podium spots with sophomore
Henry Fusaro
taking first with a score of 434.80 and his teammate senior
Dashielle Enos
coming in second with a score of 420.25.
Enos was the two-time Pac-12 Champion coming into the event, but posted his best mark of the three years in todays final.
Stanfords
Tarek Adbelghany
rounded out the top three with a time of 415.35.
200-yard Freestyle Relay
California continued its relay dominance by winning the 200-yard freestyle relay, winning all three relays thus far in the 2018 Pac-12 Championships. The team of
Maddie Murphy
,
Amy Bilquist
,
Katie McLaughlin
and
Abbey Weitzeil
clocked a time of 1:25.87, a new Pac-12 Championship record.
Stanfords team of
Janet Hu
,
Simone Manuel
,
Lauren Pitzer
and
Ally Howe
took second in a time of 1:26.81.
USC rounded out the podium in a time of 1:28.43 with an underclassman team of three sophomores and a freshman in
Louise Hansson
,
Marta Ciesla
(FR),
Tatum Wade
and
Catherine Sanchez
.
All three times were NCAA A standards.
Team Scores Through Event 7
1. Stanford - 611.5
2. California - 510.5
3. Arizona State - 354
4. Arizona - 302.5
5. UCLA - 288.5
6. USC - 270
7. Utah - 155
8. Washington State - 142
9. Oregon State - 87
Competition resumes on Friday at 10:30 a.m. PT with the preliminary rounds of the 400-yard individual medley, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke and 100-yard backstroke. The preliminary round of the womens 3-meter starts at 12:15 p.m. PT and the prelims of the mens platform starts at 3 p.m. PT. The final for the mens platform starts at 4:30 p.m. PT. The finals session for the morning swimming events plus the 400-yard medley relay and womens 3-meter will begin at 6 p.m. PT.