Results (PDF)
Federal Way, Wash.
- Stanford keeps a strong lead after day three 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 ended the third day of competition with two record breaking events and nine podium finishes.
CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
Mens Platform
Stanfords
Theodore Miclau
won the mens platform with a score of 398.35. Miclaus win marked the second-straight for the Cardinal after his teammate
Tarek Abdelghany
won the even in 2017.
USCs
Dashiell Enos
took second with a score of 397.75. This marked his second-straight second place of the meet after his podium placing in the 3-meter the day before.
Arizona States
Youssef Selim
, the 1-meter champion crowned the day before, took third with a score of 386.40.
400-yard Individual Medley
Stanford started the finals session of day 3 in dominant fashion with a sweep of the podium in the 400-yard IM.
Katie Ledecky
touched the wall first in a time of 3:56.53 a new American, NCAA, Pac-12 and Pac-12 Championship record.
The previous American record was held by teammate
Ella Eastin
who took second in the event in a time of 3:57.32, also beating her old American record time.
Completing the sweep was
Brooke Forde
. The freshman touched the wall in a time of 4:01.04.
100-yard Butterfly
Following the record setting tone established in the previous event, USCs
Louise Hansson
won the 100-yard butterfly in a new Pac-12 Championship record of 50.17.
Stanfords
Ally Howe
took second in the event in a time of 51.03.
Rounding out the podium was California senior
Noemie Thomas
who took third in a time of 51.11.
All three times were NCAA A Standards.
200-yard Freestyle
Stanfords
Katie Ledecky
won her second event of the night in the 200-yard freestyle. The sophomore swam a time of 1:40.71, just shy of the Pac-12 Championship record set by teammate
Simone Manuel
in 2017 (1:40.37).
Manuel touched the wall right behind Ledecky to take second in a time of 1:40.78.
California freshman
Robin Neumann
took third in a time of 1:43.64.
100-yard Breaststroke
USC junior
Riley Scott
won the 100-yard breaststroke in an NCAA A standard time of 58.81.
Arizona State sophomore
Sil Kansakoski
took second in a time of 59.04.
Stanford again placed on the podium with junior
Kim Williams
taking third in 59.07.
100-yard Backstroke
2018 Pac-12 Womens Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Stanfords
Janet Hu
, won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 49.93.
The senior beat 2016 Olympic medalist, Californias
Kathleen Baker
. Baker took second in a time of 50.13.
Bakers teammate
Amy Bilquist
took third in a time of 51.28.
Womens 3-meter
UCLAs
Eloise Belanger
continued to dominate the diving competition by winning her second event of the meet, the 3-meter, in a score of 369.75.
The junior just out score second place finisher Arizona States
Ashley McCool
who scored 367.95.
Senior
Kassidy Cook
reached the podium for the second time, placing third with a score of 343.94.
400-yard Medley Relay
Stanford closed out day three of competition by breaking the American, NCAA and Pac-12 record they set at the 2017 NCAA Championships.
The team of
Ally Howe
,
Kim Williams
,
Janet Hu
and
Simone Manuel
clocked a time of 3:25.15 also breaking the Pac-12 Championship record.
California followed closely behind to finish second in a time of 3:25.50, also breaking the previous records. The team consisted of
Kathleen Baker
,
Ali Harrison
,
Noemie Thomas
and
Abbey Weitzeil
.
Arizona took third after USC was disqualified. The team of
Katrina Konopka
,
Mallory Korenwinder
,
Mackenzie Rumrill
and
Jamie Stone
clocked a time of 3:32.85.
Team Scores Through Event 12
1. Stanford - 1080.5
2. California - 924
3. Arizona State - 530
4. Arizona - 526.5
5. USC - 507.5
6. UCLA - 415.5
7. Utah - 257
8. Washington State - 184
9. Oregon State - 106