The 2024 Pac-12 Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the Day 2 prelims from Federal Way, Washington.
The Day 2 events are the 500 freestyle, 200 IM and 50 freestyle.
Pac-12 Women’s 500 Freestyle
Arizona State senior Lindsay Looney swam to the top seed in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:38.85. Her time was near her seed time and she was about a second faster than the field.
Stanford junior Aurora Roghair claimed the second seed in 4:39.61, just ahead of Arizona State sophomore Deniz Ertan (4:39.96).
USC sophomore Claire Tuggle took the fourth seed in 4:40.72, followed by Cal grad students Mia Motekaitis (4:41.73) and Rachel Klinker (4:41.95), Stanford sophomore Natalie Mannion (4:42.57) and Cal freshman Kathryn Hazle (4:42.97).
Event 5 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
PAC-12: M 4:24.06 2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
PAC-12 Champ: P 4:25.15 2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Looney, Lindsay SR ASU 4:38.97 4:38.85
25.62 53.33 (27.71)
1:21.50 (28.17) 1:49.88 (28.38)
2:18.44 (28.56) 2:46.82 (28.38)
3:15.05 (28.23) 3:43.18 (28.13)
4:11.35 (28.17) 4:38.85 (27.50)
2 Roghair, Aurora JR STAN 4:37.10 4:39.61
26.01 54.03 (28.02)
1:22.33 (28.30) 1:50.73 (28.40)
2:18.92 (28.19) 2:46.90 (27.98)
3:14.85 (27.95) 3:43.02 (28.17)
4:11.47 (28.45) 4:39.61 (28.14)
3 Ertan, Deniz SO ASU 4:40.32 4:39.96
25.67 53.72 (28.05)
1:22.07 (28.35) 1:50.51 (28.44)
2:18.88 (28.37) 2:47.10 (28.22)
3:15.30 (28.20) 3:43.71 (28.41)
4:12.22 (28.51) 4:39.96 (27.74)
4 Tuggle, Claire SO USC 4:39.16 4:40.72
25.63 53.47 (27.84)
1:21.51 (28.04) 1:50.02 (28.51)
2:18.82 (28.80) 2:47.19 (28.37)
3:15.74 (28.55) 3:44.39 (28.65)
4:12.98 (28.59) 4:40.72 (27.74)
5 Motekaitis, Mia GS CAL 4:39.33 4:41.73
25.38 52.88 (27.50)
1:21.15 (28.27) 1:49.92 (28.77)
2:18.52 (28.60) 2:47.22 (28.70)
3:16.12 (28.90) 3:44.61 (28.49)
4:13.19 (28.58) 4:41.73 (28.54)
6 Klinker, Rachel GS CAL 4:40.94 4:41.95
26.65 54.80 (28.15)
1:23.28 (28.48) 1:51.97 (28.69)
2:20.38 (28.41) 2:48.89 (28.51)
3:17.40 (28.51) 3:45.91 (28.51)
4:14.26 (28.35) 4:41.95 (27.69)
7 Mannion, Natalie SO STAN 4:39.18 4:42.57
25.97 54.11 (28.14)
1:22.88 (28.77) 1:51.84 (28.96)
2:20.66 (28.82) 2:49.28 (28.62)
3:17.46 (28.18) 3:46.06 (28.60)
4:14.73 (28.67) 4:42.57 (27.84)
8 Hazle, Kathryn FR CAL 4:44.88 4:42.97
26.81 55.10 (28.29)
1:23.65 (28.55) 1:52.31 (28.66)
2:20.89 (28.58) 2:49.46 (28.57)
3:17.93 (28.47) 3:46.35 (28.42)
4:14.94 (28.59) 4:42.97 (28.03)
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9 Batchelor, Molly SR ASU 4:42.58 4:43.30
26.04 54.21 (28.17)
1:22.84 (28.63) 1:51.62 (28.78)
2:20.43 (28.81) 2:49.06 (28.63)
3:17.75 (28.69) 3:46.49 (28.74)
4:15.16 (28.67) 4:43.30 (28.14)
10 Kozan, Justina SO USC 4:38.47 4:44.43
25.66 53.80 (28.14)
1:22.44 (28.64) 1:51.28 (28.84)
2:20.15 (28.87) 2:49.21 (29.06)
3:18.24 (29.03) 3:47.42 (29.18)
4:16.32 (28.90) 4:44.43 (28.11)
11 Wilson, Kayla SO STAN 4:42.34 4:45.02
26.01 54.13 (28.12)
1:22.73 (28.60) 1:51.24 (28.51)
2:19.88 (28.64) 2:48.65 (28.77)
3:17.62 (28.97) 3:46.63 (29.01)
4:16.35 (29.72) 4:45.02 (28.67)
12 Fabian, Fanni JR CAL 4:46.15 4:45.11
26.57 54.98 (28.41)
1:23.81 (28.83) 1:52.96 (29.15)
2:21.98 (29.02) 2:51.01 (29.03)
3:19.69 (28.68) 3:48.29 (28.60)
4:17.11 (28.82) 4:45.11 (28.00)
13 Nordmann, Lillie JR STAN 4:45.62 4:46.01
26.07 54.60 (28.53)
1:23.30 (28.70) 1:52.21 (28.91)
2:21.12 (28.91) 2:50.05 (28.93)
3:18.98 (28.93) 3:48.17 (29.19)
4:17.31 (29.14) 4:46.01 (28.70)
14 Szimcsak, Mira FR WSU 4:46.92 4:47.30
26.84 55.81 (28.97)
1:24.54 (28.73) 1:53.32 (28.78)
2:22.22 (28.90) 2:51.38 (29.16)
3:20.82 (29.44) 3:50.24 (29.42)
4:19.60 (29.36) 4:47.30 (27.70)
15 Kudryashova, Sophia GS USC 4:45.13 4:47.45
26.12 54.74 (28.62)
1:23.45 (28.71) 1:52.44 (28.99)
2:21.39 (28.95) 2:50.54 (29.15)
3:19.66 (29.12) 3:48.98 (29.32)
4:18.35 (29.37) 4:47.45 (29.10)
16 Reyna, Alexa FR ASU 4:45.34 4:48.67
26.11 54.41 (28.30)
1:23.12 (28.71) 1:52.01 (28.89)
2:21.26 (29.25) 2:50.45 (29.19)
3:19.94 (29.49) 3:49.68 (29.74)
4:19.78 (30.10) 4:48.67 (28.89)
Pac-12 Women’s 200 IM
Stanford freshman Caroline Bricker held off a tight field to claim the top seed in the 200 IM.
The top six in the field were all within eight tenths of a second apart during prelims, which should make for a fast and entertaining final.
Bricker finished in 1:55.14, just ahead of Cal junior Leah Polonsky (1:55.23).
Arizona State’s Ieva Maluka took the third seed in 1:55.53, followed by Stanford sophomore Lucy Bell (1:55.82) and the UCLA pair of Rosie Murphy (1:55.93) and Paige MacEachern (1:55.97).
USC freshman Minna Abraham (1:56.48) and Arizona State sophomore Charli Brown (1:57.72) rounded out the top eight finalists.
Event 6 Women 200 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 1:48.37 3/16/2022 Kate Douglass, Virginia
PAC-12: M 1:50.67 2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
PAC-12 Champ: P 1:52.26 2012 Katinka Kosszu, USC
1:53.66 A Standard
1:59.56 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Bricker, Caroli FR STAN 1:55.48 1:55.14 B
24.98 54.23 (29.25)
1:27.19 (32.96) 1:55.14 (27.95)
2 Polonsky, Leah JR CAL 1:55.46 1:55.23 B
24.86 53.97 (29.11)
1:26.91 (32.94) 1:55.23 (28.32)
3 Maluka, Ieva SO ASU 1:55.46 1:55.53 B
25.14 53.48 (28.34)
1:27.83 (34.35) 1:55.53 (27.70)
4 Bell, Lucy SO STAN 1:55.67 1:55.82 B
25.29 55.07 (29.78)
1:28.05 (32.98) 1:55.82 (27.77)
5 Murphy, Rosie SO UCLA 1:57.45 1:55.93 B
24.98 53.43 (28.45)
1:27.58 (34.15) 1:55.93 (28.35)
6 Maceachern, Pai JR UCLA 1:57.20 1:55.97 B
25.50 55.01 (29.51)
1:27.95 (32.94) 1:55.97 (28.02)
7 Abraham, Minna FR USC 1:55.78 1:56.48 B
25.41 54.11 (28.70)
1:29.34 (35.23) 1:56.48 (27.14)
8 Brown, Charli SO ASU 1:57.83 1:57.72 B
25.76 54.94 (29.18)
1:29.71 (34.77) 1:57.72 (28.01)
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9 Chavez, Ava FR CAL 1:57.63 1:58.17 B
25.62 55.58 (29.96)
1:30.84 (35.26) 1:58.17 (27.33)
10 Brennan, Jamie SO STAN 1:58.43 1:58.28 B
26.10 55.66 (29.56)
1:30.20 (34.54) 1:58.28 (28.08)
11 Summar, Zoe SO ASU 1:58.43 1:58.34 B
25.95 54.80 (28.85)
1:28.48 (33.68) 1:58.34 (29.86)
12 Adams, Katherin SO USC 1:58.41 1:58.51 B
26.02 55.94 (29.92)
1:29.84 (33.90) 1:58.51 (28.67)
13 Tadder, Samanth JR STAN 1:58.42 1:58.63 B
25.70 55.92 (30.22)
1:30.05 (34.13) 1:58.63 (28.58)
14 Jih-Schiff, Ana JR UCLA 1:58.53 1:58.90 B
25.58 56.18 (30.60)
1:30.03 (33.85) 1:58.90 (28.87)
15 Cook, Lizzy JR CAL 2:00.09 1:59.31 B
25.29 55.12 (29.83)
1:31.02 (35.90) 1:59.31 (28.29)
16 Stanfield, Summ GS UTAH 2:00.23 1:59.34 B
25.67 54.54 (28.87)
1:30.70 (36.16) 1:59.34 (28.64)
Pac-12 Women’s 50 Freestyle
Cal grad student Eloise Riley claimed the top seed in the 50 freestyle with a smooth 22.09, which was a tenth faster than her seed time.
Meanwhile, a pair of USC seniors will be looming on either side of her in the finals.
Ecuador Olympian Anicka Delgado took the second spot in 22.17, while Caroline Famous was just behind in 22.24.
Stanford junior Amy Tang took the fourth seed in 22.28, followed by Arizona State junior Erin Milligan (22.31), Cal senior Isabelle Stadden (22.33), UCLA senior Maya Wilson (22.37) and Cal junior Stephanie Akakabota (22.39).
Event 7 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 20.57 2/21/2024 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia
PAC-12: M 20.90 2019 Abbey Weitzeil, CAL
PAC-12 Champ: P 21.03 2020 Abbey Weitzeil, CAL
21.63 A Standard
22.67 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Riley, Eloise GS CAL 22.19 22.09 B
10.78 22.09 (11.31)
2 Delgado, Anicka SR USC 22.05 22.17 B
10.73 22.17 (11.44)
3 Famous, Carolin SR USC 22.16 22.24 B
10.81 22.24 (11.43)
4 Tang, Amy JR STAN 22.16 22.28 B
10.77 22.28 (11.51)
5 Milligan, Erin JR ASU 22.34 22.31 B
10.83 22.31 (11.48)
6 Stadden, Isabel SR CAL 22.24 22.33 B
10.69 22.33 (11.64)
7 Wilson, Maya SR UCLA 23.02 22.37 B
10.86 22.37 (11.51)
8 Akakabota, Step JR CAL 22.11 22.39 B
10.74 22.39 (11.65)
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9 Gantriis, Emily SR CAL 22.50 22.40 B
10.68 22.40 (11.72)
10 Stone, Mckenna JR CAL 22.25 22.48 B
10.89 22.48 (11.59)
11 Palmer, Erin SO UTAH 22.41 22.52 B
10.73 22.52 (11.79)
12 Kuechler, Hanna SO USC 22.48 22.55 B
10.89 22.55 (11.66)
13 Buinaia, Vasili GS USC 21.95 22.58 B
10.97 22.58 (11.61)
14 Schaffer, Brook GS UCLA 22.60 22.60 B
10.81 22.60 (11.79)
14 Shaw, Anna JR STAN 22.45 22.60 B
10.86 22.60 (11.74)
16 Dobler, Kaitlyn SR USC 22.29 22.61 B
10.89 22.61 (11.72)
