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[U]GIRLS SWIMMING[/U]

CIF-NCS Championships Friday prelims

At Concord Community Pool
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[U]50 Free[/U] 1. Maddie Murphy (Carondelet) 22.69
[U]100 Fly[/U] 2. Maddie Murphy (Carondelet) 54.38

[U]200 Free Relay[/U] 2. Carondelet (Maddie Murphy 23.44 anchor)
[U]400 Free Relay[/U] 5. Carondelet (Maddie Murphy 52.57 anchor)

http://cifncs.org/sports/swimming_&_diving/
http://www.fastlanetek.com/swmeets/2016_05_13_NCS/

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Meanwhile, down @ Santa Clara International Swim Center, the CIF-CCS Championships are also underway, featuring men's incoming Albert Gwo (#1 prelims qualifier in the [U]50 Free[/U] & [U]100 Free[/U]), and Jack Xiangfei Xie (#1 prelims qualifier in the [U]200 IM[/U] & [U]100 Fly[/U]):
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http://cifccs.org/Playoffs/PIBs/Swimming_-_Diving__PIB_2016.pdf

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[COLOR="#0000FF"][SIZE=5]Chloe Clark, Chenoa Devine Impress at CIF Sac-Joaquin Championships[/SIZE][/COLOR]


[SIZE=1][COLOR="#696969"]Davis' Chenoa Devine won the 200 and 500 freestyles, helping her team to a 2nd place finish in the team standings behind Granite Bay. Current Photo via Courtesy of Billy Doughty[/COLOR][/SIZE]


Davis' Chenoa Devine, who swam the fly leg of Davis' [U]200 medley relay[/U] the event before, dropped almost a second from prelims and won the [U]200 free[/U] in 1:48.85.

Devine later went on to win the [U]500 free[/U] with a time of 4:48.19, the only finisher under 4:54.

Davis' team of Cosgrove (51.67), Mia Motekaitis (50.98), Hardagon (51.81), and Devine (50.95) did the job (in the [U]400 free relay[/U]), winning in 3:25.41 over Rio Americano (3:25.89) and Granite Bay (3:26.48).


https://swimswam.com/chloe-clark-chenoa-devine-impress-at-cif-sac-joaquin-championships/


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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842688997 said:

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CIF-NCS Championships Friday [U]prelims[/U]

At Concord Community Pool
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[U]50 Free[/U] 1. Maddie Murphy (Carondelet) 22.69
[U]100 Fly[/U] 2. Maddie Murphy (Carondelet) 54.38

[U]200 Free Relay[/U] 2. Carondelet 1:35.80 (Maddie Murphy 23.44 anchor)
[U]400 Free Relay[/U] 5. Carondelet 3:31.86 (Maddie Murphy 52.57 anchor)

http://www.fastlanetek.com/swmeets/2016_05_13_NCS/

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CIF-NCS Championships Saturday [U]Finals[/U]
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[U]50 Free[/U] 1. Maddie Murphy (Carondelet) 22.49[COLOR="#FF0000"]*[/COLOR]
[U]100 Fly[/U] 1. Maddie Murphy (Carondelet) 52.15[COLOR="#FF0000"]*[/COLOR]

[U]200 Free Relay[/U] 1. Carondelet 1:33.28[COLOR="#FF0000"]*[/COLOR] (Maddie Murphy 21.99 anchor)
[U]400 Free Relay[/U] 1. Carondelet 3:23.79 (Maddie Murphy 48.62[COLOR="#FF0000"]*[/COLOR] leadoff)

[COLOR="#FF0000"]* = NCS Record![/COLOR]

http://cifncs.org/sports/swimming_&_diving/files/swimming%20records.pdf
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Side note: Maddie's times today are all PBs (had never broken the 50 sec barrier in the [U]100 free[/U] previously?) , and would have ranked her 5th fastest in the [U]50 free[/U], [U]100 free[/U] & [U]100 fly[/U] amongst the women's team last season.
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https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/535435.pdf

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842688517 said:

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CIF-SS Division 1: Thurs prelims
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[U]100 back[/U] 1. Mykkanen (Foot) 54.27; 2. Light (MD) 54.61

[U]200 IM[/U] 4. Mykkanen (Foot) 2:02.65

[U]100 free[/U] 6. Light (MD) 51.14

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CIF-SS Division 1: Sat Finals
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[U]200 Medley Relay[/U] Championship Final 2. Mater Dei 1:44.75 (Aislinn Light 25.61 Back leadoff)



[U]200 Medley Relay[/U] Consolation Final 1. Foothill 1:47.59 (Courtney Mykkanen 25.60 Back leadoff)

[U]100 back[/U] 1. Mykkanen (Foot) 54.19; 3. Light (MD) 54.63 [COLOR="#696969"]-> 54.61 from prelims = new PB for Aislinn, prev best was a 54.81 from Feb 2015[/COLOR]

[U]200 IM[/U] 3. Mykkanen (Foot) 2:00.86 [COLOR="#696969"]-> new PB for Courtney, prev best was a 2:01.18 from Dec 2015[/COLOR]

[U]100 free[/U] 6. Light (MD) 51.19

UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842689167 said:

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[U]50 Free[/U] 1. Maddie Murphy (Carondelet) 22.49[COLOR="#FF0000"]*[/COLOR]
[U]100 Fly[/U] 1. Maddie Murphy (Carondelet) 52.15[COLOR="#FF0000"]*[/COLOR]

[U]200 Free Relay[/U] 1. Carondelet 1:33.28[COLOR="#FF0000"]*[/COLOR] (Maddie Murphy 21.99 anchor)
[U]400 Free Relay[/U] 1. Carondelet 3:23.79 (Maddie Murphy 48.62[COLOR="#FF0000"]*[/COLOR] leadoff)

[COLOR="#FF0000"]* = NCS Record![/COLOR]
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Side note: Maddie's times today are all PBs (had never broken the 50 sec barrier in the [U]100 free[/U] previously?), and would have ranked her 5th fastest in the [U]50 free[/U], [U]100 free[/U] & [U]100 fly[/U] amongst the Cal women's team last season.
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[COLOR="#FFD700"][SIZE=5]Maxime Rooney, [U]Madelyn Murphy[/U] Set Records at North Coast Section Finals[/SIZE][/COLOR]



On the girls' side, both Granada's Miranda Heckmann and Carondelet's Madelyn Murphy swept their individual events. Murphy's wins came back to back, first in the [U]50 free[/U] where she swam a 22.49. She followed that up with a blazing 52.15 in the [U]100 fly[/U] to set a new NCS meet record.

Carondelet High School swept the girls' freestyle relays. In the [U]200 free relay[/U], their quartet posted a 1:33.28. Allison Carr (24.45) and Kelsey Whitkay (23.77) got things started, followed by a 23.07 from Malorie Han on the 3rd leg and a quick 21.99 from Madelyn Murphy on the anchor. Murphy led off their [U]400 free relay[/U] in 48.62, followed by Whitkay (52.27), Han (51.06), and Samantha Coloma (51,84) for a combined 3:23.79.



[SIZE=3]Top 10 Final Team Scores:[/SIZE]
1. San Ramon Valley- 298
2. Monte Vista- 208
3. Carondelet High School- 201
4. Campolindo- 170
5. Granada- 141
6. Miramonte- 117
7. Las Lomas- 1112
8. Terra Linda- 110
9. California- 107
10. Mission San Jose- 81

https://swimswam.com/cif-north-coast-recap-day-2/

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Note: [U]Carondelet HS[/U] = Natalie's alma mater, where she had graduated from in 2000...
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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842689387 said:

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[COLOR="#FFD700"][SIZE=5]Maxime Rooney, [U]Madelyn Murphy[/U] Set Records at North Coast Section Finals[/SIZE][/COLOR]

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http://www.eastbaytimes.com/sports/ci_29893609/carondelets-madelyn-murphy-breaks-multiple-ncs-swim-records?source=most_viewed


:gobears:

state finals ...

Light in 100 free and 100 back
http://cifstate.org/sports/swimming_and_diving/handbook/2016_cif_state_qualifiers_final.pdf

BearBackerinLA;842689758 said:

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state finals ...

Light in 100 free and 100 back
http://cifstate.org/sports/swimming_and_diving/handbook/2016_cif_state_qualifiers_final.pdf

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[COLOR="#006699"][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Cheers BearBackerinLA!

Being only the 2nd year of State Champs, it's been a bit inconsistent in terms of not all the top talents being repped here, but we should still see some good races being contested.

Don't see Maddie, Courtney or Chenoa entered in any of the individual events, but their respective schools ([U]Carondelet[/U], [U]Foothill[/U] & [U]Davis[/U]) are participating in the girls' relays, so with a spot of luck our incoming baby :bear:s will be making an appearance and helping to set some records...

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[U][COLOR="#8B4513"]20 May UPDATE[/COLOR][/U]: 2016 CIF Champs, Friday prelims - neither Maddie, Courtney nor Chenoa participated in their respective school team relays, none of which made the Top 16...

Aislinn is positioned @ #11 (B finals) in the [U]100 free[/U], and seeded #4 (A finals) in the [U]100 back[/U]. Mater Dei also qualified for the Championship final in one of their relays, the [U]200 medley[/U], after a 3-way swim-off.
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Girls swimming athlete of the week: Courtney Mykkanen, Foothill

http://www.ocvarsity.com/articles/third-83808-cif-mykkanen.html

BearBackerinLA;842690158 said:

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Girls swimming athlete of the week: Courtney Mykkanen, Foothill

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[COLOR="#006699"][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Congrats are in order to Courtney :beer:
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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842559016 said:

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[COLOR="#000066"][U]Cal Golden Bears[/U]
[COLOR="#696969"]<#2> Abbey Weitzeil <deferred from 2015>[/COLOR]
#13 (22) Keaton Blovad
(23) Chenoa Devine
(33) Courtney Mykkanen
(55) Maddie Murphy
(68) Anina Lund
(200) Alexa Buckley
(203) Aislinn Light[/COLOR]

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Just noticed also that Maddie's stock has risen quite a bit after her recent performances...originally placing [U]#55[/U] back in Sept 2015, she has now made it to CollegeSwimming's Top 20 for the incoming Class of 2016!
The Birthday girl is currently ranked [U]#13[/U] nationally according to their metrics, and the [U]#2 recruit[/U] in the state! :bravo

https://www.collegeswimming.com/swimmer/241714/

Here are the updated CollegeSwimming rankings, as of [U]19 May 2016[/U]...note that Keaton still enjoys the distinction of holding a Top 20 spot on SwimSwam's power rankings, which is regarded by many in the swimming community as the more accurate system of the two...

[COLOR="#696969"]#13 Maddie Murphy
#27 Keaton Blovad
#52 Courtney Mykkanen
#57 Chenoa Devine
#133 Anina Lund
#203 Aislinn Light
#210 Alexa Buckley [/COLOR]

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And in other news, Salo continues to build on his 2016 recruiting season success by strengthening U$C's distance arsenal with this early verbal from Isabella Rongione for the Class of 2017:
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[COLOR="#B22222"][SIZE=5]National Age Group Record Holder Isabella Rongione Commits to USC[/SIZE][/COLOR]



https://swimswam.com/national-age-group-record-holder-isabella-rongione-commits-usc/

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Will :bear:s even make SwimSwam's [U]Top 12[/U] this year?

Hmmm... :cry:

Actually reckon we should sneak in, since they are considering Abbey & Ledecky as being amongst the 2016 recruiting class :p
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[COLOR="#B22222"][SIZE=5]Ranking the 2016 Women's NCAA Recruiting Classes: #9-12[/SIZE][/COLOR]



https://swimswam.com/ranking-2016-womens-ncaa-recruiting-classes-9-12/

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842701723 said:

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Will :bear:s even make SwimSwam's [U]Top 12[/U] this year?

Hmmm... :cry:

Actually reckon we should sneak in, since they are considering Abbey & Ledecky as being amongst the 2016 recruiting class :p
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[COLOR="#B22222"][SIZE=5]Ranking the 2016 Women's NCAA Recruiting Classes: #9-12[/SIZE][/COLOR]



https://swimswam.com/ranking-2016-womens-ncaa-recruiting-classes-9-12/

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Arizona's class is way underrated, because Hannah Cox is underrated. She is easily a Top 10 recruit IMO.

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Wow, in spite of all the doom-and-gloom expressed in this thread & elsewhere, looks like our 2016 incoming freshman class may actually make SwimSwam's [U]Top 4[/U]... {fingers crossed...knock on wood}

Guess Maddie's recent studly trajectory + Abbey's dominance + Keaton/Chenoa/Courtney/Anina's upside won't end up hurting the ratings for Cal, even if we fell back with regards to nabbing Top 20 prospects this recruiting cycle when compared to some other top rival programmes!

P.S. Claire Adams photo & mention in the article specially for tedbear :p
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[COLOR="#B22222"][SIZE=5]Ranking the 2016 Women's NCAA Recruiting Classes: #5-8[/SIZE][/COLOR]



https://swimswam.com/ranking-2016-womens-ncaa-recruiting-classes-5-8/

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Hahaha! I'm over Katie Drabot (didn't get along with current swimmers) and Claire Adams (too many backstrokers), but I still wish we Hannah Cox would have come to Cal.

Perhaps blue and gold lens, but think fourth nationally is closer to a floor than a ceiling for Teri's Bears. Condomettes may be in the hunt, but still all about the Bay Area duopoly. Don't see how LSJU institutionally censuring commentary about a rapist helps recruiting.

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Perhaps blue and gold lens, but think fourth nationally is closer to a floor than a ceiling for Teri's Bears. Condomettes may be in the hunt, but still all about the Bay Area duopoly. Don't see how LSJU institutionally censuring commentary about a rapist helps recruiting.

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Who is the fourth team? 1. Furd 2. Cal 3. SC 4.Wisconsin?

WI (with Benedict Runge) or UVa. UVa's the much bigger threat for the long haul. Entire state of WI has a million less people than the Bay Area alone.

Tedbear's admirably let Adams, Drabot, Gunes, and Penny go, but I'm still a Japanese soldier on a remote Pacific island in the '50s clinging to faint hopes Small eventually ends up a Bear (with Harnish). Georgia's sinking fast. Will be OK this year, but living on borrowed time...

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Tedbear's admirably let Adams, Drabot, Gunes, and Penny go

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tedbear;842702798 said:

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Who is the fourth team? 1. Furd 2. Cal 3. SC 4.Wisconsin?

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BearDevil;842702812 said:

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WI (with Benedict Runge) or UVa. UVa's the much bigger threat for the long haul.

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[COLOR="#006699"][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Good call from the both of you on WI - with Beata being SwimSwam's #2 pick + Cierra's transfer!

Reckon SwimSwam's [U]Top 4[/U] will realistically end up in the following order, though I can see (thru my blue & gold tinted lenses lol) :bear:s being elevated to #3...on a good day haha:

1. Furd
2. Trojans
3. Badgers
4. Bears
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Still weird that two out of UVa, A&M, and Wisconsin won't even make the top 17. Auburn needs to do whatever it takes to lure Papa Marsh back.

Who's giving up on Penny? I still think that with the impending O'Bannon case, the NCAA will let pros compete in the NCAA, and thus Penny, with her friendships with Noemie and Dana, will become a Bear. Hahaha! I also predict that Kevin Durant will become a Warrior, and World Peace will be achieved in the 20 years :p

Future Bear QB Chase Garbers is from the same high school (Corona Del Mar) as 2018 recruit Eva Merrell.

tedbear;842702798 said:

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Who is the fourth team? 1. Furd 2. Cal 3. SC 4.Wisconsin?

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[COLOR="#006699"][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Well done tedbear, your prediction was spot on :beer:
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[COLOR="#B22222"][SIZE=5]Ranking the 2016 Women's NCAA Recruiting Classes: #1-4[/SIZE][/COLOR]


[SIZE=3]#4: Wisconsin Badgers[/SIZE]


[SIZE=3]#3: USC Trojans[/SIZE]


[COLOR="#FFD700"][SIZE=3]#2: California Golden Bears[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Top-tier additions: #2* Abbey Weitzeil (deferral), #13 Keaton Blovad, Maddie Murphy, Courtney Mykkanen, Chenoa Devine
The rest: Anina Lund, Alexa Buckley, Aislinn Light

Abbey Weitzeil was the #2 recruit from the Class of 2015, but she may even be the #2 overall recruit in history. Sprinters are the difference-makers at the NCAA level, and Weitzeil is the best prep sprinter in history. She currently holds the American and U.S. Open record in the 50 free (21.12), and also she dropped a 46.29 over 18 months ago at Winter Juniors to temporarily own the 100 free records, as well. So she's incredibly fast, and there's no doubt the Bears will be jockeying primarily with Stanford (who gets back Simone Manuel) and USC across all five relays next year.

She's not the only sprint addition, either. Teri McKeever also landed Keaton Blovad (22.7/49.0 in the 50/100) and Maddie Murphy (22.5/48.6). Blovad carries more freestyle endurance (1:46.6 200 free), but Murphy adds a 100 butterfly to the mix (52.1) that would have scored at NCAA's. That fly adds important long-term depth to the Cal fly group, as Noemie Thomas will be the loan threat remaining after Farida Osman graduates this year.

Two more serious assets for Cal: Courtney Mykkanen, a 53.9/1:56.0 backstroker and 2:00.9 IMer, and Chenoa Devine, a 4:44.3/16:20.3 distance freestyler. While not at the NCAA individual scoring level right now, both will be key at Pac-12's, particularly Devine; recent graduations and the transfer of Cierra Runge have left the distance cupboards rather bare (no pun indended) for Cal.


[SIZE=3]#1: Stanford Cardinal[/SIZE]


https://swimswam.com/ranking-2016-womens-ncaa-recruiting-classes-1-4/


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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842703285 said:

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[COLOR="#006699"][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Well done tedbear, your prediction was spot on :beer:
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[COLOR="#B22222"][SIZE=5]Ranking the 2016 Women's NCAA Recruiting Classes: #1-4[/SIZE][/COLOR]


[SIZE=3]#4: Wisconsin Badgers[/SIZE]


[SIZE=3]#3: USC Trojans[/SIZE]


[COLOR="#FFD700"][SIZE=3]#2: California Golden Bears[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Top-tier additions: #2* Abbey Weitzeil (deferral), #13 Keaton Blovad, Maddie Murphy, Courtney Mykkanen, Chenoa Devine
The rest: Anina Lund, Alexa Buckley, Aislinn Light

Abbey Weitzeil was the #2 recruit from the Class of 2015, but she may even be the #2 overall recruit in history. Sprinters are the difference-makers at the NCAA level, and Weitzeil is the best prep sprinter in history. She currently holds the American and U.S. Open record in the 50 free (21.12), and also she dropped a 46.29 over 18 months ago at Winter Juniors to temporarily own the 100 free records, as well. So she's incredibly fast, and there's no doubt the Bears will be jockeying primarily with Stanford (who gets back Simone Manuel) and USC across all five relays next year.

She's not the only sprint addition, either. Teri McKeever also landed Keaton Blovad (22.7/49.0 in the 50/100) and Maddie Murphy (22.5/48.6). Blovad carries more freestyle endurance (1:46.6 200 free), but Murphy adds a 100 butterfly to the mix (52.1) that would have scored at NCAA's. That fly adds important long-term depth to the Cal fly group, as Noemie Thomas will be the loan threat remaining after Farida Osman graduates this year.

Two more serious assets for Cal: Courtney Mykkanen, a 53.9/1:56.0 backstroker and 2:00.9 IMer, and Chenoa Devine, a 4:44.3/16:20.3 distance freestyler. While not at the NCAA individual scoring level right now, both will be key at Pac-12's, particularly Devine; recent graduations and the transfer of Cierra Runge have left the distance cupboards rather bare (no pun indended) for Cal.


[SIZE=3]#1: Stanford Cardinal[/SIZE]


https://swimswam.com/ranking-2016-womens-ncaa-recruiting-classes-1-4/


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Wow ..Bears #2!! Pleasantly surprised. Thought we had struck out with not getting any of our dream team #2 but looks like overall our recruits are super talented and are well respected. Go Bears!!

Unless McL bails, Noemie won't be Cal's "loan" fly threat after Farida graduates...

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That's my biggest concern! Didn't her boyfriend wind up going to Palo Alto too?

OBear073akaSMFan;842703676 said:

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That's my biggest concern! Didn't her boyfriend wind up going to Palo Alto too?

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Abbey Weitzeil's ex-boyfriend Cole Cosgrove ended up on the farm and his swimming digressed. Generally think former snot Morgan Priestley is sharp and informed, but he butchered that bit of the article (grammatically and factually).

Possible, but not likely McL and/or Baker bail, but wouldn't be a secret at this point. Teri would have added a high end transfer or leaked it this close to the start of recruiting season.

https://swimswam.com/u-s-national-teamer-claire-adams-breaks-hand-week-trials/

Serious bummer for Claire Adams

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[COLOR="#006699"]Chenoa #11 in the 10K @ [U]World Junior Open Water Championships[/U] in the Netherlands today![/COLOR] :beer:

http://hoorn2016wjc.microplustiming.com/index_web.php?s=Q2hlY2tKc29uRm9yTG9hZE9uTWFpbihjb2RTdW1tYXJ5LCB0cnVlLCB0cnVlKTs=&cat=19Y&page=055&spec=005&bat=001&td=STL1&hg=&descIT=MTgtMTkgWWVhcnPCoC3CoDEwIEtt&descEN=MTgtMTkgWWVhcnPCoC3CoDEwIEtt&descFR=MTgtMTkgWWVhcnPCoC3CoDEwIEtt&curCatSel_M_F=undefined

So far have seen ads featuring Natalie, Leverenz, and Hardy, none of whom made the 2016 team. Several Missy ads, but no Vollmer ads.

Blue and gold glasses aside, previously thought Ledecky made a mistake (other than going to that big ass Taco Bell) by not going pro. If she does as well as expected, there will still be plenty of deals out there in 2020.

Will be almost entirely a competitive reason rather than a commercial reason if she doesn't swim four years on the farm.

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https://swimswam.com/u-s-national-teamer-claire-adams-breaks-hand-week-trials/

Serious bummer for Claire Adams

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842719920 said:

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1 official home dual meet update/addition to the calendar:

[INDENT][COLOR="#000000"][U]Fri, 11 Nov[/U] • University of Texas @ Berkeley, CA (2:00 p.m.)[/COLOR][/INDENT]

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Well at least some of us will have the pleasure of seeing Claire go head to head v. Amy, her former Carmel teammate, @ Spieker come [U]11 Nov[/U]!
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[COLOR="#696969"]Carol Capitani's [U]2016 freshie Horns[/U] (L to R): Alison Gibson (diving), Lauren Case, Jordan Wheeler, [U]Claire Adams[/U], Kaitlin Harty[/COLOR]

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Appears that Lilina's making her rounds of several Uni swim programmes - first Tenn, now Florida. Wouldn't mind seeing her on campus next weekend, if her academics is a fit and there's mutual interest, seeing that Cal is fast becoming Butterfly U in addition to being the Backstroke Institution! Farida will have graduated next year (hopefully will stay to train w/Dana, Caitlin, Camille & possibly Missy to Tokyo), but Szilgyi would have Katie, Noemie, Jasmine & Maddie to push her in practices. However, international elites are $$, so chances aren't all that great to be perfectly realistic.

Lilina: Crazy times with these crazy cuties ������ #thatsagator #yaass

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[COLOR="#006400"][SIZE=5]Hungarian Olympian [U]Lilina Szilgyi[/U] to Join Gators Mid-Season[/SIZE][/COLOR]





https://swimswam.com/hungarian-olympian-liliana-szilagyi-join-gators-mid-season/


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OBear073akaSMFan;842703335 said:

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Wow ..Bears #2!! Pleasantly surprised. Thought we had struck out with not getting any of our dream team #2 but looks like overall our recruits are super talented and are well respected. Go Bears!!

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Bears were never going to overtake the 'furdettes in the 2016 class, but there's more than a little upside (Maddie, Chenoa) in the class than previously thought.

Abbey's a 50/100 hammer to replace Farida, but also has range out to the 200. Surprising breast and IM times. Knowing Teri, Abbey may swim some off events just for kicks/training in unimportant duals, but she's an across the board sprint ace.

Maddie appears to be underrated-solid flyer, but fast enough to swim a 200 Free relay leg. Not a pressing need, but Keaton eventually might be able to swim an 800 Free leg. No slam dunk sprinter in the 2017 class, but Bears may not need another sprinter, although Teri would gladly take AV and/or Marta if they wanted to become Bears.