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[COLOR="#000066"][SIZE=5]CAL HEADS TO INDY FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS[/SIZE]

[COLOR="#808080"] [SIZE=3]3/13/2017 9:59 AM | By: Cal Athletics[/SIZE][/COLOR] [/COLOR]


[COLOR="#696969"]The Bears are ready to perform at their best at the NCAA meet this week in Indianapolis (Pac-12 photo).[/COLOR]


[COLOR="#0000CD"]NCAA Championships
[U]Date[/U]: Wednesday-Saturday, March 15-18
[U]Time[/U]: Prelims: 7:00 am PT; Finals: 3:00 pm PT
[U]Location[/U]: Indianapolis, Ind.
[U]Site[/U]: IU Natatorium
[U]TV[/U]: ESPNU (delay, Tuesday, March 28, 4 pm PT)
[U]Streaming[/U]: ESPN3 (Friday and Saturday finals); http://www.indianasportscorp.org/events/events-calendar/ncaa-swimming-diving (all other sessions) [/COLOR]


California takes aim for the top of the podium this week when it travels to Indianapolis for the 2017 NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships. The Golden Bears, currently ranked second, have finished among the top three teams in the country each of the last eight years - the longest current streak in the nation.

Competition gets underway Wednesday night with a timed final in the 800-yard free relay. The schedule shifts on Thursday through Saturday to morning prelims starting at 7 a.m. PT and finals at 3 p.m. PT.

Cal last won the team title in 2015, and the Bears finished third last year. They are the two-time defending champions in the [U]200 free relay[/U] and enter the meet ranked No. 1 in the event.


Cal's lineup of 13 swimmers and one diver features 19 individual swims and all five relays seeded among the top 16. Leading the list is sophomore Kathleen Baker, a two-time Olympic medalist who paces the country in the 200 back and is ranked second in both the 100 back and 200 IM.


[INDENT][COLOR="#000080"][U]Psych Sheet[/U]:[/COLOR] http://i.turner.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/images/2017/03/01/official_psych_sheet.pdf

[COLOR="#DAA520"][U]Event Schedule[/U]:[/COLOR] http://www.indianasportscorp.org/IndianaSportsCorp/media/ImageLibrary/Indiana%20Sports%20Corp%20Staff/Women-s-Schedule.pdf[/INDENT]


http://www.calbears.com/news/2017/3/13/womens-swimming-diving-cal-heads-to-indy-for-ncaa-championships.aspx


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[SIZE=3]2017 NCAA previews & discussion => [/SIZE] http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?106143-Final-Swim-Event-Rankings-Pre-NCAA-Championships :gobears:

UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842818477 said:

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calwswimanddive @ Buca di Beppo: The Bears have arrived in Indy for NCAA Championships!
#GoBears �� #BucaBears #2017NCAAs




https://instagr.am/p/BRjuoJhDvwN

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[COLOR="#003366"][SIZE=5]Morning Splash: Will The Women's NCAA Scoring Projections Come True?[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Rieder and D'Addona explained why Stanford is the favorite for the meet, discussed what Cal and Georgia can do to challenge the Cardinal and picked who they think will make up the top five finishers.

[video=youtube;W1VMe7XZO0s][/video]

http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/morning-splash-will-the-womens-ncaa-scoring-projections-come-true/

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[COLOR="#000080"][SIZE=5]HANDICAPPING D1 NCAA WOMEN'S NATIONALS[/SIZE][/COLOR]

The women's D1 national championship meet starts on Wednesday. We've scored the psych sheet and examined how performance changes from the psych sheet at the big meet. It's now time to combine to two into a forecast of the meet.

I ran a Monte Carlo simulation of the NCAA women's meet minus diving (most top teams have 1 or 0 divers except Minnesota, and UCLA who have 3).

The top teams unsurprisingly remain unquestioned under this procedure.

Stanford won over 99.9% of the time. California was 2nd over 99.9% of the time.

https://swimswam.com/handicapping-d1-ncaa-womens-nationals/

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[COLOR="#333333"][SIZE=5]Cal Women's Swimming and Diving in 2017
NCAA Championships preview[/SIZE]

[COLOR="#A9A9A9"] [SIZE=3]Can the Golden Bears pull off a huge upset and win the team title over favorite Stanford?[/SIZE][/COLOR] [/COLOR]


[COLOR="#696969"]Cal senior Farida Osman and the Golden Bears will be looking to finish 1st in several events this week at the 2017 NCAA championships. |Cal Women's Swimming and Diving Facebook[/COLOR]


With Cal Men's Basketball not in the running for the NCAA title, Cal swimming (and diving) will most certainly wins some individual, relay, and possibly team NCAA titles in these next two weeks with Women's meet this week and the Men's meet next week. Given that the two sports that Cal dominates traditionally are not governed by the NCAA (men's crew and rugby), NCAA swimming national championships is indeed the time when Cal earns most NCAA national championship titles traditionally.

Can anyone beat Katie Ledecky? Or rather, by what margin will Katie Ledecky break her own records? These are probably the two biggest questions heading into this meet, with all eyes on the Stanford freshman superstar.

When you concede the 500 Free, 1650 Free, 800 Free Relay, etc. to Ledecky, Stanford has got a fairly big margin for error. For the Golden Bears to potentially challenge Stanford, they would need to win all the other relays (which didn't happen at the Pac-12 few weeks ago) and edge Stanford's other stars in the other events (also didn't happen).

Simone Manuel (another Rio 2016 Olympic darling), Ella Eastin, Janet Hu are the other Stanford swimmers expected to win multiple NCAA titles. Stanford also has Ally Howe on the backstroke who may challenge Cal's dominance in that stroke this year.

Let's take a quick glance at each event:

500 Free - Katie Ledecky will dominate this event. Top Cal finisher should be Katie McLaughlin (7th best seed time). Maybe Chenoa Devine can sneak into the B-Final.

200 IM - This should be the first of many Cal-Stanford battle at the top. Calympian Kathleen Baker may be the only person who can challenge Stanford's Ella Eastin in this event. Cal senior Celina Li should also score points for the Bears if she can drop some time from her psych sheet.

50 Free - USA Olympic teammates and rivals will fight for the top spot in this one. Stanford's Simone Manuel has had the better time over Calympian freshman Abbey Weitzeil, but I don't think we have seen the best from Weitzeil this year yet. Also in the mix are Cal senior Egypitan Calympian Farida Osman and Stanford's forgotten Olympian in Lia Neal. Cal's freshman Maddie Murphy and sophomore Amy Bilquist may also be able to score in this event.

400 IM - Stanford's Ella Eastin won't face a Cal challenger in this one. Cal's Celina Li should score some points for the Bears here.

100 Fly - Stanford's Janet Hu has the top seed time, but look for Cal's Calympians in Farida Osman (Egypt) and Noemie Thomas (Canada) to challenge for the title. Freshman Maddie Murphy should also contribute points.

200 Free - Simone Manuel and Katie Ledecky are the top two seeds in this event. Cal's Kristin Vredeveld and Katie McLaughlin should score points (hopefully in the A-Final). Abby Weitzeil need to shave more time off her seed time to score points.

100 Breast - Olympian and local (Indiana) star Lilly King should win this one. Cal's Marina Garcia and Stanford's Kimberly Williams should be the top contenders in this event (by far the weakest stroke for both Bay Area rivals).

100 Back - Stanford's Aly Howe had a terrific swim in this event at the Pac-12, but I still have faith in Cal's Kathleen Baker to pull this one out and defend Cal's "Backstroke U" title. Stanford's Hu and Cal's Bilquist are also in the mix.

1650 Free - Will Katie Ledecky laps the field? Chenoa Devine is the top Cal qualifier here but her seed time is only 27th best (maybe she can score some points).

200 Back - In my worst case scenario for this meet, Cal only wins one title (like in the Pac-12) and that would be Calympian Kathleen Baker in the 200 Back. Stanford's Janet Hu may be Baker's top challenger here. Cal's Amy Bilquist is the dark horse.

100 Free - Simone Manuel has a firmer grip on this event than the 50 Free, but I hope Abbey Weitzeil and Farida Osman can challenge her here (both should be A-Finalists regardless). Hopefully, Maddie Murphy and Valerie Hull can surprise and score more points for the Bears here.

200 Breast - The only other event without a Stanford/Cal frontrunner. Lilly King should win this one. Cal's Marina Garcia is a 15 seed (may she make the A-Final). Stanford may not score any points here.

200 Fly - Stanford's Ella Eastin is the favorite here. Cal's Katie MacLaughlin should be an A-Finalist, but she's got to swim a PR to challenge Eastin here. Calympian Noemie Thomas should also score points for the Bears here, if not challenge for the title.

As for the relays, Stanford's dominance in 200 Free basically clinched the 800 Free. I expect that both medley relays (200 and 400) to be really competitive (Bears are counting on sprinter Abbey Weitzeil for the breaststroke leg here). The 200 and 400 Free relays should also be fun. Cal's the favorite in the 200 Free relay based on the psych sheet.

Scoring the psych sheet, Stanford will run away with this meet with 551 points to Cal's 400 points (USC is 3rd with 246).

Diving - I have not looked at how many Stanford divers have qualified but Cal's sophomore Phoebe LaMay will compete in both spring board events (1-meter and 3-meter). She should score some points (at least the B-Final) there.


http://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2017/3/13/14902488/cal-womens-swimming-and-diving-in-2017-ncaa-championships-preview-can-bears-top-stanford-ledecky


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[COLOR="#000080"][SIZE=5]ALL THE LINKS YOU NEED FOR THE 2017 WOMEN'S D1 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS[/SIZE][/COLOR]




https://swimswam.com/links-need-2017-womens-d1-ncaa-championships/


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[SIZE=4][COLOR="#000080"]LIVE[/COLOR] [COLOR="#DAA520"]RESULTS[/COLOR] -> [/SIZE]http://www.sidearmstats.com/ncaa/swimming/index.htm


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We'll be swimming for 2nd place but will the Bears go with the same foursome that swam in the Pac-12 6:53.37. If my maths was correct their legs were

Kathleen 1.43.17
Katie 1.42.82
Abbey 1.43.84
Amy 1.43.54

Wonder if they want to keep Abbey off for additional rest and go with KV who did win the B final at pac-12 with a great time of 1.44.51. My uneducated guess they might go with KV, who is swimming well.

Go Bears!

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The furdette juggernaut's going to kick off NCs with quite an explosive display tonight in their best relay event, and frankly I don't see any team capable of even keeping pace with them there :cry:

I would therefore personally save Abbey for the [U]400 Medley relay[/U] as her 4th relay in order to seriously challenge Manuel in an event where Cal's pretty close to them (Weitzeil's already a shoo-in for the pair of shorter [U]free relays[/U], and very likely taking on breast duties on the [U]200 Medley relay[/U]). As good/great as Farida is (also consider that we could always use Farida on the fly leg if she's proving to be the hotter hand than Noemie), we'll need every advantage we can squeeze out of Abbey on the anchor leg of the [U]400 Medley relay[/U], and imo Abbey is prob. capable of dropping more time over Farida on the free leg than over Marina on the breast leg, in particular at the longer distance.

KV is showing signs of breaking out of her plateau since her studly HS days, so I'm going to venture out on a limb that Teri may place her confidence in Kristen in her senior year by rewarding Vredeveld with a spot on this relay (over Abbey).

No one's going to realistically touch the furdettes in what will prob. be yet another record-breaking spree of theirs here (LSJU won't even have to bring in Manuel to be pretty assured of a win in the [U]800 Free relay[/U], saving her for the medley relays instead where they will be much more challenged...notably by the Bears)... :bawl:

But with a KV swimming faster than she has ever been in college, a confident Thleen who has her Crohn's under control, Amy hopefully dropping more time if she has recovered from her stress-fracture issues @ Pac-12s, plus a post-neck injury Katie McL surging nicely back to form just in the nick of time, the :bear: squad should be strong enough to hold off the fast-charging Trojanettes or Wolverines for the [U]800 Free relay[/U] runner-up spot without having to call up Abbey in her weakest event...
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[COLOR="#003366"][SIZE=5]2017 W. NCAA Championships: [U]Day 1 Finals[/U] Live Recap[/SIZE][/COLOR]


https://swimswam.com/2017-w-ncaa-championships-day-1-finals-live-recap/


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Cal W Swim/Dive‏ @CalWSwim: 1-2-3 Go Bears!




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[COLOR="#DAA520"][SIZE=3]LIVE STREAM ->[/SIZE][/COLOR] http://iupuijags.com/watch/?Live=479&sport=10&type=Live


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Cal W Swim/Dive‏: "And we're off! Bears take second in 800 free relay in [U]6:51.42[/U] - 3rd fastest in school history."

[COLOR="#006699"]note: top 2 school times = 6:50.18 (Cierra/Lizzie/Caroline/Missy- 2015 Pac-12s) & 6:50.99 (Cierra/Camille/Lizzie/Missy -2015).

Also faster than prev NCAA Championship meet record of [U]6:52.69[/U], done by the 2009 :bear: squad of Sara Isakovic, Hannah Wilson, Liv Jensen & Dana Vollmer![/COLOR]


SwimSwam: "Stanford shreds the American and NCAA records. 6:45.91 to take it down by over 3 seconds. Michigan third in 6:53.63. Texas fourth in 6:54.83. Ledecky blasts 1:40.46 anchor split, but Comerford's 1:40.2 was the fastest of the night."


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1 [COLOR="#B22222"]Stanford[/COLOR] 6:49.42 [U]6:45.91[/U]N 40
1) Simone Manuel SO 2) r:0.19 Lia Neal SR
3) r:0.09 Ella Eastin SO 4) r:0.11 Katie Ledecky FR
r:+0.69 23.17 48.57 (48.57)
1:14.72 (1:14.72) 1:41.41 (1:41.41)
2:04.67 (23.26) 2:30.46 (49.05)
2:56.88 (1:15.47) 3:23.56 (1:42.15)
3:46.98 (23.42) 4:13.08 (49.52)
4:39.36 (1:15.80) 5:05.45 (1:41.89)
5:28.80 (23.35) 5:54.42 (48.97)
6:20.34 (1:14.89) 6:45.91 (1:40.46)

[COLOR="#000080"] 2 [COLOR="#DAA520"]California[/COLOR] 6:53.37 [U]6:51.42[/U]C 34
1) Kathleen Baker SO 2) r:0.30 Kristen Vredeveld SR
3) r:0.30 Amy Bilquist SO 4) r:0.24 Katie McLaughlin SO
r:+0.68 23.87 49.59 (49.59)
1:15.79 (1:15.79) 1:42.66 ([U]1:42.66[/U])
2:05.71 (23.05) 2:31.51 (48.85)
2:58.79 (1:16.13) 3:26.63 ([U]1:43.97[/U])
3:49.86 (23.23) 4:15.76 (49.13)
4:42.20 (1:15.57) 5:08.71 ([U]1:42.08[/U])
5:32.07 (23.36) 5:58.08 (49.37)
6:24.83 (1:16.12) 6:51.42 ([U]1:42.71[/U])[/COLOR]

3 Michigan 6:55.34 [U]6:53.63[/U]P 32
1) Gabby Deloof JR 2) r:0.10 Rose Bi SO
3) r:0.24 Siobhan Bernadeghey SO 4) r:0.27 G Ryan JR
r:+0.68 24.65 50.77 (50.77)
1:16.86 (1:16.86) 1:43.27 (1:43.27)
2:07.39 (24.12) 2:33.48 (50.21)
3:00.31 (1:17.04) 3:27.24 (1:43.97)
3:49.99 (22.75) 4:15.52 (48.28)
4:42.27 (1:15.03) 5:09.05 (1:41.81)
5:33.35 (24.30) 6:00.19 (51.14)


[U]Combined Team Scores - Through Event 1[/U]

1. Stanford 40
2. California 34
3. Michigan 32
4. Texas 30
5. Virginia 28
6. Kentucky 26
7. Georgia 24
8. Louisville 22
9. Texas A&M 18
10. Wisconsin 14
11. Southern Cali 12
12. Indiana 10
13. Arizona 8
14. Minnesota 6
15. Missouri 4
16. Virginia Tech 2


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Unbelievable swim by the furds. Their reaction time cutting it close considering how far they were ahead! Shucks, no DQ this time.

OBear073akaSMFan;842820094 said:

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Unbelievable swim by the furds. Their reaction time cutting it close considering how far they were ahead! Shucks, no DQ this time.

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[COLOR="#006699"]Haha unfortunately DQs are relatively rare in this longer distance relay...still, one could but hope for some to come with regards to the other team from across the Bay, since they do enjoy a bit of a history in that dept... :p

So Greg chose to use Simone here perhaps partly to fire up his squad, guess that move didn't hurt the furdies either when it came to breaking more records lol ... but with a spot of luck, this might come back to bite LSJU if the [U]400 Medley Relay[/U] contest turns out to be close, as Lia will prob. be put on free duty in the absence of Manuel, whilst we'll then have Abbey to call upon since she sat out the [U]800 relay[/U] tonight (good call by our coaches I reckon, since KV's time this evening wasn't that far off Abbey's in this relay @ Pac-12s, and it would have been asking too much tasking Abbey to try & make up the 5-and-a-half sec gap to Stanford's record winning time anyway).

Furdettes still projected to win by a substantial margin esp with diving points added to the mix...how well they do isn't something under our :bear: team's control however (though Mallory Comerford's 1:40.21 + Siobhan's 1:41.81 flying splits & Leah's 1:42.46 leadoff do provide a ray of hope for their breaking up a potential Ledecky-Manuel-Neal sweep of the [U]200 Free[/U] individual race on Fri!), so just going to cheer on our women after an encouraging start just now.

Would be very happy if Cal can limit the trees' margin of victory to double-digits at the end of the meet, whilst taking away a couple of individual & relay titles from the expected/favoured victor in red. Go Bears!



btw Amy's unheralded 1:42.08 relay split (her fastest one to date by quite a bit) bodes well for the rest of the meet...seems she has hopefully overcome her physical health issues from Pac-12s (where she had busted out a respectable 1.43.54 split on this relay), and will be on a roll the rest of the week :beer:

Similarly chuffed w/Thleen's 1:42.66 PB leadoff, whilst Katie's 1:42.71 anchor may be her fastest split ever from a rolling start for that distance!

If Kathleen & Amy's times from this relay is an accurate indicator of their current general form, could make Teri & Ian's selection process for our back leadoff leg in the medley relays a rather interesting one... [/COLOR]

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[COLOR="#000066"][SIZE=5]CAL OPENS WITH 800 FREE RELAY RUNNER-UP SWIM[/SIZE]

[COLOR="#808080"] [SIZE=3]3/15/2017 5:0 PM | By: Cal Athletics[/SIZE][/COLOR] [/COLOR]



[COLOR="#696969"]Katie McLaughlin (far left), Kristen Vredeveld, Amy Bilquist and Kathleen Baker posted a time of 6:51.42 in the 800 free relay (Tim Binning).[/COLOR]


INDIANAPOLIS With only one event on the schedule for the opening night of the NCAA Championships, California didn't have much margin for error to showcase its capabilities.

And the Golden Bears certainly came through, finishing second in the 800-yard free relay with a time of 6:51.42, which now stands as the No. 3 time in school history. The result was a nearly two-second drop from their time at the Pac-12 Championships three weeks ago. Senior Kristen Vredeveld and three sophomores Kathleen Baker, Amy Bilquist and Katie McLaughlin comprised the squad. Freshman Abbey Weitzeil, who was part of the Pac-12 foursome, was able to rest in order to remain fresh for her specialty, Thursday's 50 free.

Baker led off with a lifetime-best 1:42.66 split, which was the second-fastest ever for a Cal swimmer leading off the relay and put her No. 5 all-time at the school on the 200 free top performers list. Vredeveld (1:43.97) followed, with Bilquist (1:42.08) third in the water and McLaughlin on anchor (1:42.71).

"I thought it was a really good race for us," head coach Teri McKeever said. "Kristen really stepped up and did an amazing job, and with three sophomores, it speaks really well for the future. I think it's important to do better than we did at Pac-12s and get the nerves out. It's a nice way to get the competition going."

Stanford won the race in 6.45.91, with Michigan third in 6:53.63.

The NCAA meet continues through Saturday and picks up Thursday with six events 200 free relay, 500 free, 200 individual medley, 50 free, 1-meter diving and 400 medley relay.


[INDENT][COLOR="#000080"][SIZE=3]RESULTS:[/SIZE][/COLOR] http://www.calbears.com/documents/2017/3/15//17_WSD_NCAA_Championships_day_1.pdf[/INDENT]


http://www.calbears.com/news/2017/3/15/womens-swimming-diving-cal-opens-with-800-free-relay-runner-up-swim.aspx


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[COLOR="#003366"][SIZE=5]W. NCAA 800 FREE RELAY ROUNDUP: CAL SWAPS OUT WEITZEIL FOR VREDEVELD[/SIZE][/COLOR]



As expected, Stanford took the early scoring lead with a record-breaking performance. Simone Manuel (1:41.41), Lia Neal (1:42.15), Ella Eastin (1:41.89), and Katie Ledecky (1:40.46) did not dissapoint, earning 40 points for the Cardinal with their 6:45.91.

What's important to note here, however, is that Stanford opted to use Manuel on this relay, meaning she won't be able to compete on at least 1 of the 4 remaining relays. Fellow sprint standout Neal will also be unavailable for one of the remaining relays. It's interesting that they used this strategy considering their clear dominance with or without Manuel in the 800 free relay, while Manuel could've been the big difference maker in another race.

This puts their potential relay sweep in jeopardy, as Cal was already within hundredths of the Cardinal in both the 200 free relay and 200 medley relay at Pac-12s, and is within striking distance in the 400 medley relay.

Speaking of the Bears, there's another interesting point of discussion when we look at the Bears' lineup. While Abbey Weitzeil was a part of Cal's 800 free relay at Pac-12s, they opted to swap her out for Kristen Vredeveld this time around. This could be because she's more valuable on the other relays, but it's also noteworthy because of her health issues following the 200 free at Pac-12s last month.

At the end of the 200 free final at Pac-12s, Weitzeil showed fatigue at the end of the race, splitting 29.00 over her last 50 yards slower than anybody else in any of the 3 finals. After exiting the pool, she laid down on deck and had to be assisted away from the blocks. Weitzeil was then absent for the 100 free and 400 free relay on Saturday.


https://swimswam.com/w-ncaa-800-free-relay-roundup-cal-swaps-weitzeil-vredeveld/


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Ugh, a wee too early for me :p Anyway, morning heats of Day 2 now in session.

Bears won Heat 4 and earned a comfy 2nd seed into tonight's [U]200 Free Relay[/U] finals, w/o using Abbey. Farida, Amy, Val & KV contributed a solid 1:26.67...Cal had done a 1:26.31 back in Dec at the Georgia Invite.

UGA 3rd in 1:26.90 w/a nice leadoff from Olivia Smoliga.

Oh btw furdettes busted out an NCAA/American record of 1:26.15...for a moment I was hoping they'd be DQ'ed when the results from their heat remained unofficial lol, but it wasn't meant to be as UNC was the culprit.
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[COLOR="#000080"][SIZE=5]2017 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap[/SIZE][/COLOR]


https://swimswam.com/2017-womens-ncaa-championships-day-2-prelims-live-recap/


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[COLOR="#000066"][SIZE=3]LIVE RESULTS ->[/SIZE][/COLOR] http://www.sidearmstats.com/ncaa/swimming/index.htm

[COLOR="#DAA520"][SIZE=3]LIVE STREAM ->[/SIZE][/COLOR] http://iupuijags.com/watch/?Live=480&type=Live


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Of course, Katie L leads the way and furds 2 into the B finals too. Katie followed by Leah Smith, GRyan, Mallory Comerford, Unfortunately Katie McLaughlin no A or B coming in #22. Shocker at #25 was Cierra Runge.

41 Chenoa Devine

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Guess we will start losing ground to LSJU with the [U]500 Free[/U] event, since no Bears qualified for finals, whilst furdettes will field 1 up scorer (Ledecky who naturally is expected to win easily) and 2 downs (Byrnes & Stevens).

Not too much of a biggie since distance has been long one of our archilles' heel, but am a mite worried about Katie McL who had added over 5 sec to her seed time to end up 22nd. This event isn't kt's normal cuppa tea to start with (taking one for the team), just hoping that it won't impact her 200 free & fly later on.

Chenoa also went 3 sec slower to end up in the 41st position, but take into consideration that she had probably fully rested for Pac-12s just to get into NCAAs. Note that both the Cardinal's Drabot and former :bear: Cierra added 6 sec to fall out of a scoring spot.
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In the 200 free relay final will McKeever substitute two 50 free final qualifiers in Abbey Weitzeil & Maddie Murphy? Cal possesses depth in this event. The Bears had the fastest time entering the prelims but the Cardinal prevailed by 0.5 seconds. This is one event that Cal has a shot at winning...GO BEARS!

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In the 200 free relay final will McKeever substitute two 50 free final qualifiers in Abbey Weitzeil & Maddie Murphy? Cal possesses depth in this event. The Bears had the fastest time entering the prelims but the Cardinal prevailed by 0.5 seconds. This is one event that Cal has a shot at winning...GO BEARS!

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[COLOR="#006699"]Out & about so missed a large part of prelims...

Yeah, prob Abbey, Farida, Maddie (not in order)...and I'd personally put in Amy over KV or Val as the 4th relay member there. Freshie Maddie is even better than advertised, and Murphy just making it to the A final of the [U]50 free[/U] individual will really help with our team scoring even if she was to come in last tonight (8th = 11 pts).

As for the 2 relays, we def have a shot in the [U]200 free[/U] version with the aforementioned substitutions in spite of fave LSJU breaking the NCAA & AR this morning. Also an even better chance perhaps in the [U]400 medley[/U] variant - furdettes will def. improve their time there tonight by replacing Hu with Howe on the back leadoff spot, and Hu taking over Engel on the fly leg, but Williams is their best breaststroker and Meehan won't be able to bring in Manuel on the free anchor.

Speaking of Amy, she had put down a personal best of 22 flat in the [U]50 free[/U] individual, so had to battle it out with Trojanette Anika Apostalon for a spot in tonight's B final. Alas, Anika who's a consistent high 21s sprinter won the swimoff with her 21.80, even tho Amy did churn out a lifetime best of 21.94, dipping below the 22-sec barrier for the first time (that time would have secured 7th in the A final behind Lia Neal @ 2016 NCAAs, but this event has just become so ridiculously fast this year!)[/COLOR]

WOMEN’S 200 IM:

1Madisyn Cox (Texas)- 1:53.34
2Sydney Pickrem (Texas A&M)- 1:53.69
3Bethany Galat (Texas A&M)- 1:54.20
4Ella Eastin (Stanford)- 1:54.20
5Kathleen Baker (Cal)- 1:54.61
6Louise Hansson (USC)- 1:55.01
7Alexia Zevnik (NC State)- 1:55.30
8Asia Seidt (Kentucky)- 1:55.59

Furds got a B finalist. Celina at #36 didn't qualify.


WOMEN’S 400 MEDLEY RELAY:

Cal with the fastest time in the 400MR. Will Amy replace Kathleen in the back or will she anchor, with Abbey at Breast?

1Cal- 3:27.97
2Georgia- 3:28.00
3Louisville- 3:28.24
4Texas A&M- 3:28.26
5Stanford- 3:29.14
6Texas- 3:29.50
7USC- 3:29.77
8Indiana- 3:30.18
Cal led the way through 400 medley prelims, with Kathleen Baker (50.81), Marina Garcia (59.53), Noemie Thomas (51.22), and Abbey Weitzeil (46.41) combining for a 3:27.97.

Furds didn't swim with Manuel, so of course they will be faster.

UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842820707 said:

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Speaking of Amy, she had put down a personal best of 22 flat in the [U]50 free[/U] individual, so had to battle it out with Trojanette Anika Apostalon for a spot in tonight's B final. Alas, Anika who's a consistent high 21s sprinter won the swimoff with her 21.80, even tho Amy did churn out a lifetime best of 21.94, dipping below the 22-sec barrier for the first time [/COLOR]

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With all of the up/downs, that would had been big to get her into the B heat. I think they are projecting scores 179 to 160 at the end of day 2, though that is probably before diving is counted.

It appears to me that every school is competing for 2nd place behind Stanford. Perhaps-we should focus on that perspective so a positive attitude can be maintained. GO BEARS!

OBear073akaSMFan;842820733 said:

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WOMEN'S 200 IM:

WOMEN'S 400 MEDLEY RELAY:

Cal with the fastest time in the 400MR. With Amy replace Kathleen in the back or will she anchor, with Abbey at Breast?

1Cal- 3:27.97
2Georgia- 3:28.00
3Louisville- 3:28.24
4Texas A&M- 3:28.26
5Stanford- 3:29.14
6Texas- 3:29.50
7USC- 3:29.77
8Indiana- 3:30.18
Cal led the way through 400 medley prelims, with Kathleen Baker (50.81), Marina Garcia (59.53), Noemie Thomas (51.22), and Abbey Weitzeil (46.41) combining for a 3:27.97.

Furds didn't swim with Manuel, so of course they will be faster.

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Marina will do the breast in the 400 Medley and Abbey will do the breast in the 200 Medley, or at least that's the way it's been so far this season. I think Kathleen will do back in 400 Medley because Amy will be competing in the 200 Free relay earlier in the day. Amy will then leadoff the 200 Medley.

Schroeder71;842820842 said:

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It appears to me that every school is competing for 2nd place behind Stanford. Perhaps-we should focus on that perspective so a positive attitude can be maintained. GO BEARS!

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I'm not positive..Mr. NegaBear?

UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842819675 said:

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I would therefore personally save Abbey for the [U]400 Medley relay[/U] as her 4th relay ... As good/great as Farida is (also consider that we could always use Farida on the fly leg if she's proving to be the hotter hand than Noemie), we'll need every advantage we can squeeze out of Abbey on the anchor leg of the [U]400 Medley relay[/U], and imo Abbey is prob. capable of dropping more time over Farida on the free leg than over Marina on the breast leg, in particular at the longer distance.

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842820146 said:

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So Greg chose to use Simone here ([U]800 Free Relay[/U]) perhaps partly to fire up his squad, guess that move didn't hurt the furdies either when it came to breaking more records lol ... but with a spot of luck, this might come back to bite LSJU if the [U]400 Medley Relay[/U] contest turns out to be close, as Lia will prob. be put on free duty in the absence of Manuel, whilst we'll then have Abbey to call upon since she sat out the [U]800 relay[/U] tonight

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842820707 said:

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As for the 2 relays ... an even better chance perhaps in the [U]400 medley[/U] variant - furdettes will def. improve their time there tonight by replacing Hu with Howe on the back leadoff spot, and Hu taking over Engel on the fly leg, but Williams is their best breaststroker and Meehan won't be able to bring in Manuel on the free anchor.

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tedbear;842820866 said:

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Marina will do the breast in the 400 Medley and Abbey will do the breast in the 200 Medley, or at least that's the way it's been so far this season. I think Kathleen will do back in 400 Medley because Amy will be competing in the 200 Free relay earlier in the day. Amy will then leadoff the 200 Medley.

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[COLOR="#006699"]Pardon all the quoted posts lol but just confirming here that the lineup for the [U]400 Medley Relay[/U] tonight will prob. be Kathleen, Marina, Noemie & Abbey in that order.

Here are some stats to consider for this particular relay:

2017 Pac-12 (Finals): Kathleen (50.41), Marina (59.48), Noemie (50.10), Farida (47.39) => 3:27.38 (Cal all-time #2)
2017 NCAA (Prelims): Kathleen (50.81), Marina (59.53), Noemie (51.22), Abbey (46.41) => 3:27.97

The first 3 legs will only have to repeat their Pac-12 performances (i.e. Thleen dropping less than half a sec from this morning, Marina maintaining her pace, and most critically, Noemie not swimming over a sec slower than at conference), with Abbey replicating her morning heat time (she's quite capable of going faster), to get into mid to upper 3:26 territory and stand a great chance of winning this!

Meehan bringing in Howe on Back and Hu on Fly will provide them with a nice upgrade of about a sec on each of these 2 legs (i.e. 50 sec range), but I think Williams and Neal were racing close to their limits this am, so without difference-maker Manuel to call upon for their anchor, the furdettes may be maxing out at around 3:26.75 - 3:27.25 (hopefully!).

Of course those overperforming Dawgs shouldn't be overlooked - Smoliga's as good as they come on the back, transfer Britt has a mean fly in her, and Canuck Olympian Chantal is always a threat on anchor. Louisville Cardinals are dangerous too as they sport a 58 or better breaststroker in Cottrell, plus a red hot Comerford who has been out-swimming almost everyone at this meet...

With you, Schroeder71, on your comment re maintaining a positive attitude :beer: Not that OBear hasn't been supportive of the team by any means...in fact, quite the opposite

As has been mentioned on multiple occasions this season, this Bears team is so talented that they could prob. win the NCAA team title almost any year except (possibly) for this one that unfortunately for us features Ledecky & the furdette juggernaut (LSJU isn't infallible either as they had some crucial misses this morning with Drabot & Szekely who didn't make their expected finals).

btw Phoebe just missed out on scoring in the [U]1 m diving[/U] with an 18th placing. The Card's Olympian Cook is seeded 2nd in tonight's finals (rooting for the Chinese & Russian divers to push her down in the scoring hehe), but their freshman diver was shut out @ #35.
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Hell Yeah!!!!!! Go Bears!!!!!

Haha!!! 1:25.59 NCAA record, wins [U]200 Free Relay[/U] over the furdettes!!! :acclaim:

Amy was a monster on her leg!!!!

Wooo Hooo! American and NCAA record!!!!

Great leg by Farida too!!!!

tedbear;842820928 said:

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Wooo Hooo! American and NCAA record!!!!

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Well would have been an AR if Farida was to change her nationality :p ...furdettes get the AR instead, but I'll happily take the win

I'm so pumped up for this team!!!

UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842820931 said:

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Well would have been an AR if Farida was to change her nationality :p ...furdettes get the AR instead, but I'll happily take the win

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Go ahead burst my bubble. Hahahaha!

Great win and especially over the tree stumps!

[COLOR="#000080"] 1 California 1:26.67 [U]1:25.59[/U]N 588 40
1) Abbey Weitzeil FR 2) r:0.25 Maddie Murphy FR
3) r:0.18 Amy Bilquist SO 4) r:0.35 Farida Osman SR
r:+0.64 10.40 21.59 ([U]21.59[/U])
32.15 (10.56) 43.42 ([U]21.83[/U])
53.53 (10.11) 1:04.68 ([U]21.26[/U])
1:14.73 (10.05) 1:25.59 ([U]20.91[/U])[/COLOR]

[COLOR="#B22222"]2 Stanford 1:26.15 [U]1:25.91[/U]N 582 34
1) Simone Manuel SO 2) r:0.39 Lia Neal SR
3) r:0.23 Janet Hu JR 4) r:0.15 Ally Howe JR
r:+0.69 10.49 21.47 (21.47)
31.72 (10.25) 42.82 (21.35)
53.18 (10.36) 1:04.62 (21.80)
1:14.74 (10.12) 1:25.91 (21.29)[/COLOR]

3 Georgia 1:26.90 [U]1:26.49[/U] 573 32
1) Olivia Smoliga SR 2) r:0.16 Veronica Burchill FR
3) r:0.27 Emily Cameron SR 4) r:0.28 Chantal Van Langhem SR
r:+0.72 10.28 21.32 (21.32)
31.52 (10.20) 43.06 (21.74)
53.52 (10.46) 1:05.25 (22.19)
1:15.33 (10.08) 1:26.49 (21.24)










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Maddie Murphy has been a revelation. Way underrated!

200free relay was out best chance for a relay win. 400MR will be a bonus!! Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! (Note: I'm being positive here)

UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842820937 said:

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[COLOR="#000080"] 1 California 1:26.67 [U]1:25.59[/U]N 588 40
1) Abbey Weitzeil FR 2) r:0.25 Maddie Murphy FR
3) r:0.18 Amy Bilquist SO 4) r:0.35 Farida Osman SR
r:+0.64 10.40 21.59 ([U]21.59[/U])
32.15 (10.56) 43.42 ([U]21.83[/U])
53.53 (10.11) 1:04.68 ([U]21.26[/U])
1:14.73 (10.05) 1:25.59 ([U]20.91[/U])[/COLOR]

[COLOR="#B22222"]2 Stanford 1:26.15 [U]1:25.91[/U]N 582 34
1) Simone Manuel SO 2) r:0.39 Lia Neal SR
3) r:0.23 Janet Hu JR 4) r:0.15 Ally Howe JR
r:+0.69 10.49 21.47 (21.47)
31.72 (10.25) 42.82 (21.35)
53.18 (10.36) 1:04.62 (21.80)
1:14.74 (10.12) 1:25.91 (21.29)[/COLOR]

3 Georgia 1:26.90 [U]1:26.49[/U] 573 32
1) Olivia Smoliga SR 2) r:0.16 Veronica Burchill FR
3) r:0.27 Emily Cameron SR 4) r:0.28 Chantal Van Langhem SR
r:+0.72 10.28 21.32 (21.32)
31.52 (10.20) 43.06 (21.74)
53.52 (10.46) 1:05.25 (22.19)
1:15.33 (10.08) 1:26.49 (21.24)

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Those splits confirmed exactly how it looked, Amy crushed Hu, and Howe didn't have a chance against Farida.

Swim on you Bears.

Also confirmed how hollowed out Georgia has become-no way Cameron should swim a 200 Free leg. Lose Smoliga, CVL, and Cameron after this season.