4IM:
Sarah- 4th
Dannie- 13th
Elizabeth- 25th

Oof, the Trees put up a whopping 5 swimmers in the A-final of the 400 IM, headlined by a sweep of the top 3 spots going into tonight.

1 Forde, Brooke SO STAN-PC 4:04.89 4:03.36 qA
2 Eastin, Ella SR STAN-PC 4:00.70 4:03.87 qA
3 Szekely, Allie JR STAN-PC 4:06.54 4:05.93 qB
4 Darcel, Sarah SO CAL-PC 4:09.06 4:08.99 qB

for the top four spots, with Furd's Stevens in 6th and Kukurugya in 7th. Darcel proudly repping the Bears as the lone Cal swimmer in the A-final tonight!

100 fly:
- A-final: Katie and Izzy locked into 2-3, with times of 50.69 (a new PB, if I'm not mistaken! Besting her 51.17 from the 2018 Pac-12 meet) and 51.47 respectively (another PB?! Looks like 52.11 from the Winter Jrs. East meet in December was Izzy's best, previously). Of note: no Furd swimmers in the A-final for tonight. Roll on, Bears!
- B-final: Maddie (53.14), Elise (53.26), Sophie (53.69) seeded 12-14-15
- C-final: Ali (54.55) squeaking in at 23rd seed.

Looks like every Bear seeded in this event has a finals swim tonight!

100 fly:
Katie- 2nd
Izzy- 3rd
Maddie- 12th
Elise- 14th
Sophie- 15th
Ali- 23th

Wow, really impressed with the Bears this morning:

200 free:
A-final: Podium (of prelims, anyway) sweep between Abbey, Robin, and Katie, coming in 1-2-3 at 1:42.45, 1:43.28, and 1:43.34. (I think the 1:42 is a new best for Abbey, where CS has 1:43.25 as her best from Dec. 2016! Robin also seems to have chipped her best?)

Rest of the heat has Pitzer, Runge, Tankersley, Drabot, and Izzy sneaking in at 8 (1:44.97), so 4 Bears/3 Furds/one ex-Bear in Cierra, new Sun Devil. Impressed by the double A-final feat that Katie and Izzy pulled off for tonight!

C-final: Jenna seeded 24th with 1:47.90.

Cassidy swimming a 1:48.18 for 27th.

Wow, didn't know Izzy was going to try to pull a double too. Very impressive!

Ugh, Ema just misses the A final. If we can just get another half second drop from her that would be huge. Ali is having her late season surge again. Nice drop for her.

100 breast:

A-final: No Bears here (Furd up with 3; Raab, Zhao, Bartel), but...
B-final: 3 Bears (Ema at 1:00.45, Ali at 1:00.59, Alexa at 1:01.43), with perhaps a particularly promising swim from Ali in a return to her debut last year! Furd's Williams seeded 10th, in between Ema and Ali at 1:00.47.

Vose and Scott from USC in tonight's A-heat alongside the Furdettes, though somewhat surprised that USC's Aroesty is in the B-final, having not quite made it into the top 8.

100 back: 51.34 for Amy to lead the A-final, with Keaton (51.97) and Sophie (52.52) accompanying her! Furds have Ruck, Nordmann, Voss in. Courtney in 53.50 for 10th in tonight's B-final; Alicia and Aislinn in the C at 54.05 and 54.52 respectively. Go Bears!

Cheers for all the updates & informative comments!

Quick thoughts upon glancing at the data...

400 IM - Sarah our flag bearer in the A final, hoping she'll thwart the dastardly designs of the Furdette machine here!
- Dannie did well to qualify for the B final (her 4:12.46 best would have made A finals).
- Elizabeth just short of making finals by a spot and 2/10th of a sec.
Trees should, alas, easily run away with the scoring on this one...

100 Fly - V. impressive lifetime bests (by half a sec or greater) from our super duo, Katie & Izzy, who will take on the 200 Free immediately following this session.
- Sophie a mere 0.02 sec from her personal record, she also has a double on her plate (100 Back), as does Ali (100 Breast) - most encouraging to see the pair step up after some setbacks last year and thru the early season this year!
Bears will look to put the brakes upon that runaway Furdette train in this event.

200 Free - Crikey, Abbey's on a bleeding roll (yet again haha)...personal best by 0.8 sec over her pre-Cal record, with Robin following suit by lowering her 2018 Pac 12 PB by a tenth of a second! 4 Golden Bears in the A final, with Izzy squeaking in! Jenna bringing up the rear in the C final, Cass having also put in a good effort.

100 Breast - Ema laid down a lifetime best by 0.2 sec, missing out on the A final by just a single spot, but will strive to attain that crucial NCAA invite cut from the B final tonight!
- Ali still about a sec from her 2018 Pac-12 PB, but good to see her on the way back and bravely doubling up her races today.
- Alexa B has been making some inroads this season, and dropped a new personal record to qualify for the B final...nice.
- Natalie destroyed her best by almost a sec, but just misses out on helping w/the team scoring by 1 place.
- Dannie had also busted out a new PB, but exhibitioned her swim (otherwise would have qualified @ #17).
I shall be cheering on the Sun Devils, Bruins, Trojanettes & Wildcats in tonight's A final...

100 Back
- Can Billy surpass her 50.50 PB from 2016 Pac-12s tonight?! Stay tuned...
- Keeks close to her PB from 2018 Pac-12s.
- Sophie impresses again, this time with a new PR and getting into the A final! Would dearly love to see K-Z upgrade her 2nd alternate spot in 2018 to an actual ticket for NCAAs this year!
- Coco achieved a lifetime best!
- Alicia not much rested for conference?? (prob. already in via her 200 IM time from 2018 UGA Invite)
- Aisy about a sec off her 53.59 PR from 2018 Pac-12s...


Up-Mid-Down (A-B-C finals) qualifying spots tonight - not counting the 400 MR or the 3m Diving:

Cal 10-8-4
Stanford 14-4-1

https://pac-12.com/videos/cal-womens-swimming-head-coach-teri-mckeever-reflects-impact-technological-advances-have

Nice video of Teri to share with everyone.

*DAY 3* FINALS

400 IM

Estimated 2019 NCAA Invite Time = 4:09.52

#3 Sarah - 4:05.55 (PB = 4:03.00, 2018 Pac-12s)
#12 Dannie - 4:15.64 (PB = 4:12.46, 2017 UGA Invite)
#22 Elizabeth - 4:19.03 (PB = 4:19.58, 2018 Pac-12s) => New PB!*

(btw Trees went #1,2,4,5,6,11...~gulp~)

Anyhoo, great to see Elizabeth get a chance for a 2nd swim - new best time, helping Bears with 3 points!

Well, off to watch the broadcast on telly which is in a different location, so my subsequent updates won't be too timely... :p

100 Fly:
Katie 2nd, Izzy 3rd in A final
Maddie 9th, Elise 14th, Sophie 16th in B final
Ali scratched out of C final

Thanks!

Some times...

100 Fly

Estimated 2019 NCAA Invite Time = 52.30

#2 Katie - 50.67 (prev PB = 50.69, 2019 Pac-12s Prelims) => New PB!*
#3 Izzy - 51.15 (prev PB = 51.47, 2019 Pac-12s Prelims) => New PB!*
#9 Madds - 52.39 (PB = 51.15, 2017 NCAAs)
#14 Elise - 53.40 (PB = 52.70, 2017 Mar)
#16 Sophie - 54.37 (PB = 53.67, 2015 CIF States)

Note: SC's Louise Hansson takes the W with a new NCAA record of 49.34!

Cal sweep of the podium for 200 free!

1 Weitzeil, Abbey 1:41.97
2 McLaughlin, Katie 1:43.04
3 Neumann, Robin 1:43.25

Izzy took 8th, 1:46.03
Jenna 7th in C finals, 1:47.87

Yay!!

200 Free

Estimated 2019 NCAA Invite Time = 1:44.98

#1 Abbey - 1:41.97 (prev PB = 1:42.45, 2019 Pac-12s Prelims) => New PB!*
#2 Katie - 1:43.04 (PB = 1:43.01, 2015 CIF Div 1)
#3 Robin - 1:43.25 (prev PB = 1:43.28, 2019 Pac-12s Prelims) => New PB!*
#8 Izzy - 1:46.03 (PB = 1:43.64, 2016 Winter Jrs)
#23 Jenna - 1:47.87 (PB = 1:46.35, 2013 May)

Abbey!!

3rd fastest in the country currently, in what's her historically weaker event (being a pure sprinter and all lol)

100 breast:
Ema and Ali have both broken a minute, going 1-2 in the B final with times of 59.68 and 59.79! Alexa Buckley placed 6th in the same heat with a time of 1:01.53.

WOWWWWW!!!

100 Breast

Estimated 2019 NCAA Invite Time = 59.94

#9 Ema - 59.68 (prev PB = 1:00.45, 2019 Pac-12s Prelims) => New PB by almost a sec, blimey!* = prob NCAA Invite!!!
#10 Ali - 59.79 (PB = 59.52, 2018 Pac-12s) = prob NCAA Invite!!! She's baaaack!!!
#13 Alexa B - 1:01.53 (PB = 1:01.43, 2019 Pac-12s Prelims)

Most significant (positive) results here - both Ema & Ali have both prob. punched their tickets to NCAAs

Didn't hurt that the Furdettes were shut out of a podium spot...

Both Rajic and Harrison should get ncaa invite. That's 11 bears so far.

solobear said:

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Both Rajic and Harrison should get ncaa invite. That's 11 bears so far.

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+1!!! (slightly out of breath running back & forth between the telly and the computer haha)/

btw, Katie now ranks #5 & Izzy #7 Cal all-time in the 100 Fly with their PBs tonight.

Running back to watch Billy on back...

Heck yeah Billy!! Leads 1-3 with Keeks

Dang, where were those time from Ali and Ema in the prelims!?! They would have been 2nd and 3rd in the prelims.

100 Back

Estimated 2019 NCAA Invite Time = 52.50

#1 Amy - 50.46 (prev PB = 50.50, 2016 Pac-12s) => New PB!*
#3 Keeks - 51.34 (prev PB = 51.83, 2018 Pac-12s) => New PB!*
#6 Sophie - 52.51 (prev PB = 52.52, 2019 Pac-12s Prelims) => New PB!* = on the bubble for an NCAA Invite?
#10 Coco - 54.20 (PB = 53.50, 2019 Pac-12s Prelims)
#17 Alicia - 53.23 (prev PB = 53.60, 2018 UGA Invite) => New PB!*
#21 Aislinn - 54.32 (PB = 53.67, 2015 CIF States)

Really smashing - 4 lifetime bests by our Bears in finals, and Sophie may be v. close to an invite!

A few podium photos & race videos starring our Golden Bears::


*400 IM*


2 Trees & Sarah Darcel


*100 Fly*

https://twitter.com/i/videos/1101710987772649472

Race video above featuring 2-3 finishes from Katie & Izzy


*200 Free*



https://instagr.am/p/BufkrY8FYNC
Katie, Abbey & Robin



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• UPDATES =>

*100 Back*


Billy

*400 MR*


Back row: Abbey & Katie
Front Row: Billy & Ema

UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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WOWWWWW!!!

100 Breast

Estimated 2019 NCAA Invite Time = 59.94

#9 Ema - 59.68 (prev PB = 1:00.45, 2019 Pac-12s Prelims) => New PB by almost a sec, blimey!* = prob NCAA Invite!!!
#10 Ali - 59.79 (PB = 59.52, 2018 Pac-12s) = prob NCAA Invite!!! She's baaaack!!!
#13 Alexa B - 1:01.53 (PB = 1:01.43, 2019 Pac-12s Prelims)

Most significant (positive) results here - both Ema & Ali have both prob. punched their tickets to NCAAs

Didn't hurt that the Furdettes were shut out of a podium spot...

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All hail Breaststroke (ne Backstroke) U. Suck it, Indiana, A&M, and 'SC.

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btw, Katie now ranks #5 & Izzy #7 Cal all-time in the 100 Fly with their PBs tonight.

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Not to mention Ema casually vaulting up to #4 in the school history books here for the 100 Breast, just behind Caitlin, Jessica Hardy & Ali...

Just saw the live recap of tonight from SwimSwam, and I don't know where my excitement starts: Katie's best in the 100 fly, along with another individual medal for our newest baby Bear Izzy? The double for Katie/Izzy that partially led to the podium sweep in the 200 free, led by Abbey's 1:41? The sub-1:00 breast swims from Ema and Ali? What a night!!! Kudos to all of these ladies for an incredible session so far.

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Just saw the lice recap of tonight from SwimSwam, and I don't know where my excitement starts

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I heartfeltly <is that even a legit word lol?!> feel your dilemma there

Heck, don't forget the 400 Medley Relay too (hopefully haha)

Only downside is that this finale vent of the session isn't being televised, and I may have to step out for a bit... ~sob~

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2019 PAC-12 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAY 3 FINALS LIVE RECAP


Cal's Amy Bilquist is set to battle Stanford freshman Taylor Ruck, an Olympic medalist, in the 100 back. Archive photo via Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com

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2019 Pac-12 Women's Championship Day 3 Finals: Live Recap

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Heck, have to leave for a wee bit, but here are a few records our Bears could be chasing in the 400 Medley Relay starting very soon...

NCAA, US & Pac-12 record: 3:25.09, Stanford, 2019
Pac-12 Championship record: 3:25.15, Stanford, 2018

California All-Time Top 10 List
1. Kathleen Baker (50.21), Ali Harrison (59.06), Noemie Thomas (50.20), Abbey Weitzeil (46.00) ......3:25.50 ......2018

2. Kathleen Baker (50.66), Ali Harrison (58.89), Noemie Thomas (50.25), Abbey Weitzeil (47.06) ......3:26.86 ......2018

3. Rachel Bootsma (50.84), Marina Garcia (59.28), Farida Osman (51.07), Missy Franklin (45.98) ......3:27.17 ......2015

4. Kathleen Baker (50.41), Marina Garcia (59.48), Noemie Thomas (50.10), Farida Osman (47.39) .......3:27.38 ......2017

5. Kathleen Baker (50.81), Marina Garcia (59.53), Noemie Thomas (51.22), Abbey Weitzeil (46.41) .....3:27.97 ......2017

Bears win!

Amy (50.64), Ema (59.53), Katie (50.14), Abbey (46.10) - 3:26.41

swimmer19 said:

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Bears win!

Amy (50.64), Ema (59.53), Katie (50.14), Abbey (46.10) - 3:26.41

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Great day for the Bears!

score at
the end of day 3
TEAM SCORES THROUGH DAY 3:
1. Stanford University 1154.5 2. University of California- Berk 964.5
3. University of Southern Calif 724 4. Arizona State University 644
5. University of Arizona 576 6. University of California - LA 557
7. Utah, University of 357 8. Washington State University 189
9. Oregon State University 110

tedbear said:

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https://pac-12.com/videos/cal-womens-swimming-head-coach-teri-mckeever-reflects-impact-technological-advances-have

Nice video of Teri to share with everyone.

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Katie McLaughlin, Abbey Weitzeil and Robin Neumann show off their 200 free hardware

Weitzeil, Bilquist, Relay Add To Win Total

Bears Keep It Rolling at Pac-12 Championships

• Results

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - The Golden Bears kept it rolling on the third night of the Pac-12 Championships Friday, picking up three more victories to raise the Cal team total to seven titles through 14 events.

Junior Abbey Weitzeil captured the 200-yard freestyle, Amy Bilquist snared the 100-yard backstroke crown, and the Bears capped off the evening with a win in the 400-yard medley relay.

Weitzeil claimed her second individual title of the meet following her win in the 50 free Thursday. In the 200, she burst out front and kept her stroke smooth through the final wall. Weitzeil's time of 1:41.97 puts her behind only Missy Franklin and Dana Vollmer in the event in school history, and it stands as the third fastest in the country this season.

Weitzeil was joined on the podium by Katie McLaughlin, who took second in 1:43.04, and Robin Neumann, who was third in 1:43.25. Isabel Ivey finished off Cal's A finalists by taking eighth in 1:46.03.

In the 100 back, Bilquist engaged in a close battle with Stanford's Taylor Ruck from the start. Bilquist edged out to a 0.03 advantage at the midway point and her dive into the wall at the finish handed her a win by six one-hundredths of a second. Her time of 50.46 was a personal best and ranks as the second fastest in the country so far this year.

The Bears had two other A finalists in the race with junior Keaton Blovad earning a spot on the podium with a third-place finish in a lifetime-best 51.34, which puts her eighth on Cal's all-time list, and sophomore Sophie Krivokapic-Zhou taking sixth in 52.51 for another personal best.

While Cal didn't pull off a victory in the 100 butterfly, the Bears did the next best thing, finishing second and third in the race. McLaughlin was the runner-up in a PR 50.67 (No. 5 in Cal history) and Isabel Ivey took third in 51.15. Maddie Murphy won the B final in 52.39.

In the 100 breaststroke, Cal's Ema Rajic and Ali Harrison both broke a minute and likely secured their trips to the NCAA meet. Rajic, a freshman, swam a PR 59.68 to claim first place in the B final (9th overall). Her time gives her the No. 4 slot in Cal history in the event. Harrison was right behind in 59.79.

In addition, Sarah Darcel, in the opening event of the session, placed third in the 400 individual medley in a season-best 4:05.55. Phoebe LaMay led the Bears on the 3-meter springboard in 10th place (258.75) and Briana Thai was 11th (258.40).

The Bears closed out the session with a three-second win in the 400 medley relay, and their time of 3:26.41 rates as the fastest in the nation. Bilquist led off, followed by Rajic, McLaughlin and Weitzeil, who gave Cal its fourth Pac-12 relay title in four tries at the meet.

"Obviously, we had a really, really great night," head coach Teri McKeever said. "We had a lot of good energy, and, hopefully, tomorrow, we can get the job done in the morning so we can finish off the meet productively.

Stanford continues to lead the team race with 1,154 points, with Cal in a solid second place with 964.5 points. USC (724), Arizona State (644) and Arizona (576) round out the top five.

The Pac-12 Championships conclude Saturday with prelims at 10:30 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m. The meet will be televised on the Pac-12 Network beginning at 6:30 p.m.