NYCGOBEARS said:

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Is the event being televised or streamed anywhere?

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Prelims are streamed on the UT network, Finals on ESPN.

bearz012 said:

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New PB for Amy as well!! 21.52

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Yup, Billy did good - trumps her previous lifetime best of 21.60 from this morning's heats!

UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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NYCGOBEARS said:

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Is the event being televised or streamed anywhere?

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ESPN-3

http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/3492316/ncaa-womens-swimming-and-diving-championships

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Thanks!

Amazing second session for the Bears so far, we've won every single heat we have swimmers in! (200 FR, 200 IM B final, both finals for 50 free!)

NYCGOBEARS said:

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Thanks!

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You're very welcome!

Perhaps a good time to take a breather & break whilst the diving's going on now (no Bears or Trees in the final)...the last event of the session, 400 Medley Relay, is scheduled to start at around 4:51 pm PT...

Current team scoring (unfortunately LSJU is expected to pile on points tomorrow & Sat, those last 2 days featuring their strongest scoring schedule):

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 5

1. Stanford 135.5 2. California 131
3. Michigan 97 4. Louisville 72
5. Southern Cali 65 6. Texas 64
7. Tennessee 59 8. NC State 56
9. Virginia 44 9. Wisconsin 44
9. Texas A&M 44 12. Auburn 40
13. Minnesota 32 14. Arizona 30.5
15. Georgia 28 16. Kentucky 27.5
17. Arizona St 25 18. Ohio St 18
19. Duke 16 20. Missouri 14
20. Arkansas 14 22. South Carolina 13.5
23. Indiana 11 24. Florida 2
24. UNC 2

Ooops, hadn't noticed that the diving consols wouldn't be scored until after the A final - update:

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 6

1. Stanford 147.5 2. California 133
3. Michigan 97 4. Texas 80
5. Louisville 72 6. Southern Cali 65
7. Tennessee 59 8. NC State 56
9. Minnesota 52 10. Texas A&M 44
10. Wisconsin 44 10. Virginia 44
13. Auburn 40 14. Arizona 34.5
15. UCLA 31 16. Arkansas 29
17. Georgia 28 18. Kentucky 27.5
19. Arizona St 25 20. Indiana 20
21. Ohio St 18 22. Duke 16
23. Florida 14 23. Missouri 14
25. South Carolina 13.5 26. Lsu 13
27. Kansas 11 28. Purdue 7
29. University of Miami 3 30. UNC 2

Bears win 4MR!

3:25.24 for the win!

1 California 3:28.03 3:25.24P 40
1) Amy Bilquist SR 2) r:0.25 Ema Rajic FR
3) r:0.34 Katie McLaughlin SR 4) r:0.24 Abbey Weitzeil JR
r:+0.77 24.76 50.84 (50.84)
1:17.98 (27.14) 1:49.37 (58.53)
2:12.31 (22.94) 2:39.37 (50.00)
3:00.86 (21.49) 3:25.24 (45.87)

Amazing splits all around! Excited for Ema's 100 breast tomorrow, she looks like she can go under 59!

Yayay! Bears unleashed a 3:25.24 to win the 400 Medley Relay

School record!!! Really nice splits all around, Ema down into the mid 58s on breast, Katie with a 50 flat, and Abbey finishing things off with a 45.87 to finish amost 2 sec ahead of 2nd place IU who were powered by Lilly King's 55.67 split on breast.

Came oh so agonisingly close to LSJU's 3:25.09 record from 2018 NCAAs...

Sound bite of the day - Cynthia Potter (Olympic diver & expert diving commentator) on ESPN just now:

"Well Cal has no divers, and Stanford has quite a few" (I'm paraphrasing a mite as don't recall her exact words)

Anyway...

https://instagr.am/p/BvS8lGdFzFW


Abbey Weitzeil Slams Down American Record 21.02 in 50 Free at NCAAs




And...

California Narrowly Misses NCAA, American Records in 400 Medley Relay



The California Golden Bears won the 400 medley relay on Thursday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships with a 3:25.24 for their second relay win of the night.

Amy Bilquist (50.84), Ema Rajic (58.53), Katie McLaughlin (50.00) and Abbey Weitzeil (45.87) won the title for the Golden Bears as Bilquist got them off to a lead on the first leg. Indiana's Lilly King (55.67) pulled the Hoosiers within the lead at the halfway point and fellow senior Christie Jensen (51.47) hung on to that lead through 300, but it was not enough for junior Shelby Koontz (47.68) on the anchor leg. The Hoosiers finished in second place for the second straight year with that swim.

Top seed Michigan was in seventh place at the halfway point and crawled its way back into contention with Maggie MacNeil (50.34) and Siobhan Haughey (46.51) on the back half for the Wolverines.
Indiana's team of Morgan Scott (52.19), King (55.67), Jensen (51.47) and Koontz (47.68) finished in second at 3:27.01 as Big Ten rival Michigan was third at 3:27.49. The Wolverines had Taylor Garcia (52.50), Miranda Tucker (58.14), MacNeil (50.34) and Haughey (46.51) swimming for them.

Cal's win tonight also ends Stanford's five-year winning streak in the event as the Cardinal placed sixth at 3:28.45.

Cal now has four NCAA titles in the 400 medley relay. The 2019 team joins the likes of the teams from 2007, 2011 and 2012 as winners of the event for the Golden Bears.


Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 7

1. Stanford 173.5 2. California 173
3. Michigan 129 4. Louisville 100
5. Texas 87 6. NC State 86
7. Southern Cali 83 8. Minnesota 76
9. Tennessee 69 10. Virginia 66
11. Indiana 54 12. Auburn 52
13. Arizona 48.5 14. Texas A&M 44
14. Wisconsin 44 16. Kentucky 31.5
17. UCLA 31 18. Arkansas 29
19. Georgia 28 20. Arizona St 25
21. Florida 21 22. Ohio St 18
23. Duke 16 24. Missouri 14
25. South Carolina 13.5 26. Lsu 13
27. Kansas 11 28. Purdue 7
29. University of Miami 3 30. UNC 2

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Wow, new NCAA, American & school record!!!!

Even sweeter that our Bears' 1:24.45* in the 200 Free relay sooo effortlessly took out LSJU's former NCAA/AR of 1:25.43 from 2018 NCAAs! :p

Roll on you Bears!!

*Sorry, I was just so shooook at those times that I accidentally had our relay going faster by a full 0.1 of a sec...should be 1:24.55...but still a MASSIVE record & win haha

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What a thing of beauty

Event 2 Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA: I 1:24.55 21-Mar-19 California, California-PC
M Murphy, K McLaughlin, A Bilquist, A Weitzeil
Meet: M 1:24.55 21-Mar-19 California, California-PC
M Murphy, K McLaughlin, A Bilquist, A Weitzeil
American: A 1:24.55 21-Mar-19 California, California-PC
M Murphy, K McLaughlin, A Bilquist, A Weitzeil
US Open: O 1:24.55 21-Mar-19 California, California-PC
M Murphy, K McLaughlin, A Bilquist, A Weitzeil
Pool: P 1:24.55 21-Mar-19 California, California-PC
M Murphy, K McLaughlin, A Bilquist, A Weitzeil


Also better yet
200 FREESTYLE RELAY

• NCAA Record: Stanford (Hu, Manuel, Pitzer, Howe), 2018 1:25.43
• American Record: Stanford (Hu, Manuel, Pitzer, Howe), 2018 1:25.43
• Meet Record: Stanford (Hu, Manuel, Pitzer, Howe), 2018 1:25.43

[ol]

GOLD: Cal- 1:24.55

SILVER: Michigan- 1:26.25

BRONZE: Stanford- 1:26.50

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OBear073akaSMFan said:

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What a thing of beauty

Event 2 Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA: I 1:24.55 21-Mar-19 California, California-PC
M Murphy, K McLaughlin, A Bilquist, A Weitzeil
Meet: M 1:24.55 21-Mar-19 California, California-PC
M Murphy, K McLaughlin, A Bilquist, A Weitzeil
American: A 1:24.55 21-Mar-19 California, California-PC
M Murphy, K McLaughlin, A Bilquist, A Weitzeil
US Open: O 1:24.55 21-Mar-19 California, California-PC
M Murphy, K McLaughlin, A Bilquist, A Weitzeil
Pool: P 1:24.55 21-Mar-19 California, California-PC
M Murphy, K McLaughlin, A Bilquist, A Weitzeil

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Precisely...well alright I may have transgressed by having left out the US Open & Pool records in my gushing excitement, but who's countin' here, eh eh??!

https://instagr.am/p/BvSZhHEFmDC
More from the above insta:






https://instagr.am/p/BvShlhgF9Qw

UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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(unfortunately LSJU is expected to pile on points tomorrow & Sat, those last 2 days featuring their strongest scoring schedule):

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2019 WOMEN'S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 2 SCORING UPDATE

The night session belonged to the Cal women. They gained 16 points over their seeds from this morning, the most of any team in the field.

However the day belonged to Stanford. Stanford picked up 57.5 points over their seeds on the psych sheet in swimming events and hold a half point lead in the overall standings (complete current scores are below the Scoring Details table).

Adding the seeded points from the next two days to the current score Stanford now project to a 54 point win over Cal. Given Stanford's performance vs seed so far, that margin may end up being much bigger by Saturday evening.

The team race picture appears to be solidifying. Cal's lead over for 2nd Michigan is looking more and more solid. Cal now project to an 83 point win over the Wolverines. Michigan in turn have a 59 point projected final margin over NC State for 3rd.

Fantastic to see these amazing swimmerS produce new PBs and all sorts of records. Huge momentum for the program and representing big time on the big stage. Thanks for the wonderful updates!

GO BEARS!

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Cal W Swim & Dive - phoebelamay takes 15th place on 1-meter, becoming the first Cal diver to score on a springboard event in 25 years! #GoBears

[url=https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1108879504133554177][/url]

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Okay but we need to get a better return from our new Diving facility.

What an amazing day for the Bears, and we just have to keep this momentum going!

Here's a brief look at the prelims heat sheets for tomorrow:
100 FLY
- Sophie (H1, L5)
- Madds (H4, L8): against Dakota Luther (UGA), Maddie Wright (SC)
- Izzy (H7, L3): against Maggie MacNeil (Mich), Grace Oglesby (Lville), Marsh & Jordan (Duke)
- Katie (H8, L5): against Louise Hansson (SC), Morgan Hill (UVA)

200 FREE
- Robin (H5, L3): against Abbey & Katie, Padington (Minn), Courtney Harnish (UGA)
- Abbey (H5, L4)
- Katie (H5, L5)

100 BREAST
- Ali (H4, L1): against Ema, Bailey Bonnett (UK), Kaylee Wheeler (Lville)
- Ema (H4, L4)

100 BACK
- Alicia (H2, L4)
- Izzy (H3, L2)
- Sophie (H4, L1): against Taylor Garcia (Mich), Alina Kendizor (Lville)
- Amy (H7, L4): against Keeks, Aly Tetzloff (Auburn), Megan Moroney (UVA), Erin Voss (LSJU)
- Keeks (H7, L6)

Go Bears!

A Record-Setting Night At NCAAs

Cal Breaks Two American Records On Its Way To Three Event Wins

• Results

UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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And in other ace news of the day, our 2019 NCAA Golden Bears will have @ Austin the distinctive honour & privilege of a vocal cheering section (no doubt fuelled by caffeine during the day, and perhaps refreshed by alcoholic beverages after each finals session lol), who has been thru it all before - a number of their big sisters, all Swim Bears alumna, will be flying out to Texas on Thursday to support our women - Bootsie, Lizzie, Val, KV, Klaren, Piehl, Bing, Eva & Nanfria!

Once a Bear, always a Bear!

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https://instagr.am/p/BvW8rXbliD2

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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Cal's Dynamic Duo: Abbey Weitzeil, Amy Bilquist Lead Record Night for Bears

by DANIEL D'ADDONA

21 March 2019, 07:55pm


When Amy Bilquist and Abbey Weitzeil chose Cal, they knew national-championship performances were in their future.

The duo has been part of a handful of relay titles, but there was always the sense that their best was still ahead. There was always an injury or something in the way of their best individual performance.

Until Thursday.

Weitzeil and Bilquist became Cal's dynamic duo on the first full night of the 2019 NCAA Division I women's championships in record-breaking fashion.

They teamed up to win two relays and each turned in the best individual performance of their careers - all in the same night. And in the team race, it has the Golden Bears just a half point behind Stanford heading into Day 3 (173.5-173).

"We have really wanted to show everyone what Cal can do," Weitzeil said. "We have had up and down years with injuries and such. We just wanted to do it for each other and show everyone what we can do. Having it pay off - so far at least - has been pretty awesome."

It started with a dynamic relay performance to open the session, as Maddie Murphy, Katie McLaughlin, Bilquist and Weitzeil broke the American record in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:24.55.



"Knowing I can trust everyone on that relay to do what I know they can do so I can bring it home was awesome," Weitzeil said.

Bilquist split a 20.87 before Weitzeil stunningly split a 20.49.

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"That relay is my baby. Freshman and sophomore year, we won it. Junior year, got second. It is so great to come back as a senior (and win). I knew we had it in us," Bilquist said.

"It is a hard feeling to explain when you just turn around and see your teammates, you make eye contact, and you just know what is about to happen. Watching Maddie dive in, I knew we had it. We all feed off of each other's energy. It has been awesome."

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The duo carried that momentum into the 50 free. If Weitzeil's relay split was stunning, her 50 free was a step past stunning as she set the American and NCAA record in dominant fashion, finishing in 21.02.

It crushed her previous American record of 21.12 and Erika Brown's NCAA mark of 21.15.

"I have been waiting for that for a long time," Weitzeil said. "To have it finally pay off is awesome."

But the bigger smile might have been on Bilquist's face after finishing sixth in the same event, clocking a career-best 21.52.

"I wanted to be in the 'A' final all four years, and I finally did it," Bilquist said. "I went a best time in prelims and finals, and I can't tell you the last time I did that. It felt really good."



It was one of those moments in a meet that could go overlooked, but the rest of her team knew what that best time and final meant to Bilquist.

"I train next to her all the time. She works so hard and has gone through so many things. Being able to have her make the 'A' final with me - we call that a party heat when we have more than one that is our goal, and it was so awesome for that to pay off, especially her senior year," Weitzeil said.

If that wasn't a good enough night for the Bears, Weitzeil and Bilquist teamed McLaughlin and Ema Rajic to win the 400 medley relay to close the session with a pool record 3:25.24.



Cal is in the hunt for the NCAA title despite missing the points of national champion Kathleen Baker, who opted to turn professional after her junior year.

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"We just try to focus on ourselves. A lot of people say, 'Oh you are missing Kathleen and all of those points,' but she was more than just points. She was a teammate and was awesome in every aspect.

"It is hard to fill that gap, but we just have to look at it a different way. It is not filling a gap. No one is Kathleen. It is rallying around what we have now and being in the present with this team."

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It is working.

If the Bears can continue to ride this momentum, this could be one of the closest NCAA meets in history.

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400 IM: Stanford: 3 up/0 down (Eastin, Forde, Raab), Szekely the second alternate. Truly missing Sarah in this event, but let's see what the rest of the morning brings for the Bears!

Maddie with a 51.67 to probably secure a final, not sure if that makes the A final tho

100 fly:

Sophie ties for first (in a small heat of 3, nevertheless, but hey!) in 53.56, a small drop from her seed of 53.69.

Yes Madds! Winning her heat in 51.67 (outside smoking from lane 8, too).

Izzy gave Michigan's MacNeil a great run for her money through the first 75 of the race (not sure of time yet).

Thx 4 the Day 3 prelims updates!

Out & abouts so correct me if this is incorrect but that time by Madds is easily a season best as she was a mid 52s at Pac12s. Should bump her 40th seed to a scoring berth 4 tonite

49.98 for Hansson, Katie third in final heat (51.04).

100 fly:
Stanford: 0 up/0 down
Cal: 2 up/1 down

A-heat:
1 Louise Hansson JR USC 49.34 49.98 q
2 Maggie MacNeil FR Michigan 49.59 50.35 q
3 Erika Brown JR Tennessee 49.85 50.53 q
4 Aly Tetzloff SR Auburn 50.94 50.94 q
5 Morgan Hill JR Virginia 51.01 51.04 q
6 Katie McLaughli SR California 50.67 51.05 q
7 Izzy Ivey FR California 51.15 51.23 q
8 Grace Oglesby JR Louisville 50.75 51.27 q

B-heat:
9 Annie Ochitwa SR Missouri 51.25 51.36 q
10 Alyssa Marsh JR Duke 51.87 51.53 q
11 Kylie Jordan JR Duke 51.42 51.63 q
12 Maddie Murphy JR California 52.39 51.67 q
13 Olivia Carter FR Georgia 52.02 51.83 q
14 Sarah Watson FR Akron 51.94 51.87 q
15 Christie Jensen SR Indiana 51.44 51.97 q
16 Mackenzie Rumri SR Arizona 51.80 51.99 q

Nice job to our Bears in this event!

Didn't realize Izzy is entered in 100 back instead of 200 free, leaving McL by herself to attempt the double today/tonight (but have utmost confidence in Katie!).

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100 fly:
Stanford: 0 up/0 down
Cal: 2 up/1 down

Nice job to our Bears in this event!

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Well done. Should help mitigate some of the points damage from LSJU in the 400 IM. Sarah has around a 4:03 PB which would have made the A final there.

Current sprint fly weakness of the Furdettes showcased by Amalie finishing in the 42nd spot according to live results.

Sophie did a PB?

Truly a beautiful sight to see Abbey, Katie, and Robin all leading their heat together in prelims for great swims. Katie winning the heat in 1:42.85, followed by her Bear teammates!

200 free:

Stanford: 1 up/1 down
Cal: 3 up/0 down

Haughey, Ruck, Comerford, DeLoof, McLaughlin, Neumann, Madden, Weitzeil for top 8. Yes, ladies!

Wonder what's been happening with USC's Maggie Aroesty. Didn't have a great PAC-12, not even top 3 in her prelims heat of the 100 breast.

Big PB from Ema! 1st time under 59 sec!