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CAL ALL-TIME TOP 10 LIST

400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
1. Isabel Ivey (47.79), Katie McLaughlin (46.62), Amy Bilquist (46.48), Abbey Weitzeil (46.07) | 3:06.96 | 2019 ***NCAA record
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8=. Robin Neumann (48.40), Emily Gantriis (48.20), Elise Garcia (47.94), Isabel Ivey (46.10) | 3:10.64 | 2021
8=. Isabel Ivey (47.75), Robin Neumann (47.95), Katie McLaughlin (47.72), Amy Bilquist (47.22) | 3:10.64 | 2019

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VIRGINIA WOMEN WIN FIRST NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP IN ACC HISTORY

Finishing in fourth place were the Cal Bears, which broke their 11-year top-3 streak at NCAAs, which ran since 2009.

TEAM SCORES (FINAL)

1. Virginia | 491
2. NC State | 354
3. Texas | 344.5
4. California | 290
5. Alabama | 266
6. Michigan | 224.5
7. Ohio St | 215.5
8. Georgia | 181
9. Stanford | 159
10. Tennessee | 153
...

TEAM | TITLES
Stanford | 11
Texas | 7
Georgia | 7
Auburn | 5
Cal | 4
Florida | 2
Arizona | 1
USC | 1
SIU | 1
Virginia | 1

NCAA COACH | TITLES
Richard Quick | 12
Jack Bauerle | 7
Teri McKeever | 4
Greg Meehan | 3
David Marsh | 3
Mark Schubert | 3
David Marsh/ Dorsey Tierney-Walker | 2
Gregg Troy | 1
Frank Busch | 1
George Haines | 1
Randy Reese | 1
Todd DeSorbo | 1

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Damn scintillating anchor by Ivey. That's approaching Abbey Weitzel territory!

Relay Results: 5
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800 free-3rd (replace Neumann)
200 free-1st
400 medley-3rd but DQ'd
200 medley-4th
400 free-3rd (replace Neumann)

Individual Results: 3
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Ivey: 3 finals
100 free-3rd
100 back-4th
100 fly-4th

Stadden: 2 finals
200 back-3rd
100 back-5th

Wilson: 1 final
200 IM-3rd

Any candidates out of 14 member 2021 recruit class that may make relay teams or qualify for finals?
GO BEARS!

UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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Wow what a scintillating anchor by Izzy, almost catching up to runner-up Virginia from waaaay behind in the 400 Free Relay finale!!! (Elise had also busted out a studly 47.94)

Compare these splits from the only swimmers who had gone sub-47 seconds:
46.10 - Izzy Ivey (Cal)
46.76* - Kate Douglass (UVa)
46.90 - Cora Dupre (Bama)
46.94* - Maggie MacNeil (Michigan)

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ALABAMA CLOSES OUT NCAAS WITH THEIR FIRST EVER RELAY TITLE (SPLITS ANALYSIS)

Cal junior Isabel Ivey had the fastest overall split in the field by a wide margin, anchoring the Bears with a 46.10 that was 0.66s ahead of the next-fastest time, Douglass' leadoff.

TEAM | SWIMMER | TIME
Cal | Isabel Ivey | 46.10
Virginia | Kate Douglass | 46.76
Alabama | Cora Dupre | 46.90
Michigan | Maggie MacNeil | 46.94
NC State | Kylee Alons | 47.05
Alabama | Kalia Antoniou | 47.16
Tennessee | Tjasa Pintar | 47.35
Georgia | Zoie Hartman | 47.51
Texas | Julia Cook | 47.61
Virginia | Alex Walsh | 47.63
Texas | Kelly Pash | 47.72
Alabama | Morgan Scott | 47.78
NC State | Sophie Hanson | 47.80
Ohio State | Katherine Zenick | 47.86
Ohio State | Amy Fulmer | 47.93
Alabama | Flora Molnar | 47.94
Cal | Elise Garcia | 47.94
NC State | Katharine Berkoff | 47.94
Northwestern | Maddie Smith | 47.95
Virginia | Paige Madden | 47.98
Tennessee | Bailey Grinter | 47.98
Virginia | Lexi Cuomo | 48.08
UNC | Grace Countie | 48.10
Virginia Tech | Sarah Shackelford | 48.12
Florida | Talia Bates | 48.14
Georgia | Gabi Fa'Amausili | 48.17
Cal | Emily Gantriis | 48.20
Stanford | Amalie Fackenthal | 48.23
Louisville | Alena Kraus | 48.28
Georgia | Maxine Parker | 48.37
Stanford | Lauren Green | 48.37
Cal | Robin Neumann | 48.40
Florida | Katie Mack | 48.4
Ohio State | Taylor Petrak | 48.41
Wisconsin | Phoebe Bacon | 48.41
Virginia Tech | Reka Gyorgy | 48.42
UCLA | Claire Grover | 48.42
Louisville | Tristen Ulett | 48.43
Virginia Tech | Emma Atkinson | 48.45
NC State | Julia Poole | 48.46
Tennessee | Trude Rothrock | 48.50
Northwestern | Ally Larson | 48.5
Louisville | Paige Hetrick | 48.53
Indiana | Ashley Turak | 48.56
Michigan | Megan Glass | 48.58
Missouri | Sarah Thompson | 48.58
Louisville | Gabi Albiero | 48.60
Stanford | Anya Goeders | 48.66
Wisconsin | Alana Palmer | 48.69
Indiana | Abby Kirkpatrick | 48.74
Northwestern | Selen Ozbilen | 48.76
Missouri | Amy Fedderson | 48.77
Tennessee | Mona McSharry | 48.83
Ohio State | Freya Rayner | 48.83
Michigan | Olivia Carter | 48.83
Indiana | Elizbeth Broshears | 48.91
Missouri | Sierra Smith | 48.91
Stanford | Emma Wheal | 48.94
Wisconsin | Isabel Lampre | 48.94
UNC | Sophie Lindner | 48.96
UCLA | Delaney Smith | 48.96
Indiana | Laurel Eiber | 48.99
Michigan | Sophie Housey | 49.00
UCLA | Sophia Kosturos | 49.03
UCLA | Ella Kirschke | 49.03
Georgia | Courtney Harnish | 49.04
UNC | Amy Dragelin | 49.05
Missouri | Megan Keil | 49.06
Texas | Olivia Bray | 49.07
Virginia Tech | Joelle Vereb | 49.08
UNC | Heidi Lowe | 49.15
USC | Kaitlyn Dobler | 49.22
Wisconsin | Lillie Hosack | 49.23
USC | Jemma Schlicht | 49.28
USC | Marta Ciesla | 49.31
Northwestern | Annika Wagner | 49.37
Texas | Bridget Semenuk | 49.42
Florida | Gabrielle Hillis | 49.70
Florida | Kathleen Golding | 49.75
USC | Isabelle Odgers | 49.84

Swimswam Readers said:

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"Broken record, but that split from Ivey is monster. I know there's the relay start to factor in, but top-notch for her!"
"I worry that she is going to be the best swimmer who never won an individual title."
"Isabel Ivey putting her entire team on her back"
"Was Ivey the anchor for Cal? She nearly caught Cuomo."
"Yes, 46.10 split LEGIT!"
"That's a gun-shy relay start for Gantriis. Still better than a DQ."
"The Cal relay DQ didn't actually influence placing? (Though that's pretending it didn't affect anything else.)"
"Cal really has to up their recruiting moving forward if they want to stay in the game. Stanford will regain their strength next year with incoming recruits and deferrals."
"weird to see Stanford not even in contention for a top 5 finish. I like it, but still strange."

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Ashlyn is taking a gap year and will be back with team for the 21-22 season.

Gooch said:

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Ashlyn is taking a gap year and will be back with team for the 21-22 season.

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Cheers for the confirmation! I believe Fiorilli had competed quite well at this month's PSS meet @ San Antonio, and her bio does indicate that she's still a Bear, so this is really great news

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2021 W. NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS: FINAL PSYCH VS. ACTUAL SCORING

• Cal's relay DQ, where they touched the wall as the 3rd-fastest team, didn't ultimately hurt them in team scoring. They were 55 points behind Texas at the final whistle, and that relay only cost them 32 points.

DAY 4 DATA
SCHOOL | PSYCH4 | FINALS4 | DELTA4 | TOTAL PSYCH VS. SEED (SWIM)
Virginia | 130.5 | 147 | 16.5 | 15.5
NC State | 103 | 113 | 10 | -21
Texas | 97 | 95 | -2 | -43.5
California | 102 | 80 | -22 | -65
Alabama | 107 | 111 | 4 | -26.5
Michigan | 88 | 97 | 9 | 27.5
Ohio St | 30 | 38 | 8 | 40
Georgia | 106 | 66 | -40 | -70
Stanford | 19 | 16 | -3 | -13
Kentucky | 65 | 38 | -27 | -36.5
UNC | 3 | 17 | 14 | 71


FULL MEET PSYCH VS. SEED DATA
SCHOOL | PSYCH SCORING | DAY 1 SEED VS. ACTUAL | DAY 2 SEED VS. ACTUAL | DAY 3 SEED VS. ACTUAL | DAY 4 SEED VS. ACTUAL | TOTAL SEED VS. ACTUAL | SWIMMING POINTS | DIVING POINTS | TOTAL SCORE
Virginia | 475.5 | 0 | -7.5 | 12.5 | 16.5 | 15.5 | 491 | 0 | 491
NC State | 375 | -30 | -9 | -2 | 10 | -21 | 354 | 0 | 354
Texas | 334.5 | -2 | -6 | -33.5 | -2 | -43.5 | 291 | 54 | 345
California | 355 | -2 | 14 | -21 | -22 | -65 | 290 | 0 | 290
Alabama | 292.5 | 8 | -16.5 | -12 | 4 | -26.5 | 266 | 0 | 266
Michigan | 197 | 0 | -3 | 9.5 | 9 | 27.5 | 224.5 | 0 | 224.5
Ohio St | 171 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 211 | 4 | 215
Georgia | 251 | 6 | -16 | -8 | -40 | -70 | 181 | 0 | 181
Stanford | 169 | -4 | -13 | -1 | -3 | -13 | 156 | 3 | 159
Kentucky | 182.5 | 6 | 5 | -24.5 | -27 | -36.5 | 146 | 6 | 152
UNC | 26 | 0 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 71 | 97 | 47 | 144

Swimswam Readers said:

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2021 WOMEN'S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP SCORING BREAKDOWN

• Virginia appear well positioned to defend their title next year with 240 non senior individual points. This is despite Virginia having the highest scoring senior class with 75 individual points. Texas are next best with 178.5 non senior individual points. And while Stanford are positioned to bring in a massive haul of other worldly talent (Regan Smith, Taylor Ruck, Torri Huske among others), they only had 17 non senior points at this meet, so they are nearly rebuilding from scratch.

INDIVIDUAL SCORES BY YEAR
YR | UVA | NC STATE | TEXAS | CALIFORNIA | ALABAMA | MICHIGAN | OHIO STATE | GEORGIA | STANFORD | TENNESSEE | KENTUCKY
FR | 89 | 1 | 62 | 40 | 0 | 14.5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 47
SO | 121 | 44 | 54.5 | 30 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 41 | 11 | 24 | 42 | 0
JR | 30 | 123 | 62 | 65 | 118 | 90 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 54 | 43
SR | 75 | 44 | 48 | 21 | 0 | 31 | 34.5 | 32 | 40 | 9 | 7 | 0
Returning | 240 | 168 | 178.5 | 135 | 130 | 123.5 | 47 | 67 | 17 | 56 | 97 | 90

POINTS IN EACH EVENT
What each team scored in each event
NCAA TEAM | 800 FREE RELAY | 200 FREE RELAY | 500 FREE | 200 IM | 50 FREE | 1 MTR DIVING | 400 MEDLEY RELAY | 400 IM | 100 FLY | 200 FREE | 100 BREAST | 100 BACK | 3 MTR DIVING | 200 MEDLEY RELAY | 1650 FREE | 200 BACK | 100 FREE | 200 BREAST | 200 FLY | PLATFORM DIVING | 400 FREE RELAY
California | 32 | 40 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 32

NUMBER OF TIMES EACH TEAM GOT EACH PLACE (INDIVIDUAL EVENTS)
TEAM NAME | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
California | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1

Cal Swimmer | YEAR | PTS | EVENT | PLACE | TIME | POWER | EVENT | PLACE | TIME | POWER | EVENT | PLACE | TIME | POWER |
Ivey, Isabel | JR | 46 | 100 Fly | 4 | 50.68 | 853 | 100 Back | 4 | 50.85 | 815 | 100 Free | 3 | 46.95 | 889 |
Stadden, Isabelle | FR | 30 | 200 IM | 20 | 1:57.25 | 721 | 100 Back | 5 | 50.87 | 814 | 200 Back | 3 | 1:49.66 | 834 |
Neumann, Robin | SR | 21 | 500 Free | 13 | 4:42.31 | 706 | 200 Free | 6 | 1:44.26 | 765 | 100 Free | 13 | 48.54 | 737 |
Spitz, Ayla | SO | 20 | 500 Free | 5 | 4:39.7 | 742 | 200 Free | 11 | 1:45.17 | 728 | 200 Back | 30 | 1:55.56 | 665 |
Wilson, Alicia | JR | 16 | 200 IM | 3 | 1:54.51 | 809 | 400 IM | 22 | 4:11.29 | 676 | 200 Back | 18 | 1:53.94 | 708 |
Klinker, Rachel | SO | 10 | 500 Free | 16 | 4:45.39 | 664 | 100 Fly | 26 | 52.31 | 732 | 200 Fly | 9 | 1:53.19 | 818 |
Gantriis, Emily | FR | 10 | 50 Free | 10 | 21.9 | 807 | 100 Free | 14 | 48.58 | 733 |
Rajic, Ema | JR | 3 | 100 Breast | 14 | 59.17 | 776 | 200 Breast | 28 | 2:09.87 | 717 |
Riley, Eloise | SO | 0 | 50 Free | 34 | 22.47 | 701 | 200 Free | 35 | 1:47.29 | 646 | 100 Free | 27 | 48.92 | 705 |
Dimeco, Sarah | SO | 0 | 500 Free | 32 | 4:46.36 | 651 | 400 IM | 40 | 4:17.25 | 584 | 1650 Free | 18 | 16:13.75 | 647 |
Thai, Briana | SR | 0 | 3 mtr Diving | 46 | 206.35 | Platform Diving | 43 | 183.5 |
Laughlin, Tea | FR | 0 | 100 Back | 30 | 53.09 | 677 | 200 Back | 38 | 1:56.09 | 650 |
Garcia, Elise | JR | 0 | 50 Free | 22 | 22.32 | 728 | 100 Fly | 35 | 53.0 | 686 | 100 Free | 17 | 48.62 | 730 |

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POWER RANKS REVISITED: 2021 WOMEN'S NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

In multiple cases, we relied too much on historical precedent, overrating some long-time NCAA powers at the expense of less-established, but rising, programs.

In fact, we overrated the three teams who have combined to win the past nine NCAA team titles: California, Stanford, and Georgia. Those were our three biggest misses inside the top 10.

NC State had the second-most psych sheet points, besting Cal by 25. We leaned a little too heavily on Cal's historic track record of great NCAA showings, when ultimately NC State outperformed the Golden Bears and beat them by 64.

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*25 years straight 9th or higher in National meet.

*13 years 5th or better.

* Worst finish ever is 28th in the 43 years of the program..nobody can top that kind of performance except the furds in Squash or something.

HoopDreams said:

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Pac-12 Honors For Two Golden Bears

Teri McKeever Named Coach Of The Year; Isabel Ivey Tabbed Swimmer Of The Year

After leading Cal to a Pac-12 team title and a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships, junior Isabel Ivey has been named the Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year and Teri McKeever the Pac-12 Coach of the Year.

Ivey won three events at the Pac-12 championship meet, placing first in the 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard freestyle. She also helped the Bears to conference crowns in all four of her relay swims and was named the Pac-12 Swimmer of the Meet for her efforts.

At the NCAA Championships last week in Greensboro, North Carolina, Ivey posted a trio of top-four finishes, taking third in the 100 free and fourth in both the 100 back and 100 fly. Her 100 free time of 46.95 was a lifetime best and moved her up to third all-time at Cal in the event. In addition, Ivey anchored the 200 free relay to a national title and swam on two other relays that placed among the top four.

Over the course of the season, Ivey was a two-time Pac-12 Swimmer of the Week, and she set school dual-meet and Spieker Aquatics Complex records in the 100 free and 100 fly.

Ivey becomes the 11th Golden Bear to receive Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year honors and the fifth to earn the honor in the past 10 years. Cal's previous recipients were: Mary T. Meagher (1987), Sarah Anderson (1989), Marylyn Chiang (1999), Haley Cope (2000), Natalie Coughlin (2001-03), Dana Vollmer (2009), Caitlin Leverenz (2012), Elizabeth Pelton (2013), Missy Franklin (2015) and Abbey Weitzeil (2019).

McKeever is receiving the Coach of the Year award for the ninth time in her career after being named in 1999, 2002, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2019. She has guided the Bears to five Pac-12 team championships during her tenure, all since 2009.

Last week, McKeever led Cal to its 15th consecutive top-5 finish at the NCAA meet the longest current streak in the country. The Bears have won four national titles during the run (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015).

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REVISITING NCAA RECRUIT RANKINGS: WOMEN'S HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2017

ALL INDIVIDUAL SCORERS IN THE CLASS:
(Ranked recruits are listed with their 2014 rank. International recruits are listed with "INTL" and unranked recruits with "UNR." Diving recruits are listed with "DIVE")

FINAL RANK | 2017 RANK | NAME | COLLEGE TEAM | TOTAL NCAA POINTS | 2018 NCAA POINTS | 2019 NCAA POINTS | 2020 NCAA POINTS | 2021 NCAA POINTS | 2020 NCAA PSYCH SHEET POINTS
7 | INTL | Robin Neumann | Cal | 51 | 16 | 14 | - | 21 | 4
32 | INTL | Sarah Darcel | Cal | 12 | 12 | - | - | -1 | -

ARCHIVES: REVISITING RECRUIT RANKS

ANALYSIS AS OF: | SPRING 2021 | SPRING 2020 | SPRING 2019 | SPRING 2018 | SPRING 2017
Class of 2017 | After Senior Year | After Junior Year | After Sophomore Year | After Freshman Year

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WOMEN'S RECRUIT RANKS: INDIVIDUAL SCORING FOR ALL CLASSES THROUGH 2021 NCAAS

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*SENIORS* (HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2017, COLLEGE CLASS OF 2021)

RANKED RECRUITS
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INTERNATIONAL RECRUITS
NAME | COLLEGE TEAM | TOTAL NCAA POINTS | 2018 NCAA POINTS | 2019 NCAA POINTS | 2020 NCAA POINTS | 2021 NCAA POINTS | 2020 NCAA PSYCH SHEET POINTS
Robin Neumann | Cal | 51 | 16 | 14 | - | 21 | 4
Sarah Darcel | Cal | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | -

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*JUNIORS* (HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2018, COLLEGE CLASS OF 2022)

• The top scorer overall is actually a Class of 2019 recruit: Former #1 Izzy Ivey graduated early and swam NCAAs as a freshman with this class. She's scored 83 points in two NCAA meets.

[url=https://swimswam.com/top-20-ncaa-recruits-girls-high-school-class-2017/]RANKED RECRUITS[/url]
RANK |NAME | COLLEGE TEAM | TOTAL NCAA POINTS | 2019 NCAA POINTS | 2020 NCAA POINTS | 2021 NCAA POINTS | 2022 NCAA POINTS | 2020 NCAA PSYCH SHEET POINTS
17 | Cassidy Bayer | Cal/Tennessee | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | -

UNRANKED RECRUITS
RANK |NAME | COLLEGE TEAM | TOTAL NCAA POINTS | 2019 NCAA POINTS | 2020 NCAA POINTS | 2021 NCAA POINTS | 2022 NCAA POINTS | 2020 NCAA PSYCH SHEET POINTS
1 | Izzy Ivey (Early '19) | Cal | 83 | 37 | - | 46 | - | 33
11 | Ema Rajic | Cal | 14 | 11 | - | 3 | - | 1

INTERNATIONAL RECRUITS
RANK |NAME | COLLEGE TEAM | TOTAL NCAA POINTS | 2019 NCAA POINTS | 2020 NCAA POINTS | 2021 NCAA POINTS | 2022 NCAA POINTS | 2020 NCAA PSYCH SHEET POINTS
5 | Alicia Wilson | Cal | 16 | - | - | 16 | - | 16

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*SOPHOMORES* (HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2019, COLLEGE CLASS OF 2023)

• Izzy Ivey was #1 in this class in the junior ranks, but graduated early and joined the NCAA with the class of 2018. On a per-year basis, she's scored comparably to Hartman, Berkoff and Pash in the top 10.

RANKED RECRUITS
RANK | NAME | COLLEGE TEAM | TOTAL NCAA POINTS | 2020 NCAA (PSYCH SHEET) POINTS | 2021 NCAA POINTS | 2022 NCAA POINTS | 2023 NCAA POINTS | 2020 NCAA PSYCH SHEET POINTS
9 | Ayla Spitz | Cal | 20 | - | 20 | - | - |-
HM | Chloe Clark | Cal | 0 | - | no invite | - | - | no invite

UNRANKED RECRUITS
RANK | NAME | COLLEGE TEAM | TOTAL NCAA POINTS | 2020 NCAA POINTS | 2021 NCAA POINTS | 2022 NCAA POINTS | 2023 NCAA POINTS | 2020 NCAA PSYCH SHEET POINTS
5 | Rachel Klinker | Cal | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | 9

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*FRESHMEN* (HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020, COLLEGE CLASS OF 2024)

RANKED RECRUITS
RANK | NAME | COLLEGE TEAM | 2021 NCAA POINTS
5 | Isabelle Stadden | Cal | 30
HM | Nicole Oliva | Cal | no invite

INTERNATIONAL RECRUITS
RANK | NAME | COLLEGE TEAM | 2021 NCAA POINTS
3 | Emily Gantriis | Cal | 10

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2021 WOMEN'S NCAAS: HOW DID OUR TOP 20 RECRUITS PERFORM AS FRESHMEN?

• Three athletes in this class have already won individual NCAA titles (Phoebe Bacon of Wisconsin; Alex Walsh of Virginia; Tarrin Gilliland of Indiana). One more (Emily Gantriis of Cal) has won a relay title.

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WOMEN'S RECRUITING CLASS RANKINGS REVISITED: TOP 12 SCHOOLS FOR 2017-2021

Now it's time to look back at our team-by-team recruiting class rankings to see which teams got most from their recruiting hauls.

• Revisiting Recruiting Ranks: Top 20 Athletes From High School Class of 2017

Back in July of 2017, we ranked out the top 12 recruiting classes nationwide. You can look back on our ranks here:

• #9-#12
• #5-#8
• #1-#4

#5: CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS
Top-tier additions: Robin Neumann (Netherlands - free), Sarah Darcel (Canada - IM/breast), Sophie Krivokapic-Zhou (CA - back), Ali Harrison (CA - breast)
The rest: Alexandra Skorus-Neely, Dannie Dilsaver, Natalie Tuck, Elizabeth Bailey, Briana Thai (diving), Jackie IM (diving), Kathleen Navas (diving)

NCAA finishes over 3* years: 2nd, 2nd, *3rd*, 4th
• Number of NCAA scorers in class: 2 (Neumann, Darcel)

This was a small and more internationally-based class, but both Neumann and Darcel came through well. Neumann was a top 10 overall scorer in the class and the #1 international prospect in scoring. Darcel scored a dozen points as a freshmen, but scratched out of the meet as a sophomore.

RE-RANKING THE CLASSES
RANK | TEAM | POINTS OVER 4 YEARS
1 | Stanford | 134
2 | Texas A&M | 133.5
3 | Virginia | 124
4 | Arkansas | 88
5 | Texas | 87.5
6 | Arizona | 76.5
7 | Michigan | 64
8 | Cal | 63
9 | NC State | 60
10 | Georgia | 54

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FIRSTS, FASTS, AND ANOMALIES: OUR FAVORITE STATS FROM WOMEN'S NCAAS

1. Virginia - The easiest superlatives to write. The first NCAA title in program history, the first NCAA title in ACC Conference history, a swimmer in every A final of the meet, and a simply dominant performance, winning by 137 points. It's simple, but when you're the title-holders, that first title is a no-brainer for the best stat.

2. NC State - The highest finish in program history, and were it not for Virginia's win it would be the highest finish in ACC Championship history.

3. Texas - The Texas Longhorns had their best NCAA Championship finish of the Carol Capitani era (hired in June 2012). In fact, this finish for Texas, boosted by a big effort from their freshman class, is their first top 3 finish since 2001.

4. Cal - The Cal women won their 5th 200 free relay in 6 seasons, and the Cal women earned their 15th-straight top 5 finish at the NCAA Championships. That's the longest active women's D1 streak in the country by a wide margin. After Stanford finished 9th, snapping a 6-season run, the next-longest active top 5 streak in the country is 2, by the University of Texas.

9. Stanford - This was a tough year for the three-time defending champions, between redshirts, deferrals, and injuries. But senior Brooke Forde did join an illustrious class of Stanford swimmers to have won the women's 400 IM as part of the best 400 IM legacy in the country. All told, they've won 13 out of the 37 400 yard IMs in D1 Women's NCAA Championship history, which comes out to over 35 % of the titles available. No other school has been that dominant across a single individual event the next-best is Stanford's 12 all-time titles in the 200 butterfly. Stanford also holds the best total across all events with 14 total 200 medley relay titles.

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Ranking the 10 Best Performers From the NCAA Women's Championships

5. Isabel Ivey, Junior, California



Even with no individual titles this season, Ivey played a huge role in Cal's fourth place finish that allowed the team to come home with a trophy for the 12th straight season. Ivey anchored Cal's winning 200 free relay on Thursday night that was a surprise to some, as it was the Golden Bears' fifth 200 free relay win in six years. Individually, she made three A-Finals, finishing third in the 100 free, fourth in the 100 fly and fourth in the 100 back. Those three events were some of the most stacked of the whole meet, so we aren't holding her lack of individual wins against her. Ivey is clearly one of the best swimmers in the NCAA and she proved why with her versatility in Greensboro.

A number of personal records achieved by team members this April (long course):

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Alicia Wilson ~ 2021 British Swimming Selection Trials ~

*200m IM*
-> 2:09.61 PB (Prev best = 2:11.35 @ 2019 World University Games, Italy)

Massive lifetime best by almost 2 seconds from Alicia to take 2nd (the #3 finisher was quite a bit behind @ 2:13.67), pushing winner Abbie Wood (2:09.23) hard throughout the final. Liss was leading at the conclusion of her back leg, and surprised more than a few by hanging bear-y tough against 200m Breast runner-up Wood on the breast leg of the race!!!

Easily dips under British Swimming's Olympics tough consideration standard of 2:11.10

Certainly places Wilson in a solid position to claim a berth for Tokyo, with her Top 2 finish here + bettering the selection cut time significantly by a sec & a half!

At any rate, brill to see Alicia give a shoutout to her Bears teammates in the post-race interview - notably Wilson was sporting a "California Swimming & Diving" sweatshirt & jacket in her walk out to the deck (check out around 49 min 25 sec into the live streaming video here):


*100m Back*
-> 1:01.06 PB (Prev best = 1:01.68 @ Brit Champs 2019)


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Emily Gantriis ~ 2021 Swim Open Stockholm ~

*50m Free*
-> 25.31 PB (Prev best = 25.49 @ 2019 Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm)

*100m Free*
-> 55.22 PB (Prev best = 55.61 @ Danish Open 2019)


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Isabelle Stadden ~ 2021 PSS @ Mission Viejo ~

*200m Back*
-> 2:08.12 PB (Prev best = 2:08.16, 2019 PSS @ Greensboro)

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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Certainly places Wilson in a solid position to claim a berth for Tokyo, with her Top 2 finish here + bettering the selection cut time significantly by a sec & a half!

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GB Trials, Day 4 Finals: Proud Gives Demonstration; Hopkin, Peters & Wilson All Tokyo-Bound

Wood led after the first 50 with Alicia Wilson going ahead on the backstroke to turn 1:00.56 to 1:01.15.
A breaststroke leg of 36.76 propelled Wood into the lead but the pair were in a real tussle down the final 50.

Wood stopped the clock at 2:09.23 a new PB with Wilson 0.38 behind in 2:09.61 as both women went comfortably within the consideration time.

Wilson - who clocked a new 1.5sec PB - added:

Alicia Wilson said:

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"Honestly, when I was sitting and having a nap earlier, I was just wanting to get below 2:11 so to do that was a shock!

"It's definitely hard because I don't have my team-mates here. I'm just thankful to have the coaching team I do, because that has definitely compensated for it.

"Honestly, I'm not sure about my expectations for the summer, just to do my best and see if I can get on a team."

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ALICIA WILSON, JACOB PETERS AMONG NEW NAMES ON BRITISH OLYMPIC ROSTER



The women's 200m IM was another event with two qualifiers, as Abbie Wood and Alicia Wilson got it done to bring the roster up to 23 for individual events.

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ALYS THOMAS TO JACOB WHITTLE: 28-STRONG BRITISH OLY ROSTER REVEALED

British Swimming Roster for Postponed 2020 Olympic Games (for now):

Alicia Wilson - Tadworth, Guilford City

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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A number of personal records achieved by team members this April (long course):

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Emily Gantriis ~ 2021 Swim Open Stockholm ~

*50m Free*
-> 25.31 PB (Prev best = 25.49 @ 2019 Swim Open Stockholm)

*100m Free*
-> 55.22 PB (Prev best = 55.61 @ Danish Open 2019)

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Emily Gantriis ~ 2021 Danish Open ~

*50m Free*
-> 25.59 (3rd)

*100m Free*
-> 56.06 (3rd)

*200m Free*
-> 2:03.92 (9th)

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DANISH SWIMMING FEDERATION RELEASES EUROPEAN C'SHIPS ROSTER

The Danish Open concluded today at Taastrup Swimming Hall, which means we now know the nation's roster for the European Championships coming up in May. This 5-day competition represented the final qualification opportunity for athletes and 24 were able to make the grade and be named to the roster for Budapest.

• Emily Gantriis, Helsinge Swimming Club, 4x100 meters freestyle

These swimmers will not only use the European Championships as an elite event in their own right but will also be able to continue striving to qualify for this summer's Olympic Games.

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• Congrats to Izzy & to all of her teammates!

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Golden Bears Hand Out Team Awards

Junior Isabel Ivey earned Cal's Most Outstanding Award after her record-setting performance during the season.

Other awards announced Saturday were:

• Golden Bear Award - Rachel Klinker
• Coach Wick Leadership Award - Elizabeth Bailey
• Most Improved Award - Elise Garcia
• Warren Hellman Scholastic Award - Ali Harrison, Ayla Spitz
• Diving Coaches Award - Briana Thai
• Karen Moe Humphreys Swimming Coaches Award - Ema Rajic, Ayla Spitz

Six freshmen received their first-year awards and membership into the Big C Society: Mara Allen, Emily Gantriis, Tea Laughlin, Bella Riley, Isabelle Stadden and Kayla Haigh.

Ten Golden Bears were also recognized as CSCAA All-Americans for their performance at the NCAA Championships: Emily Gantriis, Elise Garcia, Isabel Ivey, Rachel Klinker, Robin Neumann, Ema Rajic, Eloise Riley, Ayla Spitz, Isabelle Stadden and Alicia Wilson.

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https://instagr.am/p/COVxixxg2dA

And the Golden Bear Award for highest GPA on @CalWSwim goes to ... Ayla Spitz! #GoBears pic.twitter.com/O1JoZODrPJ

— Cal W Swim & Dive (@CalWSwim) May 15, 2021

UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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GB Trials, Day 4 Finals: Proud Gives Demonstration; Hopkin, Peters & Wilson All Tokyo-Bound

ALICIA WILSON, JACOB PETERS AMONG NEW NAMES ON BRITISH OLYMPIC ROSTER

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Having already locked down an Olympics berth repping Great Britain in the *200 IM*, Alicia will be competing @ Euro 2021 this coming week in Budapest, racing 2 events.

- *100 Back* (Thurs): 24th seed, with an entry time of 1:01.06 from GB trials
- *200 IM* (Fri): 3rd seed, behind #1 Katinka Hosszu & #2 Abbie Wood, based on Wilson's impressive 2:09.61 from GB trials

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SWIMMING ENTRY LISTS PUBLISHED FOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

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• UPDATE #1 =>

Robin Neumann {NED}
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- *200 Free* (Wed): 13th seed, with an entry time of 1:58.78
- *400 Free* (Sun): 21st seed, with an entry time of 4:13.39


Ema Rajic {CRO}
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- *100 Breast* (Tue): 24th seed, with an entry time of 1:08.17
- *50 Breast* (Sat): 43rd seed, with an entry time of 32.28


Emily Gantriis {DEN}
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- *100 Free* (Fri): 32nd seed, with an entry time of 55.22


Fanni Fabian {HUN}
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- *200 Free* (Wed): 19th seed, with an entry time of 1:59.37
- *400 Free* (Sun): 20th seed, with an entry time of 4:12.36


Lea Polonsky {ISR}
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- *100 Breast* (Tue): 38th seed, with an entry time of 1:08.97
- *200 Free* (Wed): 40th seed, with an entry time of 2:01.02
- *200 Breast* (Thu): 47th seed, with no entry time
- *100 Free* (Fri): 69th seed, with an entry time of 58.09


Marina Garcia {ESP}
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- *100 Breast* (Tue): 33rd seed, with an entry time of 1:08.62
- *200 Breast* (Thu): 7th seed, with an entry time of 2:24.06


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• UPDATE #2 =>

Robin Neumann, seen after winning the 2021 Pac-12 title in the 200 free, is one of seven Bears who will compete at the European Championships.

Seven Bears Set For European Championships

Cal Contingent Features Past, Present And Future Swimmers

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• Euro 2021 - W 4x100 Free Relay (Morning Heats)

- Robin Neumann (55.60 split) anchored NED to secure the top seed for finals
- Emily Gantriis (55.42 split) helped DEN claim the 2nd seed



Solid contributions from both Bears towards their respective countries' successes this morning, well done!

Would reckon that the Netherlands' relay sprint ace Femke Heemskerk will likely take on Robin's anchor slot this evening (with Dutch superstar Ranomi Kromwidjojo leading off), whilst Emily will graciously hand over her relay spot to Danish sprint star Pernille Blume...

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EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 1: PRELIMS LIVE RECAP

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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Marina Garcia{ESP} - *100 Breast* (Tue): 33rd seed, with an entry time of 1:08.62
Ema Rajic {CRO} - *100 Breast* (Tue): 24th seed, with an entry time of 1:08.17
Lea Polonsky {ISR} - *100 Breast* (Tue): 38th seed, with an entry time of 1:08.97

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• Euro 2021 - W 100 Breast (Morning Heats)

#25 Marina Garcia {ESP} - 1:08.69 [PB = 1:07.08]
#31 Ema Rajic {CRO} - 1:09.01 [PB = 1:08.17]
#50 Lea Polonsky {ISR} - 1:10.60 [PB = 1:08.97]

UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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Fanni Fabian {HUN} - *200 Free* (Wed): 19th seed, with an entry time of 1:59.37

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• Euro 2021 - Mixed 4x200 Free Relay (Morning Heats)

Fanni Fabian {HUN} - 2:00.78 split

Fanni anchored the host nation's mixed relay to qualify for evening finals in the #5 seeded position, a mere 0.04 second behind Israel.

Of note, Fabian's swim was about a sec & a half swifter than her veteran teammate Evelyn Verraszto's 2:02.27, the latter a former world record holder who has represented Hungary in the past 4 Olympics, in addition to golds in the W 4x200 Free @ Euro 2010 & 2016...

• UPDATE =>

Fanni was again tasked with anchoring responsibilities for Hungary in the finals, where she lowered her 2:00.78 time from this morning down to 2:00.10.

UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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And the Golden Bear Award for highest GPA on @CalWSwim goes to ... Ayla Spitz! #GoBears pic.twitter.com/O1JoZODrPJ

— Cal W Swim & Dive (@CalWSwim) May 15, 2021

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122 Bears Named To Pac-12 Fall, Winter Academic Honor Rolls

Cal Has Pac-12's Third-Most Student-Athletes Recognized

WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (10)
Elizabeth Bailey (Mathematics)
Sarah Darcel (Integrative Biology)
Emma Davidson (Undeclared)
Sarah DiMeco (Media Studies)
Ali Harrison (American Studies)
Robin Neumann (Global Studies)
Eloise Riley (Undeclared)
Ayla Spitz (Political Economy)
Briana Thai (Interdisciplinary Studies)
Alicia Wilson (Business Administration)


MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (9)
Nate Biondi (American Studies)
Chris Jhong (American Studies)
Jacques Laeuffer (Undeclared)
Colby Mefford (Undeclared)
Kyle Millis (Business Administration)
Preston Niayesh (Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences)
William Pelton (Undeclared)
Marcos Rico Peng (Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences)
Reece Whitley (Business Administration)

UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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Fanni was again tasked with anchoring responsibilities for Hungary in the finals, where she lowered her 2:00.78 time from this morning down to 2:00.10.

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Fabian (left) was the 200 fly silver medalist at the 2019 European Summer Juniors, where she was fifth in the 200 free and swam on three of Hungary's relays.

• Euro 2021 - W 200 Free (Morning Heats)

#18 Fanni Fabian {HUN} - 2:00.58 [PB = 1:59.37]
#25 Robin Neumann {NED} - 2:01.01 [PB = 1:57.85]

• Euro 2021 - W 200 Free (Semi-Finals)

#14 Fanni Fabian {HUN} - 2:00.06 [PB = 1:59.37]

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• Euro 2021 - W 100 Back (Morning Heats)

#30= Alicia Wilson{GBR} - 1:02.07 [PB = 1:01.06]

• Euro 2021 - W 200 IM (Morning Heats)

#15 Alicia Wilson{GBR} - 2:13.63 [PB = 2:09.61]

It does look like from these times that Alicia's not trying to hold onto her taper from last month's trials here, but training thru and gathering high-level international experience from her participation @ Euros.

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• Euro 2021 - W 100 Free (Morning Heats)

#15 Emily Gantriis{DEN} - 56.38 [PB = 55.22]

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• Euro 2021 - W 200 Breast (Finals)

#7 Marina Garcia{ESP} - 2:25.76 [PB = 2:22.88]

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• Euro 2021 - W 200 Breast (Morning Heats)

#42 Lea Polonsky{ISR} - 2:35.94 [PB = 2:33.39]

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• Euro 2021 - W 200 Free (Morning Heats)

#32 Lea Polonsky{ISR} - 2:02.28 [PB = 2:01.02]

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• Euro 2021 - W 4 x 200 Free Relay (Morning Heats)

#2 {ISR} - 8:00.51: Lea Polonsky (leadoff) - 2:02.67 [PB = 2:01.02]
#6 {HUN} - 8:02.50: Fanni Fabian (3rd leg) - 2:00.50

2021 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAY 5 PRELIMS LIVE RECAP

Israel's squad established a brand new national record of 8:00.51, improving upon the country's previous fastest-ever mark of 8:06.91 (by 6+ seconds!). That former record was set earlier this year at the 2021 Swim Open in Stockholm by the same 4 women who raced today:

2021 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Lea Polonsky 2:02.67
Andi Murez 1:57.31
Daria Golovaty 2:01.76
Anastasia Gorbenko 1:58.77
8:00.51

2021 SWIM OPEN STOCKHOLM
Andi Murez 1:57.97
Anastasia Gorbenko 2:01.84
Lea Polonsky 2:04.18
Daria Golovaty 2:02.92
8:06.91

SwimSwam readers said:

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Braden Keith {Admin} wrote: "Polonsky has a "B" cut in the 400 IM, so she wouldn't necessarily have to be a relay only swimmer (for Israel @ Tokyo)."

Hannah wrote: "Polonsky is also about .1 away from the A cut in the 200 IM and Israel apparently has other qualifying opportunities in June. If she qualifies there she definitely won't be a relay only swimmer anymore. I'm assuming she didn't swim the event here because this is the last chance of qualifying the relay and they wanted to focus on that."

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• Euro 2021 - W 4 x 200 Free Relay (Finals)

#2 {HUN} - 7:56.26: Fanni Fabian (2nd leg) - 2:00.19 => Silver medal


(Fanni's in the dark jacket, I think)

#8 {ISR} - 8:07.69: Lea Polonsky (3rd leg) - 2:02.47

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UPDATE =>

GREAT BRITAIN WOMEN NOW LEAD TOKYO OLYMPIC WILDCARD IN 800 FREE RELAY

The fourth day of swimming competition at the 2021 European Championships provide yet another opportunity for teams to move into one of the four Wildcard positions for relay qualification ahead of this summer's Tokyo Olympics. Tonight featured the women in the 800 freestyle relay.

As a reminder, the top 12 teams from prelims at the 2019 FINA World Championships have already automatically qualified for Tokyo. There are four "Wildcard" spots left for the four fastest teams during the qualification period which runs through May 31, 2021. Teams can decline an invite, leaving a spot for the next fastest team.

Coming into the European Championships, there were three European countries in Wildcard spots with Italy leading the contingent as the only team under the 8:00 mark. Turkey occupied the third position, 3+ seconds behind the Italians and then Great Britain was in fourth, another 1.01 behind Turkey. Three more European countries were among the next best as Belgium, Israel, and Spain would all be vying to move up.

Israel added over seven seconds from their prelims swim but held onto the fourth Wildcard slot.

The standings for the women's 800 free relay after tonight:

RANK |COUNTRY | TIME

Worlds #1 | Australia | 7:41.50
Worlds #2 | United States | 7:41.87
Worlds #3 | Canada | 7:44.35
Worlds #4 | China | 7:46.22
Worlds #5 | Russia | 7:48.25
Worlds #6 | Hungary | 7:54.57
Worlds #7 | Germany | 7:55.63
Worlds #8 | Japan | 7:56.31
Worlds #9 | Poland | 8:01.70
Worlds #10 | New Zealand | 8:03.28
Worlds #11 | Hong Kong | 8:04.98
Worlds #12 | South Korea | 8:08.38

Wildcard #1 | Great Britain | 7:53.15
Wildcard #2 | Italy | 7:56.72
Wildcard #3 | France | 7:59.45
Wildcard #4 | Israel* | 8:00.51

Out #1 | Brazil | 8:00.92
Out #2 | Denmark | 8:01.33
Out #3 | Belgium | 8:01.73
Out #4 | Turkey | 8:02.76

Boom! Isabelle Stadden swims a PR 2:07.28 in the 200m back today in Austin, breaking Missy Franklin's pool record and good for #7 in the world this year! #GoBears pic.twitter.com/meC8yPq7n5

— Cal W Swim & Dive (@CalWSwim) May 21, 2021

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Katie Ledecky Doubles in 200-800 Free at Longhorn Invite; Simone Manuel & Isabelle Stadden Shine

by JOHN LOHN - ASSOCIATE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
21 May 2021

"In the 200 backstroke, Cal standout Isabelle Stadden provided a reminder that she will be in the mix at the Olympic Trials. Stadden touched the wall in 2:07.28, a swim that followed her 2:07.93 from prelims"

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Note: Stadden's 2:07.28 now ranks her as the 4th fastest American, and 6th fastest in the world, in the *200 Back* this season (AFAIK, hopefully I hadn't missed anyone! :p):

2021 World Rankings Women's 200 Back

2:04.31, Kaylee McKeown, AUS

2:05.56, Margherita Panziera, ITA

2:06.84, Phoebe Bacon, USA

2:06.90, Regan Smith, USA

2:07.07, Rhyan White, USA

2:07.28, Isabelle Stadden, USA

2:07.46, Emily Seebohm, AUS

2:07.54, Kathleen Baker, USA

2:08.14, Kathleen Dawson, GBR

2:08.20, Katalin Burian, HUN

Ivey's also racing at this meet, coming close to her lifetime bests in a pair of freestyle events:
*100 Free* - 55.23 [PB = 54.95]
*200 Free* - 1:59.04 [PB = 1:58.94]

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Meanwhile, a number of our Bears (current team + alumna) are competing in the Santa Clara LCM Senior 2 Trials & Finals Meet over the weekend.

*200 Free*
Katie McLaughlin: 1:57.65 [PB = 1:56.48 ... SB = 1:57.48]
Ayla Spitz: 1:59.26 -> new PB! [old PB = 2:00.34]

Also participating - Abbey Weitzeil, Rachel Klinker, Elise Garcia, Sarah Dimeco, Tea Laughlin, Emma Davidson, Elizabeth Bailey, Eloise & Isabella Riley, etc.

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• UPDATE #1 =>

LONGHORN INVITE DAY 2 FINALS: STADDEN NAILS 2:07.28 BK, COX PUTS UP 1:57.38 FR

BY NICK PECORARO
May 22nd, 2021

"Placing second behind Ledecky in the 200 distance was Madisyn Cox, swimming a season best of 1:57.38. Rounding out the sub-2:00 evening swims were Brooke Forde (1:58.51) and Izzy Ivey (1:59.04).

Entering the women's 200 backstroke Olympic conversation at this point in 2021 was Isabelle Stadden, dropping another 0.65s from her morning PB to hit 2:07.28. Stadden now jumps Lisa Bratton (2:07.91, 2019) and Hayley McGregory (2:07.69, 2008) for the 10th-fastest American all-time in this event. In the 2020-2021 U.S. season rankings, Stadden now ranks 4th behind Rhyan White (2:07.07)."

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• UPDATE #2 =>

KATIE MCLAUGHLIN REMAINS US NO. 5 IN 200 FR AT 1:57.65 IN SANTA CLARA

BY NICK PECORARO
May 22nd, 2021

This weekend, Santa Clara Swim Club is hosting the three-day 2021 SCSC LCM Senior 2 T&F Meet, featuring numerous Cal stars and rising age groupers. During yesterday's finals session, the women's and men's 200 free, 100 breast, and 100 fly.

Swimming under two minutes in the women's 200 free were Cal Bears Katie McLaughlin (1:57.65) and Ayla Spitz (1:59.26).

McLaughlin is currently ranked 5th in the US this season at 1:57.48 from PSS San Antonio.

2020-2021 US Rankings: Women's 200 FR LCM

Katie Ledecky, 1:54.40 2021 PSS Mission Viejo

Olivia Smoliga, 1:57.04 2021 Atlanta Classic

Madisyn Cox, 1:57.38 2021 Longhorn Elite Invite

Paige Madden, 1:57.47 2021 PSS Indy

Katie McLaughlin, 1:57.48 2021 PSS San Antonio

Allison Schmitt, 1:57.59 2021 PSS Indy

Emma Nordin, 1:57.68 2021 PSS Indy

Leah Smith, 1:57.81 2021 PSS Indy

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Euro 2021 - W 50 Breast (Semis)

#13= Ema Rajic {CRO} - 31.04 -> new PB! [old PB = 31.91]

Ema Rajic breaks the Croatian 50m breast record TWICE on Saturday and finishes 13th overall at the European Championships (31.04). #GoBears pic.twitter.com/fPrv7Vp1Hb

— Cal W Swim & Dive (@CalWSwim) May 22, 2021

Euro 2021 - Mixed 4x100 Free Relay (Morning Heats)

Emily Gantriis - 56.03 split (helped DEN qualify for finals as the 7th seed)

UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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Meanwhile, a number of our Bears (current team + alumna) are competing in the Santa Clara LCM Senior 2 Trials & Finals Meet over the weekend.

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* 50 Free * (Prelims)

#1 Abbey Weitzeil: 24.61 [PB = 24.28]
#2 Katie McLaughlin: 25.67 [PB = 25.19]
#3 Emma Davidson: 26.77 [PB = 26.43]

* 100 Back * (Prelims)

#1 Ayla Spitz: 1:02.47 [PB = 1:01.75]

UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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LONGHORN INVITE DAY 2 FINALS: STADDEN NAILS 2:07.28 BK, COX PUTS UP 1:57.38 FR

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* 100 Back * (Prelims)

#1 Isabelle Stadden: 1:00.17 [PB = 59.69]
#2 Isabel Ivey: 1:01.26 [PB = 1:00.85]

Is it top 4 or 6 from trials that get picked for the 4x200 free relay?

PalyBear said:

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Is it top 4 or 6 from trials that get picked for the 4x200 free relay?

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Not completely knowledgeable bout this, but believe that USA Swimming has defined a set of priorities which ultimately determines the selection order & process, taking into account that there's additionally a limit on how many can fill the spots on Team USA (something like 26 women & 26 men?).

If you finish #5 & #6 @ Trials in the 100m & 200m Free individuals, reckon you will be seriously considered for the 4x200 & 4x100 free relays - but it's not necessarily guaranteed (seem to recall that USA Swimming only recognise the Top 4 as officially selected for those relays at the conclusion of trials?)

• UPDATES =>

However that's thankfully more often than not mitigated by studs who qualify in multiple events (think Ledecky, Dressel & the likes), thus leaving room on the roster to take the fifth & sixth Trials finishers from those 2 free races for their respective relays, if these swimmers haven't made the Olympics team otherwise.

Should be noted that I believe Team USA does grant the coaching staff the authority & final say in who actually gets to swim on those relays (prelims & finals), irrespective of their Trials placing. Supposed to be partly based on the swimmer's form @ training camp & at the Games (i.e. who's the hot hand) as well as their respective schedules, though there has been accusations of politics influencing the selection in the past...

UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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* 100 Back * (Prelims)

#1 Isabelle Stadden: 1:00.17 [PB = 59.69]
#2 Isabel Ivey: 1:01.26 [PB = 1:00.85]

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* 100 Back * (Finals)

#1 Isabelle Stadden: *59.33* => Lifetime Best! [Old PB = 59.69]
#2 Isabel Ivey: 1:01.08 [PB = 1:00.85]

Make that 2 pool records in 2 days: Isabelle Stadden breaks Regan Smith's UT Austin pool record with a PR 59.33 in the 100m back Saturday! #GoBears 🔥🔥💛🐻 pic.twitter.com/5KPZOXJMgx

— Cal W Swim & Dive (@CalWSwim) May 23, 2021

UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus said:

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* 100 Back * (Prelims)

#1 Isabelle Stadden: 1:00.17 [PB = 59.69]
#2 Isabel Ivey: 1:01.26 [PB = 1:00.85]

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* 100 Back * (Finals)

#1 Isabelle Stadden: *59.33* => Lifetime Best! [Old PB = 59.69]
#2 Isabel Ivey: 1:01.08 [PB = 1:00.85]

Make that 2 pool records in 2 days: Isabelle Stadden breaks Regan Smith's UT Austin pool record with a PR 59.33 in the 100m back Saturday! #GoBears 🔥🔥💛🐻 pic.twitter.com/5KPZOXJMgx

— Cal W Swim & Dive (@CalWSwim) May 23, 2021

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Cool Bears go 1-2!!