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ATLANTA - It was a night of resiliency and records for the Stanford women's swimming and diving team during Day Two of the NCAA Championships.
After a demoralizing start to Thursday's finals at McAuley Aquatic Center, the Cardinal rebounded for two national championships, two American and NCAA records, and two other All-America honors.
It seemed as though Stanford had claimed the national championship in the 200 free relay to start the evening. The Cardinal finished first with a time of 1:26.71, but was disqualified for a lane violation after a long review.
However, the Cardinal remained unfazed, and quickly regrouped behind the first record-setting performance of the night. Freshman Ella Eastin broke every record available in her first individual final at the national championships. The Irvine, Calif., native set the American, NCAA, school, meet and pool records with a finish of 1:51.65 in the 200-yard individual medley. She was second after the fly and back, but propelled ahead in the breast and pulled away with a 26.94 split in the free. She is the sixth Cardinal to win the national title in the event for a combined nine championships.
Eastin's race led to back-to-back All-America efforts from Gracia Leydon-Mahoney and Lia Neal.
In the first diving event, Leydon-Mahoney earned her first career All-America honor. She qualified for Thursday night's finals on the 1-meter with a fifth-place finish in the prelims, and then earned eighth overall with a score of 283.15.
Meanwhile, Neal earned a spot in the NCAA finals of the 50-yard freestyle for the first time in her career with the second-fastest time in school history (21.78) in the prelims. She then garnered 13 points for the Cardinal with a sixth-place finish of 21.83.
Neal then helped Stanford end the night with another American and NCAA record. The team of Ally Howe, Sarah Haase, Janet Hu and Neal broke their own records set at the Pac-12 Championships in February. They shaved 11-hundreths of a second off that time with a finish of 3:26.14. It marked Stanford's third straight national championship in the event -- all accomplished with American record times.
As a team, Stanford is sixth with 110 points.
The NCAA Championships continue on Friday. A full Stanford schedule is below. Prelims begin at 7 a.m. PT and finals are slated to start at 3 p.m. PT.
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Remaining Stanford Schedule - By Day | ||||
Event | Swimmers | National Titles | Best 2015 Finish | School Record |
Friday | ||||
400 IM | Eastin, Williams, Stevens | 7 (Last: DiRado, 2014) | 35th Brown (4:12.96) |
Maya DiRado, 3:58.12, 2014 |
100 Fly | Hu, Engel | 10 (Last: Felicia Lee, 2014) | 11th Hu (52.01) |
Elaine Breeden, 50.87, 2009 |
200 Free | Neal, Stafford | 2 (Last: Marybeth Linzmeier, 1984) | 2nd Manuel (1:41.45) |
Simone Manuel, 1:41.15, 2015 |
100 Breast | Haase | 7 (Last: Sarah Haase, 2015) | 1st Haase (58.32) |
Sarah Haase, 58.02, 2016 |
100 Back | Howe, Hu | 6 (Last: Catherine Fox, 1998) | 7th Howe (51.69) |
Ally Howe, 50.71, 2016 |
3-Meter Diving | Clay, Hinrichs, Leydon-Mahoney | 3 (Last: Cassidy Krug, 2007) | 3rd Cook (393.25) |
Cassidy Krug, 420.90 |
200 Medley Relay | TBD | 12 (Last: 2014) | 9th (1:35.10) | (Howe, Hasse, Hu, Neal) 1:34.15, 2016 |
Saturday | ||||
200 Back | Hu, Howe | 2 (Last: Misty Hyman, 1998) | 37th Howe (1:54.84) |
Janet Hu, 1:50.48, 2016 |
100 Free | Neal, Stafford | 8 (Last: Simone Manuel, 2015) | 1st Manuel (46.09) |
Simone Manuel, 46.09, 2015 |
200 Breast | Haase, Williams | 7 (Last: Caroline Bruce, 2005) | 3rd Olsen (2:07.06) |
Katie Olsen, 2:05.88, 2014 |
200 Fly | Eastin, Engel | 10 (Last: Elaine Breeden, 2010) | 15th (Engel, 1:55.90) |
Elaine Breeden, 1:49.92, 2009 |
Platform | Hinrichs, Leydon-Mahoney | 4 (Last: Erin Sones, 2001) | 13th Hinrichs (287.25) |
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400 Free Relay | TBD | 11 (Last: 2014 & 2015) | 1st Neal, Hu, Engel, Manuel (3:08.54) |
(Neal, Hu, Engel, Manuel) 3:08.54, 2015 |