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Wednesday, March 16 - Saturday, March 19
Atlanta, Ga. • McAuley Aquatic Center
Prelims 7 a.m. PT • Finals 3 p.m. PT
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National titles: 8
Last title: 1998
Under Meehan: 8th (2013), 2nd (2014), 3rd (2015)
STANFORD, Calif. -- A year's worth of practice and preparation culminates this week as the Stanford women’s swimming and diving team heads to the NCAA Championships in Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday through Saturday.
Stanford (7-0), which finished the regular season unbeaten and ranked as high as No. 1 in the nation, will send 10 swimmers and three divers to the championship meet.
The Cardinal seeks its 36th straight top-eight finish and 12th top-five showing in the last 13 years.
Stanford has won the NCAA title eight times, the most of any team in the nation. The Cardinal last raised a championship banner in 1998.
Once again, the young Cardinal squad - which will feature three freshmen and four sophomores among its 13 athletes - will be a favorite to contend at the top of the team standings and in a number of individual races.
Freshman Ella Eastin is the top seed in the 200-yard individual medley (1:52.77) and 400 IM (3:59.30), while Lia Neal has posted the nation's top time in the 100-yard freestyle (46.497) and 200 free (1:42.50) this year.
Senior Sarah Haase is the second seed in the 100-yard breaststroke (58.02) and Eastin ranks second in the 200-yard butterfly (1:51.96). Sophomore Ally Howe is third in the 100-yard backstroke (50.71) and sophomore Janet Hu is third in the 200 back (1:50.48).
In addition to those eight spots, Stanford also features six other top-16 seeds, and has three divers -- Gracia Leydon-Mahoney, Alex Clay and Lilly Hinrichs, with a combined seven spots in the three diving events.
| Stanford Schedule By Day | ||||
| Event | Swimmers | National Titles | Best 2015 Finish | School Record |
| Wednesday | ||||
| 800 Free Relay | TBD | 8 (Last: 1999) | 2nd (6:54.68) | 6:54.68 (2015, Neal, Carlson, Manuel, Stafford) |
| Thursday | ||||
| 200 Free Relay | TBD | 7 (Last: 2014) | 2nd (1:26.52) | 1:26.23 (2014, Schaefer, Neal, Lee, Olsen) |
| 500 Free | Stevens | 7 (Last: Jessica Foschi, 2001) | 20th Brown (4:41.30) |
Janet Evans, 4:34.49, 1990 |
| 200 IM | Eastin, Howe, Williams | 8 (Last: DiRado, 2014) | 17th Haase (1:57.05) |
Julia Smit, 1:52.31, 2010 |
| 50 Free | Neal | 9 (Last: Manuel, 2015) | 1st Manuel (21.32) |
Simone Manuel, 21.32, 2015 |
| 1-Meter Diving | Clay, Leydon-Mahoney |
1 (Cassidy Krug, 2007) | 2nd Cook (340.20) |
Cassidy Krug, 361.55 |
| 400 Medley Relay | TBD | 11 (Last: 2014 & 2015) | 1st (Howe, Olse, Hu, Manuel) 3:26.41 |
(Howe, Haase, Hu, Neal) 3:26.25, 2016 |
| 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 |
