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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)
ATLANTA - It was an All-American start to the 2016 NCAA Championships. In the only event of the first day of competition, the Stanford women's swimming and diving team finished sixth in the 800-freestyle relay on Wednesday.
At the aquatics home of the 1996 Summer Olympics, Nicole Stafford, Ella Eastin, Julia Ama and Lindsey Engel combined to break seven minutes in the meet-opening relay. Their time of 6:59.19 placed them fifth in their heat and sixth overall to earn All-America accolades.
"I'm really proud of this group," head coach Greg Meehan said, "especially the performances of Julia Ama and Lindsey Engel. They don't typically swim the 200 freestyle, but they both stepped up for the team in a big way. This is a great start for us and gives us some momentum heading into the rest of the week."
The foursome earned Stanford 26 points on the first day.
The NCAA Championships continue on Thursday. 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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— Stanford W. Swimming (@stanfordwswim) March 16, 2016
| Remaining Stanford Schedule - By Day | ||||
| Event | Swimmers | National Titles | Best 2015 Finish | School Record |
| 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 |
