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2018 NCAA Championships • March 14-17 • Columbus, Ohio NEWS & NOTES 2017-18 SCHEDULE No. 1 Stanford will send 17 swimmers and two divers to defend its national title Record: 8-0 (7-0 Pac-12) at the NCAA Championships, March 14-17, in Columbus, Ohio. The Cardinal has Oct. 20. at Utah. .143-95, W won more national championships than any other program (nine NCAA, one Oct. 21-22. USA Swimming College Challenge AIWA), and is looking for its first back-to-back titles since winning five straight Pac-12 vs. USA . 326.5-286.5, W from 1992-96. Nov. 2 . Oregon State . .170-77, W Nov. 3 . #13 N.C. State. .189-104, W LOTS OF TREES: Stanford’s 20 NCAA qualifiers was the most in the nation, and over Nov. 16-18 . Art Adamson Invitational . 2nd/10 the NCAA roster limit of 18 (divers count as half) so the Cardinal will send 17 swimmers Jan. 19 . #20 Arizona. .192-100, W and two divers. Stanford’s other qualifier was freshman Katie Glavinovich in the 400 Jan. 20 . Arizona State . .176-113, W individual medley (4:09.26). The Cardinal sent 16 to the NCAA meet last year when Jan. 26 . at UCLA . .182-110, W they took home the title, and 13 traveled to Atlanta in 2016 (10 swimmers, three Jan. 27 . at #13 USC . 223-77, W divers) when Stanford finished as the national runner-up. In addition, Stanford has an Feb. 10 . #4 Cal. .186-110, W additional 10 swims from last year – the Cardinal had 42 individual entries in 2017 (and 25 swims in 2016). Pac-12 Conference Championships (Federal Way, Wash.) Stanford’s NCAA Qualifiers under Coach Meehan Feb. 21-24 . Pac-12 Championships . 1st/9 YEAR QUALIFIERS INDIVIDUAL RACES NCAA FINISH 2013 10 24 4th NCAA Zone Diving Championships 2014 11 27 8th (Flagstaff , Ariz.) 2015 13 30 3rd March 6-8 . Zone E Diving. NTS 2016 9 25 2nd 2017 14 42 1st NCAA Championships 2018 18 52 TBA (Columbus, Ohio) Mar. 14-17 . NCAA Championships . TBA YOUNG TREES: It will be a fairly young NCAA squad for Stanford as more than half of the roster will be underclassmen—five freshmen and five sophomores. But it will U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pac Trials also be an experienced group as the 13 non-freshmen qualifiers have all been to the (Indianapolis, Ind.) NCAA’s before, and won a national title. In addition, the five seniors at this meet have Jul. 25-29 . U.S. National Championships . TBA combined for 56 All-America honors over the past three seasons. Pan-Pacific Championships TOP TREES: Stanford has an individual favorite in seven of the 13 swimming events, (Tokyo, Japan) and is the favorite in one relay. The Cardinal owns the top seed in all five freestyle July 23-30. Pan-Pacific Championships . TBA events (Simone Manuel in the 50, 100 and 200, and Katie Ledecky in the 500 and 1650) as well as all three events in which Stanford set an American record at the Pac-12 ORDER OF EVENTS Championships—200 fly (Ella Eastin), 400 IM (Ledecky) and 400 medley relay. Janet Hu Wednesday Friday is the second seed in the 100 and 200 back. 800 Free Relay 400 IM 100 Fly NCAA TEAM HISTORY: The Cardinal has registered 37 straight top-eight finishes Thursday 200 Free (every year the NCAA has sponsored a championship meet), and 13 top-five showings 200 Free Relay 100 Breast in the last 14 years. Stanford has won the NCAA title nine times, the most of any team 500 Free 100 Back in the nation, and won an AIAW title in 1980. Under head coach Greg Meehan, Stanford 200 IM 200 Medley Relay finished eighth (2013), second (2014), third (2015) and second (2016) before snapping 50 Free 3-Meter Diving the program’s 19-year title drought at the national championship meet last year. 400 Medley Relay 1-Meter Diving Saturday LAST YEAR: At the 2017 NCAA Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, Stanford 1650 Free claimed its first national championship since 1998. The Cardinal had 13 diff erent 200 Back All-Americans combine for 47 All-America honors, seven individual national 100 Free championships and three relay titles at IUPUI Natatorium. The Cardinal’s 526.5 points 200 Breast were the most for the program since 1993 (649.5). Cal finished second with 366 200 Fly points—the largest margin of victory at the NCAA Championships since 2003. 400 Free Relay FOLLOW THE CARDINAL (@STANFORDWSWIM): Stanford SID Contact . .Eric Dolan women’s swimming and diving can be found on instagram, Email. [email protected] twitter and snapchat. Cell . .585-260-8322 Website. GoStanford.com 2018 NCAA Championships • March 14-17 • Columbus, Ohio No. 1 STANFORD CARDINAL (8-0, 7-0 Pac-12) Head Coach: Greg Meehan (Sixth season • Rider ‘01) Assistant Coach: Tracy Slusser (Sixth season • Purdue ‘06) Diving Coach: Patrick Jeff rey (Fourth season • Ohio State ‘88) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Joey Sementelli (Third season • UMBC ‘08) Name Event Ht. Yr. Major Hometown (High School) Hannah Boyd Free 5-7 So. Undeclared Lexington, Ill. (University High School) Megan Byrnes Free/Back/IM 5-8 So. Mgmt. Science and Engineering Fairfax, Va. (Oakton) Kassidy Cook Diving 5-3 Sr. Communication The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands) Katie Drabot Free/IM 5-7 So. Undeclared Cedarburg, Wis. (Cedarburg) Ella Eastin IM/Fly/Free 5-9 Jr. Human Biology Irvine, Calif. (Crean Lutheran) Lindsey Engel Fly/Free 5-7 Sr. Mechanical Engineering Trabuco Canyon, Calif. (Crean Lutheran) Haley Farnsworth Diving 5-4 So. Undeclared San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente) Brooke Forde Breast/Free/IM 5-9 Fr. Undeclared Louisville, Ky. (Sacred Heart Academy) Sammy Gallagher Diving 5-4 Sr. Political Science Margarita, Calif. (Tesoro) Abby Gardner Diving 5-7 Fr. Undeclared Peachtree Corners, Ga. (Wesleyan School) Katie Glavinovich Free/Back/IM 5-11 Fr. Undeclared Laguna Beach, Calif. (JSerra Catholic) Lauren Green Free/Fly 5-5 Fr. Undeclared San Jose, Calif. (Pioneer) Ally Howe Back/IM/Free 5-9 Sr. Public Policy Portola Valley, Calif. (Sacred Heart Preparatory) Janet Hu Free/Fly/Back 5-9 Sr. Computer Science Vienna, Va. (Oakton) Hannah Kukurugya Fly/IM 5-7 Fr. Undeclared Crown Point, Ind. (Crown Point) Katie Ledecky Free 6-0 So. Undeclared Bethesda, Md. (Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart) Gracia Leydon Mahoney Diving 5-7 Sr. Science, Technology & Society Newton, Mass. (Newton North) Simone Manuel Free 5-11 Sr. Communication Sugar Land, Texas (Fort Bend Austin) Alexandra Meyers Free 5-9 Sr. Human Biology Fox Point, Wis. (University School of Milwaukee) Mia Paulsen Diving 5-4 Fr. Undeclared Atherton, Calif. (Menlo-Atherton) Lauren Pitzer Free/Fly/IM 5-10 Fr. Undeclared Fort Worth, Texas (Fossil Ridge) Brooke Stenstrom Free 5-8 So. Undeclared Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Valor Christian) Leah Stevens Free/Breast/IM 5-7 Jr. Human Biology Louisville, Ky. (Sacred Heart Academy) Allie Szekely Back/Breast/IM 5-8 So. Undeclared Doylestown, Pa. (Gwynedd Mercy Academy) Ashley Volpenhein Free 5-8 Fr. Undeclared Mason, Ohio (Mason) Erin Voss Back/Free 6-0 So. Undeclared Northampton, Mass. (Northampton) Kim Williams IM/Breast 5-9 Jr. Political Science Bellevue, Wash. (Bellevue) Grace Zhao Breast/Free 5-8 Fr. Undeclared Palo Alto, Calif. (Palo Alto) PRONUNCIATIONS Katie Drabot – dray-bot Mia Paulsen – mee-uh Tracy Duchac – doo-cotch Brooke Forde – ford-ee Brooke Stenstrom – sten-strum Janet Hu – hoo Allie Szekely – zeck-lee Hannah Kukurugya – koo-koo-roo-guh Ashley Volpenhein – vohlp-en-highn Gracia Leydon Mahoney – Gray-shuh Lay-din Grace Zhao - zshow 2018 NCAA Championships • March 14-17 • Columbus, Ohio MORE NEWS & NOTES PAC-12 CHAMPIONS: Stanford claimed back-to-back Pac-12 titles for REGULAR SEASON RECAP: Stanford finished the regular season the first time since 2010-11 and won the conference meet for the 21st unbeaten and atop the polls for the third straight season. Stanford, time overall, a record. which finished second to the host Aggies at the Texas A&M Art Adamson Invitational in mid-November, had notable dual meet wins » The top-ranked Cardinal’s 1,776.5 points were the second-most over N.C. State, USC and Cal. ever scored at the Pac-12 Championships—only eclipsed by the 1,804 points scored by Stanford’s 1992 national championship team that STREAKS: Stanford has won 23 straight dual meets. The Cardinal’s famously featured several Olympians, including Summer Sanders last defeat in a dual was to No. 3 Cal on Feb. 14, 2015—which also and Jenny Thompson. Cal finished as the runner-up with 1,487 marks a string of 21 straight Pac-12 dual meet victories since that points. It is the largest margin of victory (317 points) at the Pac-12 loss. The Cardinal has also won 16 straight dual meets at home meet since Stanford outscored runner-up USC by 356 in 1999. dating back to Oct. 30, 2014 against Texas (156-144). » Over the four-day meet, the top-ranked Cardinal won nine of NERD NATION: Stanford owns the highest team GPA in the Pac- 21 events, including three American records. Ella Eastin broke 12 at 3.59. Senior Janet Hu, a computer science major with a the oldest standing American and NCAA record (Elaine Breeden, biocomputation focus and a 3.31 GPA, was named the Pac-12 Scholar 2009) with her swim of 1:49.51 in the 200 butterfly. Ally Howe, Kim Athlete of the Year. Hu is the third Cardinal to earn this honor, joining Williams, Janet Hu and Simone Manuel broke Stanford’s two- Kelsey Ditto in 2010-11 and Andrea Axtell in 2008-09.