March 18, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas-- Freshman Maya DiRado had her second-straight top-three finish, placing third in the 400 IM, while Kate Dwelley was sixth in the 200 free as Stanford dropped to fourth at the NCAA Championships following the second day of competition.
Cal leads the overall field with 295 points following three wins on Friday, followed by USC (253), Georgia (275), Stanford (192) and Arizona (184).
DiRado's time of 4:01.02 is the second-fastest in school history, as the freshman moved ahead of Olympic Gold medalist Summer Sanders (4:02.28) and was three seconds slower than 2010 NCAA Champion Julia Smit. She was the runner-up in the 200 IM yesterday with the school's third-fastest time.
Dwelley earned All-America status in the 200 free for the fourth time in her career, finishing sixth with a time of 1:44.16. It was the third time Dwelley had reached the A Finals.
Stnaford placed five women in the consolation finals, across five events.
Liz Smith in the 100 breast (11th), Andie Taylor in the 400 IM (14th) Betsy Webb in the 100 back (12th) and divers Meg Hostage (13th) and Stephanie Phipps (16th) in the three-meter all earned All-America certificates following consolation finishes. The 200 medley relay team finished 12th after coming in ranked No. 19, the 800 free relay finished ninth after ranking No. 6.
The championships run through Saturday with the 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, platform and 400 free relay to conclude the three-day event. Saturday's finals are on ESPN3.com.
NOTES: Katinka Hosszu was the second-ever woman to break four minutes in the 400 IM, pacing the field with a time of 3:59.75, behind Stanford's Julia Smit American record of 3:58.23 at last year's NCAAs... with Hostage and Phipps earning All-America honors, diving coach Rick Schavone has now had an All-American in 27 of the last 29 years... Dwelley had been ranked No. 10 heading into the 200 free, moving up four spots in the finals.
Full Results:
http://www.collegeswimming.com/2011-NCAA-Women/
Live Blog:
http://www.collegeswimming.com/2011-NCAA-Women/
Live Video (Friday and Saturday finals only):
www.espn3.com
Stanford All-Americans (or top finishers if outside top-16)
Friday (4th, 192 points)
200 Medley Relay: 12. Webb/Smith/Lee/Woodward, 1:38.43
400 IM: 3. DiRado, 4:01.02; 14. Taylor, 4:08.44
(100 Fly: 21. Woodward, 52.92)
200 Free: 6. Dwelley, 1:44.16
100 Breast: 11. Smith, 1:00.48
100 Back: 12. Webb, 52.77
Three-Meter: 13. Hostage, 308.70; Phipps, 295.60
800 Free Relay: 9. Murez/DiRado/Taylor/Dwelley, 7:04.28
Thursday (3rd, 116 points)
200 Free Relay: 4. Woodward/Webb/Murez/Dwelley, 1:28.15
(500 Free: 32. Ditto, 4:44.65)
200 IM: 2. DiRado, 1:54.66
50 Free: 4. Webb, 22.05; 9. Dwelley, 22.22, 9. Woodward, 22.2
One-Meter: 3. Hostage, 327.65
400 Medley Relay: 8. Webb/Smith/Lee/Dwelley, 3:34.31