No. 1 Stanford (8-0, 7-0 Pac-12)
Pac-12 Championships | Feb. 21-24
Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center
Federal Way, Washington
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STANFORD, Calif. - No. 1 Stanford women's swimming and diving looks to defend its conference crown at the Pac-12 Championships, Wednesday through Saturday at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington.
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» Tickets are available online and will also be available for purchase at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center on the day of the event. Gates open at 10 a.m. for the morning session and 5 p.m. for the evening session. Tickets are general admission and seating is first come, first served.
» Coverage of the prelims and earlier finals will be streamed live on Pac-12.com and the Pac-12 Now app, Wednesday through Saturday.
» Saturday's Pac-12 Women's Swimming and Diving finals will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Network, and all six regional networks, starting at 6:30 p.m. PT.
» Links to live results will be available here.
» Live results and updates will be on Twitter.
Cardinal Conference History » Stanford has won a record 20 Pac-12 Conference championships, which included the first 13 conference titles from 1987-99.
» Stanford has finished first or second each of the last eight seasons (four titles, four runner-up finishes).
» Last year, after three straight runner-up finishes, Cardinal finished atop the conference for the first time since 2013. Stanford garnered 1,587 points to top runner-up Cal's 1,392 points and USC, which finished third with 1,250 points. The Cardinal set five American records and won 15 of the 21 events. Then-freshman Katie Ledecky was named Swimmer of the Meet. Our full recap from the 2017 Pac-12 Championships can be found here.
» Stanford has won three consecutive Pac-12 titles in the 400-yard freestyle relay, 400 medley relay and 100 free (Simone Manuel in 2015 and 2017, and Lia Neal in 2016).
» The longest drought for Stanford in an individual event is the 200 backstroke -- the last Cardinal to win was Maya DiRado in 2012.
» Click here for Stanford's all-time team and individual Pac-12 champions, event-by-event.
tfw you accomplish one of your #SquadGoals #GoStanford #Pac12Swim
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Season Review» Stanford finished the regular season atop the polls for the third straight season. The Cardinal garnered 300 points in the latest poll, Cal was No. 2 with 285 points, and Texas A&M ranks third with 275.
» The Cardinal (8-0, 7-0 Pac-12) finished unbeaten for the third straight year. Stanford has won 23 straight dual meets dating back to Feb. 14, 2015 against Cal – which also marks a string of 21 straight Pac-12 dual meet victories, and 16 consecutive wins at home.
» At the dual meet against Cal, the Cardinal collected donations and raised more than $2,000 for Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.
» On Feb. 10, Stanford honored its eight seniors on Senior Day. Prior to the meet, the program celebrated the contributions of Kassidy Cook, Sammy Gallagher, Gracia Leydon Mahoney, Alex Meyers, Simone Manuel, Janet Hu, Ally Howe and Lindsey Engel. As a group, the Senior Class of 2018 has combined for nine Pac-12 All-Academic selections, 59 All-America honors and led the Cardinal to the program's first national championship in 19 years.
» Stanford owns the highest team GPA in the Pac-12 at 3.59, and was named a CSCCA Scholar All-America team.
Get yourself a swim team that can do both! Proud of this group! #NerdNation?? #GoStanford?? pic.twitter.com/koq0E427Q5
— Stanford WSwim/Dive (@stanfordwswim) February 5, 2018
A Look Ahead» Next up, NCAA Zone Diving Championships are March 4-6 in Flagstaff, Arizona, and the NCAA Championships are set for March 14-17 in Columbus, Ohio.
» Stanford has a few guaranteed spots at NCAA's on the swimming side. Katie Ledecky (200 free, 500 free, 1650 free, 400 IM), Ally Howe (100 back, 200 back), Janet Hu (100 back, 200 back, 100 fly), Ella Eastin (200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM), Katie Drabot (200 fly) and Brooke Forde (400 IM) already have NCAA A-cuts. Follow the Cardinal» Several different Cardinal will take over the team's instagram account during the conference championship weekend.
» You can follow Cardinal women's swimming and diving all year long on instagram, twitter and snapchat (@StanfordwSwim).
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