Feb. 25, 2011
FEDERAL WAY, Wash.-- Kate Dwelley defended her title in the 200 free, while Maya DiRado was a runner-up in the 400 IM, as Stanford dropped to second to Cal with one day to go at the Pac-10 Championships.
Betsy Webb was third in the 100 back and Stephanie Phipps (three-meter) and Liz Smith (100 breast) were each fourth in their respective events.
Cal leads the field with 1047.5 points, Stanford is second with 990.5 points and USC is third (886).
Dwelley won her signature event by three-tenths of a second, at 1:44.61, ahead of Sara Isakovic (1:44.94). She is Stanford's first three-time Pac-10 champion in the event, besting Jenny Thompson's back-to-back wins in 1992 and 1993. Dwelley also won the 200 free in as a freshman and last year, as a junior.
USC's Katinka Hosszu won the 400 IM, two and a half seconds ahead of DiRado (4:02.48) with a time of 4:00.04. The Stanford freshman was one of seven swimmers in the 24-woman finals to keep the Cardinal in front.
Phipps, who had the top preliminary score, opened up the final round with two 9.0's and an 8.5 on a somersault pike, but struggled on dives two and three before rebounding to score a mark of 321.20 for fourth. Her counted score never dropped below a 7.0 in any of her final three dives.
Phipps had the top preliminary score at 335.45. Phipps scored at least three 7.5's or above in three of her six preliminary dives and averaged 7.0 or above from the six judges in all but her last dive. Her best score coming on her second, third and fourth dives, all scores of 60 off of somersault tucks.
Smith kept the Cardinal in front of Cal late in the evening, placing fourth, while Kerry Kraemer was eighth in the 100 breast. Webb was third in the 100 back with a time of 52.90.
The Cardinal also had two swimmers in the A and B Finals of the 100 fly. Sam Woodward (52.78) and Felicia Lee (53.22) finished sixth and seventh in the top flight. Stanford had two swimmers in the A Finals of four of five races.
In the men's platform, half of the final field were Cardinal. Brent Eichenseer was third (374.85), followed by Taylor Sishc (343.70), Dhruv Tyagi (294.00) and Noah Garcia (283.20) in fifth through seventh place. Stanford had nine men reach the finals over the last three days, with those scores counting for next week's men's championship in Long Beach.
The Pac-10 Championships run through Saturday night.
Stanford at the Pac-10 Championships.
Results: http://results.teamunify.com/pnws2/meets/PAC10/
Friday
400 IM: A Finals-- 2. DiRado, 4:02.48; 8. Taylor, 4:11.64; B Finals-- 14. Chen, 4:15.99; 16. Bruce, 4:19.64; C Finals-- 18. Simmons, 4:17.81; 21. Duckworth, 4:21.94; 22. Hinds, 4:22.77
100 Fly: A Finals-- 6. Woodward, 52.78; 7. Lee, 53.22; B Finals-- 14. Hammes, 53.84; 16. Fischer-Colbrie, 54.25
*200 Free: A Finals-- 1. Dwelley, 1:44.61; 6. Murez, 1:46.88; B Finals-- 14. Giberson, 1:48.04; C Finals-- 18. Durant, 1:48.04; 19. Ditto, 1:48.29
100 Breast: A Finals-- 4. Smith, 1:00.91; 8. Kraemer, 1:01.74; B Finals--12. Bruce, 1:02.72; 14. Finn, 1:02.84
100 Back: A Finals-- 3. Webb, 52.90; B Finals-- 11. Hammes, 53.88;
Three-Meter: 4. Phipps, 321.20
400 Medley Relay: 4. Webb/Smith/Woodward/Dwelley, 3:34.54
Thursday
500 Free: A-Finals-- 3. Taylor, 4:40.82; 4. Ditto, 4:41.09; B Finals-- 11. Durant, 4:45.78; C Finals-- 18. Arnold, 4:48.89; 22. Simmons, 4:52.29
50 Free: A Finals-- 2. Dwelley, 22.04; 3. Woodward, 22.31; 6. Webb, 22.41; B Finals-- 9. Murez, 22.69; C Finals-- 22. Whitford, 23.19
200 IM: A Finals-- 3. DiRado, 1:55.11; 5. Smith, 1:57.85; 7. Lee, 1:58.52; C Finals-- 20. Chen, 2:01.38; 22. Kraemer, 2:01.79
One-Meter: 3. Hostage, 323,80; 5. Rosenstock, 291.10
*200 Free Relay: 1. Woodward/Webb/Murez/Dwelley, 1:28.54
Wednesday
800 Free Relay: 2. Murez/DiRado/Taylor/Dwelley, 7:02.19
200 Medley Relay: 3. Webb/Smith/Lee/Woodward, 1:38.61
Men's Platform: 3. Eichenseer, 374.85; 4. Sishc, 343.70; 5. Tyagi, 294.00; 7. Garcia, 283.20 (Friday)
Men's Three-Meter: 5. Eichenseer, 361.90; 7. Sishc, 357.50; 8. Tyagi, 322.95 (Thursday)
Men's One-Meter: 5. Tyagi, 351.00; 7. Eichenseer, 310.40 (Wednesday)