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INDIANAPOLIS – One race. One title. One American record.
No. 1 Stanford got off to a record-setting start at the 2017 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships on Wednesday. The Cardinal set NCAA and American records in the 800-yard freestyle relay inside the IUPUI Natatorium.
Simone Manuel, Lia Neal, Ella Eastin and Katie Ledecky won the NCAA title with a time of 6:45.91. The quartet topped the previous American record of 6:49.42 set by the Cardinal at the Pac-12 Championships on Feb. 22.
This marks Stanford's first NCAA title in the 800 free relay since 1999, and ninth overall.
"We had an opportunity tonight to put those four together," head coach Greg Meehan said, "and do something historic and have fun with it, and just get rolling the rest of the meet."
The first of three Olympians in the race for the Cardinal, Manuel took the lead leg and finished in 1:41.41. It gave Stanford a solid lead and was two seconds under the American record pace.
Neal took the second 200 and the senior, in her final collegiate meet, extended Stanford's lead with a split time of 1:42.15. The Cardinal made the turn at 3:23.56 when Ella Eastin hit the water. Eastin blazed through her 200 in 1:41.89, and tapped in freshman Katie Ledecky, who turned in a split of 1:40.46 and officially broke the school, meet, facility, NCAA and American records.
After the first day of competition, Stanford leads the NCAA Championships with 40 points.
WHAT'S AHEAD
The NCAA Championships go into full swing on Thursday. Prelims begin at 7 a.m. PT, and the finals for the 500 free, 200 individual medley, 50 free, 1-meter diving, 200 free relay and 400 medley relay are set to begin at 3 p.m. PT.
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| Stanford Schedule by Day | |
| Wednesday | |
| 800 Free Relay | TBD |
| Thursday | |
| 500 Free | Byrnes, Drabot, Ledecky, Stafford, Stevens, Voss |
| 200 IM | Eastin, Howe, Szekely Williams |
| 50 Free | Manuel, Neal |
| 1-Meter Diving | Cook, Farnsworth |
| 400 Medley Relay | TBD |
| Friday | |
| 400 IM | Eastin, Stevens, Szekely |
| 100 Fly | Hu, Engel |
| 200 Free | Byrnes, Drabot, Ledecky, Manuel, Neal, Stafford, Stevens |
| 100 Breast | Williams |
| 100 Back | Engel, Howe, Hu, Voss |
| 3-Meter Diving | Cook, Farnsworth |
| 200 Medley Relay | TBD |
| Saturday | |
| 1650 Free | Byrnes, Ledecky |
| 200 Back | Hu, Howe, Szekely, Voss |
| 100 Free | Manuel, Neal |
| 200 Breast | Williams |
| 200 Fly | Eastin, Engel, Stafford |
| 400 Free Relay | TBD |