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Women's NCAA Champs: 200 Free Relay Final

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Women's NCAA Championships: 200 Freestyle Relay Final

Mar 17, 2017

200 FREESTYLE RELAY

NCAA Record: 1:26.15 (Stanford, 2017) 1:25.59 (Cal, 2017)
Meet Record: 1:26.15 (Stanford, 2017) 1:25.59 (Cal, 2017)
American Record: 1:26.15 (Stanford, 2017) 1:25.91 (Stanford, 2017)
US Open Record: 1:26.15 (Stanford, 2017) 1:25.59 (Cal, 2017)

ROLL ON YOU BEARS! Cal just UNLOADED on the 200 freestyle relay to take the win and shatter the eight-hour old NCAA record with a blistering 1:25.59. Abbey Weitzeil kicked it off for the Golden Bears with a solid 21.59 followed by Maddie Murphy (21.83), Amy Bilquist (21.26), and the game-changer on the anchor Farida Osman (20.91). Stanford had the lead going into the final leg, but Ally Howe (21.29) was unable to hold off the hard-charging Osman and the Cardinal settled for second with a 1:25.91. Those are the only two times in history under the 1:26 mark and, of note, Stanford's time will stand as the American record as Cal's Osman is from Egypt. Georgia snagged the bronze with a 1:26.49 led by a blistering 21.32 from Olivia Smoliga on the lead-off. Smoliga had the fastest flat start in the event.

1.) California: 1:25.59 (NCAA, US Open Record)
2.) Stanford: 1:25.91 (American Record)
3.) Georgia: 1:26.49
4.) NC State: 1:27.25
5.) Arizona: 1:27.39
6.) Louisville: 1:27.52
7.) Auburn: 1:27.73
8.) Wisconsin: 1:28.01

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