2023 Women’s Pac-12 Championships – Day 2 Race Videos

2023 WOMEN’S PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Wednesday, February 22 – Saturday, February 25, 2023
• Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, WA
• Defending Champions:
  • Women: Stanford (1x)
• Live Results
• Live Video
• Championship Central
• Fan Guide
• Day 2 Prelims Live Recap
• Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Stanford now leads the team scores by 86 points, followed by Cal and USC, after night two of the 2023 women’s Pac-12 Championships. One of the closest races of the night was also the longest race, the 500 freestyle where ASU senior Lindsay Looney out touched Stanford’s Morgan Tankersley by .07 to secure the win. Watch their fierce battle, and all other ‘A’ final swims from the session, below with race videos courtesy of Pac-12 Networks on Youtube.

Women’s 1-Meter Diving Final

• NCAA Record: 361.55, Cassidy Krug (STAN) – 2007
• Pac-12 Record: 366.75, Victoria Ishimatsu (USC) – 2011
• Pac-12 Championship Record: 366.75, Victoria Ishimatsu (USC) – 2011

Top 3:

1. Delaney Schnell, Arizona – 355.50
2. Carolina Sculti, USC – 324.35
3. Holly Waxman, Utah – 311.15

Arizona senior Delaney Schnell earned her third consecutive Pac-12 title on 1-meter tonight with a commanding lead of 30 points.

WOMEN’S 500 FREESTYLE — FINALS

• NCAA Record: 4:24.06, Katie Ledecky (STAN) – 2017 NCAA Championships
• Pac-12 Record: 4:24.06, Katie Ledecky (STAN) – 2017 NCAA Championships
• Pac-12 Championship Record: 4:25.25, Katie Ledecky (STAN) – 2017
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 4:35.76
• 2022 NCAA Invite Time: 4:43.08

Top 3:

1. Lindsay Looney (ASU) – 4:38.29
2. Morgan Tankersley (STAN) – 4:38.36
3. Molly Batchelor (ASU) – 4:39.54

ASU senior Lindsay Looney and Stanford 5th-year Morgan Tankersley were neck-and-neck for most of the race, with Tankersley leading and Looney in 2nd place at the 450-yard mark. But Looney blasted a 26.73 on the final 50 (compared to Tankersley’s 26.99) to secure the win by .07.

WOMEN’S 200 IM — FINALS

• NCAA Record: 1:50.08, Alex Walsh (UVA) – 2022 NCAA Championships
• Pac-12 Record: 1:50.67, Ella Eastin (STAN) – 2018
• Pac-12 Championship Record: 1:52.37, Katinka Hosszu (USC) – 2012
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:53.66
• 2022 NCAA Invite Time: 1:56.85

Top 3:

1. Leah Polonsky (CAL) – 1:54.02
2. Isabelle Stadden (CAL) – 1:55.52
3. Isabelle Odgers (USC) – 1:55.68

Cal went 1-2 in the 200 IM, a feat led by sophomore Leah Polonsky who made her move on the breaststroke and held on strong during the freestyle. Her teammate Isabelle Stadden had a close battle with USC’s Isabelle Odgers who had the fastest 50 breast split in the field. But, Stadden’s butterfly, backstroke, and freestyle legs (most notably her 27.84 backstroke split) ultimately got her hand to the wall first.

WOMEN’S 50 FREESTYLE — FINALS

• NCAA Record: 20.83, Gretchen Walsh (UVA) – 2023 ACC Championships
• Pac-12 Record: 20.90, Abbey Weitzeil (CAL) – 2019
• Pac-12 Championship Record: 21.03, Abbey Weitzeil (CAL) – 2020
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 21.66
• 2022 NCAA Invite Time: 22.16

Top 3:

1. Torri Huske (STAN) – 21.67
2. Taylor Ruck (STAN) – 21.87
3. Claire Grover (UCLA) – 22.13

Stanford and UCLA sprinters put on a show in the 50 free where Olympian Torri Huske had the early lead and held onto it. Claire Grover was second at the halfway mark for UCLA, by .01, but Taylor Ruck had the fastest finishing speed in the field (splitting 11.23 on the last 25) and snagged second place.

WOMEN’S 200 FREE RELAY — TIMED FINALS

• NCAA Record: 1:23.87, Virginia – 2023 ACC Championships
• PAC-12 Record: 1:24.55, California — 2019 NCAA Championships
• PAC-12 Championship Record: 1:25.87, California — 2018 PAC-12 Championships
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:28.43

Top 3:

1. Stanford (Curzan, Huske, Ruck, Tang) – 1:25.98
2. Cal (Davidson, Stadden, Stone, Riley) – 1:28.14
3. USC (Delgado, Dobler, Garcia, Henderson) – 1:28.19

Stanford was swimming their own race in lane four, about 1.6 seconds ahead of the field at the halfway point. Claire Curzan led off the race in 21.59, a time that would have won the individual 50 free final earlier, and handed it off to Huske (21.33), Ruck (21.45), and Amy Tang (21.61). Their final time of 1:25.98 came within .11 of the Pac-12 Championship record.

Cal and USC had a tighter battle for second. The Golden Bears established a half-a-second lead over the Trojans at the 100-yard mark (1:06.01) with their first two legs by Emma Davidson and Stadden. But, USC’s final two legs of 21.83 (swam by Elise Garcia) and 21.69 (swam by Hanna Henderson) nearly ran down that lead.

TEAM SCORES THRU DAY 2

1. Stanford – 540
2. Cal – 454
3. USC – 428
4. UCLA – 330
5. ASU – 312
6. Arizona – 242
7. Utah – 184
8. Washington State – 153