2017 WOMEN’S PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, February 22 – Saturday, February 25
- Federal Way, WA (Pacific Time Zone)
- Defending Champion: USC (results)
- Live Results (also on Meet Mobile)
- Live Video
- Pac-12 Record Book
- Championship Central
As expected, Stanford’s Katie Ledecky led the Cardinal charge in the 500 free prelims on day 2 of the 2017 Pac-12 Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Federal Way, Washington. Ledecky cruised to a 4:28.37, topping the field by nearly 10 seconds and setting a new Pac-12 Meet Record. That cleared the former mark of 4:31.90 set by Cierra Runge in 2015.
Tonight, Ledecky will get a chance to chase her own NCAA and American Record in the final. The record currently stands at a 4:26.46, which she set back in November at the Ohio State Invite.
Ledecky led a sweep of the top 3 seeds by Stanford freshmen. Katie Drabot took 2nd in prelims, blasting a 4:37.49 to take 3 seconds off her previous best time. Also breaking 4:40 for the 1st time was Megan Byrnes, who dropped nearly 2 seconds to finish 3rd this morning with a 4:39.66. The Cardinal makes up half of the championship heat, as sophomore Leah Stevens qualified 6th, clocking a 4:40.36 to knock 3 seconds off her previous best time.
Chasing her goal times must be what pushes Katie in the 500, because the other swimmers are so far behind, eating her bubbles.
She’s in a League of Her Own.