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Kathleen Baker

2017 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Tonight’s competition includes the finals of the 200 free relay, 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, 400 medley relay, and 1-meter diving.

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2017 W. NCAAs: Cal 400 Medley Relay DQ’ed after Touching 1st

The DQ is reminiscant of last season’s NCAA championships, when Stanford was set to challenge for the win, but DQed their 200 freestyle relay after touching 1st, making Cal the victor.

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Baker Goes 2nd-Fastest 100 Back All-Time, Time Stands Despite Relay DQ

Tonight, despite Cal’s DQ in the 400 medley relay, Kathleen Baker swam the 2nd-fastest 100 back in history to take down Natalie Coughlin’s 15-year-old school record.

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Baker Flirts With Record, Swims 2nd-Fastest 200 IM All-Time

Kathleen Baker of the Cal Golden Bears came within hundredths of a second of the U.S. Open and NCAA Records in the 200 IM at tonight’s NCAA Championships.

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2017 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

The 2017 Women’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships continue this morning with prelims of the 200 free relay, 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, 400 medley relay, and 1-meter diving.

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2017 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Stanford absolutely destroyed the NCAA and American Record tonight in the 800 free relay, bringing it down with a dominant 6:45.91.

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W. NCAA 800 Free Relay Roundup: Cal Swaps Out Weitzeil for Vredeveld

Weitzeil was a part of Cal’s 800 free relay at Pac-12s, but they swapped her out for Kristen Vredeveld at NCAAs. This could be because she’s more valuable on the other relays, but it’s noteworthy because of her health issues following the 200 free at Pac-12s.

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All the Links You Need for the 2017 Women’s D1 NCAA Championships

You can find all the links you need to follow along right here on SwimSwam, as well as event-by-event previews and predictions.

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Final Team Predictions For 2017 Women’s NCAA Championships

We’ve previewed each individual event for the women’s NCAA Championships, now it’s time to turn our focus to the broader issue of the NCAA team champion. Here’s our final predictions of the top 25 in the NCAA finish order.

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2017 W. NCAA Picks: Who Will Join Howe Under the 50-Second Barrier?

The favorite to win this race is Stanford’s Ally Howe, who broke Natalie Coughlin’s American Record and became the first woman to clear the 50 second barrier since 2002 at the 2017 Pac-12 Championships.

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2017 W. NCAA 200 IM Preview: Eastin Hunting for Her Own Records

Ella Eastin will look to take her NCAA, American, and U.S. Open marks to new heights in the 200 IM.

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2017 W. NCAA Picks: Baker Seeks NCAA Gold in 200 Back

After making the podium at the 2016 Rio Olympis, Cal backstroker Kathleen Baker has been looking to move up in the yards pool.

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Scoring the NCAA D1 Women’s Pre-Selection Psych Sheet

The NCAA released the pre-selection psych sheet today. While this isn’t the final official psych sheet, the cut line will fall…

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Cal’s Kathleen Baker Opts Out of 200 Free for NCAAs

In a predictable move, Cal sophomore Kathleen Baker has scratched out of the 200 freestyle, where her 1:43.17 from last weekend’s Pac 12 Championships ranked her sixth in the nation.

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2017 Women’s PAC-12s: USC Good, Cal Better, Stanford Best

The Stanford women won every relay, and 15 of 21 total events, to capture their 20th PAC-12 title in program history.

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