(03-25-2019, 06:49 AM)Langdude Wrote: Three in a row. Icing on the cake is that Kal finished second all three times.
I guess I only just realized that, before this run of three, Stanford did not win a NC in women's swimming since 1997. Nearly 20 years! That surprised me given how strong we are traditionally in that sport. In that span, Georgia won it, like, 38 times.
If anyone is interested, Wikipedia has an updated list of womens swimming NCAA Champions and Runners Up.
Stanford has the most (11), but indeed Georgia won all of their seven between Stanford's win in 1998 and their more recent run of three straight. Auburn also won five in six years in that interregnum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Divis...mpionships
Quote:Ella Easton. Four-time national champ in 400 IM. Wowzers. Is there a more grueling event in the program (I know it goes up to 800, but not in college)?
The NCAA meet has a 500 and 1650 yd freestyle.
Some say that 400 IM is actually more grueling than the 1650 because you have to keep switching strokes - different muscle sets and all that.