Abbey Weitzeil

2018 Pac-12 Women’s Champs Fan Guide: Stanford Poised to Dominate

The Stanford women are the heavy favorites to take the 2018 Pac-12 crown and successfully defend their 2017 title, which was their first since 2014.

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Liz Li Breaks Big Ten Meet Record, Goes #6 Time in History in 50 Free

Her 21.28 tonight now ties American record holder and fastest-female-swimmer-in-yards Abbey Weitzeil for the sixth-fastest performance ever.

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Weitzeil Downs Manuel for 50 Free Pool Record in Rivalry Dual Meet

Several Pool Records fell as Stanford capped off an undefeated dual meet season on Saturday in their meet against Pac-12 rival Cal. The Bears’ Weitzeil nabbed an individual Pool Record in the 50 free as she out-touched Manuel 22.04 to 22.13.

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2017-2018 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings: January Edition

Simone Manuel is back in action for Stanford. But can they keep their hold on the #1 rank? Yes. The answer is obviously yes. Were you seriously wondering?

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Jensen Pops 42.9 100 Free in Cal’s Win Over ASU

Jensen won the individual 100 free in 43.07 before leading off the winning 400 free relay in 42.99.

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Jensen Posts 19.0 Split on 200 Free Relay as Cal Downs Arizona

The most impressive relay split of the day came from Cal’s Michael Jensen, who put up a 19.08 on the 2nd leg of the 200 free relay.

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NCAA Women’s Preview: Can Anyone Match Stanford?

While the men’s NCAA national championship is shaping up to be a dogfight between Cal and Texas, Stanford looks like…

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Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil Earns Pac-12 Women’s Swimmer Of The Month

The Conference office announced today that Abbey Weitzeil of CALIFORNIA was named Pac-12 Women’s Swimmer of the Month and UCLA’s Eloise Belanger was voted Pac-12 Women’s Diver of the Month for December.

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NCAA ‘A’ Cuts Update: 173 Cuts Achieved Through Mid-Season Invites

Katie Ledecky and Mallory Comerford are tied for most NCAA ‘A’ cuts with 4 each.

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The Top 16 Women in Each Event at 2017-18 NCAA Midseason

We’re now through the second round of NCAA midseason invites and it’s time to take a look at where the division 1 teams stand. SwimSwam has put together a list of the top 16 times in each event up to this point. 

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Lynch Closes Georgia Invite with Personal Best 42.01 100 Free

Lynch led by a nail at the halfway mark, but was able to outpace Hoffer to stretch his lead up to a couple of tenths through the back half.

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Abbey Weitzeil and Amy Bilquist Review Georgia Invite (Video)

For their part, Abbey Weitzeil and Amy Bilquist contributed big swims for the Cal bears on Night 3 of the Georgia Invite

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UGA Invite Day 3 Prelims, Weitzeil Rush Delivers 47.16 100 Free

The third and final prelims session of the 2017 UGA Invite wrapped up this morning with the Cal Bears continuing to look dominant.

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Auburn’s Gonzalez Blasts Nation-Leading 3:39 400 IM at Georgia Invite

Gonzalez’s time was not only the fastest time in the NCAA thus far by 2 seconds, but also the fastest time done by any swimmer this year, topping Chase Kalisz’s 3:39.45 from Winter Nationals.

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UGA Invite Day 2 Prelims, Cal’s Noemie Thomas Swims 51.00 100 Fly

Cal, Michigan, and Georgia continue to duke it out at the UGA Invite, giving swim fans a preview of what’s to come at the NCAA Championships.

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