Kathleen Baker

2017 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

The 2017 Women’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships continue this morning with prelims of the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, 200 medley relay, and 3-meter diving.

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2017 Women’s NCAAs Race Video: Stanford Takes 400 Medley after Cal DQ

2017 WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, March 15 – Saturday, March 18 IUPUI Natatorium – Indianapolis, IN Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM (Eastern Time) Defending…

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2017 Women’s NCAAs Race Video: Baker Wins 200 IM, Just off U.S. Record

2017 WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, March 15 – Saturday, March 18 IUPUI Natatorium – Indianapolis, IN Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM (Eastern Time) Defending…

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2017 Women’s NCAA Championships: 200 Medley Relay Lineup Speculation

With three and a half of the five relay races now complete at women’s NCAAs, relay lineups are becoming more clear for the teams who entered the meet with multiple options.

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Baker: “I was more nervous for the relay than my own swim” (Video)

Kathleen Baker built on Cal’s momentum from the 200 free relay, taking down Stanford’s defending champ Ella Eastin in the 200 IM

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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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