Feb. 15, 2007

Complete Results

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - California sophomore Dana Vollmer swam a blistering 22.05 to tie Arizona's Lara Jackson for first place in the 50-yard freestyle final on Thursday at the Pac-10 Women's Swimming Championships at Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool. For Vollmer, who clocked the fastest time (22.57) in the 50-free prelim earlier today, the 22.05 was a lifetime best. The Golden Bears also set a school record of 1:29.49 to take third in the final event of the night, the 200-freestyle relay. Third-ranked Cal is in second place in the overall team standings and top-ranked Stanford is in first at the conference meet.

The standings take into account the results from the one-meter springboard, including Cal freshman Samantha Young's fifth-place finish, at the Pac-10 Diving Championships last week.

"As a whole it was a real good night," Cal head coach Teri McKeever said. "There were some exceptional things, including Dana and the relay. Sherry Tsai did a nice job breaking two minutes in the 200 IM and Jessica Hardy had a lifetime best 1:59.18 in the 200 IM. Blake Hayter was real tough racing today, and the other person I thought was real impressive was Courtney Eronemo. Making a championship final in her first swim at Pac-10s, in the 200 IM, as a freshman was real impressive, and then doing it again at night was exciting."

The Cal A foursome of sophomore Jessica Hardy, junior Emily Silver, senior Erin Reilly and Vollmer just missed a tie for second place in the relay; Stanford swam a 1:29.48 (NCAA A) as the runner-up to Arizona (1:28.71, NCAA A). The Bears' 1:29.49, an automatic qualifying time for the NCAA Championships, surpassed the 1:31.35 record that Cal had set on Dec. 1, 2006, at the Georgia Invitational.

Vollmer's 22.05 was also an NCAA A cut and moved her into second place on Cal's all-time list for the 50 free. Her time was just four hundredths of a second off of Natalie Coughlin's school record of 22.01, set in 2003. Also in the 50 free, Silver swam a career-record 22.23 for fifth place. That time ties Silver with Haley Cope for third on the Bears' all-time list.

Freshman Blake Hayter took fifth in the first race of the night, the 500 free, swimming a lifetime-best 4:45.87 (NCAA B) that put her eighth all-time at Cal. Reilly was eighth in the final, with a time of 4:49.10. The senior had set her career best in the 500 free when she took second place with a 4:45.49 (NCAA B) in the prelim earlier today. Stanford's Elizabeth Durot won the 500-free final in 4:41.47 (NCAA A).

Bears senior Sherry Tsai had Cal's best finish in the 200 individual medley, swimming a lifetime-best 1:59.63 (NCAA A) to take fifth place and move to fifth-place on Cal's all-time list. Freshman teammate Courtney Eronemo was seventh in the 200 IM final in a lifetime-best 2:01.73 (NCAA B). Stanford's Julia Smit won the final in 1:55.38 (NCAA A).

Hardy actually had the sixth-fastest time in the 200 IM with her 1:59.98, but the 100-breaststroke specialist did not reach the final.

The Pac-10 Championships continue tomorrow at 11 a.m. with prelims in the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke.

Pac-10 Championships
Team Standings (after Day 2)

1. Stanford 		546.5
2. Cal 			442
3. Arizona		409.5
4. UCLA 		359
5. USC			262
6. Oregon State		186
7. Washington		181
8. Arizona State	178
9. Washington State	165

Cal Results - Finals

500-Yard Freestyle
5. Blake Hayter 4:45.87. 8. Erin Reilly 4:49.10. 11. Lauren Boyle 4:48.14. 18. Lauren Andrews 4:51.31.

200-Yard Individual Medley
5. Sherry Tsai 1:59.63. 7. Courtney Eronemo 2:01.73. 8. Rachel Ridgeway 2:02.13. 14. Heather White 2:02.90.17. Jessica Hardy 1:59.98. 19. Alexandra Ellis 2:03.65.

50-Yard Freestyle
1t. Dana Vollmer 22.05. 5. Emily Silver 22.32. 20. Lauren Rogers 23.25. 23. Amanda Larson 23.37.

200-Yard Freestyle Relay
3. Cal A (Jessica Hardy, Emily Silver, Erin Reilly, Dana Vollmer) 1:29.49.

Cal Results - Prelims

500-Yard Freestyle
2. Erin Reilly 4:45.49. 3. Blake Hayter 4:46.29. 14. Lauren Boyle 4:50.57. 20. Lauren Andrews 4:54.27. 32. Jenna Wesley 4:59.44. 46. Jessica Cotton 5:10.41.

200-Yard Individual Medley
5. Sherry Tsai 2:01.09. 7. Rachel Ridgeway 2:01.61. 8. Courtney Eronemo 2:01.73. 9. Heather White 2:02.12.18. Jessica Hardy 2:03.47. 21. Alexandra Ellis 2:04.70. 24. Emily Verdin 2:04.89. 44. Natalie La Rochelle 2:07.58.

50-Yard Freestyle
1. Dana Vollmer 22.57. 4. Emily Silver 22.66. 18. Lauren Rogers 23.32. 22t. Amanda Larson 23.51. 28. Leann Toomey 23.84. 38. Kelly Stravers 24.17.