In reply to OBear073akaSMFan

OBear073akaSMFan said:

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swimmer19 said:

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Ohio State's Maya Geringer announced her intent to swim at Cal for her 5th year. A 4 year NCAA scorer for the Buckeyes in the mile, she will head to Berkeley with a 4:39.5 500 free and 15:56 mile.

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Who was the last women swimmer that we had to
score in the mIle? Can't recall.

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I think Cierra Runge may have been the last woman swimmer to score in the mile at the national championship?

Runge was runner-up to Leah Smith (UVA) with her 15:46.46 at 2015 NCAAs. She holds the top spot in Cal's All-Time Top 10 in this event, with her 15:40.17 from 2015 Pac-12s. Unfortunately Runge only competed a single season for us (the McKeever effect? cough cough)

Maya Geringer's 15:56.28 PB from 2023 would come in at #2 on Cal's All-Time list, faster than #2 Lauren Boyle's 15:56.93 achieved back in 2009

Kinda off-topic for "2024 Women's Swim Recruiting", but I think it's worth mentioning that Claire Weinstein from the 2025 recruiting class has an even faster best time of 15:51.64, which would have placed 6th in the A final of the 1650 Free at 2024 NCAAs

Weinstein's best 500 Free time of 4:29.38 is actually 3 seconds faster than Bella Sims' winning time at this year's NCAAs, and would have topped Runge's #1 spot of 4:31.90 i on Cal's all-time list

And how about 2025 top recruit Alex Shackell's 1:50.15 which would have WON the 200 Fly title at 2024 NCAAs, not to mention surpassing Katie McLaughlin's #1 time of 1:51.09 on Cal's list (keeping fingers crossed that she will stick with her commitment)!

In the 100 Fly, Shackell's 49.49 also outdoes McLaughlin's 49.97 (top time on our All-Time list, and would have claimed the runner-up spot at NCAA Champs.

Shackell's best of 1:42.23 in the 200 Free would have earned 4th place at NCAAs this year

More goodies here:
https://swimswam.com/how-would-top-age-group-swimmers-stack-up-at-ncaas/

Margaux McDonald has announced her intent to use her 5th year with the Bears after graduating from Princeton this spring. She's a multi-time Ivy League champion in the 100/200 breast and 200 IM, and earned NCAA qualification this past year via her 1:56.9 200 IM.

She holds best times of 1:00.2/2:11.3 in the breaststrokes and 53.7/1:54.2 in the backstrokes along with her 200 IM, and is qualified for Trials in the 100 breast. Also worth noting she is a local to the East Bay, from Orinda/Miramonte HS.