Stanford swimmer Lucy Bell units faculty information, wins 2 NCAA nationwide titles

A former Colorado swimming star has grow to be the most effective in all of faculty swimming.

For the second-straight yr, Stanford swimmer and Fossil Ridge alumnus Lucy Bell gained an NCAA Division I ladies’s swimming title within the 200-yard breaststroke.

Unlike final season, Bell did one higher, making it a double title haul with one other championship within the 200 particular person medley March 21 at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta.

The Stanford senior, like in her highschool days, did it in record-setting style.

Bell set a Stanford program file in her profitable 200 breaststroke swim, touching the wall in 2 minutes, 2.38 seconds.

That was practically a full two seconds sooner than her championship time in the identical occasion final season, when she additionally set a Stanford file.

Bell was removed from completed, taking the 200 IM crown with a personal-record time of 1:52.09.

But there was yet one more huge swim wanted for Bell and the Cardinal to make it a particular senior send-off.

Bell and teammates Torri Huske, Gigi Johnson and Annam Olasewere mixed to win the 400 freestyle relay championship whereas breaking the Stanford file in 3:06.72.

It was extra than simply one other title, serving to Stanford rally for a second straight crew runner-up end.

Even at a program with such an elite swimming pedigree, Bell will go down as a Cardinal nice within the pool.

She’ll end her collegiate profession as a four-time nationwide champion, with 12 All-American finishes and top-10 Stanford occasions in six completely different occasions.

That’s not stunning to anybody who adopted Bell’s profession stretching again to her record-smashing days at Fossil Ridge in Northern Colorado.

Bell gained 13 Colorado Class 5A state championships (seven particular person, six relays) for Fossil Ridge and was a 16-time NISCA All-American. Her crowning achievement was breaking former U.S. Olympic star Missy Franklin’s state file with a time of 1:56.41 to win the 200 IM title at her closing state meet.

It’s no stretch to suppose that the Stanford senior might have an Olympic future on the 2028 Los Angeles video games and past.

Bell already had three top-10 placements on the 2024 U.S. Swimming Trials, simply lacking out on qualifying for the Paris Olympics within the 200-meter fly, plus 200- and 400-meter IMs.

Chris Abshire covers highschool and group sports activities for the Coloradoan.