Ella Eastin
{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1997)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Ella Eastin
| image = Ella Eastin in winning 400 IM (42769913371).jpg
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| caption = Eastin in 2018
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| national_team = {{USA}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|3|28|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Irvine, California, U.S.
| death_date =
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| height = {{cvt|5|ft|9|in|cm|1}}{{cite web |url=https://www.usaswimming.org/meet-the-team/national-team-bios?personid=b97ef4e1-36e9-42d4-8dd0-13eefb88c3f1 |title=Ella Eastin |work=USA Swimming |access-date=}}
| weight =
| strokes = Individual medley, Butterfly
| club = SoCal Aquatics
| collegeteam = Stanford University
| coach = Greg Meehan
| show-medals = no
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCount|total=yes
|World Championships (SC)|0|2|0
|World University Games|1|3|0
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (SC)}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Windsor|200 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Windsor|400 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition|World University Games}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Taipei|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Taipei|200 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Taipei|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Naples|200 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition|Junior Pan Pacific Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Maui|200 m medley}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Maui|400 m medley}}
{{MedalCountry | the Stanford Cardinal}}
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{{MedalCount|total=yes
|NCAA Championships|12|4|1
}}
{{MedalCount|type=By race|total=yes
|200 y butterfly|2|2|0
|200 y medley|2|2|0
|400 y medley|4|0|0
|4×100 y freestyle|1|0|1
|4×200 y freestyle|3|0|0
}}
{{MedalCompetition|NCAA Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Atlanta|200 y medley}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Atlanta|400 y medley}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Indianapolis|200 y butterfly}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Indianapolis|400 y medley}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Indianapolis|4×200 y freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Columbus|200 y butterfly}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Columbus|200 y medley}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Columbus|400 y medley}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Columbus|4×100 y freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Columbus|4×200 y freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Austin|400 y medley}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Austin|4×200 y freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Atlanta|200 y butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Indianapolis|200 y medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Austin|200 y butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Austin|200 y medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Austin|4×100 y freestyle}}
}}
Ella Eastin (born March 28, 1997) is an American retired swimmer specializing in the individual medley and butterfly events.
Swimming career
=College career=
Eastin swam for the Stanford Cardinal, and is a twelve-time NCAA champion.{{cite web |url=https://swimswam.com/4-brooke-forde-verbally-commits-stanford/ |title=#4 Brooke Forde Verbally Commits to Stanford |publisher=Swimswam.com |date=2016-10-10 |accessdate=2016-12-08}}
During her freshman season, she set an American record in the 200-yard individual medley.{{cite web |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/stanford-freshman-ella-eastin-emerging-as-leader-on-a-new-stage/ |title=Stanford Freshman Ella Eastin Emerging As Leader On a New Stage - Swimming World News |publisher=Swimmingworldmagazine.com |date=2016-03-18 |accessdate=2016-12-08}} At the 2016 NCAA Championships, she won the 200-yard and 400-yard individual medleys, and placed second behind Kelsi Worrell in the 200-yard butterfly.{{cite web |url=https://gostanford.com/news/2016/3/19/210816487.aspx?path=wswim |title=National Runner-Up |publisher=Stanford Athletics |date=2016-03-19 |accessdate=2019-03-28}}
During the first day of the 2017 NCAA Championships, Eastin, along with her teammates Simone Manuel, Lia Neal, and Katie Ledecky, set a record of 6:45.91 in the 800-yard freestyle relay. She lost the 200-yard individual medley to Kathleen Baker, but successfully defended her 400-yard individual medley title by breaking teammate Katie Ledecky's American record. She also added a win in the 200-yard butterfly.
In the 2018 NCAA Championships, Eastin set new NCAA and American records in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:50.67, and she shattered Katie Ledecky's American record in the 400-yard individual medley by almost two seconds, with a time of 3:54.60. She also won the 200-yard butterfly, and she was a member of the winning relay teams in the 400-yard and 800-yard relays. Eastin was named Swimmer of the Meet.{{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/swimming-women/article/2018-03-17/ncaa-division-i-womens-swimming-and-diving-championships |title=Stanford repeats as women's swimming and diving champions |publisher=Stanford Athletics |date=2018-03-17 |accessdate=2019-03-28}}
In the 2019 NCAA Championships, Eastin won the 400-yard individual medley, and in so doing became the only woman to win four consecutive national titles in the event. She finished second in the 200-yard individual medley and in the 200-yard butterfly. She and her teammates Grace Zhao, Amalie Fackenthal, and Anya Goeders won the 200-yard medley relay. She and her teammates Katie Drabot, Taylor Ruck, and Brooke Forde took silver in the 800-yard freestyle relay.{{cite web |url=https://i.turner.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/images/2019/03/25/division_i_womens_swimming_and_diving_full_meet_results.pdf |title=2019 NCAA DI Women's Swimming & Diving Champs - 20-Mar-19 to 23-Mar-19s |publisher=Swimmingworldmagazine.com |date=2019-03-23 |accessdate=2019-03-28}}
=International career=
==2016==
She won silver in the women's 400 metre individual medley at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m).{{cite web |url=https://swimswam.com/2016-short-course-worlds-team-usa-leads-day-1-medal-table/ |title=2016 Short Course Worlds: Team USA Leads Day 1 Medal Table |publisher=Swimswam.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-08}} She had originally finished 3rd, but was elevated to silver, along with teammate Madisyn Cox being elevated to bronze, when Anh Vien Nguyen was disqualified from second place.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/vietnam-swimmer-anh-vien-nguyen-disqualified-fina-world-championships-1.3884707 |title=Vietnamese swimming star's DQ erases historic finish - CBC Sports - Aquatics |publisher=Cbc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-12-08}}
==2017==
During the 2017 Phillips 66 National Championships, Eastin grabbed second place behind Leah Smith in the 400 metre individual medley, technically qualifying her for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, but was disqualified for the Lochte rule.
She was named a team captain for the 2017 World University Games in Taipei.
References
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External links
- {{USA Swimming|new_id=ella-eastin|old_id=b97ef4e1-36e9-42d4-8dd0-13eefb88c3f1}}
- {{World Aquatics|id=1002853}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 200m Butterfly Women}}
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Category:American female medley swimmers
Category:American female butterfly swimmers
Category:American female freestyle swimmers
Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Stanford Cardinal women's swimmers
Category:Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade