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.: Stanford Opens Up Lead at Pac-10's

Federal Way, WA , March 2nd, 2006

Meet Results

A 1-2-3 sweep in the 200 IM, a victory in the 50 freestyle, and a win in the 200 freestyle relay has catapulted the top-ranked Stanford men's swimming and diving team from third place to first place after the second day of action at the 2006 Pacific-10 Championship at the Weyerhauser King County Aquatics Center.

Stanford, seeking its 25th conseutive Pac-10 title, began the day ten points behind first day leaders Arizona and California. But the Cardinal has stormed in front with 320 points. California is second with 265 points followed by Arizona (191 points), USC (165 points), Arizona State (124 points) and Washington (58 points).

For the fifth time in the last six years, a Stanford swimmer captured the Pac-10 title in the 20 IM. Hongzhe Sun won the event in a time of 1:44.49 (#3 all-time at Stanford) followed by teammates Nate Cass (1:44.49) and Mark Stephens (1:45.48). Sun's time was a season-best and met the NCAA "A" qualifying standard.

The next event saw Ben Wildman-Tobriner win the 50 freestyle crown in a season-best time of 19.26 (NCAA "A" qualifying time). Wildman-Tobriner then swam the second leg on Stanford's winning effort (1:17.54, season-best and NCAA "A" qualifying time). Freshman Jason Dunford swam the opening leg for Stanford followed by Wildman-Tobriner, Kyle Ransom and Matt Crowe.