Stanford
A balanced team effort led Stanford past NC State 164-136 Saturday afternoon at Avery Aquatic Center as the Cardinal wrapped up fall season with a win.
“Today was the first time in my three years here that I saw a truly complete team effort. Even with the ups and downs throughout the meet, the team stayed in it and knew that if we stayed focused and stepped up that we could win,” said Goldman Family Director of Men’s Swimming Ted Knapp. “We knew some events favored NC State and some favored us, but I think we surprised them. It was really our depth on the team that won the meet for us today.”
While the Cardinal started off slow, it surged by the fifth event where Matt Anderson (54.92) and Christian Brown (55.11) took first and second in the 100-yard breaststroke to get Stanford started.
The Cardinal also swept up the 200-yard butterfly with Gray Umbach (1:44.63), Jimmy Yoder (1:45.55) and Abrahm DeVine (1:46.84) taking home first through third place.
Umbach (1:45.93) added an impressive win in the 200 IM to give him two swims ranked nationally in the top four on the season.
Stanford also took first place in the 200-yard backstroke from Patrick Conaton (1:44.35) and the 200-yard breaststroke from Matt Anderson (1:59.21) before Andrew Liang’s phenomenal win in the 100-yard butterfly, besting NC State’s Soeren Dahl 47.30 to 47.60.
On the diving side of the competition, Stanford dominated the 3-meter as Ted Miclau (371.55), Connor Kuremsky (361.20) and Tarek Abdelghany (357.23) swept the top marks for the Cardinal.
The Cardinal returns to action at the A3 Performance Invite in Monterey Park, California, beginning Thursday, Nov. 19.
N.C. State
The fifth-ranked NC State men’s swimming and diving team narrowly dropped its dual meet with No. 7 Stanford, 164-136, Saturday afternoon at Avery Aquatic Center.
The Wolfpack, earning eight event wins on the day, moves to 1-2 on the regular season while the Cardinal improve to 2-0 on the dual season.
NC State started the day with a win in the 200 medley relay, as the team of Hennessey Stuart, Derek Hren, Ryan Held and Simonas Bilis tabbed a time of 1:28.01.
The Pack concluded the meet with another relay win, as the squad of Joe Bonk, Held, Andreas Scheillerup and Bilis won the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:19.32.
Anton Ipsen swept the distance free events for the second-straight day. In the 1,000 free he posted a time of 9:03.21 and a mark of 4:23.66 in the 500 to take both wins.
Bilis tabbed wins again in the 50 and 100 free, as he did in Friday’s dual. In the 50 he proceeded to record a time of 19.47 and in the 100 he stopped the clock at 43.08. Both marks are season-bests and his time in the 100 stands as the fastest time in the nation.
In the 100 free Held finished behind his teammate to take second in the event, touching the wall at 43.74.
In the 200 free Justin Ress and Soren Dahl earned a one, two finish. Ress swam a time of 1:37.25 for a career-best mark and Dahl touched the wall in 1:37.74.
Stuart and Schiellerup took a one, two finish in the 100 back as they recorded times of 47.33 and 47.82, in respective order. Stuart finished second in the 200 after stopping the clock at 1:44.52 while Ress finished third in 1:45.34.
Patrik Schwarzenbach finished second in the 200 breaststroke and third in the 100 breast, respectively. He swam a time of 55.19 in the 100 and a mark of 1:59.69 in the 200. The freshman earned NCAA ‘B’ standard times in both events.
Dahl recorded a second-place finish in the 100 butterfly as he posted a time of 47.60.
Ress tabbed a mark of 1:47.45 in the 200 individual medley to take second in the event. His performance marks the second-fastest time in the country.
Harrison Mitchell recorded a third-place finish in on the one-meter dive, posting a score of 327.98. His score marks a season-best for the sophomore.
The Pack will return to the east coast to host Texas Saturday, Nov. 14. The meet is slated for an 11 a.m. start inside Casey Aquatic Center.
