No. 5 Stanford won its second conference dual meet in as many days, defeating No. 15 Arizona 173-118 on Saturday at Avery Aquatic Center.
“With USC and Cal being the only meets left, there’s not a whole lot of racing left so today was important,” said Goldman Family Director of Men’s Swimming Ted Knapp. “Racing comes at a premium for us; even within the conference we only have a few dual meets, so it’s nice to see us take advantage of this opportunity.”
The Cardinal (4-0, 3-0 Pac-12) gained a quick advantage over the Wildcats (2-2, 1-2 Pac-12) with a win in the 200-yard medley relay. Ryan Dudzinski, Christian Brown, Andrew Liang and Sam Perry (1:28.85) led the way.
Liam Egan (15:23.81) and Danny Thomson (15:39.15) finished second and third, respectively, in the 1,650-yard freestyle.
Sean Duggan (1:38.69) and Jeff Garnier (1:39.21) took the top two places in the 200-yard freestyle, followed by a sweep of the podium in the 100-yard backstroke by Dudzinski (48.82), Ryan Arata (49.53) and Patrick Conaton (49.66).
Matt Anderson (55.84) continued his strong swimming on Friday with a win in the 100-yard breaststroke with Christian Brown (56.06) not far behind in second.
Jimmy Yoder (1:46.13) won the 200-yard butterfly with Gray Umbach (1:46.54) finishing second, followed by Perry (20.20) winning the 50-yard freestyle with Spencer DeShon (20.34) in second.
After a short break, Duggan (45.30) and Garnier (45.35) matched their finishes from the 200 free with a one-two swim in the 100-yard freestyle.
Conaton (1:45.54), Arata (1:47.26) and Abrahm DeVine (1:47.96) swept the podium in the 200-yard backstroke, followed by another sweep by Maxwell Williamson (2:02.14), Anderson (2:02.20) and Curtis Ogren (2:04.64) in the 200-yard breaststroke.
Egan (4:29.36) and Thomson (4:29.45) took the top two places in the 500-yard freestyle, an identical finish to the earlier 1,650 free.
Liang (48.66), Connor Black (49.25) and Arata (49.50) claimed the top three spots in the 100-yard butterfly.
Williamson (1:48.22), Umbach (1:49.35) and Ogren (1:50.30) kept things going with a podium sweep in the 200-yard individual medley.
Stanford’s 400-yard freestyle relay team of Perry, DeShon, Garnier and Duggan (2:58.37) capped the meet with an impressive win.
On the diving side of the competition, Tarek Abdelghany led the way with a third-place finish in the 1-meter (310.13) and a runner-up finish in the 3-meter (349.20). Connor Kuremsky (346.95) added a third place finish in the 3-meter while Bradley Christensen (325.58) was runner-up in the 1-meter.
“Today was better than yesterday and I feel like we are on track to peak in the championship season,” said diving coach Patrick Jeffrey. “Tarek in particular had a great day and used some new dives, and Connor was as solid as usual.”
The Cardinal returns to action Feb. 6, travelling to Los Angeles to face USC.
Arizona
Arizona swimming and diving dropped its second-consecutive meet on Saturday against Stanford. The women fell 181-114, while the men ended with a 173-118 deficit. The Cats were able to get four victories in the dual meet, two from senior diver, Rafael Quintero.
To start off the day for the women, the team of Annie Ochitwa, Emma Schoettmer, Mackenzie Rumrill and Taylor Schick took second in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:40.21.
Sarah Shimomura had the only victory of the day for the women, winning the 500 free with a time of 4:53.45. The freshman also took first in the event against California on Friday.
Emma McCarthy earned a second-place finish in the 1,000 free (10:16.56), followed by Karli Thuen (10:20.81) and Claire Lockridge (10:37.75).
In the 200 free, Shimomura placed third with 1:49.73, while Cameron McHugh took fourth (1:50.46).
Taylor Garcia was runner-up in the 100 back with 54.61, followed by teammates Ochitwa (55.20) and Jenna Bauer (57.63). Later in the 100 fly, Ochitwa placed third with a time of 54.94.
Schoettmer finished second in both the 100 breast (1:02.95) and 200 breast (2:14.24). Meanwhile, Sara Borendame placed third in the 200 breast with 2:18.75.
In the 50 free, Katrina Konopka took third, finishing in 23.41. Schick followed in fourth with 23.53. Konopka had another third-place finish in the 100 free (50.81), followed by Paige Kremer (50.91).
Garcia then finished third in the 200 back with a time of 2:00.67 and McHugh took fourth with 2:01.02.
In the last event for the women, Ochitwa, Schick, Konopka and Garcia were runner-up in the 400 free relay with 3:22.04. The team of Daniela Georges, Kremer, McHugh and Shimomura followed with 3:26.73.
For diving, Sally Hackett took third in the 3-meter with a score of 276.30. Karolyn Loftus later placed fourth in the 1-meter with 261.75.
On the men’s side, the team of Chatham Dobbs, Andrew Sovero, Chad Idensohn and Renny Richmond finished second in the 200 medley relay with 1:29.39.
Tyler Fowler got the first victory of the day in the 1,650 free, touching in 15:23.24. In the 200 free, Parks Jones placed third with a time of 1:39.58.
In the 100 breast, Gage Crosby finished third (57.33), followed by Sovero (57.37). Justin Wright later took third place in the 200 fly, finishing in 1:47.95.
Richmond earned another third-place finish in the 50 free (20.66), after taking third against California on Friday. The junior later took third in the 100 free with 46.05, followed by Jones with 46.20.
To end the day for the men, Richmond, Jones, Dobbs and Idensohn finished second in the 400 free relay, touching in 3:01.43.
In diving, Quintero added another victory for the men, winning the 3-meter with 412.88, 63.68 points ahead of the next diver. Dominic Ricotta placed fourth in the event (313.95). Quintero also won the 1-meter with 377.18.
Arizona swimming and diving returns home to face Texas in a two-day dual meet starting on Fri. Jan. 29th at 4 p.m. and continuing on Sat. Jan. 30th at 10 a.m. MST.
