Stanford Press Release
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Freshman Katie Drabot, sophomore Ella Eastin, junior Lindsey Engel and junior Ally Howe each won a pair of races as Stanford women's swimming and diving earned a 178-113 win over Arizona State on Friday afternoon.
On a rainy day at Mona Plummer Aquatic Center in Tempe, the Cardinal posted its 11th consecutive dual meet victory and improved to 4-0 overall and 3-0 in Pac-12 duals this season.
Stanford won every event at the meet, and Drabot bookended the individual events with a victory in the 1,000-yard freestyle and the top time in the 200 individual medley. Her collegiate-best finish of 9:45.38 marked her second career victory in the 1,000 free, and she was the first to touch the wall as an exhibition swimmer in the IM with a time of 2:00.53.
Howe swept the 100 and 200 butterfly. She earned her first victory with a finish of 1:59.70 in the 200, and then had the top time in the 100 at 54.84.
Eastin won a pair of races, including a rare appearances in the 500 free where she touched the wall in 4:48.15. In the 200 breast, Eastin (1:02.79) and Heidi Poppe (1:02.84) finished 1-2 for the Cardinal.
Engel took first in the 100 backstroke at 54.98 and the 100 free at 50.22.
Stanford also swept the diving events as Kassidy Cook won the 1-meter event (331.13) and freshman Haley Farnsworth was tops on the 3-meter (315.60).
Freshman Erin Voss earned her first collegiate victory with a time of 1:56.59 in the 200 back. A short while later, classmate Allie Szekely was tops in the 200 breast at 2:12.72, while freshman Katie Ledecky earned a win in the 200 free with a finish of 1:44.55.
Hu picked up where she left off in the Fall. The junior computer science major finished first in five different events during the Fall season, and began the winter schedule with a victory in the 50 free (23.03), just ahead of senior teammate Lia Neal (23.06).
Stanford also took both relays. The Cardinal opened the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay. Hu, Kim Williams, Howe and Alex Meyers finished first in 1:40.19. Then to cap the meet, Simone Manuel, Engel, Howe and Meyers earned the top spot in the 400 free relay at 3:20.02.
TEMPE, Ariz. – No. 8 Stanford opened Pac-12 Conference play with a 159-141 win against Arizona State on Friday at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center.
Stanford's 200-yard medley relay team of Ryan Dudzinski, Matt Anderson, Andrew Liang and Sam Perry (1:28.34) led off the meet with a tie for first place. Patrick Conaton, Curtis Ogren, Brad Zdroik and Spencer DeShon (1:30.33) finished fourth.
True Sweetser (9:01.99) led off the individual events with a win in the 1,000-yard freestyle, with Abrahm DeVine (9:12.51) and James Murphy (9:27.96) taking second and fourth, respectively.
In the 200-yard freestyle, freshman Grant Shoults (1:37.37) claimed the fastest time with senior Tom Kremer (1:38.02) backing him up in second place.
Conaton (48.31) placed second in the 100-yard backstroke with Dudzinski (48.79) right behind him in third. Anderson (55.93), swimming near his hometown of Scottsdale, took third place in the 100-yard breaststroke.
Jimmy Yoder (1:46.62) won the 200-yard butterfly with a charging Will Macmillan (1:48.16) coming from behind to finish second.
Sam Perry (20.18) won the first sprint of the meet in the 50-yard freestyle, with DeShon (20.67) in fourth and Zdroik (20.74) in fifth. After a short break for diving, Perry (44.15) won the next event, the 100-yard freestyle, with Kremer (45.00) scoring points in fourth place.
Conaton (1:45.45) scored another runner-up finish in the 200-yard backstroke, while Benjamin Ho (1:48.14) was fourth.
Anderson (2:01.04) was edged for second place in the 200-yard breaststroke. Maxwell Williamson (2:02.15) was not far behind in third place.
The Cardinal took control of the meet with three of the top four times in the 500-yard freestyle. Sweetser (4:24.40) beat out fellow freshman Shoults (4:25.98) while James Murphy (4:38.35) rounded out the top four.
Andrew Liang (47.54) scored valuable points with a second-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly before Stanford swept the 200-yard individual medley podium, clinching the meet. DeVine (1:47.07) claimed the top time, with Ogren (1:50.36) in second and Williamson (1:52.22) in third.
Stanford's team of Perry, Cole Cogswell, Kremer and Shoults (2:58.88) finished the day with a runner-up finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
In the diving events, Bradley Christensen (376.50) claimed the 1-meter springboard and finished third (363.15) in the 3-meter. Ted Miclau (338.55) was fourth in the 1-meter and second (371.40) in the 3-meter, just ahead of Christensen.
Stanford returns to the pool tomorrow when it travels to Tucson, Arizona, to face No. 17 Arizona in another coed dual meet. Live stats and stream will be unavailable, but full results and a recap of the meet will be posted to GoStanford.com immediately following the conclusion.
