Photo Courtesy: Catherine Ladd
STANFORD, California, October 19. Max Williamson, Andrew Liang led Stanford men’s swimming to a dominant 179-106 win against Hawaii. Williams posted the top 400-yard IM time in the country, with Liang posting the second-best 100-yard fly.
Stanford opened up the meet with a 3:17.52 to win the men’s 400-yard medley relay with David Nolan (47.94), Daniel Le (56.08), Connor Black (49.09) and Thomas Stephens (44.41) putting on a show for the win.
Hawaii’s Victor Goicoechea beat Stanford’s Danny Thomson in the 1650-yard free, 15:32.83 to 15:42.18, while Stanford’s Justin Buck placed third in 15:50.23.
Stanford responded with a dominant 1-2-3 in the 200-yard free. Sean Duggan won in 1:38.62 with Drew Cosgarea (1:38.74) and Jeff Garnier (1:39.78) rounding out the podium. Andrew Liang then led a Stanford freshman 1-2 in the 100-yard back with a 48.95. Patrick Conaton took second in 49.71 with Ali Maclean of Hawaii placing third in 50.57.
Liang put up one of the fastest times of the meet, with an exhibition 47.48 in the 100-yard fly. That’s the second fastest in the NCAA behind Sam Lewis (47.35) of North Carolina. Gray Umbach (48.13) and Connor Black (49.43) also exhibitioned times.
In an exciting battle between Stanford teammates, Christian Brown touched out Le, 55.91 to 55.94, for the 100-yard breast title. Hawaii’s Paulo dePaula finished third in 56.17.
Stanford had another dominant event in the 200-yard fly with a 1-2-3-4 effort. Gray Umbach threw down a 1:47.63 for the win, while Tom Kremer (1:48.85) and Jimmy Yoder (1:50.77) took second and third. Max Williamson posted a non-scoring fourth-place 1:52.59.
Williamson closed out his meet later in the session with the first sub-3:50 400-yard IM in the NCAA this year as he exhibitioned a 3:49.07. That beat the top time of 3:50.38 set by Chase Kalisz of Georgia against North Carolina. Curtis Ogren (3:52.88) and Justin Buck (3:59.75) exhibitioned second and third for Stanford.
Nolan began the front-end of a sprint free sweep with a 20.49 for the win. Thomas Stephens (20.82), Ethan Hallowell (21.27) and Jack Descombes (21.45) made it a top-four sweep for the Cardinal. Nolan followed after the diving break with a 44.68 for the 100-yard free victory. Sam Perry (45.39), Duggan (45.52) and Pickard (45.83) gave Stanford another 1-2-3-4.
Cosgarea led another 1-2-3-4 for Stanford with a 1:47.87 in the 200-yard back. Conaton (1:48.91), Brock Turner (1:48.99) and Ryan Arata (1:50.67) closed out the top four. Le then won the 200-yard breast in 2:04.03 with Brown taking second in 2:07.84. Hawaii’s dePaula finished third in 2:09.18.
Yoder hit the wall in 4:31.21 to win the 500-yard free, while Garnier (4:32.50) and Kremer (4:32.73) placed second and third.
Kristian Ipsen dominated diving, winning the one-meter with 392.78 points and the three-meter with 422.63 points.
Stanford closed out the meet with Liang (20.83), Hallowell (20.54), Duggan (20.42) and Garnier (20.54) exhibitioning a winning 1:22.33 in the 200-yard free relay.