By Dan.D’Addona.
No. 4 Stanford started 2017 with a 182-82 win against Pacific on Friday morning at Avery Aquatic Center in an off-distance meet.
The Cardinal team of Tom Kremer, Matt Anderson, Andrew Liang and Sam Perry (3:17.32) opened the meet by winning the 400-yard medley relay.
True Sweetser (5:23.47) dominated the 600-yard freestyle, beating fellow freshman Will Macmillan (5:39.29) by nearly 16 seconds.
Liam Egan (1:13.87) finished second in the 150-yard freestyle, while Jimmy Yoder (1:14.63) place third.
UCLA knocks off Kansas, Boise State
In the first meet of the New Year, the UCLA swimming and diving teams dominated Kansas and Boise State on Friday. The Bruins beat the Jayhawks 202-92, while defeating the Broncos 164-130.
The Bruins kicked things off with a win in the 200 medley relay. Linnea Mack, Sarah Kaunitz, Katie Grover and Caroline McTaggart posted the top time of 1:42.12.
The Bruins went 1-2 in the 1,000 Free, led by Margaux Verger Gourson with a new meet record against Boise State (10:09.44). Sandra Soe checked in at second with a 10:12.50.
Madison White won the 100 backstroke with a 54.78. She won the 200 backstroke in 1:58.90, an NCAA ‘B’ cut.
Arizona sweeps invite
Arizona women’s swimming and diving opened up the New Year with a sweep of its first home meet of the season. The Cats dominated Northern Arizona (178-118), Oregon State (213-77) and New Mexico State (193-104) to improve to 6-2.
Arizona commanded the relay events at the quad-meet, winning both the 200 medley relay and 200 free relay. The A team of sophomore Katrina Konopka, freshman Kennedy Lohman, sophomore Taylor Garcia and junior Laura Kurki took first in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:42.27.
Sophomore Sarah Shimomura had a stand-out performance in the quad-meet, being only swimmer to have more than one victory. She cruised through the 500 free to win with a time of 4:59.95, four and a half seconds ahead of the next swimmer. The sophomore also won the 200 free by more than two seconds earlier in the meet, finishing in 1:50.21. Shimomura then had an impressive performance in the 50 free to take third with 23.91.
Oregon State senior Sophie MacEwan picked up a first place finish against NAU and NMSU in the 50-yard freestyle with a touch at 24.29. T
Arizona State cruises past Oregon State
The Arizona State women cruised to a 164-89 victory over Oregon State.
ASU started and finished strong with a pair of 1-2 touches in the 200 medley and 400 free relays and touched first in 11 of 12 individual events.
The Devils spread the wealth with nine different swimmers posting top finishes, Chloe Isleta (200 fly, 200 back) and Marlies Ross (200 breast, 400 IM) the only two to touch first in multiple events.
Notably, Isleta finished nearly 22 seconds ahead of sister and Oregon State senior Czsarina Isleta, in the 400 IM, in one of the most anticipated matchups of the afternoon.
Utah tops Denver, falls to Harvard
The University of Utah men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams defeated Denver. The men also competed against visiting Harvard but fell.
In the 100 breast, Stina Colleou claimed the top spot (1:04.54) with McKenna Gassaway placed second (1:04.69) in the event. Jordan Anderson took first in the 200 fly touching in at 2:05.34 while Genevieve Robertson was first in the 200 breast (2:19.42). Julienne Tadena touched in first in the 100 IM coming away with a time of 57.80. She also took second in the 100 free (52.65).
Over on the men’s side, Paul Unger started the day by taking first in the 100 back touching in at 49.14. Another first place finish was put up by freshman Rahiti De Vos in the 500 free. He came away with a time of 4:35.34.
In diving, Utah’s Lauren Hall took first on the 3-meter tallying a score of 265.95 against Harvard on Tuesday. She also took second on the 3-meter, 243.75.
On 1-meter, Josiah Purss claimed the top spot coming out with a total score of 310.35. Daniel Theriault took second on the three-meter event with a score of 292.65.
