Photo Credit: Catherine Ladd
STANFORD – The Stanford men’s swimming and diving team upped its dual meet record to 3-0 this season after handling Pacific at the Avery Aquatic Center this afternoon, 171-83. The Cardinal won all 14 events to open the new year on a winning note.
Stanford Press Release
No. 7 Stanford remained unscathed in dual meet competition on the season with a 171-83 win Saturday over visiting Pacific. The men’s swimming team improved to 3-0 overall after its first competition in the latter half of the 2014-15 campaign.
Stanford registered the fastest time in each of the 14 events contested at Avery Aquatic Center.
The Cardinal puts its undefeated record on the line when it travels to the desert for a Pac-12 Conference double-dip at Arizona (Jan. 23) and Arizona State (Jan. 24).
Stanford took the 200-yard medley (1:29.49) and 200-yard freestyle (1:22.05) relays for bookend wins.
Liam Egan’s 9:21.05 copped the 1,000-yard freestyle. Gray Umbach went 1:39.08 to be the first of seven Cardinal to touch in order in the 200-yard freestyle.
Andrew Liang won the 100-yard backstroke in 50.33 and David Nolan took the 100-yard breaststroke with a 55.28.
More wins came from Tom Kremer in the 200-yard butterfly (1:48.22) and Thomas Stephens in the 50-yard freestyle (20.76). Kremer’s 45.00 gave him another individual win in the 100-yard freestyle.
The winning streak continued with Curtis Ogren’s 1:50.26 in the 200-yard backstroke, Daniel Le’s 2:04.83 in the 200-yard breaststroke and Egan turned in the daily-double after finishing the 500-yard freestyle in 4:31.73.
Nolan took top honors again in the 100-yard butterfly (47.83) and Umbach’s 1:50.22 was the fastest in the 200-yard individual medley.
Pacific Press Release
With the calendar flipped to 2015, the Tigers kicked off the second half of their season with a loss at No. 7 Stanford on Saturday, Jan. 10. Overall, the Cardinal took the meet 171-83. The Tigers fell to 2-3 on the year in duel meet competition while the Cardinal remained undefeated at 3-0.
Taking on one of the top teams in the nation in their home pool, the Tigers attempted to keep pace with the Cardinal over a grueling 14-event day at the Avery Aquatic Center. Overall, the Tigers finest efforts came late in the day when freshman Stewart Harrison came up with a top three time in the 100 Fly. Harrison posted a time of 50.56 which came up just shy of his own season and team-best time in the event.
In addition to Harrison, sophomore Justin Ly grabbed a top-three time in the 500 Free when he touched the wall at 4:46.25. Previously, freshman Jonathan Pun had started the run for the Tigers as he grabbed a top-three finish in the 200 Breast with a time of 2:10.24.
The Tigers are back in action on Friday, Jan. 23 when both the men and the women head to UC Santa Barbara to take on the Gauchos. The two sides square off at 12:00 pm.