The Stanford women’s swimming and diving team will host a “Pink Out” Thursday when Texas visits Avery Aquatic Center at 4 p.m. Both teams will race in pink caps to help raise awareness for cancer.
Fans are encouraged to ditch their cardinal or burnt orange in favor of pink attire. For every fan wearing pink, head coach Greg Meehan will donate $1 to charities and Texas head coach Carol Capitani has vowed to match the total. Half the sum will go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the other 50% will go to the Movember Foundation.
Stanford (2-0) enters the meet with a pair of Pac-12 victories over Utah and Oregon State, respectively. The Cardinal won 11 of 12 events against the Beavers last Friday, including three individual first-place showings from freshman Simone Manuel.
Cardinal freshmen have combined for 15 individual wins during the first two meets.
Texas (3-0) will be racing its first dual of the 2014-15 slate, although the Longhorns faced Indiana, Michigan and Louisville in a two-day quad meet in Ann Arbor, Mich., last weekend. Texas handled all three opponents with Michigan providing the closest final result of 199-154.
In The Rankings
The Cardinal appears at No. 13 in the first Collegiate Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) poll. USC comes in at No. 1, Georgia is No. 2 and Florida rounds out the top three. Other Pac-12 teams in the poll include USC, No. 4 California and No. 10 Arizona.
On A Roll
Stanford has won 12 straight dual meets dating back to Feb. 16, 2013. Head coach Greg Meehan is 19-2 in his Stanford tenure, which began during the 2012-13 season.
Last Year vs. Texas
No. 3 Stanford started the 2014 calendar year with a 154-146 win over No. 8 Texas Jan. 4. The meet came down to the last event when the Cardinal won the 400-yard freestyle relay to produce the eight-point edge. Stanford, which traveled from the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., held a 143-140 lead before the 400 free relay, meaning that the winning relay team would clinch the victory for its squad. Maddy Schaefer, Felicia Lee ’14, Julia Anderson and Lia Neal put together a 3:18.98 and beat Texas’ best group by almost 2.5 seconds.
College Swimming News courtesy of Stanford Swimming and Diving.
