Arizona State vs. Cal vs. Stanford Day 2 – Live Results

ARIZONA STATE VS. CAL VS. STANFORD

• November 7-8, 2024
• Mona Plummer Aquatic Center, Tempe, Arizona
• Short Course Yards (25 yards)
• Results on Meet Mobile: “ASU vs. CAL vs. Stanford”
• Team rankings:
  • Men: #2 Cal, #7 Arizona State (and rising), #8 Stanford
  • Women: #3 Stanford, #8 Cal, NR Arizona State

Arizona State, Cal, and Stanford duked it out in the water last night on day one of the tri-meet event. Reigning NCAA Champion Arizona State continued its dominance as the Sun Devils’ men’s team swept the meet. Their sprinting team won every event besides the 100 free, where Cal’s Jack Alexy out-touched Jonny Kulow by 0.2 seconds. Liam Custer collected the Stanford men’s only win, racing into the wall in the 1000 free at 8:49.08. The time was over two seconds faster than his previous best.

The Stanford women took the victory on day one after winning 7 of the 9 swimming events of the day. Sophomore Caroline Bricker finished 1st in both the 200 fly and 400 IM, Kayla Wilson took the victory in the 200 free, and Aurora Roghair won the 1000 free.

Follow along today as we report live on the day 2 results to see if the Arizona State men and Stanford women can continue to hold their lead, or if other the other teams will make a fighting comeback.

WOMEN’S 800 FREESTYLE RELAY

The Stanford Women swept the 800 freestyle relay, taking first at 6:58.43, over six seconds faster than Cal’s A team in 2nd place. Olympian Torri Huske led off the relay with a 1:44.66 split, giving the team an early lead. Lillie Nordmann pushed that lead even further, ripping a 1:44.93, less than two seconds off her best time. Senior Aurora Roghair swam the fastest split on the team, coming in hot at 1:43.72. Kayla Wilson drilled into the wall at 1:45.12. The time now puts them at the fastest women’s 800 free relay in the ACC conference.

Cal’s A team and Stanford’s B team raced for 2nd, as Cal touched ahead at 7:05.87, just slightly under four seconds faster than Stanford. Cal’s Lea Polonsky helped her team pull away from Stanford B as she swam the fastest split on her team of 1:45.52.

MEN’S 800 FREESTYLE RELAY

Arizona State’s A team took out Stanford by 2.33 seconds. The team of Patrick Sammon (1:32.86), Filip Senc-Samardzic (1:32.97), Tiago Behar (1:33.69), and Jonny Kulow (1:33.66) swam within a second of each other’s split times.

Stanford’s Andrei Minakov led off their A team, touching in an identical time as Sammon. Senc-Samardzic created a gap between the two teams, as Stanford’s Andres Dupont Cabrera touched in a 1:34.14, 1.17 seconds behind Senc-Samardzic.

Cal’s A team of Jack Alexy (1:34.05), Gabriel Jett (1:34.21), Keaton Jones (1:34.74) and Robin Hanson (1:33.89) touched 3rd at 6:16.89, over a second behind Stanford.

WOMEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE

Stanford junior Lucy Bell dominated the 200 breaststroke, soaring to 1st in a 2:06.32. The time puts her as fastest in the ACC above University of Virginia senior Aimee Canny. Bell is coming off of a fast summer, where she was a three time finalist at the US Olympic Trials.

Stanford sophomore Caroline Bricker took 2nd, finishing in a 2:09.40. The sophomore competed alongside Bell at the US Olympic Trials, making it to the semi-finals in the 200 fly.

Following Stanford’s 1-2 punch comes Arizona State junior Zoe Summar at 2:10.51. While Summar swam over a second off her best time, she has gotten faster at each meet of the season. At the Arizona State vs. UNLV meet in early October, Summar swam a 2:13.44 in the 200 breast. Shortly after, she swam a 2:11.55 against NC State.

MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE

In his first season of his collegiate career, Cal freshman Yamato Okadome barely out-touched Stanford senior Ron Polonsky in the 200 breaststroke. Okadome, who is originally from Japan and placed 2nd in the 100 breast at last year’s World Aquatics Junior Championships, touched in a 1:53.31. The time is 0.46 off his best.

Polonsky finished .20 behind Okadome at a 1:53.51. The Israeli swimmer competed in the Paris Olympics over the summer, making it to the semifinals in the 100 breast and 200 IM. He finished 8th in the 100 breast at this year’s NCAAs.

Arizona State’s top finisher was junior Andy Dobrzanski, who swam a dual meet personal-best time of 1:54.03. His time is nearly a full second faster than what he was swimming this time last year, and he has only been faster at one meet: the 2024 Pac-12 Championships. He took 24th in both the 100 and 200 breast at this year’s NCAA’s.

WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE

Cal’s Isabelle Stadden took 1st by over three seconds, racing out in 1:51.38. The time currently places her as the 3rd facest in the ACC, sandwiched between NC State swimmers Erika Pelaez and Kennedy Noble. Stadden competed in the 200 backstroke at the US Olympic Trials over the summer, finishing 7th in the finals. Her time of 1:49.19 put her in 4th at this year’s NCAAs.

Arizona State senior Caroline Bentz followed behind Stadden, finishing in 1:54.70, 1.59 seconds off her best time. Bentz is competing in her first season with the Sun Devils after transferring from Virginia Tech. She swam a personal best time of 1:51.81 at the NCAAs earlier this year, placing her 7th. She also competed in the event at the Olympic Trials, finishing 12th overall.

MEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE

Cal sophomore and recent Olympian Keaton Jones took the victory, coming in at a 1:41.68. He currently ranks 4th in the ACC according to his seasonal best time, but his all time best 200 back time of 1:38.46 would put him 1st by over two seconds. The 200 back is Jones’ speciality. He took 5th in the event at the Paris Olympics, just 0.54 seconds away from making the podium.

Arizona State freshman Lucien Vergnes out-touched Cal senior Ziyad Saleem for 2nd, finishing in 1:42.32, 0.57 seconds ahead of Saleem. The French swimmer has been a valuable asset to ASU so far this year. He took 1st in the 200 breast and 3rd in the 100 breast against UNLV, and finished 1st in the 50 back and 2nd in the 100 IM at the All-Arizona D1 Quad meet last month.

WOMEN’S 50 FREE

Huske finished 1st at a 21.71, 0.32 seconds off of her best time. She finished 4th in the 50 free at the Olympic Trials, narrowly missing the chance to race the event in Paris. While Huske has never raced the 50 free at NCAAs, her time currently places her at 2nd in the ACC behind Gretchen Walsh. Should Huske decide to swim the 50 at the upcoming NCAAs, she will undoubtedly be a tough competitor.

Cal freshman Mary-Ambre Moluh took 2nd at 22.14, with less than a second separating 2nd from 10th. The French swimmer competed in the Olympic Games over the summer before she even started college, racing in the 400 free and 400 medley relays. At her first meet with Cal in September, she finished 1st in the 100 free at 50.59 and 3rd in the 100 back at 54.27. At the UCSD Triton Invite in October, Moluh took 1st in both the 50 free and 100 free.

MEN’S 50 FREE

Michael Andrew, Drew Kibler, and Grant House raced out in the exhibition heat. Andrew took the lead, finishing in a 19.44, followed by Kibler at 19.55 and House at 19.83.

It was a tight race for the men. Arizona State sophomore Ilya Kharun was the only man to swim under 19.00 in the event. Kharun raced in at 18.67, beating out 2nd place finisher Alexy by 0.57. Kharun is now the fastest man in the Big 12 to swim the 50 free this season, tying with Kulow.

Alexy and Kulow battled for second as Alexy touched .04 seconds ahead. Alexy took 3rd in the event at this year’s NCAAs, and placed 6th as a sophomore. His time today ranks him 2nd across the ACC for this season.

WOMEN’S 500 FREE

Roghair took the victory in the 500 freestyle, touching in a 4:40.47, over four seconds ahead of runner-up Arizona State sophomore Alexa Reyna. Roghair finished 4th in the 500 free at this year’s NCAAs, racing a personal best time of 4:34.26. Her time today ranks her 3rd in the ACC, .01 seconds behind Virginia sophomore Cavan Gormsen.

Reyna comfortably finished 2nd at 4:44.92, 3.52 seconds behind her personal best time. Her and Roghair raced neck-and-neck until the final 200, when Roghair sprinted off. Nonetheless, Reyna’s time still places her in the top 10 in the ACC so far this season.

MEN’S 500 FREE

Cal senior Gabriel Jett finished 1st at 4:18.08, ranking him 3rd in the ACC. Jett is a fierce competitor in the distance events. At this year’s NCAAs, he finished 4th in the 500 free at 4:10.68. As a sophomore he took 6th, and as a freshman he finished 24th. Jett’s all time best 500 free time is 4:09.66 from the Pacific 12 Championships in March 2023.

Stanford sophomore Henry McFadden claimed 2nd, touching in 4:19.57. Arizona State senior Daniel Matheson followed him closely, finishing 3rd by 0.18.  Matheson finished 3rd at the Olympic Trials in the 800 free, narrowly missing out on making the Olympic team.

WOMEN’S 100 FLY

Arizona State freshman Julia Ullmann finished 1st at a time of 52.05, lowering her personal best time by 0.77. The Swiss swimmer has been a top performer at every meet so far in her first season. She finished 1st in the 100 fly at the dual meet against UNLV, and at the All-Arizona D1 Quad meet last month. The only time she hasn’t won the 100 fly was at the dual meet against NC State, when Leah Shackley took 1st. Ullmann is already ranked 1st in the Big 12 so far this season.

Cal transfer Lilou Ressencourt took 2nd, finishing at 52.33. It was a close match between her and Stanford freshman Annika Parkhe, who touched .25 seconds behind Ressencourt.

MEN’S 100 FLY

Kharun ripped a 44.01, putting him in 1st as the only man to swim under 45.00. He’s ranked 1st in the Big 12 right now with a 1.55 second lead over runner-up Senc-Samardzic.

Minakov came closest to touching Kharun, finishing 2nd at 45.47. It was a toss up between him and Cal swimmer Dare Rose, who touched at 45.73. The two had an identical 50 yard split of 21.03. Minakov’s second 50 yard split of 24.44 pulled him ahead of Rose whose split was 24.70.

WOMEN’S 200 IM

Huske claimed another 1st place finish, speeding into the wall at 1:54.90. Her 50 fly split of 24.71 gave her nearly a second lead from the start, and her 50 back split of 29.17 was the fastest in the heat. Stanford junior Lucy Bell began to catch Huske in the third-leg, splitting a 32.36 in the 50 breast, 1.66 seconds faster than Huske’s 50 breast split. Huske held onto her lead, finishing her last 50 in 27.00 as Bell put out a 27.55.

Stanford put out the top 3 finishers, as Bricker took 3rd at 1:58.63. With today’s times, Huske is now ranked 1st in the ACC, Bell is ranked 2nd, and Bricker is 7th.

MEN’S 200 IM

Polonsky finished comfortably 1st at 1:43.75, 0.83 seconds ahead of runner-up Jett. Polonsky raced the 200 IM at the Paris Olympics, finishing 7th. His current season-best time places him 3rd in the ACC. He raced his best 200 IM time at the NCAAs in 2022, finishing in 1:39.96. That’s the only time Polonsky has ever broken 1:40.00 in the event.

Vergnes dropped 1.14 seconds to take 3rd for Arizona State. The freshman touched in 1:45.36, 1.14 seconds faster than his previous best time he swam at the dual meet against NC State.

MEN’S 100 IM (EXHIBITION)

And for perhaps the most anticipated race of the day, Andrew and House raced 1 v. 1 in an exhibition 100 IM heat. The duo swam right alongside each other, touching nearly simultaneously at the fly and back turns. House began to pull ahead at the end of the breaststroke leg, gaining his lead on Andrew to touch 1st at 47.37 as Andrew finished at 47.70.