Stanford vs Arizona
- January 20, 2024
- Stanford, Calif.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Stanford Athletics
STANFORD, Calif. – No. 10 Stanford women’s swimming and diving continues to rewrite the record books this season, as it was sophomore Lucy Bell who added another “Stanford Top-10” time in the Cardinal’s 178-110 win over Arizona on Sunday afternoon.
Bell touched the wall first with a 59.45 in the 100 breast as she entered the all-time Cardinal ranks for the second time this season, also clocking the eighth-ranked mark in program history in the 400 IM at the Texas Invitational. The Fort Collins, Colo., native added a second event title later in the meet, taking the race win in the 100 fly with a time of 51.94.
Natalie Mannion won a pair of races for the second-straight day, joining Bell and freshman Lucy Thomas as the afternoon’s multiple event winners. Mannion collected event crowns in the 200 free (1:44.61) and 500 free (4:42.30) while Thomas tallied titles in the 50 free (22.91) and 200 breast (2:12.13).
Sunday’s action also provided a rare occurrence in collegiate swimming, as the 100 free saw a tie for the race with Kirsti McEnroe and Jamie Brennan each touched the wall at 49.83. Rounding out the event winners for the Cardinal was Sophie Duncan (1000 free), Caroline Bricker (200 fly), Aurora Roghair (200 back), and Samantha Tadder (400 IM).
Stanford swept Sunday’s relay races, with Amy Tang, Samantha Tadder, Lucy Bell, and Kayla Wilson hitting the wall first in the 200 medley relay at 1:39.21, while Tang, Jamie Brennan, Kirsti McEnroe, and Lucy Thomas claiming the 200 free relay win after clocking a 1:30.41.
The Cardinal split events with Arizona on the diving boards, with Lauren Burch highlighting the action with a 323.03 score on the 3-meter dive.
Stanford closes with the home slate with a 4-0 record inside Avery Aquatics Center on the season. The Cardinal returns to action on the road against No. 25 UCLA on Feb. 2 before heading across town to take on No. 4 USC in a top-10 showdown.
STANFORD, Calif. – Andrei Minakov swam Stanford’s fastest 200-yard freestyle race of the season among his three victories that helped the No. 9 Cardinal beat No. 20 Arizona, 198.5-88.5 in the rain on Saturday at Avery Aquatic Center.
Minakov and Ron Polonsky finished 1-2 in a 200 free matchup between 2020 Olympians who each were competing in that event for the first time this season. Minakov clocked 1:32.19 to Polonsky’s 1:33.06.
Their performances strengthened Stanford’s depth in its strongest event. Minakov already owns the Stanford record in this event, but now teammates Minakov, Henry McFadden, and Polonsky each are among Stanford’s all-time top 8. McFadden, a freshman, reached that at the Texas Invitational in November with a 1:32.78. And Polonsky, by virtue of his personal best Saturday, moved up from No. 15 to No. 8.
Altogether, eight different Stanford swimmers have reached the NCAA ‘B’ standard of 1:35.79 in that event, including freshman Gibson Holmes, who earned that cut Saturday with 1:35.52, a three-second personal best.
Minakov won the 100 free in 42.17 to earn his second new ‘B’ standard of the day and led off Stanford’s winning 200 free relay team, which clocked 1:18.19.
Arizona won the opening event, the 200 medley relay, to take a quick 11-6 lead, but Stanford went ahead for good in the next event, the 1,000 free. Freshman Rex Maurer, a day after becoming No. 4 in school history in that event during a dual against Arizona State, captured first while leading a 1-2-3 sweep ahead of Gabe Machado and Henry Morrissey. That gave Stanford a 22-14 lead it never relinquished. In fact, Stanford won 15 consecutive events after the initial loss.
Hayden Zheng achieved a season-best while winning the 200 breaststroke in 1:55.84. And Luke Maurer, older brother of Rex, won the 500 free in a season-best 4:22.81.
In all, Stanford swimmers earned nine personal bests and 10 NCAA ‘B’ standards.
Jack Ryan won the 3-meter diving event in his final Stanford competition before representing the U.S. in the 1-meter springboard at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, on February 2-3.
Stanford improved to 4-1 in dual meets while Arizona dropped to 4-4. The Cardinal next competes on February 3 at USC, which is coached by Lea Maurer, the mother of Luke and Rex.
Stanford’s home season concludes with a Senior Day showdown against rival Cal on February 24.
Courtesy: Arizona Athletics
STANFORD, Calif. – Swimming and Diving trailed Stanford this afternoon 88.5-198.5 on the men’s side and 110-178 on the women’s side.
The Cats wrapped up their weekend on the road putting up three first place wins and several top three finishes.
Junior diver Brooke Earley took the top spot in the 1-meter event for the second day in the row with a score of 280.95. Sophomore Gage DuBois took second in both the the 3-meter and 1-meter with 318.83 and 337.50.
Arizona struggled to get ahead in the relays, despite their usual dominance in the 200 Free relay event. Ryan Foote, Ryan Purdy, Seth Miller and Tommy Palmer secured the Cats only relay win of the day in the 200 Medley with a time of 1:25.66.
The Wildcats only individual race win of the day came from sophomore Paige Armstrong in the 100 Back where she clocked 53.69, hitting the wall .12 of a second before her opponent.
Top-Three Finishes
Women’s 100 Back: Paige Armstrong, 1st
Women’s 100 Fly: Maddy Burt, 2nd
Women’s 50 Free: Julia Wozniak, 2nd
Men’s 200 Fly: Haakon Naughton, 2nd
Men’s 100 Free: Ralph Daleiden, 2nd
Women’s 200 Back: Paige Armstrong, 2nd
Men’s 50 Free: Tommy Palmer, 2nd, Seth Miller, 3rd
Women’s 200 Breast: Kelsey Wasikowsi, 2nd, Caroline Kramer, 3rd
Women’s 100 Breast: Kelsey Wasikowsi, 2nd, Caroline Kramer, 3rd
Men’s 100 Breast: Ryan Foote, 2nd, Ryan Purdy, 3rd
Women’s 200 Fly: Julia Heimstead, 2nd, Emma Kinsey, 3rd
Women’s 100 Free: Maddy Burt, 3rd
Men’s 100 Fly: Haakon Naughton, 3rd
Men’s 200 Breast: Mitchell Oliver, 3rd
Women’s 1000 Free: Ava Sutphin, 3rd
Men’s 200 Free: Ralph Daleiden, 3rd
Men’s 100 Back: Ryan Hardy, 3rd
Men’s 200 Back: Ryan Hardy, 3rd
Up Next
Arizona Swimming and Diving is back in action at home for their senior day dual against Arizona State on Saturday, February 10 at 12:00 p.m. MST.
