Stanford Women Top Arizona Without All-American Maddy Schaefer

The Cardinal women took 12 event wins in their 145-111 defeat of the host Arizona Wildcats on Friday in Tucson. Six of the 12 event wins were completed by the freshman class, with freshman standout Simone Manuel claiming three.

Stanford kicked off the meet with a win in the 200 Medley Relay (1:40.39) ahead of the Wildcat A team (1:41.83) The Stanford B team followed up just one tenth of a second behind for third place points in 1:41.94.

Arizona’s Tjasa Oder touched first in the 100 Free (9:54.67) over 20 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Second was Allison Brown of Stanford (10:16.88). Tjasa‘s teammate Claire Lockridge touched third in (10:34.40).

Cardinal Simone Manuel took her first event win of the meet with a first-place finish in the 200 Free (1:46.20), just five one-hundredths of a second ahead of Arizona’s Bonnie Brandon (1:46.25). The race was on between Manuel and Brandon, with the two touching nearly four seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Stanford’s Grace Carlson took third in 1:50.77.

Stanford took a 1-2-3 sweep of the 100 Back, with the Cardinal charge led by freshman Ally Howe in 53.85. Her teammate Janet Hu touched one tenth of a second behind for second in 53.94. Cardinal Nicole Stafford rounded out the top three with a finish in 56.70.

The Cardinal continued the roll with a 1-2 finish in the 100 Breast. Junior Sarah Haase (1:01.45) touched just ahead of senior teammate Katie Olsen (1:01.75) for the win. Just five one-hundredths of a second behind for third was Wildcat Emma Schoettmer (1:01.80).

Stanford freshman Lindsey Engel (2:00.45) out-touched Arizona’s Elizabeth Pepper (2:00.63) for the win in the 200 Fly. Engel‘s teammate Tara Halsted followed up for third in 2:01.29.

Simone Manuel picked up her second win with a 22.87 in the 50 Free. She was followed by Arizona junior Taylor Schick (23.24), who was just ahead of Stanford’s Julia Ama (23.42).

Simone did a quick turnaround for the 100 Free, where she swam to a win in 49.01 ahead of teammate Lia Neal (50.23). Just behind Neal for third was Arizona’s 50-100 Free double swimmer Taylor Schick (50.55).

Arizona’s Bonnie Brandon broke the Stanford event-winning streak with a first-place finish in the 200 Back (1:56.04) ahead of a 2-3-4 Stanford finish led by Ally Howe (1:56.90). Her teammates Lindsey Engel (2:00.63) and Tara Halsted (2:01.23) took third and fourth, respectively.

Stanford senior Katie Olsen claimed an event win in the 200 Breast (2:12.58) ahead of Arizona’s Emma Schoettmer (2:13.21). 100 Breast winner Sarah Haase took home third for the Cardinal in 2:13.98.

The Wildcats took a 1-2 sweep in the 500 Free, with Bonnie Brandon leading the way for first in 4:52.96. Her teammate Tjasa Oder followed up for second in 4:57.50 ahead of Stanford’s Mackenzie Stein (5:00.29).

Stanford freshman Janet Hu took home a win for the Cardinal in the 100 Fly (54.44) ahead of her teammate Nicole Stafford (55.97). Third was Arizona’s Elizabeth Pepper in 56.13 ahead of Stanford’s Haley Sims 56.64.

The 200 IM was the start of exhibition swims for the Cardinal, with Arizona’s Shannyn Hultin taking the event in 2:07.41. Her teammates Cameron McHugh (2:07.60) and Lauren Stoeckle (2:08.23) were second and third, respectively.

The Arizona A team claimed victory in the 400 Free Relay to finish off the meet (3:24.32), with the noticeable absence of and with a noticeable absence from All-American Maddy Schaefer. Schaefer, at the team’s mid-season Art Adamson Invitational, was a part of Stanford’s nation-leading 400 free relay, but didn’t race at this meet. The Wildcat B team touched second in 3:38.09.

An email to Stanford’s coaching staff requesting details on Schaefer’s absence went unanswered Friday evening, though a spokesperson said he did not have any information.

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