In the second visit in the Northern California area travel meets, Wisconsin fell to the Stanford squads. Stanford women won, 201-85; while the Cardinal men won 175-116.
Women’s Meet
Stanford got things underway with a win in the 200 medley relay. Their “B” relay of Felicia Lee, Katie Olsen, Nicole Stafford and Maddy Schaefer had the first win of the day with a time of 1:39.80. The four all had impressive splits all around with 25.21, 27.98, 24.36 and 22.25.
Wisconsin finished in second at 1:42.22. Annie Tamblyn, 26.50, Dana Grindall, 28.61, Anna Meinholz, 24.99, and Ivy Martin, 22.12, made up the A relay.
Stanford 1-2’ed in the 1000 freestyle with Andie Taylor at 9:56.18 and Tara Halsted at 10:05.08.
Olympian Lia Neal had an individual win in the 200 freestyle in 1:50.08. She was just ahead of teammate Julie Anderson at 1:50.76. Making it a 1-2-3 sweep was Annemarie Thayer at 1:52.02 for third.
In another sweep for the Cardinal, Lee led the way in the 100 backstroke with a time of 54.78. Maddy Scaefer was third in 55.47.
Wisconsin’s Tamblyn was fourth in 57.41.
The Cardinal had two 1:02’s 100 breaststrokes. Sarah Haase was first in 1:02.27 with Olsen in second in 1:02.52. Meinholz for the Badgers was third in 1:04.87.
Maya Dirado won the 200 butterfly, swimming under 2:00 at 1:59.37. Rebecka Palm, of Wisconsin, was fourth in 2:04.24.
Schaefer’s most impressive performance of the day came in the 50 free when she topped Wisconsin’s Ivy Martin, 22.37 to 22.65. Schaefer’s time is the fastest in the country to date.
Wisconsin was able to finish second and third, with Chase Kinney’s finishing in 23.69.
Neal won her second event in the 100 freestyle in 50.01. Martin again settled for second here in a time of 51.07. Her teammate Kinney was fourth, 51.97.
Thayer dipped under 2:00 in the 200 backstroke at 1:59.39. Teammate Taylor was second at 2:01.03. Wisconsin had third and fourth with Madelina Hzle and Aja Van Hout, 2:03.95 and 2:04.21.
Haase doubled up with breaststroke wins, with a 2:15.34 200 breaststroke. Meinholz was second here in 2:20.18. Stanford began their exhibition swims by this point in the meet.
DiRado had another win in the 500 freestyle in a time of 4:50.47. While Stanford had the second and third best times, Wisconsin’s Caroline Palm and Jenny Heltzen finished second, 5:02.51, and third.
Lee won the 100 butterfly in 53.63. She was pushed by her own teammate Stafford in 54.01 exhibition. R. Palm was second for Wisconsin in 55.15.
Halsted won the 400 IM for the Cardinal in 4:18.87. Van Hout was second in 4:25.37.
Rounding out the meet was the 200 freestyle relay. Stanford’s team of Lee, Schaefer, Neal and Julia Ama won in 1:31.76. Wisconsin was second in 1:32.93.
Men’s Meet
Stanford’s 200 medley relay team of David Nolan, Mason Shaw, Gray Umbach and Connor Black took the race in 1:30.83. Wisconsin was second in 1:32.19 with Drew Teduits, Nick Schafer, Brett Pinfold and Cannon Clifton.
Wisconsin had an early win in the 1000 freestyle. Nicholas Caldwell had the event in 9:18.73, easily over Stanford’s Chris Pickard, 9:27.14.
Nolan won the 200 freestyle in 1:37.60. Pinfold got to the wall to stop a Wisconsin sweep. He finished in 1:38.88, over Tom Kremer in 1:39.09.
Umbach had the win in the 100 backstroke, just over Wisconsin’s NCAA Champion Teduits. Umbach’s winning time was 50.01, and Teduits was behind at 50.10. Will Gunderson for Stanford was third in 50.58.
Shaw won the 100 breaststroke in 56.67. Schafer was right behind him in 56.80.
Max Williamson and Thomas Stephens went led a 1-2-3-4 finish for the Cardinal in the 200 butterfly. Williamson finished at 1:49.34 and Stephens was also under 1:50 at 1:49.98.
Wisconsin showed their sprinting force with a 1-2 finish in the 50 freestyle. Clifton had the event in 21.13, with Damon Zito in second at 21.32.
Kremer had an individual win of his own in the 100 freestyle with a time of 45.03. His teammate Black was third in 45.61. Pinfold was second again in the meet, in a time of 45.18.
Nolan was back in the pool with a win in the 200 backstroke. Teduits would fall second again by a margin. The two finished at 1:46.23 to 1:46.60 respectively.
Schafer bested Shaw in the 200 breaststroke, his final time was 2:02.19 to 2:04.62.
Caldwell had another win in the long freestyle, with a win in the 500 freestyle. He had a great strong second half, and final 50, to overcome Mitchell Stoehr from Stanford. They finished 4:29.22 and 4:29.53 respectively.
The Cardinal had another dominant butterfly showing in the 100. In another sweep, Ben Lovell had the event in 49.54.
While Stanford exhibition swam the 400 IM, Nolan recorded a time of 3:53.35. His freshman teammate Justin Buck was right behind in 3:54.08. Wisconsin’s Josh Anderson won the event in 4:04.50.
Wrapping up the meet was the 200 freestyle relay, where Wisconsin won in 1:24.31.
Slow times for the men.
Stanford has a lot of options for their medley relays this year. I wonder if Felicia lee will swim the back or fly, maddy Schaefer could do the back or free, freshmen Nicole stafford could step in on the fly, and lia Neal on the free. Haase or Olsen doing the breast? And then if need be Dirado could always step in on the free or back.
I think the best option would be Schaefer-haase-lee-Neal. This team is going to have a great season!!