Jan. 22, 2011
TEMPE, Ariz.-- Geoff Cheah and Curtis Lovelace picked up two wins a piece as No. 3-ranked Stanford (4-0) swept through the state of Arizona with a 168-122 win over host Arizona State (1-4) on Saturday morning.
Cheah, a junior and member of the Hong Kong national team, picked up back-to-back wins in the 50 free (21.08) and 100 free (46.25), while also swimming the anchor leg of the wininng 200 medley relay team (1:32.40) as the Cardinal won 15 of 16 events.
Lovelace swept the breaststroke for the second time in dual matches in 2011, winning the 100-yard event with a mark of 57.00, two hundreths ahead of teammate John Criste (57.02), before beating his senior teammate again in the 200-yard race with a mark of 2:01.31. Criste (2:04.77) and freshman Mason Shaw (2:06.12) rounded out the top-three as the Cardinal swept the top three positions in eight events.
Lovelace was also third in the 200 IM, behind teammates junior Eirik Ravnan (1:53.57) and Shaw (1:54.31).
Chad La Tourette won the 500 free with a mark of 4:31.00, ahead of two teammates-- Maryland freshman Bryan Offutt (4:37.73) and Bobby Bollier (4:37.76). Michael Zoldos picked up his first win of the weekend in the 1000 free (9:26.14), as Offutt was again second (9:26.34) followed by Illinois freshman Mitchell Stoehr (9:41.28).
Bollier also won the 200 free ahead of sophomores Aaron Wayne and Andrew Saeta. Seata was also second in the 100 free (47.08) and third in the 50 free (21.35).
On Friday the Cardinal began its road trip with a win over No. 2-ranked Arizona. Stanford is next in action February 4 and 5 when it hosts Cal State Bakersfield and USC.
Top-3 Stanford Finishes
Score: Stanford Men 168-122
200 Medley Relay: 1. Swanston/Criste/Wayne/Cheah (1:32.40)
1000 Free: 1. Zoldos (9:26.14), 2. Offutt (9:26.34), 3. Stoehr (9:41.28)
200 Free: 1. Bollier (1:38.00 B), 2. Wayne (1:39.77), 3. Saeta (1:43.32)
100 Back: 1. Swanston (49.98), 2. Staab (50.55), 3. Coville (51.76)
100 Breast: 1. Lovelace (57.00), 2. Criste (57.02)
200 Fly: 1. Andrews (1:51.81), 3. Shaw (1:55.56)
50 Free: 1. Cheah (21.08), 2. Staab (21.34), 3. Saeta (21.35)
100 Free: 1. Cheah (46.25), 2. Saeta (47.08), 3. Stoehr (47.15)
200 Back: 1. Swanston (1:48.99), 3. Zoldos (1:56.22)
200 Breast: 1. Lovelace (2:01.31), 2. Criste (2:04.77), 3. Shaw (2:06.12)
*500 Free: 1. La Tourette (4:31.00), 2. Offutt (4:37.73), 3. Bollier (4:37.76)
*100 Fly: 1. Wayne (50.49), 3. Swanston (51.07)
*200 IM: 1. Ravnan (1:53.57), 2. Shaw (1:54.31), 3. Lovelace (1:54.96)
*400 Free Relay: 1. Staab/Bollier/Hartley/Saeta (3:03.67)
One-Meter: 1. Eichenseer (378.45), 3. Sishc (353.70)
Three-Meter: 3. Eichenseer (310.28), 5. Sishc (299.18)
* - exhibition