Dec. 2, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas-- Stanford closed out the second day of the Texas Invite with a win in the 800 free relay, as Maya DiRado also added a second place showing in the 400 IM earlier in the evening.
Entering the meet with the nation's top time, Stanford did not disappoint, beating Pac-12 foe USC with a time of 7:02.76 ahead of the Women of Troy's mark of 7:03.85. After USC's Katinka Hosszu took the lead after the first 200 yards, DiRado made up two seconds and took over the lead over her final 50 yards by .04 seconds. Andie Taylor extended the lead to nearly a second before Andi Murez kept the one second advantage and touched the wall ahead of USC.
Individually, DiRado was second to Hosszu for the second-straight day, this time as the Troy swimmer won the longer 400 IM with a time of 3:58.86, ahead of DiRado's time of 4:02.06. Much like yesterday it became a two-woman race early as Stanford's Andie Taylor also made the A Final, finishing sxith behind three of additional USC swimmers who were third through fifth. Freshman Annemarie Thayer won the consolation final.
Lee was the first of six swimmers in the top-20 of the 100 back, finishing fourth ahead of Betsy Webb (fifth). Lee led twith a time of 52.94 with Webb at 53.02. Thayer was in the top-20 again, finishing 12th with a time of 54.09.
Murez finished fourth in the 200 free with a time of 1:45.77 as sophomore Sara Giberson was seventh at 1:47.40 behind Texas' Karlee Bispo and her winning time of 1:43.82. Stanford was also fifth in the 200 medley relay (1:39.17), two seconds behind winner, Arizona.
Stanford remains in fourth place with one day to go.
Full Results:
http://www.tsc.utexas.edu/results/index.htm
Winners and Stanford Finalists (top-24)
Friday
200 Medley Relay: Winner-- Arizona, 1:37.01, 5. Stanford (Lee, Bruce, Woodward, Webb), 1:39.17
400 IM: Winner-- Katinka Hosszu, USC, 3:58.86, 2. DiRado, 4:02.06, 6. Taylor, 4:09.91, B Finals: 13. Chen, 4:17.09, C Finals: 17. Thayer, 4:15.85, 21. Bruce, 4:23.10
200 Free: Winner-- Karlee Bispo, Texas, 1:43.82, 4. Murez, 1:45.77, 7. Giberson, 1:47.40, B Finals: 13. Woodward, 1:48.31, C Finals: 18. Durant, 1:48.90, 19. Arnold, 1:49.00
100 Breast: Winner-- Kasey Carlson, USC, 58.46, C Finals: 21. Bruce, 1:03.72
100 Back: Winner-- Sarah Denninghoff, Arizona, 52.19, 4. Lee, 52.94, 5. Webb, 53.02, B Finals: 12. Thayer, 54.09, 15. Schaefer, 54.56, 16. Fischer-Colbrie, 55.08, C Finals: 19. Hammes, 54.83
*800 Free Relay: Winner-- Stanford (Lee, DiRado, Taylor, Murez), 7:02.76
Thursday
*200 Free Relay: Winner-- Stanford (Woodward, Murez, Webb, Schaefer), 1:28.20
500 Free: Winner-- Alyssa Anderson, Arizona, 4:36.78, 3. Taylor, 4:40.81, B Finals: 14. Durant, 4:50.04, C Finals: 17. Arnold, 4:46.68, 18. Thayer, 4:49.48, 19. Majeau, 4:49.89, 20. Giberson, 4:49.94
*100 Fly: Winner-- Sam Woodward, Stanford, 42.06, 3. Lee, 52.63, B Finals: 15. Hammes, 54.07, C Finals: 21. Sims, 54.56, Fischer-Colbrie, 55.08
200 IM: Winner-- Katinka Hosszu, USC, 1:52.71, 2. DiRado, 1:54.66, 5. Lee, 1:58.96, B Finals: 12. Giberson, 2:01.09, C Finals: 22. Chen, 2:02.08, 23. Fischer-Colbrie, 2:02.13
50 Free: Winner-- Margo Geer, Arizona, 22.02, 3. Woodward, 22.13, 5. Schaefer, 22.28, 6. Webb, 22.30, B Finals: 14. Murez, 22.77
400 Medley Relay: Winner-- Arizona, 3:31.65, 4. Stanford (Webb, DiRado, Woodward, Schaefer), 3:37.26