STANFORD, Calif. - The Stanford synchronized swimming team placed third at the 2015 U.S. Collegiate Championships, earning 79.5 points at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio in late March.
Stanford came in second in the team swim (86.8667) behind OSU (87.7667). Swimming for the Cardinal was Katie Gu, Clare McGovern, Sandra Ortellado, Erica Slavin, Rina Horii, Isabella Park, Marisa Tashima and Evelyna Wang.
Stanford placed third and fourth in the duet. McGovern and Ortellado scored an 85.5000, while Gu and Slavin totaled an 83.5000.
In the trio, McGovern, Ortellado and Slavin came in fourth with an 84.7000, while Gu, Park and Tashima were fifth with an 84.4000. Lindenwood’s Irene Beaus, Mary Killman and Dennise Ramirez captured first with an 87.1333.
Earning All-America honors for Stanford were Ortellado, Gu, Tashima and Park. It was the second All-America nod for both Tashima and Park and the first for Ortellado and Gu.
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The Cardinal won Western Regionals on Saturday, March 7 in Tucson, Ariz., finishing with 98 points to defeat Arizona (81.0) and Arizona State (40.0).
Stanford won each event in which it competed and also had the top finishers in A elements and B figures
The Cardinal duo of Katie Gu and Erica Slavin won the duet with a score of 84.5333. Clare McGovern and Sandra Ortellado finished second (83.8667) and Isabella Park and Marisa Tashima third (83.4333).
Stanford again took the top three spots in the trio led by Clare McGovern, Sandra Ortellado and Erica Slavin (83.0333). Evelyna Wang, Rina Horii and Shiree Lee were 1.1000 points behind in second place (81.9333) and Katie Gu, Isabella Park and Marisa Tashima came in third (80.7333).
The Cardinal received 18 points for its win in the team swim and cruised to the title without an entry in the solo swim.
McGovern won the A elements with an 82.2534 and Lee won the B figures with a 72.7117.