STANFORD, Calif. – No. 5 Stanford won its second conference dual meet in as many days, defeating No. 15 Arizona 173-118 on Saturday at Avery Aquatic Center.
“With USC and Cal being the only meets left, there’s not a whole lot of racing left so today was important,” said Goldman Family Director of Men’s Swimming Ted Knapp. “Racing comes at a premium for us; even within the conference we only have a few dual meets, so it’s nice to see us take advantage of this opportunity.”
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The Cardinal (4-0, 3-0 Pac-12) gained a quick advantage over the Wildcats (2-2, 1-2 Pac-12) with a win in the 200-yard medley relay. Ryan Dudzinski, Christian Brown, Andrew Liang and Sam Perry (1:28.85) led the way.
Liam Egan (15:23.81) and Danny Thomson (15:39.15) finished second and third, respectively, in the 1,650-yard freestyle.
Sean Duggan (1:38.69) and Jeff Garnier (1:39.21) took the top two places in the 200-yard freestyle, followed by a sweep of the podium in the 100-yard backstroke by Dudzinski (48.82), Ryan Arata (49.53) and Patrick Conaton (49.66).
Matt Anderson (55.84) continued his strong swimming on Friday with a win in the 100-yard breaststroke with Christian Brown (56.06) not far behind in second.
Jimmy Yoder (1:46.13) won the 200-yard butterfly with Gray Umbach (1:46.54) finishing second, followed by Perry (20.20) winning the 50-yard freestyle with Spencer DeShon (20.34) in second.
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After a short break, Duggan (45.30) and Garnier (45.35) matched their finishes from the 200 free with a one-two swim in the 100-yard freestyle.
Conaton (1:45.54), Arata (1:47.26) and Abrahm DeVine (1:47.96) swept the podium in the 200-yard backstroke, followed by another sweep by Maxwell Williamson (2:02.14), Anderson (2:02.20) and Curtis Ogren (2:04.64) in the 200-yard breaststroke.
Egan (4:29.36) and Thomson (4:29.45) took the top two places in the 500-yard freestyle, an identical finish to the earlier 1,650 free.
Liang (48.66), Connor Black (49.25) and Arata (49.50) claimed the top three spots in the 100-yard butterfly.
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Williamson (1:48.22), Umbach (1:49.35) and Ogren (1:50.30) kept things going with a podium sweep in the 200-yard individual medley.
Stanford’s 400-yard freestyle relay team of Perry, DeShon, Garnier and Duggan (2:58.37) capped the meet with an impressive win.
On the diving side of the competition, Tarek Abdelghany led the way with a third-place finish in the 1-meter (310.13) and a runner-up finish in the 3-meter (349.20). Connor Kuremsky (346.95) added a third place finish in the 3-meter while Bradley Christensen (325.58) was runner-up in the 1-meter.
“Today was better than yesterday and I feel like we are on track to peak in the championship season,” said diving coach Patrick Jeffrey. “Tarek in particular had a great day and used some new dives, and Connor was as solid as usual.”
The Cardinal returns to action Feb. 6, travelling to Los Angeles to face USC. Live results will be available at GoStanford.com.