AUSTIN, Texas – Stanford began its final event of the Fall by winning the 800-yard freestyle relay on Wednesday night at the Texas Invitational.
Stanford's team of senior Tom Kremer, freshman Grant Shoults, freshman James Murphy and junior Liam Egan won the lone event of the evening, finishing over three seconds ahead of USC with 6:15.58.
Stanford wins the 800 free relay on the opening night of the Texas Invite! #GoStanford pic.twitter.com/rhAci3Dod4
— Stanford Swimming (@stanfordmswim) December 1, 2016
Stanford's "B" team of junior Sam Perry, freshman True Sweetser, freshman William Macmillan and senior Maxwell Williamson finished with a respectable 6:22.20 in fifth place.
Prelims for individual events will begin Thursday morning at 8 a.m. PT, with finals starting later that day at 4 p.m. The meet continues into the weekend, with morning prelim and afternoon finals sessions on tap for Friday and Saturday.
The four-day meet, which will have an environment similar to that of the Pac-12 and NCAA Championship meets, will feature hosts Texas, USC, Arizona, Brigham Young, Harvard, Denver and Oklahoma Baptist.
Longhorn Network (ESPN) will air live coverage of all "A" final heats during the Thursday and Saturday finals sessions and tape-delayed coverage from the Friday evening finals session.
Live stats and streaming will be available at GoStanford.com.