STANFORD, Calif. - Junior Janet Hu and freshman Katie Ledecky each won twice as No. 2 Stanford women's swimming and diving topped No. 19 UCLA, 127-104, on Friday at Avery Aquatic Center.
Stanford won its 13th consecutive dual meet and improved to 6-0 in this season and 5-0 against the Pac-12. This marks the final home weekend for four Stanford seniors, who will all be honored prior to tomorrow's meet against No. 4 USC (noon on Pac-12 Network).
"We will have our Senior Day ceremony before the meet tomorrow, but it was important to the team to make sure our seniors have a great experience all weekend," said head coach Greg Meehan. "They did that by racing really hard and putting on a great performance today."
Stanford won all but one event on the afternoon. Ledecky claimed two of those victories, including a pool record in the 200-yard freestyle. She touched the wall at 1:43.48 and broke her own Avery Aquatic Center standard by about a second. She also won the 100 free with a time of 49.33.
Hu won multiple events for the fourth time in the last five meets. She was first in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:55.75 and just out-touched senior teammate Lia Neal (22.60) with a finish of 22.46 in the 50 free.
The Cardinal also won both diving events. Freshman Haley Farnsworth was tops on the 3-meter (311.48), while junior Kassidy Cook earned her third win in the last eight days on the 1-meter (300.08).
A pair of Stanford freshmen were side-by-side in the 1,000 free as Katie Drabot edged Megan Byrnes with a career-best finish of 9:45.05. Byrnes was just off another career best with her time of 9:45.86.
Cardinal opens with win in 200 medley relay (1:39.22), @katiedrabot (9:45.05) and @meganbyrness (9:45.86) tag-team 1-2 finish in 1,000 free.
— Stanford WSwim/Dive (@stanfordwswim) January 27, 2017
Junior Ally Howe won the 200 individual medley (1:59.28), while classmate Simone Manuel ventured into distance swimming and finished first in the 500 free at 4:47.19. Sophomore Kim Williams came from behind in the final 25 yards to earn a win in the 200 breaststroke (2:14.20) over UCLA's Kenisha Liu.
Stanford also swept the relays once again. The Cardinal has not lost a relay in a dual meet this season. Engel, Poppe, Hu and Manuel won the 200 medley relay (1:39.22), and Eastin, Engel, Manuel and Ledecky had the top time in the 400 free relay (3:26.67).
WHAT'S AHEAD
Senior Day is tomorrow at Avery Aquatic Center. The Cardinal welcomes No. 4 USC at noon, and will honor seniors Bridget Boushka, Tara Halsted, Lia Neal and Nicole Stafford prior to the meet. For those that can't make it to The Farm, the meet can be seen on the Pac-12 Network.
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200 medley relay??
— Stanford WSwim/Dive (@stanfordwswim) January 27, 2017
1,000 free??
200 free??
50 free??
200 IM??
3-meter diving??
200 fly??
100 free??
200 back??
500 free??