BERKELEY, Calif. – No. 7 Stanford traveled across the bay to compete in its annual triple distance meet with No. 2 California at the Legends Aquatic Center.
"Different guys had their chances to shine today, depending on the length of the race, and we had some great swims every time the gun went off," said Goldman Family Director of Men's Swimming Ted Knapp. "After today, we know where we stand as we get ready for the Texas Invitational in a few weeks."
The format of the meet, which does not include a team score, was to swim three distances in one of six disciplines – butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, sprint freestyle, individual medley and distance freestyle.
In the first event of the day, Andrew Liang (21.54) paced Stanford in the 50-yard butterfly, followed by William Macmillan (22.73) and Brad Zdroik (22.81).
Matt Anderson (25.69) and Hank Poppe (25.69) tied for fourth in the 50-yard breaststroke, before Sam Perry (20.19) led Stanford with second place in the 50-yard freestyle. Alberto Mestre (20.47) was not far behind in fourth, and Cole Cogswell was sixth (20.69).
Alex Liang (50.66) paced the Cardinal in the 100-yard individual medley, finishing second while Curtis Ogren (51.59) was fourth.
Grant Shoults (1:37.38) recorded Stanford's first win of the day in the distance 200-yard freestyle. Johannes Calloni (1:40.17), True Sweetser (1:40.17) and James Murphy (1:40.63) rounded out the top four.
Andrew Liang (47.39) swam Stanford's fastest time in the 100-yard butterfly, while Zdroik (49.50) placed fourth. In the 100-yard backstroke, Benjamin Ho (48.56) led the Cardinal with a third-place finish.
In the 100-yard breaststroke, Poppe (55.17) registered Stanford's fastest time in fourth place, and Brennan Pastorek (55.94) was right behind him in fifth.
Sam Perry (43.80) was Stanford's fastest man in the 100-yard freestyle, followed by Cole Cogswell (45.07) and Alberto Mestre (45.44). In the 200-yard individual medley, Alex Liang (1:48.76) paced the Cardinal in second place with Ogren (1:50.00) in fourth.
Stanford was dominant in the second distance swim of the day, the 500-yard freestyle. Calloni (4:24.99) paced the field, followed by Shoults (4:27.70) and Murphy (4:28.13) to complete the podium.
Macmillan (1:48.45) was the fastest Cardinal in the 200-yard butterfly, while Andrew Liang (1:48.70) took fifth and Zdroik (1:50.14) placed sixth.
Ho (1:47.41) and Glen Cowand (1:48.29) were Stanford's fastest swimmers in the 200-yard backstroke, and Pastorek (2:00.55) paced the Cardinal in the 200-yard breaststroke, followed by Poppe (2:02.46) and Anderson (2:05.63).
Perry (1:39.50) took second place in the sprint 200 free with Cogswell (1:41.44) in fourth, Mestre (1:43.18) in fifth and Jordan Greenberg (1:43.79) in sixth.
Ogren (3:54.61) logged his best finish of the day in the 400-yard individual medley, placing second with Alex Liang (3:55.02) right behind him in third.
Stanford took five of the top six spots in the 1000-yard freestyle, led by Calloni (9:04.09). Liam Egan (9:13.81) was third, followed by Shoults (9:15.88), Murphy (9:18.29) and Sweetser (9:18.74).
The final two events of the meet were the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay. Ho, Poppe, Macmillan and Pastorek (1:29.98) led Stanford in the 200 medley relay, and Andrew Liang, Perry, Mestre and Cogswell (1:19.96) were the Cardinal's fastest in the 200 free relay.
Stanford returns to action on Nov. 29 when it travels to compete in the Texas Invitational in Austin, Texas. The meet will run through Saturday, Dec. 2, with limited coverage on Longhorn Network. Heat sheets and live results will be available at GoStanford.com.
