STANFORD, Calif. – A brief hail storm was not enough to slow down No. 3 Stanford women's swimming and diving in a 192-100 win over No. 20 Arizona at Avery Aquatic Center on Friday afternoon.
Junior Ella Eastin won three events and senior Kassidy Cook swept the diving events to lead the Cardinal (4-0, 3-0 Pac-12) in its first meet of the New Year. Stanford was victorious in every event and and has now won 19 straight dual meets, 17 consecutive Pac-12 duals and 14 in a row at Avery.
Eastin finished first in three different strokes. She was tops in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.89), 200 backstroke (1:54.93) and 100 butterfly (53.43).
Cook was tops on the 1-meter with a score of 308.85, and won the 3-meter with a score of 298.13. Sophomore Haley Farnsworth (303.00) and freshman Mia Paulsen (283.20) helped Stanford sweep the podium on the 1-meter.
Senior Simone Manuel returned to the pool in victorious fashion. She won the 200 freestyle at 1:44.20 and was also the anchor to Stanford's winning 400 free relay (3:17.58).
Senior Janet Hu and sophomore Katie Ledecky also won two events apiece. Ledecky swept the distance free events with another impressive 30-second victory in the 1,000 free (9:19.52), and five-second win in the 500 free (4:40.89). It was teammate Megan Byrnes who finished second in the 1000 at 9:47.64, and teammate Katie Drabot who touched second in the 500 at 4:45.53.
Hu took first in the 100 back at 52.43 and was two-hundreths from the pool record in the 50 free with her first-place finish of 22.09.
Sophomore Allie Szekely won the 200 individual medley at 1:59.05 as Stanford swept the podium -- senior Ally Howe was second at 1:59.58 and freshman Brooke Forde touched third at 1:59.71.
Zhao was tops in the 200 breast at 2:11.19, Drabot won the 200 fly with a time of 1:54.14, Howe was first in the 100 free at 49.95, and Stanford won the 200 medley relay behind Howe and three freshmen -- Zhao, Lauren Green and Lauren Pitzer -- at 1:38.18.
Stanford is back in action tomorrow for Kids Autograph Day. The meet against the Sun Devils begins at noon PT. More information below.
Kids Autograph Day» Saturday vs. Arizona State (gates open at 11 a.m.)
» First 200 fans (18 & under) at the meet will be invited to our post-meet autograph session. Parents/guardians can accompany their kids and take pictures
» Team poster will be provided for signatures. Sorry! No personal items can be signed by the athletes.
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