STANFORD, Calif. - Three Cardinal set pool records and No. 1 Stanford women's swimming and diving capped its opening week with its second Pac-12 dual win, 169-86, over Washington State at Gibb Pool on Friday afternoon.
Stanford (2-0, 2-0) has won 25 straight dual meets, including 23 consecutive Pac-12 duals.
Pool Records
Freshman Zoe Bartel won the 100-yard breaststroke with a facility record time of 1:02.46. That broke a seven-year-old record set by USC's Kasey Carlson in 2011, and was two seconds better than the rest of the field, which included sophomore Grace Zhao (1:04.54) in second and freshman Allie Raab (1:04.64) in third.
Another freshman, Taylor Ruck, captured Stanford's second pool record of the day. Ruck raced to a finish of 23.04 in the 50 freestyle, which broke the old mark set by Cal's Amy Bilquist in 2015. The Cardinal once again swept the podium with freshman Anya Goeders in second at 23.59, followed by sophomore Ashley Volpenhein at 23.66.
Junior Erin Voss set the pool standard in the 200 backstroke at 1:56.58. That beat out a swim by Cal's Elizabeth Pelton in 2015 by about a half second.
Double Winner
Sophomore Lauren Pitzer won twice with first-place finishes in the 200 free and 500 free. She topped the field with a finish of 1:49.31 in the 200, and then won the 500 with a time of 4:50.66. Freshman Morgan Tankersley was second in each of those races at 1:50.37 in the 200 and 4:54.00 in the 500.
Ruck also won two races as she claimed the 100 free in addition to the pool record. She touched the wall at 50.86. Tankersley was also second in that race with a time of 51.72.
First Win
Freshman Lucie Nordmann earned her first collegiate victory with a finish of 56.94 in the 100 butterfly. Junior Allie Szekely was second at 56.64.
More Winners in Pullman
Szekely was tops in the 400 individual medley at 4:16.16, while Zhao won the 200 breast at 2:16.22, and Hannah Kukurugya won the 200 fly at 1:59.66.
Senior Leah Stevens won the 1,000 free at 10:04.68 followed by Katie Glavinovich (10:07.75) and Brooke Forde (10:09.07).
Stanford also swept both relays for the second time this week. The Cardinal combination of Nordmann, Zhao, Volpenhein and Ruck touched first in the 200 medley relay at 1:42.71. To cap the meet, Volpenhein, Kukurugya, Brooke Stenstrom and Ruck won the 400 free relay at 3:26.11.
Social Cardinal
Senior Leah Stevens took over the team's instagram story for the trip. You can follow the Cardinal all season long on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at StanfordWSwim.
Up Next
Stanford's next dual is against No. 4 Texas on Friday, November 9 at Avery Aquatic Center. Admission is free to all Stanford home meets.
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