STANFORD, Calif. - Seniors Ella Eastin, Leah Stevens and Kim Williams were honored prior to the final home meet of their careers, and behind two pool records from Eastin, No. 3 Stanford women's swimming and diving defeated No. 14 USC, 187-107, on Saturday afternoon.
The senior trio finished undefeated at Avery Aquatic Center, and has yet to lose a dual meet in their careers with just one remaining -- the regular season finale at arch rival Cal on Feb. 16. In all, Stanford has won 29 straight dual meets, including 27 straight Pac-12 duals, and 19 consecutive duals at home.
So far, the senior class has combined for 11 Pac-12 titles, 13 national titles and 23 All-America honors.That includes back-to-back Pac-12 and NCAA team championships in 2017 and 2018.
"I'm so proud of them and how much they have grown in their four years here," said Greg Meehan, Stanford's Paul A. Violich Director of Women's Swimming. "They grabbed this group at the beginning of the year knowing how good we could be, and they have been great mentors. Now we just need to finish strong because that's what they want."
Eastin's Record-Setting Senior Day
One of the few accolades missing from Eastin's much-decorated collegiate career was a facility record at Avery Aquatic Center. Following her final home weekend, her name is now etched on the Avery record board in three places.
On Friday, she broke a nine-year-old record in the 400 individual medley (4:03.23). In her final home meet, she set the facility record in the 200 backstroke (1:52.35) and 200 IM (1:55.36). She bested Janet Hu's backstroke mark of 1:53.18 set last season, and dethroned Texas' Madisyn Cox, who held the pool record at 1:55.87 since 2016.
Diving Sweep
Stanford also swept the diving events. Junior Haley Farnsworth earned the top score on the 1-meter. She finished with a 288.75 for her second win at the height in as many weeks.
A short while later, freshman Daria Lenz took the top spot on the 3-meter with a score of 341.40, while classmate Carolina Sculti was second with a score of 328.13.
More Winners
On a day for the seniors, Stanford underclassmen were standouts as well. Freshman Taylor Ruck swept the 100 and 200 freestyles. She posted Stanford's fastest time of the year in the 200 free at 1:44.52, and then sped through the 100 with a season-best finish of 48.10. Fellow first-year Allie Raab added the fastest finish of her collegiate career in the 100 breast with a winning time of 1:00.83.
Junior Megan Byrnes won the 1,000 free at 9:44.14, while sophomore Brooke Forde took home top honors in the 500 free (4:43.97), and junior Allie Szekely was the first to touch the wall in the 200 breast (2:10.69). Sophomore Lauren Pitzer stopped the clock at 22.45 to win the 50 free, and junior Katie Drabot won the 200 fly with a finish of 1:53.49.
Stanford began and ended the meet with relay victories -- the Cardinal was tops in the 200 medley relay (1:37.76) and 200 free relay (1:29.83).
Up Next
Stanford concludes the regular season against the fourth-ranked Bears on Saturday, Feb. 16. The meet is set for noon will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Networks.
