BERKELEY, Calif. – Grant Shoults captured the 1,000-yard freestyle in Stanford's annual fall exhibition meet with California on Friday at the Legends Aquatic Center.
It was the Cardinal's penultimate competition of the fall, an annual unscored meet against California featuring the two longtime rivals. Shoults (9:05.69) earned Stanford's lone win of the day in the 1,000 free.
Will Macmillan (21.84) paced the Cardinal in the first event of the day, the 50-yard butterfly, finishing second. Benjamin Ho (22.55) was Stanford's fastest swimmer in the 50-yard backstroke in third place before Hank Poppe (25.51) was the runner up in the 50-yard breaststroke. Alberto Mestre (20.08) placed third in the final 50-yard event of the day, the 50-yard freestyle.
Johannes Calloni (53.43) was the fastest Cardinal in the 100-yard individual medley, placing fifth. In the 200-yard freestyle, Shoults (1:37.40) finished second before Macmillan (48.39) finished second in the 100-yard butterfly.
Ho (48.51) led Stanford with third place in the 100-yard backstroke and Poppe (54.18) placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke. Mestre (44.72) finished third to out touch Mason Gonzalez (44.95) in the 100-yard freestyle and Calloni was once against Stanford's fastest swimmer in an individual medley, placing fifth in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:54.27.
Macmillan (1:48.61) paced the Cardinal in the 200-yard butterfly, Ho (1:46.67) was Stanford's fastest swimmer in the 200-yard backstroke and Poppe (1:59.19) finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke ahead of third-place teammate Daniel Roy (2:01.42).
In the 200-yard freestyle, Gonzalez (1:39.71) finished runner-up ahead of third-place Mestre (1:40.82) before Calloni (4:01.83) placed fifth in the 400-yard individual medley.
Shoults (9:05.69) touched first in the 1,000 free for Stanford's only win of the day while Andrew Matejka (9:18.08) finished third. Stanford's team of Ho, Poppe, Macmillan and Mestre (1:28.45) placed second in the 200-yard medley relay before the team of Jordan Greenberg, Gonzalez, Neel Roy and David Madej (1:23.03) placed third in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Stanford wraps up its fall action in two weeks when it competes in the Art Adamson Invitational in College Station, Texas.
