STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford improved to 2-0 in Pac-12 dual meet action with a 166-94 win over Arizona on Saturday at Avery Aquatic Center.
Will Macmillan won four events, including three individual swims, to lead No. 19-ranked Cardinal (3-0-0, 2-0-0 Pac-12) to its second upset in as many days over the No. 10-ranked Wildcats (5-2-0, 2-2-0).
To start the meet, Stanford's team of Benjamin Ho, Hank Poppe, Macmillan and Mason Gonzalez (1:27.97) came from behind to win the 200-yard medley relay – a disqualification by Arizona gave Stanford the top two spots in the race.
Grant Shoults (9:01.53) then won the 1000-yard freestyle, followed by a win from Macmillan (1:37.42) in the 200-yard freestyle.
Ho (48.27) continued his strong showing with a win in the 100-yard backstroke before Stanford swept the top three places in the 100-yard breaststroke. Poppe (54.66) touched first ahead of teammates Pastorek (55.07) and Daniel Roy (55.16), who finished second and third, respectively.
Alex Liang (1:47.34) won the 200-yard butterfly before Gonzalez (20.24) outsprinted the Wildcats to win the 50-yard freestyle.
After a 15-minute break, Macmillan (45.01) came from behind to win the 100-yard freestyle before another pair of podium sweeps by Stanford. Johannes Calloni (1:44.82), Glen Cowand (1:48.45) and Ho (1:49.29) took the top three spots in the 200-yard backstroke before Roy (1:56.23), Pastorek (1:59.89) and Jon Cook (2:01.04) owned the three fastest times in the 200-yard breaststroke.
Macmillan (48.30) won his third individual event of the day, the 100-yard butterfly, Murphy (4:29.86) led Stanford with second place in the 500-yard freestyle and Liang (3:55.41) was the Cardinal's fastest swimmer in the 400-yard individual medley.
Stanford's team of Neel Roy, David Madej, Calloni and Murphy (3:00.85) wrapped up the meet with a second-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
In the diving portion of the competition, Conor Casey (309.60) finished second on the 1-meter springboard while Ethan Foster (247.95) placed fifth. On the 3-meter springboard, Noah Vigran (375.00) finished first, ahead of second-place Casey (365.63) and sixth-place Foster (284.25).
No. 19 Stanford returns to action on Feb. 8 when it visits USC in Los Angeles.
