STANFORD, Calif. – No. 19 Stanford claimed a 152-131 win over No. 13 Arizona State on Friday afternoon at Avery Aquatic Center.
The Cardinal (2-0-0, 1-0-0 Pac-12) won less than half of the 16 events but registered a pair of one-two-three finishes in the breaststroke events with Grant Shoults winning a pair of swims. Stanford was neck-and-neck with the Sun Devils (3-1-0, 2-1-0) for most of the day before pulling ahead in the final portion of the meet.
Stanford's team of Benjamin Ho, Hank Poppe, Will Macmillan and Mason Gonzalez (1:27.66) started the day with a second-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay.
Johannes Calloni (9:10.04) out-touched Benjamin Olszewski by 0.15 seconds to win the 1,000-yard freestyle, ahead of third-place Matthew Hirschberger (9:18.08).
Shoults (1:36.33) registered his first win of the day in the 200-yard freestyle before Benjamin Ho (47.92) placed second in the 100-yard backstroke.
Poppe (54.57) led a podium sweep in the 100-yard breaststroke, beating out teammates Brennan Pastorek (55.19) and Daniel Roy (55.54) for the win. Alex Liang (1:46.96) was Stanford's fastest swimmer in the 200-yard butterfly and Gonzalez (20.59) led the Cardinal with fourth place in the 50-yard freestyle.
On the diving side of the competition, Conor Casey (391.65) won the 1-meter springboard with Ethan Foster (273.90) in third place. On the 3-meter springboard, Noah Vigran (400.05) was Stanford's highest scorer, ahead of Casey (354.38) in third and Foster (286.50) in fourth.
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After a 15-minute break, Macmillan (44.19) placed second in the 100-yard freestyle and Calloni (1:45.68) touched second in the 200-yard backstroke.
Roy (1:57.59) won the 200-yard breaststroke ahead of teammates Poppe (2:00.71) and Cook (2:00.88), who finished second and third, respectively.
Shoults (4:22.73) capped an impressive showing by winning the 500-yard freestyle with Murphy (4:29.94) placing third. Liang (48.10) finished second in the 100-yard butterfly, ahead of teammate Macmillan (48.25) in third, before Stanford claimed the top three spots in the final individual swim of the day.
Pastorek (1:49.45) led the way while Ho (1:51.48) finished second and Roy (1:51.51) was third. Stanford's team of Gonzalez, Tarvestad, Shoults and Macmillan (2:57.50) finished third in the 400-yard freestyle to wrap up the meet.
No. 19 Stanford returns to action on Saturday when it plays host to Arizona at Noon at Avery Aquatics Center. Admission is free and live results will be available at GoStanford.com.