PHOENIX - The Cardinal earned a big Pac-12 dual meet victory over conference rival No. 17 Arizona on Saturday, taking the win by a score of 190-86. Rafael Gu was one of the top performers on the day, taking event titles in the 50 free, 200 free, and 100 fly, while adding a second place finish in the 200 medley relay.
Stanford was dominant throughout the meet, claiming 13 event titles in total. Preston Forst claimed the first win of the day for the Cardinal in the 1000 free with a 9:24.59, while Liam Custer added a second place finish in the event as well.
Stanford's underclassmen had an impressive showing from start to finish in Phoenix. Along with Gu's strong racing, fellow freshman Hayden Kwan took two individual titles, in the 100 back at 48.54 and 200 back at 1:45.22.
Zhier Fan, another freshman, added his own event win in the 100 breast at 53.57, and sophomore diver Jack Ryan took the title in the only men's diving event of the day, the 3-meter, with a score of 382.73.
In the 100 free, Leon MacAlister and Andres Dupont took the top two podium spots. The senior MacAlister recorded a 44.07 while the freshman Dupont clocked a 44.27 for second place.
Ethan Dang was the top finisher in the 200 breast with a 1:59.54, beating out fellow Cardinal Hayden Zheng who took second with a 2:04.41.
Luke Maurer and Andrew Matejka took first and second in the 500 free, with Maurer leading the field at 4:35.19. Rick Mihm added an event win in the 400 IM, out-touching Ron Polonsky by two tenths of a second. Mihm recorded a 3:58.24 to take gold.
In the final event of the day, the 400 free relay, Stanford took the win. Andrei Minakov, Luke Maurer, Leon MacAlister, and Neel Roy combined for a 2:55.95 to secure the victory.
Stanford is back in action in the Avery Aquatic Center on February 4 against USC. The meet will be Stanford's senior day celebration.
