Card Rolls to Opening Win

STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford kicked off the 2023-24 campaign with an impressive 190-105 win over Pittsburgh on Friday afternoon at Avery Aquatic Center.  
 
The Cardinal move to 11-1 in regular season openers under head coach Greg Meehan, claiming all but one event title on the day. Stanford four 1-2-3 finishes in the meet, sweeping to 100 and 200 Back, 100 Free, and 200 Fly.
 
Kayla Wilson and Natalie Mannion lead the way with a pair of event titles. Wilson paced the field with an NCAA B Standard cut time of 1:44.76 in the 200 free and led the charge in a clean sweep of the 100 free with a 49.69. Mannion swept both backstroke races, clocking a 54.26 in the 100 back and a 1:58.70 in the 200 back.
 
Freshman tandem Lucy Thomas and Caroline Bricker also earned two wins in their first collegiate action. Thomas claimed event titles in the 50 free (22.54) and 200 breast (2:14.77), while Bricker won the 200 fly (1:55.96) and 500 free (4:53.84) events.  
 
Rounding out the event winners for the Cardinal were Aurora Roghair in the 1000 free (9:51.18), Gigi Johnson in the 100 fly (54.38), and Lucy Bell in the 200 IM (1:57.15)
 
Johnson and Thomas would team up with Jamie Brennan and Janelle Rudolph to earn a 200 medley relay title with a time of 1:40.14, while Wilson, Johnson, Rudolph, and Roghair clocked a 3:20.92 to win the 400 free relay.
 
On the diving boards, Lauren Burch won the 1-meter dive while Emilie Moore claimed the 3-meter dive event title.
 
Five Cardinal earned NCAA B Standard cut times on the day, with Bell (200 IM), Bricker (200 fly), Wilson (200 free), Thomas (50 free), and Charlotte Hook (200 fly - 1:59.04) all surpassing their respective time thresholds.
 
Stanford returns to action with their annual alumni meet on Friday, Oct. 20, before welcoming Arkansas and Washington State to Avery Aquatic Center for a home doubleheader on Oct. 27 and 28.