BERKELEY, Calif. – The Triple Distance Meet between the men's swimming teams of Stanford and Cal on Friday at Spieker Aquatics Complex was non-scoring, but the Cardinal came away with some decisive successes.
Of 20 races, Stanford swimmers were the fastest in 11 of them. And of the six different disciplines, in which racing was contested at three distances among the same swimmers in this uniquely formatted competition, No. 8 Stanford won the best-of-three in four of them against the No. 2 Bears.
The most dominant disciplines for Stanford were the distance freestyle and backstroke, with Cardinal freshman Rex Maurer and junior Aaron Sequeira sweeping each, respectively. In the butterfly and sprint freestyle, Rafael Gu and freshman Henry McFadden won two of the three races in each for the Cardinal.
Though this meet did not have as much on the line as their regular-season ending dual at Stanford will have on February 24, it was spirited nonetheless.
Rex Maurer was the best at the distance free, winning at 200 yards in 1:38.44, at 500 free in 4:22.72, and at 1,000. For Sequeira, his times were 22.34 in the 50 backstroke, 47.67 in the 100 back, and 1:43.36 in the 200 back.
McFadden, a freshman, reached NCAA 'B' standards for the first time, doing so in winning the 100 free (43.35) and 200 free (1:35.10).
Sequeira reached a 'B' standard in the 200 back for the first time, in 1:43.36. He already had it in the 100 back.
The Cardinal resumes action with swimmers competing at the Texas Invitational from Nov. 15-18 and divers competing at the USC Diving Invitational Nov. 17-19.
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Triple Distance Meet
Stanford vs. Cal
Non-scoring
Winners and all Stanford results
Sprint Freestyle
50 free – Bjorn Seeliger (Cal) 19.62; 2, Jonathan Tan (Stanford) 19.71 (B standard); 4, Luke Maurer (Stanford) 20.13; 5, Avery Voss (Stanford) 20.32; 6, Andres DuPont (Stanford) 20.37; 7, Ethan Harrington (Stanford) 20.41; 8, Henry McFadden (Stanford) 20.45.
100 free – 1, Henry McFadden (Stanford) 43.35 (B standard); 4, Andres DuPont (Stanford) 43.83; 5, Jonathan Tan (Stanford) 44.21; 7, Luke Maurer (Stanford) 45.39; 8, Avery Voss (Stanford) 45.52; 9, Ethan Harrington (Stanford) 45.61.
200 free – 1, Henry McFadden (Stanford) 1:35.10 (B standard); 2, Andres DuPont (Stanford) 1:37.83; 3, Luke Maurer (Stanford) 1:37.90; 4, Jonathan Tan (Stanford) 1:37.93; 10, Avery Voss (Stanford) 1:41.56; 11, Ethan Harrington (Stanford) 1:43.81.
Distance Freestyle
200 free – 1, Rex Maurer (Stanford) 1:38.44; 4, Liam Custer (Stanford) 1:41.20; 5, Gabe Machado (Stanford) 1:42.08.
500 free – 1, Rex Maurer (Stanford) 4:22.72; 2, Liam Custer (Stanford) 4:27.46; 4, Gabe Machado (Stanford) 4:34.99.
1,000 free – 1, Rex Maurer (Stanford) 9:02.75; 2, Liam Custer (Stanford) 9:11.99; 3, Gabe Machado (Stanford) 9:23.40.
Backstroke
50 back – 1, Aaron Sequeira (Stanford) 22.34; 2, Josh Zuchowski (Stanford) 22.91; 4, Hayden Kwan (Stanford) 22.93.
100 back – 1, Aaron Sequeira (Stanford) 47.67; 2, Hayden Kwan (Stanford) 48.85; 6, Josh Zuchowski (Stanford) 49.50.
200 back – 1, Aaron Sequeira (Stanford) 1:43.36 (B standard); 4, Hayden Kwan (Stanford) 1:45.57; 6, Josh Zuchowski (Stanford) 1:48.58.
Breaststroke
50 breast – 1, Jacob Soderlund (Cal) 25.00; 3, Ethan Dang (Stanford) 25.18; 7, Hayden Zheng (Stanford) 25.98.
100 breast – 1, Jacob Soderlund (Cal) 54.73; 2, Ethan Dang (Stanford) 54.84; 6, Hayden Zheng (Stanford) 55.76.
200 breast – 1, Ethan Dang (Stanford) 1:58.34; 3, Hayden Zheng (Stanford) 1:59.86.
Butterfly
50 fly – 1, Rafael Gu (Stanford) 21.12; 6, Matt Fenlon (Stanford) 22.64; 7, Preston Forst (Stanford) 22.69.
100 fly – 1, Rafael Gu (Stanford) 46.71; 6, Matt Fenlon (Stanford) 49.80; 7, Preston Forst (Stanford) 50.12.
200 fly – 1, Dare Rose (Cal) 1:46.71; 2, Rafael Gu (Stanford) 1:47.36; 3, Matt Fenlon (Stanford) 1:47.71; 4, Preston Forst (Stanford) 1:49.99.
Individual Medley
100 IM – 1, Destin Lasco (Cal) 51.13; 2, Rick Mihm (Stanford) 51.38; 3, Gibson Holmes (Stanford) 51.44.
200 IM – 1, Destin Lasco (Cal) 1:49.44; 2, Rick Mihm (Stanford) 1:50.05; 3, Gibson Holmes (Stanford) 1:50.89.
400 IM -- 1, Destin Lasco (Cal) 3:55.26; 3, Gibson Holmes (Stanford) 3:58.31; 6, Rick Mihm (Stanford) 3:16.91.
Relays
200 FR – 1, Cal 1:18.99; 2, Stanford 'A' (Luke Maurer, Andres DuPont, Avery Voss, Ethan Harrington) 1:20.00; 4, Stanford 'B' (Henry McFadden, Preston Forst, Gibson Holmes, Gabe Machado) 1:22.39.
200 MR – 1, Cal 1:26.90; 2, Stanford 'A' (Rex Maurer, Ethan Dang, Rafael Gu, Jonathan Tan) 1:26.92; 3, Stanford 'B' (Hayden Kwan, Hayden Zheng, Aaron Sequeira, Rick Mihm) 1:30.22.
