TEMPE, Ariz. – Stanford freshman Misha Andriyuk showed a glimpse of his talent in his best event by winning the platform diving competition during the second and final day of Stanford’s double dual men’s swimming and diving meet against Cal and Arizona State on Friday.
The three diving events, unfortunately for Stanford, did not count in the meet scoring, meaning the Cardinal could not benefit from Andriyuk’s victory on Friday or Jack Ryan’s in the 1-meter springboard on Thursday, though they did count for NCAA Zone qualifying.
No. 9 Stanford lost to No. 1 Cal, 181-172, and to No. 6 Arizona State, 223-130, in its first scoring meets of the season, at ASU’s Mona Plummer Aquatic Center.
Andriyuk is among the top under-20 platform divers in the world and will represent the U.S. at the World Junior Championships in Rio de Janeiro from Nov. 24-Dec. 1. He was second at the 2024 U.S. Junior Nationals and seventh at the Olympic Trials.
In his first platform competition as a collegian, Andriyuk scored 380.30 points, giving him a 56.80-point margin of victory over runner-up Jack Clark of Cal. Andriyuk had his best score on his fourth dive when he reached 91.80 on a reverse 3 ½ somersault tuck – a dive that had his highest degree of difficulty (3.40).
Andriyuk was joined by Olympian Ron Polonsky among Stanford winners Friday. Polonsky won the 200 individual medley in 1:43.76. It was among 16 NCAA ‘B’ standard times achieved by Stanford swimmers on the day.
There were two personal records set by Stanford swimmers, including 1:55.16 in the 200 breaststroke by freshman Go Nagaoka, who placed fourth in a ‘B’ qualifying time.
Stanford achieved its first NCAA ‘A’ standard, in the first event of the day, the 800 free relay. The Stanford team of Andrei Minakov, Andres Dupont Cabrera, Rick Mihm, and Henry McFadden clocked 6:15.51 for second. The ‘A’ cutoff is 6:16.02.
Stanford’s next action is the Texas Diving Invitational on Nov. 15-17 in Austin, where Andriyuk, Ryan, and Hunter Hollenbeck are scheduled to compete.
Double Dual
At Mona Plummer Aquatic Center
Winner and all Stanford
Final team scores – California 181, Stanford 172; Arizona State 223, Stanford 130; ASU 210, Cal 143.
800-yard freestyle relay – 1, Arizona State 6:13.18; 2, Stanford A (Andrei Minakov, Andres Dupont Cabrera, Rick Mihm, Henry McFadden) 6:15.51 (A); 7, Stanford B (Jonathan Tan, Gibson Holmes, Gabe Machado, Avery Voss) 6:32.15.
200 breaststroke – 1, Yamato Okadome (Cal) 1:53.31; 2, Ron Polonsky (Stanford) 1:53.51 (B); 4, Go Nagaoka (Stanford) 1:55.16 (PB; B); 7, Ethan Dang (Stanford) 1:57.37 (B); 9, Zhier Fan (Stanford) 1:57.48x. Unplaced: Daniel Li (Stanford) 1:55.28x (B); Hayden Zheng (Stanford) 1:56.90x (B); Abram Mueller (Stanford) 1:58.22x.
200 backstroke – 1, Keaton Jones (Cal) 1:41.68; 5, Josh Zuchowski (Stanford) 1:43.19 (B); 6, Hayden Kwan (Stanford) 1:43.27 (B); 8, Aaron Sequeira (Stanford) 1:43.70 (B); 11, Finn Harland (Stanford) 1:45.91x (PB).
50 free – 1, Ilya Kharun (ASU) 18.67; 6, Jonathan Tan (Stanford) 19.64 (B); 8, Rafael Gu (Stanford) 19.78 (B); 9, Ethan Harrington (Stanford) 19.85; 10, Avery Voss (Stanford) 19.97x.
500 free – 1, Gabriel Jett (Cal) 4:18.08; 2, Henry McFadden (Stanford) 4:19.57 (B); 4, Liam Custer (Stanford) 4:20.15 (B); 9, Gabe Machado (Stanford) 4:24.46; 10, Henry Morrissey (Stanford) 4:27.27x.
100 butterfly – 1, Ilya Kharun (ASU) 44.01; 2, Andrei Minakov (Stanford) 45.47 (B); 5, Aaron Sequeira (Stanford) 46.35 (B); 7, Rafael Gu (Stanford) 47.09; 8, Andres Dupont Cabrera (Stanford) 47.66x. Unplaced: Ethan Harrington (Stanford) 47.64x; Hayden Kwan (Stanford) 49.06x.
200 individual medley – 1, Ron Polonsky (Stanford) 1:43.76 (B); 4, Rick Mihm (Stanford) 1:46.37; 6, Gibson Holmes (Stanford) 1:46.54; 9, Zhier Fan (Stanford) 1:48.48x. Unplaced: Hayden Zheng (Stanford) 1:48.21x; Daniel Li (Stanford) 1:49.81x; Abram Mueller (Stanford) 1:50.24x.
200 free relay – 1, Arizona State 1:14.35; 2, Stanford A (Jonathan Tan, Andrei Minakov, Rafael Gu, Avery Voss) 1:16.96 (B); 5, Stanford B (Ethan Harrington, Andres Dupont Cabrera, Finn Harland, Henry McFadden) 1:18.66.
Platform (non-scoring) – 1, Misha Andriyuk (Stanford) 380.30.
PB = personal best
A = NCAA 'A' standard
B = NCAA 'B' standard