STANFORD, Calif. - No. 4 Stanford closes out the fall slate with the swimmers making the trip to Austin for the Texas Swimming Invitational on November 18-21 in Lee and Joe Jamail Swimming Center.
Prelim sessions are scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. PT each morning, followed by the finals season at 4 p.m. PT. 50-meter sprints will have five finals races, followed by four in the 100/200 events and three in the 400/500 events.
The Texas Swimming Invitational event schedule is as follows (All times Pacific)
November 18
2:30 p.m. - 1650 free (early heats)
4 p.m. - 200 medley relay, 1650 free, 800 free (finals)
November 19
8 a.m. - 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breast (prelims)
4 p.m. - 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breast, 200 free relay (finals)
November 20
8 a.m. - 100 back, 200 breast, 500 free, 50 free (prelims)
4 p.m. - 100 back, 200 breast, 500 free, 50 free, 400 medley relay (finals)
November 21
8 a.m. - 200 IM, 100 free, 200 fly, 200 back (prelims)
4 p.m. - 200 IM, 100 free, 200 fly, 200 back, 400 free relay (finals)
LAST TIME OUT » Sophomore Anna Lemkin secured a platform dive title at the Texas Diving Invitational, capping off three days of competition for the Stanford divers. The reigning ACC champion in the 10-meter, Lemkin paced the field with a 283.20 five-day score to win by over a seven-point margin. Freshman Molly Gray reached a pair of event finals over the weekend, advancing to the evening session in both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives. Emilie Moore was the only Stanford diver to compete in all three events in the meet, highlighted by a sixth-place finish in the platform dive with a 231.50 score.
TRIPLE DISTANCE TRIUMPHS » No. 3 Stanford swimming & diving had a strong showing in Friday's Triple Distance meet, winning 12 of 20 races against No. 5 California in the non-scoring competition. Torri Huske swept the IM events on the afternoon, highlighted by a lifetime-best in the 400 IM (4:04.21) to give her a Stanford Top 10 time in a remarkable ten different events. Lucy Bell also improved her career-best in the 100 breast with a 58.27, shaving two-hundredths off her previous mark to inch closer to the program record in the event. The Cardinal went 1-2-3 in each of the backstroke events, with Levenia Sim getting to the wall first in both the 50 back (24.61) and 100 back (52.67) races. Caroline Bricker tabbed a race win in the 200 back, posting a time of 1:54.60. Bailey O'Regan earned her first two race wins of the year in distance freestyle, posting a 4:48.44 in the 500 free and a 9:49.73 time in the 1000 free. Gigi Johnson rounded out the race winners for Stanford, besting the sprint group in the 200 free with a race-winning time of 1:44.35.
BEAT CAL IN BERKELEY » No. 3 Stanford women's swimming & diving rolled to a pair of victories, winning 13 of 19 event titles in a two-day double dual against Arizona State and No. 5 California. Caroline Bricker highlighted the weekend with event titles for Stanford, touching the wall first in the 200 fly (1:52.83) and 400 IM (4:04.30) on Friday, before adding a 200 breast event title with a 2:09.18 swim on Saturday. Torri Huske collected a pair of race wins, highlighted by a personal-best 51.62 in the 100 back to break into the Stanford Top 10 in the event. Huske also added a victory in the 100 fly with a 51.05 mark. Lucy Bell also added a Stanford Top-10 time, beating her previous lifetime best in the 100 breast, touching the wall first with a 58.29 time. Bell remains the program's second-fastest swimmer of all time in the event.
SEASON OPENER IN SAN DIEGO » No. 3 Stanford women’s swimming opened the 2025-26 campaign with a second-place finish at the UCSD Triton Invitational, totaling 898.5 points across the two-day meet. The Cardinal trailed only No. 5 California, which won the meet with 1,202 points, while UC San Diego (619.5), Hawai‘i (517) and UC Santa Barbara (454) rounded out the field. Torri Huske led the way for Stanford with three individual victories, winning the 50 free in 22.06 seconds on Friday before adding titles in the 200 free (1:44.45) and 100 free (48.34) on Saturday.
2024 REVISITED » Stanford finished second at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships with 417 points, earning three individual NCAA champions and a relay national title, extending the Cardinal’s 43-year streak as the only program in NCAA history to never finish outside the top ten at a national meet. Lucy Bell (200 breast), Caroline Bricker (400 IM), and Torri Huske (200 IM) each earned individual titles, while the quartet of Bricker, Aurora Roghair, Lillie Nordmann, and Kayla Wilson combined to win the 800 Free crown. Stanford made a strong debut at the ACC Championships in 2025, winning three individual titles and a relay crown in the nation’s most competitive conference.
KEY RETURNERS » The Cardinal head into the 2025-26 campaign with another strong veteran core, returning nine of its 13 All-Americans from a season ago. The group of Lucy Bell, Caroline Bricker, Torri Huske, Gigi Johnson, Anna Lemkin, Natalie Mannion, Lucy Thomas, Emily Thompson, and Kayla Wilson accounted for 29 total NCAA podium finishes, including each of the three individual titles and one-half of Stanford's championship-winning relay.
NEW CARDINAL » Stanford also welcomes seven new student-athletes to The Farm this season, as Alana Berlin, Ellie Cole, Ella Detter, Molly Gray, Ella Jablonski, Annam Olasewere, and Addie Robillard make up the latest Cardinal freshman class. The incoming group ranked second in SwimSwam's final Class of 2025 recruiting rankings, bringing immense national and international experience both in the pool and the diving tower.
A NEW ERA BEGINS » The 2025-26 season begins a new era for the Cardinal women's swimming & diving program, as Chris Lindauer was named the eighth Paul A. Violich Director of Women’s Swimming earlier this summer. Lindauer arrives to The Farm with a proven track record of elevating programs to new heights, coaching 10 individual national champions, 46 women’s NCAA All-Americans and 49 men’s NCAA All-Americans during his 15-year coaching career. He also brings an Olympic-level coaching pedigree, mentoring a pair of gold medalists and 13 Olympic qualifiers, in addition to serving on the USA National Team coaching staff from 2018-20. Joining his coaching staff is 2020 Olympic bronze medalist and former Florida assistant Annie Lazor, along with Marcus Guttman, who made the leap to to the coaching staff after spending two seasons as Director of Operations.