STANFORD, Calif. - 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.
A unique format to typical collegiate swimming events, Triple Distance meets split swimmers into event groups (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, sprint freestyle, distance freestyle, and individual medley), requiring athletes to participate in three different distances within the event.
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. Huske's swims in the 100 IM (52.64) and 200 IM (1:55.13) were also enough to pace the field.
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. Bell also added an event title in the 200 Breast with a 2:04.76 swim, while Lucy Thomas won the 50 breast in 26.91 to complete the breaststroke sweep for Stanford.
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.
The Stanford swimmers will now prepare for their biggest event of the fall later this month, getting into midseason form for the Texas Swimming Invitational on Nov. 19-22.
Event Winners (in order of competition)
200 Fly - Lilou Ressencourt (CAL) - 1:53.24
200 Back - Caroline Bricker (STAN) - 1:54.50
200 Breast - Lucy Bell (STAN) - 2:04.76
200 Free (S) - Gigi Johnson (STAN) - 1:44.35
400 IM - Torri Huske (STAN) - 4:04.21
1000 Free - Bailey O’Regan (STAN) - 9:49.73
100 Fly - Annie Jia (CAL) - 51.23
100 Back - Levenia Sim (STAN) - 52.67
100 Breast - Lucy Bell (STAN) - 58.27
100 Free - Mary Ambre-Moluh (CAL) - 47.98
200 IM - Torri Huske (STAN) - 1:55.13
500 Free - Bailey O’Regan (STAN) - 4:48.44
50 Fly - Annie Jia (CAL) - 23.46
50 Back - Levenia Sim (STAN) - 24.61
50 Breast - Lucy Thomas (STAN) - 26.91
50 Free - Mary Ambre-Moluh (CAL) - 22.07
100 IM - Torri Huske (STAN) - 52.64
200 Free (D) - Ava Chavez (CAL) - 1:47.50
Mixed 200 Medley Relay - California “A” - 1:29.24
Mixed 200 Freestyle Relay - California “A” - 1:22.23