STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford hosts the Western Regionals on Saturday at Avery Aquatic Center. Seniors Miko Begossi, Yujin Chang, Ivy Davis, Emily Ding, Yara Elian and Atira O'Neil will be honored.
• Stanford captured its fifth straight MPSF Championship title, remaining the only team champion since the MPSF started sponsoring the sport in 2022, totaling 101 points. Audrey Kwon and Calista Liu won the duet title with a score of 241.0250. Megumi Field, Dalia Ovadia and Karen Xue won the trio with a score of 224.8996. Taking first-place honors in the team competition was Elisa Brunel, Yujin Chang, Emily Ding, Yanna Hauck, Atira O’Neil, Manu Pindi, Simone Radom and Ella Rau, achieving a score of 206.5058.
• The Cardinal was also well-represented among the conference's individual awards. Dalia Ovadia was named MPSF Swimmer of the Meet, Karen Xue was tabbed the MPSF Freshman of the Meet and Elvira Khasyanova was awarded the MPSF Coach of the Meet.
• Yara Elian was named MPSF Artistic Swimmer of the Week on Jan. 27 for her performances at the OSU Invitational. Elian captured a pair of event titles to lead the Cardinal, teaming up with Calista Liu and Audrey Kwon to win the trio competition with 201.1008 points. In the Tech A competition, Elian claimed her second crown with 80.5989 points.
• Stanford is attempting to win back-to-back national championships for the first time since a four-peat from 2005-08. The Cardinal secured its 10th national title in school history in 2025, claiming event titles in team, duet and trio en route to winning it all for the first time since 2021. Stanford also posted a runner-up finish in the solo routine. Artistic Swimming is one of only six programs on The Farm to have won at least 10 national championships.
• Stanford produced three individual national champions last year, highlighted by Dalia Ovadia being named the national championship meet’s high point scorer, factoring into all three event crowns. Megumi Field also wrapped up the meet as a three-time individual champion, teaming with Ovadia to win the duet. Field and Ovadia then combined with Audrey Kwon to capture the trio. The Cardinal also compiled enough declared points to win the team final, as Field, Kwon and Ovadia raised the trophy along with Miko Begossi, Ivy Davis, Yara Elian, Calista Liu and Lindi Schroeder thanks to a total of 303.37.
• Head coach Elvira Khasyanova enters her first season as head coach since arriving on The Farm in September 2018 while serving as assistant coach for the previous seven seasons. A 2021 International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee, Khasyanova boasts an extremely decorated professional career competing as a member of the Russian Senior National Team from 1999-2012 and a three-time Olympic gold medalist in the team competition (2004, 2008, 2012)