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College Swimming League
Men's Swimming & Diving

Card Competes All Over on Friday

Three different groups of Cardinal around California

Men's Swimming & Diving
at
atCal / NC State Diving Meet
Berkeley, CA
11:00 AM PDT
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Men's Swimming & Diving
Slug Shootout
Santa Cruz, CA
3:00 PM PDT
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Men's Swimming & Diving
vs. California, Indiana, NC State
CSL Match 2
Walnut, CA
5:30 PM PDT
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  • Stanford men’s swimming has a busy Friday slate, including its second appearance in the College Swimming League.
  • Stanford heads to Walnut, Calif. for Week 5 of the CSL on Friday, Oct. 16, inside Mt. Sac Aquatics Center. Other programs competing against the Cardinal are California, Indiana, and NC State. The meet begins at 5:30 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN+.
  • There will also be a smaller contingent of Cardinal competing at the Slug Shootout, hosted by UC Santa Cruz, beginning at 3 p.m. in Santa Cruz.
  • To round out an active Friday, the men’s divers will face California and NC State at a diving-only meet hosted by the Golden Bears.
  • The CSL is a new, dynamic league poised to revolutionize college swimming with high-octane, fan-focused competition. The league's first season will feature a six-match regular season and a two-match postseason in a four-team format during the fall season, with each participating institution competing in two regular-season matches.
  • Each CSL match has 30 events: 15 for the men and 15 for the women. The four teams earn points based on their combined men’s and women’s scores. At the end of the regular season, the top three teams automatically qualify for the CSL Championship. Teams 4th-7th qualify for the Wild Card match, competing for a spot in the CSL Championship.
  • The men’s event schedule for Friday’s CSL match is as follows (with the women’s event happening prior):
    • 200 Back
    • 200 Breast
    • 500 Free
    • 50 Free Relay
    • 200 Fly
    • 100 IM
    • 100 Back
    • 100 Free
    • Skins
    • 200 IM
    • 100 Breast
    • 50 Free
    • 100 Fly
    • 200 Free
    • Super Skins
  • Skins are elimination-style individual 50-yard races, with the top finishers advancing to the next round. Super Skins are elimination-style relay events in which all rounds are contested as 200 Medley Relays.
  • Even if Stanford finishes fourth on Friday in Match 5, it still has a great chance to clinch a Wild Card spot, depending on the results from Match 6. A win on Friday would guarantee Stanford a spot in the CSL Championship.
  • Stanford won its CSL debut during Match 3, scoring 550 points and overcoming a late lead from California. Auburn finished third, and Ohio State finished fourth.
  • Ethan Ekk was the first individual winner for the Cardinal, taking first in the 200 back with a time of 1:39.20, earning jackpot points in the process. Sander Sorensen also earned his first collegiate win, finishing first in the 100 free (42.83).
  • Stanford needed to win the final Super Skins relay event and have a disqualification from California in order to make up the final points needed, and that’s exactly what happened. Ekk, Daniel Li, Ethan Harrington, and Jonathan Tan were the winning relay team for the Card.
  • Seven different program records were shattered by Cardinal last year, starting in the month of October and finishing in the NCAA Championships in March. Ethan Ekk and Henry McFadden were part of two records: a freestyle event and the 800 free relay.
  • 13 Cardinal were named All-Americans last year. Nine of them are returning to this year’s team.
  • Stanford won two individual conference titles last year: McFadden in the 200 free and Josh Zuchowski in the 400 IM. McFadden was also named the ACC’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
  • Dan Schemmel, the Goldman Family Director of Men’s Swimming, announced a class of seven student-athletes for the 2026-27 season. A full breakdown of each student-athlete can be found HERE.
  • Stanford men's swimming/diving has three remaining home dates on the schedule this year. Stanford hosts UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 15), USC (Jan. 16), and California (Jan. 29) in 2027.