STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford won all 13 events in a 151-85 dual meet win over Pacific on Friday at Avery Aquatic Center.
"We're at a critical point in the season, having just finished our holiday training regimen," said the Goldman Family Director of Men's Swimming Ted Knapp. "I'm thrilled with how today's meet went after the group had an extremely productive last few weeks. We're looking forward to an opportunity to race two days in a row against two strong teams in two weeks' time in Arizona."
Freshman diver Conor Casey highlighted the day with wins in both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards. Casey won the 1-meter with a score of 358.73 before winning the 3-meter with a stellar 392.70. Casey recently competed in the USA Winter Trials in Atlanta, finishing fourth on the synchronized 3-meter, third on the 1-meter and 10th on the 3-meter.
"I have been very impressed with Conor up to this point," said diving coach Patrick Jeffrey. "Today was another indicator of his talent, and his ceiling is still much higher than what we've seen."
The Cardinal (2-0) began the morning with a win in the 200-yard medley relay. The all-senior quartet of Ryan Dudzinski, Matt Anderson, Brad Zdroik and Cole Cogswell (1:28.65) captured the win, followed by Alex Boratto, Jonathan Cook, David Madej and Mason Gonzalez (1:31.60) in second place.
True Sweetser (9:09.13) dominated the 1,000-yard freestyle, followed by teammate Jack Levant (9:30.47) in second place. Will Macmillan (1:37.39) made it three in a row with a win in the 200-yard freestyle with Johannes Calloni (1:40.92) earning runner-up status.
Jordan Greenberg (20.73) was fastest in the 50-yard freestyle while James Murphy (20.80) followed him up in second place. Jack Walsh (1:50.40) won the fifth event of the meet, the 200-yard individual medley, over Daniel Roy (1:51.41), Anderson (1:54.17), Matthew Hirschberger (1:55.65) and Sweetser (1:58.17) – Stanford claimed the top five times in the event.
Hank Poppe (48.61) won the 100-yard butterfly with Macmillan (48.81) and Gonzalez (50.00) rounding out the podium. Jack Levant (44.70) then claimed the 100-yard freestyle with Zdroik (45.53) in second place and Madej (46.22) in third.
Patrick Conaton (48.91) won the 100-yard backstroke with Cogswell (50.12) and Calloni (50.40) completing the All-Cardinal podium. Murphy (4:27.01) was Stanford's fastest swimmer in the 500-yard freestyle with Sweetser (4:27.25) narrowly finishing runner-up ahead of Hirschberger (4:30.15).
Anderson (55.76) outdueled Roy (55.88) in the 100-yard breaststroke, the final individual swim of the day. Stanford's team of Cogswell, Zdroik, Conaton and DeVine (1:21.89) capped the meet with an impressive win in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Stanford returns to action in two weeks when it travels to face Arizona on Jan. 25 in Tucson, Arizona, and Arizona State on Jan. 26 in Tempe, Arizona. Live results will be available at GoStanford.com.
