TUCSON, Ariz. - No. 3 Stanford women's swimming and diving opened the winter slate with a 195-99 dual meet win at No. 21 Arizona on Friday afternoon.
Eight different Cardinal won an event, led by two victories apiece from senior Ella Eastin, sophomore Brooke Forde and freshman Zoe Bartel.
Stanford (3-0, 3-0) has won 26 straight dual meets. The Cardinal's last defeat in a dual was Feb. 14, 2015—which also marks a string of 24 straight Pac-12 dual meet victories over the last four years.
Eastin won the 100-yard backstroke as the Cardinal took the top four spots. The 2018 NCAA Swimmer of the Year finished in 52.85 -- just ahead of freshman Taylor Ruck (53.45), junior Erin Voss (54.07) and junior Allie Szekely (54.27). Eastin also claimed the 500 free in 4:46.04, again edging out Ruck (4:49.00), while junior Megan Byrnes was third (4:49.32) and Morgan Tankersley was fourth (4:51.90).
Forde won the 1,000 freestyle as Stanford swept the podium. The second-year standout finished in 9:46.44 -- a few second before senior Leah Stevens (9:51.36) and Tankersley (9:57.01). A short while later, Forde won the 200 butterfly in 1:56.14, while classmate Hannah Kukurugya was the runner-up at 1:58.20.
Bartel was tops in the 100 breaststroke and 200 individual medley. In the breaststroke, the rookie bested the field with a time of 1:02.02, and then won the medley with a finish of 2:02.75.
Stanford also swept the 200 free behind Lucie Nordmann (1:47.07), Katie Glavinovich (1:49.01) and Allie Raab (1:49.82).
Freshman Amalie Fackenthal won the 50 free (22.78), sophomore Lauren Pitzer took the 100 free (49.91), Voss won the 200 back (1:54.96), and Szekely won the 200 breast (2:11.35) ahead of Grace Zhao (2:13.32).
Stanford also won both relay events with the fastest times in the 200 free relay (1:30.68) and the 200 medley relay (1:38.71).
The Cardinal is back in action on Saturday at Arizona State. The meet begins at 11 a.m. and can be seen here.
