STANFORD, Calif. – No. 1 Stanford opened the season with a 186-105 win over Arkansas, Saturday, at the Avery Aquatic Center.
The Cardinal won 14 of the 16 events against the Razorbacks (1-1). Stanford has won 30 consecutive dual meets and 20 in a row at home.
Stanford's Alex Crisera, Allie Raab, Amalie Fackenthal and Ashley Volpenhein started the meet off with a win in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:40.33.
Junior Brooke Forde won the 1,000 freestyle by nearly 12 seconds with a time of 9:50.58. The Louisville, Kentucky, native was also victorious in the 200 breaststroke at 2:13.05.
Sophomore Amalie Fackenthal (1:47.05) edged Crisera (1:47.58) in the 200 freestyle. She also touched first in the 100 butterfly at 53.92. Crisera came in first in the 200 backstroke at 1:54.99.
Raab, a sophomore from Brentwood, Tennessee, won two races, placing first in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.84) and the 200 individual medley (1:59.59).
Also picking up wins for Stanford were senior Erin Voss (100 backstroke – 53.95), senior Allie Szekely (200 butterfly – 2:00.98) and junior Katie Glavinovich (500 freestyle – 4:51.42).
In the final race of the afternoon, Grace Zhao anchored the 400 freestyle relay, which included Crisera, Glavinovich and Emma Wheal, to a win by .17 over the Razorbacks. The junior was trailing late, but put her head down during the final stretch and touched the wall at 3:23.58 ahead of Arkansas' Emma Hultquist (3:23.75).
Sophomore diver Daria Lenz won both the 1-meter and 3-meter for the Cardinal with scores of 275.85 and 300.08, respectively.
Up next, Stanford hosts Washington State on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 5 p.m. The Cardinal will wear pink suits in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
