COLLEGE STATION, Texas - No. 6 Stanford tallied three event wins in six opportunities to vault ahead of the competition after day one of Texas A&M's Art Adamson Invitational on Thursday.
The Cardinal finished the evening with 414.5 points, ahead of the host Aggies' total of 303.
2019's edition of the Art Adamson Invitational features a unique format, including long course meters for morning prelims and short course yards for finals at night, allowing athletes to go after Olympic Trials cuts to start the day and wrap up action seeking NCAA qualifying standards.
Stanford opened things in dominant fashion, going 1-through-4 in the prelims of the 400m free, led by a new pool-record time of 4:11.43 from Katie Drabot. Joined with qualifying times from Lauren Pitzer, Brooke Forde, Megan Byrnes and Erin Voss, all five women already featured Olympic Trials cuts going into the event, as Drabot (4:35.84), Forde (4:36.31) and Pitzer (4:38.57) recorded the nation's top-three times in the 500-yard free in the finals.
Zoe Bartel and Allie Szekely posted qualifying times for the Olympic Trials in the 200m IM, while Szekely led the way for Stanford in the finals, placing third.
Already set for Olympic Trials times in the 50m free, Anya Goeders, Amalie Fackenthal and Brooke Stenstrom all qualified for the A-final, and it was Fackenthal getting the victory for Stanford in the 50-yard free with a time of 22.25.
The Cardinal picked up one relay victory on Thursday as Alex Crisera, Allie Raab, Fackenthal and Pitzer teamed up to win the 400-yard medley relay, posting the nation's top time of 3:31.76 in the process. Stanford finished second in the 200-yard free relay with a time of 1:28.88 from Pitzer, Fackenthal, Stenstrom and Goeders.
On the diving board, Mia Paulsen notched a personal-best score of 295.40 in the 1-meter prelims, and Daria Lenz led the Cardinal with a second-place mark of 308.10 in the finals.
Competition continues in Texas on Friday, with prelims set to begin at 8 a.m.
