DALLAS – The Stanford men’s swimming team closed out the four-day SMU Invitational by sweeping all six races on Saturday at the Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center.
In the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay, Stanford earned its fourth NCAA relay A cut of the meet. The team of Andres Dupont Cabrera, Andrei Minakov, Rafael Gu, and Henry McFadden clocked 2:47.89 to beat the A standard of 2:49.79. Stanford now has A cuts in every relay event.
Stanford swimmers earned eight personal bests Saturday and 28 NCAA B cut times. In addition, there were three additions or improvements to the team’s all-time Top 15 list.
Liam Custer earned one of them in winning the 1,650 free in a B time of 14:40.58, jumping three spots on the all-time list to No. 7. His previous best was 14:46.22.
Other winners were Aaron Sequeira in the 200 backstroke (1:40.80), Andres Dupont Cabrera in the 100 free (42.22), Ron Polonsky in the 200 breaststroke (1:52.36), and Henry McFadden in the 200 butterfly (1:43.14).
Of the four teams that competed in the swimming competition, Stanford was the high scorer with 1,043.5 points. SMU was second with 957.5, with Drury third with 727, and Hawai’i fourth with 545.
The meet concludes the fall season for Cardinal swimming, though the USA Diving Winter Nationals are Dec. 8-15 in Bloomington, Indiana.
Men’s Swimming and Diving
SMU Invitational
At Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center
Saturday’s results
Final team scores – 1, Stanford 1,043.5; 2, SMU 957.5; 3, Drury 727; 4, Hawai’i 545.
1,650-yard freestyle – 1, Liam Custer (Stanford) 14:40.58 (B; No. 7 Stanford AT); 3, Henry Morrissey (Stanford) 15:03.25 (B); 5, Gabe Machado (Stanford) 15:11.54 (B).
200 backstroke – A Final: 1, Aaron Sequeira (Stanford) 1:40.80 (B); 2, Hayden Kwan (Stanford) 1:41.97 (B); 5, Josh Zuchowski (Stanford) 1:43.10 (B). B Final: 10, Finn Harland (Stanford) 1:45.43 (PB). Prelims: 1, Sequeira 1:40.50 (B); 3, Kwan 1:43.50 (B); 5, Zuchowski 1:44.04; 10, Harland 1:47.25.
100 free – A Final: 1, Andres Dupont Cabrera (Stanford) 42.22 (B); 3, Jonathan Tan (Stanford) 42.64 (PB; B; No. 14 Stanford AT); 4, Ethan Harrington (Stanford) 43.19 (B); 8, Avery Voss (Stanford) 43.78. Prelims: 1, Dupont Cabrera 42.45 (B); 3, Tan 43.21 (B); 3, Harrington 43.21 (B); 8, Voss 43.75.
200 breaststroke – A Final: 1, Ron Polonsky (Stanford) 1:52.36 (B); 2, Daniel Li (Stanford) 1:54.03 (PB; B; No. 13 Stanford AT); 4, Go Nagaoka (Stanford) 1:54.87 (PB; B); 5, Zhier Fan (Stanford) 1:55.65 (B). B Final: 11, Hayden Zheng (Stanford) 1:56.88 (B); 12, Abram Mueller (Stanford) 1:57.23 (PB). Prelims: 1, Li 1:54.17 (PB; B); 2, Polonsky 1:55.59 (B); 4, Fan 1:56.09 (B); 6, Nagaoka 1:56.52 (B); 7, Dang 1:56.58 (B); 9, Zheng 1:58.10; 14, Mueller 2:02.28.
200 butterfly – A Final: 1, Henry McFadden (Stanford) 1:43.14 (B); 3, Matt Fenlon (Stanford) 1:43.64 (B). Prelims: 1, Fenlon 1:44.38 (B); 2, McFadden 1:44.77 (B); 8, Rick Mihm (Stanford) 1:47.58.
400 free relay – 1, Stanford A (Andres Dupont Cabrera, Andrei Minakov, Rafael Gu, Henry McFadden) 2:47.89 (A); 4, Stanford B (Ethan Harrington, Jonathan Tan, Avery Voss, Ron Polonsky) 2:52.03; 7, Stanford C (Finn Harland, Abram Mueller, Daniel Li, Go Nagaoka) 2:57.83x. Harland PB 43.84.
100 breast – Time trial: 1, Go Nagaoka (Stanford) 52.77.
100 back – Time trial: 1, Josh Zuchowski (Stanford) 47.16.
200 fly – Time trial: 1, Josh Zuchowski (Stanford) 1:43.93 (PB).
100 fly – Time trial: 1, Rafael Gu (Stanford) 45.02.