California Tri-Distance Challenge

BERKELEY, California, November 10. STANFORD and Cal spit its six tri-distance events in the East Bay on Wednesday with Bobby Bollier (butterfly), David Nolan (individual medley) and Chad La Tourette (long distance freestyle) all winning with combined times for the Cardinal.

The freshman Nolan won all three IM events, taking home a clean sweep in the 100-yard IM (51.30), 200 IM (1:50.57) and 400 IM (3:54.92) for a combined time of 6:36.29. Matt Thomson was second with a time of 6:42.31, finishing second in the 400 IM (3:58.58) and third in the 100 IM (52.49) and 200 IM (1:52.06).

La Tourette won the tri-distance's longest combined races for the third-straight year, winning the longer 500 free (4:25.59) and 1000 free (9:08.50) for a combined time of 15:15.66.

Bollier took home wins in the 100 (48.88) and 200 fly (1:47.54) and was third to teammate Erick Peske in the 50 fly for a combined time of 2:58.92. Peske led the pack with a time of 22.37 and Bollier was third with a mark of 22.50. David Mosko was third in the combined fly with a time of 3:03.61.

For Cal, Tom Shields on the combined back (2:54.25) as Matthew Swanston was third (2:57.64). Martin Liivamagi won the combined breast (3:21.20) with Curtis Lovelace also finishing third (3:21.96). In the faster freestyle Tyler Messerschmidt post a mark of 2:44.29, followed by Stanford's Aaron Wayne (2:44.66) and Geoff Cheah (2:45.82).

Top-Three Finishers at Tri-Distance Events
Fly: Boller, Stanford, 2:58.92, Stubblefield, Cal, 3:02.19, Mosko, Stanford, 3:03.61
50 Fly: Peske, Stanford, 22.37, Stubblefield, Cal, 22.39, Bollier, Stanford, 22.50
100 Fly: Bollier, Stanford, 48.88, Stubblefield, Cal, 49.33, Peske, Stanford, 50.08
200 Fly: Bollier, Stanford, 1:47.54, Mosko, Stanford, 1:48.91, Hamilton, Cal, 1:49.59
Back: Shields, Cal, 2:54.25, Gydesen, Cal, 2:55.58, Swanston, Stanford, 2:57.64
50 Back: Shields, Cal, 22.24, Gydesen, Cal, 22.52, Edwards, Stanford, 22.61
100 Back: Shields, Cal, 47.61, Gydesen, Cal, 48.07, Edwards, Stanford, 48.41
200 Back: Shields, Cal, 1:44.40, Gydesen, Cal, 1:44.99, Swanston, Stanford, 1:45.66
Breast: Liivamagi, Cal, 3:21.20, Koon, Cal, 3:21.55, Lovelace, Stanford, 3:21.96
50 Breast: Koon, Cal, 25.24, Lovelace, Stanford, 25.73, Liivamagi, Cal, 25.79
100 Breast: Koon, Cal, 54.93, Liivamagi, Cal, 55.30, Lovelace, 55.82
200 Breast: Liivamagi, Cal, 2:00.11, Lovelace, Stanford, 2:00.41, Koon, Cal, 2:01.38
Fast-Free: Messerschmidt, Cal, 2:44.29, Wayne, Stanford, 2:44.66, Cheah, 2:45.82
50 Free: Fleming, Cal, 20.34, Messerschmidt, Cal, 20.45, Wayne, Stanford, 20.46
100 Free: Messerschmidt, Cal, 44.46, Wayne, Stanford, 44.73, Gimondi, Cal, 44.98
200 Free: Messerschmidt, Cal, 1:39.38, Wayne, Stanford, 1:39.47, Andrews, Cal, 1:39.50
IM: Nolan, Stanford, 6:36.29, Thompson, Stanford, 6:42.13, Hinshaw, Cal, 6:42.66
100 IM: Nolan, Stanford, 51.30, Hinshaw, Cal, 51.62, Thompson, Stanford, 52.49
200 IM: Nolan, Stanford, 1:50.57, Hinshaw, Cal, 1:51.81, Thompson, 1:52.06
400 IM: Nolan, Stanford, 3:54.92, Thompson, Stanford, 3:58.58, Hinshaw, Cal, 3:59.23
Long-Free: La Tourette, Stanford, 15:15.66, Bagshaw, Cal, 15:24.41, Hinshaw, Cal, 15:28.38
200 Free: Metz, Cal, 1:39.91, Bagshaw, Cal, 1:41.16, Hinshaw, Cal, 1:41.15
500 Free: La Tourette, Stanford, 4:25.59, Bagshaw, Cal, 4:25.74, Hinshaw, Cal, 4:31.13
1000 Free: La Tourette, Stanford, 9:08.50, Hinshaw, Cal, 9:15.70, Bagshaw, Cal, 9:17.51

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