Pac-12 Friday Recap: Stanford Sweeps Arizona; Cal Sweeps Arizona State

Stanford's Ella Eastin. Photo Courtesy: Dan D'Addona

By Dan D’Addona.

The No. 3 Stanford women swam through a hail storm and earned 192-100 win over No. 20 Arizona at Avery Aquatic Center on Friday afternoon.

Sophomore Ella Eastin won three events and senior Kassidy Cook swept the diving events to lead the Cardinal (4-0, 3-0 Pac-12) in its first meet of the New Year. Stanford won every event.

Eastin won the 100 breaststroke (1:01.89), 100 butterfly (53.43) and the 200 backstroke (1:54.93).

Katie Ledecky won the 1,000 freestyle (9:19.52) and the 500 freestyle (4:40.89).

Simone Manuel won the 200 freestyle (1:44.20). Janet Hu won the 100 backstroke (52.43). Katie Drabot won the 200 butterfly (1:54.14). Ally Howe won the 100 freestyle (49.95). Grace Zhao won the 200 breaststroke (2:11.19). Allie Szekely won the 200 IM (1:59.05).

Kassidy Cook won 1-meter diving with 308.85 points and 3-meter (298.13).

Hu also won the 50 freestyle (22.09) edging Katrina Konopka (23.27).

The Stanford men defeated Arizona 194-99 on Friday.

True Sweetser won the 1,000 freestyle (8:58.54). Grant Shoults won the 200 freestyle (1:37.29). Ryan Dudzinski won the 100 backstroke (48.36). Brennan Pastorek won the 100 breaststroke (55.61) and 200 breaststroke (2:01.64). Alberto Mestre won the 50 freestyle (20.38). Ted Miclau won 1-meter diving (314.33). Abrahm DeVine won the 100 free (43.77). Benjamin Ho won the 200 backstroke (1:47.06). Liam Egan won the 500 free (4:23.28). Andrew Liang won the 100 butterfly (47.58). Tarek Abdelghany won 3-meter diving (389.10).

Arizona’s Justin Wright won the 200 butterfly (1:45.80). Nick Thorne won the 200 IM (1:49.87).

Cal sweeps Arizona State

The Cal men’s swim team topped Arizona State 158-133 on Friday night.

A win in the first event of the day, the 400-yard medley relay, featured the team of Daniel Carr, Connor Hoppe, Justin Lynch and Ryan Hoffer as the quartet swam to a winning time of 3:11.60 to get the Bears started.

Nick Norman kept Cal in the winner’s circle in the next event, jumping out to an early lead that he would never relinquish to win the 1,000 freestyle. Norman’s time of 9:00.04 is Cal’s fastest of the season and dropped over 12 seconds from his time against Stanford in November.

The 200 freestyle featured three of the top swimmers in the Pac-12 as Cal’s Michael Jensen and Andrew Seliskar squared off with Arizona State’s Cameron Craig. Jensen established a narrow lead by the 100-yard mark but Seliskar took the lead back by the 150, swimming to a time of 1:35.73 to edge Jensen, who finished second.

Sophomore Zheng Wen Quah earned the first of two wins on the day with a time of 47.60 in the 100 back while Carson Sand followed with a mark of 54.09 and a win of his own in the 100 breast. Mike Thomas claimed the 200 fly in 1:44.36 and Justin Lynch finished the first portion of the meet with a time of 19.88 and a victory in the 50 free.

Jensen picked up in the 100 free where he left off in the 200, clocking a time of 43.07 to just beat Lynch to the wall for the win. A battle of Cal freshmen finished 1-2 in the 200 back as Bryce Mefford stopped the clock in 1:45.22 to narrowly out-touch Carr. Sand completed a sweep of the breaststroke events with a time of 1:58.71 and Quah earned his own double with a time of 47.63 in the 100 fly. Norman led Cal’s contingent in the 500 free to the wall, placing second in 4:25.17.

Meanwhile, the Cal women beat Arizona State 172-118.

Noemie Thomas was one of the double-winners, taking the 100-yard butterfly in 52.60 and the 200 fly in 1:58.41. In addition, junior Amy Bilquist prevailed in the 100 backstroke (53.38) and 100 freestyle (49.68), while freshman Robin Neumann won the 200 free (1:47.35) and 500 free (4:55.74).

Others to come out on top during the meet were sophomore Chenoa Devine in the 1000 free (10:01.70), freshman Ali Harrison in the 100 breast (1:02.99), sophomore Abbey Weitzeil in the 50 free (22.20), junior Kathleen Baker in the 200 back (1:57.15), junior Phoebe LaMay on the 1-meter springboard (315.45) and freshman Sarah Darcel in the 400 individual medley (4:18.14). The Bears also captured the 400 medley relay and 400 free relay.

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