Sarah Henry Triples, Stanford Men Continue Domination at Art Adamson Invitational

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COLLEGE STATION – Despite a delay in the action due to a power outage at the Texas A&M Student Recreation Center Natatorium, there were still plenty of quick times put up during the second night of finals at the Art Adamson Invitational. Texas A&M’s Sarah Henry picked up her third win of the meet while Stanford’s Dave Nolan won his second event to highlight another great night of racing from the Stanford men’s team.

Night two of finals began with the women’s 200 medley relay. Once again, Stanford dominated the field, as Ally Howe, Sarah Haase, Janet Hu and Simone Manuel put together an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 1:35.99. They finished nearly two seconds under the A cut of 1:37.84, and more than two in front of Texas A&M’s Kelli Benjamin, Sycerika McMahon, Beryl Gastaldello and Sammie Bosma (1:38.10). Caley Oquist, Colleen O’Neil, Amber Carter and Leah Troskot gave LSU a third place effort with their 1:38.87.

Stanford made it a sweep of the medley relays, as Dave Nolan, Christian Brown, Andrew Liang and Sam Perry collected the men’s title in a B cut of 1:26.11. LSU’s Logan Rysemus, Silas Dejean, Frank Greeff and Marco Gonzalez touched second in 1:27.98, while TCU’s Cooper Robinson, Ford Story, Garrett Hills and Josh Mangus rounded out the top three in 1:28.09.

Texas A&M senior Sarah Henry picked up her third win of the meet in the 400 IM, cruising to an automatic qualifying time of 4:04.92, almost seven seconds faster than her prelim performance. The Aggies swept the top three in the event, with freshmen Bethany Galat (4:09.58) and Lisa Bratton (4:11.08) hitting the wall second and third.

Stanford sophomore Max Williamson put on a clinic in the men’s 400 IM, winning by almost eight seconds in 3:43.36. He just missed the A cut of 3:42.40 by less than a second. Williamson led a Cardinal sweep in the event as Curtis Ogren finished second in 3:51.26 and Danny Thomson touched third in 3:52.47.

The women’s 100 fly featured a great race between five of the top eight swimmers. Janet Hu of Stanford led at the halfway point at 24.20, and ended up just holding off LSU’s Amber Carter and Boise State’s Brittany Aoyama at the finish. Hu stopped the clock in 52.27, while Carter swam a 52.33 and Aoyama posted a 52.40 after qualifying first in 52.06.

The Stanford men continued their domination with another 1-2-3 finish in the men’s 100 fly. Gray Umbach led the way in 46.99, just over three tenths in front of teammate Connor Black (47.34). Andrew Liang wrapped up third in 47.49.

Simone Manuel of Stanford continued her torrid pace at the meet, winning a second individual event with a 1:42.03 in the 200 free. She could challenge Missy Franklin’s 17-18 national age group record in the event at NCAAs, if she swims that event. Stanford teammate Lia Neal came in second in 1:44.52, while Texas A&M’s Ellen Quirke rounded out the top three in 1:46.25.

Stanford picked up its third consecutive 1-2-3 finish in the men’s 200 free, with senior Drew Cosgarea topping the men’s 200 free by a hair over teammates Tom Kremer and Thomas Stephens. Cosgarea took over the lead at the halfway point and held on to win in 1:36.35, while Kremer snuck in for second at 1:36.41. Stephens swam a 1:36.46 for third.

After posting the top two times in prelims, Stanford’s Heidi Poppe and Sarah Haase flip-flopped places in finals, with Poppe coming out on top, 59.21 to 59.31. Both just missed the NCAA A cut in the event of 59.12. Sycerika McMahon of Texas A&M claimed third in 1:00.45.

Arizona State’s Thibault Capitaine finally put an end to the Stanford win streak in the men’s 100 breast, clocking in at 53.97 for the win. LSU’s Silas Dejean finished just off his top-seed prelim time and took second in 54.30, while Grand Canyon’s Mantas Auruskev claimed third in 54.53.

A trio of freshmen topped the championship final of the women’s 100 back, led by a pair of Stanford Cardinals. Janet Hu swam a 52.22 to take the victory, with Ally Howe in second at 52.53. Beryl Gastaldello, a freshman at Texas A&M, rounded out the top three in 53.12.

Dave Nolan of Stanford earned his second individual win of the meet in the men’s 100 back, cruising to a 47.32, well ahead of TCU’s Cooper Robinson (48.20) and Stanford’s Andrew Liang (48.27).

Kristian Ipsen of Stanford topped the men’s 3-meter diving competition with 415.90 points, just holding off Texas A&M’s Tyler Henschel (404.15). Devin Burnett of SMU came in third with a 373.55.

In the women’s 800 free relay, Stanford’s Julia Anderson, Maddy Schaefer, Lia Neal and Simone Manuel combined forces to post a 7:01.22, way under the 7:07.20 NCAA A cut in the event. Texas A&M tracked down second, with Sarah Gibson, Meredith Oliver, Ellen Quirke and Sarah Henry posting a 7:09.32. Stanford’s B team of Lindsey Engel, Alexandra Meyers, Grace Carlson and Mackenzie Stein put up a third place showing with their 7:14.26.

Stanford capped the evening with a dominant showing in the men’s 800 free relay as the A relay of Dave Nolan, Thomas Stephens, Drew Cosgarea and Tom Kremer stopped the clock in 6:26.77. The Cardinal C relay of Brock Turner, Jimmy Yoder, Max Williamson and Danny Thomson finished second (6:33.64), while the B relay of Sean Duggan, Jeff Garnier, Chris Pickard and Sam Perry picked up third in 6:33.67.

The Texas A&M women lead with 836.5 points, ahead of Stanford (733.5) and LSU (386). The Stanford men have a gigantic lead, with 1,107 points. LSU (410) and Texas A&M (306) are in second and third.

Results: Art Adamson Invitational, Day Two

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