No. 5 Stanford swimming improved to 6-0 overall and 5-0 in the Pac-12 after defeating No. 24 USC by a score of 183.5-110.5 in Los Angeles on Saturday. The Cardinal has now won 36 consecutive dual meets.
Stanford swimming won 11-of-16 events against the Trojans and was led by Alex Crisera and Allie Raab, who each won three events, including two individual events.
To start the meet, Stanford’s team of Crisera, Raab, Amalie Fackenthal and Emma Wheal won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:38.88.
Crisera (52.80) earned first place in the 100-yard backstroke, followed by Lucie Nordmann (53.90) in second and Erin Voss (54.17) in third. Crisera then won the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:54.43. The Cardinal swept that race, with Crisera, Allie Szekely (1:54.88) and Voss (1:55.63) taking the top spots.
Raab won both the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.24) and the 200 breast (2:11.94) to earn her two individual event wins.
Katie Drabot earned her first win of the day in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:46.50. Drabot also finished first in the 200-yard butterfly (1:57.53), followed by Hannah Kukurugya (1:59.95) in second.
On the diving side, Carolina Sculti (346.43) won the 3-meter, while Daria Lenz (311.40) placed third. Lenz also placed in the 1-meter, finishing second with a score of 297.98.
Stanford swimming swept the podium in the 1000-yard freestyle with Morgan Tankersley (9:55.68), Megan Byrnes (10:01.41), and Kukurugya (10:10.43) finishing one-two-three, respectively. Stanford also took the top spots in the 500-yard freestyle thanks to Katie Glavinovich (4:50.04), Tankersley (4:50.23), and Byrnes (4:56.28) and the 400-yard IM, where Szekely (4:09.42), Kukurugya (4:16.76) and Glavinovich (4:18.80) went one-two-three.
Stanford swimming placed a close second in all of the races that it did not win. Fackenthal placed second in the 50-yard free (22.84) and 100-yard free (49.64), and the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Fackenthal, Lauren Pitzer, Crisera and Anya Goeders finished second with a time of 3:19.45. In the 100-yard fly, Drabot finished second with a time of 53.14.
No. 5 Stanford returns to action on Feb. 15 when it hosts Cal at Avery Aquatic Center.
USC highlights
USC Junior Marta Ciesla pulled off an impressive first place finish in the 50y free (22.82) to highlight the No. 8 USC women’s day. The Trojans are 5-2, 4-2.
USC recognized six swimmers: Piper Bockley, Tatum Wade, Abby Miller, Hanni Leach, Catherine Sanchez and Louise Hansson as well as divers Carly Souza and Naomi Gowlet on senior day.
Hansson (53.07) won the 100y fly by .07, picking up her second win in that event of the weekend. Hansson also finished fourth in the 100y back in 54.18.
Sophomore Laticia Transom out-touched Stanford’s Amelie Fackenthal by .10 in the 100y free, finishing with a time of 49.54. Transom took the second-place spot in the 200y free in 1:47.54, preventing Stanford from sweeping the event.
On the diving side, Gowlett took the 1-meter springboard in 298.80.
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