Underclassmen Women, Upperclassmen Men Push Stanford Past Arizona

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern

The No. 5 Stanford men and the No. 2 Stanford women hosted the No. 15 Arizona men and No. 11 Arizona women on Saturday January 23 and rattled the Wildcats as they handily took both meets. The underclassmen women were instrumental in the victory, while the upperclassmen men proved to be lethal.

Men’s Meet:

The meet began with a closely contested 200 medley relay. The Stanford team of Ryan Dudzinski, Christian Brown, Andrew Liang, and Sam Perry took the event with a time of 1:28.85, while the Arizona team of Chatham Dobbs, Andrew Sovero, Chad Indensohn, and Renny Richmond touched close behind with a final time of 1:29.39. The Arizona freshman Ty Fowler took the 1650 free with a winning time of 15:23.24, just beating Stanford sophomore Liam Egan at the finish. Egan was a 15:23.84.

A pair of Stanford seniors then went 1-2 in the 200 free–Sean Duggan claimed the win with a time of 1:38.69 and classmate Jeff Garnier was second with a 1:39.21. The Stanford men then swept the 100 back, led by the freshman Dudzinski (48.82) and rounded off with the senior Ryan Arata (49.52) and sophomore Patrick Conaton (49.66). Conaton just edged out the Arizona freshman Dobbs, who claimed fourth with a 49.68. Freshman Matt Anderson was the next winner for Stanford when he claimed the 100 breast (55.84). He was followed by senior teammate Brown (56.06).

Stanford junior Jimmy Yoder topped the podium in the 200 fly (1:46.13) and was followed by senior teammate Gray Umbach (1:46.54). Arizona’s sophomore Justin Wright was third (1:47.95). The top two spots in the 50 free were also claimed by Stanford swimmers. Sophomore Perry took the event (20.20) and junior teammate Spencer DeShon followed closely behind (20.34).

Duggan and Garnier logged another 1-2 finish in the 100 free, going 45.30 and 45.35, respectively. Arizona’s Richmond was third with a time of 46.05. Conaton and Arata then ran off with the 200 back, with time of 1:45.54 and 1:47.26. A trio of junior Max Williamson (2:02.14), Anderson (2:02.20), and sophomore Curtis Ogden (2:04.64) swept the 200 breast. Stanford recorded another sweep in the 500 free, with Egan (4:29.36) taking first, senior Danny Thomson (4:29.45) coming in a close second, and Yoder rounding off the podium with a time of 4:32.38.

The Stanford men were then scored as exhibition and the Arizona team of Richmond, Parks Jones, Dobbs, and Indensohn finished out the meet with a win in the 400 free relay (3:01.43). Senior Arizona diver Rafael Quintero took both boards. Stanford took the meet form Arizona with a score of 173-118.

Women’s Meet:

In a similar fashion, the Stanford women hit the water swimming as they overtook the Arizona women. A team of Ally Howe, Sarah Haase, Janet Hu, and Lia Neal claimed the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:38.22, two seconds ahead of the Arizona team of Annie Ochitwa, Emma Schoettmer, Mackenzie Rumrill, and Taylor Schick (1:40.21). Stanford freshman Leah Stevens kept the momentum going with a win in the 1000 free (10:00.00), over 16 seconds ahead of Arizona’s Emma McCarthy, who finished second in the event with a 10:16.56.

Stanford then went 1-2 in the 200 free, led by junior Neal (1:46.90). Freshman Ella Eastin claimed second with a time of 1:48.50. Sophomore Howe then claimed a convincing victory in the 100 back with a time of 53.60, over a second faster than Arizona’s freshman Garcia (54.61), and nearly two seconds ahead of the Arizona freshman Ochitwa (55.20). The senior Haase added another victory to Stanford’s tally, when she went a 1:01.06 in the 100 breast. Arizona claimed second and third, with senior Schoettmer (1:02.95) and sophomore Heidi Poppe (1:03.77).

Led by Eastin (1:56.75), who was followed by sophomore Lindsey Engel (1:59.84) and junior Tara Halsted (2:01.19), the Stanford women swept the 200 fly. Sophomore Hu then took the 50 free (23.18) and was followed by senior teammate Julia Ama (23.22) and Arizona freshman Katerina Konopka (23.41). Neal claimed another individual win in the 100 free (49.17), while Ama was second (50.04). Konopka was third in the event (50.81). Hu joined the multi-event winners with her victory in the 200 back (1:55.46), as did Haase with her 2:14.10 in the 200 breast, just .14 ahead of Arizona’s Schoettmer. Arizona freshman Sarah Shimomura claimed the 500 free with a time of 4:53.45, edging out Stanford’s Stevens by just four tenths of a second.

Hu recorded a hat trick with a third individual win in the 100 fly (53.15). The meet was then scored with Stanford as exhibition after Stanford divers Alex Clay and Gracia Leydon-Mahoney took the 1-meter and 3-meter boards, respectively. Arizona closed the meet out with a win in the 400 free relay–a team of Ochitwa, Shick, Kanopka, and Garcia won with a final time of 3:22.04. The No. 2 Stanford women beat the No. 11 Arizona women with a final score of 181-114.

The No. 5 Stanford men are back in action on Saturday February 6 to take on USC, while the No. 2 Stanford women will take on UCLA on Friday January 29 and USC on Saturday January 30. The No. 15 Arizona men will take on the No. 1 Texas men on Friday January 29 and Saturday January 30, as the No. 11 Arizona women take on the No. 6 Texas women at the same time.

Full results:2016 Arizona vs. Stanford – Results

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