By Phillip Whitten <\/p>\n
Federal Way, WA – Stanford University swam to its 18th straight Pac-10 Championship yesterday, as the conference meet ended at the Kings County Aquatic Center. Cal was second, USC third. <\/p>\n
While Stanford was wrapping up team honors yesterday, individual honors were spread among four four schools, with Cal gathering the lion’s share. The Bears sent a message to all of collegiate swimming when, in the meet’s final event, they swam to an awe-inspiring NCAA and US Open record in the 400 yd freestyle relay, becoming the first team ever to crack 2:50. <\/p>\n
The Cal team of Matt Macedo (42.99), Scott Greenwood (43.42), Anthony Ervin (41.73) and Bart Kizierowski (41.71) touched in 2:49.85. <\/p>\n
Earlier Kizierowski and Ervin finished one-two in the individual 100, Kizierowski, the defending NCAA champ, clocking a meet record 42.29, with the freshman second in 42.82. <\/p>\n
USC’s Ryosuke Imai completed his sweep of the breaststroke events, winning the 200 in 1:56.58. Cal had five swimmers in the eight-man final, and finished two-three-four, with all three men swimming 1:58s. <\/p>\n
Arizona’s Ryk Neethling left no doubt that he is king of the distance events. The winner of the 500 earlier stroked to a 14:36.32 clocking in the 1650, a meet record, and more than two lengths of the pool ahead of his closest pursuer, USC’s Erik Vendt. <\/p>\n
Stanford had two winners on the meet’s final day. Freshman Randall Bal wrapped up the best meet of his life by winning the 200 back in 1:43.56. Earlier he had won the 100. The battle for second was ferocious as only five hundredths of a second separated the next three finishers: Stanford’s Dan Westcott (1:44.61), USC’s Leonardo Costa (1:44.65) and Cal’s Matt Macedo (1:44.66). <\/p>\n
The Cardinal’s Adam Messner also finished on a high note as the 200 free champ took the 200 fly in 1:43.34, more than a second ahead of ASU’s Attila Czene (1:44.41).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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