STANFORD, Feb. 2. THE second-ranked Stanford men's swimming team notched its seventh consecutive dual meet victory this afternoon with a convincing 159-82 win over No. 8 USC at the Avery Aquatic Center on the Stanford campus. Stanford improves to 7-0 overall, 3-0 in the Pac-10, while the Trojans fall to 3-2, 1-2 in league action.<\/p>\n
Freshman Michael Bruce set a new pool record in the 200 breastroke with his winning time of 1:57.55. Bruce broke former Cardinal and Olympian Tom Wilkens' pool record of 1:58.21 in 1998. Bruce's time in this event is the fastest in the nation this season.<\/p>\n
Stanford senior Adam Messner won the 200 free is a blistering time of 1:35.90 to automatically qualify for NCAAs. His time in this event is also the fastest in the nation this year.<\/p>\n
Freshman Markus Rogan's winning time of 1:43.71 in the 200 back automatically qualified him for NCAA's in that event as well. Once again, this time is the fastest in the nation this season.<\/p>\n
The Stanford freestyle relay team of Robinson, O'Bryan, Schnell and Messner, provisionally qualified for NCAA's with their winning time of 2:58.08 in the 400 free relay while the team of Bal, Robinson, O'Bryan and Guyman also provisionally qualified in the 400 medley relay (3:14.11).<\/p>\n
The Cardinal finished 1-2-3 in the 50 free with Anthony Robinson (20.37), Jeff Guyman (20.45) and Randall Bal (20.50). Dan Westcott and Steven Brown finished 1-2 in the 200 fly with times of 1:46.26
\nand 1:47.32 respectively. Both times were season-bests for the swimmers.<\/p>\n
Stanford also finished 1-2 in the 100 free with Jeff Guyman (44.54) and Bobby O'Bryan (44.61). Both times are provisionally qualifying times for NCAAs.<\/p>\n
Stanford won eight of 11 events on the afternoon.<\/p>\n
USC's Erik Vendt won the 1000 free in a time of 9:01.96 while teammate Tamas Kerekjarto won the 200 IM (1:47.68). Trojan Klete Keller won the 500 free (4:24.20).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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