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By Dan D\u2019Addona.<\/em><\/p>\n

When Katie Ledecky<\/strong> put on a Stanford swim cap for the first time, it was a good bet that Stanford is going to win.<\/p>\n

But the Cardinal have won a lot in the past, last year, nearly winning the NCAA championships.<\/p>\n

When that cap came on, the real winner was college swimming as a whole.<\/p>\n

Ledecky is arguably the most dominant athlete on the planet, male or female, and after showcasing that dominance on the Olympic stage to become a household name, she has begun her collegiate career.<\/p>\n

And everyone is going to want to see her. This can do nothing but generate even more interest for college swimming.<\/p>\n

It showed in her first meet, a road dual meet at Oregon State. The Beavers do not have a dominant swim program, but the meet was sold out.<\/p>\n

Now, it is not just Ledecky that people want to see. It is easy to forget that Simone Manuel<\/strong> has returned to Stanford after a year off to train for the Olympics. That year off paid off and Manuel had a historic trip to Rio, becoming the first African-American female to win a gold medal \u2014 and added a second gold, too.<\/p>\n

Plus you have Olympic diver and All-American Kassidy Cook<\/strong> on Stanford’s team.<\/p>\n

There are so many stars on the team it will be easy to overlook Ella Eastin<\/strong> and Janet Hu<\/strong>, who are stars in their own right, plus other future-star freshman Allie Szekely, Megan Byrnes<\/strong> and Katie Drabot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It is going to be a year in the spotlight for Stanford, which will be a victory year for all of college swimming.<\/p>\n

Stanford defeated the Beavers 141-109 in the opener. Here are some of the highlights:<\/p>\n

The first event of the season was the 200-yard medley relay and Hu teamed with three new faces from last year. Szekely swam the second leg, followed by Manuel, who returned after a year training for the Olympics, where she won two gold medals in Rio, followed by Ledecky\u2019s anchor leg. The relay finished in 1:42.92.<\/p>\n

It marked the first collegiate race for Szekely and Ledecky, who also earned their first individual wins of their careers in the 200-yard backstroke (1:57.41) and 100-yard freestyle (50.10), respectively.<\/p>\n

They weren\u2019t the only freshman contributors.<\/p>\n

Stanford’s freshmen posted four wins as Byrnes and Drabot their first victories. Byrnes touched the wall first in the 1,000-yard freestyle at 9:58.25, and Drabot stopped the clock at 1:47.95 to edge teammate Eastin in the 200-yard freestyle.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Kim Williams<\/strong> won both breaststroke events, winning the 100 and 200 in 1:03.57 and 2:17.09, respectively.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t just the underclassmen. Ally Howe<\/strong> won the 100-yard backstroke in 52.85, Lindsey Engel<\/strong> won the 50-yard freestyle and Hu won the 200-yard butterfly (1:57.96). Manuel swam in the 100-yard butterfly and finished with the top time of 54.47, and Howe also bested the field in the 200-yard individual medley (2:02.24).<\/p>\n

Oregon State senior Czasarina Isleta<\/strong><\/dfn> finished in second in the 100-yard breaststroke with a touch of 1:05.44, nearly tying her season best by one-hundredth of a second.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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