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Texas held third place in the team standings with 129 points, followed by Tennessee (82) and Arizona (64). <\/p>\n<p>The Cardinal 200 freestyle relay team won the opening event in NCAA-record time to edge Auburn by .43 second. Stanford&#39;s time of 1:16.76 broke the old mark of 1:16.93 set by Stanford in 1994. The new record splits were 19.66 (Anthony Robinson), 18.79 (Sabir Muhammad), 19.39 (Justin Ewers) and 18.92 (Scott Claypool). <\/p>\n<p>The Stanford 400 medley relay team of Tate Blahnik, Tom Wilkens, Sabir Muhammad and Dod Wales also swam to victory over runner-up Auburn, 3:07.73 to 3:09.38. The event&#39;s fastest legs were recorded by Texas backstroker Neil Walker (46.94), Tennessee breaststroker Jeremy Linn (52.13), SMU butterflyer Lars Frolander (45.00) and Stanford freestyler Dod Wales (42.13). <\/p>\n<p>Stanford got an individual win from team captain Tom Wilkens, who captured the 200 individual medley in 1:45.16 over Auburn junior Lionel Moreau. Wilkens, a senior from Middletown, New Jersey, was fifth in the event last year. In the consolation final of the event, Stanford sophomore Glenn Counts edged his older brother Chris, a senior from Arizona, by a mere 7 hundredths of a second. <\/p>\n<p>Arizona&#39;s Ryk Neethling, a sophomore from Bloemfontein, South Africa, took the 500 freestyle title in 4:13.42. The Michigan Wolverines scored big points in one of their traditionally strong events, with junior Tom Malchow and freshman Chris Thompson grabbing second and third. <\/p>\n<p>Another South African, Florida State&#39;s Brendon Dedekind, won the 50 freestyle (19.22), whipping one of the fastest fields ever assembled. 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