ARIZONA STATE VS. CAL VS. STANFORD
- November 7-8, 2024
- Mona Plummer Aquatic Middle, Tempe, Arizona
- Quick Course Yards (25 yards)
- Outcomes on Meet Cellular: “ASU vs. CAL vs. Stanford”
- Workforce rankings:
- Males: #2 Cal, #7 Arizona State (and rising), #8 Stanford
- Ladies: #3 Stanford, #8 Cal, NR Arizona State
Arizona State, Cal, and Stanford duked it out within the water final night time on day one of many tri-meet occasion. Reigning NCAA Champion Arizona State continued its dominance because the Solar Devils’ males’s crew swept the meet. Their sprinting crew gained each occasion in addition to the 100 free, the place Cal’s Jack Alexy out-touched Jonny Kulow by 0.2 seconds. Liam Custer collected the Stanford males’s solely win, racing into the wall within the 1000 free at 8:49.08. The time was over two seconds sooner than his earlier finest.
The Stanford girls took the victory on day one after successful 7 of the 9 swimming occasions of the day. Sophomore Caroline Bricker completed 1st in each the 200 fly and 400 IM, Kayla Wilson took the victory within the 200 free, and Aurora Roghair gained the 1000 free.
Comply with alongside at this time as we report reside on the day 2 outcomes to see if the Arizona State males and Stanford girls can proceed to carry their lead, or if different the opposite groups will make a preventing comeback.
WOMEN’S 800 FREESTYLE RELAY
The Stanford Ladies swept the 800 freestyle relay, taking first at 6:58.43, over six seconds sooner than Cal’s A crew in 2nd place. Olympian Torri Huske led off the relay with a 1:44.66 cut up, giving the crew an early lead. Lillie Nordmann pushed that lead even additional, ripping a 1:44.93, lower than two seconds off her finest time. Senior Aurora Roghair swam the quickest cut up on the crew, coming in scorching at 1:43.72. Kayla Wilson drilled into the wall at 1:45.12. The time now places them on the quickest girls’s 800 free relay within the ACC convention.
Cal’s A crew and Stanford’s B crew raced for 2nd, as Cal touched forward at 7:05.87, simply just below 4 seconds sooner than Stanford. Cal’s Lea Polonsky helped her crew draw back from Stanford B as she swam the quickest cut up on her crew of 1:45.52.
MEN’S 800 FREESTYLE RELAY
Arizona State’s A crew took out Stanford by 2.33 seconds. The crew of Patrick Sammon (1:32.86), Filip Senc-Samardzic (1:32.97), Tiago Behar (1:33.69), and Jonny Kulow (1:33.66) swam inside a second of one another’s cut up occasions.
Stanford’s Andrei Minakov led off their A crew, touching in an an identical time as Sammon. Senc-Samardzic created a niche between the 2 groups, as Stanford’s Andres Dupont Cabrera touched in a 1:34.14, 1.17 seconds behind Senc-Samardzic.
Cal’s A crew of Jack Alexy (1:34.05), Gabriel Jett (1:34.21), Keaton Jones (1:34.74) and Robin Hanson (1:33.89) touched third at 6:16.89, over a second behind Stanford.
WOMEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE
Stanford junior Lucy Bell dominated the 200 breaststroke, hovering to 1st in a 2:06.32. The time places her as quickest within the ACC above College of Virginia senior Aimee Canny. Bell is coming off of a quick summer season, the place she was a 3 time finalist on the US Olympic Trials.
Stanford sophomore Caroline Bricker took 2nd, ending in a 2:09.40. The sophomore competed alongside Bell on the US Olympic Trials, making it to the semi-finals within the 200 fly.
Following Stanford’s 1-2 punch comes Arizona junior Zoe Summar at 2:10.51. Whereas Summar swam over a second off her finest time, she has gotten sooner at every meet of the season. On the Arizona vs. College of Nevada, Las Vegas meet in early October, Summar swam a 2:13.44 within the 200 breast. Shortly after, she swam a 2:11.55 in opposition to NC State.
MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE
In his first season of his collegiate profession, Cal freshman Yamato Okadome barely out-touched Stanford senior Ron Polonsky within the 200 breaststroke. Okadome, who’s initially from Japan and positioned 2nd within the 100 breast ultimately yr’s World Aquatics Junior Championships, touched in a 1:53.31. The time is 0.46 off his finest.
Polonsky completed .20 behind Okadome at a 1:53.51. The Israeli swimmer competed within the Paris Olympics over the summer season, making it to the semifinals within the 100 breast and 200 IM. He completed eighth within the 100 breast at this yr’s NCAAs.
Arizona’s prime finisher was junior Andy Dobrzanski, who swam a brand new private finest time of 1:54.03. His time is almost a full second sooner than what he was swimming this time final yr. He took twenty fourth in each the 100 and 200 breast at this yr’s NCAA’s.
WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE
Cal’s Isabelle Stadden took 1st by over three seconds, racing out in 1:51.38. The time at the moment locations her because the third facest within the ACC, sandwiched between NC State swimmers Erika Pelaez and Kennedy Noble. Stadden competed within the 200 backstroke on the US Olympic Trials over the summer season, ending seventh within the finals. Her time of 1:49.19 put her in 4th at this yr’s NCAAs.
Arizona senior Caroline Bentz adopted behind Stadden, ending in 1:54.70, 1.59 seconds off her finest time. Bentz is competing in her first season with the Solar Devils after transferring from Virginia Tech. She swam a private finest time of 1:51.81 on the NCAAs earlier this yr, inserting her seventh. She additionally competed within the occasion on the Olympic Trials, ending twelfth total.
MEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE
Cal sophomore and up to date Olympian Keaton Jones took the victory, coming in at a 1:41.68. He at the moment ranks 4th within the ACC in accordance with his seasonal finest time, however his all time finest 200 again time of 1:38.46 would put him 1st by over two seconds. The 200 again is Jones’ speciality. He took fifth within the occasion on the Paris Olympics, simply 0.54 seconds away from making the rostrum.
Arizona freshman Lucien Vergnes out-touched Cal senior Ziyad Saleem for 2nd, ending in 1:42.32, 0.57 seconds forward of Saleem. The French swimmer has been a invaluable asset to Arizona thus far this yr. He took 1st within the 200 breast and third within the 100 breast in opposition to College of Nevada, Las Vegas, and completed 1st within the 50 again and 2nd within the 100 IM on the All-Arizona D1 Quad meet final month.
WOMEN’S 50 FREE
Huske completed 1st at a 21.71, 0.32 seconds off of her finest time. She completed 4th within the 50 free on the Olympic Trials, narrowly lacking the prospect to race the occasion in Paris. Whereas Huske has by no means raced the 50 free at NCAAs, her time at the moment locations her at 2nd within the ACC behind Gretchen Walsh. Ought to Huske determine to swim the 50 on the upcoming NCAAs, she is going to undoubtedly be a troublesome competitor.
Cal freshman Mary-Ambre Moluh took 2nd at 22.14, with lower than a second separating 2nd from tenth. The French swimmer competed within the Olympic Video games over the summer season earlier than she even began school, racing within the 400 free and 400 medley relays. At her first meet with Cal in September, she completed 1st within the 100 free at 50.59 and third within the 100 again at 54.27. On the UCSD Triton Invite in October, Moluh took 1st in each the 50 free and 100 free.
MEN’S 50 FREE
Michael Andrew, Drew Kibler, and Grant Home raced out within the exhibition warmth. Andrew took the lead, ending in a 19.44, adopted by Kibler at 19.55 and Home at 19.83.
It was a decent race for the boys. Arizona sophomore Ilya Kharun was the one man to swim beneath 19.00 within the occasion. Kharun raced in at 18.67, beating out 2nd place finisher Alexy by 0.57. Kharun is now the quickest man within the Large 12 to swim the 50 free this season, tying with Kulow.
Alexy and Kulow battled for second as Alexy touched .04 seconds forward. Alexy took third within the occasion at this yr’s NCAAs, and positioned sixth as a sophomore. His time at this time ranks him 2nd throughout the ACC for this season.
WOMEN’S 500 FREE
Roghair took the victory within the 500 freestyle, touching in a 4:40.47, over 4 seconds forward of runner-up Arizona sophomore Alexa Reyna. Roghair completed 4th within the 500 free at this yr’s NCAAs, racing a private finest time of 4:34.26. Her time at this time ranks her third within the ACC, .01 seconds behind Virginia sophomore Cavan Gormsen.
Reyna comfortably completed 2nd at 4:44.92, 3.52 seconds behind her private finest time. Her and Roghair raced neck-and-neck till the ultimate 200, when Roghair sprinted off. Nonetheless, Reyna’s time nonetheless locations her within the prime 10 within the ACC thus far this season.
MEN’S 500 FREE
Cal senior Gabriel Jett completed 1st at 4:18.08, rating him third within the ACC. Jett is a fierce competitor within the distance occasions. At this yr’s NCAAs, he completed 4th within the 500 free at 4:10.68. As a sophomore he took sixth, and as a freshman he completed twenty fourth. Jett’s all time finest 500 free time is 4:09.66 from the Pacific 12 Championships in March 2023.
Stanford sophomore Henry McFadden claimed 2nd, touching in 4:19.57. Arizona senior Daniel Matheson adopted him intently, ending third by 0.18. Matheson completed third on the Olympic Trials within the 800 free, narrowly lacking out on making the Olympic crew.
WOMEN’S 100 FLY
Arizona freshman Julia Ullmann completed 1st at a time of 52.05, reducing her private finest time by 0.77. The Swiss swimmer has been a prime performer at each meet thus far in her first season. She completed 1st within the 100 fly on the twin meet in opposition to College of Nevada, Las Vegas, and on the All-Arizona D1 Quad meet final month. The one time she hasn’t gained the 100 fly was on the twin meet in opposition to NC State, when Leah Shackley took 1st. Ullmann is already ranked 1st within the Large 12 thus far this season.
Cal switch Lilou Ressencourt took 2nd, ending at 52.33. It was a detailed match between her and Stanford freshman Annika Parkhe, who touched .25 seconds behind Ressencourt.
MEN’S 100 FLY
Kharun ripped a 44.01, placing him in 1st as the one man to swim beneath 45.00. He’s ranked 1st within the Large 12 proper now with a 1.55 second lead over runner-up Senc-Samardzic.
Minakov got here closest to touching Kharun, ending 2nd at 45.47. It was a toss up between him and Cal swimmer Dare Rose, who touched at 45.73. The 2 had an an identical 50 yard cut up of 21.03. Minakov’s second 50 yard cut up of 24.44 pulled him forward of Rose whose cut up was 24.70.
WOMEN’S 200 IM
Huske claimed one other 1st place end, rushing into the wall at 1:54.90. Her 50 fly cut up of 24.71 gave her almost a second lead from the beginning, and her 50 again cut up of 29.17 was the quickest within the warmth. Stanford junior Lucy Bell started to catch Huske within the third-leg, splitting a 32.36 within the 50 breast, 1.66 seconds sooner than Huske’s 50 breast cut up. Huske held onto her lead, ending her final 50 in 27.00 as Bell put out a 27.55.
Stanford put out the highest 3 finishers, as Bricker took third at 1:58.63. With at this time’s occasions, Huske is now ranked 1st within the ACC, Bell is ranked 2nd, and Bricker is seventh.
MEN’S 200 IM
Polonsky completed comfortably 1st at 1:43.75, 0.83 seconds forward of runner-up Jett. Polonsky raced the 200 IM on the Paris Olympics, ending seventh. His present season-best time locations him third within the ACC. He raced his finest 200 IM time on the NCAAs in 2022, ending in 1:39.96. That’s the one time Polonsky has ever damaged 1:40.00 within the occasion.
Vergnes dropped 1.14 seconds to take third for Arizona. The freshman touched in 1:45.36, 1.14 seconds sooner than his earlier finest time he swam on the twin meet in opposition to NC State.
MEN’S 100 IM (EXHIBITION)
And for maybe essentially the most anticipated race of the day, Andrews and Home raced 1 v. 1 in an exhibition 100 IM warmth. The duo swam proper alongside one another, touching almost concurrently on the fly and again turns. Home started to tug forward on the finish of the breaststroke leg, gaining his lead on Andrews to the touch 1st at 47.37 as Andrews completed at 47.70.
