Main Cal in Double Twin – Stanford Cardinal

STANFORD, Calif. — No. 8 Stanford males’s swimming and diving hosted the primary day of a double twin with No. 3 Arizona State and No. 4 California on Friday afternoon at Avery Aquatics Center. Stanford holds a powerful 125-73 lead over the Golden Bears whereas trailing Arizona State 106-90 after Friday’s motion.

Double duals characteristic break up head-to-head outcomes. Stanford competes instantly in opposition to each California and Arizona State, with an opportunity to earn a number of wins over prime 10 packages in the identical afternoon.

The day started with Stanford receiving an enormous win from Ethan Ekk within the 1000 free. The freshman was unbelievable, main the primary 24 laps earlier than giving method to fellow freshman Ryan Erisman of California previous the halfway level. He recovered to guide the ultimate laps that mattered, pulling forward by over a second with a time of 8:42.25. It’s a brand new private greatest for Ekk, who begins his collegiate debut in terrific type.

The subsequent Stanford win got here within the 200 free, with Jason Zhao caring for enterprise within the second warmth with a time of 1:34.93, edging out JT Ewing of Arizona State by lower than a second. It is the primary win within the profession of Zhao, one other freshman, and when paired with the Gibson Holmes win within the 200 fly that adopted just a few races later, it helped give Stanford a bonus over California halfway by the twin.

Stanford didn’t pull off every other particular person wins, however nonetheless recorded quick instances in some shut battles. Ekk was an element as soon as once more within the 400 IM, the place he was closing on Michael Hochwalt of Arizona State. He fell by lower than half of a second regardless of closing in by a number of strokes over the ultimate two laps. Ekk completed with a 3:44.78, whereas Hochwalt gained with a 3:44.33.

Gone are the times of NCAA “A” Standard and “B” Standard instances, with the NCAA shifting to a single qualifying mark. Stanford hit that in quite a few occasions, all chronicled beneath:

Andriyuk completed third in 1-meter diving along with his 302.95, and Stanford additionally noticed the debuts of Gunnar Grubbs and Grant Schneider on the diving facet. Grubbs completed fourth behind Andriyuk, scoring 281.30. Grubbs took the highest spot in 3-meter diving with a 382.85, hitting a formidable NCAA commonplace proper out of the chute.

All three groups will reconvene tomorrow morning at Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley. The first heats start at 11 a.m. with eight scheduled races on deck for the Cardinal. The second day will as soon as once more be televised on ACC Network Extra