MONTEREY PARK, Calif. - Stanford extended its lead at the A3 Performance Invitational, winning five out of seven swims in Friday’s evening session.
“The morning preliminaries set the team up for what was anywhere from 3-6 swimmers in the final heat in every event,” said Goldman Family Director of Swimming Ted Knapp. “I was very happy with our top times in each event, our two relay teams raced well and in some cases the depth was particularly impressive.”
After setting a meet record in the 400-yard medley relay to cap Day 1, the Cardinal picked up right where it left off in Friday’s evening finals. Ryan Dudzinski, Christian Brown, Connor Black and Sam Perry (1:26.97) set another meet record in the 200-yard medley relay.
Abrahm DeVine (3:45.50), Max Williamson (3:46.75), Curtis Ogren (3:48.94), Justin Buck (3:53.11) and Danny Thomson (3:56.45) kept the momentum going with a sweep of the top five in the 400-yard individual medley. DeVine’s time was .33 seconds off the meet record and is the fastest 400 IM time in the nation this season.
Stanford claimed six of the top seven places in the 100-yard butterfly with Connor Black (47.46) leading the way in first place. Andrew Liang (47.63) finished second with Gray Umbach (47.80) in third, Jimmy Yoder (48.46) in fifth, Perry (48.57) in sixth and Dudzinski (48.58) in seventh.
@stanfordmswim is on fire tonight at the #A3Invite! Keep it up men!
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Liam Egan (1:36.68) won his second event of the week in the 200-yard freestyle. Sean Duggan (1:37.81) followed in third with Jeff Garnier (1:38.00) placing fifth.
Christian Brown (54.87) took second place in the 100-yard breaststroke while Matt Anderson (55.28) finished third.
Dudzinski (46.86) backed up his meet record 46.57 in the 100-yard backstroke with a comfortable win in the finals. Patrick Conaton (48.32), Ryan Arata (49.10), Liang (49.20), Jack Walsh (49.36) and Wesley Olmsted (49.79) rounded out the top six with Cole Cogswell (49.26) also winning the consolation final.
Williamson, Yoder, Conaton and Thomson (6:33.92) swam the final event of the night, finishing second in the 800-yard freestyle relay.
Stanford’s diving contingent was also in action tonight at the Georgia Tech Invitational in Atlanta, Georgia. Connor Kuremsky (365.65) led the way, winning the 1-meter.
“Connor stepped up and did a great job today,” said diving coach Patrick Jeffrey. “He didn't miss a dive all day. You could really tell he is a mature veteran by his consistency.”
The Cardinal returns to action tomorrow at 9 a.m. (PT) in the morning preliminary rounds. The 1,650-yard freestyle will take place at 11:30 a.m. with the evening finals session starting at 5 p.m.
Live results will be available at CollegeSwimming.com.
