ATLANTA, Ga. – Stanford’s 2015-16 season came to a close Saturday evening with a 14th-place finish at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.
“Sam Perry came through all week, and Ted Miclau’s performance on the platform was key for us.” said Goldman Family Director of Men’s Swimming Ted Knapp. “Of the 14 swimmers and four divers that were invited, three were freshman and seven were sophomores. We outscored our projected point total on the psych sheet, and it was a big meet for the six point-scorers who hadn’t scored at NCAA’s before.”
Liam Egan and Danny Thomson represented the Cardinal in the 1,650-yard freestyle, the opening event of the evening session. Thomson (14.58.10) finished 19th while Egan (14:52.34) took 14th, good enough for an All-America honorable mention.
In the 200-yard backstroke, Patrick Conaton (1:41.80) placed 26th, Ryan Arata (1:42.08) took 30th and Maxwell Williamson (1:43.93) was 39th.
Perry (42.85) earned his fifth All-America honorable mention of the meet with a 14th-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle.
Sam Perry (42.85) places 14th in the 100-yard freestyle, his fifth All-America HM of the meet! #GoStanford
— Stanford Swimming (@stanfordmswim) March 26, 2016
Matt Anderson (1:58.19) finished 34th in the 200-yard breaststroke, while Curtis Ogren (1:58.57) took 36th place.
Gray Umbach (1:43.85) finished 16th in the 200-yard butterfly, earning All-America honorable mention. It was the third such honor in Umbach’s four seasons with the Cardinal.
In the platform diving competition, Miclau qualified for the A-final, finishing sixth with a score of 378.00 while earning first-team All-America honors. Tarek Abdelghany (350.50) finished 20th in prelims.
Ted Miclau earns first-team All-America honors with 6th place in the platform A-final! #GoStanford pic.twitter.com/tF0g4cLCzw
— Stanford Swimming (@stanfordmswim) March 27, 2016
In the final event of the meet, the 400-yard medley relay, Stanford’s team of Perry, Jeff Garnier, Spencer DeShon and Sean Duggan (2:51.54) took second place in the B-final, good enough for 10th overall. They also earned an All-America honorable mention.
All-America Selections:
800-yard freestyle relay: Gray Umbach, Sean Duggan, Danny Thomson, Liam Egan (HM)
200-yard freestyle relay: Sam Perry, Jeff Garnier, Spencer DeShon, Sean Duggan (HM)
500-yard freestyle: Liam Egan (First Team)
200-yard individual medley: Abrahm DeVine (HM)
50-yard freestyle: Sam Perry (HM)
400-yard medley relay: Ryan Dudzinski, Matt Anderson, Andrew Liang, Sam Perry (HM)
1-meter diving: Bradley Christensen (HM)
400-yard individual medley: Abrahm DeVine (First Team), Curtis Ogren (HM)
200-yard medley relay: Ryan Dudzinski, Matt Anderson, Andrew Liang, Sam Perry (HM)
1,650-yard freestyle: Liam Egan (HM)
100-yard freestyle: Sam Perry (HM)
200-yard butterfly: Gray Umbach (HM)
400-yard freestyle relay: Sam Perry, Jeff Garnier, Spencer DeShon, Sean Duggan (HM)
Platform diving: Ted Miclau (First Team)
