Stanford women’s swimming defeats USC with dominant performance

Greg Meehan Paul A. Violich Director of Women's Swimming
Greg Meehan Paul A. Violich Director of Women's Swimming
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No. 3 Stanford women’s swimming and diving team secured a strong victory over No. 11 USC, winning 14 out of 16 events at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center on Saturday. The final score was 208-91 in favor of Stanford.

Torri Huske led the Cardinal with three individual wins, including setting a pool record in the 100 free with a time of 47.19 seconds. She also won the 200 free (1:42.26) and the 100 fly (50.66).

Caroline Bricker matched Huske’s performance by also claiming three victories: she finished first in the 200 fly (1:52.77), the 500 free (4:40.88), and the 200 IM (1:57.13).

Gigi Johnson achieved a personal best to win the 50 free in 21.99 seconds, while Bailey O’Regan won the distance freestyle event with a time of 9:44.23 in the 1000 free, giving Stanford another sweep in freestyle events for the second consecutive day.

Lucy Thomas continued her success from earlier meets by winning the 100 breaststroke with a time of 59.30 seconds, Levenia Sim took first place in the 200 backstroke (1:54.90), and Lucy Bell dominated in the 200 breaststroke (2:05.29).

Stanford began by winning the opening relay event—the 200 medley relay—with Alana Berlin, Lucy Bell, Gigi Johnson, and Annam Olasewere finishing at 1:34.96. The meet concluded with another relay win for Stanford as Olasewere, Huske, Johnson, and Thomas set a pool record of 1:27.57 in the 200 free relay.

On diving boards, Molly Gray earned her third win of the weekend by scoring 330 points to claim first place on the three-meter board.

Stanford will next compete at home against San Jose State on January 24 for Senior Day at Avery Aquatics Center.

The event winners included:
– Berlin, Bell, Johnson, Olasewere for Stanford in the opening medley relay
– Bailey O’Regan for Stanford in the women’s thousand-yard freestyle
– Torri Huske for Stanford in both sprint and middle-distance freestyle events
– Minna Abraham from USC claimed victory in one backstroke event
– Lucy Thomas for Stanford won breaststroke
– Caroline Bricker secured multiple wins across butterfly and individual medley races
– Gigi Johnson won sprint freestyle
– Kate Miller from USC took first place on one-meter dive
– Levenia Sim led backstroke for Stanford
– Lucy Bell excelled at breaststroke distance event
– Molly Gray topped three-meter diving

Stanford’s performance solidifies its standing among top collegiate swimming programs as it continues its season.



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