Top-Ranked Stanford Swimmers Sweep Arizona

Cardinal men and women remain unbeaten.

Jan. 23, 1998

STANFORD, Calif. --- The top-ranked Stanford University men's and women's swimming teams remained unbeaten on Friday afternoon by defeating Arizona at deGuerre Pool. The Cardinal men (4-0) beat No. 9 Arizona (3-2) 150-85, while the Stanford women (2-0) beat the fifth-ranked Wildcat women (5-2) 161-137.

In the men's competition, Senior Tom Wilkens (Middletown, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy) set a pair of deGuerre Pool records in his first appearance on The Farm since finishing seventh in the 200 meter breaststroke at the World Championships last week in Perth, Australia. Wilkens broke his own record in the 400 yard Individual Medley by posting a 3:49.76 (old mark 3:53.67), and also swam a 1:59.48 in the 200 breaststroke to break Kurt Grote's old mark of 2:00.21. Sophomore Ryk Neethling (Bloemfontein, South Africa/Grey College) won the 500 freestyle (4:27.86) and the 1000 freestyle (9:04.55) for the Arizona men.

Freshman diver Kim Powers (Crewstview Heights, KY/Dixie Hieghts HS) swept the one-meter (183.00) and three-meter diving (203.50) competitions to pace the Stanford women. Arizona's Laurie Kline (Upper Sandusky, OH/Rancho Bernardo HS) won both the 500 freestyle (4:50.80) and 1000 freestyle (9:53.43) to help the Wildcats sweep the distance events.

Stanford returns to action on Saturday at deGuerre Pool against Arizona State. The men take on on No. 12 ASU at 11 a.m., while the women face the No. 21 Sun Devils at 1 p.m.

Results

WOMEN

Stanford 161, Arizona 137

400 medley relay - Stanford A (Catherine Fox 52.40, Anne Aristeo 58.63, Jessica Amey 53.80, Siobhan Cropper 59.98) 3:44.81, Arizona A (Denali Knapp 54.04, Anna Wilson 58.21, Maureen Phillips 53.54, Liesl Kolbisen 1:01.12) 3:46.91, Stanford B (Chantal Rawn 54.89, Alison Fealey 59.91, Suzanne Toledo 55.21, Emily Smith 1:01.61) 3:51.92, Arizona B Dianna Groff 56.31, Tina Smith 1:02.05, Leah Zucker 56.97, Karen Hansen 1:04.04) 3:59.37.
1000 freestyle - Laurie Kline (A) 9:53.43, Amy Oberhelman (S) 10:01.04, Heather Branstetter (A) 10:09.00, Anne Aristeo (S) 10:13.82, Erika Zender (A) 10:18.43, Jessica Tucker-Mohl (S) 10:20.20.
200 freestyle - Trina Jackson (A) 1:49.90, Lindsay Farella (A) 1:50.02, Lauren Thies (S) 1:50.16, Gabrielle Rose (S) 1:50.47, Laurie Kline (A) 1:51.63, Lindsay Gassner (S) 1:52.19.
100 backstroke - Catherine Fox (S) 54.65, Denali Knapp (A) 55.54, Chantal Rawn (S) 57.33, Suzanne Toledo (S) 59.79, Maren Ewers (S) 59.80, Karen Hansen (A) 1:00.57.
100 breaststroke - Elin Austevoll (S) 1:03.46, Anna Wilson (A) 1:05.25, Alison Fealey (S) 1:05.28, Tina Smith (A) 1:08.04, Tara Hopwood (S) 1:10.29, Jodi Jackson (S) 1:12.06.
200 butterfly - Trina Jackson (A) 2:01.84, Leah Zucker (A) 2:03.03, Lauren Thies (S) 2:03.88, Anne Aristeo (S) 2:05.18, Maureen Phillips (A) 2:05.24, Evi-Lynn Byer (S) 2:06.05, Amy Hall (A) 2:06.20, Jodi Jackson (S) 2:12.56.
50 freestyle - Siobhan Cropper (S) 23.32, Liesl Kolbisen (A) 23.51, Lindsay Farella (A) 23.75, Emily Smith (S) 24.11, Becky Bicknell (S) 24.30, Jessica Amey (S) 24.42.
One-meter diving - Kim Powers (S) 183.00, Adrian David (A) 179.75, Jill Berg (A) 158.10, Carissa Zenorini (S) 157.30, Erin Sones (S) 156.20, Kelly Blackstock (A) 148.05.
100 freestyle - Liesl Kolbisen (A) 50.51, Catherine Fox (S) 50.60, Lindsay Farella (A) 50.68, Siobhan Cropper (S) 51.39, Gabrielle Rose (S) 51.72, Emily Smith (S) 52.35.
200 backstroke - Denali Knapp (A) 1:58.17, Chantal Rawn (S) 2:03.02, Suzanne Toledo (S) 2:04.26, Evi-Lynn Byer (S) 2:05.84, Dianna Groff (A) 2:07.50, Maren Ewers (S) 2:08.73.
200 breaststroke - Elin Austevoll (S) 2:17.05, Anna Wilson (A) 2:21.59, Alison Fealey (S) 2:21.76, Tina Smith (A) 2:26.45, Tara Hopwood (S) 2:28.43, Jodi Jackson (S) 2:34.63.
500 freestyle - Laurie Kline (A) 4:50.80, Lauren Thies (S) 4:54.48, Amy Oberhelman (S) 4:55.28, Heather Branstetter (A) 4:57.70, Erika Zender (A) 4:59.60, Jessica Tucker-Mohl (S) 5:05.91, Anne Aristeo (S) 5:06.98.
100 butterfly - Catherine Fox (S) 55.95, Jessica Amey (S) 56.58, Maureen Phillips (A) 56.68, Suzanne Toledo (S) 58.30, Leah Zucker (A) 59.09, Karen Hansen (A) 59.15, Amy Hall (A) 59.58.
Three-meter diving - Kim Powers (S) 203.50, Adrian David (A) 173.20, Erin Sones (S) 171.10, Carissa Zenorini (S) 169.15, Jill Berg (A) 159.75, Kelly Blackstock (A) 150.95.
200 Individual Medley - Chantal Rawn (S) 2:04.31, Trina Jackson (A) 2:05.28, Denali Knapp (A) 2:05.74, Alison Fealey (S) 2:05.85, Elin Austevoll (S) 2:07.52, Karen Hansen (A) 2:08.67, Dianna Groff (A) 2:11.91.
400 freestyle relay - Arizona A (Denali Knapp 49.19, Lindsay Farella 53.72, Trina Jackson 48.41, Liesl Kolbisen 52.96) 3:24.28, Stanford B (Becky Bicknell 51.71, Jessica Tucker-Mohl 54.80, Amy Oberhelman 52.72, Lauren Thies 56.67) 3:35.90, Stanford A (Lindsay Gassner 49.15, Gabrielle Rose 53.83, Jessica Amey 49.47-DQ, Siobhan Cropper 53.15) DQ.

Records - Arizona 5-2, Stanford 2-0.

MEN

Stanford 150, Arizona 85

400 medley relay - Stanford A (Tate Blahnik 46.12, Tom Wilkens 50.92, Sabir Muhammad 46.20, Scott Claypool 52.71) 3:15.95, Stanford B (Dan Schultz 47.33, Blake Holden 51.39, Matthew Pierce 48.16, Kurt Spenser 53.61) 3:20.49, Stanford C/unofficial (Justin Ewers 47.62, Steve Ronson 52.95, Jed Crowe 48.58, Mario Scussel 54.78) 3:23.93, Arizona A (Chris Counts 48.59, Chris Bundy 53.25, Ben Anderson 48.51, Scott Gaskins 56.43) 3:26.78, Arizona B (Bryan Kreuzberger 49.91, Greg Mastin 57.27, Oscar la Fleur 50.38, Aidan Metzger 57.81) 3:35.37.
1000 freestyle - Ryk Neethling (A) 9:04.55, Matt O'Mara (S) 9:08.74, Jeremy Kane (S) 9:09.12, Steven Neebe (S) 9:33.60, Tom Hawke (A) 9:49.38.
200 freestyle - Dod Wales (S) 1:38.90, Adam Messner (S) 1:39.23, Scott Gaskins (A) 1:40.93, Jay Schryver (A) 1:41.00, Glenn Counts (S) 1:41.18, Ben Anderson (A) 1:43.33, Brian Rodde (S) 1:45.14, Peter Busch (A) 1:48.81.
50 freestyle - Scott Claypool (S) 20.70, Anthony Robinson (S) 21.09, Chris Olson (S) 21.12, Jed Crowe (S) 21.53, Ryan Sullivan (A) 21.79, Bryan Kruezberger (A) 21.83, Rob Henikman (A) 22.03, Oscar la Fleur (A) 22.13.
400 Individual Medley - Tom Wilkens (S) 3:49.76 (new pool record, old record of 3:53.67 set by Wilkens in 1997), Steven Brown (S) 3:55.02, Rob Canales (S) 3:57.16, Glendon Flint (A) 4:01.92, Casey Ketterling (S) 4:07.45, Chris Bundy (A) 4:11.65.
One-meter diving - Mark Michelin (S) 165.05, Arno Bergstrom (A) 160.30, Lucas Brower (S) 154.35, Danny Zimmerman (A) 147.30.
200 butterfly - Matthew Pierce (S) 1:48.55, Steven Brown (S) 1:48.91, Ben Anderson (A) 1:51.15, Rob Canales (S) 1:52.19, Jason Orozco (A) 1:56.10, Adam Messner (S) 1:56.45, Oscar la Fleur (A) 1:58.48.
100 freestyle - Sabir Muhammad (S) 44.76, Glenn Counts (S) 45.67, Scott Gaskins (A) 46.55, Kurt Spenser (S) 46.65, Jay Schryver (A) 47.01, Mario Scussel (S) 47.49, Bryan Kreuzberger (A) 49.19.
200 backstroke - Tate Blahnik (S) 1:47.12, Justin Ewers (S) 1:48.10, Dan Schultz (S) 1:51.14, Tom Wilkens (S) 1:52.19, Chris Counts (A) 1:52.38.
500 freestyle - Ryk Neethling (A) 4:27.86, Adam Messner (S) 4:29.49, Matt O'Mara (S) 4:30.45, Jeremy Kane (S) 4:30.49, Rob Canales (S) 4:35.53, Tom Hawke (A) 4:51.84, Peter Busch (A) 5:00.57.
Three-meter diving - Lucas Brower (S) 188.40, Mark Michelin (S) 166.10, Arno Bergstrom (A) 151.00, Danny Zimmerman (A) 144.00.
200 breaststroke - Tom Wilkens (S/unoff.) 1:59.48 (new pool record, old record of 2:00.21 set by Kurt Grote), Blake Holden (S/unoff.) 1:59.69, Glendin Flint (A) 2:05.32, Steve Ronson (S/unoff.) 2:05.85, Chris Bundy (A) 2:08.92, Greg Mastin (A) 2:09.16, Ben Anderson (A) 2:13.82, Steven Brown (S/unoff.) 2:14.19.
400 freestyle relay - Arizona A (Ryk Neethling 44.16, Jay Schryver 46.85, Chris Counts 44.33, Scott Gaskins 48.12) 3:03.46, Stanford A/unofficial (Adam Messner 44.91, Anthony Robinson 47.99, Mario Scussel 44.76, Brian Rodde 48.58).