Oct. 13, 2011

STANFORD, Calif.-- Stanford Swimming will serve host to four teams on Friday and Saturday with the women's team co-hosting the two-day George Haines Invitational with San Jose State, Nevada, Hawai'i and Stanford on Friday and Saturday and the men (2-0) hosting a dual event with the Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors on Friday at 3 p.m. Diving will also take place both days.

On the men's side, Hawaii and Stanford will dive at 1 p.m and swim in the short course pool at 3 p.m. The Warriors will compete at Cal on Thursday as part of its extended road trip.

The women's event, co-hosted with the Spartans, will take place on Friday at noon with five long course events, Friday at 6 p.m back in the normal competition short course pool with 12 events and then again with the final seven events in the long course pool on Saturday at 10 a.m. Diving will also take place with the women's three-meter on Friday at 11 a.m and the women's one-meter on Saturday at 10 a.m.

The Stanford men (2-0) defeated Centenary College in Lafayette, La., to begin the fall season and also won at UC Santa Cruz. Against the Banana Slugs, Bobby Bollier won two events. In the Bayou during the team's annual training camp, six freshmen won events over Centenary. This will be the first diving event for the Stanford men, with Ipsen slated to compete.

With the return of heavy point-scorer David Mosko for his senior season, the Cardinal men also feature Bollier, a two-time NCAA runner-up in 2011, one of America's top long distance swimmers in Chad La Tourette and one of Canada's top back strokers, Matthew Swanston.

Stanford Swimming and Diving will also be represented at the two-week Pan American Games in Mexico starting on Saturday. Graduate Cassidy Krug and freshman Kristian Ipsen will compete in diving starting on October 26, while graduates Julia Smit, Elaine Breeden and Eugene Godsoe will swim for the U.S. Starting on Saturday.

The Stanford women (1-0) have competed in one event so far this season, defeating San Jose State 167-125 with sophomore swimmer Andie Taylor and diver Stephanie Phipps, along with freshman swimmer Maddy Schaefer each winning two events.

The Stanford women feature All-American senior sprinters Betsy Webb and Sam Woodward, along with Pac-10 Freshman of the Year Maya DiRado.

The Haines Invitational is named after former coach George Haines, the late coach of the Cardinal from 1981 to 1988 who won two Pac-10 titles and the 1983 NCAA title. In his seven years at The Farm, Haines' teams never finished lower than third at the NCAA meet.

Complete Swim Schedule
Haines: http://www.gostanford.com/livestats/w-swim/2011_10_14/
Hawaii Men: http://www.gostanford.com/livestats/m-swim/2011_10_14/

Friday
Haines Invite (San Jose State, Hawai'i, Nevada, Stanford)
11 a.m. Diving (three-meter)
12 p.m. Long Course Women (100 free, 200 breast, 100 fly, 200 back, 500 free)

1 p.m. Men's Dual Diving with Hawai'i
3 p.m. Men's Dual Swimming with Hawai'i

Haines Invite (San Jose State, Hawai'i, Nevada, Stanford)
6 p.m. Short Course Women (4x25 medley relay, 50 free, 50 breast, 50 free, 50 fly, 50 breast, 50 back, 50 fly, 100 IM, 50 back, 100 IM, 4x25 free relay)

Saturday
Haines Invite (San Jose State, Hawai'i, Nevada, Stanford)
10 a.m. Diving (one-meter)
11 a.m. Long Course Women (4x50 medley relay, 200 free, 100 breast, 200 fly, 100 back, 200 IM, 4x50 free relay)