June 18, 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- Alex Coville won a silver medal in the 50 free, Maya DiRado was a runner-up in the 400 IM and Matthew Swanston was a bronze medalist in the 200 back to highlight Stanford swimmers on the second full day of the Santa Clara Invite.

Coville finished off the individual portion of the day by finishing second to William Copeland (22.69) in the splash and dash of the 50 free. Coville, a recent graduate, was second with a time of 22.81, while  alum, David Dunford was fifth (23.04).

Swanston, in what will be a battle for Canada's representatives in the 200 back in the future, was third with a time of 2:00.54, moving up from sixth after the midway point, finishing behind American winner Michael Phelps (1:57.05) and Australian Mitchell Larkin (2:00.30). Fellow Canadians, Stanford grad and 26 year old Tobias Oriowol (2:00.82) was fifth and Matt Hawes was sixth (2:01.60).

DiRado and Stanford classmate Andie Taylor battled for a medal for much of the 400 IM, with DiRado finishing in second with a time of 4:40.90, behind Stephanie Rice's time of 4:36.52, the third-fastest time in the world this year. DiRado was the first of three Cardinal swimmers in the A Finals, as Taylor was fourth (4:42.71), a half second out of third and Julia Smit was ninth (4:46.29). DiRado was also 11th overall and second in the B Finals of the 200 back (2:13.80), in what continues to be a strong invite for the NCAA runner-up in the 200 IM.

In the A Finals of the 200 free, Kate Dwelley was fifth (1:59.69), fading back after racing second at the halfway point to winner Allison Schmidt (1:57.31). Dwelley also reached the finals of the 50 free for seventh, one of three Cardinal swimmers in the 50 free A Finals, joining Sam Woodward (sixth) and Betsy Webb (eighth).

The Santa Clara Invite concludes on Sunday. The finals will be webcast on usaswimming.org

Other events scheduled for Stanford swimmers include the Los Angeles Invite on July 15-17, World Championships, July 16 to 31 in China , the U.S. Nationals at Stanford's Avery Aquatics Center, August 2-6, and the World University Games, August 14 to 19 in China.

Results
http://www.fastlanetek.com/swmeets/2011_06_16_International/Results/index.htm

Women (three, nine-woman finals, *-current Stanford swimmers in 2011-12)
Saturday
400 IM-- A Finals: 2. *DiRado, 4:40.90, 4. *Taylor, 4:42.71, 9. Smit, 4:46.92; B Finals: 15. Smith, 4:57.56; C Finals-23. *Chen, 4:53.54
200 Free-- A Finals: 5. Dwelley, 1:59.69; C Finals: 26. *Taylor, 2:04.82
200 Back-- A Finals: 9. Smit, 2:15.35; B Finals: 11. *DiRado, 2:13.80; 26. *Lee, 2:16.79
50 Free-- A Finals: 6. *Woodward, 25.64, 7. Dwelley, 25.73, 8. Webb, 25.74,

Men (three, nine-woman finals, *-current Stanford swimmers in 2011-12)
Saturday
400 IM-- B Finals: 13. *Cosgarea, 4:29.38, 18. Bollier, 4:39.07
200 Free-- C Finals: 27. *Stoehr, 1:54.82
200 Back-- A Finals:  3. *Swanston, 2:00.54, 5. Oriwol, 2:00.82; B Finals: *Thompson, 2:02.76; C Finals: 19. Godsoe, 2:02.71
50 Free-- A Finals: 2. Coville, 22.81, 5. D.Dunford, 23.08; B Finals: 14. Wayne, 23.49

Friday-Women
100 Free--A Finals: 7. Smit, 56.02; B Finals: 15. Dwelley, 55.99; C Finals: t-21. *Woodward, 56.57, 23. *Lee, 56.59
200 Breast-- A Finals: 4. Smith, 2:25.25; B Finals: 15. Smit, 2:34.48
400 Free-- A Finals: 7. *Taylor, 4:12.05; B Finals: 10. *DiRado, 4:11.43
100 Fly-- A Finals: 2. Breeden, 58.84; B Finals: 11. *Lee, 1:00.55, 17. *Woodward, 1:01.09

Friday-Men
100 Free-- B Finals: 11. D.Dunford, 50.60, 13. Godsoe, 50.83; C Finals: 21. Coville, 51.41, 25. Oriowol, 51.89
200 Breast-- B Finals: 11. B. Johnson, 2:17.37, 14. *Lovelace, 2:17.63
400 Free-- C Finals: 20. D. *Cosgarea, 3:59.61, 24. *Stoehr, 4:03.01
100 Fly-- A Finals: 6. Godsoe, 54.11; B Finals: 14. *Bollier, 55.01