\t\t\t\t\tStanford v. UC San Diego<\/p>\n
January 16, 2026 Opening up the new year for the Cardinal men was a road trip to take on the Tritons of UC San Diego in La Jolla, with Stanford earning the road win in a score of 177-81.<\/p>\n Stanford opened up the action with a win in the 200 medley relay; Ethan Harrington<\/a> (21.80), Zhier Fan<\/a> (24.12), Jonathan Tan<\/a> (20.67), and Rafael Gu<\/a> (19.12) led the relay from beginning to end to give Stanford an early advantage, winning in 1:25.71.<\/p>\n Cardinal senior Henry Morrissey<\/a> was untouchable in the 1000 free, touching nearly 15 seconds ahead of the field in 9:03.91. Notching his fastest time of the season thus far.<\/p>\n Similar to Morrissey in the 1000, freshman Omer Wiener dominated the 200 free, touching in 1:34.95. Stanford sophomore Abram Mueller<\/a> completed the 1-2 finish with his time of 1:38.17. In addition to his 200 free win, Wiener also added the 200 back to his victory slate, clocking 1:43.55<\/p>\n Stanford\u2019s backstroke duo of Finn Harland<\/a> and Josh Zuchowski<\/a> led the way for the Cardinal in the 100 back, finishing 1-2 with Harland (47.47) finishing just under half a second faster than Zuchowski (47.91).<\/p>\n Stanford sophomore Daniel Li<\/a>, who had the fastest 50 breast split of anybody in the 200 medley relay in 23.93. Earned the individual win in the 100 breast, cruising to a win in 52.74, two and a half seconds faster than UC San Diego\u2019s Adrian Bellido in 55.26.<\/p>\n Henry McFadden<\/a> made easy work of the 200 butterfly, leading the 1-2-3 sweep for Stanford in 1:43.82. Hayden Kwan<\/a> swam to a lifetime best 1:47.49 for 2nd, and Liam Custer<\/a> was 3rd in 1:47.63. McFadden later picked up the 100 fly event win in 47.27, Zuchowski was 2nd in 48.00, a season best for him.<\/p>\n The Cardinal went back-to-back top three sweeps with Stanford finishing 1-2-3 in the 50 free; leading the way was Gu in 19.46, Tan was just behind in 19.72, and Andres Dupont Cabrera<\/a> rounded out the top three in 20.03.<\/p>\n Tan nabbed the 100 free win over Hunter Cehelnik<\/a> (43.88) by just under four tenths in 43.50.<\/p>\n Sophomore Go Nagaoka<\/a> led a small field of three in the 200 breaststroke, winning by over 11 seconds in 1:54.25.<\/p>\n Andres Dupont, the Stanford senior, completed the distance sweep for the Cardinal, touching in a lifetime best 4:26.34. UC San Diego\u2019s Zach Tower<\/a> (4:30.43) and Charlie Franz<\/a> (4:30.49) finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively.<\/p>\n Cardinal Sophomore Ray Liu<\/a> led the 1-2 finish with a lifetime-best 400 IM performance of 3:48.08. Fellow freshman Connor Jones<\/a> finished runner-up in 3:53.58.<\/p>\n Stanford closed out the meet on a high note, with Harrington (19.93), Gu (18.86), Dupont Cabrera (19.82), and Wiener (20.37) completing the full event sweep on the day with a winning 200 free relay win in 1:18.98.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stanford v. 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\nCanyonview Aquatic Center, La Jolla, CA
\nSCY (25 yards)
\nResults<\/a>
\nFinal Score: Stanford 177, UC San Diego 81<\/p>\n