In two joint meets over the weekend, the Stanford men’s and women’s swimming teams each notched victories over both Arizona and Arizona State. The No. 1 women’s team (6-0) defeated the No. 7 Wildcats, 178-114, and the Sun Devils, 174-120, while the No. 3 men (4-0) edged past Arizona, 155-143, and beat Arizona State soundly, 168-122.
The men’s team got strong performances from several swimmers to hold off Arizona for a close victory. Three swimmers—senior Alex Coville, junior Chad La Tourette and senior Austin Staab—won two events each, while senior diver Brent Eichenseer took both diving events. Coville won both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events, and La Tourette, a distance specialist, won both the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle races.
Stanford got key contributions from different swimmers to pull out a victory over Arizona State. Juniors Geoff Cheah and Curtis Lovelace powered the Cardinal past the Sun Devils with two victories apiece. Cheah won both short-distance freestyle events, while Lovelace swept the breaststroke races.
The men’s team will return to the pool on Feb. 4 at home against Cal State Bakersfield, while the women’s next meet is on Jan. 28 at Avery Aquatic Center against Pac-10 foe UCLA.