January 14, 2004

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Cardinal swim teams splash to solid victories

by Rick Eymer

Stanford senior swimmers Markus Rogan and Peter Marshall both have plenty of experience in short-course meter races, which will be used at the NCAA swimming championships this year.

Their early results have been positive. Rogan and Marshall each won two events as the third-ranked Cardinal defeated No. 6 Michigan in Ann Arbor, 215 1/2-191 1/2, in a two-day meet over the weekend.

The victory again establishes Stanford as one of the favorites to win an NCAA championship.

Rogan, who competed in the 2000 Olympics for Austria in addition to swimming in the Short Course World Championships, won the 200 IM in 1:59.12 and the 200 back in 1:55.17.

Marshall, who participated in the Short Course World Championships, won the 100 back in 52.21, and the 100 free in 49.41.

Jayme Cramer, Thomas Brown, Ben Wildman-Tobriner and Adam Peterson also won events for Stanford, which hosts Pacific on Saturday at 1 p.m.

The Cardinal outscored the Wolverines, 139-104, on the second day to rally for the win. Michigan held an 11-point advantage after the first day, but that lead vanished on the first event of the second day as Stanford finished 1-2 in the 400 medley relay. The relay team of Marshall, Keenan Newman, Cramer and Wildman-Tobriner won the event in 3:41.45.
Women's swimming

Tara Kirk, Kristen Caverly and Morgan Hentzen each won two events as fourth-ranked Stanford defeated visiting Pacific, 144-107, on Saturday.

Dana Kirk was also an individual winner for the Cardinal. Stanford's 200-meter medley relay squad of Megan Baumgartner, Tara Kirk, Dana Kirk and Sarah Jones also won.

"I thought it was good meet overall for us, and we had some excellent swims from several individuals," said Stanford coach Richard Quick. "But I know that we have some work to do during the next two weeks."

Stanford (2-0) hosts Arizona State in its Pac-10 opener on Friday, Jan. 23.

The Cardinal extended their dual-meet winning streak to six meets, and 23 of 25 overall.

Tara Kirk remained unbeaten in the 100 breast during her collegiate career, winning her 29th straight race in the event with the only NCAA 'A' qualifying time of the day at 1:08.42. Kirk met the NCAA 'B' qualifying standard to win the 200 breast in 2:13.93.

Caverly earned an NCAA 'B' mark to win the 200 meter back in 2:14.97, while swimming 1:02.97 in the 100.

Hentzen, last year's Pan American Games champion in the 800 free, went 8:51.28 in the 800, and 4:18.64 to win the 400 free.

Dana Kirk won the 100 fly in an NCAA 'B' time of 2:13.93. All races were short-course meters, which collegians now swim during an Olympic year.
Women's gymnastics

Sixth-ranked Stanford opened the season with a victory in the Stanford Quadrangular on Friday night. The Cardinal earned 196.200 points to beat Central Michigan (194.475), Sacramento State (191.425), and San Jose State (191.075).

"I thought that we looked great," said Stanford coach Kristen Smyth. "It's always nice to start out at home and we had a fantastic crowd."

Stanford was led by senior All-American Lise Léveillé, who captured first place in the All-Around at 39.425. She won the floor with a 9.925.

Caroline Fluhrer won on the bars, recording a 9.925.

The Cardinal compete at No. 9 Arizona State on Sunday.
Men's volleyball

Stanford (2-2) finished with a 1-2 record in the UCSB/Elephant Bar Collegiate Invitational over the weekend.

The Cardinal dropped a five-game match to No. 1 seeded Long Beach State in the first round, 30-27, 19-30, 18-30, 31-29, 13-15.

Stanford lost to UCSB, 30-17, 30-23, 30-23, and then came back to defeat Pacific, 29-31, 30-27, 30-25, 23-30, 15-13.

Against Long Beach State, junior outside hitter David Vogel recorded a career-high 19 kills to go along with 10 digs. Sophomore Ben Reddy added a career-high 13 kills. Sophomore middle blocker Chris Ahlfeldt had 10 kills and redshirt junior Kevin Hansen recorded 56 assists. Sophomore libero Jeremy Jacobs added a career-high 12 digs.

Reddy paced the Cardinal with 10 kills against the Gauchos, while redshirt junior Pat Bomhack had seven kills and nine assists.

In the win over Pacific, Vogel had 16 kills while junior middle blocker Craig Buell added 15 kills. Hansen had 61 assists.

Stanford hosts UCLA on Friday at 7 p.m., and UC Irvine on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Football

David Kelly, a member of the Cardinal football staff under Buddy Teevens the past two years, joined Ted Roof and the coaching staff at Duke University.

Kelly, who coached wide receivers coach and was the associate head coach the past two seasons, served with Roof at Georgia Tech in 2000-01.

"David has been a tremendous asset to our football staff and our program," said Teevens. "We wish him and his family all the best at Duke."
Wrestling

Stanford (3-4) dropped a 21-18 nonconference decision against visiting Cal State Bakersfield on Sunday.

Luis Vendrell recorded a pin at 149 pounds to put Stanford ahead entering the final match, but CSUB's Christian Arellano got the decisive pin against Brian Perry at 165 pounds to secure the victory.

Matt Gentry remained undefeated on the season with a 10-5 decision, while Brad Metzler (141), Imad Kharbush (174) and John Garfinkel (184) also won.

Stanford hosts Oregon on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Burnham Pavilion.
Softball

Former Stanford star Jessica Mendoza and current Stanford sophomore Lauren Lappin were among the 15 players and three alternates named to the United States softball team which will train for the next seven months in preparation for the 2004 Olympic Games.

Mendoza, a collegiate All-American, makes her first Olympic team roster after being a consistent member of the USA National Team since the 2001 season.

Lappin was named one of the alternates. She makes her first appearance among the national team ranks.

Stanford coach John Rittman is an assistant for the team under Mike Candrea, who coaches at Arizona.

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