FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – A podium finish for one relay and an impressive showing in the 1-meter by freshman Lane Stallworth is how the Sun Devils opened Day 1 of the Pac-12 Women's Swim and Men's/Women's Dive at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center on Wednesday.
Molly Batchelor-Ieva Maluka-Charli Brown-Lindsay Looney went 7:02.70 in the 800 free relay to place third overall in the second and final event of the night. The Sun Devils also opened up last year's Pac-12 Championships with a third-place showing in the 800 free relay, though this year's group finished nearly a full second faster than last year's relay (7:03.49).
The Sun Devils kicked off swimming events with a fifth-place effort in the 200 medley relay by Charli Brown-Iza Adame-Jadé Foelske-Erin Milligan (1:38.69).
The efforts from both relays puts the Sun Devils right in the middle of the team standings after the opening day.
TEAM STANDINGS AFTER DAY 1
T-1. Stanford University, 120
T-1. Cal, 120
3. USC, 106
4. ASU, 104
5. UCLA, 102
6. Arizona, 96
7. Washington State, 92
8. Utah, 44
MEN'S 1-METER DIVING PRELIMS
All four Sun Devil Men's divers kicked off championship week by competing in the 1-meter prelims. Freshman Lane Stallworth was the Sun Devils' top finisher, checking in at 11th overall with his score of 277.10 through six dives.
Though the top eight advanced to the final round, here's where the remaining trio of Sun Devils rounded out the prelims.
13) Zachory Lundgren, 274.10
14) Thomas Wesche, 255.10
17) Caleb Liban, 243.00
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— Sun Devil Swim/Dive (@ASUSwimDive) February 22, 2023
The Men's 1-meter was the only diving competition held on Wednesday.
Up next in the diving portion of the conference championships is the Women's 1-meter and Men's 3-meter on Thursday, beginning at 5:20 p.m. MST.
THURSDAY SWIM SCHEDULE
Thursday will feature a much busier schedule, beginning with preliminaries for three individual events beginning at 11:30 a.m. MST.
500 Free | 200 IM | 50 free | 200 free relay
Day 2 Finals will begin at 7 p.m. MST, concluding with the 200 free relay.
FOLLOW ALONG
Keep up with the Sun Devils on Day 2 in Federal Way via the team's Twitter account, @ASUSwimDive, which will be updated with scores, results, recaps and more this week.
Fans can also follow along via the Pac-12 Championship Tournament Central.