ā The Stanford men's swimming and diving team extended its lead in the Pac-10 championships Friday night at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach, Calif.
The Cardinal had 558 points, followed by California (512), Arizona (509.5), Arizona State (258.5), USC (255) and Washington (159).
Stanford's Austin Staab and Paul Kornfeld were standouts. Staab won the 100-yard butterfly in 45.36 seconds; Kornfeld took the 100 breast stroke in 52.43 seconds.
Stanford's Justin Dunford will join Staab at the NCAA finals, along with Godec and Arizona's Albert Subirats.
Arizona's Darian Townsend won his third first-place medal in the 200 freestyle, upsetting Cal's Dominik Meichtry, the defending Pac-10 champion and NCAA runner-up.
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Townsend won in 1:34.12, beating Meichtry by .34 of a second. Both qualified for the NCAAs, as did Arizona's Nicholas Nilo and Jean Basson, and Stanford's Daniel Beal. The top five swimmers finished within .76 of a second.
Subirats beat David Russell of Cal by .11 of a second in the 100 backstroke. Subirats' time was 46.5; Russell's was 46.61. Both qualified for the NCAA championships.
ā The No. 18 UA gymnastics team took second to host Kentucky in Lexington on Friday night.
Kentucky totaled 195.925 to the UA's 195.625. Western Michigan was third with 191.525.
The Wildcats are 6-4 overall, 3-3 in the Pac-10.
Arizona's Karin Wurm won the all-around with a 39.425, her fifth win of the season.
Wurm also was first on the bars with a 9.850, and first on the beam with a 9.975. She tied teammate Danielle Hicks for first on the floor with a 9.800.
ā The Arizona men's golf team was in eighth place Friday after the first round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship in Las Vegas.
The Wildcats carded a first-round 9-over 297 and were among three teams in eighth place.
USC leads the 16-team field by three strokes after a 3-under 285. UCLA and UNLV were tied for second place at even-par 288, one stroke better than Charlotte and Georgia.
Creighton Honeck was the top Wildcat. He had a 3-under 69 and was tied for third in the field of 81. It was his sixth round in the 60s this season.
Jonas Enander Hedin of Charlotte was first after a 4-under 68.
The 54-hole event continues through Sunday.
ā The UA men's tennis team suffered its first home loss of the season Friday, falling to visiting Stanford 4-3. The Wildcats won the doubles point. The situation changed thereafter.
Singles winners for the UA were Pat Metham and Andres Carrasco. Arizona will host Cal today at 1 p.m. at Robson Tennis Center.
ā In Stanford, Calif., the UA women's team tennis lost to No. 6 Stanford 7-0 at the Taube Tennis Center.
