Season Opener in San Diego – Stanford Cardinal
STANFORD, Calif. – The No. 3 Stanford women’s swimmers kick off the 2025-26 campaign in San Diego, hitting the pool for the Triton Invitational on Oct. 10-11 at the Canyonview Aquatic Center.
Hosted by UC San Diego, the two-day meet features five women’s programs, including No. 5 California, Hawai‘i and UC Santa Barbara.
The meet will be split into three sessions, as fans can follow along live on MeetMobile. The session schedule is as follows:
Session 1 Schedule (Friday, 2 p.m)
200 Medley Relay
500 Free
100 Back
200 IM
50 Free
200 Fly
Session 2 Schedule (Saturday, 10 a.m.)
400 IM
100 Fly
200 Free
100 Breast
200 Back
Session 3 Schedule (Saturday, 1 p.m)
1650 Free
100 Free
200 Breast
200 Free Relay
2024 REVISITED » Stanford finished second at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships with 417 points, earning three individual NCAA champions and a relay national title, extending the Cardinal’s 43-year streak as the only program in NCAA history to never finish outside the top ten at a national meet. Lucy Bell (200 breast), Caroline Bricker (400 IM), and Torri Huske (200 IM) each earned individual titles, while the quartet of Bricker, Aurora Roghair, Lillie Nordmann, and Kayla Wilson combined to win the 800 Free crown. Stanford made a strong debut at the ACC Championships in 2025, winning three individual titles and a relay crown in the nation’s most competitive conference.
KEY RETURNERS » The Cardinal head into the 2025-26 campaign with another strong veteran core, returning nine of its 13 All-Americans from a season ago. The group of Lucy Bell, Caroline Bricker, Torri Huske, Gigi Johnson, Anna Lemkin, Natalie Mannion, Lucy Thomas, Emily Thompson, and Kayla Wilson accounted for 29 total NCAA podium finishes, including each of the three individual titles and one-half of Stanford’s championship-winning relay.
NEW CARDINAL » Stanford also welcomes seven new student-athletes to The Farm this season, as Alana Berlin, Ellie Cole, Ella Detter, Molly Gray, Ella Jablonski, Annam Olasewere, and Addie Robillard make up the latest Cardinal freshman class. The incoming group ranked second in SwimSwam’s final Class of 2025 recruiting rankings, bringing immense national and international experience both in the pool and the diving tower.
A NEW ERA BEGINS » The 2025-26 season begins a new era for the Cardinal women’s swimming & diving program, as Chris Lindauer was named the eighth Paul A. Violich Director of Women’s Swimming earlier this summer. Lindauer arrives to The Farm with a proven track record of elevating programs to new heights, coaching 10 individual national champions, 46 women’s NCAA All-Americans and 49 men’s NCAA All-Americans during his 15-year coaching career. He also brings an Olympic-level coaching pedigree, mentoring a pair of gold medalists and 13 Olympic qualifiers, in addition to serving on the USA National Team coaching staff from 2018-20. Joining his coaching staff is 2020 Olympic bronze medalist and former Florida assistant Annie Lazor, along with Marcus Guttman, who made the leap to to the coaching staff after spending two seasons as Director of Operations.
