Stanford’s No. 6 women’s swimming and diving team won 14 of the first 16 contested events in a two-day non-conference meet against Texas in Austin this past weekend. With the win, the Cardinal recorded their third dual meet victory of the season with a 195-150 win over the No. 11 Longhorns. Stanford swimmers also reached NCAA “A” times — which automatically qualify them for the NCAA Championships — in four separate events.

Freshman Julia Smit put up “A” times in both of the meet’s individual medley events, winning Friday’s 400 IM by a margin of almost 10 seconds and competing as an exhibition swimmer in Saturday’s 200 IM. Smit’s time of 4 minutes, 10.96 seconds in the 400 made her the No.5 all-time Stanford performer in the event. Smit also won the 200 backstroke on Friday with an NCAA “B” time of 1:59.32. In addition, Smit’s 100 back swim in the 400-medley relay earned her another “B” time.

Freshman Elaine Breeden continued her impressive performance this season, winning both the 100 and 200 butterfly and recording a “B” time — good enough to be considered for a bid to the NCAAs — of 53.85 in the 100. Breeden also swam to a third-place finish in the 100 free with a “B” time of 50.34.

“Julia Smit and Elaine Breeden really showed that they are going to be a threat to win in every meet we have this year,” head coach Lea Maurer said. “We hope their toughness becomes contagious on our team. All of our freshmen have really added something to the program and it showed this weekend.”

Junior Brooke Bishop reached the “A” standard with her 2:10.19 time in the 200 breaststroke on Friday. She also put up NCAA “B” times in two more first-place finishes — in the 100 free and 100 back — with times of 49.61 and 54.59, respectively.

“Bishop has become the real ‘go to’ person on our team over the past year and a half,” Maurer said. “Her presence gives all of her teammates confidence when she steps on the blocks.”

There was another “A” time to add to the list. Junior Caroline Bruce’s 22.71 exhibition swim in Saturday’s 50 free was also the fastest time in the race.

“For Caroline, this meet was a nice affirmation that all of the hard work she has been putting in rehabilitating her shoulder following surgery last spring is on the right track,” Maurer said. “Her goals are set high and she is off to a great start in reaching them at the end of the season.”

Stanford’s other individual winners included Cassidy Krug in the 1-meter diving event, Desiree Stahley in the 500 free, Lauren Costella in the 1,650 free and Whitney Spence in the 200 free. All three swimmers put up “B” times.

The Stanford women also won the meet’s first three relays and recorded the fastest time in the fourth as an exhibition team. The women achieved “B” times in all four relays.

In Friday’s meet-opening 200 free relay, sophomore Madeline Rovira and freshman Michelle Liu joined Breeden and Bishop to record the Cardinal’s first win of the meet with a time of 1:32.71. Smit, Bruce, Breeden and Bishop swam to victory in the final swimming event of the day with a time of 3:41.53 in the 400 medley. On Saturday, Bishop, Bruce, Breeden and sophomore Fiona O’Donnell-McCarthy captured the 200 medley relay in 1:41.14. In the final event of the meet, the 400 free relay, Breeden, Stahley, Rovira and Bishop swam the fastest time in the event with a 3:23.71.

Texas recorded only three victories in events in which Stanford did not swim exhibition. The Longhorns took two of the three diving events, with Mary Yarrison winning the 3-meter event and Jessica Livingston taking the platform. Texas swimmers were also credited with victories in the 50 free, 200 IM, 100 breast and 400 free relay. The 100 breast was one of the most exciting events of the meet, as Texas’ Elizabeth Tinnon defeated Stanford’s Bruce by just .18 seconds with an NCAA “A” time of 1:01.88.

The Cardinal women next compete in a home diving-only meet against California on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Then, both swimmers and divers will travel to Knoxville, Tenn. for a two-day double dual meet Nov.10-11 against No. 15 Tennessee and No. 3 Auburn.

“We are still really only at the beginning,” Maurer said. “It was a nice start but there is a long way for us to go to being competitive with the best teams in the country at the NCAA Championships in March. I was proud of the team for taking this meet in stride and recognizing that they have a major test coming up against the defending champions Auburn and a rapidly rising, quality team like Tennessee.