The Stanford men’s swim team capped off a strong performance at the Nike Cup Invitational on Nov.18, winning its fifth straight Cup title with a total of 1,965 points at the tournament hosted by UC Irvine. Meanwhile, the Cardinal diving team also competed over the Thanksgiving break, traveling to Indiana for the Purdue Invitational. Four Stanford divers finished in the top three in their respective events.

The swimmers started the first day of the Nike Cup with a resounding win as Stanford’s “A” sprint squad of freshman Austin Staab, junior Jason Dunford, sophomore David Dunford and freshman Jake Allen won the 200 yard freestyle relay in 1:19.71,a new meet record. Stanford’s “B” team — featuring sophomores Eugene Godsoe and Brede Kolsrud and juniors Dan Priestley and Connor McColl, came in an unofficial 16th place with a 1:23.58.

The Card next swept the 500 free, with senior Daniel Beal winning in 4:21.41. He was followed by freshman David Mosko in 4:23.25 and senior Phillip Morrison in 4:27.96. Junior captain Nate Cass easily won the 200 Individual Medley with a mark of 1:47.47 after holding the lead for the entire race.

Stanford continued to show its class in the 50 free sprint when Staab turned in a 19.86 to take first and Jason Dunford came in second with a swift 19.89. The first day’s finals came to an end with a victory in the 400 medley relay as the team of Godsoe, Cass, Staab and Jason Dunford set another new meet record time in 3:13.15.

The Cardinal continued the second day of competition with dominance as it won six of seven events to take a commanding lead over BYU and Air Force. Godsoe, junior captain Paul Kornfeld, Dunford and Staab took the 200 medley relay in 1:28.34, breaking the meet record set by Stanford in 2003. Pacific’s Krzysztof Zoldak narrowly won the 400 IM in 3:51.32, with Cardinal freshman Josh Charnin-Aker following in 3:52.24.

Stanford claimed the top two positions in the 100 fly as Jason Dunford won in 46.90 and Austin Staab followed with a time of 47.31. Dunford’s time was an automatic NCAA qualifier.

In the 200 freestyle, Beal, Morrison and sophomore Andrew Trepp took the top three spots with Beal in first after a 1:36.51 mark, narrowly missing the NCAA qualifying standard.

“A lot of people have been stepping up, but we still have a long ways to go if we want to reach our team goals this year. We are a young team with a lot of potential and the key is getting everyone to contribute to making the team better,” Kornfeld said. “Our coaches always deserve the most credit for getting the team to work hard and step up, but when a team is self-reliant on each other to constantly step up, that is where you will see the most improvement and biggest success of a team.”

The third and final day of the meet started off with freshman David Mosko winning the 1650 freestyle in 15:24.10. Godsoe followed up with a dominating performance of1:43.91 in the 200 backstroke. Six of the top eight in the 100 freestyle were Stanford swimmers while Austin Staab turned in his personal best, a new meet record of 43.70.

Meanwhile, in Indiana, Stanford’s dive squad captured two of the top three spots in the three meter finals as freshman Brent Eichenseer won with a score of 365.70. Purdue’s Greg Destephen came in second, followed by Cardinal senior Nathan Kim close behind with 319.50.

Stanford will be in action tomorrow through Saturday during the University of Texas Invite, where they will face top-ranked Texas as well as Arizona. The Cardinal took third at last year’s meet.