The No. 3 Stanford men’s swim team won a pair of dual meets over the weekend against Cal State-Bakersfield and USC this past Friday and Saturday.

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The Stanford men added two more wins to their record this weekend with commanding victories over Bakersfield and Southern California. The Cardinal is currently ranked third in the nation. #gallery http://daily.stanford.edu/image/full/8529
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The Stanford men added two more wins to their record this weekend with commanding victories over Bakersfield and Southern California. The Cardinal is currently ranked third in the nation.

Stanford (3-1, 2-1 Pac-10) cruised to a 166-115 victory at Bakersfield Friday afternoon, holding the top time in every event.

Its first win came as the 200 medley relay team of sophomore Eugene Godsoe, junior captain Paul Kornfeld, freshman Austin Staab and sophomore David Dunford won the sprint relay in 1:30.78.

Freshman standout David Mosko won double events, in the 1000 free and the 200 fly. Senior Nathan Kim won the diving competition with a score of 354.68.

Freshman Josh Charnin-Aker showed incredible progress in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:51.40, which was his season best. Stanford will count on Charnin-Aker to push for NCAA points in the 200 backstroke along with Godsoe, one of the best backstrokers in college.

Godsoe won the 100 back with a solid time of 48.91 as junior captain Nate Cass followed with a first place effort in the 100 breast.

“One thing that has helped the team in general is the emphasis [head coach] Skip [Kenney] and [associate head coach] Ted [Knapp] put on race details,” Cass said. “It’s OK if your stroke feels different in a race, longer, more powerful, more propulsive, but the turns and the start and other small details must be exactly the same in practice as in a race — otherwise you won’t feel comfortable with your swimming when you race.”

Junior Jason Dunford continued the Stanford winning streak in the 50 free, while junior Paul Zaich finished the meet with a win in the 200 breast.

The next day, Stanford traveled visited L.A. to face USC and won handily once again, 160-129. Mosko won three individual events to lead the Cardinal effort.

“There are very important and big things that are expected of the freshmen after what they have already shown us,” said junior Jason Dunford. “The future of this team is exceedingly bright with a great class coming in next year, as well.”

In the 1000 free, Mosko won for the second day in a row, Charnin-Aker followed closely behind and freshman Scotty Korotkin took third for a 1-2-3 Stanford finish.

In the 200 free, senior captain Phillip Morrison finished first in 1:39.46, narrowly edging out USC’s Zoltan Povalzsy, who came in at 1:39.58. Sophomore Andrew Trepp also had a strong swim in 1:39.86 to take third, while junior Dan Priestly finished fifth.

The relay team of Godsoe, Kornfeld, Staab and Jason Dunford won in 3:15.74 in the 400-yard medley relay.

Senior Egan Gans stepped up to win the 100 back in a solid time of 49.02, unexpectedly, since Gans is usually used as a breaststroker. Junior Scott Lathrope finished fifth. Stanford then won the 100 breaststroke with another 1-2-3 finish with Kornfeld leading the way, followed by Cass and freshman John Criste.

Kornfeld also won the 200 breast, followed by Zaich, Criste and junior Chris Ash.

Mosko once again dominated the 200 fly to win for the second day in a row. In the 50 free, David Dunford edged out a very quick USC senior captain Richard Gosper, 19.96 to 20.17. Staab finished in 20.48 to take third.

Freshman Brent Eichenseer won the one-meter dive event with a score of 317.17. Senior Nathan Kim dominated the three-meter dive with a score of 340.35, followed by Eichenseer with 312.15.

Jason Dunford won the 100 free in a quick 43.65, and Godsoe won the 200 back in 1:46.11, a very strong time as a result of not swimming the 100 back won by Gans.

Mosko completed his third win for the day, turning in a 4:30.95 for the 500 free, followed by Morrison in 4:32.41.

Stanford will have its last dual meet in two weeks when Cal comes to Avery Aquatic Center on Saturday, Feb. 23. Stanford will then start its postseason at the Pac-10 Championships, where the Cardinal has won 27 consecutive titles.