In the morning preliminary session, Abrahm DeVine and Patrick Conaton got the Cardinal started by earning second swims in the 200-yard backstroke. DeVine (1:40.54) swam a personal best to finish 15th after entering the meet 27th on the entry list. Conaton (1:40.62) also made the B-final in 16th place.

Grant Shoults (14:35.82) secured first-team All-America honors in eighth place, winning Heat 3 by a wide margin. True Sweetser (14:40.72) joined him in collecting All-America hardware, finishing 12th for his second honorable mention of the meet. Liam Egan (15:06.87) finished 33rd in the 1650 freestyle.

"This entire week was such a great team effort," said Cardinal coach Ted Knapp. "None of our guys ever gave up – we thought we could finish in the top five at nationals when the season started and we're thrilled it became a reality."

No. 5 Stanford's season came to a close Saturday with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Indiana University Natatorium.

In the 200-yard breaststroke, Stanford had three entrants – Matt Anderson, Maxwell Williamson and Curtis Ogren. Anderson (1:56.27) finished 28th, Williamson (1:56.52) was 30th and Ogren (1:59.98) took 44th place in prelims.

In the evening session, Perry (41.80) claimed seventh place and first team All-America honors, the first individual first-team selection of his career.

Sam Perry was Stanford's only entrant in the 100-yard freestyle prelims, and he did not disappoint. Perry (41.77) set a program record en route to fifth place in prelims, securing a place in the A-final.

Conaton became just the second Stanford swimmer to break 1:40.00 in the 200 back, joining David Nolan (2014). Abrahm DeVine (1:42.08) also picked up an All-America honorable mention, finishing 16th.

Conaton (1:39.72) improved his time to win the B-final, swimming the second-fastest time in school history for an All-America honorable mention.

The team of Perry, Andrew Liang, DeVine and Kremer (2:49.26) got the job done after Stanford entered the event at 19th on the psych sheet. In the final, Stanford lowered its time (2:48.00) to finish fifth and secure first team All-America honors.

In the championship round, Miclau improved his score (391.75) and held his position in eighth, collecting first team All-America honors on the platform for the second consecutive season.

Ted Miclau was Stanford's only diver on the platform, qualifying for the A-final with a 377.45 clip in prelims.

Two Stanford swimmers qualified for the 200-yard butterfly B-final – Tom Kremer (1:42.10) was 15th, and Jimmy Yoder (1:41.91) was 14th. In the evening session, Yoder and Kremer (1:42.73) shared 14th place in the B-final, claiming All-America honorable mentions. It was the first career All-America honor for Yoder, and the 22nd for Kremer.

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Top five finish for Stanford men at NCAA swimming finals