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The Stanford Cardinal are a Division I swimming program in the ACC. The program is identified by its mascot, Stanford Tree. The program record reflects 8 national championships. The Cardinal are preparing for the swimming season as the meet schedule progresses. Stanford fields a 31-athlete roster in 2026, with 0 verified on RallyFuel. The class distribution includes 7 freshmen, 8 sophomores, 5 juniors, and 11 seniors. Home meets for the Cardinal are held at Avery Aquatic Center in , . The Cardinal's meet schedule will be updated as results are posted. Meet day at Avery Aquatic Center carries the Stanford tradition, with Stanford Tree leading the team onto the pool deck and "Come Join The Band" played to mark the moment. When fans fuel a Cardinal athlete on RallyFuel, 90% lands directly with the athlete — funding training, recovery, and the realities of college sports.
Stanford University sits in Stanford, California, and competes in NCAA Division I, with most teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference after leaving the Pac-12. The Cardinal sponsor roughly three dozen varsity teams, from football and basketball to rowing, fencing, squash, sailing, and water polo.
Stanford has won 139 NCAA team championships, the most of any Division I school, and has won at least one NCAA team title in 50 straight academic years. Among the programs with the biggest totals:
According to the school, Stanford athletes have won 335 Olympic medals (162 gold, 93 silver, 80 bronze), earned by 196 medalists. At Paris 2024, the Cardinal had 59 Olympians who won 39 medals, a record for one school at a single Games.
Katie Ledecky reached 14 career medals in Paris, and swimmers Torri Huske and Regan Smith each won five medals there. Grant Fisher took bronze in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters. Freestyle skier Eileen Gu, who competes for China, won Olympic medals while a Stanford student.
Football plays at Stanford Stadium, and Maples Pavilion hosts basketball, volleyball, and gymnastics. Baseball is at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond, swimming and water polo at Avery Aquatic Center, tennis at the Taube Family Tennis Center, and track and field at Cobb Track and Angell Field.
The first Big Game against California was played on March 19, 1892. Stanford has no official mascot, but the Stanford Tree, a member of the band in a costume, appears at major events.