USC Squads Earn Sweeps

The USC men’s and women’s swim teams swept Cal State Northridge and Cal State Bakersfield on the final day (which included two sessions) of the USC Invitational on Saturday (Oct. 10) at USC McDonald’s Swim Stadium.

In the short course meters portion of the action, USC’s men downed CSUN, 106-57, and CSUB, 95-70. CSUB defeated CSUN, 111-55. USC’s women defeated CSUN, 103-60, and CSUB, 104-59. CSUB’s women edged CSUN, 85-82.

In the short course yards, USC’s men beat CSUN, 105-51, and CSUB, 91-72. CSUB defeated CSUN, 120-47. The Trojan women defeated CSUN, 99-62, and CSUB, 102-61. CSUN downed CSUB, 90-77.

Freshman Haley Anderson posted wins in the 800 (scm) free (8:48.19) and the 1000y free (9:55.79). Junior Kevin Little won the 800 (scm) free (8:26.15) while sophomore Julian Bonse won the 1000y free (9:36.93).

Sophomore Katinka Hosszu, who posted three NCAA ‘B’ cuts on Friday, notched another in winning the 200 (scm) free (2:01.85). She also won the 200y free in 1:49.84. Lyndsay DePaul was second in both races.

Senior Zoltan Povazsay won the 200 (scm) free (1:51.14) and the 200y free (1:49.32).

Freshman Lili Shiota won the 100 (scm) back (1:04.17) and the 100y back (56.17). Freshman Alex Lendrum won the men’s 100 (scm) back (56.91) and the men’s 100y back (50.61).

Freshman Jessica Schmitt won the 100 (scm) breast (1:11.32), edging sophomore Ania Kowalczyk (1:11.93). Schmitt came back in the 100y breast (1:02.95) to post an NCAA ‘B’ cut.

Junior Dillon Connolly won the men’s 100 (scm) breast (1:04.14) and came back to win the 100y breast (55.35) in an NCAA ‘B’ cut.

Freshman Yumi So clocked an NCAA ‘B’ cut in the 100 (scm) fly (1:00.96) and did the same in the 100y fly (54.26). Freshman French Olympian Clement Lefert won the 100 (scm) fly (54.80) and the 100y fly (48.39).

Freshman Christel Simms was fastest in the 50 (scm) free (26.70) and won the 100 (scm) IM (1:04.47). She also was first to the wall in the 50y free (23.79). Freshman Emmett Walling touched first in the men’s 50 (scm) free (23.25) as well as the 50y free (21.02).

Kowalczyk was first in the 400y IM (4:22.25) and senior James Martin was first on the men’s side (4:02.66).


The USC men’s and women’s swim teams opened the 2009-2010 season in the USC Invitational, a three-session, two-day meet that kicked off Friday (Oct. 9) as the Trojans faced Cal State Northridge.
 
The session, competed in long course meters, saw Troy’s men’s team down the Matadors, 80-66, while the women won 80-64.
 
After the Trojans swept the 200 relays, USC freshman distance specialist Haley Anderson, a 2009 World Championships participant, won her first collegiate event by taking the 800m free in 8:59.53. On the men’s side, junior Kevin Little won the event in 8:46.36.
 
Katinka Hosszu, a 2009 World Championships gold and silver medalist, began her sophomore campaign with a win in the 200 free in 2:03.30. The time is an NCAA ‘B’ cut, noteworthy for it being so early in the season. Junior Lyndsay DePaul, a 2009 transfer who sat out last year at USC due to NCAA transfer rules, was second in the event in 2:05.83. Senior Zoltan Povazsay, like Hosszu a Hungarian transplant in Los Angeles, won the men’s 200 free in 1:55.96.
 
Freshmen Lili Shiota (1:06.46) and Lolo Blair (1:08.13) finished first and second, respectively, in the 100 back while freshman Alex Lendrum (59.50) took first on the men’s side.
 
Freshmen Jordan Danny (1:14.54) and Jessica Schmitt (1:15.51) went 1-2 in the 100 breast while junior Dillon Connolly (1:07.75) and sophomore Matt Talmadge (1:11.47) did the same for the men.
 
Hosszu won again in the 100 fly (1:01.97) with another NCAA ‘B’ cut while freshman Yumi So was hot on her heels in second (1:02.70), less than half a second from an NCAA ‘B’ cut. Freshman Clement Lefert, an Olympian from France, breezed to a win in the men’s 100 fly (55.27), posting his first NCAA ‘B’ cut, while freshman Justin DiFederico was second (58.79).
 
Freshman Christel Simms (27.33), a 2008 Olympian for The Philippines, had the best women’s 50 time while sophomore Jeff Daniels’ 24.24 was tops for the men.
 
Hosszu clocked her third NCAA ‘B’ cut with a 2:18.85 in the 200m IM while DePaul’s 2:20.12 was also good enough for the same standard. Lendrum’s 2:14.50 in the 200 IM was best on the men’s side.