Trojans Set For Short Course Nationals
December 01, 2010 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Dec. 1, 2010
The USC men's and women's swimming teams will join much of the top swimming talent in the country at the 2010 AT&T Short Course National Championships, Thursday through Saturday (Dec. 2-4) at the Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatics Pavilion on the campus of Ohio State in Columbus. Prelims begin each day at 9 a.m. EST with finals at 5 p.m.
All sessions of the meet will be broadcast on SwimNetwork.com.
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The meet kicks off the on the heels of good new for the Trojans. Seniors Presley Bard and Lyndsay DePaul have been added to the 2011 U.S. National team that will compete at the World University Games. Sophomore Haley Anderson is on the squad as well.
RANKINGS
The USC women's team is ranked No. 6 in the first CSCAA Top 25 poll of the season while the men's squad opens at No. 14.
FAST TIMES
A number of USC swimmers have already clocked NCAA `B' cuts. The list led by junior Katinka Hosszu, who has five, and senior Lyndsay DePaul, who has one A cut and four B cuts. Hosszu has them in the 200y (1:45.83) and 500y free (4:45.44), 400y IM (4:08.01), 200y fly (1:56.39) and 200y breast (2:13.31). DePaul's NCAA A cut is in the 200y fly (1:54.90) and she has B cuts in the 200y IM (1:58.85), 100y (52.77), 200y free (1:48.62) and the 200y breast (2:14.10). Junior Tanya Krisman has them in the 100y (53.76) and the 200y fly (1:57.75) and the 200y breast (2:15.96), sophomore Haley Anderson has them in the 200y (1:47.36) and 500y free (4:45.38), senior Presley Bard has them in the 100y (53.69) and 200y back (1:57.57) and the 200y free (1:47.90), freshman Kasey Carlson has them in the 200y free (1:49.22) and the 100y breast (1:02.24), freshman Meghan Hawthorne has one in the 400y IM (4:18.25), sophomore Yumi So has them in the 100y (54.02) and the 200y fly (1:59.18), sophomore Jessica Schmitt has them in the 100y (1:02.92) and the 200y breast (2:14.75), junior Amanda has one in the 200y fly (1:59.80) and junior Ania Kowalczyk has one in the 100y breast (1:02.47). The Trojans also have `B' cuts in all five relays.
On the men's side, sophomore Clement Lefert has `B' cuts in the 200y (1:37.55) and 500y free (4:23.98) and the 200y fly (1:47.08) while freshman Vladimir Morozov has them in the 50y free (20.05) and 100y free (42.93). Junior Richard Charlesworth has one in the 500y free (4:26.04) and sophomore Alex Lendrum has one in the 200y back (1:46.30).
USC AT A GLANCE
The Women of Troy, under fifth-year head coach Dave Salo, are coming off of a seventh-place finish at the 2010 NCAA Championships and return six All-Americans, including seniors Presley Bard and Lyndsay DePaul, juniors Katinka Hosszu and Victoria Ishimatsu and sophomores Haley Anderson and Jessica Schmitt.
Hosszu, Bard and DePaul return as one of the top swimming trios in the country, each of whom helped USC to All-American relay performances in the 400y medley and the 800y free. Hosszu also earned All-American nods in the 400y IM (3rd) and the 200y fly (2nd) while Bard did it in the 100y (3rd) and 200y back (4th) and DePaul did it in the 100y (2nd) and 200y fly (3rd). Ishimatsu was a two-time All-American last year in the 1-meter (5th) and 3-meter springboard (4th). Anderson was an All-American in the 1650y free (4th) as well as the 800y free relay while Schmitt earned her All-American honor by swimming the breaststroke in the 400y medley relay.
USC finished third at the 2010 Pac-10 Championships (its best finish since 2003) and won six titles, its most since claiming six at the 2006 Pac-10s. Ishimatsu won both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard, her second and third career conference titles. Hosszu won her first Pac-10 crown in the 200y fly while Bard won USC's first ever Pac-10 title in the 100y back. Anderson won the 1650y free and Bard, DePaul, Anderson and Hosszu came together to win the 800y free relay, USC's first Pac-10 title in the event since 2003.
Other returning Trojans who appeared at the 2010 NCAA Championships include senior Ellie Doran, junior Tanya Krisman and sophomores Ariel Rittenhouse, Kate Shumway, Christel Simms and Yumi So. Doran, Simms, Rittenhouse and So were all Pac-10 finalists as well.
The men's squad is coming off an 11th-place mark at the NCAAs, its third straight year of improvement at the national meet. It returns sophomore Clement Lefert, an individual finalist in the 500y free (third), as well as fellow All-Americans junior Patrick White and sophomore Nick Karpov, who joined the graduated Zoltan Povazsay as top-8 finishers in the 800y free (sixth).
NCAA individual scorers who return for the men include junior Richard Charlesworth (500y and 1650y free), junior Harrison Jones (1M, platform) and seniors Emmett Walling (100y breast) and Dillon Connolly (100y breast). Other NCAA participants returning are senior diver Steven Starks, junior Jeff Daniels and sophomore Alex Lendrum.
USC finished fifth at the Pac-10 Championships. Lefert, who won the 200y free, and White were each three-time finalists while Connolly was a double finalist.
TROJAN NEWCOMERS
Salo's staff welcomes one of the top incoming classes in the country. Freshmen Meghan Hawthorne, Lynette Lim, Andrea Basaraba and Kasey Carlson all won CIF titles as seniors this past spring. Hawthorne set the CIF Southern Section Division I record en route to a title in the 200y IM (1:58.74) and she also won a title in the 100y fly. Lim won CIF Southern Section Division III tiles in the 200y free and the 500y free. Carlson, a 2009 World Championships bronze medalist in the 100m breast, won a pair of CIF North Coast Section titles, taking the 50y free and the 100y breast. Basaraba, at the CIF San Diego Section Division II Championships, won a title in the 100y free and was second in the 200y free. Also joining the Trojans this year are Swedish swimmer Stina Gardell, a national record holder and champion who competed in the 2009 World Championships in the 200m and 400m IM, as well as Amanda Smith, a transfer distance freestyler from Indiana who was a two-time All-American honorable mention pick with the Hoosiers in 2008-09.
On the men's side, USC welcomes incoming freshmen Dimitri Colupaev, Chase Bloch, Nick Johnson, Vladimir Morozov, Sean Mulroy, Matthan Stroethoff, Matt Voell and John Wagner. Morozov, the fastest prep swimmer in the nation in 2010 who moved to the U.S. from Siberia three years ago, was named Swimming World's Male High School Swimmer of the Year in 2010. A former member of the Russian National team, He set national high school records in the 50y and 100y free at the 2010 CIF Southern Section Division III Championships and Masters. Colupaev, a German national team member, competed at the 2009 European Short Course Nationals, where he was a 100m and 200m free finalist. Bloch, a versatile swimmer, was one of the top American signings last year and a member of the 2010 U.S. Junior team, as was Wagner. Mulroy was a multiple Illinois state finalist while Johnson was a member of the 2010 World Youth Team.
RECORDS
Junior Katinka Hosszu has set pool records in the 400y IM (4:08.71) and the 200y free (1:45.83). For the men, freshman Vladimir Morozov set USC school and pool records with a 42.93 100y free (the leadoff leg of a 400y free relay against ASU).
SO FAR
The USC women's squad opened the season a home dual-meet win over Oregon State, 141-112. The Trojan women posted a handful of NCAA `B' cuts, including by Presley Bard in the 100y back (54.32), Katinka Hosszu in the 200y fly (1:56.78) and the 200y breast (2:14.85), Haley Anderson in the 500y free (4:48.79), Lyndsay DePaul in the 100y fly (53.22) as well as in the 200y medley and 400y free relay ... At the USC Invitational, USC defeated San Diego and Cal State Bakersfield during dual meet action, both in the regular format as well as in a sprint session. DePaul posted four wins to lead the Women of Troy ... USC finished first at the SMU Invite in a five-team event in which each school featured eight swimmers and one diver. Each school was limited to one swimmer per A and B finals. USC won 15 of 16 events. Bard, Hosszu and DePaul won three events each ... While part of the Trojan squad was in Dallas, the remainder of the USC women's team hosted Idaho in a non-conference dual meet, which USC won, 112-81. First-year USC swimmer Amanda Smith posted victories in the 100y and 200y free to lead USC ... The only action the USC men have seen this season came at the USC Invitational, where Troy swept Cal State Bakersfield in the traditional dual meet (111-85) and the sprint session (104-40). Freshman Vladimir Morozov won both the 50y and 100y free while sophomore Clement Lefert won the 200y free and 200y fly ... At the Trojan Diving Invitational, junior diver Harrison Jones swept all three boards while junior Victoria Ishimatsu won both springboard events ... USC's women's squad remained unbeaten this season with dual meet wins over Arizona (190-110) and Arizona State (172-121) while the men's team lost to Arizona (110-190) before beating Arizona State (186-107). In the win over the Wildcats, Hosszu set a pair of USC McDonald's Stadium pool. She broke former Trojan Kristine Quance's 1996 pool record in the 400y IM (NCAA B cut) with a 4:08.71 and broke the 200y free mark with a 1:45.83 (NCAA B cut). She also won the 200y breast (2:13.31, NCAA B cut) against the Wildcats and came back to win the 100y back and the 200y fly in USC's victory over the Sun Devils a day later. Haley Anderson, Bard, DePaul and Ishimatsu also were multiple winners over Arizona and played a big part in the win over ASU. The big news out of the Arizona weekend for the men came from Morozov, who broke a 20-year old USC record in USC's win over ASU. Morozov's record-breaking swim came in his leadoff of the 400y free relay, the final race of the meet. He clocked a 42.93, not only breaking a six-year old pool record of 43.59, but erasing Erik Ran's 1990 school record of 42.98. The opening swim led USC to a relay win of 2:57.42 ... At the Wildcat Diving Invite, Ishimatsu remained unbeaten on 1-meter this year with a win and a fourth on platform.
SUMMER VACATION
Many USC swimmers had a successful summer of competition, none more so than junior Katinka Hosszu. The Hungarian native won two gold medals at the 2010 European Short Course Championships in front of hometown fans in Budapest, Hungary. She won titles in the 200m fly and the 200m IM and claimed a silver in the 400m IM. She also won gold as part of Hungary's 4x200m relay team.
Sophomore Haley Anderson represented the U.S. at the Pan Pacific Games, finishing fourth in the 1500m free and eighth in the 800m free. Those efforts came after she competed at the 2010 World Open Water Championships. Though a newcomer to the open water style, she finished fourth in the 25K in Roberval, Canada.
At the 2010 U.S. Nationals, seniors Presley Bard (100m back, 5th) and Lyndsay DePaul (100m fly, 6th) were both finalists.
NUMEROUS TROJANS NAMED TO U.S. NATIONAL TEAMS
Seniors Presley Bard (100m back) and Lyndsay DePaul (100m, 200m fly) as well as sophomore Haley Anderson (800m free, 10K) were named to the 2010-2011 U.S. National senior team on Sept. 28. USC volunteer coach and former swimmer Rebecca Soni is also on the squad. Trojan freshman Meghan Hawthorne (200m, 400m IM) was named to the U.S. 2010-2011 National Youth Team, as was USC men's freshman Jack Wagner (100m, 200m free and 200m back).
Anderson, Bard and DePaul have all been named to the U.S. National team that will compete at the 2011 World University Games, Aug. 14-19, in Shenzhen, China.
SALO INDUCTED INTO ASCA HALL OF FAME
Dave Salo joined join Jack Baurele, Bob Bowman, Jerry Holtrey and David Marsh as 2010 inductees into the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame at the ASCA's Annual Awards Banquet in Indianapolis Sept. 4. Salo has mentored numerous Olympic and World Championships medalists, All-Americans and NCAA champions during a career that has spanned more than 25 years. Among the Olympic medalists that Salo has coached are Rebecca Soni, Ous Mellouli, Larsen Jensen, Aaron Peirsol, Jason Lezak, Lenny Krayzelburg, Stacianna Stitts, Colleen Lanne, Amanda Beard and Gabe Woodward.
SALO NAMED TO U.S. STAFF FOR SHORT COURSE WORLDS
Dave Salo was named in late November to serve on the USA Swimming coaching staff as an assistant women's coach for the World Short Course Championships to be held in Dubai, Dec. 15-19. The coaching assignment is the latest appointment for Salo in a long line of stints on U.S. national teams, including a head coach position at the 2005 World Championships.
Kevin Clements, NEW ASSISTANT COACH
Salo added a new assistant coach to the Trojan staff this spring, Kevin Clements, a 14-time NCAA All-American at Auburn and former American record holder who comes to USC after two years as an assistant at LSU and three years at Maryland. At USC, Clements will work with all groups but more extensively with the Trojans' freestylers and IM'ers. He will aid in the recruiting efforts for the women's team and brings with him a great deal of swimming knowledge ranging from his international experience to winning an NCAA team championship.
SONI NAMED U.S. FEMALE SWIMMER OF THE YEAR
Former USC NCAA champion and current Trojan volunteer assistant coach Rebecca Soni was named U.S. Female Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row, highlighting three awards she received at the seventh annual USA Swimming Foundation Golden Goggle Awards in New York on Monday (Nov. 22). In addition to winning Female Athlete of the Year, Soni took home the Female Race of the Year honor for her title-winning 200y breaststroke swim at the 2010 Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine. Soni also was part of the Relay Performance of the Year honoring the U.S. 4x100m medley relay win, also at the Pan Pacs.
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