Troy Hosts UNLV, Then At Winter Sectionals
December 16, 2010 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Dec. 16, 2010
The USC men's and women's swimming teams return to action this weekend, hosting UNLV on Friday (Dec. 17) at noon and participating in the California-Nevada Winter Sectionals on Saturday (Dec. 18) at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach, Calif.
The psych sheet for Saturday's action is here. Results are scheduled to be posted here.
USC will be without two current team members. Junior Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) and sophomore Clement Lefert (France) are currently competing for their countries at the 2010 Short Course World Championships in Dubai, UAE.
RANKINGS
The USC women's team is ranked No. 5 in the latest CSCAA Top 25 poll (Dec. 16) while the men's squad moved up to No. 9. UNLV's men are No. 16 and the women are unranked.
FAST TIMES
The following USC women's swimmers have already clocked NCAA `A' or `B' cuts. Katinka Hosszu: 200y (1:44.68, B) and 500y free (4:45.44, B), 200y IM (1:53.47, A) 400y IM (4:00.03, A), 100y fly (52,81, B), 200y fly (1:51.45, A), 200y breast (2:13.31, B).
Lyndsay DePaul: 100y fly (51.46, A), 200y fly (1:52.82, A), 200y IM (1:57.20, B), 100y (52.77), 200y free (1:46.60, B), 200y breast (2:14.10, B).
Presley Bard: 100y (51.82, A) and 200y back (1:52.70, A), 50y free (22.50, B), 100y free (49.00, B), 200y free (1:45.38, B).
Tanya Krisman: 100y (53.76, B), 200y fly (1:55.63, B), 200y IM (2:00.13, B), 100y breast (1:02.45, B), 200y breast (2:15.96, B).
Haley Anderson: 200y (1:46.50, B), 500y free (4:38.54, B), 1650y free (15:48.64, A).
Ellie Doran: 200y free (1:48.25, B), 500y free (4:46.58, B), 1650y free (16:36.77, B).
Kasey Carlson: 50y free (22.42, B), 100y free (48.86, B), 200y free (1:49.22, B), 100y breast (1:00.09, B), 200y breast (2:11.06, B).
Yumi So: 100y (53.34, B), 200y fly (1:58.35, B), 200y IM (2:01.18, B), 100y back (53.91, B).
Jessica Schmitt: 100y breast (1:01.69, B), 200y breast (2:10.91, B), 200y IM (1:59.04, B).
Meghan Hawthorne: 400y IM (4:12.90, B), 200y back (1:58.50, B).
Amanda Smith: 200y free (1:48.44, B), 500y free (4:43.84, B), 200y fly (1:59.80, B) .
Christel Simms: 100y free (50.14, B), 100y back (54.40, B).
Ania Kowalczyk: 100y breast (1:02.47, B), 200y IM (1:59.71, B).
Jordan Danny: 100y breast (1:02.17, B), 200y breast (2:14.40, B). Ella Kidron: 200y breast (2:16.22, B).
The Trojans also have `A' cuts in both medley relays and `B' cuts in the freestyle relays.
The following USC men's swimmers have already clocked NCAA `A' or `B' cuts.
Clement Lefert: 200y free (1:34.14, B), 500y free (4:18.54, B), 200y fly (1:47.08, B).
Vladimir Morozov: 50y free (19.32, A), 100y free (42.06, A), 200y free (1:37.68, B), 100y back (47.24, B).
Richard Charlesworth: 500y free (4:17.88, B), 1650y free (14:58.03, B).
Alex Lendrum: 200y IM (1:46.79, B), 400y IM (3:53.34, B), 100y back (48.41, B), 200y back (1:44.07, B).
Emmett Walling: 50y free (20.02), 100y breast (54.13, B).
Jeff Daniels: 50y free (20.14, B).
Patrick White: 100y fre
e (44.15, B), 200y free (1:36.04, B), 500y free (4:25.25, B), 100y fly (47.29, B). Jack Wagner: 200y free (1:37.60, B), 200y IM (1:48.19, B).
Julian Bonse: 500y free (4:24.62, B), 1650y free (15:22.31, B).
Chase Bloch: 100y fly (47.83, B), 200y back (1:46.16, B).
Justin DiFederico: 200y fly (1:46.69, B).
Dimitri Colupaev: 100y free (44.04, B), 200y free (1:35.53, B), 100y breast (54.69, B). Dillon Connolly: 100y breast (53.00, B), 200y breast (1:56.84, B).
The Trojans have `A' cuts in the 400y and 800y free relays and B cuts in the 200y free relay and both medley relays.
RECORDS
Numerous Trojan short course yards records have fallen this season. Freshman Vladimir Morozov has done early damage to USC's sprint records. He has lowered the 50y free record three times (now at 19.32) and the 100y free record four times (now at 42.06). He also helped take down USC's 200y free (1:17.90) and 400y free relays (2:51.58). Especially noteworthy was that until this fall, the 100y free and 400y free relay records had stood since 1990. Morozov also set a USC pool record with a 42.93 in the 100y free that will likely fall again this season.
On the women's side, a whopping nine records have been re-written, all stemming from USC's successful three days at the 2010 Short Course Nationals. Junior Katinka Hosszu broke three of them (all her own), taking down 200y IM (1:53.47), 400y IM (4:00.03) and 200y fly (1:51.45) records in title-winning swims. Sophomore Haley Anderson broke two in one race. During her win in the 1650y free (15:48.64), she also lowered USC's 1000y free mark (9:32.96). Senior Lyndsay DePaul was USC's other solo record breaker, lowering her own mark in the 100y fly (51.46). Records have also been established in the 200y free relay (1:29.57), 400y free relay (3:15.39) and the 200y medley relay (1:37.31). Hosszu has also set pool records in the 400y IM (4:08.71) and the 200y free (1:45.83).
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.
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 ... USC had a huge meet at the 2010 U.S. Short Course Nationals, winning a combined 22 medals -- including 13 golds, six silvers and three bronze - and breaking records in a combined 13 events. Hosszu won titles in the 200y and 400y IM and the 200y fly, Anderson won the 500y and 1650y free while DePaul won the 100y fly and Bard won the 100y back. DePaul was also second in the 200y fly and Bard was second in the 200y back. The women also won the 200y free and 800y free relays and the 400y medley relay and won silvers in the 400y free and 200y medley relay ... For the men, junior Richard Charlesworth won silvers in the 500y and 1650y free while Morozov won bronze in the 100y free and Lefert won bonze in the 200y free. Troy men also won the 200y, 400y and 800y free relays and won bronze in the 200y medley relay.
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 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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