Trojans Headed To Arizona For Desert Dual Meets
November 04, 2015 | Women's Swimming & Diving
The USC swimming and diving teams will visit the desert this week for a Pac-12 road trip at Arizona State on Friday (Nov. 6) in Tempe and at Arizona on Saturday (Nov. 7) in Tucson, both at 10 a.m. PT.
The Trojan men enter the weekend 4-0 while the women's squad is 3-1 overall, 2-0 in the Pac-12. The men opened with road wins over UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly and followed with home victories over Hawaii and Cal State Bakersfield. The women's team is 3-1 with wins over Utah, Hawaii and Oregon State and a loss to North Carolina State.
The Wildcat women are 2-0 while the men are 1-0. Arizona State's men's squad is 2-0, its women 2-1. A year ago, USC's men's squad swept the Arizona schools in L.A. while the women defeated ASU and fell to Arizona.
It's early, but USC swimmers have started to check off some NCAA ‘B' cuts. Junior transfer Anika Apostalon has posted such times in the 100y free (49.55) and 100y back (54.22) and other ‘B' cuts include freshman Riley Scott's 1:02.07 in the 100y breast and 2:14.83 in the 200y breast and sophomore Hannah Weiss' 54.14 in the 100y back. Senior Sam Adams also achieved an NCAA qualifying score on 1-meter (265.65).
Junior Michael Domagala has the USC men's team lone ‘B' cut with a 1:37.42 in the 200y free. Senior diver Collin Pollard posted NCAA qualifying scores on 1-meter (365.18) and 3-meter (385.65), as did senior Deon Reid with 326.78 on 1-meter and 387.23 on 3-meter.
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The men's team (6-2 overall in 2014-15, 4-1 in the Pac-12) is coming of its first conference title since 1979 and its second fourth place finish at the NCAA Championships in the last three years. The women's team (5-3, 4-3) is coming off an eighth place finish at the NCAA Championships and is one of only four schools to post NCAA top 8 finishes in each of the past six years. It was also third at the Pac-12s.
The Trojan men are led by team captains Ted Singley and Morten Klarskov, both seniors, and junior Reed Malone. Malone and Klarskov join junior Michael Domagala and sophomore Ralf Tribuntsov as returning All-Americans. Also back is NCAA individual scorers junior Steven Stumph and senior diver Collin Pollard. Others back with NCAA experience include seniors Ridge Altman, Singley and Maclin Davis, sophomore diver Dashiell Enos and senior diver Deon Reid and sophomore Pawel Furtek,
The USC women are captained by seniors Lucy Worrall and Kendyl Stewart. Stewart joins seniors Kasia Wilk and Joanna Stenkvist, junior Chelsea Chenault and freshman Hannah Weiss as All-American returners. Swimmers and divers with NCAA experience also back include senior diver Sam Adams, junior Evan Swenson, and Worrall.
Among the key freshmen for the USC men are sprinter Kyle Grissom, breaststrokers Billy Monjay and Carsten Vissering, the NAG record holder (15-16) in the 100y and 100m breast, and backstroke and IMer Patrick Mulcare.
Key USC newcomers for the women's side include junior transfer Anika Apostalon from San Diego State, an All-American specializing in the sprint free and back, and a large freshmen class including (but not limited to) butterflyer Madison Wright, breaststroker Riley Scott, breaststroker and IMer Kirsten Vose and 400 IM and 500y free specialist Sydney Lofquist.
TROJAN NOTES
* The Trojans were well represented at the 2015 FINA World Championships. Trojans who won medals included junior Reed Malone (silver, 800m free relay), senior Kendyl Stewart (silver, 400m medley relay), junior Chelsea Chenault (gold, 800m free relay) and junior Santo Condorelli (bronze, 400m mixed free relay, Canada). Other current Trojans who competed included junior Michael Domagala (Poland), junior Dylan Carter (Trinidad and Tobago), senior Kasia Wilk (Poland) and sophomore Ralf Tribuntsov (Estonia).
* USC Head Assistant Coach Catherine Vogt was named the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swimming Open Water Head Coach on Sept. 30. She recently coached the U.S. at the 2015 FINA World Championships, where she led the Americans to the Open Water team title. She also was the head coach at the 2013 World Championships, among other international assignments.
* USA Swimming announced its list of the "30 Most Influential People in Swimming over the Past 30 Years" in July and USC swimmers and coaches -- led by current head coach Dave Salo -- accounted for an impressive six members of the elite squad. In addition to Salo on the list are legendary Trojan head coaches Peter Daland and Mark Schubert, former USC All-American and current Cal head women's coach Teri McKeever, former USC assistant coach, Trojan graduate and all-time swimming great Janet Evans and former volunteer assistant coach Jon Urbanchek.
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