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Postseason Starts For No. 9 USC With Pac-12 Championships
February 27, 2018 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Features
Trojans looking for first conference win since 2015.
The No. 9 USC men's swimming and diving team, led by a deep senior class, will make a run at a conference crown this week at the 2018 Pac-12 Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, Wednesday through Saturday (Feb. 28-March 3) in Federal Way, Wash.
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE, RESULTS
Events kick off on Wednesday (Feb. 28) with timed finals of the 200y medley and 800y free relays that begin at 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday (March 1-3), prelims begin at 11 a.m. and finals start at 6 p.m. each day. Thursday's schedule features the 500y free, 200y IM, 50y free and 200y free relay. Friday features the 400y IM, 100y fly, 200y free, 100y breast, 100y back and 400y medley relay. Saturday's finale includes a timed final of the 1650y free, 200y back, 100y free, 200y breast, 200y fly and the 400y free relay. The Pac-12 Men's Diving Championships were held currently with the women's meet last week.
BROADCAST INFO
The Pac-12 Network and its regional networks will broadcast live Saturday's final session beginning at 6:30 p.m. Coverage of the prelims and earlier finals sessions will be streamed live on Pac-12.com and the Pac-12 Now app. Links to live results will be available at Pac-12.com and here.
PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS NOTES
The Trojans, who in 2015 won their first Pac-12 title since 1979 with a program record 818.5 points, finished second in 2016 and third in 2017, winning three individual titles in the process last year. USC, which has 18 Pac-12 team titles overall, came from behind in 2015 on the final night to overtake Stanford (809.5) while defending champion California was third (673). The last time the meet had been decided by nine or less points was 1999, when Stanford edged Cal by eight points … Junior Carsten Vissering is back to defend his 2017 title in the 100y breast, though Steven Stumph, who won his third consecutive 200y breast title last year, graduated. USC's other title winner last year was Dashiell Enos on 3-meter. The senior finished second on the board last week … Two Trojans who won 2016 Pac-12 titles will try again in senior Ralf Tribuntsov (100y back) and junior Patrick Mulcare (200y back) … USC has won at least one Pac-12 individual title for 21 consecutive seasons (1997-2017) and has 249 individual conference crowns overall (not including this year's diving, where Henry Fusaro won 3-meter last week) ... USC had its conference-best streak of seven Pac-12 200y free titles in row snapped last year, but has still claimed it 12 times since 1997 … The Trojans hadn't won a Pac-12 backstroke title since 1998 before Mulcare and Tribuntsov ended the drought in 2016 … Vissering is trying to become USC's first swimmer to win the 100y breast two years in a row, which would give USC six titles overall in the race. Senior Dylan Carter is a career seven-time Pac-12 finalist looking for his first title. He was second in the 200y free last year, his highest finish at the meet. Senior Santo Condorelli is also a seven-time finalist looking for his first Pac-12 win. He posted three second-place finishes (50-100y free, 100y fly) as a 2015 sophomore … USC last won relay titles in 2015 when it captured the 400y and 800y free relays and the 400y medley relay. Troy has never won a title in the 200y medley relay.
At the Pac-12 Men's Diving Championships last week, held with the women's championships, sophomore Henry Fusaro won his first career title, capturing the 3-meter springboard with 434.80 points while senior Dashiell Enos, the two time defending champion, was second with 420.25, a higher score than in his previous two wins. Fusaro was second on 1-meter (353.95) while Enos was sixth (315.80) and senior Dylan Marin was seventh (285.45). Enos placed a career-best second on platform (397.75), coming up short by less than a point. Dylan Marin was 10th (235.60) and Henry Fusato was 14th (214.05).
FAST TIMES
The Trojans have posted numerous strong NCAA consideration times and have even registered a handful automatics. Trojan men with A cuts include Santo Condorelli in the 100y free (42.10) and Patrick Mulcare in the 200y back (school record 1:39.18).
Mulcare's 1:39.18 in the 200y back remains fourth best in the country this year after most conference meets are the books. Condorelli's time in the 100y free is 13th and his 45.60 in the 100y fly is tied for 12th. Robert Glinta (45.97), Dylan Carter (45.98) and Ralf Tribuntsov (46.01) are 19th through 21st in the 100y back while Glinta's 1:40.50 is 15th overall. Carter's 1:33.24 in the 200y free is tied for 12th. Carsten Vissering's 52.66 in the 100y breast 21st.
USC Men With NCAA B Cuts
Walker Bell: 400y IM (3:54.43).
Dylan Carter: 50y free (19.58), 100y free (42.95), 200y free (1:33.24), 100y fly (45.99), 100y back (45.98).
Santo Condorelli: 50y free (19.48), 100y fly (45.60).
Cash Deloache: 100y fly (47.14), 200y fly (1:45.83).
Dashiell Enos: 1-Meter (357.35), 3-Meter (441.53), Platform (397.95).
Pawel Furtek: 500y free (4:24.03).
Henry Fusaro: 1-Meter (395.48), 3-Meter (412.60).
Robert Glinta: 50y free (20.08), 100y back (45.97), 200y back (1:40.50).
Kyle Grissom: 50y free (19.73), 100y fly (47.32)
Mark Jurek: 200y IM (1:46.95), 400y IM (3:51.65), 200y fly (1:44.38).
Jon Knox: 100y back (46.62), 200y back (1:42.39), 200y free (1:36.79).
Mario Koenigsperger: 100y breast (52.97), 200y breast (1:56.66).
Dylan Marin: 1-Meter (301.05), 3-Meter (324.45).
Billy Monjay: 100y breast (54.98).
Patrick Mulcare: 200y IM (1:45.31), 100y back (46.29), 200y free (1:37.75).
Justin Nguyen: 100y free (44.14), 200y free (1:37.81).
Jake Sannem: 200y free (1:35.83), 500y free (4:21.37).
Nikita Tretyakov: 200y IM (1:47.68), 100y back (48.47), 200y back (1:44.45)
Ralf Tribuntsov: 50y free (19.57), 100y free (43.49), 100y back (46.91), 100y fly (46.38).
Alex Valente: 100y fly (46.69), 200y fly (1:44.14).
Carsten Vissering: 100y breast (52.66), 200 breast (1:59.74).
2017-18 HIGHLIGHTS
* The Trojans had four women and four men race for the Pac-12 team that defeated Team USA, 326.5-286.5 in the two-day, USC-hosted USA College Challenge on Oct. 21-22 that pitted current Pac-12 swimmers against current U.S. national teamers. Sophomore Louise Hansson won two races, taking the 100y fly in 51.28, 0.03 off Kendyl Stewart's pool record, and later won the 100y free in 47.57 to lower Anika Apostalon's pool mark by 0.21. Freshman Maggie Aroesty crushed the 200y breast to win with a PR of 2:06.88, breaking former Trojan and Olympic champion Rebecca Soni's pool record of 2:07.86. Junior Riley Scott was just off Soni's pool record for third (2:07.99). Hansson was later second in the 200y free in 1:43.19, also under the old pool record, while junior Maddie Wright was third in the 200y fly (1:55.09). Hansson also led off the final and first-place 400y free relay with a 47.58 while Aroesty (59.98) and Scott (1:00.16), finished fourth and fifth, respectively in the 100y breast. Meanwhile for the men, junior Patrick Mulcare (1:40.44) and freshman Robert Glinta (1:40.50) turned in a huge 1-2 finish Saturday in the 200y back, finishing just ahead of Olympic champ Ryan Murphy in third (1:40.62) and fellow former Cal swimmer Jacob Pebley in fourth (1:40.90). Mulcare broke Pebley's pool record of 1:41.55. Sunday's men action was highlighted for USC by Glinta's win in the 100y back as he won in 45.97, defeating Matt Grevers (46.10) and Murphy (46.15), the 2012 and 2016 Olympic champions in the event. Dylan Carter was second in the men's 100y free in 42.95, 0.22 back of Tom Shields, who lowered Trojan Vladimir Morozov's pool record of 42.93. Carter (1:34.16) was also second to Shields (1:33.70) on Sunday in the 200y free.
* Senior Santo Condorelli won the 100y free (42.10) to highlight the Texas Invitational for USC's men. Junior Patrick Mulcare was second in the 200y back with a school-record 1:39.18 and was sixth in the 200y IM and seventh in the 100y back. Condorelli was also fourth in the 50y free (19.48).
* The Trojans had a huge week at the 2017 European Short Course Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, as current, incoming and former USC swimmers made it a Cardinal and Gold party. Romanian freshman Robert Glinta came back with hardware after winning bronze in the 100m back in 49.99 after reaching the final with a 50.30 in the semifinals. He was also fifth in the 50m back (23.19) 0.14 out of first, 0.07 off the podium. USC international great Vladimir Morozov captured four medals, helping Russia win gold in the 4x50m free and medley relays and a silver in the 4x50m mixed free relay in addition to his gold in the 50m free (he was first through prelims and semifinals, too), Incoming Swedish freshman Victor Johansson made a pair of final appearances, finishing fourth in the 400m free (3:39.35) and powering to fifth in the 1500m free (14:34.46).
* At the 2017 USA Diving Winter Nationals, the Trojan duo of senior Dashiell Enos and sophomore Henry Fusaro won bronze on the 3-meter synchro with 730.02 points. The duo won gold a year ago. Both Enos and Fusaro have earned Pac-12 Diver of the Month honors this season.
* USC's men's captains for the 2017-18 season are seniors Jason O'Brien, Santo Condorelli and Ralf Tribuntsov.
LAST YEAR
The men's squad is coming off a sixth-place finish at the 2017 NCAA Championship and return six of its seven All-Americans from last year, including seniors Dylan Carter, Santo Condorelli, Ralf Tribuntsov and diver Dashiell Enos and juniors Patrick Mulcare and Carsten Vissering. Sophomore diver Henry Fusaro, an NCAA 'B' finalist, is also back as well as other NCAA vets in senior Jon Knox and juniors Kyle Grissom and Alex Valente. Carter highlighted USC's NCAA efforts last year as a six-time All-American, including his first three A finalist performances.
The Trojans finished third at the 2017 Pac-12s, highlighted by graduated senior Steven Stumph's third straight title in the 200y breast, Vissering's first win in the 100y breast (school record 51.45) and Enos' repeat title on 3-meter springboard. Carter was also a first-time three-time finalist, highlighted by a then-school record in the 200y free (1:31.98), good for second in the race. He was also sixth in the 50y free and seventh in the 100y free.
Condorelli was another three-time finalist, for the second time, with fifth places in the 50y and 100y free and a seventh in the 100y fly. Mulcare was a two-time finalist in the 400y IM and 200y back, finishing second in the latter while breaking his school record in the race twice. Other returning finalists from last year included Tribuntsov in the 100y back and senior Pawel Furtek with a fifth in the 1650y free. Enos was a three-time finalist and Fusaro was second on 3-meter.
COMMUNITY NOTES
On Oct. 21, five members of the USC swimming and diving team visited the UCLA Children's Hospital through the Big Smiles Program. For about 3 hours they painted, played games, and hung out with the kids. The five members were Thomas Reed, Allie Wooden, Marta Ciesla, Caitlin Tycz, and Billy Monjay.
In late January, as part of USC's SCORE (Student-Athletes Serving Community through Outreach, Recreation, and Education) Initiative, USC's men's and women's swim teams visited Union Rescue Mission to spend time with the local homeless community. Union Rescue Mission provides food, shelter, health care, education, emergency services and more for homeless people in Los Angeles. While the Trojans were there, they offered the community an afternoon of activities, which included games like ping pong, chess and Jenga. The Women of Troy also pampered the ladies at the mission by giving them manicures and lending an ear. While those receiving help at Union Rescue Mission enjoyed an afternoon of good company and fun games, the Trojans walked away with a better understanding of the homeless community in Los Angeles.
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE, RESULTS
Events kick off on Wednesday (Feb. 28) with timed finals of the 200y medley and 800y free relays that begin at 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday (March 1-3), prelims begin at 11 a.m. and finals start at 6 p.m. each day. Thursday's schedule features the 500y free, 200y IM, 50y free and 200y free relay. Friday features the 400y IM, 100y fly, 200y free, 100y breast, 100y back and 400y medley relay. Saturday's finale includes a timed final of the 1650y free, 200y back, 100y free, 200y breast, 200y fly and the 400y free relay. The Pac-12 Men's Diving Championships were held currently with the women's meet last week.
BROADCAST INFO
The Pac-12 Network and its regional networks will broadcast live Saturday's final session beginning at 6:30 p.m. Coverage of the prelims and earlier finals sessions will be streamed live on Pac-12.com and the Pac-12 Now app. Links to live results will be available at Pac-12.com and here.
PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS NOTES
The Trojans, who in 2015 won their first Pac-12 title since 1979 with a program record 818.5 points, finished second in 2016 and third in 2017, winning three individual titles in the process last year. USC, which has 18 Pac-12 team titles overall, came from behind in 2015 on the final night to overtake Stanford (809.5) while defending champion California was third (673). The last time the meet had been decided by nine or less points was 1999, when Stanford edged Cal by eight points … Junior Carsten Vissering is back to defend his 2017 title in the 100y breast, though Steven Stumph, who won his third consecutive 200y breast title last year, graduated. USC's other title winner last year was Dashiell Enos on 3-meter. The senior finished second on the board last week … Two Trojans who won 2016 Pac-12 titles will try again in senior Ralf Tribuntsov (100y back) and junior Patrick Mulcare (200y back) … USC has won at least one Pac-12 individual title for 21 consecutive seasons (1997-2017) and has 249 individual conference crowns overall (not including this year's diving, where Henry Fusaro won 3-meter last week) ... USC had its conference-best streak of seven Pac-12 200y free titles in row snapped last year, but has still claimed it 12 times since 1997 … The Trojans hadn't won a Pac-12 backstroke title since 1998 before Mulcare and Tribuntsov ended the drought in 2016 … Vissering is trying to become USC's first swimmer to win the 100y breast two years in a row, which would give USC six titles overall in the race. Senior Dylan Carter is a career seven-time Pac-12 finalist looking for his first title. He was second in the 200y free last year, his highest finish at the meet. Senior Santo Condorelli is also a seven-time finalist looking for his first Pac-12 win. He posted three second-place finishes (50-100y free, 100y fly) as a 2015 sophomore … USC last won relay titles in 2015 when it captured the 400y and 800y free relays and the 400y medley relay. Troy has never won a title in the 200y medley relay.
At the Pac-12 Men's Diving Championships last week, held with the women's championships, sophomore Henry Fusaro won his first career title, capturing the 3-meter springboard with 434.80 points while senior Dashiell Enos, the two time defending champion, was second with 420.25, a higher score than in his previous two wins. Fusaro was second on 1-meter (353.95) while Enos was sixth (315.80) and senior Dylan Marin was seventh (285.45). Enos placed a career-best second on platform (397.75), coming up short by less than a point. Dylan Marin was 10th (235.60) and Henry Fusato was 14th (214.05).
FAST TIMES
The Trojans have posted numerous strong NCAA consideration times and have even registered a handful automatics. Trojan men with A cuts include Santo Condorelli in the 100y free (42.10) and Patrick Mulcare in the 200y back (school record 1:39.18).
Mulcare's 1:39.18 in the 200y back remains fourth best in the country this year after most conference meets are the books. Condorelli's time in the 100y free is 13th and his 45.60 in the 100y fly is tied for 12th. Robert Glinta (45.97), Dylan Carter (45.98) and Ralf Tribuntsov (46.01) are 19th through 21st in the 100y back while Glinta's 1:40.50 is 15th overall. Carter's 1:33.24 in the 200y free is tied for 12th. Carsten Vissering's 52.66 in the 100y breast 21st.
USC Men With NCAA B Cuts
Walker Bell: 400y IM (3:54.43).
Dylan Carter: 50y free (19.58), 100y free (42.95), 200y free (1:33.24), 100y fly (45.99), 100y back (45.98).
Santo Condorelli: 50y free (19.48), 100y fly (45.60).
Cash Deloache: 100y fly (47.14), 200y fly (1:45.83).
Dashiell Enos: 1-Meter (357.35), 3-Meter (441.53), Platform (397.95).
Pawel Furtek: 500y free (4:24.03).
Henry Fusaro: 1-Meter (395.48), 3-Meter (412.60).
Robert Glinta: 50y free (20.08), 100y back (45.97), 200y back (1:40.50).
Kyle Grissom: 50y free (19.73), 100y fly (47.32)
Mark Jurek: 200y IM (1:46.95), 400y IM (3:51.65), 200y fly (1:44.38).
Jon Knox: 100y back (46.62), 200y back (1:42.39), 200y free (1:36.79).
Mario Koenigsperger: 100y breast (52.97), 200y breast (1:56.66).
Dylan Marin: 1-Meter (301.05), 3-Meter (324.45).
Billy Monjay: 100y breast (54.98).
Patrick Mulcare: 200y IM (1:45.31), 100y back (46.29), 200y free (1:37.75).
Justin Nguyen: 100y free (44.14), 200y free (1:37.81).
Jake Sannem: 200y free (1:35.83), 500y free (4:21.37).
Nikita Tretyakov: 200y IM (1:47.68), 100y back (48.47), 200y back (1:44.45)
Ralf Tribuntsov: 50y free (19.57), 100y free (43.49), 100y back (46.91), 100y fly (46.38).
Alex Valente: 100y fly (46.69), 200y fly (1:44.14).
Carsten Vissering: 100y breast (52.66), 200 breast (1:59.74).
2017-18 HIGHLIGHTS
* The Trojans had four women and four men race for the Pac-12 team that defeated Team USA, 326.5-286.5 in the two-day, USC-hosted USA College Challenge on Oct. 21-22 that pitted current Pac-12 swimmers against current U.S. national teamers. Sophomore Louise Hansson won two races, taking the 100y fly in 51.28, 0.03 off Kendyl Stewart's pool record, and later won the 100y free in 47.57 to lower Anika Apostalon's pool mark by 0.21. Freshman Maggie Aroesty crushed the 200y breast to win with a PR of 2:06.88, breaking former Trojan and Olympic champion Rebecca Soni's pool record of 2:07.86. Junior Riley Scott was just off Soni's pool record for third (2:07.99). Hansson was later second in the 200y free in 1:43.19, also under the old pool record, while junior Maddie Wright was third in the 200y fly (1:55.09). Hansson also led off the final and first-place 400y free relay with a 47.58 while Aroesty (59.98) and Scott (1:00.16), finished fourth and fifth, respectively in the 100y breast. Meanwhile for the men, junior Patrick Mulcare (1:40.44) and freshman Robert Glinta (1:40.50) turned in a huge 1-2 finish Saturday in the 200y back, finishing just ahead of Olympic champ Ryan Murphy in third (1:40.62) and fellow former Cal swimmer Jacob Pebley in fourth (1:40.90). Mulcare broke Pebley's pool record of 1:41.55. Sunday's men action was highlighted for USC by Glinta's win in the 100y back as he won in 45.97, defeating Matt Grevers (46.10) and Murphy (46.15), the 2012 and 2016 Olympic champions in the event. Dylan Carter was second in the men's 100y free in 42.95, 0.22 back of Tom Shields, who lowered Trojan Vladimir Morozov's pool record of 42.93. Carter (1:34.16) was also second to Shields (1:33.70) on Sunday in the 200y free.
* Senior Santo Condorelli won the 100y free (42.10) to highlight the Texas Invitational for USC's men. Junior Patrick Mulcare was second in the 200y back with a school-record 1:39.18 and was sixth in the 200y IM and seventh in the 100y back. Condorelli was also fourth in the 50y free (19.48).
* The Trojans had a huge week at the 2017 European Short Course Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, as current, incoming and former USC swimmers made it a Cardinal and Gold party. Romanian freshman Robert Glinta came back with hardware after winning bronze in the 100m back in 49.99 after reaching the final with a 50.30 in the semifinals. He was also fifth in the 50m back (23.19) 0.14 out of first, 0.07 off the podium. USC international great Vladimir Morozov captured four medals, helping Russia win gold in the 4x50m free and medley relays and a silver in the 4x50m mixed free relay in addition to his gold in the 50m free (he was first through prelims and semifinals, too), Incoming Swedish freshman Victor Johansson made a pair of final appearances, finishing fourth in the 400m free (3:39.35) and powering to fifth in the 1500m free (14:34.46).
* At the 2017 USA Diving Winter Nationals, the Trojan duo of senior Dashiell Enos and sophomore Henry Fusaro won bronze on the 3-meter synchro with 730.02 points. The duo won gold a year ago. Both Enos and Fusaro have earned Pac-12 Diver of the Month honors this season.
* USC's men's captains for the 2017-18 season are seniors Jason O'Brien, Santo Condorelli and Ralf Tribuntsov.
LAST YEAR
The men's squad is coming off a sixth-place finish at the 2017 NCAA Championship and return six of its seven All-Americans from last year, including seniors Dylan Carter, Santo Condorelli, Ralf Tribuntsov and diver Dashiell Enos and juniors Patrick Mulcare and Carsten Vissering. Sophomore diver Henry Fusaro, an NCAA 'B' finalist, is also back as well as other NCAA vets in senior Jon Knox and juniors Kyle Grissom and Alex Valente. Carter highlighted USC's NCAA efforts last year as a six-time All-American, including his first three A finalist performances.
The Trojans finished third at the 2017 Pac-12s, highlighted by graduated senior Steven Stumph's third straight title in the 200y breast, Vissering's first win in the 100y breast (school record 51.45) and Enos' repeat title on 3-meter springboard. Carter was also a first-time three-time finalist, highlighted by a then-school record in the 200y free (1:31.98), good for second in the race. He was also sixth in the 50y free and seventh in the 100y free.
Condorelli was another three-time finalist, for the second time, with fifth places in the 50y and 100y free and a seventh in the 100y fly. Mulcare was a two-time finalist in the 400y IM and 200y back, finishing second in the latter while breaking his school record in the race twice. Other returning finalists from last year included Tribuntsov in the 100y back and senior Pawel Furtek with a fifth in the 1650y free. Enos was a three-time finalist and Fusaro was second on 3-meter.
COMMUNITY NOTES
On Oct. 21, five members of the USC swimming and diving team visited the UCLA Children's Hospital through the Big Smiles Program. For about 3 hours they painted, played games, and hung out with the kids. The five members were Thomas Reed, Allie Wooden, Marta Ciesla, Caitlin Tycz, and Billy Monjay.
In late January, as part of USC's SCORE (Student-Athletes Serving Community through Outreach, Recreation, and Education) Initiative, USC's men's and women's swim teams visited Union Rescue Mission to spend time with the local homeless community. Union Rescue Mission provides food, shelter, health care, education, emergency services and more for homeless people in Los Angeles. While the Trojans were there, they offered the community an afternoon of activities, which included games like ping pong, chess and Jenga. The Women of Troy also pampered the ladies at the mission by giving them manicures and lending an ear. While those receiving help at Union Rescue Mission enjoyed an afternoon of good company and fun games, the Trojans walked away with a better understanding of the homeless community in Los Angeles.
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