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USC Set For NCAA Championships In Minneapolis
March 20, 2018 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Features
The Trojans have sent 12 swimmers and divers to snowy midwest.
The No. 9 USC men's swimming and diving team, led by a deep senior class, will wrap up the season at the 2018 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, Wednesday through Saturday (March 21-24) in Minneapolis, Minn.
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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP LINKS
* Click HERE for the Minnesota host site.
* Click HERE for live results.
* Click HERE for the psych sheet.
* Click HERE for the NCAA record book.
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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Events begin on Wednesday (March 21) with the timed final of the 800y free relay that start at 4 p.m. (PT). Thursday through Saturday (March 22-24), prelims begin at 8 a.m. (PT) and finals start at 4 p.m. (PT) each day. Thursday's schedule features 200y free relay, 500y free, 200y IM, 50y free, 1-meter diving and 400y medley relay. Friday features the 400y IM, 100y fly, 200y free, 100y breast, 100y back, 3-meter diving and 200y medley relay. Saturday's finale includes a timed final of the 1650y free, 200y back, 100y free, 200y breast, 200y fly, platform diving and the 400y free relay.
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LIVE STREAMING
Wednesday Finals / Thursday Prelims / Thursday Finals / Friday Prelims / Friday Finals (ESPN3) / Saturday Prelims / Saturday Finals (ESPN3)
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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS NOTES
USC's nine NCAA team titles (1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977) are fourth most nationally and Troy has won a combined 120 NCAA event titles (also fourth most), including 98 individually and 22 on relays ... USC won its last team title in 1977 and posted its last top 3 finish in 1990 with a second place. Since 1990, the best USC has done is a quartet of fourth-place finishes in 1991, 2001, 2013 and 2015. The Trojans have won at least one NCAA title in nine of the past 17 seasons. That included three in 2015 when Cristian Quintero, as a senior, won the 200y free and led USC to wins in the 400y and 800y free relays, Troy's ninth NCAA wins in both races. In 2014, Quintero won the 500y free and led USC to a win the 800y free relay. In 2013, junior Vladimir Morozov swept the 50y and 100y freestyles, Troy's first crowns in the events since 1977 and 1974, respectively. Morozov also led USC to its first 400y free relay title since 1977. Troy has also won four 400y medley relays in its NCAA history …. Among USC's highest seeds heading into this year's NCAAs are Santo Condorelli in the 50y free (9th), 100y fly (9th) and 11th in the 100y free (41.98), Dylan Carter in the 200y free (13th, 1:33.15), Carsten Vissering in the 100y breast (8th, 52.00), Patrick Mulcare in the 200y back (4th, 1:39.18) and the, Ralf Tribuntsov in the 100y back (6th, 45.32), and Robert Glinta in the 100y back (5th, 45.29) and 200y back (1:40.50) … Carter, a year ago, was the only swimmer at the meet to reach the final in the 50-100-200 free trio and the first Trojan to do it since Scott Findorff in 1976 … Condorelli was a finalist in the 100y free last year and is coming off a Pac-12 title in the 100y free … Tribuntsov is a two-time 100y back finalist and is coming off a three-way tie for the Pac-12 title in the event along with teammate Glinta and Utah's Paul Ungur … Mulcare was third in the 200y back last year in a school-record 1:37.80, the fifth-fastest ever at the time, and was eighth in the race as a freshman … Vissering posted a third in the 100y breast last year with a school-record 51.40 and was USC's first All-American in the race since 2013 … In addition to Glinta, two other freshmen, Jake Sannem and Justin Nguyen, will make their NCAA debuts this week as relay swimmers, while junior Kyle Grissom will swim on relays for the third year in a row.
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USC is sending a trio of divers in seniors Dash Enos and Dylan Marin and sophomore Henry Fusaro. This is Enos' third NCAA trip and the second for Fusaro and Marin (Marin's first trip as a Trojan). Enos, the 2017 Pac-12 Diver of the Year, earned All-American last year for the first time on platform and also scored on 3-meter. Fusaro, a 2018 Pac-12 champion on 3-meter, scored on both 1-meter and 3-meter last year … Marin, who transferred to USC this year from Alabama, competed at the NCAAs last year for the Crimson Tide on platform and will compete on the board again.
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2017-18 HIGHLIGHTS
*USC senior Santo Condorelli won his first career Pac-12 title in the 100y free while senior Ralf Tribuntsov joined freshman Robert Glinta as part of a three-way tie for first for the 100y back crown. Condorelli won his first conference final in 41.98 in his ninth career A final. It was USC's 14th title in the race. Condorelli was also second in the 50y free (19.05). Tribuntsov and Glinta, along with Utah's Paul Ungur, tied for first in the 100y back in 45.52. It was Tribuntsov's second first in the Pac-12 final. Dylan Carter took second in the 200y free (1:33.15), Carsten Vissering was second in the 100y breast (52.00) and Glinta was second in the 200y back (1:40.57).
* 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.
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* 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).
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* 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).
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* 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.
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* USC's men's captains for the 2017-18 season are seniors Jason O'Brien, Santo Condorelli and Ralf Tribuntsov. Â
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.
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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.
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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.
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COMMUNITY NOTES
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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.
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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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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP LINKS
* Click HERE for the Minnesota host site.
* Click HERE for live results.
* Click HERE for the psych sheet.
* Click HERE for the NCAA record book.
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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Events begin on Wednesday (March 21) with the timed final of the 800y free relay that start at 4 p.m. (PT). Thursday through Saturday (March 22-24), prelims begin at 8 a.m. (PT) and finals start at 4 p.m. (PT) each day. Thursday's schedule features 200y free relay, 500y free, 200y IM, 50y free, 1-meter diving and 400y medley relay. Friday features the 400y IM, 100y fly, 200y free, 100y breast, 100y back, 3-meter diving and 200y medley relay. Saturday's finale includes a timed final of the 1650y free, 200y back, 100y free, 200y breast, 200y fly, platform diving and the 400y free relay.
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LIVE STREAMING
Wednesday Finals / Thursday Prelims / Thursday Finals / Friday Prelims / Friday Finals (ESPN3) / Saturday Prelims / Saturday Finals (ESPN3)
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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS NOTES
USC's nine NCAA team titles (1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977) are fourth most nationally and Troy has won a combined 120 NCAA event titles (also fourth most), including 98 individually and 22 on relays ... USC won its last team title in 1977 and posted its last top 3 finish in 1990 with a second place. Since 1990, the best USC has done is a quartet of fourth-place finishes in 1991, 2001, 2013 and 2015. The Trojans have won at least one NCAA title in nine of the past 17 seasons. That included three in 2015 when Cristian Quintero, as a senior, won the 200y free and led USC to wins in the 400y and 800y free relays, Troy's ninth NCAA wins in both races. In 2014, Quintero won the 500y free and led USC to a win the 800y free relay. In 2013, junior Vladimir Morozov swept the 50y and 100y freestyles, Troy's first crowns in the events since 1977 and 1974, respectively. Morozov also led USC to its first 400y free relay title since 1977. Troy has also won four 400y medley relays in its NCAA history …. Among USC's highest seeds heading into this year's NCAAs are Santo Condorelli in the 50y free (9th), 100y fly (9th) and 11th in the 100y free (41.98), Dylan Carter in the 200y free (13th, 1:33.15), Carsten Vissering in the 100y breast (8th, 52.00), Patrick Mulcare in the 200y back (4th, 1:39.18) and the, Ralf Tribuntsov in the 100y back (6th, 45.32), and Robert Glinta in the 100y back (5th, 45.29) and 200y back (1:40.50) … Carter, a year ago, was the only swimmer at the meet to reach the final in the 50-100-200 free trio and the first Trojan to do it since Scott Findorff in 1976 … Condorelli was a finalist in the 100y free last year and is coming off a Pac-12 title in the 100y free … Tribuntsov is a two-time 100y back finalist and is coming off a three-way tie for the Pac-12 title in the event along with teammate Glinta and Utah's Paul Ungur … Mulcare was third in the 200y back last year in a school-record 1:37.80, the fifth-fastest ever at the time, and was eighth in the race as a freshman … Vissering posted a third in the 100y breast last year with a school-record 51.40 and was USC's first All-American in the race since 2013 … In addition to Glinta, two other freshmen, Jake Sannem and Justin Nguyen, will make their NCAA debuts this week as relay swimmers, while junior Kyle Grissom will swim on relays for the third year in a row.
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USC is sending a trio of divers in seniors Dash Enos and Dylan Marin and sophomore Henry Fusaro. This is Enos' third NCAA trip and the second for Fusaro and Marin (Marin's first trip as a Trojan). Enos, the 2017 Pac-12 Diver of the Year, earned All-American last year for the first time on platform and also scored on 3-meter. Fusaro, a 2018 Pac-12 champion on 3-meter, scored on both 1-meter and 3-meter last year … Marin, who transferred to USC this year from Alabama, competed at the NCAAs last year for the Crimson Tide on platform and will compete on the board again.
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2017-18 HIGHLIGHTS
*USC senior Santo Condorelli won his first career Pac-12 title in the 100y free while senior Ralf Tribuntsov joined freshman Robert Glinta as part of a three-way tie for first for the 100y back crown. Condorelli won his first conference final in 41.98 in his ninth career A final. It was USC's 14th title in the race. Condorelli was also second in the 50y free (19.05). Tribuntsov and Glinta, along with Utah's Paul Ungur, tied for first in the 100y back in 45.52. It was Tribuntsov's second first in the Pac-12 final. Dylan Carter took second in the 200y free (1:33.15), Carsten Vissering was second in the 100y breast (52.00) and Glinta was second in the 200y back (1:40.57).
* 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.
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* 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).
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* 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).
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* 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.
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* USC's men's captains for the 2017-18 season are seniors Jason O'Brien, Santo Condorelli and Ralf Tribuntsov. Â
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.
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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.
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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.
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COMMUNITY NOTES
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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.
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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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