USC Swimming and Diving Wraps Up Two-Day Invitational With Win Over Arizona

Friday, November 6

Los Angeles, Calif.

USC

115

184

Arizona State

Minna Abraham celebrates after setting a pool and school record

Photo by: Amara Grover

November 07, 2026 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Women of Troy down Arizona 174-125.

LOS ANGELES — Minna Abraham set a school and pool record in the 100y back, highlighting the Trojans' two-day quad meet against Arizona, Arizona State and UCLA on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6-7, at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center.

Abraham clocked a 50.59 100y back leadoff on USC's 400y medley relay to cement her name in the record books, and added individual victories in the 200y free and 200y IM. Junior Kate Miller swept all three women's diving events to highlight USC's efforts on the boards, and Lindsay Barnes, Sage Miller and Michal Chmielewski also collected individual swimming victories across the three-session competition.

The Women of Troy defeated Arizona, 174-125, and fell to Arizona State, 184-115. USC's men dropped their matchups against Arizona, 164-135, and Arizona State, 220-80.

WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

Abraham capped the meet's swimming events with her record-setting backstroke leg, touching in 50.59 before Brigitta Vass, Miller and Ludovica Di Maria completed the runner-up 400y medley relay in 3:33.03.

Earlier Saturday, Abraham won the 200y free in 1:42.37, with Dora Molnar adding a third-place finish in 1:46.12. Abraham returned to take the 200y IM in 1:56.62, finishing more than a second ahead of the field in both individual victories.

Barnes led USC in the backstroke events, winning the 200y back in a season-best 1:53.16. She also placed second in the 50y back (25.01) and third in the 100y back (53.22).

Sage Miller captured the 200y fly in 1:55.71 during Friday evening's session. Vass earned second in the 200y breast (2:10.13), while Molnar contributed another third-place finish in the 500y free (4:46.15).

USC also secured runner-up finishes in both freestyle relays. Di Maria, Bella Brito, Molnar and Abraham combined for a 3:14.41 in the 400y free relay, while Di Maria, Abraham, Brito and Ella Gaca Thiele finished the 200y free relay in 1:28.84.

MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

Michal Chmielewski opened USC's men's competition with a victory in the 100y fly, touching in 45.60. He added a runner-up finish in the 200y fly with a 1:42.40.

Junhao Chan paced the Trojans in the breaststroke events, finishing second in the 50y breast (23.99), 100y breast (52.28) and 200y breast (1:54.03).

The Trojans earned third in the 200y free relay as Chmielewski, Oliver Sogaard-Andersen, Andrew Maksymowski and Emil Schmidt combined for a 1:20.46. Chmielewski, Chan, Diego Balbi and Sogaard-Andersen also placed third in the 400y medley relay in 3:08.73.

DIVING HIGHLIGHTS

Kate Miller led USC on the boards with victories on both springboards and platform. She scored 289.00 to win the 1-meter and 357.85 to claim the 3-meter, finishing more than 80 points ahead of the runner-up in the latter event. Miller completed her sweep with a winning platform score of 310.00.

On the men's side, Ruben Del Prado finished second on platform with 313.45, followed by teammate Valentino Nieto in third with 298.05. Del Prado added a third-place finish on the 3-meter with 352.70.