Cal Bears Edge USC, 134-109

LOS ANGELES, California. February 3. SECOND-RANKED California swam six NCAA automatic qualifying times and set five pool records in a narrow 134-109 dual-meet win over ninth-ranked USC on Friday afternoon at McDonald's Swim Stadium. Cal, which won seven of 13 events, improved its record to 6-0 (3-0 Pac-10), while the Trojans fell to 5-3 (1-2). Five different Bears won individual events and Cal won two relays in the clash of conference powers. Cal freshman David Russell won the 200-yard backstroke in an automatic NCAA qualifying mark of 1:41.88, which put him second on Cal's all-time top 10 list. The product of Wellesley, Mass., also led off Cal's 400-yard medley relay (Russell, senior Henrique Barbosa, sophomore Jernej Godec and junior Jonas Tilly), which won the meet's first event in an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 3:09.89.

USC's Jensen, appearing at full strength after spending much of 2005 rehabilitating from knee surgery, broke Trojan Erik Vendt’s 2003 pool record in the 1000y free, finishing in 8:48.34, topping the old mark of 8:49.59 set in 2002. In his second swim, Jensen’s 500y free time of 4:17.09 again broke a Vendt record from the same 2002 meet (4:19.83). Because Jensen missed the fall recovering from the surgery, his NCAA automatic qualifying time in the 500y free was his first of the season. The Trojans’ other pool record came courtesy of junior Sam Masson. Already the owner of the fastest 100y fly time in the country this year, he proved himself at the longer distance, winning the 200y fly in 1:45.77. That edged the pool record held by Stanford’s Jayme Cramer, when he swam 1:45.97 in 2002. USC Senior Ous Mellouli almost came away with his own pool record in the 200y free, winning the race in 1:34.43, 0.14 off the pool record. The time was still good enough to tie him as the second-fastest Trojan ever in the race. Sussex’s winning 100y free time of 43.88 out of Lane 1 was not only a personal best, but also was just off the pool record of 43.59, set in 2004.

RESULTS

Event 1 Men 400 Yard Medley Relay

Team Relay Finals Time

1 CAL A 3:09.89 11

1) Russell, David 2) Barbosa, Henrique

3) Godec, Jernej 4) Tilly, Jonas

22.50 46.70 25.08 53.28

21.01 46.75 20.12 43.16

2 USC-CA A 3:10.06 4

1) Bodrogi, Viktor R 2) Flaskay, Misi

3) Masson, Sam M 4) Sussex, Sean R

23.53 47.79 24.49 52.92

21.33 45.92 20.58 43.43

3 CAL B 3:17.63 2

1) Cavic, Milorad 2) Lentz, Graham

3) O'Neil, Patrick 4) Lyon, Matt

23.50 49.58 25.20 55.39

22.19 48.31 21.40 44.35

— USC-CA B DQ

1) Mangoni, Vanni M 2) Youm, Joon S

3) Lovell, Brandon B 4) Wilson, Tyler J

25.36 51.20 25.67 55.15

22.24 48.56 20.80 44.60

Event 2 Men 1000 Yard Freestyle

Name School Finals Time

1 Jensen, Larsen USC-CA 8:48.34 9

24.14 25.65 25.95 26.17

26.40 26.67 26.50 26.50

26.49 26.40 26.60 26.58

26.65 27.13 26.99 26.77

26.98 27.03 26.66 26.08

2 Lysaught, Daniel CAL 8:54.96 4

24.42 26.31 26.45 26.72

26.90 26.74 26.83 26.89

27.03 26.93 26.84 26.92

26.97 27.21 27.18 27.11

27.28 27.12 26.95 26.16

3 Jafari, Michael CAL 9:17.11 3

25.00 26.48 27.10 27.68

28.04 27.96 27.96 27.78

28.04 27.91 27.83 28.31

28.11 28.22 28.43 28.45

28.62 28.69 28.08 28.42

4 Marcus, Evan A USC-CA 9:23.57 2

25.71 27.55 27.90 27.94

28.16 28.33 28.40 28.46

28.55 28.38 28.41 28.56

28.50 28.43 28.36 28.30

28.44 28.51 28.50 28.18

5 Storie, Tyler W USC-CA 9:26.34 1

25.54 27.59 28.20 28.38

28.47 28.45 28.52 28.55

28.49 28.75 28.61 28.77

28.82 28.53 28.58 28.63

28.74 28.89 28.35 27.48

6 Lentz, Ian CAL 9:27.05

25.44 27.71 28.31 28.41

27.92 28.22 28.51 28.44

28.70 28.33 28.42 28.70

28.60 28.69 28.37 29.02

28.88 29.42 29.26 27.70

7 Kauffman, Mike R USC-CA x9:30.41

24.99 26.85 26.91 27.31

27.41 27.60 27.70 27.85

28.15 28.29 28.81 29.32

29.87 29.70 29.38 30.49

30.33 30.50 30.39 28.56

Event 3 Men 200 Yard Freestyle

Name School Finals Time

1 Mellouli, Ous USC-CA 1:34.43 9

22.15 23.74 24.18 24.36

2 Wagner, Garrett CAL 1:35.56 4

22.61 24.59 24.32 24.04

3 Meichtry, Dominik CAL 1:35.63 3

22.54 23.90 24.29 24.90

4 Vayo, Louis CAL 1:37.07 2

22.77 24.04 24.59 25.67

5 Meszaros, Gergely USC-CA 1:37.81 1

22.80 24.42 24.89 25.70

6 Panos, Tyler B USC-CA 1:38.35

23.01 25.03 25.15 25.16

7 Elser, Bryce A USC-CA x1:39.37

24.10 25.07 24.91 25.29

Event 4 Men 50 Yard Freestyle

Name School Finals Time

1 Copeland, William CAL 20.20 9

2 Whittington, Joe CAL 20.25 4

3 Tilly, Jonas CAL 20.39 3

4 Lane, Evan CAL x20.54

5 Wilson, Tyler J USC-CA 21.00 2

6 Flaskay, Misi USC-CA 21.44 1

— Neff, Brian S USC-CA X22.03

Event 5 Men 200 Yard IM

Name School Finals Time

1 Molina, Miguel CAL 1:46.11 9

23.49 26.31 31.16 25.15

2 Bodrogi, Viktor R USC-CA 1:47.46 4

23.09 25.84 31.84 26.69

3 Mellouli, Ous USC-CA 1:50.01 3

24.32 27.50 32.26 25.93

4 Mangoni, Vanni M USC-CA 1:50.77 2

24.75 27.77 31.64 26.61

5 Lovell, Brandon B USC-CA x1:51.20

24.01 29.43 31.89 25.87

6 Godec, Jernej CAL 1:52.38 1

22.18 26.74 35.03 28.43

7 Lentz, Graham CAL 1:53.13

24.95 28.92 30.93 28.33

Event 6 Men 1 mtr Diving

Name School Finals Score

1 Hilde, Mike USC-CA 363.08 9

(Event 6 Men 1 mtr Diving)

Name School Finals Score

2 Jenkins, Kenny USC-CA 356.92 4

3 Helvie, Sam CAL 323.63 3

4 Rivas, Javier CAL 279.53 2

5 Stratiner, Koltin USC-CA 236.33 1

Event 7 Men 200 Yard Butterfly

Name School Finals Time

1 Masson, Sam M USC-CA 1:45.77 9

23.92 27.38 27.39 27.08

2 O'Neil, Patrick CAL 1:46.14 4

24.82 27.03 27.40 26.89

3 Lovell, Brandon B USC-CA 1:49.64 3

24.85 28.34 28.68 27.77

4 Elser, Bryce A USC-CA 1:50.17 2

24.66 28.81 28.78 27.92

5 Molina, Miguel CAL 1:50.22 1

25.47 28.47 27.90 28.38

6 Wagner, Garrett CAL 1:50.42

24.46 28.20 29.22 28.54

7 Lentz, Ian CAL x1:50.68

24.58 28.44 29.03 28.63

— Hall, Connor USC-CA X1:53.67

25.85 28.75 29.20 29.87

Event 8 Men 100 Yard Freestyle

Name School Finals Time

1 Sussex, Sean R USC-CA 43.88 9

21.09 22.79

2 Copeland, William CAL 44.23 4

21.16 23.07

3 Lyon, Matt CAL 44.48 3

21.47 23.01

4 Whittington, Joe CAL 44.49 2

21.51 22.98

5 Cavic, Milorad CAL x44.64

21.39 23.25

6 Meszaros, Gergely USC-CA 45.15 1

21.95 23.20

7 Wilson, Tyler J USC-CA 46.14

22.23 23.91

— Neff, Brian S USC-CA X47.44

23.15 24.29

Event 9 Men 200 Yard Backstroke

Name School Finals Time

1 Russell, David CAL 1:41.88 9

24.12 25.79 25.90 26.07

2 Bodrogi, Viktor R USC-CA 1:45.28 4

25.08 26.65 27.34 26.21

3 Vayo, Louis CAL 1:45.59 3

25.26 26.96 27.22 26.15

4 Gibson, Chris CAL 1:46.61 2

24.96 26.78 27.26 27.61

5 Panos, Tyler B USC-CA 1:50.07 1

26.41 27.93 27.99 27.74

— Tompson, Bradley C USC-CA X1:57.88

27.05 29.31 30.88 30.64

Event 10 Men 500 Yard Freestyle

Name School Finals Time

1 Jensen, Larsen USC-CA 4:17.09 9

24.17 25.99 26.06 26.09

25.85 26.05 25.90 25.92

25.88 25.18

2 Lysaught, Daniel CAL 4:18.78 4

24.25 26.15 26.47 26.33

26.38 26.07 25.89 26.04

25.91 25.29

3 Meichtry, Dominik CAL 4:28.41 3

24.52 26.12 26.26 26.48

26.76 27.25 27.68 27.80

28.09 27.45

4 Mangoni, Vanni M USC-CA 4:30.46 2

24.90 27.13 27.37 27.71

27.82 27.87 27.68 27.42

26.68 25.88

5 Jafari, Michael CAL 4:31.88 1

25.05 26.55 27.06 27.28

27.78 28.03 27.65 27.86

27.54 27.08

6 Kauffman, Mike R USC-CA 4:32.09

25.59 27.27 27.70 28.00

27.89 27.95 27.48 27.42

27.20 25.59

7 Storie, Tyler W USC-CA x4:42.23

25.42 27.57 28.16 28.68

28.59 28.90 29.01 28.78

28.83 28.29

Event 11 Men 3 mtr Diving

Name School Finals Score

1 Helvie, Sam CAL 310.80 9

2 Jenkins, Kenny USC-CA 301.04 4

3 Hilde, Mike USC-CA 286.42 3

4 Rivas, Javier CAL 257.55 2

5 Stratiner, Koltin USC-CA 176.55 1

Event 12 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke

Name School Finals Time

1 Barbosa, Henrique CAL 1:56.45 9

26.77 29.61 30.13 29.94

2 Flaskay, Misi USC-CA 1:58.66 4

26.37 30.35 30.69 31.25

3 Lentz, Graham CAL 1:59.50 3

27.36 30.09 30.76 31.29

4 Molina, Miguel CAL 2:01.15 2

28.02 30.89 31.08 31.16

5 Youm, Joon S USC-CA 2:02.26 1

27.66 31.06 31.12 32.42

6 Barone, Greg R USC-CA 2:04.01

27.84 31.47 32.02 32.68

6 Miyahara, Kazu USC-CA x2:04.01

28.16 31.67 31.94 32.24

8 Lentz, Ian CAL x2:06.52

28.69 32.13 32.96 32.74

Event 13 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

Team Relay Finals Time

1 CAL A 2:55.91 11

1) Copeland, William 2) Lyon, Matt

3) Wagner, Garrett 4) Tilly, Jonas

21.33 44.63 21.18 44.59

20.78 43.59 20.26 43.10

2 USC-CA A 2:56.55 4

1) Sussex, Sean R 2) Masson, Sam M

3) Panos, Tyler B 4) Mellouli, Ous

21.73 44.82 21.13 44.39

21.33 44.50 20.44 42.84

3 CAL B 2:57.45 2

1) Whittington, Joe 2) Lane, Evan

3) Godec, Jernej 4) Vayo, Louis

21.76 44.93 20.83 44.65

20.53 43.57 21.01 44.30

4 USC-CA B 3:02.82

1) Elser, Bryce A 2) Meszaros, Gergely

3) Kauffman, Mike R 4) Mangoni, Vanni M

21.94 45.16 21.44 44.89

22.62 47.36 21.60 45.41

— USC-CA C X3:16.95

1) Rivera, Carlos A 2) Tompson, Bradley C

3) Marcus, Evan A 4) Miyahara, Kazu

23.52 49.10 23.21 48.56

23.76 49.93 23.25 49.36

Photo by Michael Collins

Michael Cavic after victory.

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