USC Sweeps Washington

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 5. THE No. 11 USC women's and the No. 6 men's swimming team fought off the rust of a holiday break and extremely windy conditions to defeat Pac-10 rival Washington, 123-80. For the women, the meet was the teams' first-ever meeting. The male Trojans, their seniors given the day off, turned to its freshmen, sophomores and juniors against Pac-10 rival Washington and produced a 119-86 dual-meet on a blustery campus day.

Sophomore Rachael Waller won twice for the Trojans, touching first in the 200y free in 1:52.41 and later winning the 100y free in 52.10.

Sophomore Kristen Lahey won the 50y free in 24.07, sophomore Katy Houston won the 200y IM in 2:06.98, junior Hayley McGregory won the 200y back in 2:03.29, junior Whitney Hentzen won the 500y free in 4:55.10 and sophomore Rebecca Soni won the 200y breast in 2:17.18.

Junior Brittany Allen took second in the 1000y free in 10:06.03, just off first-place Kim Jasmer of Washington (10:05.25).

Waller's win in the 200y free spearheaded a 1-2-3 finish with freshman Whitney Stephenson (1:54.41) and junior Emily Goetsch (1:55.28) following behind. Goetsch was later second in the 200y fly (2:05.77) while Stephenson was second in the 200y back (2:07.72).

Sophomore Missy McIntyre touched right behind Lahey in the 50y free in 24.18 while Soni posted a second in the 200y IM (2:08.76).

The relay quartet of Stephenson, Houston, junior Ali Hartwell and junior Kate Polich won the 400y medley to begin the meet in 3:48.71.

The Trojans, who got a pair of firsts from sophomore Vanni Mangoni and a pair of relay wins, improved to 4-0. The Huskies fell to 0-1.

Mangoni won the 200y IM (1:55.09) and 200y back (1:52.63), touching just ahead of freshman teammate James Martin (1:52.88) in the latter.

On a day when times reflected the windy conditions – not too mention the holiday break – USC swept the 400y free and medley relays. Freshmen Shane Tusup and Tyler Schlenker, sophomore Ankur Poseria and freshman Kevin Graner teamed to win the 400y medley relay in 3:27.50. To wrap up the meet, juniors Richard Gosper and Tyler Wilson, Poseria and freshman Drew Harris won the 400y free relay in 3:10.19.

Wilson earlier won the 50y free in 21.56 while junior Brandon Lovell won the 200y fly in 1:52.65. Gosper, USC's fastest in the 50y free this season, won the 100y free in 46.27 while sophomore Kazu Miyahara won the 200y breast in 2:06.29. Freshmen Tyler Schlenker (2:07.76) and Lovell (2:07.82) finished in order behind Miyahara.

The women's team hosts UC Santa Barbara on Saturday (Jan. 6) at noon.

The USC men compete in its final home meet of the season when it hosts UC Santa Barbara on Saturday (Jan. 6) at noon.

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