NCAA Div. I Women: USC Upsets Cross-Town Rival UCLA, 164-136

By Bill Bell

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 10 – After getting swept by Bay Area rivals Cal and Stanford a couple of weeks ago, Coach Mark Schubert's Women of Troy ended their dual meet season on a high note here today, upsetting crosstown rival and No. 6-ranked UCLA, 164-136.

It was the Trojans' eighth-consecutive victory over the Bruins and since taking over the women's program in the mid'90s Schubert has an unblemished record against the blue and gold. He also coaches the USC men's team.

SC was led by senior Corrie Murphy, junior Kellie Brennan and sophomores Michala Kwasny and Asa Sandlund, who won two events each to lead the No. 10 Trojans in a meet at theMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium.

Seven different Trojan swimmers and divers posted wins as USC improved to 4-3 overall and 2-3 in the Pac-10. Murphy posted the only NCAA automatic qualifying time of the day, swimming a career-best 4:14.96 in the 400 IM for the win. She also won the 200 back in 2:00.91, an NCAA consideration time.

Sophomore Jenny Parmenter, however, may have turned in the most surprising swim of the day. An underdog in the 200 free, Parmenter dropped almost three seconds off of her season's top time to win the event in 1:48.44, an NCAA consideration time. Parmenter also took second in the 100 free (50.82, NCAA consideration) and third in the 50 free (23.82), both season bests.

Parmenter is a product of Coach Terry Stoddard's Rose Bowl Aquatics program. A long-time Schubert assistant while the duo were at Mission Viejo in the 1970s and '80s, Stoddard guided the Rose Bowl program from its inception until the late '90s. He is now head coach at Pasadena City College.

Across from the swim pool, Brennan and freshman Nicci Fusaro were dominating the diving. Brennan won both the 1-meter (275.03) and the 3-meter (299.33) while Fusaro took second in both events, scoring 256.65 in the 1-meter and 298.80 in the 3-meter.

Though MacGregor and Kwasny were among a handful of USC swimmers who were battling colds on Saturday, both came through with big wins. Kwasny won the 200 fly in 1:59.53 and took the 200 breast in 2:16.32 (season best). MacGregor won the 100 breast in 1:03.36 not long after taking third in the 200 free.

Sandlund opened the individual competition with an easy win the 1650 free (16:42.16) while teammate Melissa Deary took second in 17:05.20. Sandlund led a 1-2-3 Southern Cal finish in the 500 free, winning the race in 4:53.18. Deary was second (4:58.91) and sophomore Heather Valerio was third (5:00.71).

USC's other winner was Katie Meyer, who won the 100 back in 55.94, a season best mark and an NCAA consideration time.

UCLA was led by freshman sprinter Sara Platzer, who won the 50 (23.40) and 100 free (50.43). The Bruins also won both the 400 medley and free relays.

Next up for both teams is the Pac-10 Conference Championships, Feb. 22-24 in Seattle (Federal Way).

RESULTS
Event 1 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay

1. Univ. of Cal LA A 1:43.75 11
1) Dwyer, Brighid 2) Hovsepain, Lyndee
3) Goodwin, Beth 4) Shugart, Erica

2. Univ. of So. Calif. A 1:44.01 4
1) Meyer, Katie 2) MacGregor, Kristin
3) Krohn, Jana 4) Rich, Kirsten

3. Univ. of Cal LA B 1:46.40 2
1) Cadag, Leanne 2) Noddle, Jen
3) Voitovitsch, Julia 4) Winkelhaus, Katie

4. Univ. of So. Calif. B 1:51.51
1) Tyrrell, Katie 2) Brown, Allyson
3) O'Kane, Erin 4) Lyon, Alexis

Event 2 Women 1650 Yard Freestyle
1. Sundland, Asa USC 16:42.16 9
2. Deary, Melissa USC 17:05.20 4
3. Thomas, Erin UCLA 17:25.06 3
4. Melina, Emily UCLA 17:28.70 2
5. Jacobs, Karen USC 17:30.64 1
6. Wolf, Lindsay UCLA 17:43.76
7. Madden, Julie UCLA x17:46.21

Event 3 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
1. Parmenter, Jen USC 1:48.44 9
2. Platzer, Sara UCLA 1:48.96 4
3. MacGregor, Krist USC 1:52.17 3
4. Valerio, Heather USC 1:53.51 2
5. Zehntner, Erin UCLA 1:53.58 1
6. Boehm, Beth UCLA 1:54.24
7. Lyon, Alexis USC x1:56.22
8. Daphnis, Aphrod UCLA x1:56.55
– Campbell, Karen TSC X1:53.58
– Tinney, Kristen UCLA X1:55.02
– Schick, Geraldin UCLA X1:55.20
– Benko, Lindsay TSC X1:57.64
– Grissom, Ashley UCLA X1:59.65
– Mayo, Courtney UCLA X1:59.97

Event 4 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
1 Meyer, Katie USC 55.94 9
2 Dwyer, Brighid UCLA 56.90 4
3 Murphy, Corrie USC 57.15 3
4 Watanabe, Naoko UCLA 58.00 2
5 Winkelhaus, Kati UCLA 58.07 1
6 Cadag, Leanne UCLA x59.19
7 Tyrrell, Katie USC 1:00.86
8 Migawa, Amy USC x1:02.03

Event 5 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
1 MacGregor, Krist USC 1:03.36 9
2 Hovsepain, Lynde UCLA 1:03.58 4
3 Noddle, Jen UCLA 1:03.67 3
4 Coler, Cathy UCLA 1:04.91 2
5 Hovsepian, Lesli UCLA x1:05.31
6 Brown, Allyson USC 1:08.99 1
7 Mitchell, Jan USC 1:09.60

Event 6 Women 200 Yard Butterfly
1 Kwasny, Michala USC 1:59.53 9
2 Krohn, Jana USC 1:59.55 4
3 Goodwin, Beth UCLA 2:01.93 3
4 Lewis, Kristen UCLA 2:03.91 2
5 Younglove, Kati UCLA 2:04.10 1
6 Voitovitsch, Jul UCLA x2:04.45
7 O'Kane, Erin USC 2:08.45
8 Boylan, Heather USC x2:09.22
– Murray, Chelsea UCLA X2:06.05
– Worthington, Jan UCLA X2:10.72
– Airey, Starr UCLA X2:11.25
– Clark, Sarah UCLA X2:11.33

Event 7 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
1 Platzer, Sara UCLA 23.40 9
2 Shugart, Erica UCLA 23.43 4
3 Parmenter, Jen USC 23.82 3
4 Rich, Kirsten USC 24.19 2
5 Cadag, Leanne UCLA 24.20 1
6 Kinsch, Tracy UCLA x25.24
7 Ellis, Allisa USC 25.47
8 Pelosi, Sarah USC x26.20
– Campbell, Karen TSC x23.20
– Higgins, Sarah USC x26.40
– Shuler, Hilary USC X27.15
– Giurlano, Jen USC X27.96

Event 9 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
1 Platzer, Sara USC 50.43 9
2 Parmenter, Jen USC 50.82 4
3 Shugart, Erica UCLA 52.15 3
4 Daphnis, Aphrodi UCLA 54.08 2
5 Rich, Kirsten USC 54.21 1
6 Grissom, Ashley UCLA x54.54
7 Lyon, Alexis USC 54.73
8 Ellis, Allisa USC 56.79
– Benko, Lindsay TSC X51.49
– Campbell, Karen TSC X51.71
– Bierman-Lytle, L.USC X59.98
– Pelosi, Sarah USC x1:00.53

Event 10 Women 200 Yard Backstroke
1 Murphy, Corrie USC 2:00.91 9
2 Meyer, Katie UCLA 2:01.01 4
3 Watanabe, Naoko UCLA 2:03.79 3
4 Winkelhaus, Kati UCLA 2:04.47 2
5 Kearney, Stacy UCLA 2:06.14 1
6 Murray, Chelsea UCLA x2:06.45
7 Migawa, Amy USC 2:08.77
8 Tyrrell, Katie USC x2:09.02

Event 11 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
1 Kwasny, Michala USC 2:16.32 9
2 Noddle, Jen UCLA 2:17.16 4
3 Hovsepain, Lynde UCLA 2:17.28 3
4 Winkler, Brooke UCLA 2:18.26 2
5 Hovsepian, Lesli UCLA x2:21.54
6 Brown, Allyson USC 2:29.01 1
7 Mitchell, Jan USC 2:40.76
– Orr, Alice Un X2:17.78
– Hall, Mary Un X2:24.69
– Kinsch, Tracy UCLA X2:26.42
– Worthington, Jan UCLA X2:34.47

Event 12 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
1 Sundland, Asa USC 4:53.18 9
2 Deary, Melissa USC 4:58.91 4
3 Valerio, Heather USC 5:00.71 3
4 Zehntner, Erin UCLA 5:04.66 2
5 Schick, Geraldin UCLA 5:05.89 1
6 Boehm, Beth UCLA 5:06.47
7 Jacobs, Karen USC x5:09.50
8 Younglove, Katie UCLA x5:09.58
– Benko, Lindsay TSC X4:49.36
– Tinney, Kristen UCLA x5:08.88
– Madden, Julie UCLA x5:10.48
– Wolf, Lindsay UCLA X5:12.58
– Airey, Starr UCLA X5:13.18

Event 13 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
1 Goodwin, Beth UCLA 54.37 9
2 Krohn, Jana USC 54.92 4
3 Voitovitsch, Jul UCLA 56.60 3
4 Dwyer, Brighid UCLA 56.74 2
5 Meyer, Katie USC 57.01 1
6 Lewis, Kristen UCLA x58.22
7 O'Kane, Erin USC 1:00.40
8 Boylan, Heather USC x1:01.10

Event 15 Women 400 Yard IM
1 Murphy, Corrie USC 4:14.96 9
2 Kwasny, Michala USC 4:18.31 4
3 Winkler, Brooke UCLA 4:19.68 3
4 Kearney, Stacy UCLA 4:27.99 2
5 Coler, Cathy UCLA 4:29.62 1
6 Noddle, Jen UCLA x4:31.34
7 Migawa, Amy USCT 4:36.01
8 Boylan, Heather USC x4:39.23

Event 16 Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1 UCLA B 3:26.01 11
1) Goodwin, Beth 2) Shugart, Erica
3) Cadag, Leanne 4) Platzer, Sara

2 USC A 3:27.33 4
1) MacGregor, Kristin 2) Krohn, Jana
3) Kwasny, Michala 4) Parmenter, Jennifer

3 UCLA A 3:34.43 2
1) Daphnis, Aphrodite 2) Winkelhaus, Katie
3) Dwyer, Brighid 4) Hovsepain, Lyndee

4 USC C 3:42.62
1) Valerio, Heather 2) Lyon, Alexis
3) Boylan, Heather 4) O'Kane, Erin

5 UCLA C 3:43.98
1) Schick, Geraldine 2) Tinney, Kristen
3) Boehm, Beth 4) Zehntner, Erin

6 USC D x4:01.17

1-Meter Diving
1. Kellie Brennan (USC) 275.03
2. Nicci Fusaro (USC) 256.65
3. Regan Gosnell (UCLA) 247.50
4. Heidi Prosser (UCLA) 243.82
5. Michelle Brown (UCLA) 243.75
6. Anne Baghramian (UCLA) 240.45
7. Jen McNally (UCLA) 235.12
8. Chrissie Amorosia (UCLA) 227.62
9. Kasey Reinhard (UCLA) 224.40
10. Liz Ackerman (UCLA) 213.07
11. Katie Case (USC) 206.47
12. Lisa Moshy (USC) 184.87
13. Erin McKeon (USC) 171.45

3-Meter Diving
1. Kellie Brennan (USC) 299.33
2. Nicci Fusaro (USC) 298.80
3. Regan Gosnell (UCLA) 289.20
4. Heidi Prosser (UCLA) 266.10
5. Anne Baghramanian (UCLA) 259.95
6. Kasey Reinhard (UCLA) 253.42
7. Michelle Brown (UCLA) 249.15
8. Jen McNally (UCLA) 236.48
9. Chrissie Amorosia (UCLA) 235.42
10. Katie Case (UCLA) 207.82
11. Liz Ackerman (UCLA) 197.40
12. Erin McKeon (USC) 185.70
13. Lisa Moshy (USC) 176.02

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