Southern California Wins Eight Races In Duals Against Hawaii, N.C. State

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The University of Southern California are hosting the men’s and women’s teams from Hawaii and the women’s team from North Carolina State in a two-day meet in Los Angeles. The first day’s competition featured events from the first half of the normal dual-meet schedule, with the 400 free relay thrown into the end of the session.

The NC State women are leading the meet after one day, while USC’s men’s team holds a strong lead over Hawaii.

Southern California press release:
The USC men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams combined to win eight of 18 events in their home opener Friday (Oct. 16), the first day of a two-day meet against North Carolina State and Hawaii at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center.

Final scores will be available after the completion of the meet Saturday, which starts at 8 a.m.

The USC men, who squared off only against Hawaii while the women competed against both schools, swept the freestyle races. Sophomore Pawel Furtek claimed the 1000y free (9:05.70), junior Michael Domagala took the 200y free (1:37.42) and USC raced to a 1-2 finish in the 50y free with freshman Kyle Grissom (20.89) edging junior teammate David Morgan Jr. (21.03).

Senior Morten Klarskov (49.78) and sophomore Jon Knox (50.76) took first and second, respectively, in the 100y back. In a strong 100y breast race, USC took the first three spots. Junior Steven Stumph (56.79) won the race and was followed by sophomore Jonah Hu (57.36) and freshman Billy Monjay (58.25).

USC won both 200y fly races as freshman Madison Wright touched first in 2:00.63 and senior Ted Singley hit the wall in 1:50.86.

USC’s men’s 200y medley relay won in 1:32.70 while it’s 400y free relay was disqualified.

Freshman Riley Scott was second in the 100y breast (1:02.07), junior Chelsea Chenault was second in the 200y free (1:49.78), freshman Elizabeth Stinson was second in the 1000y free (9:59.18) and sophomore Hannah Weiss was second in the 100y back (54.15).

Senior Sam Adams led USC in the 1-meter diving with 265.65 while senior Collin Pollard was third (346.52) in the men’s event.

NC State press release:
The NC State women’s swimming and diving team capped off the first day of of its two-day tri-meet on the west coast in strong fashion as the Pack holds a lead over Southern California and Hawai’i through nine events.

Through day one, the Pack boasts a 125.5-41.5 lead over Hawai’i and a 99-68 triumph over the Trojans. In head-to-head match ups, NC State placed first in all nine events over the Rainbow Wahine and won seven of the events contested against the Trojans.

Holloway’s Statement

“The ladies are off to a good start in our meet against two well-coached teams. Our girls are excited- they get to compete in their first tri-meet of the season under the sun in California. It’s a great environment and everyone is eager to get up and compete this weekend,” said head coach Braden Holloway.

“The highlight of the day for the women was Rachel Muller winning the 1,000 free then turning right around and taking first in the 200 free. Both were impressive events to watch and showed what she’s made of.

“Our strength today was the relay events- we have a lot of speed and it showed in both relays. Aside from relays we had some big key wins today in the individual events to put us out in the lead, but have to make sure we continue our success tomorrow. Southern Cal is really strong in several of the events lined up for tomorrow, but will be a good test for our women.”

Wolfpack Relays

As relays continue to be a strong focus for the Pack, NC State performed well in Friday’s events as the women finished first and third in the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays.

In the 200 medley relay the squad of Ashlyn Koletic, Kayla Brumbaum, Krista Duffield and Riki Bonnema posted a time of 1:40.23 to win the event, while the team of Lindsay Morrow, Payton Schrum, Mariah Hamil and Christine Kerr placed third with a mark of 1:43.23.

Alexia Zevnik, Natalie Labonge, Lotta Nevalainen and Duffield won the 400 free relay as the group touched the wall in 3:20.96, while the squad of Emmie Barnhill, Courtney Caldwell, Rachel Muller and Kerr posted a mark of 3:24.01 to round out the top three of the event.

Freestyle Watch

Distance freestyle specialist Muller won the 200 and 1,000 free events, as she touched the wall in 1:48.80 in the 200 and stopped the clock at 9:55.66 in the 1,000.

Sprint specialists Bonnema and Koletic earned a one, two finish in the 50 free, as Bonnema swam a 22.80 to notch an NCAA ‘B’ standard mark and Koletic registered a time of 23.31.

Nevalainen and Barnhill finished fourth and fifth with marks of 23.56 and 23.88, respectively, to round out the top five of the event.

Backstroke

Zevnik topped the podium in the 100 backstroke as she recorded a time of 53.90 to tab her first NCAA ‘B’ standard time of the season.

Breaststroke

Brumbaum also notched her first NCAA ‘B’ standard time in the 100 breaststroke after posting a mark of 1:01.72 to place first in her respective event.

Butterfly

NC State picked up valuable points in the 200 butterfly as Morgan Carr and Lydia Jones finished second and third in the overall standings of the event. Carr touched the wall in 2:02.89 while Jones notched a mark of 2:04.56, respectively.

Springboard Action

Senior Rachel Mumma lead the Pack in the one-meter dive as she earned a score of 251.00 to finish sixth in the overall standings. Junior Gabi McDermott finished right behind Mumma in seventh with a score of 228.25.

2015 Southern California vs Hawaii, North Carolina State TriMeet, Day 1 – Results

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