Streamlined News: Jan. 30, 2012

PHOENIX, Arizona, January 30. THIS is Streamlined News for January 30, 2012 presented by Swimoutlet.com The Web's most popular swim shop.

The Cal and Stanford women each travelled down the coast to visit USC this weekend, and both earned tight victories. Katinka Hosszu took down Caitlin Leverenz in the 400 IM on Friday, but Leverenz ended up winning the 200 breast and 200 fly. Liv Jensen swept the freestyle sprints 50, 100, and 200 to seal the win for Cal. The next day, Hosszu faced off against Maya DiRado in the 200 IM and 200 back. Hosszu got the win in the 200 IM, but DiRado edged out the Hungarian in the 200 backstroke.

Arizona and Texas met in an important dual meet on Saturday in Tucson, and the Wildcat men crushed the Longhorns. Woody Joye, who just transferred from Texas to Arizona, picked up wins in the 200 free and 200 fly, while Cory Chitwood grabbed the title in the 200 back and 200 IM. Jackson Wilcox and Michael McBroom led sweeps of the distance races for Texas, but Arizona pulled away for a commanding win. Expect these two teams to challenge for the NCAA team title in March. On the women's side, Karlee Bispo led the Texas women to a win over Arizona claiming the 100 and 200 free.

The Florida men took down Tennessee this weekend with Marcin Cieslak winning three events, but the Lady Volunteers upset the Florida women with big performances from Jenny Connolly and Lindsay Gendron. Connolly won the 100 back and 100 fly, while Gendron picked up wins in the 200, 500, and 1000 free for Tennessee.

At the South Australia State Championships, Matt Targett and Blair Evans put up some impressive times. Held in Adelaide at the site of this year's Olympic Trials, Targett swam a 21.98 in the 50 free, lowering his best time of 22.09 from the World Championships. Targett's swim is the first time an Australian has swum under 22 in a textile suit since Eamon Sullivan 22.00 back in 2006.

On the women's side, Blair Evans claimed 4 titles over the weekend including the 200 and 400 free and IM setting herself up as a strong contender for multiple Olympic spots. Emily Seebohm and Sophie Edington dueled in the women's 100 back, with Seebohm posting the win in 1:00.74. The two ladies are currently tied for third in the world behind Missy Franklin and Rachel Bootsma.

Up on the Gold Coast, Sun Yang put on a show at the Miami Long Course Super Challenge. Sun started off with a 3:42.89 in the 400 free. Li Yunqi took second in 3:45.49, and Hao Yun finished third in 3:45.69. All three swims are by far the fastest times so far in 2012. That same day, Sun swam a 1:46.84 in the 200 free, also the top time in the world, and then a 49.50 in the 100 free. Sun could potentially contend for three golds at the Olympics in London.

Ian Thorpe traveled to Luxembourg this weekend where he went 50.79 in the 100 free and 1:51.51 in the 200 free. His 100 free is his fastest time since the start of his comeback. Belgium's Laurent Carnol put up a fast swim in the men's 200 breast. Carnol's time of 2:09.78 got under the 2:10.72 that Eric Shanteau put up a few weeks ago at the Austin Grand Prix to move him to the top of the world rankings. Greece's Ioannis Drymonakos put up a world-leading time of his own with a 1:57.56 in the 200 fly.

Sarah Sjostrom put on a show at Sweden's Short Course Junior Nationals this weekend, winning the 50 free, 100 free, 100 fly, and 200 IM. She set two national records, 2:08.17 in the 200 IM and 52.15 in the 100 free.

On Saturday in Durban, Chad Le Clos and Riaan Schoeman posted solid performances in the 400 IM at the South Africa International Invitational. Le Clos touched in 4:14.93 to Schoeman's 4:16.02. Both times beat Michael Phelps' 4:16.95 from the Austin Grand Prix as the top two times in the world. Le Clos also won the 200 free, 100 and 200 fly, and 200 IM. Elsewhere in Durban, Kirsty Coventry claimed the 100 free, 100 back, 200 back, and 200 IM as she bounces back from a disappointing performance at Worlds where she did not make any finals.

The FINA Open Water World Cup kicked off this weekend in Santos, Brazil. On the women's side, Italy's Martina Grimaldi edged out Germany's Angela Maurer and Brazil's Ana Marcela Cunha. American Emily Brunemann finished fifth, and Claire Thompson took sixth. For the men, world champion Spyridon Gianniotis took the win over Italy's Nicola Bolzonello, and Canada's Richard Weinberger finished third. Chip Peterson, who won the 10k world title in 2005 for the U.S., ended up 12th.

That is it for today's Streamlined News. We will see you tomorrow.

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