USC Completes Weekend Sweep of Cal Poly and UCSB

Photo Courtesy: Andy Ringgold

Senior Dylan Carter and junior Patrick Mulcare captured two events each to lead the USC men’s swimming and diving team to its second road win in 24 hours, a 153-141 victory at Cal Poly on Saturday (Sept. 30).

Carter (20.36) and junior Kyle Grissom (20.99) went 1-2 in the 50y free and Carter won again in the 100y fly with a solid NCAA B cut of 47.10 with senior Ralf Tribuntsov second in 49.86.

Mulcare won the 200y back for the second day in a row with a 1:46.92 with senior Jon Knox second (1:50.30) and freshman Nikita Tretyakov touching third (1:51.26). Mulcare later claimed the 400y IM in 3:57.30.

Freshman Robert Glinta led a 1-2-3-4 finish in the 100y back (48.07) with Mulcare second (48.31), both with B cuts in the process. Knox (50.17) and junior Alex Valente (53.24) followed to the wall.

USC posted another sweep in the 100y free led by senior Santo Condorelli’s 44.44, 0.15 off a B cut. Tribuntsov was second (44.62) and Glinta third (45.27).

Freshman Jake Sannem notched USC’s first win of the meet, winning the 200y free in 1:40.49, edging Cal Poly’s Dominic Dalpiaz by 0.16.

The Trojans captured both relays, taking the 400y medley relay with Tribuntsov, junior Billy Monjay, Carter and Condorelli going 3:16.89 and then finishing the meet with a 1:22.04 to win the 200y free relay with Condorelli, Carter, Grissom and Tribuntsov.

Results

— UCSB Recap —

Junior Patrick Mulcare won a pair of events while USC’s 400y free relay took first to clinch the USC men’s swimming and diving team’s season-opening win at host UC Santa Barbara on Friday (Sept. 29).

The Trojans secured the win as seniors Santo Condorelli, Dylan Carter and Ralf Tribuntsov and freshman Justin Nguyen took first in the 400y free relay (2:58.67), safely almost three seconds ahead of the Gaucho relay.

That complemented USC’s win in the 200y medley relay to open the meet as Tribuntsov, junior Billy Monjay, Carter and Condorelli won the race in 1:30.07.

Carter, the school record in the 200y free, won the race in 1:38.66 while Nguyen was second (1:40.16). Carter later took second in the 100y free (45.14).

Tribuntsov, the school record holder in the 100y back, won the race today in 48.01 in an NCAA B standard time with Romanian freshman Robert Glinta behind him in 49.00.

Monjay claimed the 100y breast in 57.36 with sophomore Mario Koenigsperger taking third (58.34). Monjay later finished second in the 200y breast (2:04.90) with Koenigsperger third (2:06.83).

Mulcare captured his signature event, winning the 200y back in 1:46.63, 0.24 off the NCAA B cut, while Glinta was third in 1:49.73.

Junior Alex Valente (1:50.62) and sophomore Mark Jurek (1:52.05) took second and third, respectively, in the 200y fly while senior Santo Condorelli (20.62) and Tribuntsov (20.95) went 2-3 in the 50y free. Senior Pawel Furtek’s day was capped by a second in the 1000y free (9:33.10).

Freshman Nikita Tretyakov (49.55) and Condorelli (49.55) took second and third in the 100y fly and Mulcare followed with a win in the 100y IM (50.43), leading into the clinching relay.

Results

USC will have its first home meet next week October 6 against Cal State Bakersfield.

The above press release courtesy of USC Swimming and Diving

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