LOS ANGELES, California, November 15. THE No. 11 Women of Troy beat ASU 132-67 on Saturday (Nov. 15) at McDonalds Swim Stadium, behind strong performances from senior Rebecca Soni and freshman Katinka Hosszu. <\/p>\n
The Women of Troy started out the meet with a second place finish in the 200 y medley relay with a time of 1:45.53. <\/p>\n
Soni followed next with her first of two wins in the 1000 y free (10:14.43). Freshman Katie Kiefer followed in third (10:37.60). Soni’s next win came in the 200 y breaststroke, where she finished 2:14.58. Freshman Ania Kowalczyk also placed, coming in third (2:20.30). Kowalczyk added a third place victory in the 200 y breast (2:20.30). <\/p>\n
Hosszu, who tallied three wins on the day, won the 200 y free (1:48.87), which USC swept. Coming in second was senior Kristen Lahey (1:51.57) and freshman Ellie Doran (1:54.18). Hosszu’s second victory was in the 200 y butterfly (1:57.21). Junior Rachael Waller finished third (2:03.08). Hosszu’s final win came in the 200 y IM (2:01.68). <\/p>\n
In the 100 y backstroke, sophomore Whitney Stephenson finished second (56.99) and freshman Kristen Lahey came in third (58.21), behind ASU’s Sasha Stephens (56.99). Lahey also finished second in the 100 y free (51.14). <\/p>\n
Junior Katy Houston pulled out a first place victory in the 100 y breast (1:03.57). <\/p>\n
Freshman Tori Ishimatsu finished first (311.12) in the 3 m diving competition and first in the 1 m diving (321.75). <\/p>\n
Sophomore Dina Hegazy finished first (2:02.82) in the 200 y back and Stephenson came in third (2:03.84). <\/p>\n
The Women of Troy finished one-two in the 500 y free, with freshman Ellie Doran in first (4:56.84) and freshman Krissy Forelli coming in second (4:56.88). <\/p>\n
The USC women are now 2-0 in dual meets. The Women of Troy will travel to Seattle, Wash. for the Husky Invitational (Dec. 4-6). <\/p>\n
On the men’s side, the team finished the weekend off strong with a win over ASU, 149-92 on Saturday (Nov. 15) at McDonald’s Swim Stadium. Arizona also competed in the meet, however it was only scored between USC and ASU. <\/p>\n
USC started out strong, finishing first and second in the 200 y medley relay, with times of 1:32.68 and 1:33.40, respectively. <\/p>\n
The Trojans swept the 100 y free with junior Evan Marcus finishing first (9:26.76), sophomore Kevin Little in second (9:30.60) and freshman Dillon Connolly rounding out the top three (9:32.68). Connolly also finished second (1:51.12) in the 200 y IM. Sophomore James Martin came in third (1:51.23) in the 200 y IM. Connolly tallied another second place win in the 100 y breast (55.58). <\/p>\n
Sophomore Zoltan Povazsay came in second in the 200 y free (1:39.06). In the 50 y free the Trojans turned out second and third place victories, with freshman Jake Grosser in second (20.74) and freshman Buddy Turner finishing third (20.81). Turner also turned out a third place performance in the 100 y fly (50.10). <\/p>\n
Sophomore Steven Starks placed second in the 1 m diving (341.71) and Harrison Jones came in second (308.92). Starks also tallied a third place win in 3 m diving (363.89). <\/p>\n
USC finished off the day with a time of 1:23.27 in the 200 y free relay, anchored by sophomore Andrew Schneider. <\/p>\n
This win brings the men’s team to 3-0 in dual meets. Next up for the Trojans is a trip to Seattle, Wash. for the Husky Invite (Dec. 4-6). <\/p>\n
Special thanks to USC for contributing this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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