Swimming Falls To Arizona
November 12, 1999 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Nov. 12, 1999
Tucscon, Ariz. - The USC men's and women's swim teams lost in their first dual meets of the 1999-2000 season against Arizona in Tucson, the Trojans falling 124-119 and the Women of Troy losing, 148-93.
The men's squad, ranked No. 5 against the No. 4 Wildcats, had a chance to win the meet in the final relay, but Arizona's 400y freestyle relay edged USC's unit of freshman Jeff Lee, junior Philippe Demers, senior Bret Awbrey and junior Gabe Woodward, 2:58.93 to 3:00.24.
The men's team did win six of nine individual events and were paced by freshman Erik Vendt, who took home wins in the 500y free (4:20.88) and the 1000y free (8:55.41), the latter time the second-fastest mark ever swum by a Trojan.
Other winners included sophomore Nick Kaschik in the 200y IM (1:50.91), Woodward in the 100y free (45.16), junior Leonardo Costa in the 200y backstroke (1:46.96) and junior Slawek Richter in the 200y breaststroke. In addition to finishing second in the 400y free relay, USC also was second in the 400y medley relay as the unit of Costa, junior Ryosuke Imai, Demers and Awbery posted a 3:18.85, a season best but a second off of Arizona's time.
On the women's side, freshman Asa Sandlund, like Vendt, won both the 500y and 1000y freestyle, swimming 4:52.20 and 9:54.41, respectively. USC's other win came from fellow freshman Michala Kwasny, who posted an NCAA automatic qualifying time in the 200y fly in 1:59.09.
USC's Sarah Farr won the 1-meter diving competition (232.00) and sophomore Kellie Brennan won the 3-meter event (451.75). For the men, sophomore Adam Rokoff had USC's highest finish, a third in the 1-meter (231.75).
USC faces Arizona State in Tempe on Saturday at 11 a.m.
Final Team Scores Men
ARIZONA 124 USC 119
400 Medley Relay 1. Arizona A 3:18.02
(Allen, Henikman, Schoeman, Stickels)
2. USC A 3:18.85
(Costa, Imai, Demers, Awbrey)
3. USC B 3:23.76
(Kaschik, Richter, Gausman, Smith)
4. Arizona B 3:24.06
(Souther, Bundy, Orozco, Johnson)
5. Arizona C 3:26.99
(Martensen, Anderson, la Fleur, Boisvert)
6. USC C 3:28.29
(White, Al-Kudmani, Ringe, Sayko)
1000 Freestyle
1. Erik Vendt USC 8:55.41
2. Ryk Neethling UA 8:59.91
3. Nat Lewis UA 9:14.40
4. Joel Everman USC 9:30.31
5. Mark Warkentin USC 9:32.22
6. James Thornton UA 9:43.51
200 Freestyle
1. Jay Schryver UA 1:39.28
2. Jeff Lee USC 1:39.48
3. Ryk Neethling UA 1:39.86
4. Leonardo Costa USC 1:40.71
5. Scott Gaskins UA 1:42.40
6. Jeff Dash UA 1:42.47
7. Mark Warkentin USC 1:45.95
50 Freestyle
1. Roland Schoeman UA 20.15
2. Gabe Woodward USC 20.73
3. Rob Henikman UA 21.00
4. Oscar la Fleur UA 21.38
5. Slawek Richter USC 21.40
6. Oliver White USC 22.29
7. Ahmad Al-Kudmani USC 22.93
200 IM
1. Nick Kaschik USC 1:50.91
2. Ben Anderson UA 1:51.08
3. Bill Bishop UA 1:54.52
4. Ryosuke Imai USC 1:54.92
5. Chris Bundy UA 1:55.55
6. Nick Degenstein USC 1:56.13
200 Fly
1. Jeff Dash UA 1:47.54
2. Philippe Demers USC 1:49.14
3. Bret Awbrey USC 1:50.92
4. Mike Gausman USC 1:51.00
5. Bill Bishop UA 1:51.75
6. Ben Anderson UA 1:53.13
7. David Ringe USC 1:55.09
8. Seth Orozco UA 1:57.42
100 Freestyle
1. Gabe Woodward USC 45.16
2. Jay Schryver UA 45.40
3. Coley Stickels UA 45.94
4. Jeff Lee USC 46.35
5. Nick Smith USC 47.36
200 Back
1. Leonardo Costa USC 1:46.96
2. Matt Allen UA 1:48.38
3. Nick Kaschik USC 1:49.14
4. Kris Souther UA 1:49.29
5. Jay Sayko USC 1:54.11
6. Tom Martensen UA 1:55.88
500 Freestyle
1. Erik Vendt USC 4:20.88
2. Ryk Neethling UA 4:21.02
3. Mark Warkentin USC 4:29.46
4. Nat Lewis UA 4:33.57
5. Joel Everman USC 4:39.34
6. Mike Gausman USC 4:41.39
7. Bill Bishop UA 4:42.56
8. James Thornton UA 4:45.50
200 Breast
1. Slawak Richter USC 2:04.45
2. Ryosuke Imai USC 2:04.77
3. Ahmad Al-Kudmani USC 2:04.92
4. Nick Degenstein USC 2:07.76
5. Chris Bundy UA 2:09.94
6. Dave Anderson UA 2:10.14
400 Freestyle Relay
1. Arizona A 2:58.93
(Schoeman, Schryver, Stickels, Gaskins)
2. USC A 3:00.24
(Lee, Demers, Awbrey, Woodward)
3. Arizona B 3:05.22
(Henikman, Souther, Anderson, Johnson)
4. USC B 3:08.92
(Smith, Vendt, Sayko, White)
Final Team Scores Women
ARIZONA 148 USC 93
400 Medley Relay 1. Arizona A 3:42.04
(Botsford, Beard, Vogt, Vanker)
2. USC A 3:45.93
(Francis, McGregor, Kwasny, Conrad)
3. Arizona B 3:49.74
(Manitt, Miller, Bouta, Krohn)
4. Arizona C 3:56.93
(A. Joseph, Hansen, Papadopoulou, Zender)
5. USC C 3:58.24
(Murphy, Biscay, Meyer, Ayers)
1,000 Freestyle
1. Asa Sandlund USC 9:54.41
2. Trina Jackson UA 9:59.73
3. Katie Zimbone UA 10:12.77
4. Kelly McPherson USC 10:22.88
5. Erika Zender UA 10:33.94
6. Karen Jacobs US 10:39.05
200 Freestyle
1. Sarah Tolar UA 1:48.08
2. Paige Francis USC 1:51.10
3. Emily Mastin UA 1:51.55
4. Jamie Krohn UA 1:52.79
5. Alexis Lyon USC
