University Southern California Trojans
Janet Evans Invitational Begins Thursday at USC
June 21, 1999 | Women's Swimming & Diving
July 21, 1998
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - 1996 Olympic gold medalists Amanda Beard and Tom Dolan and 1996 silver medalist Tom Malchow as well as a host of World Championship and U.S. National performers and NCAA titlists are among the competitors at the fifth annual Janet Evans Invitational at the USC McDonald's Swim Stadium from Thursday through Sunday (July 23-26).
The Janet Evans Invitational is one of the largest U.S. Swimming Grand Prix Meets in the nation with close to 600 swimmers in competition, including club teams throughout Southern California and much of the Western United States. The invitational is the last major meet before the U.S. Summer National Championships on Aug. 11-15 in Clovis, Calif. Among the local stars to compete this weekend will be Olympic gold medalist Beard (Irvine), seven-time U.S. national champion Jennifer Parmenter (Granada Hills), U.S. national team member and 1998 CIF Southern Section Division I Swimmer of the Year Jamie Cail (Marina High/Huntington Beach), U.S. national team member and four-time NCAA title winner Lindsay Benko (USC/Los Angeles), two-time 1998 NCAA All-American Philippe Demers (Rancho Santa Margarita), 1998 NCAA All-American Mark Kwok (Laguna Hills) and 1997 NCAA All-American Josh Ilika (Los Angeles). Other top swimmers scheduled to compete include 1998 three-time NCAA champion Ryk Neethling, 1998 U.S. World Championship performer Ugur Taner, 1998 NCAA champion and U.S. World Championship member Tom Wilkens and 1996 U.S. Olympian and 1998 NCAA champion Trina Jackson.
The Invitational is named after one of the world's greatest female Olympic swimmers, Janet Evans, who was a four-time Olympic gold medalist and former USC assistant coach.
The meet kicks off on Thursday (July 23) at 5 p.m. with timed finals of the 800m freestyle. Preliminaries will begin at 9 a.m. and finals start at 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
Tickets will be available for purchase at the USC McDonald's Swim Stadium each day of the event: $2 for prelims, $4 for finals and $5 for an all-day pass. Children age 6 and under will be admitted free. For more information, call (213) 740-8444.
Janet Evans Invitational Event Schedule
Thursday
800m freestyle
Friday
100m freestyle
200m butterfly
200m backstroke
400m freestyle
400m freestyle relay
Saturday
200m freestyle
200m breaststroke
50m freestyle
400m individual medley
800m freestyle relay
Sunday
100m butterfly
100m backstroke
100m breaststroke
200m individual medley
1500m freestyle
400m medley relay
