University Southern California Trojans
Trojans to Face Bruins at Home
June 21, 1999 | Women's Swimming & Diving
February 10, 1999
LOS ANGELES - The USC women's swimming and diving team (5-2 overall, 2-2 in the Pacific-10 Conference), the fifth-place finisher at the NCAA Championships a year ago and currently ranked No. 5, hosts crosstown rival No. 17 UCLA (6-3-1, 1-3-1) on Saturday (Feb. 13) at USC,s McDonald,s Swim Stadium at 1 p.m. Last season, USC defeated UCLA, 174-125.
USC SUPERLATIVES
USC Coach Mark Schubert has built a women,s team that
is dotted with national and international-caliber swimmers, many of whom
will be competing for either the U.S. or their respective countries
following the conclusion of the collegiate season. Senior All-American
Lindsay Benko will compete for the U.S. at the Pan Pacific Championships,
senior All-American Karen Campbell will compete at the Pan Am Games, senior
All-American diver Dorte Lindner will compete at the Diving World Cup and
sophomore All-American Corrie Murphy will compete at the World University
Games.
OLYMPIC ACHIEVEMENT
USC Coach Mark Schubert, in his seventh year at
Troy, will serve as the head coach for the U.S. men,s team at the 2000
Olympics in Sydney, Australia. It is his sixth consecutive USA Olympic
coaching position. (Schubert,s wife, Joke, will be the head manager for the
U.S. contingent in Australia, as well.) Mark Schubert was an assistant
coach at the 1996 Atlanta Games. He served as the 1992 USA women,s Olympic
head coach, guiding the American women to two gold medal relay world
records, four additional American records and an impressive world-leading
14 medals, including five gold. In January of 1998, he served as assistant
coach for the U.S. women,s team at the World Championships in Perth,
Australia.
LINDSAY BENKO
One of the top middle-distance freestylers in the country
and a national-caliber backstroker, 1998-99 co-captain Lindsay Benko is
having a fine senior season. Despite nursing a back injury that kept her
out of the Stanford and California meets, she still owns USC,s top times
this year in the 200, 500 and 1000 freestyles. Her time of 9:40.63 at UC
Santa Barbara in the 1000 free broke a 15-year old USC record (Carol
Peterson, 9:42.80). Her time of 4:45.85 in the 500 free is an NCAA
automatic qualifying time. Benko is a four-time NCAA titlist (winning the
200 back and 500 free as a freshman and a sophomore), a 15-time
All-American and she owns eight individual and six relay records at USC. A
U.S. National team member, she will compete at the Pan Pacific
Championships in August, 1999.
KAREN CAMPBELL
A 1998-99 senior co-captain, All-American Karen Campbell
is one of the top sprint butterflyers in the nation as well as a talented
freestyler with the potential to final in more than one event at the NCAAs.
She currently owns USC,s top times in the 50 free as well as in the 100 and
200 fly. At Stanford on Jan. 30, Campbell posted a deGuerre pool record in
the 100 fly with an NCAA automatic time of 53.54. Campbell,s mark was
better than her top time of last year, 53.68, which was good enough for
fourth place at the 1998 NCAAs. Campbell has also posted an NCAA automatic
time in the 200 fly (2:00.05). Campbell is an eight-time All-American and
owns four USC individual and three relay records. Campbell will swim for
the U.S. at the Pan Am Games in August of 1999.
DoRTE LINDNER
One of the top divers in Europe, let alone college,
1998-99 senior Dorte Lindner will vie for All-American honors in all three
diving specialties. She is a four-time All-American, finalling in both the
1- and 3-meter events at the NCAA Championships as a sophomore and junior
the last two years. She,s also the defending Pac-10 champion in the above
two specialties, earning Pac-10 Female Diver of the Meet honors last
season. She will compete for Germany in the Diving World Cup in 1999.
CORRIE MURPHY
One of the most versatile swimmers in the nation, 1998-99
sophomore Corrie Murphy is coming off of an All-American campaign and will
look to establish herself as a mainstay in USC,s corps of NCAA finalists in
the back, IM and free events. Murphy currently has USC,s top time in the
400 IM (4:15.86, NCAA automatic) and her time of 2:03.57 in the 200 IM is
an NCAA consideration time. She was a two-time All-American last year,
finalling in both the 400 IM and 200 back. She will compete for the U.S. at
the World University Games in July of 1999.
KRISTIN MacGREGOR
One of the top prep breaststrokers in the nation last
year, 1998-99 freshman Kristin MacGregor has lent immediate help in the
breast and IM events (as well as in the relays) and has NCAA finalist
potential. She has posted the top USC times this year in the 200 IM
(2:03.06), 100 breast (1:01.92 an NCAA automatic time) and the 200 breast
(2:14.96, NCAA consideration). At the 1998 FINA World Cup meet at Texas A&M
on Dec. 1-2, MacGregor won both the 50m (31.92) and 100m breast (1:08.75).
She competed at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships and is a regular
finalist at U.S. National meets.
NEWCOMERS
In addition to Kristin MacGregor, USC has a host of other
newcomers contributing immediately to the program. Freshman Katie Meyer has
established herself as one of USC,s finest, if not the finest, backstrokers
and currently has the top times (both of which are NCAA consideration) in
the 100 (55.96) and 200 (1:59.91). She is also one of USC,s top
butterflyers with an NCAA consideration time in the 200 (2:01.44). Senior
transfer Nora Zhong is an experienced swimmer who has posted NCAA
consideration times in both fly events (54.78 in the 100 and 2:00.62 in the
200) and is also a talented freestyler. Freshman Amy Migawa, a versatile
swimmer, is also coming on strong and recently posted an NCAA consideration
time in the 400 IM (4:24.69). Freshman diver Kellie Brennan has been strong
as well and recently posted a victory in the 3-meter competition at
California.
UCLA
Like USC, the Bruins are coming off a pair of dual-meet losses to
California and Stanford. Among UCLA,s top competitors are junior Keiko
Price and sophomore Beth Goodwin.
