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Hilde, Mellouli, Bidrogi Win In Loss To Stanford
February 07, 2004 | Men's Swimming & Diving
Feb. 7, 2004
Freshman diver Michael Hilde swept the springboard events while sophomore Ous Mellouli and newcomer Victor Bidrogi each won once, but it wasn't enough against Stanford, which defeated the Trojans, 127-102, on Saturday (Feb. 7).
Hilde, one of the top freshman divers in the Pac-10, won the 1-meter with 331.20 and the 3-meter with 353.70. Freshman teammate Kenny Jenkins was second in both, with 298.72 on 1-meter and 309.97 on 3-meter.
Mellouli, who competed despite recovering from a bout of food poisoning from the night before, won the 800m free in a season-best 7:56.22.
Bidrogi, USC's newest swimmer who became eligible in the spring (and its second from Hungary), won the 200m fly in 1:58.87, just off of Philippe Demers' school record of 1:58.62. Bidrogi defeated Stanford All-American butterflyer Jayme Cramer, who touched second in 1:58.90. Cramer actually led by .79 after 100 meters, but was tracked down by Bidrogi.
Cramer did win the 200m free in 1:48.12 while teammate Ben Wildman-Tobriner was first in the 50m free (22.54). Markus Rogan won the 200m IM (2:00.74) and the 200m back (1:56.14) for the Cardinal while Andrew Schnell took the 100m free (50.71) and Shaun Phillips won the 400m free (3:52.42).
USC's Trent Staley touched second in the 400m free in a season-best 3:53.96, an NCAA consideration time.
