University Southern California Trojans
No. 6 USC Set For 2011 Pac-10 Championships
February 21, 2011 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Feb. 21, 2011
The No. 6 USC women's swimming and diving team, in the midst of one its best seasons in years, heads north for the 2011 Pac-10 Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, Wednesday through Saturday (Feb. 23-26), at the Weyerhauser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash.
The Pac-10 Championships are annually the toughest conference meet in the nation. This year's event features six top 25 teams, including No. 1 Stanford, No. 4 California, No. 6 USC (which received 1 first place vote), No. 7 Arizona, No. 21 UCLA and No. 25 Arizona State. Also in the mix are Oregon State and Washington State.
USC finished the regular season 9-2, 4-2, securing its most dual meet wins since going 9-1 in 1997, the year of its only NCAA title. The most dual meet wins in program history came in a 10-1 season in 1983.
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE, TICKET INFO, RESULTS
Events begin on Wednesday (Feb. 23) with timed finals of the 200y medley and 800y free relays that begin at 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday (Feb. 24-26), prelims begin at 11 a.m. and finals start at 6 p.m. each day. Thursday's schedule features the 500y free, 200y IM, 50y free and 200y free relay. Friday features the 400y IM, 100y fly, 200y free, 100y breast, 100y back and 400y medley relay. Saturday's finale includes a timed final of the 1650y free, 200y back, 100y free, 200y breast, 200y fly and the 400y free relay.
Pac-10 Championships results, recaps and photo galleries as well as ticket information is available here.
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The Pac-10 Men's and Women's Diving Championships are being held concurrently with the swimming portion, Feb. 23-26 at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center, Federal Way, Wash. Men's 1-meter is scheduled for Wednesday (Feb. 23), women's 1-meter and men's 3-meter is scheduled for Thursday (Feb. 24), women's 3-meter and men's platform is scheduled for Friday (Feb. 25) and women's platform is scheduled for Saturday (Feb. 26).
For a composite list of the women's swimming and men's and women's diving schedule, click here.
USC'S PAC-10 SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
USC has won at least two Pac-10 titles (including diving) in three straight years and in nine of the past 10 seasons and has won at least one title in 16 of the past 17 seasons ... USC won six titles en route to a third-place finish in 2010 thanks to then-sophomore Katinka Hosszu (200y fly), then-junior Presley Bard (100y back), then-freshman Haley Anderson (1650y free) and then-sophomore Victoria Ishimatsu (1-meter, 3-meter) as well as a win in the 800y free relay. Bard's title was USC's first ever in the 100y back while the relay crown was Troy's first in the event since 2003 ... Hosszu is schedule to swim in the 200y and 400y IM and the 200y fly and is ranked first in all three events ... Depaul will race in the 100y fly (ranked first), 200y fly (second) and 200y IM (fifth) while Bard is entered in the 100y back (first), 200y back (second) and 200y free (third). Anderson, ranked second in the 500y free (behind older sister Alyssa, who swims for Arizona), will be the top-ranked swimmer in the 1650y free and is eighth in the 200y free ... Sophomore Jessica Schmitt is ranked second in the 200y breast and eighth in the 100y breast ... Carlson will be the third-ranked starter in the 100y breast, fifth in the 200y breast and sixth in the 100y free ... Freshmen Stina Gardell and Meghan Hawthorne are ranked third and eighth, respectively, in the 400y IM ... In addition to Hosszu and DePaul, juniors Tanya Krisman (fifth), Amanda Smith (eighth) and Yumi So (ninth) give USC five of the top 10 seeds in the 200y fly ... USC is looking for its first Pac-10 title in the 400y IM since 2004 (Kaitlin Sandeno), its first title in the 500y free since 2006 (Kalyn Keller) and its first-ever win in the 100y fly ... USC has four relay titles, claiming the 800y free relay in 2003 and 2010 and taking the 400y medley relay in 2006 and 2009.
USC's 21 Pac-10 women's diving titles are second most in conference history and most have come under the direction of 12th-year diving head coach Hongping Li. Ishimatsu is USC's current diving stalwart, claiming the 3-meter title in 2009 and the 1-meter and 3-meter crowns in 2010. Junior Michela Fossati-Bellani was a two-time Pac-10 finalist in 2010 on 3-meter and platform while senior Christine Petrilli is looking for her first Pac-10 final appearance since her 2008 freshman season.
On the men's side, USC has won 28 Pac-10 titles, including a 2010 1-meter title and a 2009 platform win from current junior Harrison Jones. The wins constituted Troy's 11th Pac-10 platform win and 11th 1-meter victory. USC has also won six 3-meter titles. Senior Steven Starks has eight top eight finishes in nine events at the Pac-10s, including a second-place finish on platform as a freshman and a fifth as a sophomore. He was sixth on both 1-meter and platform in 2010 ... Junior Greg Miller, seventh on the platform as a sophomore, is back after missing the 2010 competition with an injury.
FAST TIMES
USC features 19 swimmers who have already clocked NCAA `A' or `B' cuts. Junior Katinka Hosszu owns the nation's top times in the 200y and 400y IM and the 200y fly, all `A' cuts, and is third in the 100y fly. Senior Lyndsay DePaul owns the top time in the 100y fly and is second in the 200y fly and fifth in the 400y IM, owning `A' cuts all three. Senior Presley Bard is second in the 100y back and fourth in the 200y back, again with `A' cuts in both, and eighth in the 200y free. Sophomore Haley Anderson owns the nation's top time in the 1650y free (`A' cut) and is tied for third in the 500y free (`B'). Sophomore Jessica Schmitt is fifth in the 200y breast (`A'). The Trojans also have `A' cuts in both medley relays and `B' cuts in the freestyle relays. USC's 200y free relay (1:29.57) is ranked No. 5, its 400y free relay (3:15.39) is tied for fifth, its 800y free relay (7:07.11) is ranked third, its 200y medley relay (1:37.31) is ranked third and its 400y medley relay (3:32.20) is ranked first.
A complete list of USC swimmers with NCAA `A' and `B' cuts, with where the times ranked nationally (if among the top 25), are listed below.
Katinka Hosszu: 200y free, (1:44.68, B, 2nd), 500y free (4:45.44, B), 200y IM (1:53.47, A, 1st), 400y IM (4:00.03, A, 1st), 100y fly (52.22, B, 3rd), 200y fly (1:51.02, A, 1st), 200y breast (2:13.31, B), 1650y free (16:20.55, B, 21st).
Lyndsay DePaul: 100y fly (51.46, A, 1st), 200y fly (1:52.79, A, 2nd), 200y IM (1:57.20, B, 5th), 400y IM (4:05.42, B, 5th), 200y free (1:46.60, B), 200y breast (2:14.10, B), 200y back (1:55.75, B, 19th).
Presley Bard: 100y (51.82, A, 2nd) and 200y back (1:52.70, A, 4th), 50y free (22.50, B), 100y free (49.00, B, 16th), 200y free (1:45.38, B, 8th).
Tanya Krisman: 100y fly (53.60, B), 200y fly (1:55.63, B, 9th), 200y IM (2:00.13, B), 100y breast (1:02.45, B), 200y breast (2:15.96, B).
Haley Anderson: 200y (1:46.50, B), 500y free (4:38.54, B, 3rd), 1650y free (15:48.64, A, 1st).
Ellie Doran: 200y free (1:47.47, B), 500y free (4:46.58, B), 1650y free (16:31.44, B).
Kasey Carlson: 50y free (22.42, B, 11th), 100y free (48.86, B, 11th), 200y free (1:49.22, B), 100y breast (1:00.09, B, 9th), 200y breast (2:11.06, B, 11th).
Yumi So: 100y (53.34, B, 16th), 200y fly (1:57.20, B, 14th), 200y IM (2:01.18, B), 100y back (53.91, B), 200y back (1:58.85, B).
Jessica Schmitt: 200y breast (2:09.01, A, 5th), 100y breast (1:01.03, B, 23rd), 200y IM (1:59.04, B, 14th), 400y IM (4:12.72, B, 18th), 200y fly (1:59.20, B).
Meghan Hawthorne: 400y IM (4:10.39, B, 14th), 100y back (54.81, B), 200y back (1:58.50, B), 200y fly (1:59.32, B), 500y free (4:51.95, B).
Amanda Smith: 200y free (1:46.54, B), 500y free (4:43.84, B, 23rd), 200y fly (1:56.86, B, 11th).
Christel Simms: 100y free (49.60, B), 100y back (53.36, B, 15th), 200y back (1:57.97, B).
Ania Kowalczyk: 100y breast (1:02.47, B), 200y breast (2:13.71, B), 200y IM (1:59.71, B, 23rd).
Jordan Danny: 100y breast (1:02.17, B), 200y breast (2:13.84, B).
Ella Kidron: 200y breast (2:16.22, B).
Lolo Blair: 100y back (54.54, B), 200y back (1:58.10, B).
Lynette Lim: 200y free (1:49.03, B), 500y free (4:48.04, B), 1650y free (16:32.59).
Stina Gardell: 200y IM (1:59.80, B), 400y IM (4:03.89, A, 3rd), 100y breast (1:02.86, B). Andrea Basaraba: 200y back (1:58.81, B)
RECORDS
Numerous Trojan short course yards records have fallen this season. On the women's side, a whopping 11 records have been re-written, most stemming from USC's successful three days at the 2010 Short Course Nationals. Junior Katinka Hosszu broke three of them (all her own), taking down 200y IM (1:53.47), 400y IM (4:00.03) and 200y fly (1:51.02) records in title-winning swims. Sophomore Haley Anderson broke two in one race. During her win in the 1650y free (15:48.64), she also lowered USC's 1000y free mark (9:32.96). Senior Lyndsay DePaul was USC's other solo record breaker, lowering her own mark in the 100y fly (51.46). Records have also been established in the 200y free relay (1:29.57), 400y free relay (3:15.39) and the 200y medley relay (1:37.31) ... At the 2010 Short Course World Championships, Hosszu set USC records in the 200m fly (2:04.56) and the 200m IM (2:06.88).
USC AT A GLANCE
The Women of Troy, under fifth-year head coach Dave Salo, are coming off of a seventh-place finish at the 2010 NCAA Championships and return six All-Americans, including seniors Presley Bard and Lyndsay DePaul, juniors Katinka Hosszu and Victoria Ishimatsu and sophomores Haley Anderson and Jessica Schmitt.
Hosszu, Bard and DePaul return as one of the top swimming trios in the country, each of whom helped USC to All-American relay performances in the 400y medley and the 800y free. Hosszu also earned All-American nods in the 400y IM (3rd) and the 200y fly (2nd) while Bard did it in the 100y (3rd) and 200y back (4th) and DePaul did it in the 100y (2nd) and 200y fly (3rd). Ishimatsu was a two-time All-American last year in the 1-meter (5th) and 3-meter springboard (4th). Anderson was an All-American in the 1650y free (4th) as well as the 800y free relay while Schmitt earned her All-American honor by swimming the breaststroke in the 400y medley relay.
USC finished third at the 2010 Pac-10 Championships (its best finish since 2003) and won six titles, its most since claiming six at the 2006 Pac-10s. Ishimatsu won both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard, her second and third career conference titles. Hosszu won her first Pac-10 crown in the 200y fly while Bard won USC's first ever Pac-10 title in the 100y back. Anderson won the 1650y free and Bard, DePaul, Anderson and Hosszu came together to win the 800y free relay, USC's first Pac-10 title in the event since 2003.
Other returning Trojans who appeared at the 2010 NCAA Championships include senior Ellie Doran, junior Tanya Krisman and sophomores Ariel Rittenhouse, Kate Shumway, Christel Simms and Yumi So. Doran, Simms, Rittenhouse and So were all Pac-10 finalists as well.
TROJAN NEWCOMERS
Salo's staff welcomes one of the top incoming classes in the country. Freshmen Meghan Hawthorne, Lynette Lim, Andrea Basaraba and Kasey Carlson all won CIF titles as seniors this past spring. Hawthorne set the CIF Southern Section Division I record en route to a title in the 200y IM (1:58.74) and she also won a title in the 100y fly. Lim won CIF Southern Section Division III tiles in the 200y free and the 500y free. Carlson, a 2009 World Championships bronze medalist in the 100m breast, won a pair of CIF North Coast Section titles, taking the 50y free and the 100y breast. Basaraba, at the CIF San Diego Section Division II Championships, won a title in the 100y free and was second in the 200y free. Also joining the Trojans this year are Swedish swimmer Stina Gardell, a national record holder and champion who competed in the 2009 World Championships in the 200m and 400m IM, as well as Amanda Smith, a transfer distance freestyler from Indiana who was a two-time All-American honorable mention pick with the Hoosiers in 2008-09.
SO FAR
The USC women's squad opened the season a home dual-meet win over Oregon State, 141-112. The Trojan women posted a handful of NCAA `B' cuts, including by Presley Bard in the 100y back (54.32), Katinka Hosszu in the 200y fly (1:56.78) and the 200y breast (2:14.85), Haley Anderson in the 500y free (4:48.79), Lyndsay DePaul in the 100y fly (53.22) as well as in the 200y medley and 400y free relay ... At the USC Invitational, USC defeated San Diego and Cal State Bakersfield during dual meet action, both in the regular format as well as in a sprint session. DePaul posted four wins to lead the Women of Troy ... USC finished first at the SMU Invite in a five-team event in which each school featured eight swimmers and one diver. Each school was limited to one swimmer per A and B finals. USC won 15 of 16 events. Bard, Hosszu and DePaul won three events each ... While part of the Trojan squad was in Dallas, the remainder of the USC women's team hosted Idaho in a non-conference dual meet, which USC won, 112-81. First-year USC swimmer Amanda Smith posted victories in the 100y and 200y free to lead USC ... At the Trojan Diving Invitational junior Victoria Ishimatsu won both springboard events ... USC's women's squad remained unbeaten with dual meet wins over Arizona (190-110) and Arizona State (172-121). In the win over the Wildcats, Hosszu set a pair of USC McDonald's Stadium pool. She broke former Trojan Kristine Quance's 1996 pool record in the 400y IM (NCAA B cut) with a 4:08.71 and broke the 200y free mark with a 1:45.83 (NCAA B cut). She also won the 200y breast (2:13.31, NCAA B cut) against the Wildcats and came back to win the 100y back and the 200y fly in USC's victory over the Sun Devils a day later. Haley Anderson, Bard, DePaul and Ishimatsu also were multiple winners over Arizona and played a big part in the win over ASU ... At the Wildcat Diving Invite, Ishimatsu remained unbeaten on 1-meter this year with a win and a fourth on platform ... USC had a huge meet at the 2010 U.S. Short Course Nationals, winning a combined 22 medals -- including 13 golds, six silvers and three bronze - and breaking records in a combined 13 events (women's and men's combined). Hosszu won titles in the 200y and 400y IM and the 200y fly, Anderson won the 500y and 1650y free while DePaul won the 100y fly and Bard won the 100y back. DePaul was also second in the 200y fly and Bard was second in the 200y back. The women also won the 200y free and 800y free relays and the 400y medley relay and won silvers in the 400y free and 200y medley relay ... Troy finished dual-meet action with a win over UNLV, defeating the Rebels, 158-90. DePaul set a pair of pool records in the 200y fly (1:53.28) and the 400y IM (4:05.42) while double winners included sophomore Christel Simms, freshman Kasey Carlson and sophomore. USC opened January with a 156-92 win over UC Santa Barbara. DePaul, Bard, Anderson, Simms and freshman Stina Gardell, who joined the Trojans for the spring semester, all posted double wins in the easy victory ... USC's perfect start ended at the Bay Area schools. USC fell at California, 182-118, and at Stanford, 161.5-136.5. Anderson won a pair of races both days to lead the Trojans ... The Trojans rebounded with a 176-124 win over UCLA, led by double-winners Hosszu (1650y free and 100y fly) and Ishimatsu (1-meter and 3-meter) as well as a huge 400y IM by Gardell. USC improved to 21-16 against UCLA with its fourth-straight win over the Bruins.
HOZZSU, MOROZOV EARN NATIONAL SWIMMER OF WEEK HONORS
Katinka Hosszu earned Counsilman-Hunsaker National Collegiate Division I Swimmer-of-the-Week honors after a huge performance at the 2010 U.S. Short Course Nationals. Hosszu won three U.S. Short Course titles, claiming the 200 IM (1:53.47, NCAA "A" cut), 400 IM (4:00.03, NCAA "A" cut) and the 200 fly (1:51.45, NCAA "A" cut). All of her performances were school records, and the 400 IM time set a meet record. She was also part of USC's 800 free relay title and a school record in the 400 free relay, which finished second.
ISHIMATSU FINALS AT U.S. DIVING NATIONALS
Junior Victoria Ishimatsu qualified on all three boards for the first time on the national level at the 2011 U.S. Diving Winter Nationals that ended in the first week of February. She finished fifth on 1-meter springboard, reached the semifinals of 3-meter and competed in the quarterfinals of platform (her first nationals comeptition on platform).
SUMMER VACATION
Many USC swimmers had a successful summer of competition, none more so than junior Katinka Hosszu. The Hungarian native won two gold medals at the 2010 European Championships in front of hometown fans in Budapest, Hungary. She won titles in the 200m fly and the 200m IM and claimed a silver in the 400m IM. She also won gold as part of Hungary's 4x200m relay team.
Sophomore Haley Anderson represented the U.S. at the Pan Pacific Games, finishing fourth in the 1500m free and eighth in the 800m free. Those efforts came after she competed at the 2010 World Open Water Championships. Though a newcomer to the open water style, she finished fourth in the 25K in Roberval, Canada.
At the 2010 U.S. Nationals, seniors Presley Bard (100m back, 5th) and Lyndsay DePaul (100m fly, 6th) were both finalists.
NUMEROUS TROJANS NAMED TO U.S. NATIONAL TEAMS
Seniors Presley Bard (100m back) and Lyndsay DePaul (100m, 200m fly) as well as sophomore Haley Anderson (800m free, 10K) were named to the 2010-2011 U.S. National senior team on Sept. 28. USC volunteer coach and former swimmer Rebecca Soni is also on the squad. Trojan freshman Meghan Hawthorne (200m, 400m IM) was named to the U.S. 2010-2011 National Youth Team, as was USC men's freshman Jack Wagner (100m, 200m free and 200m back).
Anderson, Bard and DePaul have all been named to the U.S. National team that will compete at the 2011 World University Games, Aug. 14-19, in Shenzhen, China.
SALO NAMED 2010 COACH OF THE YEAR
In its review of the 2010 international swim season, SwimNews.com named USC head coach Dave Salo as the world's Coach of the Year (women). In addition to his efforts with the Trojans, Salo's success includes his work with Trojan Swim Club, which features many of the top swimmers in the world, many of whom had big success in 2010, including Rebecca Soni and Jessica Hardy.
SALO INDUCTED INTO ASCA HALL OF FAME
Dave Salo joined join Jack Baurele, Bob Bowman, Jerry Holtrey and David Marsh as 2010 inductees into the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame at the ASCA's Annual Awards Banquet in Indianapolis Sept. 4. Salo has mentored numerous Olympic and World Championships medalists, All-Americans and NCAA champions during a career that has spanned more than 25 years. Among the Olympic medalists that Salo has coached are Rebecca Soni, Ous Mellouli, Larsen Jensen, Aaron Peirsol, Jason Lezak, Lenny Krayzelburg, Stacianna Stitts, Colleen Lanne, Amanda Beard and Gabe Woodward.
SALO NAMED PART OF U.S. STAFF AT SHORT COURSE WORLDS
Dave Salo served on the USA Swimming coaching staff as an assistant women's coach at the World Short Course Championships in Dubai, Dec. 15-19. The coaching assignment was the latest appointment for Salo in a long line of stints on U.S. national teams, including a head coach position at the 2005 World Championships.
Kevin Clements, NEW ASSISTANT COACH
Salo added a new assistant coach to the Trojan staff this spring, Kevin Clements, a 14-time NCAA All-American at Auburn and former American record holder who comes to USC after two years as an assistant at LSU and three years at Maryland. At USC, Clements will work with all groups but more extensively with the Trojans' freestylers and IM'ers. He will aid in the recruiting efforts for the women's team and brings with him a great deal of swimming knowledge ranging from his international experience to winning an NCAA team championship.
SONI NAMED U.S. FEMALE SWIMMER OF THE YEAR
Former USC NCAA champion and current Trojan volunteer assistant coach Rebecca Soni was named U.S. Female Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row, highlighting three awards she received at the seventh annual USA Swimming Foundation Golden Goggle Awards in New York on Monday (Nov. 22). In addition to winning Female Athlete of the Year, Soni took home the Female Race of the Year honor for her title-winning 200y breaststroke swim at the 2010 Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine. Soni also was part of the Relay Performance of the Year honoring the U.S. 4x100m medley relay win, also at the Pan Pacs.
(Less than a month after earning the 2010 U.S. Female Swimmer of the Year honor - and still within the 2010 calendar year - Soni swept the 50y, 100y and 200y breaststroke events at the Short Course World Championships. She also won a silver on the 400y medley relay, adding assurances to all of her voters that her Swimmer of the Year honor was sorely deserved.)
