University Southern California Trojans
Friday, September 6
Los Angeles, Calif.
2:00 PM
USC
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Cardinal & Gold Intrasquad
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Breast/IM
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Backstroke
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Breast/IM
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Fly/Free/IM
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Fly/Free
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Diving
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Free
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Hanni Leach
Photo by: John McGillen
USC Kicks Off Season With Cardinal And Gold Intrasquad
September 05, 2019 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Cardinal looking for revenge after Gold win last season.
The USC women's and men's swimming and diving teams kick off the 2019-20 schedule with the annual Cardinal and Gold intrasquad exhibition meet on Friday (Sept. 6) at 2 p.m.
The Cardinal are looking are for revenge after Gold won the exhibition kickoff meet in 2018.
Teams will square off with some dry-land challenges at the McKay Center followed by a quick meet at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center.
Captains this year are seniors Thomas Reed and Mark Jurek and junior diver Henry Fusaro for the men as well as seniors Louise Hansson, Hanni Leach and diver Carly Souza for the women.
Hansson is a two-year captain and the defending NCAA champion in the 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly. Other All-Americans returning for the Trojans include Leach, redshirt seniors Kirsten Vose and Tatum Wade, junior Marta Ciesla and sophomore Laticia Transom.
Other key returners include junior Maggie Aroesty (2018 Pac-12 200-yard breaststroke champion), senior diver Naomi Gowlett (2019 Pac-12 platform runner-up) and NCAA vets like senior Catherine Sanchez and sophomore Jemma Schlicht.
Freshmen Nicole Pavlopoulou (Greece) and Aela Janvier (Canada) are among the women's team's top newcomers.
Junior Nikola Miljenic, a two-time Pac-12 finalist and NCAA relay scorer and sophomore Victor Johansson, the 2019 Pac-12 champion in the 500-yard free and an NCAA scorer in the 1650-yard free, are among the key veterans returning for the Trojans. Fusaro is a 2018 Pac-12 champion on 3-meter and a two-time NCAA scorer. Sophomore Alexei Sancov is also set for a big second season.
The Trojans welcome a huge freshman class led by freshman Jack Kirby (Barbados), Truls Wigdel (Norway) and Ivan Puskovitch (West Chester, Penn.)
The Cardinal are looking are for revenge after Gold won the exhibition kickoff meet in 2018.
Teams will square off with some dry-land challenges at the McKay Center followed by a quick meet at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center.
Captains this year are seniors Thomas Reed and Mark Jurek and junior diver Henry Fusaro for the men as well as seniors Louise Hansson, Hanni Leach and diver Carly Souza for the women.
Hansson is a two-year captain and the defending NCAA champion in the 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly. Other All-Americans returning for the Trojans include Leach, redshirt seniors Kirsten Vose and Tatum Wade, junior Marta Ciesla and sophomore Laticia Transom.
Other key returners include junior Maggie Aroesty (2018 Pac-12 200-yard breaststroke champion), senior diver Naomi Gowlett (2019 Pac-12 platform runner-up) and NCAA vets like senior Catherine Sanchez and sophomore Jemma Schlicht.
Freshmen Nicole Pavlopoulou (Greece) and Aela Janvier (Canada) are among the women's team's top newcomers.
Junior Nikola Miljenic, a two-time Pac-12 finalist and NCAA relay scorer and sophomore Victor Johansson, the 2019 Pac-12 champion in the 500-yard free and an NCAA scorer in the 1650-yard free, are among the key veterans returning for the Trojans. Fusaro is a 2018 Pac-12 champion on 3-meter and a two-time NCAA scorer. Sophomore Alexei Sancov is also set for a big second season.
The Trojans welcome a huge freshman class led by freshman Jack Kirby (Barbados), Truls Wigdel (Norway) and Ivan Puskovitch (West Chester, Penn.)
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