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No. 8 USC Hosts Bay Rivals No. 1 Cal, No. 5 Stanford
January 30, 2020 | Women's Swimming & Diving, Features
USC looks to Maintain Unblemished Pac-12 Dual-Meet Record
USC's No. 8 women's swimming and diving team is set to host Bay Area rivals No. 1 California on Friday (Jan. 31) at 2 p.m. and No. 5 Stanford at 12 p.m. on Saturday (Feb. 1) at the Uytensu Aquatics Center.
The Trojans are 4-1 overall and 4-0 in Pac-12 meets. The Bears are 4-0, 3-0 while the Cardinal is 5-0, 3-0. All three teams will be looking to maintain an unblemished Pac-12 dual-meet record.
This season, USC won its season-opener against Utah and swept Arizona and Arizona State on the road. With only 9 women competing due to illness, the Trojans resumed spring competition at Washington State where they downed the Cougars but fell to Minnesota at home on Jan. 17.
The USC women's swim team boasts 9 individual swims that rank among the top-25 in the country. Sophomore Laticia transom is fourth in the 200y free (1:43.27) and eighth in the 100y free (47.83). Marta Ciesla is 24th in the 50y free with a time of 22.21. Senior Louise Hansson holds two top-25 swims coming in third on the list in the 100y fly (50.05) and ninth in the 200y IM (1:56.17). Jemma Schlicht also has a spot in the top-25 in the 100y fly, coming in ninth with a 51.64. Her second top-25 swim is in the 100y back (52.43) where she sits at number 22. Catherine Sanchez is 12th in the 200y fly (1:55.67) and Isa Odgers is 17th in the 200y breast with a time of 2:09.46. USC is ranked among the top-10 in all three free relays and both medley relays.
Scouting CALIFORNIA
The No. 2 Bears hold 16 individual swims and five relays that rank among the top 25 in the country. Abbey Weitzel is first in the 50 free with her American-record 20.90, and she is second in both the 100 free (46.52) and 200 free (1:42.25), and 11th in the 100 back (51.66). The Bears have three ranked swimmers in the 200 IM - Alicia Wilson and Isabel Ivey (T5th, 1:54.68) and Sarah Darcel (16th, 1:56.75). Cal leads the country in all three free relays and rates second in both medley relays.
SCOUTING STANFORD
The No. 5 Cardinal are the NCAA defending champions, returning all but three of their 22 NCAA qualifiers from last year's 2018-2019 national championship team. The Cardinal have two ranked swimmers in the 200 Free – Katie Drabot (8, 1:44.38) and Lauren Pitzer (18, 1:45.02). Amalie Fackenthal checks in 18th with a 48.22 in the 100y free. Drabot also holds the top spot in the 200y fly with an A-cut time of 1:53.14.
SENIOR DAY
USC will honor 8 seniors before the start of the Stanford meet, including co-captains Hanni Leach and Louise Hansson, Piper Brockley, Abby Miller, Catherine Sanchez, Tatum Wade and divers Naomi Gowlett and Carly Souza.
SO FAR THIS SEASON
The Trojan women's squad enters the meet 4-1overall, led by 12 Trojans who've already secured B cuts. Friday's dual marks the third meet of the spring season for the Women of Troy who have less than a month before Pac-12 Championships.
The Trojans kicked off the season at the two-day, three-session Trojan Swim Invite that saw junior Marta Ciesla win the 100y free while sophomore Isa Odgers won the 200y breast and senior Catherine Sanchez captured the 200y fly. Sophomore Victor Johansson led the USC men with a win in the 1650y free.
Odgers then won a career-best three times (100-200y breast, 200y IM) to lead the USC women in their dual-meet opening win against Utah. Senior co-captain Louise Hansson, the two-time NCAA champion in the 100y fly, also made her season debut with a win in specialty. Sophomore Laticia Transom posted her first two-win day as a Trojan with victories in the 50y and 200y free. Sanchez won the 200y fly for the second meet in a row.
At the Art Adamson Invite hosted by Texas A&M, four swimmers combined for a total of seven individual event wins while competing against A&M, Stanford, Hawaii, and Air Force. Sophomore Alexei Sancov posted two record-setting times during the meet, first in the 200y IM with a 1:43.92 and also in the 200y fly with a 1:42.20, shattering the Trojan school record by 0.15 (set in 2006), taking first. Junior Nikola Miljenic set a Texas A&M pool record (22.44) during prelims in the men's 50 LCM free. Sophomore Victor Johansson took the 1650 free with a 14:47.27, earning a B cut.
The Trojan women won four relays during the invite, earning three A cuts in the 200y, 400y and 800y free relays. Senior Louise Hansson took the 200y IM (1:56.17) and 100y fly (50.05), earning the first NCAA A cut of the season for the Trojans. Laticia Transom won the 200y free (1:43.27) and 100y free (47.83).
To kick off the spring season, the unbeaten USC women's team traveled to Pullman, Wash., to compete against Washington State. Odgers recorded a meet-best three first-place finishes, winning the 100y (1:02.71) and 200y breast (2:13.04) and the 400y IM (4:25.16). Her performance at Washington State earned her Pac-12 swimmer of the week. Both Odgers (200y breast – 2:13.04) and Hansson (100y fly – 53.98) broke Gibb pool records and contributed to the 155-102 win over the Cougars.
Most recently, the Trojans hosted Minnesota where sophomores Laticia Transom and Alexei Sancov each posted a pair wins against the Gophers. Marta Ciesla (22.92) led the USC sweep in the 50y free. Laticia Transom (23.07) and Jemma Schlicht (23.49) completed the USC 1-2-3 finish. Trojan senior Nikola Miljenic (20.60) led the USC sweep in the men's 50y free. Joao Ama (21.12) took second, Thomas Finello third (21.17) and Jan Collazo Torres finished fourth (21.30).
TOP TIMES
Twelve Trojans secured B cut times during the first part of the season. Senior Louise Hansson has earned an A cut in the 100y fly posting a 50.05 during the Art Adamson Invite. Hansson also has B cuts in the 200y IM (1:56.17) and 100y back (52.43). Other top times include those from fellow seniors Catherine Sanchez (100y fly 53.15, 200y fly 1:55.67) and Tatum Wade (100y free 49.43, 200y IM 1:56.48), juniors Marta Ciesla (50y free 22.21, 100y free 48.27) and Maggie Aroesty (100y breast 1:01.50, 200y breast 2:11.78) Jemma Schlicht (50y free 22.30, 100y free 48.29, 100y fly 51.64), sophomores Isa Odgers (100y breast 1:00.76, 200y breast 2:09.46) and Laticia Transom (50y free 22.31, 100y Free 47.83, 200y free 1:43.27) and freshman Nicole Pavlopoulou (200y breast 2:10.86) and Maile Lawson (200y breast 2:12.85.)
OVERVIEW
Captains for this year's Trojans are 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.
The Trojans are 4-1 overall and 4-0 in Pac-12 meets. The Bears are 4-0, 3-0 while the Cardinal is 5-0, 3-0. All three teams will be looking to maintain an unblemished Pac-12 dual-meet record.
This season, USC won its season-opener against Utah and swept Arizona and Arizona State on the road. With only 9 women competing due to illness, the Trojans resumed spring competition at Washington State where they downed the Cougars but fell to Minnesota at home on Jan. 17.
The USC women's swim team boasts 9 individual swims that rank among the top-25 in the country. Sophomore Laticia transom is fourth in the 200y free (1:43.27) and eighth in the 100y free (47.83). Marta Ciesla is 24th in the 50y free with a time of 22.21. Senior Louise Hansson holds two top-25 swims coming in third on the list in the 100y fly (50.05) and ninth in the 200y IM (1:56.17). Jemma Schlicht also has a spot in the top-25 in the 100y fly, coming in ninth with a 51.64. Her second top-25 swim is in the 100y back (52.43) where she sits at number 22. Catherine Sanchez is 12th in the 200y fly (1:55.67) and Isa Odgers is 17th in the 200y breast with a time of 2:09.46. USC is ranked among the top-10 in all three free relays and both medley relays.
Scouting CALIFORNIA
The No. 2 Bears hold 16 individual swims and five relays that rank among the top 25 in the country. Abbey Weitzel is first in the 50 free with her American-record 20.90, and she is second in both the 100 free (46.52) and 200 free (1:42.25), and 11th in the 100 back (51.66). The Bears have three ranked swimmers in the 200 IM - Alicia Wilson and Isabel Ivey (T5th, 1:54.68) and Sarah Darcel (16th, 1:56.75). Cal leads the country in all three free relays and rates second in both medley relays.
SCOUTING STANFORD
The No. 5 Cardinal are the NCAA defending champions, returning all but three of their 22 NCAA qualifiers from last year's 2018-2019 national championship team. The Cardinal have two ranked swimmers in the 200 Free – Katie Drabot (8, 1:44.38) and Lauren Pitzer (18, 1:45.02). Amalie Fackenthal checks in 18th with a 48.22 in the 100y free. Drabot also holds the top spot in the 200y fly with an A-cut time of 1:53.14.
SENIOR DAY
USC will honor 8 seniors before the start of the Stanford meet, including co-captains Hanni Leach and Louise Hansson, Piper Brockley, Abby Miller, Catherine Sanchez, Tatum Wade and divers Naomi Gowlett and Carly Souza.
SO FAR THIS SEASON
The Trojan women's squad enters the meet 4-1overall, led by 12 Trojans who've already secured B cuts. Friday's dual marks the third meet of the spring season for the Women of Troy who have less than a month before Pac-12 Championships.
The Trojans kicked off the season at the two-day, three-session Trojan Swim Invite that saw junior Marta Ciesla win the 100y free while sophomore Isa Odgers won the 200y breast and senior Catherine Sanchez captured the 200y fly. Sophomore Victor Johansson led the USC men with a win in the 1650y free.
Odgers then won a career-best three times (100-200y breast, 200y IM) to lead the USC women in their dual-meet opening win against Utah. Senior co-captain Louise Hansson, the two-time NCAA champion in the 100y fly, also made her season debut with a win in specialty. Sophomore Laticia Transom posted her first two-win day as a Trojan with victories in the 50y and 200y free. Sanchez won the 200y fly for the second meet in a row.
At the Art Adamson Invite hosted by Texas A&M, four swimmers combined for a total of seven individual event wins while competing against A&M, Stanford, Hawaii, and Air Force. Sophomore Alexei Sancov posted two record-setting times during the meet, first in the 200y IM with a 1:43.92 and also in the 200y fly with a 1:42.20, shattering the Trojan school record by 0.15 (set in 2006), taking first. Junior Nikola Miljenic set a Texas A&M pool record (22.44) during prelims in the men's 50 LCM free. Sophomore Victor Johansson took the 1650 free with a 14:47.27, earning a B cut.
The Trojan women won four relays during the invite, earning three A cuts in the 200y, 400y and 800y free relays. Senior Louise Hansson took the 200y IM (1:56.17) and 100y fly (50.05), earning the first NCAA A cut of the season for the Trojans. Laticia Transom won the 200y free (1:43.27) and 100y free (47.83).
To kick off the spring season, the unbeaten USC women's team traveled to Pullman, Wash., to compete against Washington State. Odgers recorded a meet-best three first-place finishes, winning the 100y (1:02.71) and 200y breast (2:13.04) and the 400y IM (4:25.16). Her performance at Washington State earned her Pac-12 swimmer of the week. Both Odgers (200y breast – 2:13.04) and Hansson (100y fly – 53.98) broke Gibb pool records and contributed to the 155-102 win over the Cougars.
Most recently, the Trojans hosted Minnesota where sophomores Laticia Transom and Alexei Sancov each posted a pair wins against the Gophers. Marta Ciesla (22.92) led the USC sweep in the 50y free. Laticia Transom (23.07) and Jemma Schlicht (23.49) completed the USC 1-2-3 finish. Trojan senior Nikola Miljenic (20.60) led the USC sweep in the men's 50y free. Joao Ama (21.12) took second, Thomas Finello third (21.17) and Jan Collazo Torres finished fourth (21.30).
TOP TIMES
Twelve Trojans secured B cut times during the first part of the season. Senior Louise Hansson has earned an A cut in the 100y fly posting a 50.05 during the Art Adamson Invite. Hansson also has B cuts in the 200y IM (1:56.17) and 100y back (52.43). Other top times include those from fellow seniors Catherine Sanchez (100y fly 53.15, 200y fly 1:55.67) and Tatum Wade (100y free 49.43, 200y IM 1:56.48), juniors Marta Ciesla (50y free 22.21, 100y free 48.27) and Maggie Aroesty (100y breast 1:01.50, 200y breast 2:11.78) Jemma Schlicht (50y free 22.30, 100y free 48.29, 100y fly 51.64), sophomores Isa Odgers (100y breast 1:00.76, 200y breast 2:09.46) and Laticia Transom (50y free 22.31, 100y Free 47.83, 200y free 1:43.27) and freshman Nicole Pavlopoulou (200y breast 2:10.86) and Maile Lawson (200y breast 2:12.85.)
OVERVIEW
Captains for this year's Trojans are 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.
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