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No. 8 USC Set for 2020 Pac-12 Championships
February 25, 2020 | Women's Swimming & Diving, Features
Louise Hansson returns as defending champion in three events.
The No. 8 USC women's swimming and diving team, with nine top 3 conference finishes in the last 10 years, is set for the 2020 Pac-12 Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, Wednesday through Saturday (Feb. 26-Feb. 29), at the Weyerhauser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash. Additionally, the Pac-12 will host the men's diving championships concurrently with the women's competition.
The hotly competitive Pac-12s features five teams in the top 25 including No. 1 Stanford, No. 4 California, No. 8 USC, No. 17 Arizona State and No. 24 Arizona as well as Oregon State, Washington State, UCLA and Utah. The Trojans finished their final dual meet season at 5-3 overall, 5-2 in the Pac-12.
CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE
Swimming events begin on Wednesday (Feb. 26) with timed finals of the 200y medley and 800y free relays that start at 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday prelims (Feb. 27-28) begin at 10:30 a.m. Finals for the final three nights are at 6 p.m. 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.
Men's 1-meter prelims will start Wednesday (Feb. 26) at 1:30 p.m. with the final in between the relays Wednesday night. The men's 3-meter prelims are set for 12 p.m. Thursday after prelims to be followed by the women's 1-meter prelims and finals that begin at 1:50 p.m. The men's 3-meter final will begin before the final relay that night. The women's 3-meter prelims will go off Friday at 12:15 p.m. and finals will be held before the final relay Friday night. Men's platform will start at 3 p.m. Friday, finals at 4:30 p.m. Women's platform prelims will close Saturday's prelims and the women's platform final will follow the 200y fly final Saturday night.
BROADCAST INFO
TV coverage of the Pac-12 Championships will air Wednesday (Feb. 26) through Sunday (Mar. 1) on the Pac-12 Now app, Pac-12.com, Pac-12 Network and Pac-12 Los Angeles. Coverage will be as follows:
Wednesday (Feb. 26) – 6:00 p.m. PT on Pac-12.com/Pac-12 Now app
Thursday (Feb. 27) - 4:00 p.m. PT on Pac-12.com/Pac-12 Now app
Friday (Feb. 28) – 6:30 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Now app/ Pac-12 Los Angeles
Saturday (Feb. 29) – 6:30 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Network/ Pac-12 Now app
Sunday (Mar. 1) – 4:30 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Network/ Pac-12 Now app
Links to live results will be available here. Click here for the Pac-12 Record Book.
USC'S PAC-12 SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
USC won its first-ever Pac-12 title in 2016 with a program-record 1481 points as all 21 swimmers and six divers eligible to score that year did so. USC's previous best Pac-12 finish was second, something it did six times, most recently in 2013 when it scored a then-program best 1418.5 points and lost by 21 to Stanford in the closest finish in conference history. While USC hadn't won a Pac-12 title before 2016, it did win four conference titles during the WCAA era, its last coming in 1985. The Women of Troy are coming off a third-place finish in 2019, scoring 1183.5 points to mark the ninth time in the last 10 years the Trojans have finished top 3 or better at the Pac-12 Championships. In 2019 then-junior Louise Hansson posted the fastest time in the country to win the 200y fly for her third title of the meet, also winning the 200y IM and 100y fly. She is the three-time defending champion in the 100y fly and looks to become the first Pac-12 woman to win it four times … USC has won at least two Pac-12 individual titles (including diving) in 11 straight years and in 18 of the past 19 seasons and has won at least one title in 25 of the past 26 seasons … Previously, USC won three individual titles in 2018. Then-sophomore Hansson successfully defended her crown in the 100y fly, breaking her school record (which she earlier equaled with a top-seed prelim swim of 50.39) with a 50.17 to win her second straight Pac-12 title, breaking Janet Hu's Pac-12 meet record (50.38). Then freshman Maggie Aroesty won a title in her first meet, capturing the 200y breast in a PR 2:06.85, passing Stanford's Brooke Forde and ASU's Silja Kansakoski over the final 25 yards. The title was USC's third in the last five years in the event and the eighth overall for the Trojans.
Hansson owns the top time in the 100y fly (50.05) entering this year's meet, is second going into the 100y free (47.82) and third in the 200y IM (1:56.17). Schlicht (51.64) enters the meet third in the 100y fly, behind Hansson. Transom sits in second in the 200y free (1:43.27) and third in the 100y free (47.83). In the 200y breast, Odgers is third with a 2:08.95.
Troy has five conference relay titles, claiming the 800y free relay in 2003, 2010 and 2016 and taking the 400y medley relay in 2006 and 2009.
USC's 29 Pac-12 women's diving titles (12 on 1-meter, 12 on 3-meter, five on platform) are second most in conference history (behind only Stanford) and most have come under the direction of 20th-year diving head coach Hongping Li. Seniors Carly Souza and Naomi Gowlett – all conference finalists – lead the strong contingent of women's divers along with freshman Nike Agunbiade while Henry Fusaro, George Korovin and Brad Dalrymple lead the men.
FAST TIMES
USC's fall semester of swimming netted a slew of NCAA A and B cuts and spots in the nation's top 25 list.
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), both NCAA A cuts. 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.
Senior Louise Hansson leads the Trojans with two NCAA A cuts in the 100y fly (50.05), and the 200y IM (1:56.17). Hansson also has a B cut in the 100y back (52.43).
Top B-cut times for the Trojans include those from seniors Catherine Sanchez (100y fly 53.15, 200y fly 1:55.67), Hanni Leach (100y back 53.94) 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 1:00.59, 200y breast 2:11.78) Jemma Schlicht (50y free 22.30, 100y free 48.29, 100y fly 51.64), sophomores Isa Odgers (100y breast 1:00.68, 200y breast 2:08.95) and freshman Nicole Pavlopoulou (200y breast 2:10.86), Aela Janvier (100y back 53.85, 200y back 1:54.01) and Maile Lawson (200y breast 2:12.85.)
The USC 200y free (Transom, Schlicht, Wade, Hansson – 1:27.41), 400y free (Transom, Schicht, Sanchez, Wade – 3:14.00) and 800y free relay (Hansson, Transom, Schlicht, Wade – 6:58.06) all have NCAA A cuts. Other A cuts include the Trojan 200y medley relay (Transom, Odgers, Hansson, Schlicht – 1:36.57).
SO FAR THIS SEASON
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.
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. 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.
The Trojans hosted Minnesota (Jan. 17) 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.
USC then hosted No.1 Cal (Jan. 31) and No.5 Stanford (Feb. 1) where sophomores Isa Odgers won twice against the Bears. Laticia Transom (53.50) won the 100y back against Cal and senior Louise Hansson took the 100y fly (53.80). Hansson (53.07) followed it up with a win in the same event the following day against Stanford. Junior Marta Ciesla (22.82) pulled off an impressive first place finish in the 50y free, and also contributed to a Trojan win in the 400y free relay (Hansson, Transom, Ciesla, Wade – 3:17.04).
Most recently USC romped UCLA 181-119, winning 11 races to extend their unbeaten streak against the Bruins to 13. Jemma Schlicht won the 50y free in a season best 21.82. Freshman Aela Janvier took the 200y back in 1:55.06 and touched second in the 100 in a season best 53.85.
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 hotly competitive Pac-12s features five teams in the top 25 including No. 1 Stanford, No. 4 California, No. 8 USC, No. 17 Arizona State and No. 24 Arizona as well as Oregon State, Washington State, UCLA and Utah. The Trojans finished their final dual meet season at 5-3 overall, 5-2 in the Pac-12.
CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE
Swimming events begin on Wednesday (Feb. 26) with timed finals of the 200y medley and 800y free relays that start at 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday prelims (Feb. 27-28) begin at 10:30 a.m. Finals for the final three nights are at 6 p.m. 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.
Men's 1-meter prelims will start Wednesday (Feb. 26) at 1:30 p.m. with the final in between the relays Wednesday night. The men's 3-meter prelims are set for 12 p.m. Thursday after prelims to be followed by the women's 1-meter prelims and finals that begin at 1:50 p.m. The men's 3-meter final will begin before the final relay that night. The women's 3-meter prelims will go off Friday at 12:15 p.m. and finals will be held before the final relay Friday night. Men's platform will start at 3 p.m. Friday, finals at 4:30 p.m. Women's platform prelims will close Saturday's prelims and the women's platform final will follow the 200y fly final Saturday night.
BROADCAST INFO
TV coverage of the Pac-12 Championships will air Wednesday (Feb. 26) through Sunday (Mar. 1) on the Pac-12 Now app, Pac-12.com, Pac-12 Network and Pac-12 Los Angeles. Coverage will be as follows:
Wednesday (Feb. 26) – 6:00 p.m. PT on Pac-12.com/Pac-12 Now app
Thursday (Feb. 27) - 4:00 p.m. PT on Pac-12.com/Pac-12 Now app
Friday (Feb. 28) – 6:30 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Now app/ Pac-12 Los Angeles
Saturday (Feb. 29) – 6:30 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Network/ Pac-12 Now app
Sunday (Mar. 1) – 4:30 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Network/ Pac-12 Now app
Links to live results will be available here. Click here for the Pac-12 Record Book.
USC'S PAC-12 SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
USC won its first-ever Pac-12 title in 2016 with a program-record 1481 points as all 21 swimmers and six divers eligible to score that year did so. USC's previous best Pac-12 finish was second, something it did six times, most recently in 2013 when it scored a then-program best 1418.5 points and lost by 21 to Stanford in the closest finish in conference history. While USC hadn't won a Pac-12 title before 2016, it did win four conference titles during the WCAA era, its last coming in 1985. The Women of Troy are coming off a third-place finish in 2019, scoring 1183.5 points to mark the ninth time in the last 10 years the Trojans have finished top 3 or better at the Pac-12 Championships. In 2019 then-junior Louise Hansson posted the fastest time in the country to win the 200y fly for her third title of the meet, also winning the 200y IM and 100y fly. She is the three-time defending champion in the 100y fly and looks to become the first Pac-12 woman to win it four times … USC has won at least two Pac-12 individual titles (including diving) in 11 straight years and in 18 of the past 19 seasons and has won at least one title in 25 of the past 26 seasons … Previously, USC won three individual titles in 2018. Then-sophomore Hansson successfully defended her crown in the 100y fly, breaking her school record (which she earlier equaled with a top-seed prelim swim of 50.39) with a 50.17 to win her second straight Pac-12 title, breaking Janet Hu's Pac-12 meet record (50.38). Then freshman Maggie Aroesty won a title in her first meet, capturing the 200y breast in a PR 2:06.85, passing Stanford's Brooke Forde and ASU's Silja Kansakoski over the final 25 yards. The title was USC's third in the last five years in the event and the eighth overall for the Trojans.
Hansson owns the top time in the 100y fly (50.05) entering this year's meet, is second going into the 100y free (47.82) and third in the 200y IM (1:56.17). Schlicht (51.64) enters the meet third in the 100y fly, behind Hansson. Transom sits in second in the 200y free (1:43.27) and third in the 100y free (47.83). In the 200y breast, Odgers is third with a 2:08.95.
Troy has five conference relay titles, claiming the 800y free relay in 2003, 2010 and 2016 and taking the 400y medley relay in 2006 and 2009.
USC's 29 Pac-12 women's diving titles (12 on 1-meter, 12 on 3-meter, five on platform) are second most in conference history (behind only Stanford) and most have come under the direction of 20th-year diving head coach Hongping Li. Seniors Carly Souza and Naomi Gowlett – all conference finalists – lead the strong contingent of women's divers along with freshman Nike Agunbiade while Henry Fusaro, George Korovin and Brad Dalrymple lead the men.
FAST TIMES
USC's fall semester of swimming netted a slew of NCAA A and B cuts and spots in the nation's top 25 list.
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), both NCAA A cuts. 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.
Senior Louise Hansson leads the Trojans with two NCAA A cuts in the 100y fly (50.05), and the 200y IM (1:56.17). Hansson also has a B cut in the 100y back (52.43).
Top B-cut times for the Trojans include those from seniors Catherine Sanchez (100y fly 53.15, 200y fly 1:55.67), Hanni Leach (100y back 53.94) 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 1:00.59, 200y breast 2:11.78) Jemma Schlicht (50y free 22.30, 100y free 48.29, 100y fly 51.64), sophomores Isa Odgers (100y breast 1:00.68, 200y breast 2:08.95) and freshman Nicole Pavlopoulou (200y breast 2:10.86), Aela Janvier (100y back 53.85, 200y back 1:54.01) and Maile Lawson (200y breast 2:12.85.)
The USC 200y free (Transom, Schlicht, Wade, Hansson – 1:27.41), 400y free (Transom, Schicht, Sanchez, Wade – 3:14.00) and 800y free relay (Hansson, Transom, Schlicht, Wade – 6:58.06) all have NCAA A cuts. Other A cuts include the Trojan 200y medley relay (Transom, Odgers, Hansson, Schlicht – 1:36.57).
SO FAR THIS SEASON
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.
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. 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.
The Trojans hosted Minnesota (Jan. 17) 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.
USC then hosted No.1 Cal (Jan. 31) and No.5 Stanford (Feb. 1) where sophomores Isa Odgers won twice against the Bears. Laticia Transom (53.50) won the 100y back against Cal and senior Louise Hansson took the 100y fly (53.80). Hansson (53.07) followed it up with a win in the same event the following day against Stanford. Junior Marta Ciesla (22.82) pulled off an impressive first place finish in the 50y free, and also contributed to a Trojan win in the 400y free relay (Hansson, Transom, Ciesla, Wade – 3:17.04).
Most recently USC romped UCLA 181-119, winning 11 races to extend their unbeaten streak against the Bruins to 13. Jemma Schlicht won the 50y free in a season best 21.82. Freshman Aela Janvier took the 200y back in 1:55.06 and touched second in the 100 in a season best 53.85.
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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