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No. 20 USC Men’s Swim and Dive Set For Road Tests at No. 2 Cal, No. 12 Stanford
February 01, 2023 | Men's Swimming & Diving
USC's No. 20 men's swimming and diving team renews its Bay Area rivalries this week with road tests at No. 2 California on Friday at 2 p.m. and at No. 12 Stanford on Saturday at 12 p.m.
The Trojans are 4-1 overall and 3-1 in Pac-12 meets. The No. 2 Golden Bears, the defending NCAA Champions, are 4-1, 3-1 (fell to ASU). Stanford is 3-1, 2-1 on the season. USC last defeated California and Stanford in 2016.
Both meets will be live streamed. Cal's live stream is available here. Stanford's live stream can be found here.
FAST TIMES
USC fall semester of swimming netted a slew of NCAA cuts and spots in the nation's top 25 list. The Troy's top performances documents can be found here.
Seniors Max Saunders (50y free - 19.43, 100y free - 43.21, 200y free – 1:35.23), David Mertz (1650y free – 15:23.94), Harry Homans (200y IM – 1:46.49, 400y IM – 3:51.09, 200y fly – 1:44.48), Jackson Odgers (100y fly – 47.42, 200y fly – 1:45.48), Paul Retterer (500y free - 4:23.33)and Henry Blaul (200y IM – 1:46.69, 100y breast – 53.66, 200y breast – 1:56.43) have all earned NCAA B cuts.
Trojan Ben Dillard holds NCAA B standards in the 200y IM (1:44.81), 100y breast (53.03) and 200y breast (1:53.29). Fellow junior Vaggelis Makrygiannis has B cuts in the 100y back (46.62), 200y back (1:43.39) and 500y free (4:22.68).
Sophomore's Chris O'Grady (100y breast – 52.09, 200y breast – 1:52.79, 200y IM – 1:44.93) and Artem Selin (50y free - 19.43) both hold NCAA provisional cuts.
Freshman Griffin O'Leary has an NCAA B cut in the 200y back (1:43.75)
Divers George Korovin and Laurent Gosselin-Paradis are qualified for the Zone E Diving Championships on all three specialties, while Shangfei Wang (1-meter, 3-meter) and Robert Gref (platform) also have qualifying scores in one or more events.
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