Trojans Beat Oregon State

The USC women’s swimming team, led by three wins from sophomore Katinka Hosszu, opened its conference slate Friday (Oct. 23) with a 132-116 win over Pac-10 Oregon State at the McDonald’s Swim Stadium.
 
Hosszu opened the dual meet with a come-from-behind win in the 1000y free (9:58.07) while freshman distance stalwart Haley Anderson was second (10:10.11) and freshman Chelsea Wild was third (10:12.30).
 
In the 200y free, junior transfer Lyndsay DePaul, like Hosszu, a versatile asset for fourth-year head coach Dave Salo’s staff, posted an NCAA ‘B’ cut with a 1:49.09. Freshman Yumi So was second (1:52.27).

USC again went 1-2 in the 100y back thanks to freshman Lili Shiota (57.60) and senior Dina Hegazy (57.95).
 
Rising sophomore Ella Kidron won the first of two races when she reached for the wall first in the 100y breast in 1:05.25, just ahead of Oregon State’s Ellie Bradley (1:05.49).
 
In the 200y fly, which will be one of Troy’s deepest events this season, USC swept the top three spots with swims that were all NCAA ‘B’ cuts. Hosszu was first in 1:56.48 and was followed by DePaul (1:57.49) and sophomore Tanya Krisman (1:59.90).
 
Another versatile swimmer, freshman Christel Simms followed with back-to-back wins in the 50y (23.90) and 100y free (51.13). In the 50y, she out-touched Beaver Arianna Gorenc (24.04) at the wall while in the 100y, Simms’ freshman teammate Kate Shumway was second (52.43).
 
Hosszu’s final win came in the 200y back, where she won in 2:00.03, just ahead of DePaul’s 2:00.69.
 
Kidron won her second event with a 2:19.64 in the 200y breast with sophomore Ania Kowalcyzk in second (2:22.10). Kowalcyzk later won the 200y IM (2:04.75).
 
Anderson’s 4:55.54 was the top time in the 500y free while So reached the wall first in the 100y fly (55.22).



In its first Pac-10 Conference meet, the Oregon State women’s swim team fell to the Trojans of USC 132-116 Friday at the McDonald’s Swim Stadium in Las Angeles, Calif.
 
“In some ways we swam well today and in others we struggled,” Oregon State head coach Larry Liebowitz said following the meet. “USC is looking like one of the top two or three teams in the nation.”
 
The relays proved to be bright spots for the Beavers who won the 200y medley relay in a time of 1:45.54 and the 200y freestyle relay in a time of 1:36.69
 
Senior Brittney Iverson recorded her first dual win of the season in the 200y individual medley with a time of 2:05.46. Newcomer Rachel O’Brien got her first dual win of her Oregon State career in the 100y butterfly (56.88) while Senior Kate Hagan won the 500y freestyle (5:12.28)
 
O’Brien also placed fourth in the 200y butterfly with a time of 2:01.84 which places here in the top-10 all-time at Oregon State in the event.
 
Transfer Ellie Bradley took home second place in the 100y breaststroke (1:05.49) after being out touched by USC’s Ella Kidron (1:05.25) by 0.24 seconds.
 
Freshman Arianna Gorenc finished second in the 50y freestyle (24.04).
 
“We swam pretty well today and I think we will swim even better tomorrow,” Liebowitz said. “We are going to put this one behind us and focus on what will be a close meet tomorrow.”
 
Oregon State will be back in the pool tomorrow (Oct. 24) in Santa Barbara, Calif. when it takes on UCLA and UC-Santa Barbara starting at 12pm.