USC Press Release
USC won 13 of 16 events, including freshman Henry Fusaro’s sweep of the springboards, while seniors Michael Domagala, Reed Malone and Steven Stumph all won on Senior Day as the Trojans defeated Utah, 181-118, on Saturday (Feb. 18) at Uytengsu Aquatics Center.
USC, which also honored seniors Ridge Altman and Maclin Davis before today’s meet, improved to 6-3, 2-3, Utah fell to 4-4, 0-3.
Troy opened the meet with a win in the 200y medley relay as junior Ralf Tribuntsov, sophomores Carsten Vissering and Alex Valente and junior Santo Condorelli won in 1:27.37.
Junior Pawel Furtek, the only Trojan entered in the mile, posted a season-best 15:09.02 to win the 1650y free. Junior Jason O’Brien led USC in the following 200y free, finishing third with a strong finish in 1:38.85.
Tribuntsov claimed the 100y back in a season best 45.91, just 0.06 off Cal’s Ryan Murphy’s 2016 pool record. Vissering followed with a second place in the 100y breast in 53.81, 0.17 back of Utah’s Jack Burton. Billy Monjay was fourth (55.92).
Domagala was USC’s first senior to post a win on Senior Day, claiming the 200y fly in a season best 1:45.39 while Valente touched second in 1:47.41.
Junior Dylan Carter registered the only pool record of the day, winning the 50y free in 19.42 and lowering Trojan great Vladimir Morozov’s old mark of 19.49 set in 2012.
USC went 1-2-3 on 3-meter led by Fusaro’s 391.95. Junior Dashiell Enos was second (373.05) and freshman Nick Mamola was third (316.35).
Condorelli came back from the first diving break to win the 100y free in a season best 42.99, just .06 off of Morozov’s pool record set in 2010.
Sophomore Patrick Mulcare, school record holder in the 200y back, won the race today in 1:41.67, 0.12 off the pool record of 1:41.55 set by Cal’s Jacob Pebley last year and 0.02 off his season best. Trojan junior Jon Knox was second in a season best 1:43.38.
Stumph, the two-time defending Pac-12 champ in the 200y breaststroke, won the race today in season-best 1:56.34 while Altman took third in 1:58.34.
Malone wrapped his individual race home career with a win in the 500y free in a season-best 4:19.04 with Furtek third in 4:28.72, just 0.01 off his season best.
Sophomore Cash Deloache posted a win and a PR out of the second heat of the 100y fly in 47.59 with Davis third in a season best (47.83).
Fusaro completed a sweep of the diving, winning the 1-meter with 343.80 while Enos took third (329.93).
Utah’s Justin McArthur won the 200IM and was followed by Carter’s exhibition win in the inaugural competition 100IM in 48.83.
USC closed the meet with a victory in the 400y free relay as Tribuntsov, Condorelli, Malone and Domagala won in 1:56.00.
Utah Press Release
Utah men’s swimming and diving put up a tough fight today against No. 13 USC but were ultimately topped, 181-118.
Austin Phillips took first in the 200 free touching in at 1:37.78 with Rahiti De Vos following in second (1:38.53). De Vos also earned a second-place finish in the 500 free (4:28.58).
In the 100 breast, Jack Burton took first with a time of 53.64. Burton would later take second in the 200 breast (1:57.86).
Another individual win for the Utes was turned in by Daniel McArthur in the 200 IM. He came away with a time of 1:48.32. McArthur also took second in the 100 back (47.25)
In the 1,650 free, Matteo Sogne just missed the top spot by touching in at 15:18.02. Liam O’Haimhirgin took second in the 100 free (44.61) and Ethan Dillard was second in the 200 IM (1:49.46). Colten Montgomery was also second in the 100 fly touching in at 47.62.
Both relay teams also finished with runner-up performances. In the 200 medley relay, Paul Unger, Burton, Montgomery and McKay King came away with a time of 1:27.50. In the 400 free, the team consisting of King, Tommy Baker, O’Haimhirgin and Phillips touched in at 2:56.34.
On the boards, Connor Cain took fourth in the three-meter event tallying a total score of 310.35.
This was the men’s last dual meet of the season. The Pac-12 Championships will begin on March 1 in Federal Way, Washington and run for four days.
