Nov. 13, 1999
TEMPE, Ariz. The USC men's and women's swimming and diving teams, ranked fifth and fourth, respectively, downed their opponents from Arizona State in dual meet action Saturday at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center. The #14 Sun Devil men were bested 163-137, while on the women's side ASU, ranked 21st, fell 172-128.
There were a number of hotly contested races at the Mona Plummer Center, including the men's 100 meter breaststroke, won by Arizona State junior Adam Guzauskas in a time 1:02.19. That mark was only .01 seconds better than the Trojans' Ryosuke Imai. In the 100 backstroke, USC's Leonardo Costa and Sun Devil senior Pablo Abal went down to the wire, with Costa winning by .07 (54.67). The Trojans also got a strong showing from sophomore Mark Warkentin, who won the 400 (3:52.38) and 800 (8:02.49) free. For ASU, impressive victories were tallied by freshman Anders Lyrbring in the 200 free (1:48.99) and Abal in 100 butterfly competition (54.94). The diving portion of the meet was held Friday in Tucson, where Sun Devil senior Allan Sonkin swept both the 1 and 3 meter events.
In women's action, senior Casey Murphy of Arizona State bested her younger sister Corrie of USC by .32 seconds in the 200 meter freestyle with a winning time of 2:02.55. Sun Devil sophomore Sarah Baham swam an NCAA qualifying mark of 2:12.48 in the 200 fly, but was edged out by .02 in the 100 by the Women of Troy's Michala Kwasny (1:00.95). USC also scored victories from Asa Sandlund in the 400 (4:17.12) and 800 (8:02.49) free. ASU, which upset #14 UCLA yesterday, got winning times from sophomore Riley Mants in the 200 breaststroke (2:31.41) and senior Carolyn Adel in 100 free action (57.31). Senior Katrina Pfeuffer emerged victorious for the Devils in 1-meter diving action.
Arizona State will next hit the water Nov. 19-21 in Evanston, Ill., against Northwestern and Southern Methodist.