TEMPE, Ariz. – Both the men and women's swim and dive teams earned wins over Denver last Saturday in the program's season home opener, each improving to 3-0 on the season after defeating Utah and BYU the week prior.
THE DETAILS
USC hosts both the men's and women's teams on Friday, Nov. 4 at 2 pm PT at Uytengsu Aquatics Center located at 1026 W 34th St. Los Angeles, CA 90089.
The next day, Saturday, Nov. 5 takes the Sun Devil women to UCLA for a meet at 11 am PT at Spieker Aquatics Center located at 114 Easton Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90024.
Both meets this weekend are free to the public.
RANKINGS
The Sun Devils moved up in rankings this week as the men moved up to No. 10 while the women come in at No. 19 in CollegeSwimming.com's NCAA DI national rankings.
SWIMMERS OF THE WEEK
Senior Alysha Bush and freshman Cameron Craig were named CollegeSwimming's Pac-12 Swimmers of the Week (Oct. 24-30) for the part they played in the teams' wins over Denver.
Bush was part of the women's free relay team that sealed the close victory for the Sun Devil women, also finishing first and achieving an NCAA B-standard time in both the 50 and 100 free.
Craig won both the 100 and 200 free vs. Denver, achieving a B-standard time in the 100-yard free. He was also part of a 400-yard medley relay team that started a men's team off on the right foot that then cruised to victory over the Pioneers.
SCOUTING USC
The Trojan men's team is also 3-0 at this point in the season with dual victories at Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara and vs. CSU Bakersfield at home while the women's side is 2-0 with a conference victory at Washington State to open the season and a non-conference win in their home opener vs. Florida Gulf Coast. The women also finished third in the six-team SMU Classic behind Michigan and Louisville and ahead of UCLA, host SMU, and Miami (Fla.).
Individually, freshmen won eight women's events in the win vs. Florida Gulf Coast, including open water national teamer Becca Mann, winning the 1000 yard free. Junior Pawel Furtek won the men's side of the 1000 free vs. CSU Bakersfield by almost 20 seconds.
The men's team is ranked No. 29 in CollegeSwimming.com's national rankings while the women's team is ranked No. 13.
SCOUTING UCLA
Like USC, the Bruins also competed at the SMU Classic, finishing fourth just behind the rival Trojans.
In the team's home opener (Oct. 22), UCLA hosted UC Davis, Oregon State, UC Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Florida Gulf Coast, defeating all five teams by winning nine of 13 events. However, the Bruins followed with a loss in Pullman to Washington State last Saturday, 143-119, winning just three individual events.
The Bruins are ranked No. 26 in this week's CollegeSwimming.com national rankings.
LAST TIME OUT
The men's team dominated in a win over Denver, 196-99, starting off with a victory in the first relay and cruising to victory the remainder of the way. The Sun Devil men won 10 of 12 individual swim events while the ASU men's divers went 1-2-3 in both the 1 mtr and 3 mtr dives. The entire top three (Andrew Porter, Patrick Park, and Tadas Duskinas) of the men's 100 yard fly achieved an NCAA B-standard time while Ben Olszewski took 20 seconds off his 1000 free.
The women grinded out an impressive close victory with just a one-point margin separating the two teams heading into the final two events. Marlies Ross and Denver's Maddie Myers touched the wall at the exact same time in the 400 IM before the ASU A-squad – Alysha Bush, Claire Fisch, Ingibjorg Jonsdottir, and Kat Simonovic – won the women's free relay to secure the overall win. Ross improved her time by nine seconds than a week prior in the 400 IM.
NEXT UP
Following this weekend's trip to Southern California, the Sun Devils wrap up the first half of the regular season at the Art Adamson Invitational in College Station, Texas (Nov. 17-19).
THE DETAILS
USC hosts both the men's and women's teams on Friday, Nov. 4 at 2 pm PT at Uytengsu Aquatics Center located at 1026 W 34th St. Los Angeles, CA 90089.
The next day, Saturday, Nov. 5 takes the Sun Devil women to UCLA for a meet at 11 am PT at Spieker Aquatics Center located at 114 Easton Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90024.
Both meets this weekend are free to the public.
RANKINGS
The Sun Devils moved up in rankings this week as the men moved up to No. 10 while the women come in at No. 19 in CollegeSwimming.com's NCAA DI national rankings.
SWIMMERS OF THE WEEK
Senior Alysha Bush and freshman Cameron Craig were named CollegeSwimming's Pac-12 Swimmers of the Week (Oct. 24-30) for the part they played in the teams' wins over Denver.
Bush was part of the women's free relay team that sealed the close victory for the Sun Devil women, also finishing first and achieving an NCAA B-standard time in both the 50 and 100 free.
Craig won both the 100 and 200 free vs. Denver, achieving a B-standard time in the 100-yard free. He was also part of a 400-yard medley relay team that started a men's team off on the right foot that then cruised to victory over the Pioneers.
SCOUTING USC
The Trojan men's team is also 3-0 at this point in the season with dual victories at Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara and vs. CSU Bakersfield at home while the women's side is 2-0 with a conference victory at Washington State to open the season and a non-conference win in their home opener vs. Florida Gulf Coast. The women also finished third in the six-team SMU Classic behind Michigan and Louisville and ahead of UCLA, host SMU, and Miami (Fla.).
Individually, freshmen won eight women's events in the win vs. Florida Gulf Coast, including open water national teamer Becca Mann, winning the 1000 yard free. Junior Pawel Furtek won the men's side of the 1000 free vs. CSU Bakersfield by almost 20 seconds.
The men's team is ranked No. 29 in CollegeSwimming.com's national rankings while the women's team is ranked No. 13.
SCOUTING UCLA
Like USC, the Bruins also competed at the SMU Classic, finishing fourth just behind the rival Trojans.
In the team's home opener (Oct. 22), UCLA hosted UC Davis, Oregon State, UC Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Florida Gulf Coast, defeating all five teams by winning nine of 13 events. However, the Bruins followed with a loss in Pullman to Washington State last Saturday, 143-119, winning just three individual events.
The Bruins are ranked No. 26 in this week's CollegeSwimming.com national rankings.
LAST TIME OUT
The men's team dominated in a win over Denver, 196-99, starting off with a victory in the first relay and cruising to victory the remainder of the way. The Sun Devil men won 10 of 12 individual swim events while the ASU men's divers went 1-2-3 in both the 1 mtr and 3 mtr dives. The entire top three (Andrew Porter, Patrick Park, and Tadas Duskinas) of the men's 100 yard fly achieved an NCAA B-standard time while Ben Olszewski took 20 seconds off his 1000 free.
The women grinded out an impressive close victory with just a one-point margin separating the two teams heading into the final two events. Marlies Ross and Denver's Maddie Myers touched the wall at the exact same time in the 400 IM before the ASU A-squad – Alysha Bush, Claire Fisch, Ingibjorg Jonsdottir, and Kat Simonovic – won the women's free relay to secure the overall win. Ross improved her time by nine seconds than a week prior in the 400 IM.
NEXT UP
Following this weekend's trip to Southern California, the Sun Devils wrap up the first half of the regular season at the Art Adamson Invitational in College Station, Texas (Nov. 17-19).