USC’s men and women are back at Uytengsu Aquatics Center this week for a high-profile two-day quad meet, with the No. 20 men and No. 18 Women of Troy hosting Arizona, Arizona State and UCLA on Friday, Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7.
It’s a loaded field on both sides. The men’s meet brings together No.
5 Arizona State, No. 20 USC and No.
25 Arizona, while the women’s competition features No. 16 Arizona State, No.
18 USC, No. 24 Arizona and UCLA.
The Trojans will get started Friday at 12 p.m. PT, then come back under the lights for a 5 p.m. session that will be the first nighttime meet at Uytengsu Aquatics Center in more than 10 years. The final session is set for Saturday at 11 a.m., with diving beginning at 12 p.m. on both days.
USC comes into the weekend riding momentum from its most recent meet against Indiana and Kentucky, where the Trojans picked up four event wins and 16 top-three finishes. The Women of Troy beat Kentucky 159.5-140.5, with Minna Abraham, Sage Miller and Brigitta Vass each taking individual victories. On the men’s side, Michal Chmielewski delivered USC’s lone win with a victory in the 100y fly.
Through the first month of the season, USC has already produced seven individual NCAA-standard times from five Trojans. Abraham has hit the mark in three events, with season bests of 1:43.72 in the 200y free, 16:26.30 in the 1650y free and 1:57.84 in the 200y IM. Miller has posted a qualifying time of 1:57.06 in the 200y fly, and Vass has done it in the 200y breast with a 2:10.59.
For the men, Chmielewski owns an NCAA-standard time of 1:41.79 in the 200y fly, and freshman Junhao Chan has reached the standard in the 200y breast at 1:53.68.
USC opened the season with a sweep of TCU at the USC Invitational, rolling to a 228-86 win on the women’s side and a 239-76 victory for the men. The Trojans won nine events in the opening session alone, with Abraham, Chmielewski, Krzysztof Chmielewski, Filip Mujan, Lindsay Barnes, Ludovica Di Maria and Oliver Sogaard-Andersen all getting in on the action.
This meet is USC’s last stop before the Trojans move into midseason invitational competition in the coming weeks.
Friday’s first session will include the 100y fly, 200y back, 200y breast, 50y free, 400y IM, 50y breast and 400y free relay. The evening session will feature the 200y medley relay, 500y free, 100y IM, 50y back, 200y fly, 100y free, 100y breast and 200y free relay. Saturday’s session will open with the 200y free, 50y fly, 100y back, 200y IM and 1000y free.
All three sessions will stream live on B1G+. Swimming results will be available through the Meet Mobile app, with diving results available at DiveMeets.com.
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