Jan. 29, 2010

Complete Results

LOS ANGELES - Despite strong performances by its relays and freshman Caitlin Leverenz, No. 5 California lost its first dual meet of the season, 153-147, to No. 9 USC on Friday at USC McDonald's Swim Stadium. The Golden Bears' record fell to 4-1 (2-1 Pac-10), while the Trojans improved to 10-1 (3-1 Pac-10). Cal claimed seven events, including three wins by Leverenz, the opening 200-yard medley relay and the closing 200-yard freestyle relay. USC won nine.

"We had some great races," said Cal head coach Teri McKeever, a 1983 USC alumna. "A good portion of the team was better than we were last weekend. SC did a great job. And Caitlin did very well with the three wins. Lauren Boyle did an impressive double in swimming both the 1000 and 500 freestyles, and that medley relay got us off to a good start. There was a lot of good, fast swimming."

The Trojans have now beaten Cal in two straight, dual-meet seasons.

The Cal B quartet of senior Heather White, senior Alexandra Ellis, junior Katie Kastes and senior Amanda Larson clocked an NCAA B consideration time of 1:40.51 to edge the USC A squad by .16 seconds and win the 200-medley relay.

Larson also swam on the winning 200-free relay, leading off a foursome that included Boyle, junior Erica Dagg and junior Hannah Wilson. The Cal A relay posted an NCAA B time of 1:32.43 to best the second-place Cal B relay of sophomore Sara Isakovic, sophomore Colleen Fotsch, junior Amanda Sims and sophomore Liv Jensen (1:32.83, NCAA B).

Leverenz won the 100-yard breaststroke in an NCAA B consideration time of 1:02.25, 200 breaststroke in a time of 2:12.52 (NCAA B) and 200-individual medley in a time of 1:58.87 (NCAA B).

Boyle, a senior, posted a Cal season-best time of 9:43.27, by more than four seconds over the next finisher, to capture the 1000 free. Bears junior Sara Sun swam a season-best time of 10:04.97 in the 1000 free.

Jensen matched her season-best time of 22.77 (NCAA B) to lead a 1-2-3 Cal sweep of the 50 free. Dagg was second (23.31) and Wilson was third (23.50) in the sprint. Jensen was Cal's fastest Bear in the 100 free, with a second-place time of 49.89 (NCAA B). Isakovic posted a season-best time of 50.20 (NCAA B) to claim fourth place.

Dagg recorded Cal's best finish in the 100 backstroke, taking second in 55.67. Junior Kelsey Hoff posted a season-best time of 58.18 to place seventh.

In the 200 back, White finished third in 2:02.34. Hoff clocked a season-best in this event as well with a time of 2:04.06 to take sixth. Senior Bear Courtney Eronemo was eighth in a season-best 2:07.13.

Sims swam a time of 54.03 (NCAA B) to take a Cal-best second, behind USC's Lyndsay DePaul. The Trojan's winning time of 52.86 broke the pool record of 53.52 set by former Cal star Dana Vollmer last season. Bears sophomore Ursula Dailey posted a season-best time of 55.21 to take sixth.

Sophomore Molly Hayes collected Cal's top finishes in diving, taking third on the three-meter springboard (273.15) and fourth at one meter (246.59). Ariel Rittenhouse, USC's U.S. Olympian, won at one meter (305.54) and three meters (351.00).

The Bears return to action when they take on UCLA at noon on Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Bruins' Spieker Aquatics Center.

Cal Results vs. USC
Jan. 29 in Los Angeles

200-Yard Medley Relay

1. Cal B (Heather White, Alexandra Ellis, Katie Kastes, Amanda Larson) 1:40.51*. 4. Cal A (n/a) 1:44.84. 5. Cal C (Samantha Pearson, Kelsey Hoff, Courtney Eronemo, Ursula Dailey) 1:49.29.

1000-Yard Freestyle
1. Lauren Boyle 9:43.27. 3. Blake Hayter 10:00.24. 5. Sara Sun 10:04.97. 7. Shelley Harper 10:19.82.

200-Yard Freestyle
2. Sara Isakovic 1:46.62*. 3. Hannah Wilson 1:47.56*. 4. Lauren Boyle 1:50.30.

100-Yard Backstroke
2. Erica Dagg 55.67. 5. Samantha Pearson 57.78. 6. Colleen Fotsch 57.96. 7. Kelsey Hoff 58.18.

100-Yard Breaststroke
1. Caitlin Leverenz 1:02.25*. 2. Alexandra Ellis 1:03.82. 6. Heather White 1:05.64.

200-Yard Butterfly
3. Amanda Sims 1:58.22*. 5. Katie Kastes 2:00.44*. 6. Courtney Eronemo 2:02.75. 7. Ursula Dailey 2:04.79.

50-Yard Freestyle
1. Liv Jensen 22.77*. 2. Erica Dagg 23.31. 3. Hannah Wilson 23.50. 5. Amanda Larson 23.69.

One-Meter Springboard
4. Molly Hayes 246.59. 5. Kelsey Heiken 243.75. 6. Laura Sanford 233.95.

100-Yard Freestyle
2. Liv Jensen 49.89*. 3. Erica Dagg 49.99*. 4. Sara Isakovic 50.20*. 6. Amanda Larson 51.32.

200-Yard Backstroke
3. Heather White 2:02.34. 4. Samantha Pearson 2:02.58. 6. Kelsey Hoff 2:04.06. 8. Courtney Eronemo 2:07.13.

200-Yard Breaststroke
1. Caitlin Leverenz 2:12.52*. 2. Alexandra Ellis 2:16.52*. 6. Shelley Harper 2:26.05.

500-Yard Freestyle
3. Lauren Boyle 4:46.87*. 4. Katie Kastes 4:51.67*. 5. Blake Hayter 4:53.54. 6. Sara Isakovic 4:54.75.

100-Yard Butterfly
2. Amanda Sims 54.03*. 3. Hannah Wilson 54.43*. 6. Ursula Dailey 55.21. 7. Colleen Fotsch 56.03.

Three-Meter Springboard
3. Molly Hayes 273.15. 4. Kelsey Heiken 272.78. 5. Laura Sanford 264.37.

200-Yard Individual Medley
1. Caitlin Leverenz 1:58.87*. 4. Heather White 2:02.98. 5. Katie Kastes 2:04.15. 7. Courtney Eronemo 2:04.56.

200-Yard Freestyle Relay
1. Cal A (Amanda Larson, Lauren Boyle, Erica Dagg, Hannah Wilson) 1:32.43*. 2. Cal B (Sara Isakovic, Colleen Fotsch, Amanda Sims, Liv Jensen) 1:32.83.

*NCAA B qualifying time