No. 3 USC swimming and diving will host No. 2 Cal (Friday at 2 p.m.) and No. 6 Stanford (Saturday at Noon) at McDonald's Swim Stadium this weekend. While the Trojans will focus on team goals, the individual match-ups in the 200y IM and 400y IM are worth watching as we look ahead to Pac-12s, NCAAs and the Olympics.
The Women of Troy are led by 2011 National Swimmer of the Year Katinka Hosszu who is the school record holder in both the 200y IM (1:52.71) and the 400y IM (3:58.86). She also won the gold medal in the 400m IM at the World Championships in 2009 and took bronze that same year in the 200m IM.
Hosszu will face steep competition in both races this weekend from Cal's Caitlin Leverenz and Stanford's Maya Dirado. The trio account for the NCAA's top three ranked swimmers in the 400y IM and three of the top four in the 200y IM.
(Photo by Pac-12 Conference)
The Women of Troy are led by 2011 National Swimmer of the Year Katinka Hosszu who is the school record holder in both the 200y IM (1:52.71) and the 400y IM (3:58.86). She also won the gold medal in the 400m IM at the World Championships in 2009 and took bronze that same year in the 200m IM.
Hosszu will face steep competition in both races this weekend from Cal's Caitlin Leverenz and Stanford's Maya Dirado. The trio account for the NCAA's top three ranked swimmers in the 400y IM and three of the top four in the 200y IM.
2011 Pac-12 400y IM podium: 1. Hosszu (center), 2. Dirado (left), 3. Leverenz (right)
(Photo by Pac-12 Conference)
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