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Feb. 22, 2001
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Junior diver Kellie Brennan defended her 1-meter springboard title and USC had eight different swimmers and divers make finals appearances as the Trojans opened in first place after the first day of the 2001 Pacific-10 Conference Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash., on Thursday (Feb. 22).
USC leads the competition with 360.5 points, just ahead of second-place Arizona (342.3) and third-place UCLA (324.4).
Brennan won the 1-meter with 317 points well ahead of freshman teammate Nicci Fusaro, who debuted nicely in second place (287.55). Brennan became only the second Pac-10 women's diver ever to win the 1-meter springboard three times in a row and the third diver ever to win three consecutive titles in any specialty.
Sophomore Asa Sandlund (4:49.62), senior Corrie Murphy (4:50.13), freshman Melissa Deary (4:53.54) and junior Katie Meyer (4:54.56) finished fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 500 free.
Sophomore Jennifer Parmenter took fifth in the 200 IM (2:02.32) while sophomore Michala Kwasny was sixth in 2:02.53.
USC took fourth in both the 200 free relay (1:33.85) and the 400 medley relay (3:41.60).
The meet continues Friday and Saturday. Prelims begin at 11 a.m. each day and finals start at 6 p.m.
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