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For Immediate Release: Monday, February 20, 2012 Contact: Allison Yee ([email protected])

2012 PAC-12 CONFERENCE WOMEN’S & MEN’S AND WOMEN’S DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

GENERAL INFORMATION SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

WHAT: DATE START TIME EVENT 2012 Pac-12 Conference Women’s Swimming & Men’s and Women’s Wed., Feb. 22 6 p.m. 200 Medley Relay Diving Championships 800 Freestyle Relay

WHEN: Thurs., Feb. 23 11 a.m. Preliminaries/Time Standard Trials Wednesday, Feb. 22 - Saturday, Feb. 25 Men’s 3 Meter Prelim Women’s 1 Meter Prelim (3 p.m.) WHERE: Women’s 1 Meter Final Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center 6 p.m. 500 Freestyle 650 Southwest Campus Drive, Federal Way, WA 98003 200 Individual Medley 50 Freestyle WHO: Men’s 3 Meter Final • Women’s swimming teams from Arizona, Arizona State, California, 200 Freestyle Relay Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah and Washington State • Men’s diving teams from Arizona, Arizona State, California, Cal Poly, Fri., Feb. 24 11 a.m. Preliminaries/Time Standard Trials Stanford, UC Santa Barbara, USC and Utah Women’s 3 Meter Prelim • Women’s diving teams from Arizona, Arizona State, California, Stan- Men’s 1 Meter Prelim (3:30 p.m.) ford, UCLA, USC and Utah Men’s 1 Meter Final 6 p.m. 400 Individual Medley TICKETS: 100 Butterfly All tickets will be available at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic 200 Freestyle Center on the day of the event only. Gates open at 10 a.m. each day. 100 * Admission is FREE on Wednesday, Feb. 22. 100 Backstroke All Session Pass (Feb. 23-25): Women’s 3 Meter Final Adult: $25.00 400 Medley Relay Student with ID/Child/Senior (65 and over): $15.00 One Day Pass: Sat., Feb. 25 10 a.m. Women’s Platform Prelim Adult: $10.00 11 a.m. Preliminaries/Time Standard Trials Student with ID/Child/Senior (65 and over): $6.00 1:15 p.m. Men’s Platform Prelim Men’s Platform Final MEDIA CONTACT: 4 p.m. 1650 Freestyle* The Conference contact for swimming and diving is Allison Yee 6 p.m. 1650 Freestyle ([email protected]). 200 Backstroke 100 Freestyle MEET RESULTS: 200 Breaststroke Results will be posted on the Pac-12 web site (www.pac-12.org). 200 Butterfly Please contact Allison Yee at the Pac-12 office for more information. Women’s Platform Final 400 Freestyle Relay

* Tentative start time; all heats except A heat PAC-12 SWIMMERS AND DIVERS TO WATCH

Arizona Senior , an 11-time All-American, broke the Arizona 500 free record with a time of 4:34.34 at the 2011 NCAA Championships. She also holds the second-fastest time in school history in the 200 fly. Sophomore sprinter Margo Geer, a six-time All-American as a freshman, ranks second in school history in the 50 and 100 free. She also swims on the Wildcats’ 400 free relay team that posted the season’s fastest time (3:12.76) at the Texas Invitational. Sophomore diver Samantha Pickens set the school record on the 3-meter with a 364.50 against Texas in January. Senior Ben Grado has not finished outside the top three on all boards his season.

Arizona State The Sun Devils are led by senior All-American Rebecca Ejdervik, the two-time defending Conference champion in the 100 breast. Ejdervik set the ASU record in the event at least year’s meet (58.90). Junior Cassie Morrice ranks fifth in the Pac-12 in the 500 free this season. Senior Elina Eggers, last year’s runner-up on the platform at the NCAA Championships, won the Pac-10 platform title in 2010 and placed second on all three boards last year. Senior Cameron Bradshaw, who scored a season high 388.43 on the 3-meter against Arizona in the regular-season finale, leads ASU men’s divers.

California Junior is the defending Conference champion in the 200 breast. A U.S. National Team member, Leverenz set the American record in the 400m IM (4:24.62) at the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool in December. Senior Liv Jensen, one of the nation’s top sprinters, won the 2010 NCAA title in the 50 free and finished second in 2011. She also anchored all five relays to help Cal capture the its second NCAA championship in three years last season. Senior Molly Hayes, who has posted several NCAA regional qualifying scores this year, leads Cal divers. Sophomore Tyler Pullen placed second on the platform at the Stanford Invitational.

Cal Poly Freshman Elliott Adams will represent the Mustangs in their first appearance at the Pac-12 Championships for diving. Cal Poly joined the Con- ference in 2010-11 as an affiliate member in men’s swimming and diving.

Oregon State Senior Jenni Dole holds the school records in the 100 and 200 back. Junior Rachel O’Brien ranks in the top 10 of several OSU categories, including second in the 200 fly and third in the 100 fly. Both Dole and O’Brien represented the Beavers at the NCAA Championships last year. Shelby Webber, a member of OSU’s talented freshman class, achieved an Olympic trial qualifying time in November. Dole and O’Brien qualified for the Olympic Trials based on performances last summer.

Stanford Stanford, winner of 18 Pac-10 Championships, is led by senior Samantha Woodward, a 15-time All-American. Sophomore Maya DiRado, last year’s Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year, is already a five-time All-American and holds the NCAA’s top time in the 200 backstroke this season (1:52.57). The Cardinal are seeking their third straight Conference title, which would be the program’s longest streak since winning 13 in a row from 1987 to 1999. Sophomore Stephanie Phipps earned All-America honors on the three-meter and was named Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year in her first season. While freshmanKristian Ipsen is competing at the World Cup in London, senior Taylor Sishc leads a talented group of Stanford men’s divers.

UCLA Senior Yasi Jahanshahi ranks seventh nationally in the 200 fly this season. She earned honorable mention All-America honors in the event at last year’s NCAA Championships. Jahanshahi has already qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 200 back. FreshmanEmma Ivory-Ganja was named Pac-12 December Diver of the Month after scoring 312.00 on the platform at U.S. Winter Nationals, missing the UCLA record by 0.70 points. Ivory, along with sophomore Paulina Guzman and sophomore Haley McNamara have qualified for the NCAA Zone E Championships.

UC Santa Barbara The Gauchos have three divers entered - junior Nic Grantham and freshmen Erich Brodbeck and Ryan Gerard. Like Cal Poly, UCSB is in its second year as an affiliate member. UCSB resurrected diving last season after an 11-year absence.

USC Senior Katinka Hosszu, a 13-time All-American, won three individual titles each at last year’s Conference meet and then at the NCAA Champion- ships, earning Swimmer of the Meet at both events. She also won the 2011 as the nation’s top collegiate swimmer. Hosszu is the defending champion in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 fly. Three-time All-AmericanHaley Anderson owns two Conference crowns in the 1,650 free and one in the 500 free. Senior Victoria Ishimatsu, a three-time Pac-10 Women’s Diver of the Year, has captured five Conference diving crowns - two in a row on the one-meter and three-straight on the three-meter. Freshman Jordan Gear leads the USC men.

Utah Senior Hannah Caron leads Utah in its first Pac-12 Championships. Caron won the 100 fly at the 2011 Mountain West Conference Champion- ships and went onto represent the Utes at the NCAA Championships. She holds the Utah record in the 200 IM and has been a part of four school record-setting relay teams. Sophomore Traycie Swartz holds school records in the 100 back and 100 free as well as two relays. Junior Ellis Walters and junior Nelson Foo headline the Ute diving squad.

Washington State The Cougars are in their first season under head coach Tom Jager, who won six NCAA titles while at UCLA and two gold medals in the 1984 Olympic Games. Senior Danielle Palumbo entered the season ranked third in WSU history in the 200 back. Senior Jessie Craig has led the Cougars in the breaststroke and medley relay events. The squad’s five seniors account for 12 spots on all-time top-10 lists at WSU.

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NOVEMBER Women’s Swimmer: Katinka Hosszu, USC Men’s Diver: Ben Grado, Arizona Women’s Diver: Victoria Ishimatsu, USC

DECEMBER Women’s Swimmer: Caitlin Leverenz, California Men’s Diver: Kristian Ipsen, Stanford Women’s Diver: Emma Ivory-Ganja, UCLA

JANUARY Women’s Swimmer: Liv Jensen, California Men’s Diver: Kristian Ipsen, Stanford Women’s Diver: Samantha Pickens, Arizona

The Olympic Games are the biggest sporting event in the world and no collegiate conference in the country comes close to matching the Olympic success of the Pac-12. With more medals than all but three countries and the start of London Games just months away, the Pac-12 is celebrating its rich heritage of Olympic excellence by launching the “Follow The Pac-12 To London” campaign.

To kickoff the campaign, the Pac-12 created a microsite (www.pac-12.org/london) that follows Pac-12 athletes in training for the 2012 Games as well as showcase profiles, stories and videos on some of the most influential athletes and successful coaches ever to compete in the Conference.

“The Pac-12 has an incredible pedigree in Olympic sports and we are extremely proud of the overwhelming success and leadership role our student-athletes have had in the Olympics,” Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said. “With the London Games fast approaching, we wanted to share our Olympic story with everyone and celebrate some of the most amazing accomplishments and people in the history of sports.”

In the modern Olympic era, Pac-12 athletes have amassed 1,092 medals – by far the most by any conference in the country. Put another way, if the Pac-12 was a sovereign nation it would rank fourth in the history of Olympic achievement, trailing only the United States (2,549), the former Soviet Union (1,204) and Germany (1,099) in total medals.

In 2008, 256 Pac-12 athletes representing 48 countries participated in the Olympic Games and produced 89 medals, including 29 gold, 47 silver and 13 bronze. If the Pac-12 was a country it would have finished third in the medal count behind the United States (110) and China (100) in Beijing. Over the last three Olympic Games combined, Pac-12 athletes have collected 254 medals, which would rank tied for second with Russia in total medals during that time, trailing only the United States (310).

Aside from the numerous Pac-12 athletes expected to fill Olympic Team rosters in 2012, the Pac-12 will host two of its 14 Conference Champi- onships this academic year at U.S. Olympic Team Trial venues, providing student-athletes throughout the Conference an opportunity to compete on world stage locations. Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash., hosts the Pac-12 Women’s Swimming and Men’s and Women’s Diving Championships February 22-25, while Hayward Field at the University of Oregon will be the site for the Pac-12 Track and Field Championships May 5-6 and 12-13. In June, Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center will play host to its second U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Diving, while this will be the fifth time the U.S. Olympic Trials for Track and Field will take place at Hayward Field.

2008 OLYMPIANS IN FEDERAL WAY

Arizona - Lindsay Seeman (Canada) Arizona State - Elina Eggers (Sweden) California - Stephanie Au (Hong Kong), Sara Isakovic (Slovenia, silver medalist-200m FR) UCLA - Ting Quah (Singapore) USC - Katinka Hosszu (Hungary), Lynette Lim (Singapore), Christel Simms (Philippines)

PAC-12 SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS // February 20, 2012 3 2011 PAC-10 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Swimming & Diving: Feb. 23-26, 2011, Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center (Federal Way, Wash.)

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS 1. Stanford...... 1567.5 100 Breaststroke 2. California...... 1545.5 1. Rebecca Ejdervik, ASU...... 58.90 3. USC...... 1309.5 2. Kasey Carlson, USC...... 59.12 4. UCLA...... 1099.5 3. Ellyn Baumgardner, ARIZ...... 1:00.25 5. Arizona...... 874 4. Liz Smith, STAN...... 1:00.91 6. Arizona State...... 780 5. Brittany Beauchan, UCLA...... 1:01.04 7. Washington State...... 297 6. Melissa Bates, CAL...... 1:01.06 8. Oregon State...... 289

50 Freestyle 200 Breaststroke 1. Liv Jensen, CAL...... 21.73 1. Caitlin Leverenz, CAL...... 2:07.45 2. Kate Dwelley, STAN...... 22.04 2. Liz Smith, STAN...... 2:10.02 3. Sam Woodward, STAN...... 22.31 3. Jordyn Green, ASU...... 2:10.68 4. Margo Geer, ARIZ...... 22.33 4. Rebecca Ejdervik, ASU...... 2:10.81 5. Kasey Carlson, USC...... 22.39 5. Brittany Beauchan, UCLA...... 2:11.10 6. Betsy Webb, STAN...... 22.41 6. Jessie Schmitt, USC...... 2:11.11

100 Freestyle 100 Butterfly 1. Kate Dwelley, STAN...... 48.14 1. Lyndsay DePaul, USC...... 51.34 2. Liv Jensen, CAL...... 48.34 2. Amanda Sims, CAL...... 51.64 3. Hannah Wilson, CAL...... 48.46 3. Hannah Wilson, CAL...... 52.41 4. Erica Dagg, CAL...... 48.73 4. Caroline Kuczynski, ASU...... 52.52 5. Andi Murez, STAN...... 48.83 5. Colleen Fotsch, CAL...... 52.57 6. Sam Woodward, STAN...... 48.89 6. Sam Woodward, STAN...... 52.78 200 Freestyle 1. Kate Dwelley, STAN...... 1:44.61 200 Butterfly 2. Sara Isakovic, CAL...... 1:44.94 1. Katinka Hosszu, USC...... 1:51.85 3. Shannon Landgrebe, ASU...... 1:45.26 2. Lyndsay DePaul, USC...... 1:54.03 4. Liv Jensen, CAL...... 1:45.98 3. Amanda Sims, CAL...... 1:54.66 5. Alex Sullivan, UCLA...... 1:46.80 4. Sara Isakovic, CAL...... 1:55.78 6. Andi Murez, STAN...... 1:46.88 5. Alyssa Anderson, ARIZ...... 1:56.38 6. Rachel O’Brien, OSU...... 1:56.80 500 Freestyle 1. , USC...... 4:38.78 200 Individual Medley 2. Alyssa Anderson, ARIZ...... 4:40.16 1. Katinka Hosszu, USC...... 1:53.53 3. Andie Taylor, STAN...... 4:40.82 2. Caitlin Leverenz, CAL...... 1:54.97 4. Kelsey Ditto, STAN...... 4:41.09 3. Maya DiRado, STAN...... 1:55.11 5. Shelley Harper, CAL...... 4:41.86 6. Katie Kastes, CAL...... 4:42.64 4. Lyndsay DePaul, USC...... 1:56.77 5. Stina Gardell, USC...... 1:57.85 1650 Freestyle 6. Liz Smith, STAN...... 1:57.85 1. Haley Anderson, USC...... 15.55:88 2. Kelsey Ditto, STAN...... 16:00.62 400 Individual Medley 3. Andie Taylor, STAN...... 16:06.69 1. Katinka Hosszu, USC...... 4:00.04 4. Samantha Vanden Berge, UCLA...... 16:13.77 2. Maya DiRado, STAN...... 4:02.48 5. Tristin Baxter, ASU...... 16:19.36 3. Caitlin Leverenz, CAL...... 4:02.72 6. Susana Helms, ARIZ...... 16:26.45 4. Lauren Hall, UCLA...... 4:07.38 5. Stina Gardell, USC...... 4:09.19 100 Backstroke 6. Meghan Hawthorne, USC...... 4:10.76 1. Cindy Tran, CAL...... 51.22 2. Presley Bard, USC...... 52.23 200 Freestyle Relay 3. Betsy Webb, STAN...... 52.90 4. Sarah Denninghoff, ARIZ...... 53.00 1. Stanford (Woodward, Webb, Murez, Dwelley).1:28.54 5. Aubrey Peacock, ARIZ...... 53.28 2. California...... 1:28.78 6. Colleen Fotsch, CAL...... 53.37 3. Arizona...... 1:30.14 4. USC...... 1:30.29 200 Backstroke 5. Arizona State...... 1:31.31 1. Maya DiRado, STAN...... 1:53.04 6. UCLA...... 1:31.72 2. Stephanie Au, CAL...... 1:54.96 3. Sarah Denninghoff, ARIZ...... 1:54.99 4. , STAN...... 1:55.01 5. Aubrey Peacock, ARIZ...... 1:55.44 6. Presley Bard, USC...... 1:55.75

PAC-12 SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS // February 20, 2012 4 2011 PAC-10 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Swimming & Diving: Feb. 23-26, 2011, Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center (Federal Way, Wash.)

400 Freestyle Relay MEN’S DIVING 1. California (Wilson, Fotsch, Dagg, Jensen)...... 3:13.59 One-Meter Diving 2. Stanford...... 3:13.84 1. Harrison Jones, USC...... 435.00 3. Arizona...... 3:15.15 2. Riley McCormick, ASU...... 416.80 4. USC...... 3:16.54 3. Constantin Blaha, ASU...... 386.80 5. UCLA...... 3:18.79 4. Steven Starks, USC...... 372.25 6. Arizona State...... 3:19.92 5. Dhruv Tyagi, STAN...... 351.00 6. Cameron Bradshaw, ASU...... 350.45 800 Freestyle Relay 1. California (Wilson, Dagg, Isakovic, Kastes)... 7:00.75 2. Stanford...... 7:02.19 Three-Meter Diving 3. USC...... 7:03.00 1. Constantin Blaha, ASU...... 451.80 4. Arizona...... 7:03.22 2. Riley McCormick...... 439.25 5. UCLA ...... 7:08.09 3. Harrison Jones, USC...... 413.85 6. Arizona State...... 7:08.22 4. Cameron Bradshaw, ASU...... 389.20 5. Brent Eichenseer, STAN...... 388.10 200 Medley Relay 6. Steven Starks, USC...... 360.50 1. California (Tran, Leverenz, Fotsch, Jensen).. 1:35.62 2. USC...... 1:37.11 Platform Diving 3. Stanford...... 1:38.61 1. Riley McCormick, ASU...... 440.70 4. UCLA...... 1:40.26 2. Harrison Jones, USC...... 409.00 5. Oregon State...... 1:42.75 6. Washington State...... 1:44.67 3. Brent Eichenseer, STAN...... 374.85 4. Steven Starks, USC...... 362.85 400 Medley Relay 5. Taylor Sishc, STAN...... 343.70 1. California (Tran, Leverenz, Sims, Jensen)..... 3:28.99 6. Dhruv Tyagi, STAN...... 294.00 2. USC...... 3:31.08 3. Arizona State...... 3:33.99 4. Stanford...... 3:34.54 5. Arizona...... 3:34.92. 6. UCLA...... 3:35.83

One-Meter Diving 1. Victoria Ishimatsu, USC...... 366.75 2. Elina Eggers, ASU...... 343.85 3. Meg Hostage, STAN...... 323.80 4. Samantha Pickens, ARIZ...... 309.95 5. Kylie Rosenstock, STAN...... 291.10 6. Molly Hayes, CAL...... 284.75

Three-Meter Diving 1. Victoria Ishimatsu, USC ...... 357.95 2. Elina Eggers, ASU...... 336.95 3. Brittany Jumer, ASU...... 327.65 4. Stephanie Phipps, STAN...... 321.20 5. Paulina Guzman, UCLA...... 321.00 6. Samantha Pickens, ARIZ...... 314.10

Platform Diving 1. Meg Hostage, STAN...... 322.65 2. Elina Eggers, ASU...... 319.25 3. Laura Winn, UCLA...... 269.20 4. Victoria Ishimatsu, USC...... 265.60 5. Kahley Rowell, CAL...... 250.10 6. Laura Sanford, CAL...... 222.40

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