USC VS STANFORD
- January 16, 2026
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Stanford Athletics
STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford women’s swimming & diving closed out the weekend road trip in decisive fashion, rolling past USC, 208-91, on Saturday afternoon at Uytengsu Aquatics Center.
Torri Huske led the way with a trio of individual victories, breaking the pool record in the 100 free with a 47.19 time, while also adding wins in the 200 free (1:42.26) and 100 fly (50.66).
Caroline Bricker also went 3-for-3 on the day, opening her afternoon with a race-winning time of 1:52.77 in the 200 fly. The junior followed it up with a victory in the 500 free (4:40.88), before finally touching first in the 200 IM with a 1:57.13 swim.
Gigi Johnson sprinted to a lifetime-best 21.99 to claim the 50 free crown, while Bailey O’Regan controlled the distance freestyle event with a 9:44.23 time in the 1000 free to give Stanford a freestyle sweep for the second-straight day.
Lucy Thomas continued her strong weekend with a victory in the 100 breast (59.30), while Levenia Sim led the field in the 200 back (1:54.90) and Lucy Bell turned in a dominant showing in the 200 breast (2:05.29).
Stanford opened the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay, as Alana Berlin, Bell, Johnson, and Annam Olasewere combined for a 1:34.96. The Cardinal closed the afternoon in similar fashion, with Olasewere, Huske, Johnson, and Thomas racing to a pool-record 1:27.57 to win the 200 free relay.
On the diving boards, Molly Gray secured her third win of the weekend with a score of 330.00 to claim the 3-meter title.
Stanford returns to action next weekend at Avery Aquatics Center, where it will celebrate Senior Day against San Jose State on Jan. 24 at noon PT.
Event Winners (in order of competition)
200 Medley Relay – Berlin, Bell, Johnson, Olasewere (STAN) – 1:34.96
1000 Free – Bailey O’Regan (STAN) – 9:44.23
200 Free – Torri Huske (STAN) – 1:42.26
100 Back – Minna Abraham (USC) – 51.22
100 Breast – Lucy Thomas (STAN) – 59.30
200 Fly – Caroline Bricker (STAN) – 1:52.77
50 Free – Gigi Johnson (STAN) – 21.99
1-Meter Dive – Kate Miller (USC) – 298.50
100 Free – Torri Huske (STAN) – 47.19
200 Back – Levenia Sim (STAN) – 1:54.90
200 Breast – Lucy Bell (STAN) – 2:05.29
500 Free – Caroline Bricker (STAN) – 4:40.88
100 Fly – Torri Huske (STAN) – 50.66
3-Meter Dive – Molly Gray (STAN) – 330.00
200 IM – Caroline Bricker (STAN) – 1:57.13
200 Free Relay – Olasewere, Huske, Johnson, Thomas (STAN) – 1:27.57
LOS ANGELES — Stanford men’s swimming and diving capped off a weekend in Southern California with a meet against USC on Saturday afternoon. With a majority of its swimmers back in their normal events, the Cardinal cruised to a win over the Trojans, to the tune of a 203-96 final.
It wasn’t quite as perfect for Stanford as Friday’s competition against UC San Diego, where Stanford won every event. However, Stanford nearly swept the afternoon and had several 1-2 finishes, and even a few 1-2-3 finishes. The only events that Stanford did not win were both in the backstroke (100m and 200m) and the 100 butterfly.
In both relays, Stanford proved no match for the Trojans. In the 200 medley relay, Ethan Harrington, Zhier Fan, Rafael Gu, and Jonathan Tan beat the top team from USC by nearly a second with a time of 1:24.43. The afternoon closed with the 400 free relay, where Gu, Andres Dupont Cabrera, Henry McFadden, and Tan used a time of 2:50.66 to win by nearly two seconds. All told, Stanford won all four relays it raced this weekend.
The first individual event of the day was dominated by Liam Custer, who cruised to a win in the 1000 free with a time of 8:48.81, the third-best time in school history and the second in the top three to occur this year. Custer was also crisp in the 500 free, where he won yet again with a time of 4:19.35. His wins helped him earn the most individual points towards the team score of all swimmers.
The 200 free was the next event after Custer’s win in the 1000 free, and he was followed by Henry McFadden, who scored a win with a time of 1:33.44. Stanford took the top three spots in the event, with Dupont Cabrera and Jason Zhao taking the top three spots. McFadden would win again in the shorter 100 free, with a time of 42.64, taking over the lead from Dupont Cabrera in the final 50 to secure the win.
In the breaststroke, Stanford saw two different individual winners. Zhier Fan took first in the 100 breast with a time of 52.02, surviving a late push from Daniel Li, who was just 0.1 seconds behind. Li finished atop the Stanford swimmers in the 200 breast with a time of 1:53.52, leading wire-to-wire over Go Nagaoka and Fan.
Gibson Holmes took first in the 200 fly for an individual win with a time of 1:42.89, overcoming teammate Josh Zuchowski, who led the first 50m before settling into second. The final two individual wins for the Cardinal came in the 50 free, where Tan and Gu actually tied for the win with a time of 19.32 (Stanford took the top three spots with Harrington finishing third), and Zhao closed out the day with a win in 200 IM, posting a 1:44.67.
While most of the action was taking place with the swimmers, Stanford’s divers were also in action. Misha Andriyuk took first in both 1-meter and 3-meter diving with scores of 369.00 and 419.93, respectively, the best scores of his career in each category. Gunnar Grubbs took third in 1-meter diving with a 300.98 and scored 355.20 in 3-meter diving to finish fourth. Grant Schneider got up to fifth in 3-meter with a 316.80 and finished sixth in 1-meter with a 263.03.
All told, Stanford recorded 13 NCAA qualifying marks: nine from the swimmers and four from the divers.
Stanford returns home for the final dual meet of the season on Jan. 30 at Avery Aquatics Center against No. 4 California. All the action begins at 1 p.m., with senior day festivities for the Cardinal following after the meet.
Courtesy: USC Athletics
LOS ANGELES- The Friday afternoon meet against the Cal Bears was highlighted by a massive swim from Michal Chmielewski in the 100y butterfly. The junior recorded a time of 45.08 to set a new USC record in the event, breaking the previous record that was set by Santo Condorelli in 2018.
In a tough battle against Cal, the Trojans came up just short on the women’s side by a score of 144-156. Troy was edged by Cal 178-122.
Michal was part of the winning 400y medley relay squad that took the first Trojan event win of the day along with Vaggelis Makrygiannis, Junhao Chan and Oliver Sogaard-Andersen. The posted time of 3:04.04 set a new pool record.
Michal also went on to win the 200y butterfly to cap off a strong performance against the Bears.
Minna Abraham earned the first win for the Women of Troy on the day in the 200y free after finishing the event with a time of 1:41.69. Abraham was a double winner on the day, also claiming victory in the 50y free and meeting the NCAA qualifying standard time with a mark of 22.06.
Makrygiannis touched first in the 100y back for the second weekend in a row, coming in at 46.20 to win the first individual event of the day for Troy.
Bella Brito won the 100y breast thanks to a time of 59.85 and met the NCAA qualifying standard for the event. Brito took home both breaststroke events after finishing first in the 200y breast with a time of 2:10.22.
Justina Kozan had a stellar showing, earning wins in three events. Kozan took the 200y fly after touching the wall at 1:54.90. She followed that up with a victory in the 500y free, beating the second place finisher by over one second. Kozan wrapped up the day with a first place finish in the 400 IM with a time of 4:07.46. The senior out of Brea, Calif. met the NCAA qualifying standard in all three events.
On the boards, Kate Miller took first on the women’s 3-meter with a score of 307.43. Robert Gref posted a score of 307.65 on the men’s 1-meter to win the event. Laurent Gosselin-Paradis finished closely behind in second with a score of 300.98.
Up Next
The Trojans will host the Stanford Cardinal on Saturday morning with the meet scheduled for 11:00 a.m.. The USC swimming and diving team will honor its 13 seniors before the meet begins.
