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UCLA Drops Regular-Season Finale to USC, 172-128
February 10, 2017 | Swimming & Diving
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The No. 21 UCLA swimming and diving team completed its regular season Friday, as it fell to No.5 USC, 172-128, at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. Five Bruins recorded first-place finishes in the loss.
200 Medley Relay
The Bruin A team of Linnea Mack, Emma Schanz, Katie Grover and Madison White checked in at third (1:38.81). The Trojans' A Team picked up the win just 2.51 seconds ahead of the UCLA quartet.
1650 Free
While USC's Rebecca Mann stormed to the win (15:52.30), Bruins Sandra Soe (personal-best 16:13.17), Margaux Verger Gourson (16:19.23) and Katy Campbell (16:25.19) finished 2-3-4 for UCLA.
200 Free
Kenisha Liu gave the Bruins their first win of the day, with a personal-best time of 1:45.38. Teammates Carly Reid (1:48.63) and Michaela Merlihan (personal-best 1:48.84) finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
100 Back
With a time of 51.61, Mack posted her best time of the season and a pool record. White (53.31) and Natalie Amberg (55.15) rounded out the top five, following two Trojan competitors. Amberg's time marked a personal best.
100 Breast
Sarah Kaunitz posted a second-place and personal-best time of 1:01.04, while Brigitte Winkler also earned the Bruins a point, with a personal best time of 1:02.18.
200 Fly
Grover (1:55.76) finished second to USC's Madison Wright (1:53.47). The Bruins Amy Okada finished fifth, with a time of 1:58.91.
50 Free
Bruins went 2-3-4, as Isabella Goldsmith headed up the UCLA effort with a time of 22.99. Teammates Savannah Steffen (personal-best 23.28) and Maisie Jameson (personal-best 23.40) also challenged the eventual winner, USC's Anika Apostalon (22.08).
3m Diving
In the first diving event of the day, Bruins Eloise Belanger (319.80) and Maria Polyakova (310.65) finished first and second. Annika Lenz finished fourth for UCLA, with a score of 302.40.
100 Free
Mack (48.54) and Sarah Kaunitz (49.76) finished third and fourth in the tightly-contested race. Apostalon of the Trojans picked up her second win of the day. Kaunitz's time marked a personal best.
200 Back
White (1:54.44) finished second for UCLA, as USC's Hannah Leach (1:52.58) took the win. Bruins Marie-Pierre Delisle (1:59.37) and Amberg (1:59.78) finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
200 Breast
Schanz finished second for the Bruins with a time of 2:12.08. Liu, meanwhile, posted a time of 2:12.84 to finish fourth.
500 Free
Mann gave the Trojans her second win of the day, but Bruins occupied three of the top five spots. Verger Gourson finished second with a time of 4:49.05, Merlihan (4:51.18) posted a fourth-place finish and Lisa Kaunitz rounded out the top five at 4:53.32.
100 Fly
Katie Grover, with a time of 52.56, earned the win for the Bruins. Goldsmith (54.10) and Okada (54.22) finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
1m Diving
Belanger picked up her second win of the day with a score of 296.10. Trojan Naomi Gowlett (282.30) finished second, as Bruins Polyakova (279.60) and Lenz (273.60) completed the top four.
200 IM
Liu (1:58.61, third) and Schanz (2:02.10, fifth) posted top-five times for UCLA in the final individual event of the day.
200 Free Relay
The Bruin A team of Goldsmith, Mack, Grover and White posted a time of 1:29.89 to finish second to the Trojans' A team.
Next up for the Bruins are the Pac-12 Swimming and Diving Championships, scheduled to take place from Feb. 22 until Feb. 25 at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash.
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