The 2018-19 schedule for the USC women has a few changes from last year, among those being a new team on their dual meet slate.
Last year, the USC women took on Wisconsin in a traditional dual meet format in the first semester. This year, however, a different B1G team will duel with the Trojans: the Minnesota Gophers. Oregon State will join a tri meet with USC and Minn which will take place in LA on January 18th. One of the biggest showdowns for these two teams will be between NCAA All-American Lindsey Kozelsky from the Gophers battling with Trojan breaststrokers Maggie Aroesty and Riley Scott.
OCTOBER INVITES
Another addition to the 2018-19 slate is the USC-hosted Trojan Invite on October 5-6. It’s unclear who will be in attendance, though CSU-Bakersfield lists the meet on their schedule and calls it the ‘USC Sprint Meet.’ That may mean it’ll be a sprint format invite, or a relay-only invite, or perhaps a fun, unofficial event lineup (think 75’s of stroke, 300 free, etc).
Meanwhile, the SMU Classic is scheduled the week following the Trojan Invite (Oct 11-12), a meet where several people threw down big times, including Aroesty hitting a then-PR 2:08.0 in the 200 breast and a big showdown between Louisville’s Mallory Comerford and Michigan’s Siobhan Haughey in the 200 free. For a mid-October meet, this is a time when athletes really get up and race.
PAC-12 SHOWDOWNS AND MID-SEASON INVITE
The Trojan women will head to Utah October 19th for their first Pac-12 dual meet, then host their first conference duals the following weekend when Arizona and Arizona State come to town. The Texas Invitational is the big mid-season event for USC’s women, and following the new Minnesota-Oregon State tri, USC heads to the Bay Area on February 2nd and 3rd for a tough tangle with Cal and Stanford, before the Crosstown Cup against UCLA.
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
Finally, championship season will begin with the Pac-12 Championships in Federal Way from Feb. 27 – Mar. 2. The 2019 NCAA Championships are to be held Mar. 20-23 in Austin, TX.
2018-19 USC Women’s Swimming & Diving Schedule
Scheduled Games
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SEP 6 (THU) 2:00 PM PT
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TROJAN INVITE
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OCT 5 (FRI) 2:00 PM PT
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OCT 6 (SAT) 9:00 AM PT
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SMU CLASSIC
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OCT 12 (FRI) 4:30 PM PTSMU CLASSIC
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OCT 13 (SAT)11:00 AM PTSMU CLASSIC
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OCT 19 (FRI) 12:30 PM PTAT UTAH
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NOV 2 (FRI) 1:00 PM PT
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NOV 3 (SAT) 11:30 AM PTVS ARIZONA
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TROJAN DIVING INVITATIONAL
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NOV 9 (FRI) ALL DAY
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NOV 10 (SAT) ALL DAY
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NOV 11 (SUN) ALL DAY
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NOV 9 (FRI) 2:00 PM PT
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NOV 10 (SAT) TBD
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TEXAS INVITATIONAL
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NOV 28 (WED) ALL DAYTEXAS INVITATIONAL
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NOV 29 (THU) ALL DAYTEXAS INVITATIONAL
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NOV 30 (FRI) ALL DAYTEXAS INVITATIONAL
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DEC 1 (SAT) ALL DAYTEXAS INVITATIONAL
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BRUIN DIVING INVITATIONAL
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JAN 11 (FRI) ALL DAYBRUIN DIVING INVITATIONAL
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JAN 12 (SAT) ALL DAYBRUIN DIVING INVITATIONAL
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JAN 13 (SUN) ALL DAYBRUIN DIVING INVITATIONAL
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JAN 18 (FRI) 2:00 PM PTVS USC, MINNESOTA, OREGON STATE
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FEB 1 (FRI) 2:00 PM PTAT CALIFORNIA
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FEB 2 (SAT) 12:00 PM PTAT STANFORD
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FEB 15 (FRI) 12:00 PM PTVS UCLA
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FEB 27 (WED) ALL DAY
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FEB 27 (WED) MAR 2 (SAT)PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
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FEB 28 (THU) ALL DAY
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MAR 1 (FRI) ALL DAY
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MAR 2 (SAT) ALL DAY
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NCAA ZONE E DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
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MAR 5 (TUE) ALL DAY
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MAR 6 (WED) ALL DAY
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MAR 7 (THU) ALL DAY
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NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
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MAR 20 (WED) ALL DAY
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MAR 21 (THU) ALL DAY
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MAR 22 (FRI) ALL DAY
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MAR 23 (SAT) ALL DAY
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Minnesota….Wisconsin…..what’s the difference?
I get them confused all the time too.
Next time you’re planning to fly to the Twin Cities, but find yourself in Milwaukee, give me a call.
one has Beata Nelsen and the other is known for breastrokers