Bruins at OSU Invite, USC Diving Invite This Week

LOS ANGELES – The UCLA swimming and diving staff returns to motion this week on the Ohio State Invite, Tuesday by means of Friday, and on the USC Diving Invite, Thursday by means of Saturday. The OSU Invite shall be streamed stay on B1G+, and outcomes shall be obtainable by way of MeetMobie.

Prelims on the OSU Invite will begin at 6:30 am PT, whereas the finals session every day will begin at 2:30 pm PT.

In addition to Ohio State, the taking part groups are Cincinnati, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Penn State, Purdue, UCLA and Yale. Pitt, Northwestern and Miami will compete in diving solely.

The Bruins head into the annual midseason invitational recent off a powerful displaying at Arizona State and Arizona on Nov. 7 and eight. UCLA tied No. 18 ASU 150-150, whereas the Bruins took the Wildcats to the wire, earlier than falling 160-139.

Rosie Murphy and Jada Duncan led the best way for UCLA on the week and earned Big Ten Swimmer of the Week and Freshman of the Week for his or her performances.

Murphy set a faculty report within the 200 backstroke on Friday afternoon in UCLA’s duel meet at No. 18 ASU. The senior touched the wall in a brand new report time of 1:52.39. That time is ranked tenth quickest nationally within the self-discipline.

Over the course of the weekend, Murphy recorded 4 occasion wins, she received each the 200 again and the 200 IM on each Friday and Saturday. Murphy additionally helped a number of UCLA relay squads to top-two finishes of their races.

Duncan earned 5 occasion wins in UCLA’s twin meets at No. 18 Arizona State and at Arizona over the weekend. The freshman received each the 50 free and the 100 fly within the meet as ASU, and received the 100 free and 100 fly on Saturday within the twin at Arizona.

Duncan additionally helped the Bruin relays shine. The freshman helped the Bruins win the 400 medley relay at Arizona State to open the meet. Her 50 free win in 22.02 within the twin at ASU is the fifteenth quickest time within the nation thus far.

UCLA cut up a pair of twin meets to open the 2025-26 twin calendar two weeks in the past in Michigan. The Bruins took down Northwestern, 165.5-134.5, and fell to No. 10 Michigan 193-103.

In the tri-meet, the Bruins had a number of swimmers and divers earn NCAA’A’ lower qualifying occasions/marks, and had a number of occasion podium finishers. Claudia Yovanovich earned a win for the Bruins within the 100 again, touching the wall in 52.87, whereas Eden Cheng received the 3-meter competitors with a rating of 299.80.

At the USC Invitational meet, UCLA completed third of 4 groups. The 4 groups that competed the weekend of October 10-12 have been all ranked, with No. 9 USC and No. 12 Indiana ending forward of the Bruins, whereas No. 25 Texas A&M rounded out the sphere.

Against a subject loaded with expertise on the USC invite, the Bruins had a number of standout performances. On the primary day of competitors, the Bruins had six podium finishes. Sarah Bennetts earned UCLA’s first occasion win of the weekend within the 100 breast, touching the wall in 1:00.59 to take the win.

Additionally, senior Rosie Murphy positioned second within the 400 IM, and in addition took second total within the 200 IM. UCLA’s 400 medley relay staff of Fay Lustria, Sarah Bennetts, Jada Duncan, and Gizem Guvenc earned the Bruins a third-place end in 3:34.52, whereas the 200 free relay squad additionally took third in 1:29.77

On the diving aspect of issues, Eden Cheng snagged fourth place within the 1m competitors with a rating of 271.05, whereas Molly Brascia completed seventh total with a rating of 236.85.

For stay updates from each meets, comply with @UCLASwimAndDive on each X and Instagram.

Ohio State Invitational Event Schedule

Tuesday, Nov. 18

200 Medley Relay

800 Freestyle Relay

Wednesday, Nov. 19

100 Butterfly

400 Individual Medley

200 Freestyle

100 Breaststroke

200 Freestyle Relay

Men’s 1-Meter Diving

Women’s 3-Meter Diving

Thursday, Nov. 20

100 Backstroke

200 Breaststroke

500 Freestyle

50 Freestyle

400 Medley Relay

Men’s 3-Meter Diving

Women’s Platform Diving

Friday, Nov. 21

200 Individual Medley

1650 Freestyle

100 Freestyle

200 Butterfly

200 Backstroke

400 Freestyle Relay

Women’s 1-Meter Diving

Men’s Platform Diving

USC Diving Invitational Schedule

Thursday

1m prelims and finals

Friday

3m prelims and finals

Team occasion

Saturday

Platform prelims and finals