The Houston women and East Carolina men continued to hold their leads through two days of the 2020 AAC Swimming and Diving Championships in Houston, Texas.
Two meet records fell on Thursday night as Houston’s Zarena Brown (500) and UConn’s William Kearsey (50 free) set new marks.
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AAC Swimming and Diving Championships Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 14 1. Houston, University of 388.5 2. Southern Methodist University 279.5 3. Cincinnati, University of 212 4. East Carolina University 183 5. Tulane University 149 6. Connecticut, University of 133
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 15 1. East Carolina University 292 2. Cincinnati, University of 267 3. Connecticut, University of 224 4. Southern Methodist University 212
Women’s 500 Free
Houston’s Zarena Brown got the night started with a new meet record in the 500 free at 4:41.89, lowering Jacqueline Keire’s record from 2015. Brown was pushed by Tulane freshman Elizabeth Byrne (not to be confused with our European correspondent Liz Byrnes) who was second at 4:42.78. East Carolina freshman Kristen Stege was third at 4:43.85.
Event 8 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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Meet Record: M 4:42.68 2/19/2015 Jacqueline Keire, Cincinnati-OH
4:35.76 D1-A D1 - A Standard
4:47.20 D1-B D1 - B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Zarena Brown SR Houston-GU 4:44.77 4:41.89M 20
25.50 53.42 (27.92)
1:21.89 (28.47) 1:50.81 (28.92)
2:19.36 (28.55) 2:47.84 (28.48)
3:16.31 (28.47) 3:44.72 (28.41)
4:13.36 (28.64) 4:41.89 (28.53)
2 Elizabeth Byrne FR Tulane-LA 4:47.07 4:42.78 17
25.98 53.81 (27.83)
1:22.32 (28.51) 1:51.04 (28.72)
2:19.86 (28.82) 2:48.52 (28.66)
3:17.17 (28.65) 3:45.82 (28.65)
4:14.51 (28.69) 4:42.78 (28.27)
3 Kristen Stege FR East Carolina-NC 4:45.57 4:43.85 16
25.66 53.61 (27.95)
1:22.26 (28.65) 1:51.17 (28.91)
2:20.07 (28.90) 2:48.84 (28.77)
3:17.78 (28.94) 3:46.84 (29.06)
4:15.80 (28.96) 4:43.85 (28.05)
4 Olivia Johnson SR Tulane-LA 4:48.79 4:45.06 15
26.53 54.68 (28.15)
1:23.13 (28.45) 1:51.67 (28.54)
2:20.39 (28.72) 2:49.12 (28.73)
3:18.02 (28.90) 3:47.14 (29.12)
4:16.47 (29.33) 4:45.06 (28.59)
5 Sydney St Rose- SO Cincinnati-OH 4:51.26 4:47.01 14
26.66 55.32 (28.66)
1:24.20 (28.88) 1:53.23 (29.03)
2:22.04 (28.81) 2:50.94 (28.90)
3:19.93 (28.99) 3:49.10 (29.17)
4:18.19 (29.09) 4:47.01 (28.82)
6 Samantha Medlin JR Houston-GU 4:49.71 4:47.38 13
26.33 54.16 (27.83)
1:22.68 (28.52) 1:51.23 (28.55)
2:20.01 (28.78) 2:49.06 (29.05)
3:18.37 (29.31) 3:48.04 (29.67)
4:17.95 (29.91) 4:47.38 (29.43)
7 Mariana Lippert SO East Carolina-NC 4:50.20 4:51.33 12
26.56 55.14 (28.58)
1:24.01 (28.87) 1:53.17 (29.16)
2:22.97 (29.80) 2:52.75 (29.78)
3:22.86 (30.11) 3:53.01 (30.15)
4:23.08 (30.07) 4:51.33 (28.25)
8 Monique Rae JR Houston-GU 4:51.00 4:54.13 11
26.78 55.64 (28.86)
1:24.82 (29.18) 1:54.61 (29.79)
2:24.27 (29.66) 2:54.07 (29.80)
3:24.33 (30.26) 3:54.59 (30.26)
4:24.96 (30.37) 4:54.13 (29.17)
Men’s 500 Free
Cincinnati got its first win of the meet from senior Din Selmanovic in the 500 as he won the final at 4:19.27, holding off a late charge from freshman teammate Noah Smith, who was second at 4:20.84. The Bearcats swept the top three spots with Michael Balcerak (4:22.57) finishing in third.
Event 9 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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Meet Record: M 4:17.68 2/16/2017 Jonathan Gomez, SMU-NT
4:11.82 D1-A D1 - A Standard
4:23.34 D1-B D1 - B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Din Selmanovic SR Cincinnati-OH 4:21.46 4:19.27 20
23.92 49.63 (25.71)
1:15.47 (25.84) 1:41.36 (25.89)
2:07.70 (26.34) 2:33.74 (26.04)
3:00.00 (26.26) 3:26.55 (26.55)
3:53.18 (26.63) 4:19.27 (26.09)
2 Noah Smith FR Cincinnati-OH 4:20.85 4:20.84 17
24.00 50.07 (26.07)
1:16.58 (26.51) 1:43.32 (26.74)
2:09.88 (26.56) 2:36.51 (26.63)
3:03.06 (26.55) 3:29.70 (26.64)
3:55.97 (26.27) 4:20.84 (24.87)
3 Michael Balcerak FR Cincinnati-OH 4:22.06 4:22.57 16
24.20 50.24 (26.04)
1:16.90 (26.66) 1:43.37 (26.47)
2:10.03 (26.66) 2:36.87 (26.84)
3:03.68 (26.81) 3:30.33 (26.65)
3:57.02 (26.69) 4:22.57 (25.55)
4 Grega Popovic SR East Carolina-NC 4:23.96 4:24.38 15
24.10 50.30 (26.20)
1:17.02 (26.72) 1:43.88 (26.86)
2:10.85 (26.97) 2:37.96 (27.11)
3:04.89 (26.93) 3:32.05 (27.16)
3:58.78 (26.73) 4:24.38 (25.60)
5 Joshua Wroblews JR Connecticut-CT 4:25.85 4:24.89 14
24.41 51.10 (26.69)
1:18.02 (26.92) 1:45.03 (27.01)
2:12.11 (27.08) 2:38.92 (26.81)
3:05.56 (26.64) 3:32.19 (26.63)
3:58.90 (26.71) 4:24.89 (25.99)
6 Alfred Hansen SO Connecticut-CT 4:24.13 4:25.15 13
24.83 51.52 (26.69)
1:18.08 (26.56) 1:45.01 (26.93)
2:11.81 (26.80) 2:38.63 (26.82)
3:05.39 (26.76) 3:32.26 (26.87)
3:58.95 (26.69) 4:25.15 (26.20)
7 Petar Bozhilov SO SMU-NT 4:25.05 4:25.75 12
24.40 50.76 (26.36)
1:17.60 (26.84) 1:44.60 (27.00)
2:11.52 (26.92) 2:38.57 (27.05)
3:05.50 (26.93) 3:32.81 (27.31)
3:59.66 (26.85) 4:25.75 (26.09)
8 Tyler Jones SR Cincinnati-OH 4:23.91 4:28.07 11
24.50 50.69 (26.19)
1:17.47 (26.78) 1:44.69 (27.22)
2:11.62 (26.93) 2:38.78 (27.16)
3:06.03 (27.25) 3:33.56 (27.53)
4:01.25 (27.69) 4:28.07 (26.82)
Women’s 200 IM
Houston went 1-2 in the women’s 200 IM with junior Ioanna Sacha (1:57.23) leading the way ahead of senior Peyton Kondis (1:57.85). Kondis is one of the top breaststrokers in the country and should put up an extremely fast time tomorrow in the 100. Tulane’s Katherine McDonald (1:58.01) finished in third place for the Green Wave.
Event 10 Women 200 Yard IM
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Meet Record: M 1:56.34 2/20/2014 Tanja Kylliainen, Louisville
1:53.66 D1-A D1 - A Standard
1:59.94 D1-B D1 - B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ioanna Sacha JR Houston-GU 1:59.43 1:57.23 20
26.22 54.64 (28.42)
1:28.58 (33.94) 1:57.23 (28.65)
2 Peyton Kondis SR Houston-GU 1:58.94 1:57.85 17
26.35 56.85 (30.50)
1:29.47 (32.62) 1:57.85 (28.38)
3 Katherine McDon JR Tulane-LA 1:59.63 1:58.01 16
26.30 56.52 (30.22)
1:29.63 (33.11) 1:58.01 (28.38)
4 Laura Laderoute SR Houston-GU 2:00.69 1:58.34 15
25.95 54.98 (29.03)
1:30.10 (35.12) 1:58.34 (28.24)
5 Gabriella Grobl JR SMU-NT 1:59.78 1:59.41 14
25.81 55.75 (29.94)
1:30.23 (34.48) 1:59.41 (29.18)
6 Adela Vavrinova FR East Carolina-NC 2:00.05 2:01.34 13
26.20 56.03 (29.83)
1:32.34 (36.31) 2:01.34 (29.00)
7 Jodi Ogle FR East Carolina-NC 2:01.64 2:01.52 12
27.03 56.01 (28.98)
1:32.45 (36.44) 2:01.52 (29.07)
8 Camryn Streid SO Cincinnati-OH 2:01.48 2:01.85 11
26.22 56.89 (30.67)
1:32.57 (35.68) 2:01.85 (29.28)
Men’s 200 IM
The Cincinnati men won their second straight final with Dominic Polling taking the 200 IM gold medal at 1:45.58. He won a dog fight with East Carolina sophomore Marek Osina (1:45.81) as UConn sophomore Emils Gustav Jurcik (1:45.93) finished in third place. Polling just missed the meet record of 1:45.30 set by Nolan Tesone of Louisville in 2014.
Event 11 Men 200 Yard IM
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Meet Record: M 1:45.30 2/20/2014 Nolan Tesone, Louisville
1:41.34 D1-A D1 - A Standard
1:46.77 D1-B D1 - B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Dominic Polling JR Cincinnati-OH 1:46.16 1:45.58 20
23.01 50.08 (27.07)
1:19.94 (29.86) 1:45.58 (25.64)
2 Marek Osina SO East Carolina-NC 1:46.99 1:45.81 17
23.49 49.87 (26.38)
1:20.56 (30.69) 1:45.81 (25.25)
3 Emils Gustav Ju SO Connecticut-CT 1:47.53 1:45.93 16
23.76 49.69 (25.93)
1:20.72 (31.03) 1:45.93 (25.21)
4 Colin Feehery FR SMU-NT 1:47.26 1:46.28 15
23.65 50.58 (26.93)
1:20.88 (30.30) 1:46.28 (25.40)
5 Spencer Sehlhor FR Cincinnati-OH 1:47.90 1:47.49 14
23.90 51.03 (27.13)
1:21.51 (30.48) 1:47.49 (25.98)
6 Cooper Knapp SR Connecticut-CT 1:48.15 1:48.22 13
22.39 49.24 (26.85)
1:21.54 (32.30) 1:48.22 (26.68)
7 Dalton Lillibri SO Cincinnati-OH 1:48.87 1:49.22 12
23.41 52.03 (28.62)
1:22.24 (30.21) 1:49.22 (26.98)
8 Michael Rudd SO SMU-NT 1:48.42 1:49.50 11
24.14 52.68 (28.54)
1:22.89 (30.21) 1:49.50 (26.61)
Women’s 50 Free
Houston went 1-2 in the second straight event as juniors Mykenzie Leehy (22.51) and Kathryn Power (22.91) finished atop the podium in the 50 freestyle. Power tied for second with SMU’s Erin Trahan (22.91) as East Carolina’s Catherine Johnson (23.03) was fourth.
Event 12 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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Meet Record: M 22.19 2/16/2017 Jacqueline Keire, Cincinnati-OH
21.66 D1-A D1 - A Standard
22.76 D1-B D1 - B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Mykenzie Leehy JR Houston-GU 22.42 22.51 20
2 Kathryn Power JR Houston-GU 23.22 22.91 16.5
2 Erin Trahan SR SMU-NT 22.91 22.91 16.5
4 Catherine JohnsonSR East Carolina-NC 23.11 23.03 15
5 Anhelina Kutsko JR Cincinnati-OH 23.20 23.12 14
6 Madeline Exton JR Cincinnati-OH 23.13 23.18 13
7 Samantha Smith JR SMU-NT 23.15 23.30 12
8 Hanna Blewett SR Houston-GU 23.24 23.39 11
Men’s 50 Free
UConn’s William Kearsey broke the second meet record of the night with a 19.48 in the 50 freestyle to take down Joao de Lucca’s 19.58 from 2014 when Louisville spent one year in the American Athletic Conference.
Kearsey was the only swimmer to break 20 seconds as East Carolina finished 2-3-4 with Pedro Gueiros (20.05), James Ward (20.08) and Gustavo Santos (20.13).
Event 13 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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Meet Record: M 19.58 2/20/2014 Joao De Lucca, Louisville
18.96 D1-A D1 - A Standard
19.96 D1-B D1 - B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 William Kearsey SR Connecticut-CT 19.47 19.48M 20
2 Pedro Gueiros FR East Carolina-NC 20.12 20.05 17
3 James Ward SO East Carolina-NC 20.33 20.08 16
4 Gustavo Santos SR East Carolina-NC 20.07 20.13 15
5 Riley Hill FR SMU-NT 20.34 20.16 14
6 Daniel Forndal JR SMU-NT 20.25 20.22 13
7 Alexander Fortm SR Cincinnati-OH 20.31 20.31 12
8 Eric Hinderup SO East Carolina-NC 20.28 20.39 11
Women’s 200 Free Relay
The Houston Cougars finished off their perfect night with a 1:30.51 in the 200 free relay as the team of Zarena Brown (23.07), Laura Laderoute (22.71), Kathryn Power (22.51) and Mykenzie Leehy (22.22) held off a tough challenge from SMU (1:31.23) and Cincinnati (1:31.40).
Event 14 Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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Meet Record: M 1:29.83 2/20/2014 SMU
M Erasmus, I Arcila, M Babok, N Lindborg
1:28.43 D1-A D1 - A Standard
1:29.21 D1-B D1 - B Standard
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Houston-GU 'A' 1:30.97 1:30.51 40
1) Zarena Brown SR 2) r:0.25 Laura Laderoute SR
3) r:0.22 Kathryn Power JR 4) r:0.33 Mykenzie Leehy JR
23.07 45.78 (22.71)
1:08.29 (22.51) 1:30.51 (22.22)
2 SMU-NT 'A' 1:32.02 1:31.23 34
1) Erin Trahan SR 2) r:0.24 Samantha Smith JR
3) r:0.23 Gabriella Grobler JR 4) r:0.15 Felicia Anderson SR
23.04 45.91 (22.87)
1:08.42 (22.51) 1:31.23 (22.81)
3 Cincinnati-OH 'A' 1:32.65 1:31.40 32
1) Madeline Exton JR 2) r:0.34 Anhelina Kutsko JR
3) r:-0.48 Claire Farrell JR 4) r:0.40 Abigail Johnston JR
23.42 46.20 (22.78)
1:08.91 (22.71) 1:31.40 (22.49)
4 East Carolina-NC 'A' 1:33.52 1:32.74 30
1) Catherine Johnson SR 2) r:0.38 Adela Vavrinova FR
3) r:0.43 Laura Benkova FR 4) r:0.20 Keyla Brown FR
23.03 46.26 (23.23)
1:09.89 (23.63) 1:32.74 (22.85)
5 Connecticut-CT 'A' 1:33.84 1:33.43 28
1) Linnea Anderson SO 2) r:0.29 Charlotte Proceller FR
3) r:0.29 Brazil Rule SR 4) r:0.40 Megan Wenman SR
23.80 47.28 (23.48)
1:10.37 (23.09) 1:33.43 (23.06)
6 Tulane-LA 'A' 1:34.54 1:33.87 26
1) Courtney Barker JR 2) r:0.22 Drew Petereit FR
3) r:0.10 Ashley Carollo FR 4) r:0.20 Isabelle Pelka SO
23.48 47.09 (23.61)
1:10.55 (23.46) 1:33.87 (23.32)
Men’s 200 Free Relay
East Carolina closed out Thursday night with a tight win in the 200 free relay. The Pirates were led by three underclassmen and a senior as Pedro Gueiros (20.15), Eric Hinderup (19.87), Gustavo Santos (19.74) and James Ward (19.52) won in 1:19.28. SMU (1:19.59) and UConn (1:19.82) as well as Cincinnati (1:20.02) were all in the race to the last 25.
Event 15 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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Meet Record: M 1:18.34 2/20/2014 Louisville
C Blondell, J De Lucca, T Dahlia, T Carroll
1:17.17 D1-A D1 - A Standard
1:17.86 D1-B D1 - B Standard
School Seed Finals Points
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1 East Carolina-NC 'A' 1:20.18 1:19.28 40
1) Pedro Gueiros FR 2) r:0.08 Eric Hinderup SO
3) r:0.29 Gustavo Santos SR 4) r:0.39 James Ward SO
20.15 40.02 (19.87)
59.76 (19.74) 1:19.28 (19.52)
2 SMU-NT 'A' 1:20.87 1:19.59 34
1) Riley Hill FR 2) r:0.26 Daniel Forndal JR
3) r:0.30 Ralph Koo SR 4) r:0.22 Charles Kaye FR
20.34 40.04 (19.70)
59.67 (19.63) 1:19.59 (19.92)
3 Connecticut-CT 'A' 1:20.78 1:19.82 32
1) William Kearsey SR 2) r:0.37 Kyle Dunlap JR
3) r:0.29 Jack Muratori SO 4) r:0.12 Cooper Knapp SR
19.40 39.55 (20.15)
1:00.00 (20.45) 1:19.82 (19.82)
4 Cincinnati-OH 'A' 1:22.26 1:20.02 30
1) Dominic Polling JR 2) r:0.22 Alexander Fortman SR
3) r:0.34 Alberto Garcia SO 4) r:0.37 Murat Sagdullaev SO
20.22 39.97 (19.75)
59.98 (20.01) 1:20.02 (20.04)
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