The No. 12 Louisville swimming and diving team hung on to defeat No. 25 Northwestern 151-149 on Thursday in the women’s showdown. The No. 12 Louisville men beat the Wildcats 179.5-120.5.
In the women’s meet, Louisville swimming’s Molly Fears won 3-meter diving (300.68) and 1-meter (279.98). Arina Openysheva won the 200 free (1:49.21) and 100 free (50.46). Casey Fanz won the 50 free (23.00). Maria Eduarda Sumida won the 500 free (4:54.91). Christiana Regenauer won the 100 fly (54.13).
In the men’s meet, Louisville swimming’s Daniel Pinto won 1-meter diving (330.90) and 3-meter (368.48). Mitchell Whyte won the 100 back (48.31). Evgenii Somov won the 100 breast (54.29). Mihalis Deliyiannis won the 50 free (20.33). Andrej Barna won the 100 free (43.79). Nicholas Albiero won the 200 back (1:44.27). Ilia Sibirtsev won the 500 free (4:28.48). Jarrett Jones won the 400 IM (3:56.15).
From Northwestern’s perspective
The Wildcats started the meet strong with the women’s team of junior Calypso Sheridan, sophomore Miriam Guevara, first-year Hannah Brunzell and junior Sophie Angus winning the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:40.33. The men’s team of sophomore Manuel Martos Bacarizo, first-years Kevin Houseman and Federico Burdisso and sophomore Andrew Zhang took third in a seasons best time of 1:28.96.
NU continued to shine, sweeping the 1000 free with juniors Ilekta Lebl and DJ Hwang each bringing home nine points for their respective teams.
First-year Aleksa Bobar earned his first collegiate win in the 200 free, out-touching his competition by over a second in a time of 1:37.52. Sheridan led a Northwestern’s 1-2-3 sweep of the 100 back, followed by senior Nicole Aarts and first-year Emma Lepisova. Those three ‘Cats continued to sweep, with Lepisova leading the charge followed closely by Sheridan and Aarts to score 16 Wildcat points in the women’s 200 back.
Big Ten Freshman of the week, Brunzell secured the win for the ‘Cats in both the 100 breast and 200 breast in a time of 1:01.05 and 2:13.28 respectively, to earn her fourth NCAA ‘B’ cut of the season. First-year Marcus Mok won the 200 breast for the men, beating his competition to the wall in a time of 1:59.45.
The duo Guevara and Burdisso swept the 200 fly for the second consecutive meet for the ‘Cats, with Guevara finishing in 1:59.69 and Burdisso earning an NCAA ‘B’ cut in a time of 1:44.64. Burdisso continued his dominance, winning the men’s 100 fly in a time of 47.01 to secure his second NCAA ‘B’ cut of the night.
Sheridan earned the ‘Cats final win of the night, leading the 1-3-4 finish in a time of 4:19.85, followed by Larson and Lebl.
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