Louisville Swimming Sweeps Kentucky in In-State Showdown

The Louisville men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams swept instate rival Kentucky on Saturday.
The No. 11 Louisville men won 192-108 and the No. 10 Cardinal women won 206-94.
The Cardinals began the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay when Camille Murray (25.08), Ella Welch (27.30), Karoline Barrett (23.12) and Lucy Mehraban (21.84) combined to put up a time of 1:37.34.
The Louisville men won the 200 medley relay with Dalton Lowe (20.98), Denis Petrashov (23.61), Aiden Musso (20.58) and Guy Brooks (19.10).
In the 1000 free, Cardinal Leticia Fassina Romao beat the field by eight seconds, posting a 9:40.32.
The men’s 1000 free was won by Carson Hick of Kentucky, who went 8.45.73.
The Cardinals went 1-2-3 in the women’s 200 free led by winner Daria Golovaty‘s 1:45.45 followed by Summer Cardwell (1:46.55) and Amelia Bodenstab (1:46.82). The Cardinal men went 1-2-3-4 in the event led by Guy Brooks (1:34.13), Denis Loktev (1:34.65), Matias Santiso was third (1:36.25) and Murilo Sartori was fourth, going 1:36.37.
In the 100 backstroke, Camille Murray touched second with a time of 53.22 just off the winning time of Kentucky’s Grace Frericks. Louisville’s Filip Kosinski beat the men’s field by a second with a 46.96.
Kentucky’s Bridget Engel won the 100 breast in 59.83 as the only sub-minute finisher.
Tristen Ulett won the 200 fly for Louisville, posting a 1:56.27.
The Cardinal women swept the top four spots in the 50 free led by Julia Dennis‘ 21.90. Gabi Albiero was second in 22.25 followed by Caroline Larsen (22.32) and Abby Karl (22.60). Dalton Lowe posted the winning time in the men’s event with a 19.49.
In men’s 1-meter diving, Kentucky’s Sam Duncan won with a score of 359.40. In women’s 3-meter diving, UK’s Kristy Pfaff won with a score of 319.35.
Julia Dennis won the 100 freestyle for the Cardinal women with a time of 48.48 just out-touching runner-up Caroline Larsen, who touched in 48.75.
Rye Ulett won the 200 back for the Cardinals, getting to the wall in 1:55.39. Kosinski grabbed his second win with a 1:41.96 in the men’s 200 back.
Kim Herkle won the 200 breaststroke for the Cardinals in 2:10.86. Denis Petrashov made it a breaststroke sweep with the fastest time in the event with a 1:55.71.
In the women’s 500 freestyle, Daria Golovaty just edged teammate Summer Cardwell with a 4:45.05 for the win and Cardwell posting a 4:45.44. On the men’s side, Kentucky’s Levi Sandidge put up the winning time of 4:16.79.
Gabi Albiero led a Cardinal 1-2-3-4 sweep of the 100 fly with her time of 51.72. Ella Welch was second (52.43) followed by Tristen Ulett (52.69) and Karoline Barrett (53.24). The men followed suit, taking the top four spots in their race led by Dalton Lowe’s 45.69. Rian Graham was second (46.80) followed by Aidan Paro (47.05) and Mateo Miceli (48.42).
Tristen Ulett earned her second win of the meet with the top time of 1:57.40 in the 200 IM.
In the women’s 400 free relay, Louisville won with the foursome of Gabi Albiero (48.39), Julia Dennis (47.81), Caroline Larsen (48.41) and Lucy Mehraban (48.08) putting up a 3:12.69 for the win.
The Louisville men won in 2:52.51 behind Guy Brooks (43.51), Dalton Lowe (42.68), Matias Santiso (42.75) and Murilo Sartori (43.57).