Thilda Hall, Anastasia Gorbenko Debut as Louisville Sweeps Missouri
International stars Thilda Hall and Anastasia Gorbenko made their college debuts for Louisville on Friday as Louisville swept a nonconference meet with Missouri.
The women’s team claimed a 205-90 win. The men prevailed by a 198-101 margin.
Hall, a Swedish international, picked up a pair of wins in her inaugural college meet. Hall went 9:37.10 to edge new teammate Leticia Fassina Romao by .32 seconds to the win in the 1,000 freestyle. (Hall’s time moves behind Romao into third place in program history and is within a second of Romao’s pool record.)
Hall also secured a NCAA A cut with a time of 4:43.69 in the 500 freestyle in another 1-2 with Romao, who went 4:44.27.
Gorbenko, the 22-year-old six-time European champion from Israel, won the 100 breaststroke in 58.45, taking down the pool record set in 2015 by Andrea Cottrell (58.67). It’s the second-fastest time in program history, .19 seconds behind Cottrell’s program record. Teammate Mia Cheatwood was also under the A cut in 59.93 for second.
Cheatwood won the 200 breast in 2:09.42, both she and runner-up Kim Emely Herkle under the A cut.
Summer Cardwell won the 200 free in 1:45.82. She claimed the 200 individual medley in 1:58.47 with Herkle second. Cardwell was also third in the 500 free.
Julia Dennis bossed the sprints. She won the 50 free in 21.78, with Caroline Larsen second in 21.98 and Julia Mishler third in 22.22, all NCAA A cuts. Dennis won the 100 free in an NCAA cut 48.02, with Mishler second and Daria Golovaty third. Golovaty was second to Cardwell in the 200 free. Camille Murray won the 100 backstroke in 51.82, an NCAA A cut, with teammate Xeniya Ignatova second. They reversed places in the 200 back, Ignatova’s 1:54.37 an NCAA A cut to win.
Mishler, Larsen, Ella Welch and Dennis pushed the pool record in the 200 medley relay, their time of 1:34.69 coming up .39 seconds short. The same quartet went 312.36 to win the 400 free relay.
Louisville controlled the race on the men’s side. Gregg Enoch won the 500 free in 4:20.98 and the 200 IM in 1:44.92. He was third in a fast 200 fly.
Max Hatcher kicked it off with a win in the 1,000 free. Guy Brooks and Matias Santiso went 1-2 in the 200 free, then were 2-3 in the 100 free. Finnley Conklin and Jake Eccleston finished 1-2 in the 100 breast, then reversed that order in the 200 breast. Jackson Millard, who was second to Enoch in the 200 IM, won the 200 back in 1:42.35, and Rian Graham grabbed the win in the 100 fly.
Luke Nebrich won twice for Missouri, going 19.23 in the 50 free and 43.01 in the 100 free. (Nebrich’s time and the 19.25 of Nikita Sheremet were NCAA A cuts in the 50.)
The men’s 200 fly was the fastest event of the day, with five swimmers under the NCAA A cut. Jan Zubik led the way in 1:42.55, followed by Tommy Bried in 1:42.55 and Enoch third in 1:43.64.
Quinlan Gould won the men’s 100 back in 46.69. Tanner Braunton won both diving events, with scores of 341.33 on 1-meter and 380.78 on 3-meter.
On the women’s side, Missouri’s Maeve DeYoung won the 200 fly. Gaby Carmona swept diving, scoring 314.10 on 3-meter.
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