LOUISVILLE, KY. February 5. THE University of Louisville swimming and diving teams split with visiting Western Kentucky Saturday night at Ralph Wright Natatorium. The women won 160-83 but the men fell 150-90.<\/p>\n
"We broke WKU's women's two-year winning streak in dual meets,"
\nsaid U of L head coach Arthur Albiero. "It was a decisive win against a
\ngood team. It is so rewarding to see how far the women's team has
\ndeveloped. I am very proud of the girls. They came to fight and defend
\ntheir house. WKU's men's depth played a big factor today against us,
\nbut all credit to them."<\/p>\n
In the women's 400-medley relay, U of L's A team of Larissa
\nNiehoff, Heather Meng, Jennifer Schimenti and Melanie Greyling won the
\nopening event. U of L pulled ahead of WKU in Schimenti's butterfly leg
\nof the race. For the men, senior Jonathan Farnham held off a surging
\nHiroaki Konno of WKU in the freestyle leg of the relay to put the first
\n11 points on the board for the Cardinals.<\/p>\n
"It was a season best for the men for that relay team," said
\nAlbiero.<\/p>\n
In the 1000-free, U of L's Ashley Jackson was out -touched by
\nWKU's Raichelle King, who posted a time of 10:13.84. Abby Miller
\nfinished third to add to the Cardinal point total. In the men's race,
\nWestern's James Campbell set a new pool record of 9:44.74 with teammate
\nKarl Swanson finishing second. Anthony Mason was the top finisher for U
\nof L at third.<\/p>\n
In the 200-free, the Cardinals swept the top three spots, led by
\nMelanie Greyling, with teammates Leigh Smith and Amanda Taylor in hot
\npursuit. For the men, Western's Graham Bailey edged Charlton Lawson,
\nwho placed second with a time of 1:43.77.<\/p>\n
In the 50-free, Johanna Nyysti muscled to a first place just
\nsqueezing out Sam Sawzak. U of L's Emily Rabe was fourth for the
\nCardinals. For the men, Lukasz Herbst set a new pool record with a tine
\nof 20.98. Farnham was second at 21.40.<\/p>\n
In the 200-individual medley, U of L swept the top three places
\nled by Leslie VanWinkle who set a new pool record at 2:05.02. Abby
\nMiller was second and Heather Meng went third for the Cardinals. For the
\nmen, U of L's Vali Preda easily outpaced the field for the win with a
\ntine of 1:52.57. Travano McPhee was second for Western.<\/p>\n
In an exhibition of the 1650-free, John Bell was able to make
\nBIG EAST cut with a swim of 15.30.41.<\/p>\n
Marianne Bradford edged teammate Sarah Sandroni in the one-meter
\nboard with Katie Elder taking first to complete the U of L sweep. For
\nthe men on the three-meter board, Robbie Lewis won 327.98, far
\noutstripping the competition.<\/p>\n
"Last year we got swept in both boards by Western and it was a
\ngreat turnaround tonight, We wer not very happy campers last year, said
\ndiving coach Mike Zehnder.<\/p>\n
Sandroni won the three-meter board just edging out teammate
\nMarianne Bradford. Sandroni had 263.03 with Bradford posting a 258.75.
\nIn the men's one-meter board, Robbie Lewis won with a 296.40.<\/p>\n
"The biggest thing was our Katie Elder making her BIG EAST cuts
\nin both boards so it was a great meet for her," said Zehnder. "Sarah
\nSandroni was just very consistent in the 3-meter to bring home the gold.
\nRobbie swept both boards so it was a successful night."<\/p>\n
In the 200-fly, Abby Miller took an early lead, and held off U
\nof L teammate Jenny Schimenti for the one-two finish. Jennifer Johnson
\nwas third for WKU. In the men's race, Brian Lewis finished strong for
\nthe WKU win, with Kyle Peterson picking up a second for the Hilltoppers.
\nTyler Smith was U of L's top finisher at third.<\/p>\n
In the 100-free, the Cardinal women swept the top three events,
\nled by Leslie VanWinkle with a time of 52.19. Leigh Smith was second and
\nJohanna Nyysti was third. In the men's race, the Toppers' Lukazs Herbst,
\nwearing a body suit, was first at 45.60. Jonathan Farnham was second at
\n46.88.<\/p>\n
In the 200-back, Western Kentucky's Jessica Aspinall powered to
\na win with a pool record time of 2:02.78. Sam Sawzak was second for WKU
\nwith Larissa Niehoff touching third for the Cardinals. For the men,
\nAndrei Teudean was first with a pool record 1:49.80 swim. Francis
\nGilmore was second for WKU.<\/p>\n
"Andrei won his leg of the relay and then took first in the
\n200-back. That was a lifetime best, unshaved and unrested," said
\nAlbiero.<\/p>\n
In the 500-free, Ashley Jackson was .24 behind winner Raichelle
\nKing. But Melanie Greyling was third for the Cards. For the men, Karl
\nSwanson won for the WKU with Anthony Mason was second at 4:44.78.<\/p>\n
In the 200-breast, Heather Meng won at 2:19.99 with Cassie
\nFahrlender in second and U of L's Nyysti taking third. In the men's
\n200-breast, Vali Preda sped to a first place at 2:05.38 with Cameron
\nBrown in second at 2:13.23 for WKU.<\/p>\n
In the 200-free relay, U of L's A team of Leslie VanWinkle,
\nLeigh Smith, Jenny Schimenti and Emily Rabe just edged WKU's by .06. In
\nthe final race of the night, WKU took the top two spots.<\/p>\n
The Cardinals honored their six seniors prior to the meet, in a
\npoolside ceremony as it was the final home meet for Mandy Lynn,
\nStephanie Wyatt, Meg Densmore, Jonathan Farnham, Travis Gray and Matt
\nLees.<\/p>\n
"I am very proud of this senior class," said Albiero. "They
\nstuck around and supported me and left a huge legacy to be followed."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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