Photo Courtesy: David Farr<\/p>\n
LOUISVILLE – Louisville and North Carolina men’s and women’s swimming are split heading into the second day of a two-day dual meet. \u00a0The Louisville men lead 98-69, while the North Carolina women hold an 84-83 advantage.<\/p>\n
The University of Louisville men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving team split the first day of competition with the North Carolina Tar Heels. The women narrowly trail 84-83, while the men hold a 98-69 advantage.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a good start,\u201d head coach Arthur Albiero. \u201cIt\u2019s always our goal to continue to progress, and I think we saw some adjustments that we\u2019ve been working on in practice come together in racing. This is not a meet about one or two people, it\u2019s a team effort all the way. Everybody plays a huge role. We have great respect for North Carolina, and we\u2019ll continue to have fun and race tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
The both the women and men started the day strong with a wins in the 200-free relays. Maggie Patterson (23.72), Kelsi Worrell (22.10), Andrea Kneppers (23.20) and Rachel Grooms (23.14) combined for a time of 1:32.16, while Thomas Dahlia (20.53), Caryle Blondell (19.30), Matthias Lindenbauer (19.72) and Trevor Carroll (19.55) finished with a total time of 1:19.10.<\/p>\n
Tanja Kylliainen won the women\u2019s 200 IM with an NCAA B-cut time of 1:58.48, while Erica Belcher touched second with a time of 2:03.34. Nolan Tesone finished first in the men\u2019s race with an NCAA B-cut time time of 1:48.34. Josh Quallen finished second, touching in 1:50.60.<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s 500-free, Abbie Houck finished just over four second behind the winner to come in third place with a time of 4:53.67. Trevor Carroll won the men\u2019s 500-free behind a time of 4:27.85, narrowly edging his competition by less than half a second.<\/p>\n
Andee Cottrell won the women\u2019s 100-breast with an NCAA B-cut time of 1:02.42, while Maggie Patterson touched at 1:03.93 to finish third. Thomas Dahlia finished first for the men with an NCAA B-cut time of 54.41, while Carlos Claverie finished in third place with a time of 55.66.<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s 200-back, Erica Belcher finished third behind a time of 2:01.22. Aaron Greene touched first in the men\u2019s 200-back, finishing with an NCAA B-cut time of 1:45.10. Teammate Grigory Tarasevich finished in 1:45.12 to also earn an NCAA B-cut time and come in second.<\/p>\n
Kelsi Worrell won the women\u2019s 100-free with an NCAA B-cut time of 49.08. Caryle Blondell won the men\u2019s race behind an NCAA B-cut time of 43.49, while Matthias Lindenbauer finished in 44.81 to place third.<\/p>\n
Tanja Kylliainen recorded her second NCAA B-cut time of the night when she finished in 1:56.37 to win the women\u2019s 200-fly. Josh Quallen finished third in the men\u2019s 200-fly with a time of 1:50.32.<\/p>\n
In the final swimming event of the night, the team of Tanja Kylliainan (54.46), Andee Cottrell (1:02.24), Kelsi Worrell (51.94) and Andrea Kneppers (50.18) won the women\u2019s 400-medley relay with a combined time of 3:38.82. In the men\u2019s race, the team of Grigory Tarasevich (48.46), Thomas Dahlia (53.29), Pedro Coutinho (48.11) and Caryle Blondell (43.57) finished first with a total time of 3:13.43.<\/p>\n
In the men\u2019s 1-meter diving competition, Sean Piner finished in third place with a score of 327.00. Ryan Bohn finished sixth behind a score of 219.15.<\/p>\n
Andrea Acquista finished third in the women\u2019s 3-meter diving competition with a score of 307.05, while Emily Stalmack finished fifth with a score of 296.32 and Alessandra Murphy finished seventh with a score of 261.37.<\/p>\n
The University of North Carolina men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving squads continued their ACC season on Friday with day one of a two-day meet at Ralph Wright Natatorium against the University of Louisville. The Carolina women\u2019s team is currently leading 84-83 while the Tar Heel men are trailing the Cardinals 98-69.<\/p>\n
\u201cLouisville was really talented tonight. It is their first year swimming in the ACC. We swam them last year at home and had a pretty good meet, but we were able to come out victorious,\u201d said UNC head coach Rich DeSelm.<\/p>\n
Three swimmers won individual events Friday: Emma Nunn (500 free) and Hellen Moffitt (200 back) for the women and Ben Colley (200 fly) for the men.<\/p>\n
The Tar Heel divers competed in two events- the women\u2019s three-meter and the men\u2019s one-meter- emerging victorious in both. Jack Nyquist won with a score of 342.37 and Elissa Dawson was awarded a score of 384.08.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a great diving corps. It is great fun watching our divers compete. Diving has become a strong point of ours, and we are really having fun with it. Coach Abel Sanchez has done a great job with the program,\u201d said DeSelm.<\/p>\n
The first half of the meet was highlighted by six season best times and one season best diving score.<\/p>\n
On the men\u2019s side, Patrick Myers had a season best time in the 200 IM (1:51.88) while Michael McBryan had a season best time in the 100 breast (55.42). For the women, Emma Nunn had a season best 500 free at 4:49.77. Maddy Burns had a season best time in the 200 IM (2:03.49). Hellen Moffitt had a season best time in the 200 back (1:57.62). Ally Hardesty had a season best time in the 100 free at 50.18. Elissa Dawson had a season best performance in the three-meter diving competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cTomorrow\u2019s competition is going to be a test. We\u2019ve got a challenge ahead of us, but it really is an opportunity too. Let\u2019s see how we respond and what we can do when things aren\u2019t going our way. We\u2019ll get some rest tonight and get up and go at 10 a.m.,\u201d said Coach DeSelm.<\/p>\n