Photo Courtesy: Matthew DeMaria\/Tennessee Athletics<\/p>\n
LOUISVILLE – The Louisville swimming and diving teams have jumped out to the lead over ACC rival Florida State after the first day of racing in the teams’ two-day dual meet. The Cardinal men hold a 110.5-56.5 lead, while the women’s team is up 109-58 heading into the second half of the meet tomorrow. Kelsi Worrell set a pool record in the women’s 100 free to highlight a strong day of racing for the Cardinals.<\/p>\n
The University of Louisville men’s and women’s swim team built a substantial lead at the halfway point of the two-day dual meet with ACC foe Florida State Friday night in the Ralph Wright Natatorium. The meet continues Saturday morning at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
The No. 5-ranked Cardinal men are leading No. 22-ranked FSU 110.5-56.5. The No. 9-ranked Cardinal women are leading 109-58 after 18 events. UofL won all but two races but FSU swept the two diving events.<\/p>\n
The Cardinals were paced by multiple winners Kelsi Worrell (200 free relay, 100 free), Caryle Blondell (200 free relay, 100 free) and Tanja Kylliainen (200-IM, 200 fly).<\/p>\n
“It’s been a while since we raced and I think it showed a little bit tonight here and there,” said UofL head coach Arthur Albiero. “We have done a lot of training since we last raced at Short Course Nationals, so that is not unusual. We just have to continue to make little adjustments. I liked the effort and there were some great races. This is a good challenge with a lot of racing in less than 24 hours. It is good for us and we will be ready to go.”<\/p>\n
Here is a race-by-race recap:<\/p>\n
In the women’s 200-free relay, Louisville’s A-relay team of Andrea Kneppers (24.12), Kelsi Worrell (22.05), Rachel Grooms (23.54) and Alexandra Sellers (23.48) put up a 1:33.19 for the win.<\/p>\n
In the men’s 200-free relay, the A-relay team of Thomas Dahlia (20.91), Caryle Blondell (19.93), Matthias Lindenbauer (19.96) and an anchor by Trevor Carroll (19.78).<\/p>\n
Tanja Kylliainen cruised to a decisive win in the 200-IM with a B-cut time of 1:59.87, the only swimmer under two minutes. FSU’s Chelsea Britt was second in 2:03.40 and UofL’s Erica Belcher was third in 2:04.45.<\/p>\n
Nolan Tesone put up a 1:48.51 to win the men’s 200-IM by more than 2 seconds for the Cardinals. Teammate Josh Quallen was second in 1:50.65, tying FSU’s Jason Coombs’ 1:50.65.<\/p>\n
In the women’s 500 free, Cardinal Marah Pugh put up the winning time of 4:56.74. Abby Chin was third in 5:00.87.<\/p>\n
In the men’s 1-meter springboard, FSU’s Dylan Grisell took top honors with a 332.09. Sean Piner was the top Cardinal with a third place score of 304.72.<\/p>\n
Trevor Carroll touched first in 4:28.79 for the win in the men’s 500-free. FSU’s Kevin Rogers was a close second, going 4:29.63. Bryan Draganosky was fourth with a time of 4:31.86.<\/p>\n
UofL’s Andrea Cottrell was first in the 100-breast with a time of 1:02.98. Maggie Patterson was fourth with a 1:04.52.<\/p>\n
In the men’s 100-breast, Thomas Dahlia held off the Seminoles with a 55.43 for the win, just off the B-cut after dueling Jason Coombs (55.77) in the final 25 yards. Addison Bray was third in 55.92 and Todd Owen was fourth in 56.73.<\/p>\n
In the 200 back, Erica Belcher was into the wall first in 2:01.98 with a strong finish for the win. Ashley LeClair was second in 2:02.49 and Hannah Magnuson went 2:05.79 for the sweep.<\/p>\n
In the men’s 200-back, Grigory Tarasevich took top honors was 1:45.39, Aaron Greene was second in 1:48.02 for the 1-2 sweep.<\/p>\n
Kelsi Worrell won the 100-free in the pool record time of 49.15. Andrea Kneppers was third in 51.21.<\/p>\n
In the men’s 100-free, UofL’s Caryle Blondell held off the field for the win in 44.99 with Matthias Lindenbauer (45.32) tying with Trevor Carroll for second.<\/p>\n
In the 200-fly, Tanja Kylliainen had to catch FSU’s Chelsea Britt in the final 25 yards for the win in 1:57.75. Britt put up a 1:57.94 for second. UofL’s Devon Bibault was third in 2:02.44.<\/p>\n
FSU took the top two spots in the men’s 200 fly with Cole Hensley of FSU winning in 1:47.49. Connor Knight was second in 1:48.03 and David Boland was third in 149.65 as the top Cardinal finisher.<\/p>\n
In the women’s 3-meter springboard, FSU’s Katrina Young put up the top score of 331.50 followed by Emily Stalmack’s 298.58, Alessandra Murphy 285.98 and Andrea Acquista 283.13 as the Cards took spots 2-3-4.<\/p>\n
In the 400 medley relay, FSU A-relay won in 3:40.39. The U of L A relay was second in 3:40.09 and posted by Tanja Kylliainen (55.72), Andrea Cottrell (1:02.63), Kelsi Worrell (52.50) and Andrea Kneppers (50.31).<\/p>\n
In the men’s medley relay, the Cardinal B-relay team of Aaron Greene (50.28), Addison Bray (55.45), David Boland (48.25) and Matthias Lindenbauer (44.68) posted a 3:18.66 for the win, picking up the slack from the A-relay which was disqualified.<\/p>\n
After the first of a two-day battle at (No. 5\/9) Louisville, the home team holds the advantage over the (No. 22\/20) Florida State swimming and diving teams. The men\u2019s score is 110.5- 56.5 and the women\u2019s total is 109-58.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe lost a lot of close races today,\u201d FSU head coach Frank Bradley said. \u201cI thought our top end kids got up and raced well. They fell short on a couple of those touches but I still thought they raced well. We need our other half to step up and race. If we want to be a good all-around team at the conference meet, we need those ladies and gentlemen to step up and race.\u201d<\/p>\n
Florida State won four events on the evening, however seven races that Louisville won were decided by less than a second.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are close races every meet in this sport,\u201d Bradley said. \u201cWe\u2019re racing in their pool and they got the best of us on those, but we need to adjust and get ready for tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Redshirt senior diver Katrina Young captured the lone individual victory for the women on 3-meter, dominating with a score of 331.50 before the 400 medley relay held on for the win with the team of Bianca Spinazzola, Sami Pochowski, Chelsea Britt and Kaitlyn Dressel. They touched with a time of 3:40.39, just head of Louisville who touched with a 3:40.50.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very pleased with that medley,\u201d Bradley said. \u201cThey got it together at the end and stepped up and finished. That was a great race.\u201d<\/p>\n
The women started off with a second place finish in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:33.61 behind Dressel, Alexi Smith, Spinazzola and Pochowski.<\/p>\n
Britt followed with a second places in the 200 IM (2:03.40) and the 200 fly (1:57.94).<\/p>\n
Josie Cuda finished second in the 500 free by one one-hundredth of a second with a time of 4:56.75 before Pochowski added another with a 1:03.16 in the 100 breast. Natalie Pierce followed her in third with a 1:03.76.<\/p>\n
Dressel posted a second place in the 100 free with a time of 50.05 after Louisville swept the 200 back. Smith was fourth at 51.43.<\/p>\n
The men earned a pair of one-two punches from the 200 fly and 1-meter diving as Cole Hensley picked up his first collegiate individual event victory in with a time of 1:47.49 touching ahead of Connor Knight at 1:48.03.<\/p>\n
In diving, Dylan Grisell won with a score of 332.09 while Tyler Roberge finished in second at 316.35. Dustin Miller was one point shy of third, finishing fourth at 303.30 and Kalonji Cole placed fifth (298.87).<\/p>\n
The men started the night with a second place in the 200 free relay with a team of Jason McCormick, Cadell Lyons, Kevin Rogers and Knight, who touched with a time of 1:21.69.<\/p>\n
Jason Coombs added a pair of second place showings less than 15 minutes apart from each other, first touching with a time of 1:50.65 in the 200 IM and 55.77 in the 100 breast.<\/p>\n
Rogers grabbed second in the 500 free with a time of 4:29.63 in between Coombs\u2019 swims.<\/p>\n
The Seminoles would surrender sweeps in the 200 back and 100 free before Hensley and Knight provided the first and second showing in the 200 fly.<\/p>\n
FSU capped off the night by taking second thanks to a disqualification in the 400 medley relay with Josh Friedel, Coombs, Knight and McCormick who touched with a 3:20.02.<\/p>\n
The meet will resume on Saturday at 10 a.m. Live results can be found at gocards.com and meet mobile. For more information on FSU swimming and diving visit Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n