{"id":636128,"date":"2026-01-30T19:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T02:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=636128"},"modified":"2026-01-30T19:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T02:13:15","slug":"liberty-clark-zalan-sarkany-dominate-as-indiana-sweeps-louisville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/liberty-clark-zalan-sarkany-dominate-as-indiana-sweeps-louisville\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberty Clark, Zalan Sarkany Dominate as Indiana Sweeps Louisville"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liberty Clark, Zalan Sarkany Dominate as Indiana Sweeps Louisville<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Louisville Cardinals traveled to Bloomington, Ind., Friday to take on the Hoosiers in dual-meet action. A dramatic women’s showdown went Indiana’s way; with\u00a0Liberty Clark<\/strong> leading the way, Indiana won 161-138. For the men, Indiana finished first in every event but one, three of those victories coming from\u00a0Zalan Sarkany<\/strong>, in a 216-84 triumph.<\/p>\n

Clark continued her ascendant freshman campaign in style as she dominated the 200 freestyle in 1:41.35. That time was only eight hundredths behind her midseason mark of 1:41.27, which sits at No. 4 in the national rankings. Clark later won the 100 free in 46.36, lobbing almost a half-second off her previous best time while improving to third in the national standings, trailing only Anna Moesch<\/strong> and Torri Huske<\/strong>. Clark also placed second in the 50 free (21.48), and her 400 free leadoff (46.38) was only two hundredths slower than her winning time from the individual race.<\/p>\n

Miranda Grana<\/strong> topped the 100 backstroke in 50.91, and she returned to dominate the 200-yard race (1:50.94). Alex Shackell<\/strong> dominated the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:54.41, and she led the way in the 100 fly in 51.08, with Grana taking second (51.08). In diving,\u00a0Lily Witte<\/strong> won 3-meter (350.18) while\u00a0Kaylee Bishop<\/strong> took first on 1-meter (283.65). Clark,\u00a0Grace Hoeper<\/strong>, Shackell and\u00a0Kristina Paegle<\/strong> combined to secure the 400 free relay win in 3:08.07.<\/p>\n

The Louisville women crushed the top Hoosiers team by 2.5 seconds in the 200 medley relay.\u00a0Julie Mishler<\/strong>,\u00a0Anastasia Gorbenko<\/strong>,\u00a0Ella Welch<\/strong> and\u00a0Julia Dennis<\/strong> finished in 1:33.59, within two tenths of the Cardinals’ third-place time from the 2025 NCAA Championships. Dennis continued her strong season in the sprints with a 20.84 anchor split, and she won the 50 free in 21.46.<\/p>\n

Gorbenko dominated the 100 breaststroke by almost three seconds in 57.81. She later clocked 2:06.75 as she cruised to first in the 200 breast, and she finished off the day with a winning time of 4:06.52 in the 400 IM. Louisville’s Leticia Fassina Romao<\/strong> topped the 1000 free in 9:36.48 while\u00a0Daria Golovaty<\/strong> finished first in the 500 free (4:43.97).<\/p>\n