{"id":655815,"date":"2026-10-22T19:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T02:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=655815"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T02:18:08","slug":"anastasia-gorbenko-nikita-sheremet-lead-the-way-as-louisville-downs-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anastasia-gorbenko-nikita-sheremet-lead-the-way-as-louisville-downs-notre-dame\/","title":{"rendered":"Anastasia Gorbenko, Nikita Sheremet Lead the Way as Louisville Downs Notre Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anastasia Gorbenko, Nikita Sheremet Lead the Way as Louisville Downs Notre Dame<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Louisville Cardinals made the short trip to South Bend, Ind., to face off against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in ACC dual meet action and came away with a pair of wins. The Louisville women dominated, coming out on top 213-83, while the men won 188-111.<\/p>\n

Anastasia Gorbenko<\/strong> continued her strong start to the season, beginning when she made a rare appearance in backstroke leading off Louisville’s 200 medley relay. Gorbenko,\u00a0Caroline Larsen<\/strong>,\u00a0Julia Ogren<\/strong> and\u00a0Julie Mishler<\/strong> won that race in 1:35.39. Gorbenko then won the 200 freestyle in a swift time of 1:42.95, and she dominated the 400 IM with a mark of 4:06.34.<\/p>\n

Thilda Haell<\/strong> placed first in the 1000 free, clocking 9:33.67 as she held off charging teammate Leticia Fassina Romao<\/strong> by a tenth. Mishler led the way in the 100 backstroke in 52.12, and Larsen topped the 100 breaststroke in 59.20.\u00a0Angelina Solari<\/strong> took first place in the 50 free in 22.51, and\u00a0Mary Clarke<\/strong> had the best time in the 100 free, finishing in 48.84 to defeat Notre Dame’s\u00a0Hollie Widdows<\/strong> by two hundredths.<\/p>\n

Xeniya Ignatova<\/strong> paced the field in the 200 back (1:53.95) before Anna Inagaki<\/strong> swam a dominant performance in the 200 breast (2:11.21). Diver\u00a0Maud Van Kempen<\/strong> finished first on 3-meter (295.78) while\u00a0Sammantha Helmboldt<\/strong> won 1-meter (295.50). Hall’s second win came in the 500 free (4:43.36), and Larsen returned to place first in the 100 butterfly (51.92). Larsen, Solari,\u00a0Daria Golovaty<\/strong> and Clarke concluded the meet with a winning time of 3:13.08 in the 400 free relay.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame’s\u00a0Lainey Mullins<\/strong> was the only swimmer to break 2:00 in the 200 fly, a stellar 30.24 final 50 vaulting her from third place to a win by 1.56 seconds in 1:58.49. That would turn out to be her team’s only women’s win on the day.<\/p>\n