The Louisville swimming and diving team swept Cincinnati on senior day.
The No. 11 men won 209.5-84.5 and the No. 10 women won 210-87 on Saturday.
Diving in exhibition, Louisville’s Rayce Winn posted a 359.48 on the 1-meter to rank third all-time before setting a school record with a 388.43 on the platform.
Louisville highlights included three wins by Guy Brooks (50 free and both relays) and Dalton Lowe’s three wins (both relays and the 100 back). Newcome Leticia Ramao swept the distance events in the 1650 and the 500 freestyles. Ella Welch won the 100 free and the 200 free relay. Gabi Albiero took top honors in the 50 free and the 100 fly.
The Cardinals took the top two slots in the 200 medley relay led by the foursome of Abby Karl (24.47), Fernanda Celidonio (27.98), Avery Karl (23.86) and Karoline Barrett (21.74) who combined for a 1:38.05. Dueling that group down the stretch was the C-relay team of Krista Wheeler (25.59), Albiero (27.25), Welch (22.82) and Rye Ulett (22.52), who finished just a .15 behind with a 1:38.20.
The Louisville won the event led by the foursome of Rian Graham (21.38), Grant Gooding (23.86), Lowe (19.77) and Brooks (19.33) for a 1:24.34.
In the 1650 free, Leticia Romao of Louisville claimed the winning time of 16:02.94. Eli Shoyat of the Cardinals won the men’s mile with a 15:20.89.
In the 200 free, Daria Golovaty led the 1-2-3-4 charge of the Cardinals with a 1:44.30. Gustavo Saldo won the men’s 200 free in 1:34.86.
Camille Murray won the 100 backstroke with a 43.20. Lowe won the men’s race with a time of 46.36.
Cincinnati’s Joleigh Crye won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 59.52.
Louisville freshman Jake Eccleston won the men’s race with a 53.70.
In the 200 breaststroke, Summer Cardwell (1:57.56) led a sweep with Thomas Powers-Hammond winning the men’s race in 1:43.40.
Albiero led the Cards’ 50 free sprinters with the winning time of 22.11 followed by Welch (22.39), Abby Karl (22.45) and Avery Karl (22.91).
The Louisville men took the top four spots in the men’s race, led by Brooks’ winning time of 19.80. Graham was in pursuit, touching in 19.99 and Ethan Chauliaguet (20.10) and Rob Ehrenborg (20.56) completed the sweep.
Welch won the 100 free with a 48.95 for the Cardinals, just ahead of Golovaty’s 49.60 and Summer Cardwell’s 49.96. Louisville’s Matias Santiso won the men’s 100 free with a time of 43.03, Lowe took second in 44.23, Denis Loktev (44.28) was third and Owen Taylor was fourth (45.15).
Cincinnati’s Payton Wooding won the women’s 200 back with a time of 1:59.92.
Filip Kosinski picked up the men’s 200 back win with a 1:40.96.
Mia Cheatwood won the 200 breaststroke, pulling away from the field with a time of 2:09.12 for Louisville. Jake Eccleston won his second event of the day, putting up the winning time of 1:55.78.
Leticia Romao made it a distance sweep for the Cards with the victory in the 500 free, going 4:50.37. Tommy Bried won the men’s race, posting a 4:19.93.
In the 100 fly, Albiero powered to the wall with a winning time of 52.03. On the men’s side, Powers-Hammond had the fastest time with a 47.10.
Fernanda Celidonio won the 200 IM with a 1:57.83 with teammate Rye Ulett (1:59.73) second. Jackson Millard ran away with the men’s 200 IM, in a 1:44.77.
The A- and C-relays from Louisville’s women’s team tied in the 200 free relay. The C-relay team of Karoline Barrett (22.78), Julia Dennis (21.70), Welch (21.74) and Cheatwood (22.96) put up a 1:29.18. Touching at the same time was the A-relay team of Caroline Larsen (22.77), Golovaty (21.81), Avery Karl (22.26) and Amelia Bodenstab (22.3). On the men’s side, the A-relay team of Brooks (20.00), Lowe (19.24), Ethan Chauliaguet (19.92) and Graham (19.03) went 1:18.19 for the win.
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