University of Louisville
WRIGHT STATE
Swimming and Diving Sweep Wright State
January 19, 2007 | Swimming & Diving
Jan. 19, 2007
The University of Louisville swimming and diving teams swept the visiting Wright State Raiders Friday evening at the Ralph Wright Natatorium.. The No. 26-ranked women cruised to a 127-85 win. The Cardinal men edged the Raiders in a wild finish in the 400-free relay to set the table for a win with a first in diving, pushing the Cardinals to a 119-112 win.
The men's meet came down to the men's 3-meter springboard competition and the capable hands of U of L junior, Robbie Lewis, who won with a score of 303.23 to give U of L the meet and sweep both diving events. U of L All-American Vali Preda paced the men with three wins and Andrei Teudean won the 200-back decisively and helped the 400-medley and 400-free relay teams to firsts.
"The men are a young team with only one senior and today there was evidence of many good years to come. There were some flat-out gutsy swims tonight," said U of L head coach Arthur Albiero. "Credit our guys, they hung in there really tough today, they fought to literally the last lap and I couldn't be more pleased with the outcome," said Albiero.
The No. 26-ranked U of L women won every race and 3-meter diving but were edged in the 1-meter diving by just one point.
"Our women showed tonight that they are a team knocking at the door of the Top 25," said Albiero. "There were outstanding performances all-around."
In the 400-medley relay, the U of L women's A-relay team of Larissa Niehoff, Heather Meng, Jenny Schimenti and Anna Dishuck was first with a time of 3:55.10. The Raiders A-relay team came in second after the U of L's B-team was disqualified. For the men, the Cardinals A-team of Andrei Teudean, Vali Preda, Rafal Kuchta and Carlos Van Isschot powered to a win in 3:25.28. The B-relay team of Chris Pinkston, Sergiu Daghid, Peyton Bobo and Matt Maley finished second with a time of 3:29.41, just edging the WSU A-relay team which posted a time of 3:29.45.
In the 1650-free, Amanda Henleben won with a time of 17:28.36. Ashley Jackson was second at 17:39.12, beating Catalina. Martinez of WSU, who held on for third in 17:47.54. WSU won the men's event paced by Scott Lang, who finished with a time of 16:12.86. Nathan Demchuk was second at 16:18.70 with Anthony Mason finishing as the first Cardinal to touch with a time of 16:35.70.
In the 200-free, freshman Anna Dishuck surged to first with a time of 1:54.09, with Mabel Fernandez and Vicky Tafur picking up second and third points for Wright State. Jenny Schimenti was just edged for fourth with a time of 1:55.83. For the men, WSU took the top two spots for the Raiders, led by Micah Belew's time of 1:42.45. Adam Madarassy was the top Cardinal with a third place finish in 1:45.50.
In the 50-free, Melanie Greyling flew to a first place finish in 24.46 with freshman Liz Halet in hot pursuit for second with a time of 24.64. Emily Rabe and Rebecca Clark helped the Cardinals to sweep the top four spots. In the men's race, the top four finishers all beat the pool record, led by WSU's Zach Fisher who finished first with a time of 20.92. Cardinal Chris Lindauer was second with 21.30 with Carlos Van Isschot touching fourth with a time of 21.42.
In the 200-IM, Leslie Van Winkle reset her own pool record with a time of 2:04.91 for U of L. Teammate Abby Miller was second at 2:07.66 and Karen Criss was third at 2:10.28. For the men, U of L All-American Vali Preda won easily at 1:54.73, with WSU's Warren Thompson coming in second at 1:56.49 just ahead of U of L's Luke Wakefield, who was third at 1:57.65.
In the 1-meter springboard, Robbie Lewis won by the slimmest of margins, beating Ryan Kellerman 288.53 to 284.85. Sarah Wyant won for WSU with a score of 253.50, beating the Cardinals' Sarah Sandroni, who posted a score of 252.90.
In the 200-fly, Abby Miller won easily at 2:05.82. Heather Meng was second with a time of 2:10.02. In the men's race, Adam Madarassy touched first and Andy Neff made it a one-two finish for the Cardinals with a winning times of 1:53.13 and 1:54.41 respectively.
In the 100-free, Melanie Greyling cruised to first in 52.66. Liz Halet was second at 53.18 and Leigh Smith finished third at 53.92 to complete the sweep. For the men, Rafael Candido won for the WSU men with a time of 46.35, just out-touching Chris Lindauer's time of 46.84. Paul Augustus was fourth with a time of 48.97.
In the 200-back, Karen Criss took first in 2:08.24 and Larissa Niehoff and Alana Berrocal made it a sweep of the top three spots. Kelsey Cooper was the top WSU finisher at 2:11.56. For U of L, Andrei Teudean won easily at 1:51.92 followed by teammate Chris Pinkston, who turned in time of 1:54.21. Aaron Eckstein was third with a time of 1:54.43.
In the 500-free, the women were led by WSU's Catalina Martinez was awarded first place points with a time of 5:13.88. Amanda Henleben for the Cardinals had the fastest time of 5:06.38 in exhibition. For the men, WSU's Scott Lang had another win with a time of 4:40.47. Will Ehresman finished in second at 4:44.47, just ahead of Nathan Demchuk at 4:45.10 completing the top three sweep for the Raiders. Rafal Kuchta was fourth with a time 4:47.92 for the Cards.
In the 200-breast, Anna Dischuck swam the fastest with a time of 2:23.52 in exhibition with Leigh Smith finishing with the second best time in exhibition of 2:28.46. Jessica Fuller took first place points with a time of 2:31.48. For the men, defending BIG EAST champion Vali Preda held on to win at 2:04.46 followed by WSU's Graham Parker's second at 2:05.47. Raider Rafael Candido finished third at 2:09.43 and U of L newcomer Sergiu Daghid finished fourth at 2:12.
In the 400-free relay, the women's team of Rebecca Clark, Kate Wilson, Karen Criss and Melanie Greyling took the race with a time of 3:32.36 in exhibition. In the meet-deciding race, the men's Cardinals A-relay team of Chris Lindauer, Carlos Van Isschot, Andrei Teudean and Adam Madarassy finished first at 3:05.80 holding out to beat the Raiders A-relay team of Zach Fisher, T.J. Collins, Warren Thompson and Will Ehresman, who turned into a second place time of 3:06.67.
With the eyes of the entire crowd turned to the 3-meter diving, Robbie Lewis handed the win to the Cardinals, beating Ryan Kellerman 303.23 to 287.63.
"There is no doubt that Wright State gets up for this meet and swim out of their minds," said Albiero. "They are a valiant opponent."
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