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Swimming and Diving Beat Hokies but Fall to Hoosiers
January 28, 2011 | Swimming & Diving
Jan. 28, 2011
The University of Louisville men's and women's swimming and diving beat Virginia Tech but fell to Indiana in a double dual meet Friday night at the Ralph Wright Natatorium.
The men beat Virginia Tech 154-146 but fell to the Hoosiers 176-124. The women beat Virginia Tech 205-95 but fell to IU 181-119 in a meet designed to mimic a conference meet's competitiveness.
"It was a close meet on both sides. This was a good Indiana team and a very competitive Virginia Tech team," said U of L coach Arthur Albiero. "It was a hard battle and I didn't do our kids any favor to schedule such a hard meet but it was by design. It is an important meet for each team in terms of preparation for the championship season. It was a good setting that forced us to be at our best."
The Cardinals were led by a three-win performance by Carlos Almeida, who won the 100-breast, 200-breast and the 400-IM. Pedro Oliveira won the 200-fly and the 200-back. Therese Bergstrom was the leading scorer for the women with wins in the 100-breast, the 200-breast and was on the 200-Medley Relay. Aileen Cole touched first in the 100-free and was a part of the medley relay as well.
In the women's 200 medley relay, U of L A-relay team of Krissie Brandenburg, Therese Bergstrom, Raine Thompson never trailed and leading after the first three legs and the U of L Aileen Cole's anchor brought them in at 1:42.19. The B-relay team of Eszter Povazsay, Fanny Lilliestrom, Grite Apanaviciute and Nicole Landisch finished third in 1:44.51. For the men, the IU anchor Bryan Chovanec put up a blistering free leg of 19.35 as part of the time of the 1:29.76 and an NCAA B-cut time for the win. U of L's A-relay had the early lead when Brendon Andrews posted the fastest time in the leadoff leg. Carlos Almeida held the lead in the breast leg with a split of 25.23. But the lead did not hold up as the Cardinals touched second in 1:30.35.
In the grueling 1000-free for the women, IU's Allysa Vavra set a pool record when she touched in 9:51.05, Tech's Erika Hajnal had the second fastest time of 9:57.81 and U of L `s Carly Munchel was the top Cardinal finisher when she touched in 10:17.29.
For the men, IU's Ilya Larin shattered the pool record with a time of 9:09.66. Shane Lichtenberg was the top Cardinal finisher, going 9:22.54 for the fourth fastest time of the two heats.
In the 200-free, for the women, IU's Brittany Stumbel took top honors with an NCAA cut of 1:48.92. Breann McDowell was the top Louisville finisher with a time of 1:51.05, just .05 out of third. For the men, IU's Titus Knight was the top finisher with a time of 1:38.03, an NCAA B-cut time. Cardinal Brendon Andrews was into the wall third in 1:39.94.
In the 1-meter diving, Hannah Gadd was third overall, behind two Indiana divers and beating the field from Virginia Tech, with a score of 284.35. Logan Kline won with the top score of 293.80. Lindsey Stephens posted the fifth most points in the 14-diver field with a score of 264.30.
In the 3-meter, Cameron Dehn was the top Cardinal finisher with a time of 310.05. Logan Shinholser earned top honors with a score of 385.40.
In the women's 100-back, IU's Taylor Wohrley posted the fastest time, going 54.65, an NCAA B-cut time. Raine Thompson had the second fastest time with 55.81. Krissie Brandenburg posting the third best time with a 56.61. Mary Mittel had the fourth best time in 57.02. For the men, IU's Eric Ress had a B-cut time of 47.55 to lead the field. Juan Lopez had the best time for the Cardinal men, posting a 52.19.
In the 100-breast, senior Therese Bergstrom had the fastest time in the field with a 1:03.01. Fanny Lilliestrom was the next fastest Cardinal, finishing fifth overall with a time of 1:04.73. For the men, the Cardinals took the top three spots, led by Carlos Almeida, who had the fastest time of the field with a 55.08. Kameron Chastain was second in 55.20 (both were NCAA B-cut times). UL's Michael Haefner was third, going 56.12.
In the women's 200-fly, IU's Brittany Bargwegen posted the fastest time with an NCAA B-cut time of 1:59.30. U of L's Raine Thompson was second and had U of L's top time with a 2:03.88. U of L's Pedro Oliveira had an NCAA B-cut with the win for the men, going 1:47.54.
In the 50-free, Aileen Cole had the fastest time of the field in 23.30. Lacey Bobo went 23.92 which was fifth overall and second against Virginia Tech in the double dual system. In the men's 50-free, Uof L's Brendon Andrews had the second fastest time with a 20.62. Matt Schlytter had a time of 20.83 to stay in the hunt.
In the women's 100-free, Aileen Cole hit the wall first in 50.81 as the fastest in the field. Breann McDowell scored points with a time of 52.04. Bryan Chovanec took top honors in the men's 50 with a time of 20.24, an NCAA B-cut. Albert Lloyd was the fastest Card with a time of 46.01 with two Cardinals in his wake. Teammates Brendon Andrews was fourth (46.07) and Joao De Lucca was fifth in 46.08.
In the 200-back, IU's Taylor Wohrley won in 1:58.83, which was a pool record and an NCAA B-cut. U of L's Eszter Povazsay also broke two minutes with a swim of 1.59.33 for the second fastest time in the event. For the men, Pedro Oliveira touched in 1:47.00 as the fastest Cardinal. Only IU's Eric Ress was faster with a time of 1:45.43, a B-cut time.
In the 200-breast, Therese Bergstrom got her second win of the night with a B-Cut time of 2:15.59 in the 200-breast. Teammate Fanny Lilliestrom was second with a time of 2:15.63, also a B-cut. U of L's Giselle Kohoyda was fourth with a time of 2:17.62. Carlos Almeida continued his dominance in the breast events with a first in the men's event, breaking two minutes with a time of 1:59.99, an NCAA B-cut. Kenneth Crapse was third overall with a time of 2:03.77.
On the 3-meter board, Hannah Gadd was the top U of L finisher with a score of 295.25. Brittney Feldman of Indiana was the top scorer, posting a score of 328.20. On the men's 1-meter board, Logan Shinholser of Virginia Tech won with a score of 334.10. U of L's David Zamkov was the top diver for the Cardinals with a scored o 295.00, good for sixth overall.
In the 500-free, IU's Lindsay Vrooman took top honors with 4:49.74, a pool record and NCAA B-cut time. Lindsey LaPorte was the top Cardinal swimmer in the event with a time of 4:58.30, which was fifth overall. For the men's event, Illya Larin got his second win of the night with a first in the men's 500-free with a time of 4:27.76, good for a B-cut time. Riley Martin was the top cardinal with a time of 4:33.65 and fifth overall. Shane Lichtenberg was right behind his teammate with a time of 4:34.46.
In the 100-fly, Brittany Barwegen was first with a time of 55.26. U of L's butterfly specialist, Raine Thompson, had the third fastest time of 56.09. Eszter Povazsay was fourth overall 56.83. Tech's Matt Baumler was first in 49.14 in a tightly contest finish. U of L's Pedro Oliveira was the top U of L finisher with the fourth fastest time of 50.09.
In the 400-IM, Allysa Vavra of Indiana finished three seconds ahead of the field with a 4:17.34in a display of versatility and endurance not to mention a pool record and NCAA B-cut. U of L's Fanny Lilliestrom posted the third fastest time with a 4.21.90 overall and was the top Cardinal. For the Cardinal men, Carlos Almeida cruised to a win in the 400-IM with a 3:55.71, good enough to break his own pool record and make an NCAA B-cut. Michael Pryor gutted out a third place from lane 7 with a time of 3:59.77.
The U of L women were just edged by .09 second out of first in the final 200-free relay. The Cardinal foursome of Aileen Cole, Grite Apanaviciute, Lacey Bobo and Nicole Landisch posted a time of 1:33.26 behind IU's A-relay time of 1:33.17. Bonus points were earned when Therese Bergstrom, Krissie Brandenburg, Mary Mittel and Breann McDowell combined with a fourth place time of 1:36.64. The men touched third when the foursome of Matt Schlytter, Kenneth Crapse, Albert Lloyd and Alex Burtch touched in 1:22.52.
"I liked the effort but we have some things that still need adjusting and we need to start resting because these kids have worked their butts off," said Albiero. "The crowd was great and the full house created a championship environment. We need that connection as we step up to the next level of competition."
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