University of Louisville
NOTRE DAME
No. 16-Ranked Swimming Knocks Off Notre Dame
January 10, 2009 | Swimming & Diving
Jan. 10, 2009
The No. 16 ranked University of Louisville men's swim team knocked off defending BIG EAST Champion Notre Dame 178-102 in a conference face-off Saturday afternoon at the Ralph Wright Natatorium.
"It was a good team win against the defending BIG EAST champion," said U of L coach Arthur Albiero. "More importantly, I am pleased with the way we raced after a good effort last night against Cincinnati. Even when the score was clearly in our favor, we kept racing hard and that is a credit to our work ethic."
Multiple event winners for the Cardinals included Kris Findorff who won the 50-free, 100-free and helped the 400-free relay to a pool record. Pedro Oliveira posted wins in the 200-fly, 200-back and the 200-IM. Carlos Van Isschot won the 100-back and had a blazing first leg in the winning 200-medley relay and swam the second leg of the fastest 400-free relay. Andrei Radzionau had a win in the 200-free and as leadoff of the 400-free relay.
The Cardinals put themselves on the board in the first event with a one-two sweep of the 200-medley relay. Carlos Van Isschot had a blazing first leg in the backstroke to set up the A-final win for Vali Preda, Adam Madarassy and Alex Sweet in 1:30.23.
In the grueling mile, Shane Lichtenberg held off several challenges, with a first in15:59.00 with Riley Martin finishing second in 15:59.11.
In the 200-free, Andrei Radzionau, who led after the first 100, held on for first in 1:40.29, John Lytle was second (1:40.51) and freshman Brendon Andrews surging late to touch third in 1:42.57.
In the 100-back, Carlos Van Isschot, won his signature race in 48.98 and Adam Madarassy was second in 51.23 in a rare appearance in the event. Peyton Bobo completed the sweep with a third, posting a time of 51.50.
In the 100-breast, Sergiu Daghid was first in 56.79. Vali Preda was second in 57.14 and freshman Kenneth Crapse touched third in 59.66.
In the 200-fly, Olympian Pedro Oliveira was first in 1:49.41 with freshman Doug Dietrich in his wake, touching second in 1:50.23 for U of L. Junior Rafal Kuchta completed the sweep with third, going 1:50.34.
In the 50-free, U of L swept the first four spots in the sprint as Auburn transfer Kris Findorff took first in 20.75. Senior Alex Sweet was second in 20.77 and Brendon Andrews was third in 20.98. Andrei Radzionau was fourth in 21.04. Notre Dame swept the top four spots in the 1-meter diving, with Eric Lex taking first with a score of 329.54. The top U of L finisher was David Zamkov, who posted a total of 277.64
After the diving break, the men swept the top two spots in the 100-free with Kris Findorff finished first in 45.32 with Radzionau second in 45.73. Carlos Van Isschot completed the sweep with a third, posting a time of 46.05. ND's John Lytle snuck in a fourth, going 46.17.
Pedro Oliveira touched first in 1:50.08 in the 200-back, just outtouching ND's Michael Sullivan, who boarded a 1:51.48. Vali Preda was third for the Cardinals, going 1:53.53.
In the 500-free U of L's Doug Dietrich was first in 4:38.74, beating the Irish's Jeff Wood, who posted a 4:41.51. Cardinal Shane Lichtenberg surged to third in 4:44.00.
In the 100-fly, U of L's Rafal Kuchta powered to the wall first in 49.97. Freshman Tim Collins was second in 51.20 with Adam Madarassy completing the triple crown with a third in 51.23.
In 3-meter diving, David Zamkov was the top Cardinal finisher, posting a fourth with a total of 304.95. Caleb Dunnichay won the event with a 369.30 for the Irish.
In the 200-IM, Pedro Oliveira had a time of 1:54.70 to be fastest in the field in an exhibition swim. Michael Sullivan got first place points for the Irish.
In the final relay of the day, the Cardinals' A-relay team of Andrei Radzionau, Carlos Van Isschot, Adam Madarassy and Kris Findorff set a pool record of 3:02.29. The Cardinal B-relay team had the second fastest time at 3:08.57 for Brendon Andrews, Chase Grimes, Pedro Oliveira and Alex Sweet.
"A good win, but we still have a lot of work to do in the next 40 days before BIG EAST Championships," said Albiero.
