University of Louisville
Knoxville Invitational
Men's Swimming Wins Tennessee Invitational; Women Place Third
November 18, 2011 | Swimming & Diving
Nov. 18, 2011
The University of Louisville men's swimming and diving team won the Tennessee Invitational after three days of competition leading the way with 1,038 points, followed by LSU's 914, Tennessee 822.5, Kentucky's 543.5 and Southern Illinois' 280. The Louisville women finished third in their seven team field, trailing only Texas A&M (1,173.5) and Tennessee (691). Arkansas was fourth (580.5), followed by LSU (517), Kentucky (331) and Southern Illinois (45).
"I am pleased with the group effort this week," said U of L head coach Arthur Albiero. "We learned a bit more about our team and how they responded to a championship format three-day meet. We had many highlights from swimmers and divers and we need to continue to build on these performances."
The Cardinals started with a win in the grueling 1650-free when Riley Martin touched almost two full seconds ahead of the field with a time of 15:14.59. U of L's Kevin Bandy finalled as well with a time of 15:59. 45.
Pedro Oliveira was first in the 200-back with a time of 1:45.46 with teammate Juan Lopez touching sixth in 1:47.93. Joao De Lucca took the 100-free with a time of 43.16, holding off a fast-closing field. U of L's Albert Lloyd was seventh in 45.34 and Samuel Hoekstra scored with an eighth, going 46.39.
Carlos Almeida led a Cardinal 1-2-3 sweep of the 200-breast, with a time of 1:58.45 with teammates Addison Bray (1:58.71) and Kameron Chastain (1:59.41) in hot pursuit. For the women, Gisselle Kohoyda was second in 2:10.64 with Fanny Lilliestrom touching third in 2:14.00.
Pedro Oliveira picked up his second win of the night with a first in the 200-fly, going 1:47.01. Riley Martin was second (1:47.51) and Kevin Bandy added points with a time of 1:48.09. After a sluggish prelim, Tanja Kylliainen went 1:57.28 to win the B-final, however, her time would have placed fourth in the A-final as she shook off her prelim and turned in a fast time.
In the final event of the three day event, the Cardinal 400-free relay finished third when Aaron Young, Alex Burtch, Kameron Chastain and Rudy Edelen boarded a 3:01.07. The women finished third when Dani Barbiea, Eszter Povazsay, Grite Apanaviciute and Aileen Cole touched in 3:21.24
