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Swimming and Diving Fall to North Carolina
November 04, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
Nov. 4, 2013
The University of Louisville men's and women's swimming and diving team fell to North Carolina after a two-day meet. The women fell 213-140 and the men were edged 186-161.
Despite the loss, the day featured outstanding individual performances by the Cardinals.
The women started day two out with a win in the 200-medley relay. Krissie Brandenburg (26.29), Andee Cottrelll (29.30), Kelsi Worrell (24.02) and Breann McDowell (22.74) combined for a 1:42.35. For the men, Grigory Tarasevich, Kameron Chastain, Pedro Coutinho and Caryle Blondell combined to touch 1:29.29 for second place.
Abbie Houck was the top finisher in the women's 1000-free, with a 10:12.67, two Tarheels went under 10 minutes to finish first and second ahead of Houck's third. For the men, Bryan Draganosky was three seconds off the winning pace at 9:23.03 and third place.
In the 50-free, Andrea Kneppers was the top finisher for the Cards with a fourth place time of 23.87. Joao De Lucca hit the wall first with a time of 20.27.
In the 100-back, Krissie Brandenburg was third with a time of 56.60 and Erica Belcher was fourth in 56.69. In the men's event, newcomer Grigory Tarasevich was second in 49.22.
In the 200-breast, Gisselle Kohoyda was third in 2:19.51. The men fared better, with Thomas Dahlia touching first in 2:02.50, with Kameron Chastain right behind him for second with a 2:02.83.
In the 100-fly, Kelsi Worrell won handily with a time of 53.70 and Tanja Kylliainen was second in 54.40. For the men, Pedro Coutinho was third in 49.35, just ahead of Josh Quallen's 49.72 and Mihael Vukic's 50.19.
Joao De Lucca got his second win of the day, this time in his specialty with a 1:36.58 in the 200-free. Freshman Trevor Carroll was third with a time of 1:38.66. Andrea Kneppers was fourth in the 200-free with a time of 1:50.69.
Tanja Kylliainen continued to put up blazing times in the 400-IM with a 4:14.68, five seconds ahead of the rest of the field for the win. Teammate Nolan Tesone won the men's event with a time of 3:56.00, the only swimmer under four minutes.
Emily Stalmack won 1-meter diving with a score of 278.93, edging teammate Alessandra Murphy's 270.23. The Cards' Sam Blair was third in the men's event, with a 248.18.
