University of Louisville
Michigan, with Indiana & Texas
Swimming and Diving Complete Day 1 at Big Quad
October 24, 2014 | Swimming & Diving
The men lead Indiana 94.50-91.50 but trail Michigan 124-62 and Texas 110-76. The women trail Texas 129.5-56.50 and Michigan 117-69 and Indiana 109-77.
Highlights include a win by Tanja Kylliainen in the 200-fly, as well as second place finishes in the 50-free by Caryle Blondell and Kelsi Worrell. The Cards were second in both the men's and women's 400-medley relays as well.
The Cards started out with a strong showing in the 400-medley relay, when the foursome of Erica Belcher (56.01), Andrea Cottrell (1:01.99), Kelsi Worrell (51.99) and Andrea Kneppers, who anchored with a split of 51.03 for second place time of 3:41.02. The men posted a 3:14.12 when Grigory Tarasevich (48.83), Thomas Dahlia (53.77), Pedro Coutinho (47.87) and Caryle Blondell anchored in 43.65 to place second.
In the 200 free, Abigail Houck was tenth in 1:51.25 with Rachel Grooms touching in 1:52.33 for 13th and Alexandra Sellers was 14th in 1:52.55. For the men, Trevor Carroll was fourth in 1:37.60. Matthias Lindenbauer was 11th in 1:40.26 and Rudy Edelen was 12th in 1:40.92.
In the 100-back, Erica Belcher was the top Cardinal finisher with a 56.42 time for 11th place. Kristina Steins was 12th in 56.96 with Ashley LeClair touching in 57.02 for 13th. In the men's 200-back, Grigory Tarasevich dueled down the stretch and touched second in 48.81. Aaron Green was sixth in 49.36. Nick Hasemann went 50.46 for 10th.
In the 100-breast, Andrea Cottrell was third with a 1:02.58. Maggie Patterson was sixth in 1:04.03 and Lucy Kramer was eighth in 1:05.09. In the men's 100-breast, Thomas Dahlia was third in 54.93 with Carlos Claverie touching sixth in 56.11 and Addison Bray was seventh in 56.41.
The Cards picked up their first win when Tanja Kylliainen posted a blistering fast time of 1:56.78 in the 200-fly. Devon Bibault was 12th in 2:05.20 and Hannah Magnuson was 13th in 2:06.60. Josh Quallen was the top men's finisher for the Cards with a 1:50.35. David Boland was 10th in 1:51.31 and Joe Brown was 13th in 1:52.52.
In the women's 50-free, Kelsi Worrell was outtouched by two one-hundreths of a second as runnerup with a time of 22.82 in a dramatic finish. Maggie Patterson was ninth in 23.74 and Alexandra Sellers was 12th in 24.11. Her male counterpart, Caryle Blondell, was in a duel of his own as he touched in 20.18 for second. Pedro Coutinho was 12th in 20.93 and Nick Hasemann was 15th in 21.36.
In the 1000-free, Louisville freshman Marah Pugh was seventh with a time of 10.04.42. Abby Chin was ninth in 10:12.24 and Abigail Houck was 10th in 10.07.45. Bryan Draganosky led the Cardinal men with a seventh in the 1000-free and a time of 9:18.61. Trevor Carroll was ninth in 9:27.15. Ruben Izarra was 15th in 9:51.82.
In the 200-IM, Tanja Kylliainen was third with a time of 2:01.91. Erica Belcher was 12th in 2:05.72 and Devon Bibault was 15th in 2:07.61. Nolan Tesone boarded a 1:47.63 on the men's side. David Boland was 14th in 1:52.92 and Josh Quallen was 15th in 1:53.27.
In the 3-meter diving, Emily Stalmack led the Cards with a sixth place score of 267.10. Andrea Acquista was 11th with a score of 240.80. Alessandra Murphy was 12th in 280.88. Sean Piner led the Cardinal men with a fifth place score of 278.35. Ryan Bohn was 12th.
In the 200-free relay, Kelsi Worrell (22.94), Rachel Grooms (23.53), Andrea Kneppers (23.68) and Alexandra Sellers (23.79) combined for a 1:33.94 and a fourth place. The men were second with a 1:20.14 from Thomas Dahlia (20.41), Caryle Blondell (19.65), Matthias Lindenbauer 20.04 and Trevor Carroll (20.04).
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