University of Louisville
Men's NCAA Championships
Men's Swimming Finishes 15th at NCAAs
March 28, 2015 | Swimming & Diving
With an All-American performance in the 400 Free Relay, the University of Louisville finished 15th in the 2015 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championship Saturday night at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center in Iowa City, Iowa.
The University of Texas won the crown, amassing 528 points followed by, Cal (399), Michigan (312), Southern Cal (278), Florida( 248), Stanford (209), Georgia (208.5), NC State (199.5), Auburn (182), Alabama (176), Missouri (132.5), Indiana (126), Arizona (125.5), Tennessee (111) and Louisville (105.5) to round out the top 15 in the 39 team field.
"It is a bittersweet feeling," said UofL Arthur Albiero. "On one hand, we are disappointed with the overall finish, but on the other hand, I could not be prouder of how this group of men performed all week. We battled some adversity early in the meet, but again, our seniors were unbelievable leaders."
Grigory Tarasevich, who broke a school record in prelims, put up a 1:40.96 for 11th place to earn Honorable Mention All-American status. Ryan Murphy of California set a new American record (1:36.77) for the win followed by Sean Lehane of Tennessee (1:39.20) and David Nolan of Stanford (1:39.59).
Thomas Dahlia finished in 1:53.21 for 11th place and Honorable Mention All-American honors. The event was won by Texas' Will Licon who posted a time of 1:49.48. Kevin Cordes of Arizona was second with a time of 1:49.53 and Cal's Chuck Katis took third with a time of 1:50.54.
In the final event of the three-day championship, the 400-free relay, the Cards dropped .22 off of their prelim time and 1.85 off their entry time to hit the wall in 2:51.26 posted by Matthias Lindenbauer (43.50), Trevor Carroll (42.83), Thomas Dahlia (42.35) and Rudy Edelen (42.58).
"Even though the relay was not a school record, we are beaming with pride for the level those four guys performed," said Albiero.
