No. 7/11 Swimming and Diving Sweep ACC Foe FSU

Saturday, January 9

Tallahassee, Fla.

TBA

University of Louisville

Florida State

January 09, 2016 | Swimming & Diving

Cards win all but three races

By: Nancy Worley

The No. 7/11 University of Louisville men's and women's swimming and diving team swept ACC foe Florida State by winning 17 of 20 events Saturday morning. After leading by only one point after day one, the Cardinal men cruised to a 203-150 win with the women holding on to their lead of a day ago and surging to a 238-115 win.

"Our women did a great job of performing at a high level, and even more than results, they had good energy from start to finish with no let up, even though the score was in our favor," said UofL head coach Arthur Albiero. "The men struggled a bit last night. Going into this session up by only a point, we had to find a way to elevate everything about our performances. Winning 8 out of 10 events today, showed what this group of men stands for. Overall, much credit to our staff and our senior leadership. It is always great to get a win on the road."

The Cardinals started off the morning with a win in the 200-medley relay when Alina Kendzior (26.17), Andrea Cottrell (28.26), Kelsi Worrell (23.50) and Andrea Kneppers (23.37) combined for a 1:41.30.

The UofL men's 200-medley relay touched first when Grigory Tarasevich (22.53), Carlos Claverie (24.33), Josh Quallen (21.03) and David Boland (20.10) joined forces for a 1:27.99. '

In the 1000-freestyle, Cardinal Marah Pugh was second with a 10:04.83, just off the FSU's Summer Finke's winning 10:02.06. Abigail Houck was third in 10:16.99. Emily Moser picked up points with a fourth place time of 10:21.31.

Cardinal freshman Zach Harting won the men's 1000-free with a 9:32.08. Teammate Jake Schultz was second in 9:37.62 with Ryan Massey picking up points in fourth with a 9:50.63.

Louisville freshman Mallory Comerford held off an aggressive FSU sprint corps with a 23.54 for the win. FSU took the next four slots and Alex Sellers tied for fifth in 24.46.

The Cardinals' Trevor Carroll won the men's 50-free with a time of 20.38 in a race that was stacked with Seminoles, who finished second through fifth.

In the women's 100-back, Alina Kendzior dueled down the stretch with teammate Ashley LeClair and the pair touched in 55.50 and 55.61 respectively.

Cardinal Grigory Tarasevich continued his domination in the 100-back with a win in 48.02. Teammate Aaron Greene was third in 49.55.

Manuela Sampaio was into the wall first in the 200-breast with a 2:21.27, just outreaching FSU's Natalie Pierce's 2:21.31. UofL's Lucy Kramer was third in 2:22.10.

Carlos Claverie blazed by the field with a 1:58.86 for the win in the 200-breast as the only swimmer under two minutes. FSU's Jason Coombs was second in 2:01.67 just edging UofL's Nolan Tesone's third place time of 2:01.77. Todd Owen was fourth in 2:04.30.

Kelsi Worrell left the field in her wake in the 100-fly, with a 53.46 a full three seconds ahead of FSU's Leila Johnston's 56.31. Cardinal Hannah Magnuson added points with a fourth place finish time of 56.53.

UofL's Pedro Coutinho was the top Cardinal in the the 100-fly with a second place time of 48.84 just nipped by FSU's Cole Hensley's 48.78 winning time. UofL's David Boland boarded a third place time of 48.98 and Josh Quallen was in hot pursuit with a fourth place time of 49.01.

There was a 1-2-3 Cardinal sweep of the 200-free led by freshman Mallory Comerford's 1:49.03. Andrea Kneppers was second in 1:50.79 just ahead of Abigail Houck's 1:51.59.

Matthias Lindenbauer won the men's 200-free with a 1:39.37 just edging his fellow Card Trevor Carroll, who touched second in 1:38.65. Ruben Izarra was outtouched for third by .03 of a second for a fourth place finish of 1:40.15.

Rachel Bradford Feldman scorched the field with a 4:16.39 for the win, seven seconds ahead of runnerup Megan Brown's 4:23.95 in the 400-IM. The Cards picked up points with a third place finish by Marah Pugh (4:26.24) and Manuela Sampaio's fourth place time of 4:28.85.

The Cardinal men swept the top three spots in their 400-IM, led by Nolan Tesone's winning time of 3:51.74. Carlos Claverie was next into the wall with a 3:55.46 and Ryan Massey was third in 4:03.32.

Andrea Acquista won the 1-meter diving with a score of 282.00 followed by runnerup and fellow Cardinal Mady Ingmire's 275.70. Sean Piner was third in the men's diving with a 331.05.