Swimming and Diving Complete First Day of Competition at Michigan

Friday, October 7

Ann Arbor, MI

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University of Louisville

Michigan

SWIMMING & DIVING | WOMEN'S NCAA | ANDREA COTTRELL

Swimming and Diving Complete First Day of Competition at Michigan

October 07, 2016 | Swimming & Diving

Day 1 Results

Cards drop first part of triple header in new format

By: Nancy Worley

The University of Louisville swimming and diving teams wrapped up the first day of the dual meet against the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Friday night. Louisville fell 246.5-188.5 to the Wolverines in the first of a best-of-three series on Friday (Oct. 7) at Canham Natatorium. In keeping with the meet's "tripleheader" format, a roll of the dice determined the distances of the session's events, producing some rare races in the first round of competition in this best-of-three format.

The night started off with the 400-mixed relay 'A' team of Grigory Tarasevich, Carlos Claverie, Grace Oglesby, and Mallory Comerford taking first place with a time of 3:26.30. The Cards 'B' team of Aaron Greene, Andrea Cottrell, David Boland, and Casey Fanz touched fourth with a time of 3:29.73.

In the women's 800-freestyle, Marah Pugh (8:00.51) touched third, Maggie Jahns (8:07.19) followed in fifth, and Sophie Cattermole (8:13.92) and Emily Moser (8:18.32) finished seventh and eighth respectively.

In the men's 800-freestyle, Jarrett Jones (7:31.49), Jake Schultz (7:34.06), Etay Gurevich (7:38.01), and Keegan Foulke (7:41.24) boarded fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth respectively.

Oglesby (24.76) touched first in the women's 50-butterfly followed by Hannah Magnuson (25.24) in third, Abbie Houck (25.47) in fourth, and Laine Visscher (26.79) in eighth.

In the men's 50-butterfly, David Boland took second with a time of 21.91, followed by Josh Quallen (22.01) in third, Matthias Lindenbauer (22.35) in fifth, and Zach Harting (22.58) touched seventh.

Cottrell posted a time of 28.25 in the women's 50-breaststroke to take first, followed by Avery Braunecker (30.45) in fourth, Maggie Patterson (30.51) in sixth, and Silva Guerra (31.33) in eighth.

In the men's 50-breaststroke, Claverie touched second with a time of 25.68, followed by Carroll (26.07) in fifth, Brennen Berger (26.71) in seventh, and Jonathan Zoucha (27.06) in eighth.

In the women's 200-freestyle, Comerford posted third with a time of 1:48.14, while Houck (1:50.45), Pugh (1:51.08), and Rachel Grooms (1:52.35) touched fifth, sixth, and seventh, respectively.

Carroll took the men's 200-freestyle, posting a time of 1:37.51. Lindenbauer followed in fourth with a time of 1:39.59, Harting (1:40.41) in sixth, and Andrej Barna (1:42.34) in eighth.

In the women's 200-backstroke, Sofi Underdahl placed fourth with a time of 2:01.19, while Alina Kendzior (2:01.78) placed fifth, Jahns (2:04.97) placed seventh, and Kenzie Buss (2:06.44) placed eighth.

Tarasevich took first in the men's 200-backstroke with a time of 1:45.48, followed by Greene (1:49.09) in fourth, Ryan Massey (1:53.06) in seventh, and Jarrett Jones (1:57.92) in eighth.

Cottrell posted a time of 57.11 to take second place in the women's 100-IM. Manuson (58.53), Lauren James (59.56), and Patterson (59.70) touched fifth, seventh, and eighth, respectively.

In the men's 100-IM, Quallen led Louisville, touching third with a time of 50.64, followed by Boland (50.75) in fourth, Claverie (51.54) in sixth, and Gurevich (53.00) in eighth.

In the women's 800-freestyle relay, Louisville's 'A' team of Houck, Comerord, Pugh, and Grooms touched third with a time of 7:23.98. Louisville's 'B' team of Casey Fanz, Underdahl, Alex Sellers, and Kendzior touched fifth with a time of 7:34.97.

Louisville's 'A' team of Carroll, Lindenbauer, Harting, and Tarasevich took first in the men's 800-freestyle relay with a time of 6:35.45, while the 'B' team of Zoucha, Sam Steele, Christian Garkani, and Andrej Barna touched fifth with a time of 6:52.08.

In the women's 3-meter diving, Andrea Acquista came in second with a score of 305.10, while Molly Fears (263.48) finished in fifth, and Breanna Price (227.10) finished in eighth.

Daniel Fecteau finished second in the men's 1-meter diving with a score of 289.95, followed by Evan Cooper (256.57) finished in fifth, and Sean Riley (222.00) finished in seventh.

In the best-of-three series format, the University of Michigan took the first round, defeating Louisville's men's and women's teams 246.5-188.5 and 257-179, respectively.

Louisville will finish the best-of-three series tomorrow in a double-header starting at 10 a.m. and at 4 p.m.