No. 11/13 Swimming and Diving Falls to No. 12/15 Tennessee

Thursday, November 2

Louisville, Ky.

2 p.m.

University of Louisville

University of Tennessee

No. 11/13 Swimming and Diving Falls to No. 12/15 Tennessee

November 02, 2017 | Swimming & Diving

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Cards have 13 wins with 17 NCAA B-cuts and 1 A-cut

By: Nancy Worley

The University of Louisville won 11 individual events and two relays but fell to the University of Tennessee Thursday night at the Ralph Wright Natatorium. The Volunteer men won 170-130, with the UT women edging the Cards 156-144.

In all, the Cardinals posted 17 NCAA B-cut times, with an A-cut for Mallory Comerford in the 200-freestyle. Multiple winners for the men included: Zach Harting (200 fly, 400 Free Relay) and Nicolas Albiero (200 back, 400 Free Relay.) Andrej Barna won the 50 free and was part of the winning 400 Free Relay. The Cardinal women were paced by Mallory Comerford, who had wins in the 200 free, the 100 free and the 400 free relay. Mariia Astashkina swept the two breaststroke events.

"I am proud of the effort. Obviously, you want to win these things and that never sits well with me," said Arthur Albiero, UofL head coach. "But you have to look at the progression. In many ways this is a young squad finding their ways and stepping up in many areas. There has been a lot of progress. That is what I am looking for is progression. We saw a lot of that today. That is part of what we are doing in November getting ready for bigger and better things. Again, I am proud of the effort."

In the first event of the afternoon, the women's 200 medley relay, Alina Kendzior (25.39), Avery Braunecker (28.73), Mallory Comerford (23.22), and an anchor by Casey Fanz (22.52) combined for a time of 1:39.96 and second place.

The Cardinal men's 200 medley relay touched second when Nicolas Albiero (22.43), Carlos Claverie (24.45), Zach Harting (21.70) and Andrej Barna (19.58) boarded a time of 1:28.16. The Tennessee A relay won in 1:26.99.

UofL's Sophie Cattermole touched second in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 9:59.60. UT's Amanda Nunan won the event in 9:59.34. Cardinal Maggie Jahns was third in 10:20.68. On the men's side, Cardinal Marcelo Acosta won the men's 1000 in 9:05.20 with freshman TC Smith finishing fourth in 9:20.40.

In the 200 free, Mallory Comerford won with an A-cut time of 1:45.60. Arina Openysheva was third, going 1:48.59. On the men's side, Jarrett Jones was second in the 200 free with a time of 1:39.40. UofL's Sam Steele picked up third place points, going 1:39.45. The event was won by UT's Kyle Decoursey's 1:38.18.

In the women's 100-back, UofL's Alina Kendzior touched second in 54.73 for a B-cut. Teammate Ashlyn Schoof was third in 55.42. UT's Micah Bohon won the event, posting a time of 54.43. In the men's 100 back, Nicolas Albiero was second in 48.35, just 1/100th behind UT's Matthew Garcia for a B-cut time.

In the women's 100 breast, UofL's Morgan Friesen and Mariia Astashkina tie for first, going 1:02.55. On the men's side, Carlos Claverie touched second in 54.83 in the 100-breast, in 53.93 for a B-cut.

In the women's 200 fly, Grace Oglesby was second with a B-cut of 1:59.33 with UT's Erika Brown taking first with a 1:57.32. In the men's 200-fly, UofL's Zach Harting won with a time of 1:46.41 for a B-cut time. Teammate Etay Gurevich was fourth in 1:51.87.

In the women's 50 free, Arina Openysheva put up a B-cut time of 22.97 in her win. Casey Fanz was right there, touching third in 23.08.

Andrej Barna had a B-cut with a time of 20.15 for his win in the 50-free. Matyi Kovacs was sixth in 21.22.

Mallory Comerford gets her second win with a B-cut time of 48.56 in the 100 freestyle. Lainey Visscher also scored with a time of 51.21 and a fifth place. In the men's 100 free, Andrej Barna powers to the wall for the win in 44.72. Sam Steele is fourth in 46.06.

In women's 1-meter diving, Rachel Rubadue puts up the winning score of 300.38, UofL's Molly Fears is second with a score of 296.18. Michaela Sliney is fourth with a score of 270.30. In the 3-meter board, Molly Fears was second with a score of 303.00. UofL's Michaela Sliney was fourth with a score of 270.18. Ana Celaya Hernandez of UT was the winner, with a 320.85.

In the men's 1 meter diving, Zhipeng Zeng of Tennessee, who put up a score of 357e00. UofL's Daniel Fecteau was second with a score of 327.60. Daniel Pinto was fifth, boarding a score of 292.35. In the men's 3 meter diving, Daniel Pinto was fourth, with a time of 332.70, Daniel Fecteau was fifth (331.28).

In the women's 200 back, UofL's top finisher was Alina Kendzior, who put up a 1:59.14 for a B-cut. The event was won by UT's Micah Bohon's time of 1:57.15. Nick Albiero touches first in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:45.38! Nikkos Sofianidis is 3rd in 1:47.61.

In the women's 200 breast, Mariia Astashkina was first with a B-cut time of 2:13.72. Morgan Friesen touched second in 2:14.15 with Rachael Bradford Feldman scoring with a fourth 2:!.11 and both were B-Cuts as well. Carlos Claverisecond in won the 200 breaststroke with a B-cut time of 1:58.60. Todd Owen was third in 2:04.41.

In the 500 free, Arina Openysheva was second with a time of 4:51.77. Sophie Cattermole was fourth with a time of 4:56.38. The event was won by UT's Tess Cieplucha, who boarded a 4:48.43, In the men's 500, Marcelo Acosta was second, posting a 4:29.45. He was out-touched by UTs Taylor Abbott's B-cut time of 4:24.61.

In the women's 100 fly, Grace Oglesby touched second with a time of 54.67. Nastja Govejsek was third with a time of 54.98. Alina Kendzior was fifth, going 55.70. The event was won by UT's Erika Brown's 52.70. In the men's 100 fly, Ryan Coetzee of Tennessee won with a time 47.95. Zach Harting was second, posting a time of 48.11 for a B-cut.
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In the 400 IM, Rachael Bradford Feldman was second with a B-cut time of 4:12.86, The event was won by Tess Cieplucha of Tennessee, who went 4:11.22. In the men's 400- IM, Carlos Claverie was second in 3:54.45 for a B-cut. Jarrett Jones was third, boarding a 3:49.82.

In the 400 free relay, the Cardinal women wont the 400 Free Relay: Arina Openysheva (50.38), Lainey Visscher (51.09), Mallory Comerford (47.90) and Casey Fanz (49.85) combined for 3;19.22.

The Cards won men's 400 Free Relay with Nicolas Albiero (45.32), Andrej Barna (44.06), Nikkos Sofianidis (44.5) and Zach Harting (43.90) combined for a 2:57.79 and the win.

The Cardinals head to Charlottesville, Va. Nov. 10-11 for a two-day meet with ACC foe Virginia.

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