Cardinals Sweep Northwestern on Senior Day

Friday, January 25

LOUISVILLE, KY

2:00 P.M.

University of Louisville

NORTHWESTERN (SENIOR DAY)

Louisville swimming and diving seniors are honored on Senior Day.

January 25, 2019 | Swimming & Diving

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The Cardinals won all four relays to help secure the victory.

By: Nancy Worley

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The No. 16/8 ranked University of Louisville women and men's swimming and diving team swept the visiting Wildcats of No. NR/23 ranked Northwestern on Senior Day Friday afternoon at the Ralph Wright Natatorium. The Louisville women won 166-134 and the men rolled 200-100.

"Senior Day is always bitter sweet to go through that emotion and then try to get up and swim fast, so it's a little bit of a mixed bag," said UofL head coach Arthur Albiero. "It's a packed house to honor this group, and I think for us to get back to racing is the most important thing. It's the second meet this semester and you could tell there's still a few things we need to work on. We're making progress in a lot of ways, but we have a long way to go. That's the good news, we've got work to do."

The Cards were buoyed by winning all four relays and highlights included multiple event wins from Evgenii Somov (100-, 200-breast, 200 MR), Mariia Astashkina (100-, 200 breast 200 MR), Marcelo Acosta (1650, 500-free), and diver Daniel Pinto, who swept the 1M and 3M boards.

Alina Kendzior (25.49), Mariia Astashkina (27.91), Mallory Comerford (23.63) and Arina Openysheva (22.77) opened the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:39.80. For the men, Mitchell Whyte (23.68), Evgenii Somov (23.49), Bartosz Piszczorowicz (21.63) and Andrej Barna (19.20) made it a relay sweep for the Cardinals in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:28.00.

In the grueling 1650 freestyle, Sophie Cattermole won with an NCAA B cut time of 16:17.50. For the men, senior Marcelo Acosta took top honors in the 1650 free with a season best time and NCAA B cut time of 15:01.61. Graham Barrett (15:16.25), T.C. Smith (15:23.11) and Hayden Curley (15:23.17) also earned NCAA B cut times in the 1650 free.

Mallory Comerford picked up a victory for the Cardinals with a time of 1:48.77 in the 200 free. Diana Dunn finished second with a 1:49.99. For the men, Colton Paulson wins the 200 free with a 1:37.56, followed closely by Cardinal newcomer Bartosz Piszczorowicz with a 1:38.84.

Alina Kendzior was second in the 100 back with a time of 54.18. Mitchell Whyte notched a win in the 100 back by a full second with a 49.0.

The Louisville men got a win from Evgenii Somov in the 100 breast with a time of 55.0. Mariia Astashkina touched second in the 100 breast with a 1:03.01.

Grace Oglesby and Alena Kraus posted another 1-2 finish for the Cards with times of 2:00.27 and 2:02.02 in the 200 fly. Jarrett Jones won the 200 fly with a 1:49.11. Daniel Sos was just behind in second with a 1:49.61.

Avery Braunecker touched first in the 50 free with a 23.38. Casey Fanz was third in a time of 23.49. Senior Matyi Kovacs picked up a win in the 50 free with a time of 20.62.

Michaela Sliney (290.55) and Brianna Price (270.98) finish 1-2 on the 1-meter, both NCAA Zone cuts. Daniel Pinto earned the top spot on the 3-meter with an NCAA Zone cut score of 342.38.

Andrej Barna cruised in the 100 free when he won by more than a full second with a 44.06.

Alina Kendzior touched second in the 200 back with a 1:57.98. Mitchell Whyte was into the wall second in the 200 back with a 1:48.45.

Mariia Astashkina out-touched Northwestern in the 200 breast with a time of 2:14.89. It was another 1-2 finish for the Cards. Evgenii Somov picked up the victory in the 200 breast with a 2:02.83, Michael Hampel was second with a 2:07.39.

Arina Openysheva added another win for the Cardinals when she finished first in the 500 free with a 4:58.74, followed by teammate Alena Kraus, who was second with a 5:00.49. Marcelo Acosta picked up his second win of the day in the 500 free with a 4:30.08.

Mallory Comerford took second in the 100 fly with a 55.67, followed by Nastja Govejsek in third with a 55.93. Nick Albiero stopped the clock in time of 48.14 to win the 100 fly, followed by Nikkos Sofianidis in second with a 49.89

Newcomer Maria Sumida took second in the 400 IM for the Cardinals with a time of 4:27.58 before Jarrett Jones won the 400 IM with a time of 4:00.58.

Daniel Pinto made it a sweep on the boards with a win on the 1-meter in a score of 333.60. Anika Holland placed second on the 3-meter with a season best score of 294.08.

Braunecker (51.61), Openysheva (50.03), Kraus (51.95) and Schultz (51.01) bring home a win in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:24.6. The team of Albiero (45.22) , Barna (43.16), Colton Paulson (45.06) with an anchor from Sofianidis of 44.88. to close out the meet with a win in the 400 free relay in a time of 2:58.32.