Cardinals Make Two Podiums and Diving Finals on Day 1

Wednesday, February 19

Greensboro, N.C.

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February 19, 2020 | Swimming & Diving

2020 Women's Wednesday results

Both relays medal and diving finals at ACC Championships

By: Nancy Worley

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The University of Louisville women's swimming and diving team sits in eighth place after the first day of racing at the 2020 ACC Championships Wednesday night at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.

Miami and North Carolina are tied for the top slot with 55 points, followed by Florida State and NC State (both at 45), Virginia (42), Duke (32), Virginia Tech (31), Louisville (27), Notre Dame (15), Pitt (11), Georgia Tech (4).

In the 200 Medley Relay, the foursome of Ashlyn Schoof (24.60), Mariia Astashkina (26.99), Grace Oglesby (23.13) and Casey Fanz (21.15) made the podium with a bronze medal with a time of 1:35.87. Moving from sixth to third during the course of the race, the Cardinals put up the seventh fastest relay time in school history to put the first swimming points on the board.

Diver Molly Fears put up a 271.05 after six dives in the 1-M springboard, finishing seventh in the finals.

The Cardinals made the podium in the second and last swimming event of the day. In the 800 freestyle relay, Arina Openysheva (1:43.91), Alena Kraus (1:45.37), Sophie Cattermole (1:47.21) and Diana Dunn (1:46.75) put up a 7:03.24 to pick up a bronze medal.

Tomorrow the Cards will race the 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, 3M diving, and the 200 Free Relay.

Defending ACC Champion NC State enters the Championship ranked No. 3 in the latest CSCAA poll. The Wolfpack is led by head coach Braden Holloway and has won three of the last four conference titles. Virginia is looking to win their 11th league championship in the last 13 seasons. Todd DeSorbo leads the Cavaliers, and has been at the helm since 2017, winning the ACC title in his first season as head coach.

Also featured in the poll are No. 12 Notre Dame, No. 15 North Carolina, No. 19 Louisville and No. 25 Florida State. Duke also received votes.

A live video stream of event finals will be available on ACC Network Extra on Thursday through Saturday, starting at 5 p.m. on Thursday and 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Matt Schumacker will handle play-by-play, where he will be joined by swimming analyst Brooke Bennett – a three-time Olympic champion – and diving analyst Jason Baumann, a former collegiate coach and USA Diving Staff member who is now regarded as one of the sport's top judges, and veteran reporter Melanie Newman.

All championship information, including a full event schedule and live results, can be found at the official championship website. Fans can also get updates by following along on Twitter using #ACCSD, #ACCWSD, #ACCMSD and @ACCSwimDive.