Louisville Men's Swimming and Diving Tame Missouri Tigers 199-101

Friday, January 15

LOUISVILLE, KY

Women 10 a.m. | Men 1:30 p.m.

University of Louisville

Missouri

Mitchell Whyte splashes in celebration of his race finish.

Louisville Men's Swimming and Diving Tame Missouri Tigers 199-101

January 15, 2021 | Swimming & Diving

Louisville vs Missouri Results

Cards win both relays, both boards and seven individual events.

By: Nancy Worley

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Louisville men's swimming and diving team downed Missouri 199-101 Friday afternoon at the Ralph Wright Natatorium. UofL was without head coach Arthur Albiero, who was quarantined for COVID contact tracing protocol measures.

"I am proud of the way the men raced and used today as a step in the process toward the postseason," said Chris Lindauer, the UofL assistant coach who was acting in Albiero's stead. "We took advantage of every opportunity. We had positive team energy and won the small details which was what led us to a great team win today."

The Cards won both diving events, both relays and seven individual events to seal the win. Haridi Sameh won the 50 free and was on both relays. Hayden Curley won both distance events with firsts in the 1650 freestyle and the 500 free. Mitchell Whyte helped win the 200 Medley Relay and then won both the 100 and 200 backstroke. Daniel Pinto won both the 3M and 1M boards to further highlight the day.

"It was definitely a different experience to watch the meet from my computer at home due to the quarantine," said Albiero. "Major props to our coaching staff who got the team ready to compete today. There were plenty of highlights on both the women's meet and the men's meet and it was great to see a number of swimmers stepping up and performing well for the team in crucial moments."

Cardinals dominated the opening 200 medley relay when Mitchell Whyte (21.58), Evgenii Somov (23.80), Dalton Lowe (20.37) and Haridi Sameh (19.32) combined for a time of 1:25.07, more than two seconds ahead of Mizzou.

Hayden Curley won the 1650 freestyle in 15:09.71! TC Smith finished third in 15:27.40.

It was a Cardinal sweep in the 200 freestyle led by Colton Paulson (1:35.28), followed by Michael Eastman (1:36.34) and Kyle Worrell (1:37.29).

The Cards took the top four spots in the 100 backstroke led by winner Mitchell Whyte (46.57), who touched ahead of Nikos Sofianidis (47.54). Jack Wever (48.18), and Dalton Lowe (48.44).

Evgenii Somov got his hands to the wall in 53.37 for second place in the 100 breaststroke, followed by Aidan Kreiley in 56.38 for fourth.

Greyson Alarcon dipped under the 1:50-barrier in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:49.42, fast enough for second place.

The Cardinals posted another 1-2 finish, this time in the 50 freestyle led by Haridi Sameh (19.88), who just out-touched Mihalis Deliyiannis (20.04).

Daniel Pinto dove to first on the 1-meter board, posting a score of 323.18 for the win for the Cards. UofL's Kivanc Gur (295.95) and Adam Sneden (288.75) finish third and fourth. Pinto claimed both boards after winning the 3-meter with a final score of 352.95.

"I am very pleased with how the divers competed today, said Ryan Rougeux, UofL diving coach. "We have ony been in the pool for a couple of days following winter break, so it is great to see the divers put together solid performances at this time in the season. I attribute their performance today to their positive attitudes and the camaraderie we have built over the past few months training together. Today was exciting , you could feel the energy. I am ready to carry that over into next weekend when we tak on in-state rival Kentucky."

Mitchell Whyte won the 200 backstroke in 1:45.02 while Jack Wever took second in 1:46.37.

Evgenii Somov was third in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:01.55, followed by UofL's Aidan Kreiley (2:05.51) in fourth.

Hayden Curley cruised to first in the 500 freestyle, stopping the clock in 4:25.10 and TC Smith was right behind him in 4:28.62 for second.

Dalton Lowe crushed the field in the 100 butterfly, winning the event by two seconds, posting a time of 46.72

Jack Wever finished second in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:50.05.

In the final event of the day, the Cardinals finished 1-2 in the final 400 freestyle relay. UofL's A relay of Michael Eastman (43.68), Haridi Sameh (43.08), Tanner Cummings (43.53) and Evgenii Somov (43.63) win it in 2:53.92, followed by the Cards' B relay in 2:57.59 for second.

The Cardinals head to Lexington, to face rival Kentucky on Jan. 23 at 1 p.m.