No. 10 Cardinal Men Beat Bearcats on Senior Day

Saturday, January 30

LOUISVILLE, KY

Men 2 p.m.

University of Louisville

Cincinnati (MEN)

January 30, 2021 | Swimming & Diving

Cincinnati at Louisville men's swimming results

Cards win 185-75

By: Tyler Nunez

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Louisville men's swim team looked dominant Saturday afternoon in a 185-75 victory against Cincinnati on Senior Day at the Ralph Wright Natatorium.

Senior days are always a little different as I realize a bunch of great people who have impacted our program will be moving on to different paths in their lives," said Arthur Albiero, UofL head coach. "I am proud of this group of seniors, and how they have led the team this season.I like the way we competed today with solid relays and inspired performances in honor of our seniors. It was also great to have the support for our UofL Administration on deck today including our athletic director Vince Tyra. The support for Louisville Swimming and Diving is special. Our men were sharp from the start of the meet and never let up. The team energy on deck was impressive, and the good swims all around were a by-product of that energy. Most importantly, we got to compete today. That was fun."

The Cardinals got off to a hot start with a 1-2 finish in the 200-yard medley with Nikos Sofianidis (21.93), Tanner Cummings (24.50), Greyson Alarcon (21.56) and Caleb Duncan (19.66) earning a victory with a final time of 1:27.65, and they never took their foot off the gas.

Ilia Sibirtsev (9:02.3), Tyler Klawiter (9:12.33) and T.C. Smith (9:13.37) proceeded to sweep the next event, the 1000-freestyle.

Hayden Curley won the 200-freestyle with a time of 1:37.62, edging Cincinnati's Calvin Coetzee by 0.32 seconds. Santiago Aguilera finished third with a time of 1:39.83.

The Cardinals got another 1-2 finish in the 100-backstroke with a pair of seniors in Nicolas Albiero (45.54) and Sofianidis (47.29).

Evgenii Somov took first in the 100-breaststroke posting a time of 53.32, and Greyson Alarcon won the 200-butterfly in 1:46.54.

Haridi Sameh surged to a victory in the 50-freestyle, touching in 19.51 seconds, with teammate Cummings finishing right behind him with a time of 20.12.

Next came another sweep for the Cardinals in the 100-freestyle, as Nicolas Albiero earned a dominant win with a time of 42.96 followed by Cummings (44.26) and freshman Dalton Lowe (44.85).

Cincinnati earned its first win of the day in the 200-yard backstroke with the Bearcats' Blake Hanna earning a time of 1:44.14, followed by Louisville's Jack Wever (1:46.15) and Kyle Worrell (1:48.42).

Somov took his second win of the day in the 200-breaststroke with a time of 1:58.73.

The Cardinals then earned back-to-back 1-2-3 sweeps, the first coming in the 500-freestyle with Colton Paulson (4:24.83), Ilia Sibirtsev (4:25.39) and Klawiter (4:25.63) earning the combined 16 points in the event.

The second came in the 100-butterfly, where Sofianidis took the win in 47.70 and Mitchell Whyte earned second with a time of 47.87, touching right before Sameh, who finished with a time of 47.89.

The Cardinals closed out the day with one last sweep in the 200 freestyle relay, with Sameh (19.61), Nicolas Albiero (19.38), Mihalis Deliyiannis (19.35) and Cummings (19.05) earning the victory with a combined time of 1:17.39.