No. 10 Cardinal Swimming and Diving Are First After Day 2 at Purdue Invitational

Thursday, November 17

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN

10:30 A.M. Prelims, 6:00 P.M. Finals

University of Louisville

Purdue

No. 10 Cardinal Swimming and Diving Are First After Day 2 at Purdue Invitational

November 17, 2022 | Swimming & Diving

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Cards continue to put up strong relay swims

By: Nancy Worley

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The No. 10 University of Louisville men's and women's swimming and diving team have maintained the lead after the second day of racing at the 3-day Purdue Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind.

The men have amassed 551.5 point for the lead followed by Purdue (539.5), Northwestern (337.5), California Baptist (326), Missouri State (226.5), Navy (193) and Southern Illinois (102). The Cardinal women have taken a commanding lead with a score of 655 followed by Northwestern (464.5), Purdue (357.5), Florida International (316), Missouri State (203), Marshall (138.5), California Baptist (119.5), Illinois State (111) and Southern Illinois (99).

The Cardinals won three of four relays and four individual events on the day.

The Louisville women's 200 Medley relay A team of Abby Hay (24.42), Cecilia Viberg (26.55), Christiana Regenauer (22.93) and Gabi Albiero (21.11) put together the winning time of 1:35.01. The B-Relay team of Tristen Ulett (25.01), Ella Welch (26.87), Karoline Bennett (23.17) and Julia Dennis (21.96) were second with a time of 1:37.01.

The Louisville men won the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:24.52 put up by Dalton Lowe (21.37), Denis Petrashov (23.36), Abdelrahman El-Araby (20.77) and Michael Eastman (19.02).

The Louisville women took the top three spots in the 400 IM, with Paige Kuwata leading the way with the winning time of 4:14.73. Rye Ulett was second in 4:15.28 and Jordan Durocher was third in 4:15.75. Freshman Jackson Millard was edged by Northwestern's Tyler Lu with Millard touching in 3:50.96, just .5 off the winning time.

Gabi Albiero led a 1-2-3-4 sweep for the Cardinals in the 100 butterfly. Albiero clocked in at 51.18 just ahead of Christiana Regenauer's 51.62. Tristen Ulett was third in 51.93 and teammate Karoline Bennett was fourth in 53.08 for the Cards. Freshman Cardinal Charlie Crush was third as the top UofL finisher in the men's 100 fly with a time of 47.01. Dalton Lowe was fifth, going 47.22 and Abdelrahman El-Araby was sixth in 47.42.

Paige Hetrick won the 200 freestyle for the Cardinals, boarding a time of 1:45.96. Fernanda Celidonio was third with a time of 1:45.37. Cardinal Denis Loktev won the men's 200 free with a time of 1:34.38, dropping 1.24 seconds from his prelim time.

Sophomore Cecilia Viberg was second in the 100 breast as one of only two swimmers to touch sub one minute. Ella Welch was fifth with a time of 1:00.57. Aiden Kreiley was sixth in the men's 100 breaststroke.

Dalton Lowe was seventh in the men's 100 back with a time of 49.15.

In women's 1M diving, Jiselle Miller was fourth with a score of 270.70 just ahead of teammate Else Praasterink, who finished fifth with a score of 270.20 and Lindsay Gizzi was 8^th with a mark of 248.30. Adam Sneden was the top Louisville finisher with a seventh place finish score of 268.80. Logan Smith was eighth with a mark of 268.80.

The Cardinals continued their relay streak with a win the women's 800 free relay. Tristen Ulett (1:46.74), Paige Hetrick (1:45.63), Gabi Albiero (1:46.14) and Christana Regenauer (1:47.31) put up the winning time of 7:05.82. The B-relay of Rye Ulett (1:48.09), Fernanda Celidonio (1:48.11), Ella Welch (1:52.10) and Paige Kuwata (1:49.66) went 7:18.96 for second.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE CARDS
Meet Central: https://purduesports.com/sports/2022/11/11/2022-purdue-invitational.aspx
Live Results: http://sidearmstats.com/purdue/swimming/index.htm & the Meet Mobile app
Live Diving Scores: https://secure.meetcontrol.com/divemeets/system/index.php

FIELD OF TEAMS – 11 Universities, 17 Total Teams; 6 Co-Ed, 4 Women, 1 Men
Cal Baptist University
University of Louisville
Missouri State University
Northwestern University
Purdue University
Southern Illinois University
United States Naval Academy (Men's Swimmers Only)
Florida International University (Women Only)
Illinois State University (Women Only)
Marshall University (Women Only)
Indiana State University (Women Divers Only)

	FRIDAY • Swimming Prelims at 10:30 a.m. • Platform Diving Prelims at 11 a.m. • First Heat of the Mile at 1:30 p.m. • Finals Session at 4 p.m. • Fastest Heat of the Mile in Finals • Women's Platform Final at 4:15 p.m. • Men's Platform Final at 4:50 p.m.

MEET SCORING & REGULATIONS
• A Final Scoring: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11
• B Final Scoring: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
• Relay Scoring: 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22
• Top 12 Divers in springboard prelims advance to finals; Divers 13-16 in prelims also score
• Non-Scoring C & D Finals also offered; some women's events may feature an E Final (100s & Shorter)
• 1 scoring relay per team, but teams may enter as many relays as they would like
• Each swimmer may swim a maximum of 4 individual events

PAST WINNERS

MEN
2021: Purdue
2019: Louisville
2017: Florida
2015: Purdue
2012: Louisville
2010: Purdue
2009: Louisville
2007: Purdue
2005: Florida
2003: Purdue

WOMEN
2021: Northwestern
2019: Louisville
2017: Indiana
2015: Purdue
2012: Purdue
2010: Arkansas
2009: Michigan
2007: Missouri
2005: Purdue
2003: NA (Men's Only)