No. 13/9 Cardinals Sweep Xavier in Season Opener

Friday, October 4

LOUISVILLE, KY

3:00 p.m.

University of Louisville

Xavier

October 04, 2024 | Swimming & Diving

Xavier at Louisville results

By: Nancy Worley

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The No. 13/9-ranked University of Louisville men's and women's swimming and diving teams won every race to sweep Xavier in the opening meet of the season Friday evening at the Ralph Wright Natatorium.

The Louisville men won 167-86 and the women prevailed 168-85.

The Cardinals were led by multiple winners Denis Petrashov (200 Medley Relay, 100- and 200-breaststroke), Murilo Sartori (200 free, 100 free) on the men's side. On the women's side, newcomer Daria Golovaty (200 free, 500 free, 400 Free Relay) and Kim Herkle (100 breast, 200 back and 200 IM) led the way.

In the first relay of the meet, the women's 200 medley relay was won by the foursome of Camille Murray (26.48), Caroline Larsen (28.13), Tristen Ulett (24.53 and an anchor of 22.37 by Lucy Mehraban for the winning time of 1:41.51. Touching second was Ally Boynton (26.63), Ella Welch (28.53), Karoline Barrett (24.44) and Gabi Albiero (22.62) combining for a time of 1:42.22.

In the men's 200 medley relay, the team of Filip Kosinski (23.51), Denis Petrashov (24.61), Rian Graham (21.29), Matias Santiso (20.05) combined 1:29.01. Touching second was Dalton Lowe (22.26), Grant Gooding (25.27), Mateo Miceli (21.55) and Aiden Musso (20.21) posted a 1:29.29.

Summer Cardwell touched first in the grueling 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:10.58 with freshman Amelia Bodenstab into the wall second at 10:14.74. For the men, Kayden Lancaster touched in 9:36.89 for the win. Xavier's Ethan Lancaster was second in 9:48.72.

In exhibition diving, UofL's Ray Pres put up a score of 347.40 for the highest mark in the 3M board. Mack Molloy wasa second with a 345.23. For the women's 3M, Lindsay Gizzi put up a 301. 88 for the top mark and Samm Helmboldt posting a 287. On the 1M board, Gizzi made it a sweep with a 280.50 and Samm Helmboldt posted a 273.68. In men's 1M, Mack Molloy turned in a 338.93 for the top finisher and Pres was second, boarding a mark of 318.75.

Freshman Daria Golovaty put up the fastest time in the 200 freestyle with a 1:50.25, just edging Fernanda Celidonio's 1:50.98. Murilo Sartori won the men's 200 free with a 1:36.46 followed by Guy Brooks' 1:36.59 and Gregg Enoch's 1:39.75.

In the 100 backstroke, Paige Hetrick's 55.23 took the victory with Camille Murray touching second with a 57.01 and Ally Boynton was third in 57.23. For the men's 100 back, Charlie Crush turned in a 49.40 for the win. Jackson Millard was right on his heels with a 49.72 for second.

In the women's 100 breast, Kim Herkle dueled teammate Mia Cheatwood down the stretch for the win with a time of 1:03.07 just ahead of Cheatwood's 1:03.09. In the men, Denis Petrashov won by almost three seconds with a time of 54.33 with Grant Gooding touching second in 57.19.

Tristen Ulett won the 200 butterfly with a 2:00.19 with Xavier's Norah Simich, who touched in 2:03.53 into the wall second. Louisville's Tommy Bried won the 200 butterfly, boarding a 1:47.92 with XU's Aiden Leamer touching second in 1:48.49.

Freshman Caroline Larsen was first in the 50 free with a time of 22.95 for the Cardinals. Guy Brooks won the men's 50 free, laying down a 20.25 for the win with Yassin Abdelghany's 20.48 was good for second place

In the 100 free, Lucy Mehraban raced to a win with a time of 50.61 win. Murilo Sartori won the men's 100 free with a time of 44.57 and Matias Santiso was second in 44.68.

Kim Herkle won the 200 back with a time of 2:01.18 and Summer Cardwell was second, boarding a 2:02.84. On the men's side Jackson Millard was the winning time of 1:48.71 and Filip Kosinski posted a 1:49.90 for second.

Transfer Mia Cheatwood was first into the wall in the 200 breaststroke with a 2:17.01 and Fernanda Celidonio touched second in 2:2.33. 1Denis Petrashov made it a breaststroke sweep with a win in the 200 breast after posting a 1:58.75 and freshman Jake Eccleston was second in 2:04.53.

Daria Golovaty posted her second individual win with a 4:56.20 in the 500 free. Fellow frosh Amelia Bodenstab had the second fastest time of 4:58.04. Freshman Gregg Enoch was into the wall first in the men's 500 free with the winning time of 4:35.06. Cardinal Denis Loktev touched second with a time of 4:37.15.

Gabi Albiero pulled away from the field with a 54.97 to win the 100 butterfly. Ella Welch and Karoline Bennett posted times of 55.30 and 56.33 respectively. For the men in the 100 fly, Mateo Miceli won with a time of 48.49 in a tightly contested race. Dalton Lowe went 48.61 and Rian Graham clocked in at 48.64 for third.

Kim Herkle had her third individual win when she was first into the wall in the 200 IM with a time of 2:02.76. Tristen Ulett had the second fastest time in 2:03.30. For the men, newcomer Gregg Enoch won with a time of 1:50.60. Jackson Millard posted the second fastest time at 1:51.09.

In the final event of the evening, the Louisville A Relay of Julia Dennis (52.66), Lucy Mehraban (49.68), Paige Hetrick (51.53) and Daria Golovaty (50.91) combined for the winning time of 3:24.79. The foursome of Matias Santiso (44.79), Denis Loktev (44.85), Rob Ehrenborg (46.78) and Gregg Enoch (45.55) put together the winning time of 3:01.97.