Friday, October 10
Dallas, TX
4:00 pm
University of Louisville
at
SMU Classic
No. 12/7 Cardinals Set to Compete at SMU Classic
October 09, 2025 | Swimming & Diving
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville swimming and diving team is traveling select swimmers to compete in the 2025-26 SMU Classic at the Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center in Dallas, Texas on Friday, October 10 and Saturday, October 11.
Competition is set to start at 4 p.m. (ET) on Friday, while action on Saturday is slated to begin at 11 a.m. (ET). The meet will be streamed, and live results will be available on SMUMustangs.com and on the Meet Mobile App.
This year's Classic includes multiple teams that competed in the NCAA Championships last year. The Louisville women, who finished seventh at NCAAs last year, will face LSU (22nd), Auburn (35th), SMU, and Drury. The Cardinal men, who placed 14th at last year's NCAAs will go up against LSU (19th), Auburn (32nd), SMU (35th), and Drury.
Event Format
The event features each team bringing eight swimmers and one diver. Each swimmer may swim a total of six events, but at least one of those must be a relay. Each team enters one swimmer per heat, and the team's best swimmer must be in the championship heat. There is only a championship heat for relays. The consolation heat will be swum before the championship heat for individual event, and an athlete can only score in the heat they are entered in. Divers will compete on 1- and 3-meter. Scoring will be as follows: Individual: 14-11-10-9-8-6-4-3-2-1 and Relays: 28-22-20-18-16.
Louisville Women
The Cardinal women are sending Summer Cardwell, Julia Dennis, Daria Golovaty, Kim Herkle, Xeniya Ignatova, Caroline Larsen, Julie Mishler, Ella Welch, and diver Samm Helmboldt.
Louisville Men
UofL men are sending Guy Brooks, Finnley Conklin, Jake Eccleston, Gregg Enoch, Rian Graham, Oscar Isberg, Jackson Millard, Nikita Sheremet, and diver Mack Molloy.
Last year's SMU Classic
The University of Louisville women's swimming and diving team won the SMU Classic, and the Cardinal men finished second.
The Louisville women scored 329 points to beat Auburn (294), Texas A&M (293), Miami (278), Virginia Tech (253) and SMU (227). The Cardinal men scored 308, only behind Indiana (326) and were ahead of Virginia Tech (303), Auburn (261), Texas A&M (233) and SMU (231).
Schedule of Events
Friday: Saturday:
1/2: 400 Medley Relay 19/20: 200 Medley Relay
3/4: 400 I.M 21/22: 500 Freestyle
5/6: 200 Freestyle 23/24: 200 Breaststroke
7/8: 50 Freestyle 25/26: 200 Backstroke
9/10: 1 Meter Diving 27/28: 3 Meter Diving
11/12: 100 Butterfly 29/30: 100 Freestyle
13/14: 100 Backstroke 31/32: 200 Butterfly
15/16: 100 Breaststroke 33/34: 200 I.M.
17/18: 800 Freestyle Relay 35/36: 200 Freestyle Relay
Competition is set to start at 4 p.m. (ET) on Friday, while action on Saturday is slated to begin at 11 a.m. (ET). The meet will be streamed, and live results will be available on SMUMustangs.com and on the Meet Mobile App.
This year's Classic includes multiple teams that competed in the NCAA Championships last year. The Louisville women, who finished seventh at NCAAs last year, will face LSU (22nd), Auburn (35th), SMU, and Drury. The Cardinal men, who placed 14th at last year's NCAAs will go up against LSU (19th), Auburn (32nd), SMU (35th), and Drury.
Event Format
The event features each team bringing eight swimmers and one diver. Each swimmer may swim a total of six events, but at least one of those must be a relay. Each team enters one swimmer per heat, and the team's best swimmer must be in the championship heat. There is only a championship heat for relays. The consolation heat will be swum before the championship heat for individual event, and an athlete can only score in the heat they are entered in. Divers will compete on 1- and 3-meter. Scoring will be as follows: Individual: 14-11-10-9-8-6-4-3-2-1 and Relays: 28-22-20-18-16.
Louisville Women
The Cardinal women are sending Summer Cardwell, Julia Dennis, Daria Golovaty, Kim Herkle, Xeniya Ignatova, Caroline Larsen, Julie Mishler, Ella Welch, and diver Samm Helmboldt.
Louisville Men
UofL men are sending Guy Brooks, Finnley Conklin, Jake Eccleston, Gregg Enoch, Rian Graham, Oscar Isberg, Jackson Millard, Nikita Sheremet, and diver Mack Molloy.
Last year's SMU Classic
The University of Louisville women's swimming and diving team won the SMU Classic, and the Cardinal men finished second.
The Louisville women scored 329 points to beat Auburn (294), Texas A&M (293), Miami (278), Virginia Tech (253) and SMU (227). The Cardinal men scored 308, only behind Indiana (326) and were ahead of Virginia Tech (303), Auburn (261), Texas A&M (233) and SMU (231).
Schedule of Events
Friday: Saturday:
1/2: 400 Medley Relay 19/20: 200 Medley Relay
3/4: 400 I.M 21/22: 500 Freestyle
5/6: 200 Freestyle 23/24: 200 Breaststroke
7/8: 50 Freestyle 25/26: 200 Backstroke
9/10: 1 Meter Diving 27/28: 3 Meter Diving
11/12: 100 Butterfly 29/30: 100 Freestyle
13/14: 100 Backstroke 31/32: 200 Butterfly
15/16: 100 Breaststroke 33/34: 200 I.M.
17/18: 800 Freestyle Relay 35/36: 200 Freestyle Relay
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