No. 5/3 Cardinals Compete Day 1 at Ohio State Invitational

Tuesday, November 18

Columbus, OH

P: 11:00 a.m. ET | F: 5:00 p.m. ET

University of Louisville

Ohio State Invite

Julie Misher and Julia Dennis Celebrate relay win

No. 5/3 Cardinals Compete Day 1 at Ohio State Invitational

November 18, 2025 | Swimming & Diving

Women are first and the men are third after the relays session

By: Nancy Worley

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The University of Louisville women are first and the Cardinal men are third after the first day of racing at the Ohio State Invitational Tuesday at McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.

The No. 3-ranked women lead the nine team field and the No. 5-ranked men trail only Indiana and Ohio State in the eight-team field.

The meet is scheduled identically to the NCAA Championships, giving swimmers experience in the five-day format. Diving begins on Wednesday with the prelims starting at 11:30 a.m.

In the 200 Medley Relay, the UofL women were into the wall first with a time of 1:33.69 put up by Julie Mishler (23.88), Caroline Larsen (26.51), Ella Welch (22.51) and Julia Dennis (20.79). Mishler's split in the 50 back set a new freshman school record for the Cards. The Louisville B-relay of Abby Karl (24.60), Mia Cheatwood (27.11), Karoline Barrett (23.50) and Avery Karl (22.73) combined forces for a 1:37.82 and seventh-place points.

The Louisville men's 200 Medley Relay featured Rian Graham (21.23) Finnley Conklin (23.79), Aiden Musso (19.69) and Nikita Sheremet (18.45) who went 1:23.16 for an NCAA cut. The foursome of Jackson Millard (21.15) Grant Gooding (23.36), Aidan Paro (20.36) and Ethan Chauliaguet (19.56) finished in 1:24.43. The event was won by Indiana, with the Hoosiers going 1:21.99.

In the 800 Free Relay, the UofL women were second with a time of 7:00.76 posted by Daria Golovati (1:44.71), Summer Cardwell (1:44.78), Julia Dennis (1:45.65) and Maya Bezanson (1:45.62). The B-relay touched 10^th with a time of 7:14.77 put up by Xeniya Ignatova (1:45.85), Leticia Romao (1:46.85), Sadie Murphy (1:49.40) and Kaitlyn Sallows (1:51.67).

In the men's 800 Free Relay, UofL were into the wall third, clocking in at 6:13.44 from Guy Brooks (1:32.47), Oscar Isberg (1:33.59), Gregg Enoch (1:33.84) and Matias Santiso (1:33.54). The B-Relay team of Thomas Powers-Hammond (1:36.24), Max Hatcher (1:34.22), Owen Stevens (1:38.37) and Kayden Lancaster (1:36.18) stopped the clock at 6:28.01.

Standings
Men

Indiana – 128
Ohio State – 104
Louisville – 98
Yale – 70
Kentucky – 68
Penn State – 62
Purdue – 58
Cincinnati – 30

Women

Louisville – 112
Ohio State – 104
Indiana – 100
UCLA – 76
Purdue - 68
Cincinnati – 54
Kentucky – 46
Penn State – 38
Yale – 22

Schedule of Events
Wednesday, Nov. 19
100 Butterfly
400 IM
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
200 Freestyle Relay
1-meter Men's Diving
3-meter Women's Diving

Thursday, Nov. 20
100 Backstroke
200 Breaststroke
500 Freestyle
50 Freestyle
400 Medley Relay
3-meter Men's Diving
Platform Women's Diving

Friday, Nov. 21
200 IM
1650 Freestyle
100 Freestyle
200 Butterfly
200 Backstroke
400 Freestyle Relay
1-meter Women's Diving
Platform Men's Diving