Cardinal Women Finish Third, Men are Fifth at ACC Championships

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming and Diving Championships came to an end Saturday after five days of competition at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. The University of Louisville women finished third and the Cardinal men were fifth.

The women trailed only champion Virginia and Stanford. The men finished behind champion California, runnerup Stanford, NC State and North Carolina.

In the grueling 1650 freestyle, Louisville's Leticia Romao touched fourth with a 15:58.57, her first time under 16 minutes. Daria Golovaty was seventh in the final heat but 12^th overall with her time of 16:21.95. Summer Cardwell rounded out the Cardinal distance squad with a time of 16:37.93 for 22^nd. Stanford's Aurora Roghair ran away with the gold after posting a 15:40.90.

In the men's mile, Eli Shoyat swam in the championship final and touched sixth in the heat and seventh overall with a 14:50.05. Kenneth Lloyd of NCSU won gold with 14:31.64.

Rye Ulett finished second in the C-final of the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:53.44, shaving 1.34 seconds off her prelim time. Olympian Claire Curzan of Virginia took gold, setting an ACC Championship and pool record with a 1:47.38.

In the men's 200-backstroke, freshman Filip Kosinski clocked in a 1:41.19 in the B-final. Mateo Miceli turned in a 1:42.41 in the C-final which was .06 faster than his prelim time. The event was won by Cal's Gabriel Jett, who set a meet and conference record of 1:37.19.

In the championship final of the women's 100 free, UofL had three Cards on the block with Julia Dennis touching fourth with a time of 47.15. Gabi Albiero was sixth, turning in a 47.69 and Lucy Mehraban was seventh with a time of 48.05. Fellow Cardinal Caroline Larsen was sixth in the B-final, stopping the clock at 48.21. Gretchen Walsh won gold after throwing down a 45.20.

In the men's 100 freestyle, Guy Brooks turned in a 42.60 for seventh place in the B-final. Cal's Jack Alexy won gold in the championship final with a time of 41.19.

Louisville had three Cardinals in the B-final of the 200 breaststroke. Kim Herkle was second in the heat with a time of 2:07.98. Right behind her was teammate Mia Cheatwood who went 2:09.31. Fernanda Celidonio was fifth with a time of 2:10.52. The event was won by Virginia's Alex Walsh, who won her fourth gold in this event with a 2:03.65.

In the championship final of the men's 200 breaststroke, Denis Petrashov won bronze with a school record time of 1:50.35. Freshman and top seed Jake Eccleston was fourth, turning in a 1:53.03. Eccleston set a National Age Group record this morning in prelims with his 1:51.84 just in time as his 19^th birthday is tomorrow. Tommy Bried scored in the A-final as well with a time of 1:54.76 and eighth place. Virginia Tech's Carles Coll Marti won with a 1:49.62, the only swimmer sub 1:50 in the field, breaking his own meet and conference record.

In the women's 400 free relay won silver in 3:09.71 put up by Gabi Albiero (47.46), Julia Dennis (46.77), Caroline Larsen (47.58) and Lucy Mehraban. Virginia won gold with a 3:05.93 for a meet record set by Claire Curzan, Annaliesa Moesch, Alex Walsh and Gretchen Walsh.

In the men's 400 free relay, Guy Brooks led the Cardinals off handing over to Dalton Lowe. Next in the water was Matias Santiso followed by an anchor by Murilo Sartori, finishing in 2:50.41 and ninth place The Cal Bears won gold with a 2:44.81 for a new meet record.

Final Team Standings
MEN
1. California, 1271.5
2. Stanford, 1065
3. NC State, 1021
4. North Carolina, 852
5. Louisville 814
6. Virginia Tech 654
7. Florida State, 639
8. Virginia, 529.5
9. Georgia Tech, 465
10. Pitt, 456.5
11. SMU, 434
12. Duke, 171
13. Boston College, 123
14. Miami, 84
15. Notre Dame, 45

WOMEN
1. Virginia, 1451.5
2. Stanford, 1141
3. Louisville, 935.5
4. California, 864
5. North Carolina State, 787.5
6. North Carolina, 781.5
7. Florida State, 467
8. Pitt, 462
9. Miami, 387
10. Virginia Tech, 411.5
11. Duke, 376
12.Notre Dame,275
13. Georgia Tech, 184
14. SMU 183.5
15. Boston College, 103

University of Louisville Athletics

Cardinal Women Finish Third, Men are Fifth at ACC Championships

Players Mentioned

Gabi Albiero

Tommy Bried

Guy Brooks

Summer Cardwell

Fernanda Celidonio

Mia Cheatwood

Julia Dennis

Jake Eccleston

Daria Golovaty

Kim Herkle

Filip Kosinski

Caroline Larsen

Dalton Lowe

Lucy Mehraban

Mateo Miceli

Denis Petrashov

Matias Santiso

Murilo Sartori

Eli Shoyat

Rye Ulett

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