Vols Give Trembley Birthday Win Over Louisville
Few gifts could have been better than the one the Tennessee swimming and diving team gave to head coach John Trembley on his birthday Friday. The Big Orange rolled past Louisville, setting four pool records en route to a 168-132 win.
“This was a great competition for a young team,” Trembley said. “We arrived at Louisville with one senior, but we went in there and swam lights out.”
Tennessee began the day with a win in the 200 medley relay. Led off by sophomore All-America Ricky Henahan, the team raced to a 1:30.00 mark to start the Vols off with a win. SEC Swimmer of the Week Brad Craig, junior All-America Michael DeRocco and freshman Herbie Behm followed.
After earning his first collegiate win last week, Ryan Harrison again dominated the 200 freestyle with a 1:38.83 time. Junior Chris Winchell placed second (1:41.27) and Knoxville, Tenn., native Michael Zaczyk earned the first dual-meet points of his collegiate career in fourth (1:42.89).
Henahan arguably had the most impressive individual swim of the day in the 100 backstroke. His 48.06 time earned a pool record at Louisville’s Ralph Wright Natatorium. Henahan now leads the SEC and the NCAA in the 100 backstroke. Sophomore All-America Anders Storvik came from behind to place second at 50.64.
“I just really wanted to win it for our team,” Henahan said. “I knew the guys needed me to step up and it was great to help out team like that.”
All-America Michael DeRocco won the 50 freestyle at 20.76. Freshmen Ed Walsh and Behm finished third (21.15) and fifth (21.49), respectively.
The dual-meet diving trend is seemingly in place with sophomore sensation Ryan Helms leading the way. Helms had a season high 328.20 on the one-meter with freshman Jordan Mauney in second (285.60) and co-captain Michael Muscari was third (282.90). On the three-meter, Helms scored a 371.02 with Muscari in second (362.25) and Mauney in third (334.05).
After his impressive 100 back, Henahan was narrowly beat at the wall to earn second place in the 200 backstroke at 1:48.99. Teammates Storvik (1:50.03) and Zaczyk (1:53.76) finished third and fourth.
Craig earned a win in the 200 breaststroke. His 2:00.94 is the fastest time in the SEC and a Louisville pool record. Following Craig were Epperson in third (2:06.58) and Kahlin in fifth (2:08.34).
Earning his first win of the season, Sanders paced a 4:34.14 in the 500 freestyle. Jones finished fourth with a 4:39.11 mark and Friderichs was seventh at 4:49.53.
With his second win on the day, DeRocco raced to a 48.96 100 butterfly time that set the third pool record of the day. Smith had an impressive 49.89 second place time while Behm placed sixth at 53.68.
To wrap up the meet, The Big Orange earned the relay sweep. With a pool-record 3:01.04 time, the team of DeRocco, Henahan, Harrison and Walsh earned the win in the 400 freestyle relay for Tennessee.
The Vols welcome the Kentucky Wildcats to Rocky Top Oct. 30 for the home opener.
The University of Louisville men’s swim team fell 168-132 to visiting
Tennessee Friday afternoon in the Ralph Wright Natatorium.
U of L had winners in six events with Carlos Almeida winning the
100-breast and 200-IM and teammate Pedro Oliveira winning the 200-fly
and 200-back as U of L’s double winners. Kris Findorff took the
100-free and Riley Martin won the grueling 1000-free for the Cardinals.
“All credit to Tennessee, they came prepared and swam significantly
faster than they did last week against LSU. I am pleased with how our
team fought against a perennial SEC powerhouse,” said Arthur Albiero.
“This is a challenge to swim a high caliber team in October but our
main focus is on Big Easts an dthe NCAA Championships . We raced and
fought well but found lots of room for improvement between now and
February and March. “
In the 200-medley relay, U of L finished second as the foursome of
Carlos Van Isschot, Carlos Almeida, Tim Collins and Kris Findorff
touched second in 1:30.66. The U of L B-relay team of Peyton Bobo,
Sergiu Daghid, Rafal Kuchta and Matt Schlytter combined to finish third
in 1:32.93.
In the grueling 1000-free, Tennessee’s Geoff Sanders took an early
lead and but could not hold off Riley Martin, who won 9:25.63. Michael
Pryor touched fourth in 9:51.04.
In the 200-free, Brendon Andrews touched third in 1:41.40 as the top
finisher.
In the 100 back, Carlos Van Isschot was out-touched to finish third in
50.91. Chase Grimes was fourth, touching in 51.33.
In the 100 breast, Carlos Almeida was first with a new pool record,
touching in 55.43 Daghid was fourth in 57.44.
In 200-fly, U of L swept the top three spots, led by Pedro Oliveira who
went 1:48.82. Rafal Kuchta was second (1:51.31) and Michael Pryor
(1:52.27) snuck in for third.
In the 50-free, UT’s Mike Derocco was first in 20.76, U of L’s Kris
Findorff was three one-hundreths of a second behind him for second
(20.79). Brendon Andrews picked up fourth, going 21.32.
The Vols took the top three spots in 1 meter diving which was led by
Ryan Helms who posted a 328.20. For Louisville, David Zamkov was the top
finisher with a score of 267.82 to finish fourth.
In the 100-free, U of L’s Kris Findorff was first in 45.66 with
teammate Brendon Andrews hot in his wake for second in 45.85. Freshman
Alex Burtch scored with his fifth place finish (47.07).
In the 200-back, Pedro Oliveira was first with a time of 1:48.90. Adam
Isaacs was U of L’s other scorer with a sixth i
In the 200-breast, UT’s Brad Craig won in a pool record time of
2:00.94. Carlos Almeida was second, posting a time of 2:01.62. Sergiu
Daghid was fourth with a time of 2:06.79.
In the 500-free, UT’s Geoff Sanders was first in 4:34.14 with U of
L’s Michael Pryor touching second in 4:35.27 and Shane
Lichtenberg touched third in 4:37.03.
In the 100-fly, Mike Derocco set a pool record of 48.96 with his win.
Pedro Oliveira was the top U of L finisher with a third place finish in
49.92. Rafal Kuchta surged to fourth, touching in 50.65. Tim Collins
was fifth in 51.01.
In 3-meter diving, UT took the top three spots led by Ryan Helms who
posted a 371.02. U of L’s David Zamkov was fourth with 263.10.
In the 200-IM, Carlos Almeida won with a time of 1:51.09 and freshman
Alex Burtch touching third with a 1:54:44.
In the 400-free relay, the foursome of Brendon Andrews, Carlos Van
Isschot, Chase Grimes and Kris Findorff touched in 3:02.57 which was
under the pool record but second in the race.
