The Indiana men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams hit the pool Friday night for day one of a two-day quad meet with Michigan, Texas and Louisville in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Indiana men currently trail Michigan (130.5-50.5), Texas (114-72) and Louisville (94.5-91.5). The IU women trail Michigan (95-91) and Texas (108-78), while leading Louisville (109-77).
The meet continues Saturday morning at 10 a.m. ET.
Brooklynn Snodgrass smashed the field with a 100 backstroke leadoff leg of 52.76 in the 400 medley relay and the Hoosiers finished fourth overall with a time of 3:41.17. The IU men also took fourth in a time of 3:16.71.
Indiana went 1-2 in the 200 freestyle with Haley Lips posting a winning time of 1:45.85. Kennedy Goss was second in 1:46.1 as both put up NCAA B cuts. Blake Pieroni was the top men’s finisher in fifth (1:37.62).
Snodgrass ran away from the field in the 100 backstroke, winning in an NCAA B cut time of 52.48. Justine Ress was fifth in a time of 54.98.
Tanner Kurz was just out-touched at the wall in the 100 breaststroke, finishing second in an NCAA B time of 53.38. It was a pair of second-place finishes for IU in the 200 fly with Gia Dalesandro second for the women (1:59.59) and Steve Schmuhl for the men (1:47.37).
In the 50 freestyle, Grace Vertigans led the Hoosier women with a fifth-place finish (23.46), with Anze Tavcar fifth on the men’s side (20.36).
Sophomore Michael Hixon won the men’s 1-meter springboard competition with a score of 393.30, with freshman James Connor third (348.80). It was an Indiana diving sweep as freshman Jessica Parratto won the women’s 3-meter with a score of 313.40.
Texas captured four events and opened up leads on Indiana and Louisville on day one of a quad meet Friday evening at Michigan’s Canham Natatorium.
Texas leads Indiana by a 114-72 count and Louisville by a 110-76 margin. Host Michigan leads Texas by a 107-79 margin. The meet’s second and final session begins Saturday at 10 a.m. local time.
Texas opened the night with a victory in the 400-yard medley relay that featured a pair of returning All-Americans and two true freshmen. Freshman Brett Ringgold, better known as a sprint freestyler, led off with an impressive 48.61 backstroke split. Sophomore Will Licon split 53.87 on the breaststroke before freshman Joseph Schooling picked up the butterfly in 45.85. Senior John Murray anchored the relay in 44.54, as the relay finished in 3:12.87.
Freshman Jonathan Roberts posted the Horns’ top 200 freestyle time in the first of two heats and claimed the first heat in 1:37.54. Sophomore Jack Conger took seventh overall in the event at 1:38.27. All-America senior Kip Darmody locked up the Horns’ first individual win of the night in the 100 backstroke at 48.36, enough for a NCAA “B” qualifying cut. Freshman Austin Temple landed Texas’ top finish in the 100 breaststroke and took sixth in the event’s second heat at 56.53.
Sophomore Clark Smith won the first of two heats in the 200 butterfly with a mark of 1:48.00 before freshman Joseph Schooling placed third in the second heat at 1:47.75. Junior John Martens placed fourth in the second heat at 1:48.68. Ringgold returned to place fourth in the second heat of the 50 freestyle at 20.31.
Roberts returned to take on the 1000 freestyle and emerged with the win in 9:06.52, good for the nation’s second-fastest time this season. Licon continued his string of solid early-season performances with his victory in the 200 IM at 1:46.04, which ranks No. 1 nationally. Sophomore Mark Anderson added a second-place total of 367.5 points in the one-meter diving event. Senior Will Chandler took fourth at 338.15 while junior Cory Bowersox placed fifth at 323.50.
Texas closed out the meet with a third-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay. Junior Matt Ellis joined Murray, Ringgold and Conger to finish in 1:20.31.
Texas won three events and opened up leads on host Michigan, Indiana and Louisville on day one of the teams’ quad meet Friday evening at Michigan’s Canham Natatorium.
Texas holds a 112-74 lead on Michigan through the first of two sessions and leads Louisville by a 129.5-56.5 count. The Longhorns also lead Indiana by a 108-78 margin. The second and final session begins Saturday at 10 a.m. local time.
Texas kicked off the meet with a win in the 400-yard medley relay, where the All-America quartet of sophomore Tasija Karosas, Gretchen Jaques, Brynne Wong and Sarah Denninghoff took the win in 3:38.87. Karosas led off in 53.66 while Jaques split 1:01.14 on the breaststroke leg. Wong picked up the butterfly in 54.01 before Denninghoff anchored the relay to victory in 50.06.
Sophomore Madisyn Cox led the Horns in the 200 freestyle with her third-place time of 1:47.24, good for a NCAA provisional-qualifying mark. Senior Kelsey LeNeave added a sixth-place mark of 1:49.00. Karosas and Denninghoff returned after only a short break and placed third and fourth respectively in the 100 backstroke with NCAA provisional marks of 53.97 and 54.68.
Jaques led a one-two Texas finish in the 100 breaststroke and took the win in 1:01.37, good for another NCAA “B” cut. Freshman Bethany Leap added a NCAA “B” but with her second-place time of 1:02.36. LeNeave notched a third-place mark of 1:59.72 in the 200 butterfly, while Karosas followed in fifth at 2:00.15. Freshman Rebecca Millard produced Texas’ top time in the 50 freestyle with her 23.36 from the first heat, while Wong took third in the second heat at 23.43.
Senior Kaitlin Pawlowicz led the Texas distance group in the 1000 freestyle and finished just behind Michigan’s Hannah Moore in 9:44.68. Cox, an All-American as a freshman in the 200 IM, used a strong back half to pull away to victory in the event Friday evening in 1:58.56. Senior Skylar Smith added a third-place mark of 2:01.91.
LeNeave added a third-place mark of 1:59.2 in the 200 butterfly while Karosas took fifth in 2:00.15. All-America senior Emma Ivory-Ganja led the Texas divers with her third-place total of 282.70 points in the three-meter event. All-America sophomore Murphy Bromberg took fourth at 272.50. Texas closed the meet’s first session with a win in the 200 freestyle relay to complete a sweep of the relays. The quartet of Jaques, Millard, Wong and Denninghoff took the win in 1:32.24.
The Louisville men are leading Indiana but trail Texas and Michigan on the first day of the Quad meet on Friday (Oct. 24) inside Canham Natatorium on the campus of the University of Michigan. The women trail Texas, Indiana and Michigan.
The men lead Indiana 94.50-91.50 but trail Michigan 124-62 and Texas 110-76. The women trail Texas 129.5-56.50 and Michigan 117-69 and Indiana 109-77. Competition resumes tomorrow.
Highlights include a win by Tanja Kylliainen in the 200-fly, as well as second place finishes in the 50-free by Caryle Blondell and Kelsi Worrell. The Cards were second in both the men’s and women’s 400-medley relays as well.
The Cards started out with a strong showing in the 400-medley relay, when the foursome of Erica Belcher (56.01), Andrea Cottrell (1:01.99), Kelsi Worrell (51.99) and Andrea Kneppers, who anchored with a split of 51.03 for second place time of 3:41.02.
The men posted a 3:14.12 when Grigory Tarasevich (48.83), Thomas Dahlia (53.77), Pedro Coutinho (47.87) and Caryle Blondell anchored in 43.65 to place second.
In the 200 free, Abigail Houck was tenth in 1:51.25 with Rachel Grooms touching in 1:52.33 for 13th and Alexandra Sellers was 14th in 1:52.55. For the men, Trevor Carroll was fourth in 1:37.60. Matthias Lindenbauer was 11th in 1:40.26 and Rudy Edelen was 12th in 1:40.92.
In the 100-back, Erica Belcher was the top Cardinal finisher with a 56.42 time for 11th place. Kristina Steins was 12th in 56.96 with Ashley Leclair touching in 57.02 for 13th. In the men’s 200-back, Grigory Tarasevich dueled down the stretch and touched second in 48.81. Aaron Green was sixth in 49.36. Nick Hasemann went 50.46 for 10th.
In the 100-breast, Andrea Cottrell was third with a 1:02.58. Maggie Patterson was sixth in 1:04.03 and Lucy Kramer was eighth in 1:05.09. In the men’s 100-breast, Thomas Dahlia was third in 54.93 with Carlos Claverie touching sixth in 56.11 and Addison Bray was seventh in 56.41.
The Cards picked up their first win when Tanja Kylliainen posted a blistering fast time of 1:56.78 in the 200-fly. Devon Bibault was 12th in 2:05.20 and Hannah Magnuson was 13th in 2:06.60. Josh Quallen was the top men’s finisher for the Cards with a 1:50.35. David Boland was 10th in 1:51.31 and Joe Brown was 13th in 1:52.52.
In the women’s 50-free, Kelsi Worrell was outtouched by two one-hundreths of a second as runnerup with a time of 22.82 in a dramatic finish. Maggie Patterson was ninth in 23.74 and Alexandra Sellers was 12th in 24.11. Her male counterpart, Caryle Blondell, was in a duel of his own as he touched in 20.18 for second. Pedro Coutinho was 12th in 20.93 and Nick Hasemann was 15th in 21.36.
In the 1000-free, Louisville freshman Marah Pugh was seventh with a time of 10.04.42. Abby Chin was ninth in 10:12.24 and Abigail Houck was 10th in 10.07.45. Bryan Draganosky led the Cardinal men with a seventh in the 1000-free and a time of 9:18.61. Trevor Carroll was ninth in 9:27.15. Ruben Izarra was 15th in 9:51.82.
In the 200-IM, Tanja Kylliainen was third with a time of 2:01.91. Erica Belcher was 12th in 2:05.72 and Devon Bibault was 15th in 2:07.61. Nolan Tesone boarded a 1:47.63 on the men’s side. David Boland was 14th in 1:52.92 and Josh Quallen was 15th in 1:53.27.
In the 3-meter diving, Emily Stalmack led the Cards with a sixth place score of 267.10. Andrea Acquista was 11th with a score of 240.80. Alessandra Murphy was 12th in 280.88. Sean Piner led the Cardinal men with a fifth place score of 278.35. Ryan Bohn was 12th.
In the 200-free relay, Kelsi Worrell (22.94), Rachel Grooms (23.53), Andrea Kneppers (23.68) and Alexandra Sellers (23.79) combined for a 1:33.94 and a fourth place. The men were second with a 1:20.14 from Thomas Dahlia (20.41), Caryle Blondell (19.65), Matthias Lindenbauer 20.04 and Trevor Carroll (20.04).
UofL graduates Joao De Lucca and Pedro Oliveira also swam with De Lucca posting the fastest 200-free in the field.
