‘Cats Fall to Louisville, Prepare for Cincinnati

Friday, January 25

Louisville, Ky.

2 p.m.

Northwestern

134

166

Louisville

‘Cats Fall to Louisville, Prepare for Cincinnati

1/25/2019 8:17:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

Results

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Wildcats wrapped up action Friday night at Ralph R. Wright Natatorium where they took on the University of Louisville in their first of two meets slated for this weekend. The men and women finished with 100 and 134 points respectively.

Northwestern started the day off with a second place finish from the women's team of Calypso Sheridan, Sophie Angus, Miriam Guevara and Malorie Han, and a third place finish from the men's team of Ryan Gridley, Will Hofstadter, Arjun Sharma and Andrew Zhang in the 200 medley relays. In the 1650, Ilektra Lebl, Rachel Tseng and Irune Andres finished with a Northwestern 2-3-4 sweep, Lebl's time of 16:26.85 was enough to secure a B-standard. DJ Hwang led the men's side with a third place finish, followed by Colin Murphy in sixth.

In the women's 100 back, Sheridan secured the first NU win of the day, followed by Guevara in third and Nicole Aarts in fourth. On the men's side, the 'Cats had a 2-4-5-7 finish led by senior Jack Thorne.

First-year Bacarizo brought home his first collegiate win in the men's 200 back, finishing in 1:47.10. On the women's side, Sheridan out touched her competition by over a second in a time of 1:56.81. Sheridan also came back to win the 400 IM in a time of 4:14.87.

First-year, Guevara won the women's 100 fly in 54.69, followed by fellow first-year Jasmine Hellmer in fourth. In the 100 free, sophomore Han led the 'Cats 1-6-7 finish in a time of 51.16, followed by Melissa Melnick and Lily Kurzydlo.

On the diving boards, senior Olivia Rosendahl won the 3-meter dive with a score of 302.48 and Evan Labuda was the top finisher for the men, finishing second with 329.33 points. In the 1-meter, the 'Cats had two three place finishes with senior Eryn Scannell and Labuda as NU's top finishers.

The 'Cats closed out the meet with second place finishes for both the men and women in the 400 free relay. The women's team of Han, Tara Vovk, Krystal Lara and Jasmine Hellmer touched in a time of 3:26.34. The men's team of Zhang, Liam Gately, Hofstadter and R.Gridley finished in a time of 3:01.80.

Northwestern will be back in the pool tomorrow as they take on Cincinnati starting at 11 am.

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